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.
  • #801
ZapperZ said:
Is this the donald pin that you got, Moonbie? If it is, I have that one too! :)

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/956.jpg

Zz.
Yep, that's the one! It was just too cute to pass up! :approve:
 
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  • #802
Another interesting trivia: Where was Walt Disney born?

You'll be surprised with the answer.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/newsletter/mu-html/chi-0509200162sep20,0,3014679.story

Zz.
 
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  • #803
Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, so this pin is highly appropriate.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9509724.jpg

Zz.
 
  • #804
ZapperZ said:
Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, so this pin is highly appropriate.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9509724.jpg

Zz.
Might be better if Tinkerbell didn't look evil on that pin! What did they do to her?!
 
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  • #805
Moonbear said:
Might be better if Tinkerbell didn't look evil on that pin! What did they do to her?!

Maybe she's getting ready for Halloween? :)

I didn't even notice her "possessed" eyes till you mentioned it.

Zz.
 
  • #806
ZapperZ said:
Maybe she's getting ready for Halloween? :)

I didn't even notice her "possessed" eyes till you mentioned it.

Zz.
Yeah, creepy. Plus, the rest of the way she's posed makes me think it's a Tanya Harding pin rather than a Tinkerbell pin. She doesn't look delicate and fairy-like, she looks tough and ready for a fight! :eek:
 
  • #807
Moonbear said:
Yeah, creepy. Plus, the rest of the way she's posed makes me think it's a Tanya Harding pin rather than a Tinkerbell pin. She doesn't look delicate and fairy-like, she looks tough and ready for a fight! :eek:

Maybe that's because that pin is only being released at Disneyland! :)

Here is something less scary. This First Day of Autumn pin is being released at WDW. I would say this is a very CUTE pin.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10923345.jpg

Zz.
 
  • #808
Mickey can bring me flowers any day...

http://www.laughingplace.com/files/TopStory/20050921.jpg

Zz.
 
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  • #809
OK, so Disneyland resort is getting all the "fun" this year (understandably - you only turn 50 once). This time, Honda is giving away a Honda Civic a day at the Disneyland theme park.

http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10024280.asp?Headline=1&Date=9/22/2005&Section=

Zz.
 
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  • #810
Can Mickey find his mojo at the box-office with Chicken Little?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1106334,00.html

Zz.
 
  • #811
ZapperZ said:
Here is something less scary. This First Day of Autumn pin is being released at WDW. I would say this is a very CUTE pin.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10923345.jpg

Zz.
That one is much cuter...and happier! Reminds me of jumping in piles of leaves as a kid. :biggrin:
 
  • #812
OK, we're cranking up the CUTE factor here, folks!

This is the new pin released at Disneyland. It depicts Marie from my all-time most favorite Disney movie - Aristocats.

Strangely enough, although I love this movie a lot, I don't have any merchandize based on the movie, nor do I have any pins either. Isn't that weird? I just love... the movie, and that's that!

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9509564.jpg

Zz.
 
  • #813
ZapperZ said:
OK, we're cranking up the CUTE factor here, folks!
Okay, I see a pin like that and think...yep, it's cute...if I was still 10 years old! There are pins I saw that are just too...well...pink! They are clearly trying to appeal to small children with some of them, but they really don't work for me. I guess I always liked the classic characters best. Aristocats is a really cute movie, but I wouldn't collect the characters from it either.
 
  • #814
Moonbear said:
There are pins I saw that are just too...well...pink! They are clearly trying to appeal to small children with some of them,

Ah, then I MUST get this pin! I use these kinds of pins to attract small children.

OK, stoppit it! It's not what you think! I use these pins to trade with kids who sometime don't know they have "quality" pins. It's the same thing with my Stitch pins. I don't collect them, but I have lots of them to use as trading pins. Kids go nuts for them!

Zz.
 
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  • #815
ZapperZ said:
Ah, then I MUST get this pin! I use these kinds of pins to attract small children.

OK, stoppit it! It's not what you think! I use these pins to trade with kids who sometime don't know they have "quality" pins. It's the same thing with my Stitch pins. I don't collect them, but I have lots of them to use as trading pins. Kids go nuts for them!

Zz.
:smile: So, now you're taking advantage of small children to get their valuable pins? Meanie! :-p :smile:
 
  • #816
Moonbear said:
:smile: So, now you're taking advantage of small children to get their valuable pins? Meanie! :-p :smile:

Damn right! It's like taking candy from a baby! I dangle a cheap Stitch pin in front of their faces, and they'll give me anything I want off their lanyards!

God I love this pin trading!

:)

Zz.
 
  • #817
this thread's starting to creep me out.. :rolleyes:
 
  • #818
I bought myself a small shadow box display for my pin(s) today. I got Disney scrapbooking paper to use for the background in it. :biggrin: I'm going to hang it in my office after I get enough pins to make it worth displaying (it looks a little pathetic with just one pin in it).

I also got a Disney patterned vellum paper that will fit over the window in my office door (it's just one of those 10"x10" windows...since my office is right next to the conference room, I want to keep something covering the window so everyone isn't staring at me as they walk past, but the previous occupant had just plain solid paper on it, and I wanted something fun and a little translucent so folks know I'm in there when the light shines through (at least until I can get the automatic closer thing off the door so I can keep it open a crack when I want people to know I'm there).

I'm still looking for more colorful stuff to decorate my very plain, ugly walls. I already got a poster of a window (since I don't have a real window)...the post-docs are telling me I should put up curtains and a window box filled with plastic flowers. I just might do that to be totally silly...when you're in a place where offices with windows are at a premium, you have to have a sense of humor.
 
  • #819
I already got a poster of a window

this is like, the saddest thing I've ever heard...
 
  • #820
yomamma said:
this is like, the saddest thing I've ever heard...
Yeah, but now I'm the only one with a view of a beach! :biggrin: :smile:
 
  • #821
I assume you'll have a fan in fromt of some sand next and have people over for margaritas
 
  • #822
yomamma said:
I assume you'll have a fan in fromt of some sand next and have people over for margaritas
:rolleyes: Of course not. I don't like margaritas, I prefer pina coladas. :biggrin:
 
  • #823
piña coladas, I hate 'em!
 
  • #824
Moonbear said:
I bought myself a small shadow box display for my pin(s) today. I got Disney scrapbooking paper to use for the background in it. :biggrin: I'm going to hang it in my office after I get enough pins to make it worth displaying (it looks a little pathetic with just one pin in it).

I also got a Disney patterned vellum paper that will fit over the window in my office door (it's just one of those 10"x10" windows...since my office is right next to the conference room, I want to keep something covering the window so everyone isn't staring at me as they walk past, but the previous occupant had just plain solid paper on it, and I wanted something fun and a little translucent so folks know I'm in there when the light shines through (at least until I can get the automatic closer thing off the door so I can keep it open a crack when I want people to know I'm there).

I'm still looking for more colorful stuff to decorate my very plain, ugly walls. I already got a poster of a window (since I don't have a real window)...the post-docs are telling me I should put up curtains and a window box filled with plastic flowers. I just might do that to be totally silly...when you're in a place where offices with windows are at a premium, you have to have a sense of humor.

Moonbie, we need to buy stuff for your office when we go to WDW. My office here has been dubbed the Disney Museum. The custodial crew has been coming into take a look every so often to see what new Disney stuff I've brought in. And coming soon, a 24x36" picture of me and 2 friends with Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy, to go up on the wall.

I'm actually going to run out of wall space... this might get depressing.

Zz.
 
  • #825
ZapperZ said:
Moonbie, we need to buy stuff for your office when we go to WDW. My office here has been dubbed the Disney Museum. The custodial crew has been coming into take a look every so often to see what new Disney stuff I've brought in. And coming soon, a 24x36" picture of me and 2 friends with Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy, to go up on the wall.
Well, my office is rather small, so I won't be putting up too much.

I'm actually going to run out of wall space... this might get depressing.

Zz.
Aww...time to start rotating the collection. And while you're rotating out stuff, you can send it on tour...I'll gladly display a visiting collection. :biggrin: :smile:
 
  • #826
Oh no! I want this pin! But I can't get it! :(

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9910186.jpg

Zz.
 
  • #827
Settle down, Zz
 
  • #828
All the dirt you wanted to know about Tinker Bell, but didn't care to ask...

http://disney.go.com/inside/issues/stories/v050920.html

Zz.
 
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  • #829
Gnomeo and Juliette? That's right. Disney is coming out with a movie version of Romeo and Julliet starring, get this, GNOMES!

Honest, you can't make up these things! :)

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/652/652841p1.html

You'll never look at garden gnomes the same way again...

Zz.
 
  • #830
DOCD!
 
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  • #831
Well now! We all know that we like shiny, glittering things. Then this one should be a winner! Bejeweled Mickey ears... what could be better?

Luckily, it is an open editioned pin. Let's hope they still have it in January...

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904227.jpg
 
  • #832
ZapperZ said:
Well now! We all know that we like shiny, glittering things. Then this one should be a winner! Bejeweled Mickey ears... what could be better?

Luckily, it is an open editioned pin. Let's hope they still have it in January...

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904227.jpg
Oooooooooooooohhhhhh! Move over Mickey, I want that one to be the center pin in my shadow box display! :!) :!)

Gnomeo and Juliet? :smile: I already think of garden gnomes differently after reading Harry Potter! :smile:
 
  • #833
I already think of garden gnomes differently after reading Harry Potter!
I hate dobby and kreacher.
 
  • #834
Disneyland dedication plaque:

http://adisney.images.go.com/Images/I-Catalog/DS/Products/005181/95582/95582_Z.jpg

<lump in throat>

Zz.
 
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  • #835
Moonbear said:
Oooooooooooooohhhhhh! Move over Mickey, I want that one to be the center pin in my shadow box display! :!) :!)

Then it appears that we have our first agenda when we meet in January - to hunt for that pin. Hope Evo doesn't mind tagging along while we go hunting.

:)

Zz.
 
  • #836
ZapperZ said:
Then it appears that we have our first agenda when we meet in January - to hunt for that pin. Hope Evo doesn't mind tagging along while we go hunting.

:)

Zz.
Tagging along? HAH! You have never seen me in bloodlust for Disney pins. :-p
 
  • #837
yomamma said:
I hate dobby and kreacher.
They aren't garden gnomes, they're house elves! :rolleyes:
 
  • #838
Evo said:
Tagging along? HAH! You have never seen me in bloodlust for Disney pins. :-p

Actually, I don't think ANYONE has seen you in a bloodlust for Disney pins before, Evo, even you! I believe this is a new disease that I have inflicted upon you, and possibly Moonbie.

By late December, the right side of your face will start twitching, and you will start playing Disney tunes 24 hours a day. These are common symptoms and will go away after a shopping spree at Downtown Disney. So no need to call your physician.

:)

Zz.
 
  • #839
ZapperZ said:
Actually, I don't think ANYONE has seen you in a bloodlust for Disney pins before, Evo, even you! I believe this is a new disease that I have inflicted upon you, and possibly Moonbie.

By late December, the right side of your face will start twitching, and you will start playing Disney tunes 24 hours a day. These are common symptoms and will go away after a shopping spree at Downtown Disney. So no need to call your physician.

:)

Zz.
Does Downtown Disney still have that little LegoLand area where you get to play with Legos? After our shopping spree, I want to build stuff with Legos (it's more challenging when you have to trick the kid next to you into sharing their Legos to get the good pieces you need, like roofs and wheels). :biggrin:
 
  • #840
Moonbear said:
Does Downtown Disney still have that little LegoLand area where you get to play with Legos? After our shopping spree, I want to build stuff with Legos (it's more challenging when you have to trick the kid next to you into sharing their Legos to get the good pieces you need, like roofs and wheels). :biggrin:

Yes, but it isn't that little anymore. They had a remodelling about a year ago, and the playland is even larger now. So you can build your Lego model to your hearts content. I intend to get at least a few pictures of you fighting it out with some kid for that piece of Lego.

The only sad thing was that they took away that lion lego outside their store. I had several pictures of me sticking my head in that thing. Ah... fond memories...

Zz.
 
  • #842
I hung up my Disney paper on the window to my office door today (now people can actually see light through it to know if I'm in or not...the students were complaining they couldn't tell if I was in my office or not, and since I like to have an open door policy despite the automatic door closer forcing my door shut all the time, I had to fix that). I then mentioned that my one pin looked lonely all by itself, so I had ordered some more to display in a shadow box that I'll bring in once I have the pins for it and was told that I've been lured to the "dark side of pin collecting." :smile: It's all ZZ's fault!
 
  • #843
Moonbear said:
I then mentioned that my one pin looked lonely all by itself, so I had ordered some more to display in a shadow box that I'll bring in once I have the pins for it and was told that I've been lured to the "dark side of pin collecting." :smile: It's all ZZ's fault!

YESSSSSS!

Zz.
 
  • #844
I HAVE PINS!

THANK YOU Zz! :!) :!) :!) :!)

The Child of Evo drove them here to my office. :approve:
 
  • #845
Well it's about time too!

:)

Zz.
 
  • #846
Evo said:
I HAVE PINS!

THANK YOU Zz! :!) :!) :!) :!)

The Child of Evo drove them here to my office. :approve:

Woo hoo! They're even cuter in person than in the pictures, aren't they? :biggrin:
 
  • #847
tsk..tsk...tsk...sad...
 
  • #848
TAC at WDWMagic just reminded me of a very funny line in the movie Jurrasic Park.

John Hammond: All major theme parks have had delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked, nothing.

Dr. Ian Malcolm: But, John, if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

<rolling on the floor laughing>

Zz.
 
  • #849
The 10th Epcot Food and Wine Festival starts on Sept. 30 and runs till Nov. 13. It has become a major yearly event at WDW.

Of course, to commemorate the event, several pins are being released. The best of the whole lot, in my opinion, is this one:

[PLAIN]http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904387.jpg

Zz.
 
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