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.
  • #1,151
Is it almost Thanksgiving already?

The Thanksgiving-themed pins are out, and more will be released as the month progresses. I like these two Disneyland pins the best. They're being released today also.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9885927.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10081431.jpg
 
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  • #1,152
Early box office numbers are predicting that Chicken Little pulled in more than $40 million in North America alone, and winning the week handily. This dispite the weak to poor reviews that the movie received from the critics.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/weekendboxofficer.html
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2005&wknd=44&p=.htm

This will make it VERY interesting for the Disney-Pixar negotiations.

Zz.
 
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  • #1,153
ZapperZ said:
Another Disney trivia.

Identify this attraction at the Walt Disney World. (I'm riding behind these folks while taking the picture).

Zz.

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Hey, no one got this one. I'm shocked! :)

This attraction is the AstroOrbiter at the Magic Kingdom. One gets to orbit pretty high up in Tomorrowland on this one.

Maybe I'll drag both Moonbie and Evo to ride this thing in Jan. :)

Zz.
 
  • #1,154
OH DEAR, OH DEAR, OH DEAR!

Instead of seeing the G-rated Chicken Little, some folks (and children) was shown a spanish movie that started with a boy committing suicide!

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/363007p-309144c.html

Zz.
 
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  • #1,155
Holy cowboy boots, Batman! I've never seen a Disney pin like this!

This is a surprise pin released today at WDW, or to be exact, at the Frontierland Trading Post at the Magic Kingdom. I expect it to be gone in a week when you have a design as unique as this. Drat!

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904261.jpg
 
  • #1,158
ZapperZ said:
Hooray!

The christmas decorations are up at The Magic Kingdom, and the pictures are out! We are going to get to see these LIVE, Moonbie and Evo!

http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-146.asp

Zz.
I LOVE CHRISTMAS! :!) :!)
 
  • #1,159
The Thanksgiving pins are beginning to be released in force now. A very cute pin is being released today at WDW. It's Pilgrim Mickey and Minnie!

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10920156.jpg

Another very cute one will be released on the 11th, and of course, they involve one of my favorite ischievous duo, Chip & Dale. Looks like they're doing what I will do after my Thanksgiving meal.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904351.jpg
 
  • #1,160
The pictures here may not be of very high quality, but nostalgia was never about quality. :)

http://www.hanthorn.com/disneyland73.htm

These are pictures of Disneyland from 1973. It's fascinating to look at what has changed, what are gone, and what have remained the same. Pay particular attention to the monorail with the bubble on top. Rumor has it that they're planning on building new monorail trains and bringing back that observation bubble. That would be very cool.

Zz.
 
  • #1,161
ZapperZ said:
Another very cute one will be released on the 11th, and of course, they involve one of my favorite ischievous duo, Chip & Dale. Looks like they're doing what I will do after my Thanksgiving meal.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904351.jpg
You just know I have a soft spot for Chip & Dale, don't you? That is just sooooooooooooo cute! Let me guess, it'll be released in Disneyland...all the good ones seem to be released there. :frown: (Edit: oops, just noticed the pin says DisneyWorld...still no help since I won't be there BEFORE Thanksgiving. ) Don't they have a conscience? They should feel VERY guilty for not releasing them someplace where us land-locked folks nowhere near any Disney location can get to them. It's just not fair! I want that Chip & Dale pin! :cry:
 
  • #1,162
There is an outside chance that we might stumble into this in January, but very far outside. It's a limited edition of 3500. I'm guessing that we may have to haunt for it maybe at the Animal Kingdom, which would be the most likely place to have any leftover pins.

If you wish, you can contact the Walt Disney World® Merchandise Guest Services at 407-363-6200 when it is released on the 11th. The SKU number for this pin is 10904351, and it is $10.95 a piece.

Zz.
 
  • #1,163
More new pictures of the holiday decorations going up at WDW. This time its the pictures from Disney/MGM Studios, including the lights already up for the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights, which will go on till Jan 8th. Hooray!

http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-148.asp

Zz.
 
  • #1,164
ZapperZ said:
There is an outside chance that we might stumble into this in January, but very far outside. It's a limited edition of 3500. I'm guessing that we may have to haunt for it maybe at the Animal Kingdom, which would be the most likely place to have any leftover pins.

If you wish, you can contact the Walt Disney World® Merchandise Guest Services at 407-363-6200 when it is released on the 11th. The SKU number for this pin is 10904351, and it is $10.95 a piece.

Zz.
Can they mail it to me without me visiting? I wouldn't want it in January, I'd love to have it to wear on Thanksgiving Day though. :smile: It would also go well with my Chip & Dale sweeping acorns pin. I think if I'm going to collect, I want to do seasonal themes, and then I can rotate what I display to match the season. :biggrin:
 
  • #1,165
Moonbear said:
Can they mail it to me without me visiting? I wouldn't want it in January, I'd love to have it to wear on Thanksgiving Day though. :smile: It would also go well with my Chip & Dale sweeping acorns pin. I think if I'm going to collect, I want to do seasonal themes, and then I can rotate what I display to match the season. :biggrin:

Yes, if it is available for purchase online or via phone, then they will ship it to you. So there's no harm in check if you can do that. I've had several where you can buy them that way, and a few others where you can't, especially the limited edition ones.

Zz.
 
  • #1,167
Siemens has agreed to a sponsorship deal with Disney. Among other things, they will sponsor Spaceship Earth. Hopefully, this will mean that the attraction will get the much-need improvement. It has been rather neglected ever since the demise of AT&T.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-bk-disney110805,0,1270713.story?coll=orl-home-promo

Zz.
 
  • #1,168
Kirmit meets Kirmit for his 50th birthday!

http://disney.go.com/inside/issues/stories/v051108.html

Zz.
 
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  • #1,170
Pictures and videos of the Disneyland Rededication Ceremony that takes places each morning at Disneyland's Train Station to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. It looks like a fun and elaborate ceremony based on the pictures alone. I'm hoping to get to see this next June before the golden anniversary celebration is over.

http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-149.asp

Zz.
 
  • #1,171
More Disney trivia.

In which attraction at the Walt Disney World resort can you see this joyful sight?

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Zz.
 
  • #1,172
Pirates of the Caribbean
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  • #1,173
tribdog said:
Pirates of the Caribbean
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Nope... Pirates are entirely in the dark and indoors. This is outdoors, if you notice. Besides, Caribbean and elephants?

Zz.
 
  • #1,174
Rumors are already flying. IGN is already reporting that a deal is likely between Disney and Pixar, thus continuing one of the most successful partnership in movie history.

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/665/665580p1.html

While I'm happy with this, I hope Disney does not abandon their own in-house animation that they have started with Chicken Little.

Zz.
 
  • #1,175
Space Mountain
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  • #1,176
ZapperZ said:
More Disney trivia.

In which attraction at the Walt Disney World resort can you see this joyful sight?

img12678ra.jpg


Zz.
That's the jungle cruise. :biggrin: Do I win the Chip and Dale pin?
 
  • #1,177
Moonbear said:
That's the jungle cruise. :biggrin: Do I win the Chip and Dale pin?

Very good, Moonbie. And yes you do, a virtual Chip and Dale pin!

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10908776.jpg

You do know that we are definitely going to load you up with tons of Chip and Dale pins on our January trip, don't you? :)

Zz.
 
  • #1,179
Disney's Festival of the Masters starts tomorrow at Downtown Disney in WDW.

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wd...d=FestivalofMastersSubListingSpecialEventPage

This event has become very popular, especially among the local residents of Orlando (it helps that you don't have to pay to get in). As expected, there's a commemorative pin for this event, and it's a jumbo pin, measing 3.25" x 3.25".

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904347.jpg

Zz.
 
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  • #1,180
One of my most favorite things to do at Disney World is Dining with the Characters. This is the best way to meet some of my favorite characters and have a meal at the same time. This article below has a fairly accurate description of one such dining experience, except he left out one important thing - adults can enjoy such a thing as well. The characters will stop by at your table even if there's no kids. In fact, some of them are even more playful with you when there's just adults at the table.

So this dinning experience is fun for both adults and children. So Moonbie and Evo, guess where we'll be having my Birthday Dinner?! :)

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051106/LIVING03/511060386/1007/LIVING

Zz.
 
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  • #1,182
The sad thing is, I can thoroughly see myself wearing this pin to the parties that I attend, and no one would even give it a strange look! :)

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/109111105.jpg

This is one of two pins being released this weekend at WDW for the ABC Super Soap Stars weekend at Disney/MGM Studios. This annual event also has become quite an attraction each year, almost as big as the Star Wars weekend in May/June.

Zz.
 
  • #1,183
Zz, double posting should be against the rules :p
 
  • #1,185
ZapperZ said:
Very good, Moonbie. And yes you do, a virtual Chip and Dale pin!
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10908776.jpg
You do know that we are definitely going to load you up with tons of Chip and Dale pins on our January trip, don't you? :)
Zz.
Oh, they're so happy! :smile: What kinds of new pins do you think they'll have for New Year's when we're there? :biggrin:
 
  • #1,186
Moonbear said:
Oh, they're so happy! :smile: What kinds of new pins do you think they'll have for New Year's when we're there? :biggrin:

They haven't announced the scheduled pins to be released around that time yet. However, I am certain that there will be New Year's pins. So far, the advanced announcement of pins to be released stops at Dec 23rd. There's a gorgeous Jumbo Pin that will be released that day, and I'm hoping there's one left by the time I get there.

I'm guessing that this may be the one jumbo pin that Evo might like. :)

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904369.jpg
 
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  • #1,187
There might be a Narnia experience coming to a shopping mall near you.

http://www.taubman.com/tourism/Narnia/narnia.htm

Zz.
 
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  • #1,188
Looks like the Christmas pins are starting to come out. This pin will be released tomorrow, Nov. 13, at Disneyland.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904332.jpg
 
  • #1,189
Humm... since when did a 65th anniversary become a significant milestone for a celebration?

In any case, Fantasia is going to be 65 years old on Nov. 13th. It originally premiered at the Colony Theater in New York on November 13, 1940. So of course, we have a pin to commemorate this highly "significant" anniversary.

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904380.jpg
 
  • #1,190
ZapperZ said:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904369.jpg
Ooh, I like that one!
 
  • #1,191
Moonbear said:
Ooh, I like that one!

Yes, that seems to be my favorite holiday pin so far, even if it's a jumbo pin.

Anyway, a pin popped up today out of nowhere. It's a pin for Thanksgiving and will be released at the World of Disney store in New York City. And it's a terrific pin because of the tie-in with the large balloon characters that we see in Macy's Thanksgiving parade.

Do people in NYC even realize that they have access to some of the nicest pins Disney has ever produced? :)

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904457.jpg
 
  • #1,192
Celebration, which is a city created by Walt Disney near Orlando, has been called everything from a utopia to social engineering gone bad. A terrific blog describing its history and day-to-day living can be found here:

http://www.designobserver.com/archives/005471.html

Evo, Moonbie: remember when all those accidents at WDW were happening that they brought these people to Celebration Hospital? This is the place.

Zz.
 
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  • #1,193
Stitch's High Sea Adventure Pin Event

Here's something that will drive you nuts, Moonbie. It certainly drove me bonkers. These are pins we cannot get because they are part of a pin event on a Disney Cruise line being released today.

The first one is titled Scavenger Hunt - Chip and Dale Gone "Coconuts". I don't collect a lot of Chip and Dale, but even *I* would love to have this pin. It just shows their playfulness.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/109111317.jpgThe second one is also a Chip and Dale pin. This reminds me of that thanksgiving pin where they are taking a nap after gouging on the turkey. In this one, they had waaaay too much coconut juice.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904504.jpg

All terrific pins. I bet we'll start seeing them on ebay after the cruise ends and some people on it start selling them off. Ugh!

Zz.
 
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  • #1,194
Thanks to MKT of WDWMagic, this is a link full of the latest pictures of the holiday decorations at Disney/MGM studios - something we will get to see in January. I can't wait already...

http://www.mkt3000.com/pics/disney_11-12-05/

Zz.
 
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  • #1,195
Looks like Chicken Little is holding on strong.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051113/ap_on_en_mo/box_office;_ylt=AvEgNUFEP9HNoMM.ic1XXvCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

Zz.
 
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  • #1,196
ZapperZ said:
Here's something that will drive you nuts, Moonbie. It certainly drove me bonkers. These are pins we cannot get because they are part of a pin event on a Disney Cruise line being released today.

The first one is titled Scavenger Hunt - Chip and Dale Gone "Coconuts". I don't collect a lot of Chip and Dale, but even *I* would love to have this pin. It just shows their playfulness.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/109111317.jpg


The second one is also a Chip and Dale pin. This reminds me of that thanksgiving pin where they are taking a nap after gouging on the turkey. In this one, they had waaaay too much coconut juice.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904504.jpg

All terrific pins. I bet we'll start seeing them on ebay after the cruise ends and some people on it start selling them off. Ugh!

Zz.

Aww...now I think I need to take a Disney Cruise, just to get my paws on those pins! :!) :!)

Zz, I was out shopping and wandered through the electronics section in Sears (who can resist such a thing?) and saw this TV (plus there was a matching DVD/VCR player).
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...tical=ELEC&pid=05723167000&subcat=Regular+TVs

Now we'll find out just how much of a fanatic you are...where would you put that TV, and would you even consider replacing the big screen TV with a 13" TV just because it's Disney? :biggrin:
 
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  • #1,197
Moonbear said:
Aww...now I think I need to take a Disney Cruise, just to get my paws on those pins! :!) :!)
Zz, I was out shopping and wandered through the electronics section in Sears (who can resist such a thing?) and saw this TV (plus there was a matching DVD/VCR player).
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...tical=ELEC&pid=05723167000&subcat=Regular+TVs
Now we'll find out just how much of a fanatic you are...where would you put that TV, and would you even consider replacing the big screen TV with a 13" TV just because it's Disney? :biggrin:

Nope! I have seen that TV before in the Disney catalog. So I'm immune to that.

So, did YOU buy it?

:)

Zz.
 
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  • #1,198
ZapperZ said:
Nope! I have seen that TV before in the Disney catalog. So I'm immune to that.
Phew! There's still some hope for you. :biggrin:

So, did YOU buy it?
:)
Zz.
No way...I was drooling at the flat screen LCD and Plasma TVs, so a measly Mickey TV didn't have a chance (how long before those flat TVs come down in price to something us mere mortals can afford?). But as soon as I saw it, I thought of you.
 
  • #1,199
Moonbear said:
No way...I was drooling at the flat screen LCD and Plasma TVs, so a measly Mickey TV didn't have a chance (how long before those flat TVs come down in price to something us mere mortals can afford?). But as soon as I saw it, I thought of you.

Hey, maybe you should get the Mickey waffle iron instead.

http://adisney.images.go.com/Images/I-Catalog/DS/Products/005181/23023/23023_Z.jpg

If you have a Costco, you may want to try them. The prices for flat panel TV are coming down quite fast, especially for the 42". And those are the TV's you want for HDTV. Rear projection HDTV is a bit of a pain - you need to call a professional to have it calibrated and alligned. That means more money, or else the picture does not look at good as it should.

Zz.
 
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  • #1,200
I saw that waffle iron in the catalog, but since I already have a waffle iron that I don't use often enough to justify buying another one, I was able to resist.

I don't think there's any Costco type place around here. I don't know though, I never looked because living alone, there isn't much they have to offer that I could use in such large quantities to justify the membership cost. Though, if I were to find a flat panel TV at a good price, that would be worth the membership. I keep eyeing the prices. So far, only the 32" ones are coming into the price range I might be willing to pay, but that's the really low end ones. Maybe I'll watch for post-Christmas or February sales (those months usually have the best sale prices on things...otherwise I'll just keep waiting...when everyone else has one first, the prices will be closer to what I'm willing to pay).
 

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