Disney World PF Gathering and Tips for Disney Mania!

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A gathering for Disney enthusiasts is planned at Disney World during Memorial Day week (May 28 to June 5), inviting others to join for fun activities like measuring the drop rate at the Tower of Terror and pin trading. For those unable to attend, a return trip is already scheduled for Labor Day week (Sept. 3 to Sept. 11), with tips to find deals on the Disney website. The discussion includes a promise to share a shortlist of must-do attractions at Walt Disney World, encouraging contributions from others. Key tips for visiting include utilizing Disney's transportation, making reservations for dining, and understanding ticket expiration policies. The thread fosters community among Disney fans while providing practical advice for an enjoyable visit.
  • #501
Doc Al said:
Bah!

So... just where is this den of iniquity? And what is it that you want exactly? (Can't you just order it online?)

Perhaps if I'm home one weekend (I spend more time in NJ than in NYC ) I can put on the dark glasses and hike uptown.

Awwww... I just KNEW there was a soft spot in you, Doc Al! :)

The store is located on Fifth Ave. at 711 Fifth Avenue (just south of Central Park). And no, the pins are not available to be bought online - they are exclusive to that particular store and can only be obtained there (see the torture and suffering us pin addicts have to go through?)

I'm guessing that you won't want to be bothered with the pin pursuit thing (http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/event?id=10204), so I won't ask you to go get those pins (only if you want to). Instead, could you get me ALL of the pins listed here? :)

http://www.dizpins.com/pinventory/wod.htm

You probably will not get the limited edition one that was released last year when they opened. But I'd appreciate the open edition ones, ESPECIALLY the Donald pin! :)

Moonbie: do you want any? :)

Zz.
 
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  • #502
Happy, happy, happy! Joy, joy, joy!

It's good to have friends. Today, I received the long-awaited shipment of the stuff I asked a friend to buy on July 17, the official 50th Birthday of Disneyland. The first picture shows the Disneyland golden Mickey ears hat. I got 4 of those. So now there is no possibility of me fighting it out with Integral's daughter for this hat. There are also special dated park booklets for that day, and a few limited edition pins.

However, the STAR attraction of this package is the specially-handed out Mickey golden ears hat with a special decal in front (2nd picture) and the embroided data on the back (3rd picture)! This hat was handed out to the guests that day and cannot be bought. I only got one, and I will have to find a special place to display this.

OK... I'm happy... for now!

:)

Zz.
 
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  • #503
ZapperZ said:
However, the STAR attraction of this package is the specially-handed out Mickey golden ears hat with a special decal in front (2nd picture) and the embroided data on the back (3rd picture)! This hat was handed out to the guests that day and cannot be bought. I only got one, and I will have to find a special place to display this.

Nice. I like the third one the best, very shiny (and if I assume correctly, all PF members like shiny things). :-p The gold-colo(u)r trim makes Mickey seem that much more interesting.

Shiny :biggrin:.

(ok I'm weird I like shiny reflective stuff).
 
  • #504
ZapperZ said:
Happy, happy, happy! Joy, joy, joy!

It's good to have friends. Today, I received the long-awaited shipment of the stuff I asked a friend to buy on July 17, the official 50th Birthday of Disneyland. The first picture shows the Disneyland golden Mickey ears hat. I got 4 of those. So now there is no possibility of me fighting it out with Integral's daughter for this hat. There are also special dated park booklets for that day, and a few limited edition pins.

However, the STAR attraction of this package is the specially-handed out Mickey golden ears hat with a special decal in front (2nd picture) and the embroided data on the back (3rd picture)! This hat was handed out to the guests that day and cannot be bought. I only got one, and I will have to find a special place to display this.

OK... I'm happy... for now!

:)

Zz.
Wow, those are really good friends! They could have pretended not to have received a hat and held out to make big bucks on e-bay later.
 
  • #505
Evo said:
Wow, those are really good friends! They could have pretended not to have received a hat and held out to make big bucks on e-bay later.

Remember, I threatened them with bodily harm to force them to go there on that day in the first place. They won't dare to double-cross me! :)

Zz.
 
  • #506
motai said:
Nice. I like the third one the best, very shiny (and if I assume correctly, all PF members like shiny things). :-p The gold-colo(u)r trim makes Mickey seem that much more interesting.

Shiny :biggrin:.

(ok I'm weird I like shiny reflective stuff).

Er... mortai. The 3rd one is the same as the second one, only the view from the back of the hat.

And yes, we do like shiny reflective stuff as well. :)

Zz.
 
  • #507
So ZZ, has anyone ever pointed out how much Disney people are like Star Trek people?

We have Trekkies and Walties? :biggrin:

Wanna trade a mickey pin for a chart of the Gorn reproductive system?
 
  • #508
Ivan Seeking said:
So ZZ, has anyone ever pointed out how much Disney people are like Star Trek people?

We have Trekkies and Walties? :biggrin:

Wanna trade a mickey pin for a chart of the Gorn reproductive system?

Er... Ivan, don't take this the wrong way, but

EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

:)

Zz.
 
  • #509
ZapperZ said:
EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

That would be Ferengi. I'll see what I can do. :biggrin:

Actually, I not even a trekkie; at least not enough to attened a convention.
 
  • #510
Ivan Seeking said:
Actually, I not even a trekkie; at least not enough to attened a convention.

Actually, believe it or not, I don't think I'm a "waltie" <shock runs through the room>.

I am not that big on Disney stuff, especially the movies and the music. I just like Walt Disney World, collecting pins, Pooh Bear, Donald Duck, attending pin events, taking pictures with the Disney characters, cute disney merchandizes, hanging out in Downtown Disney, La Nouba, watching House of Mouse, Fantasia, Disney lore, and golden Mickey ears hat.

Other than those, I know nothing about Disney.

:)

Zz.
 
  • #511
Looks like they're bringing out the big guns for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050803/en_afp/afpentertainment_050803172453

They may need to, especially with the problems they're having with their intended fireworks show.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GH02Ak08.html

So who says it is easy being THE mouse? :)

Zz.
 
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  • #512
Ivan Seeking said:
That would be Ferengi. I'll see what I can do. :biggrin:

Actually, I not even a trekkie; at least not enough to attened a convention.
That's obvious. If you were, you'd know that they prefer to be called trekkers! No, I'm not one, but I knew one once and she was quite adamant about that point. :eek:
 
  • #513
ZapperZ said:
Looks like they're bringing out the big guns for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050803/en_afp/afpentertainment_050803172453

They may need to, especially with the problems they're having with their intended fireworks show.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GH02Ak08.html

So who says it is easy being THE mouse? :)

Zz.

I think I'd wait until I was certain I wasn't going to bring home any wood-eating beetles!
 
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  • #514
The folks at Disney World are at it again. Even before the upcomming pin event at Epcot has even started, they are already planning and announcing the next pin event for the holiday season. This time, it will be at Disney/MGM Studios. This is where all the special holiday-themed pins will be released - all of them, needless to say, in limited edition.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/event?id=10680

Since Evo likes to collect Christmas/Holiday stuff, let's hope some of these pins are still around if we get there during the first week of January.

Zz.
 
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  • #515
Even more Disney trivia...

Which Magic Kingdom attraction features music from Song of the South?

[Hint: it's my most favorite attraction at the Magic Kingdom] :)

Zz.
 
  • #516
The only time I ever went to Disney World was when my family was in Orlando for a colloquia of my Mom's University. We figured that we'd make a trip of it, and head down there and do Disney. Unfortuntely, it was directly over New Years, and we all rather dislike crowds. That wasn't too much fun. :smile:

Overall, I think it may have been a cool park, had it not been filled to capacity (they actually stopped selling tickets). :smile:
 
  • #517
ZapperZ said:
Even more Disney trivia...

Which Magic Kingdom attraction features music from Song of the South?

[Hint: it's my most favorite attraction at the Magic Kingdom] :)

Zz.

The Dumbo ride? I don't know what music they play, I just know it's one of your favorite rides. Otherwise I'd have to guess something like the Country Bear Jamboree. :biggrin:
 
  • #518
You're in Knoxville? I was just there last June for the PAC conference at the Convention Center. We had a public day with "Einstein in the City" to celebrate the World Year of Physics 2005. I was looking for other PF'ers to meet up, but didn't get any response...:(

SamuelGreen800 said:
The only time I ever went to Disney World was when my family was in Orlando for a colloquia of my Mom's University. We figured that we'd make a trip of it, and head down there and do Disney. Unfortuntely, it was directly over New Years, and we all rather dislike crowds. That wasn't too much fun. :smile:

Overall, I think it may have been a cool park, had it not been filled to capacity (they actually stopped selling tickets). :smile:

Well, yes. The end of the year holiday is their BUSIEST time. I would not recommend anyone who hasn't been there already to go around that time. You'll never be able to do the park and all the attractions. And yes, they do close the parks when they have reached their capacity. I've been there during that time when they broke all attendence records at the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. The parks were closed for entrance by 2:00 pm.

You should go the week after Labor Day. It is the best time to go, and the crowds will be considerably smaller.

Zz.
 
  • #519
Moonbear said:
The Dumbo ride? I don't know what music they play, I just know it's one of your favorite rides. Otherwise I'd have to guess something like the Country Bear Jamboree. :biggrin:

Hint #2: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zap-A-Dee-Ay...

And if there's any justice, this tune will stick in your head all day.

:)

Zz.
 
  • #520
OK, so Disney needs more of this kind of publicity like I need a hole in the head.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8834609/

What is with people dropping like flies all of the sudden here?

Zz.
 
  • #521
ZapperZ said:
Hint #2: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zap-A-Dee-Ay...

And if there's any justice, this tune will stick in your head all day.

:)

Zz.

Thanks. I know that Zip-a-dee-doo-dah would be from Song of the South, but cannot think of a ride that features that song!
 
  • #522
Moonbear said:
Thanks. I know that Zip-a-dee-doo-dah would be from Song of the South, but cannot think of a ride that features that song!

OK, hint #3: Brer Fox chasing after Brer Rabbit.

Zz.
 
  • #523
ZapperZ said:
OK, hint #3: Brer Fox chasing after Brer Rabbit.

Zz.
Is this something new? I don't think I've ever seen that. Is it at Disney World or Disneyland?
 
  • #524
Moonbear said:
Is this something new? I don't think I've ever seen that. Is it at Disney World or Disneyland?

No, it's not new. And I did say The Magic Kingdom, so it's at Disney World.

Zz.
 
  • #525
ZapperZ said:
No, it's not new. And I did say The Magic Kingdom, so it's at Disney World.

Zz.
Hmm...I looked it up. It says Splash Mountain, and I've been on that ride, but don't recall Zip-a-dee-doo-dah or Brer Rabbit. I must have been focused on the big splash or keeping from sliding in my seat. Unless I didn't go on it last time, so it's not recent in my memory...I'm trying to remember if I was there on a cool day and might have opted out of getting wet.
 
  • #526
Moonbear said:
Hmm...I looked it up. It says Splash Mountain, and I've been on that ride, but don't recall Zip-a-dee-doo-dah or Brer Rabbit. I must have been focused on the big splash or keeping from sliding in my seat. Unless I didn't go on it last time, so it's not recent in my memory...I'm trying to remember if I was there on a cool day and might have opted out of getting wet.

Yes, it is Splash Mountain!

I don't know how you could miss it. The whole lead up to the big splash at the end was Brer Rabbit trying to get to his "Laughing Place", while Brer Fox was trying to catch him. It's right before the the big splash when Brer Fox catches Brer Rabbit while Brer Rabbit pleas with him by saying something like "Please Brer Fox, you can do anything to me, but please don't push me over the falls...". And then... SPLASH!

The Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah part comes in at the end when you get back under the mountain. It's more like a celebration for Brer Rabbit for escaping and coming back home.

[OK, so obviously I've been on it waaaaaay too many times]

Zz.
 
  • #527
ZapperZ said:
You're in Knoxville? I was just there last June for the PAC conference at the Convention Center. We had a public day with "Einstein in the City" to celebrate the World Year of Physics 2005. I was looking for other PF'ers to meet up, but didn't get any response...:(
Hmm, I'm too new here (to PF) to have seen that. I didn't hear anything about the public day though. I really need to pay more attention to some of the stuff they put on around here.


You should go the week after Labor Day. It is the best time to go, and the crowds will be considerably smaller.

Zz.

Thanks, I'll remember that.
 
  • #528
ZapperZ said:
Success at last! Got the Disney stamps (3 sheets) and the LAST sheet they had of the "American Scientists" stamps that contain the Feynman stamps. This collection also contains the Barbara McClintock stamps, the Josiah Willard Gibbs stamps, and the John von Neumann stamps.

.. and now I go hunting for the Disney First Day covers...

Zz.
Guess what I found at the post office today? Do you still want/need/desire them?
 
  • #529
Moonbear said:
Guess what I found at the post office today? Do you still want/need/desire them?

Actually, no. I went onto the USPS website and ordered a whole bunch of Disney-related stuff. So as of now, I'm all "full". :)

Thanks for asking, though.

Zz.
 
  • #530
ZapperZ said:
Actually, no. I went onto the USPS website and ordered a whole bunch of Disney-related stuff. So as of now, I'm all "full". :)

Thanks for asking, though.

Zz.
Oh well. Though you are getting contagious. I had to buy a set for myself (got the set of stamps with the four first day covers...one for each stamp). They were too cute to pass up once I saw them.
 
  • #531
Moonbear said:
Oh well. Though you are getting contagious. I had to buy a set for myself (got the set of stamps with the four first day covers...one for each stamp). They were too cute to pass up once I saw them.

I'm not going to say "I told you so..." :)

But in all honesty, it is perfectly understandable. They are very cute, and I've used them to mail letters (horrors! I haven't written regular letters to friends and family in YEARS!). All those who received it liked the stamps - most didn't know they existed. So now THEY are trying to find them.

Like you said, it's contagious...

Zz.
 
  • #532
Those nasty people at Disney are trying to start a new addiction...

We all know how big baseball card collecting is, and that this has expanded into other areas too (animation character cards, etc). So why not disney characters? But would they do this without doing something special? Nooooooo! They are doing character cards that include surprise pins included with each card!

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/pin?id=10721

This is like an addiction double-coupon! They're trying to entice those of us poor slobs who already can't resist the pins into another coma-inducing card collecting addiction!

Must resist the temptation... must resist the temptation...

Zz.
 
  • #533
ZapperZ said:
Those nasty people at Disney are trying to start a new addiction...

We all know how big baseball card collecting is, and that this has expanded into other areas too (animation character cards, etc). So why not disney characters? But would they do this without doing something special? Nooooooo! They are doing character cards that include surprise pins included with each card!

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/pin?id=10721

This is like an addiction double-coupon! They're trying to entice those of us poor slobs who already can't resist the pins into another coma-inducing card collecting addiction!

Must resist the temptation... must resist the temptation...

Zz.

Zz, you need children! It's the only cure for card collecting, to have kids who get their sticky fingers on them and ruin them all.
 
  • #534
Moonbear said:
Zz, you need children! It's the only cure for card collecting, to have kids who get their sticky fingers on them and ruin them all.

WHAT?! And have them smash and run into my Disney and Tweety Collections? NEVER! And I suppose these creatures would want to go along with me when I go to Disney World too, eh? Well if they think they can simply cut in front of me in the Meet the Character line, they have another thing coming.

:)

Zz.
 
  • #535
I'm sorry; just a misstep, won't happen again..
 
  • #536
Even MORE Disney trivia...

Which Disney World attraction includes a pre-show music "Beauty and the Bees"?

Zz.
 
  • #537
In the category of "now they're just making it up as the go along...", yesterday was "Friendship Day", at least according to the Disney Pin Central. So to celebrate that day (what, you didn't have a cookout?), we have a commemorative pin depicting the two popular characters from Finding Nemo - Dory and Marlin.

I will NOT be in a hurry to get this one...

Zz.
 
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  • #538
ZapperZ said:
In the category of "now they're just making it up as the go along...", yesterday was "Friendship Day", at least according to the Disney Pin Central. So to celebrate that day (what, you didn't have a cookout?), we have a commemorative pin depicting the two popular characters from Finding Nemo - Dory and Marlin.

I will NOT be in a hurry to get this one...

Zz.

Now they're trying to hook the little kids! Who else would buy a Finding Nemo pin for Friendship Day?
 
  • #539
Moonbear said:
Now they're trying to hook the little kids! Who else would buy a Finding Nemo pin for Friendship Day?

But Moonbie, that is how we indoctrinate new disciples into the Way of the Mouse. We get them young, and they'll follow the Disney mantra all through their lives.

:)

Zz.
 
  • #540
ZapperZ said:
Even MORE Disney trivia...

Which Disney World attraction includes a pre-show music "Beauty and the Bees"?

Zz.

Answer: It's Tough To Be A Bug.

This is the attraction right inside the Tree of Life at the Animal Kingdom park. It's a 3D "interactive" show with Flik from "It's a Bug's Life". You get to become honorary bugs and understand the importance of insects. But watch out for the angry grasshoppers!

Zz.
 
  • #541
Hey Zapper, did you know that Disney once sponsored an internet site that claimed that ET has landed? They were in fact teaching kids that ET is here! I kept looking and thinking this must be some kind of joke or mistake, but it seemed to be on the level. It was a site for kids, I think called Disney for Kids, or something like that. I sent a link to a business associate who at the time ran the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and suggested that they need to follow Disney's lead if they want to keep up. :biggrin:
 
  • #542
Ivan Seeking said:
Hey Zapper, did you know that Disney once sponsored an internet site that claimed that ET has landed? They were in fact teaching kids that ET is here! I kept looking and thinking this must be some kind of joke or mistake, but it seemed to be on the level. It was a site for kids, I think called Disney for Kids, or something like that. I sent a link to a business associate who at the time ran the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and suggested that they need to follow Disney's lead if they want to keep up. :biggrin:

Humm... that must be during the period of BZ... Before ZapperZ. :)

I must admit that I didn't hear of such thing. Of course, now, we all know that Stitch is an alien, but I didn't know there was already one before. :)

Zz.
 
  • #543
ZapperZ said:
Humm... that must be during the period of BZ... Before ZapperZ. :)

I must admit that I didn't hear of such thing. Of course, now, we all know that Stitch is an alien, but I didn't know there was already one before. :)

Zz.

This was about ten [edit: make that five] years ago now. It seemed to be a legitimate Disney site, but I suspect that they had a renegade webmaster on the loose and/or cooperate had failed to monitor the site properly. After about six months the link went dead. The site was still there but that page was gone.
 
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  • #544
Ivan Seeking said:
This was about ten [edit: make that five] years ago now.

That would be about right. I was fully indoctrinated into the Disney Collective in 2001. I went down the slippery slope of getting addicted to Disney Pins in 2003. So if it is anything 4 years or older, I would have missed it.

If I had seen that site in my current state, I'm sure I would have let the Disney people know about it. :)

Zz.
 
  • #546
how often do you go there?
 
  • #547
Opening in 2006, Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

It promises to be a thrilling ride. The synopsis of the attraction so far involves a roller coaster, a Yeti, going forward and backwards inside the mountain, etc.

I can't wait!

Zz.
 
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  • #548
A rosey outlook for the Disney Company after a rocky few years? Just ahead of the release of the financial report for the 3rd quarter from the company comes this outlook:

http://yahoo.smartmoney.com/stockwatch/index.cfm?story=20050808&afl=yahoo

I laughed when I read

Noto adds that theme parks, both on increased revenue and improved margins, make Disney a stronger performer than its rivals. An improving travel market has helped to attract more visitors to California's Disneyland and Florida's Walt Disney World.

At the rate that I've been spending my money there, they'd BETTER be having an "increased revenue"! :)

Zz.
 
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  • #549
Hey Zapper, did you ever go into Innoventions at Disneyland in CA during the years 2001-2002? If so, you may have seen me. I was a performer there. I worked the Disneyanna convention both years, too, as a talker (the person that talks to you while you wait for the goods you put a successful bid on). I don't know if you're enough of a fanatic to have been to one of those.
 
  • #550
loseyourname said:
Hey Zapper, did you ever go into Innoventions at Disneyland in CA during the years 2001-2002? If so, you may have seen me. I was a performer there. I worked the Disneyanna convention both years, too, as a talker (the person that talks to you while you wait for the goods you put a successful bid on). I don't know if you're enough of a fanatic to have been to one of those.

Does that mean you got paid to make idle chit-chat with people standing around waiting for stuff? That sounds like it would be fun...for about a day!
 

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