Disney World PF Gathering and Tips for Disney Mania!

[Evo]

Oh goody! I'm so happy! Hopefully, Evo got hers.

I don't have mine yet, but it arrived. The Child of Evo picked up the mail and I found out that she's had it in her car ever since. She works two jobs and goes to school, so the few times I've seen her, I've forgotten to get it from her.

 

[ZapperZ]

I don't have mine yet, but it arrived. The Child of Evo picked up the mail and I found out that she's had it in her car ever since. She works two jobs and goes to school, so the few times I've seen her, I've forgotten to get it from her.

Oh no. I hope she's not holding them out for ransom!

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

September 12, 2005.

Today is the memorable opening of Hong Kong Disneyland. And just in time for the grand opening, a bunch of fake Disney merchandise has appeared.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/167431/1/.html

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

Hong Kong Disneyland opens!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/hongkong.disneyland/index.html
http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10024200.asp?Headline=1&Date=9/12/2005&Section=


Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

So, want another hint on a pin that WILL do nothing but increase in value over the years? Try this one. It's the opening day pin at Hong Kong Disneyland. I predict it will start appearing on ebay within the next 24 hours, if it hasn't already.

At the last pin event at Epcot that just ended over the weekend, there were already pin collectors either on their way to, or having contacts in, Hong Kong trying to get the dated pins. Like the dated pins for the Disneyland 50th birthday, this one will command high prices.

Zz.

P.S. The Disney Pin Trading website listed this pin at $75. Before anyone falls off his/her chair, that's HK$75. :) Hong Kong Disneyland is the only place where this pin can be purchased.

 

[ZapperZ]

If you drive on the Florida Turnpike to go to Disney World, there will soon be a very convenient way to get there and bypass the nasty and congested I-4!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-disneyroad1305sep13,0,4815539.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

The Mouse does everything it can to make it easy for you to get there and spend more time and money.

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

Laughling Place.com has an excellent coverage of the opening ceremony/day of Hong Kong Disneyland, complete with pictures!

http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-123.asp

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

For a change, I'm posting a picture of Disney World taken by someone else.

With his permission, kevlightyear at WDWMagic took this unbelievably gorgeous picture of the Sorcerer's Hat at Disney/MGM Studios. When I saw it, I immediately contact him and asked his permission to repost it here (in a smaller form to fit the attachment size). This has become one of my all-time favorite picture from WDW.

Hope you like it too. And thanks, kev!

Zz.

 

[Moonbear]

I found out that a grad student in my new lab has a relative who works at Disney! But she's leaving soon for another job. I was telling her about the pin you sent me and she admitted to owning a few pins herself. I told her she should join me in January, but she'll be working on her thesis by then and doesn't think she will be able to spare the time.

 

[Evo]

Oh, I just remembered a dear friend of mine used to work at Disney as an animator.

 

[Evo]

For a change, I'm posting a picture of Disney World taken by someone else.

With his permission, kevlightyear at WDWMagic took this unbelievably gorgeous picture of the Sorcerer's Hat at Disney/MGM Studios. When I saw it, I immediately contact him and asked his permission to repost it here (in a smaller form to fit the attachment size). This has become one of my all-time favorite picture from WDW.

Hope you like it too. And thanks, kev!

Zz.

Oh, that is beautiful!

 

[ZapperZ]

I found out that a grad student in my new lab has a relative who works at Disney! But she's leaving soon for another job. I was telling her about the pin you sent me and she admitted to owning a few pins herself. I told her she should join me in January, but she'll be working on her thesis by then and doesn't think she will be able to spare the time.

And I bet there are more closeted Disney pin collectors out there (Come out, come out, where ever you are!). :)

One day, we shall take over the world! Resistance is Futile!

I brought my pin haul from this trip to work yesterday. Half of the people were quite impressed with (i) how many there were and (ii) the design, especially on the boxed set. The other half just shook their heads in disbelief. I just told them that if they think this was bad, wait till they see those people who came to the pin trading event with those rolling suitcases.

Speaking of which, Evo, have you gotten your pins yet?

Zz.

 

[Moonbear]

I brought my pin haul from this trip to work yesterday. Half of the people were quite impressed with (i) how many there were and (ii) the design, especially on the boxed set. The other half just shook their heads in disbelief. I just told them that if they think this was bad, wait till they see those people who came to the pin trading event with those rolling suitcases.

I'd be in that category that was doing both! It would probably go something like this: "Ooh, cool pins. Awww, how cute. How many did you say you got? What?! Really? Wow, oh my...we really need to find you a girlfriend."

 

[ZapperZ]

I'd be in that category that was doing both! It would probably go something like this: "Ooh, cool pins. Awww, how cute. How many did you say you got? What?! Really? Wow, oh my...we really need to find you a girlfriend."

Moonbie dear, you are forgetting that I don't have to take my pins out on dates to wine and dine. They also don't mind that I walk around in my boxers scratching myself and belching all day!

:)

Zz.

P.S. I saw on ebay last night that one of the keepsake souvenir pins from the pin event that I attended is now going for $65 at the last bidding. If it goes above $200, I am very tempted to put mine up for sale! :)

 

[Gokul43201]

You know, every time I look at this thread, it seems to have gotten itself a new name...like a fussy, little kid.

 

[ZapperZ]

You know, every time I look at this thread, it seems to have gotten itself a new name...like a fussy, little kid.

Little did you know that it is a trick to make you look.

And it worked!

:)

The "Disney Only" name was "cute" when there were also active "Men Only" and "Women Only" threads. But those two have fallen off to the wayside, and the "Disney Only" name now somehow has lost its "context". Calling it "Disney Mania" is a lot more appropriate now, don't you think? :)

Zz.

 

[Moonbear]

You know, every time I look at this thread, it seems to have gotten itself a new name...like a fussy, little kid.

I hadn't even noticed. I just see Disney and know I'm in the right place.

 

[ZapperZ]

More pictures from the last trip. This is still one of the most recognizable sight anywhere.

I miss the damn place already...

Zz.

 

[JamesU]

he's having withdrawls

 

[ZapperZ]

More terrific pictures from Hong Kong Disneyland. This time, these are pictures from Disney on Parade, a moving spectacle of Disney's classics.

http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-124.asp

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

More pictures from the last trip...

The first is another park icon - the Tree of Life at the Animal Kingdom. If you have seen it in person, you'll know a picture doesn't do it justice. The intricate carvings of various animals on practically every square inch of it is utterly impressive.

The second is the VERY last picture I took right before we rushed back to our car to leave for the airport to catch our plane home. It was the Meet and Greet with the characters specially for Disney Visa cardmembers. We struck gold - Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy were there, and we had plenty of pictures with the three of them at once, in the same picture. If you have gotten in line to get pictures with the characters, you KNOW how rare this opportunity is to get all of them together.

It was a trip that will not soon be forgotten, and will only probably be topped if both Evo and Moonbie join me this January at WDW.

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

Remember this pin that I mentioned a while back? It was released on June 14th. I thought I had no chance of getting it when I went back to WDW on Sept. 3rd. And though I did go looking for it, the first few places I went to were all sold out.

However, as luck would have it, the main pin store at the Animal Kingdom still had a few of these. I found it accidentally while browsing around. A cast member told me that not many people look there for such thing, and usually there's a good chance that they still have a lot of the items that are sold out elsewhere.

So to my great delight, I now have this jumbo pin. It arrived yesterday along with the rest of my packages that were mailed while we were on our trip last week. I'll try to get them all together and take a picture of the box-set pins (there's no freaking way I can take a picture of all the pins I got on this trip).

Zz.

 

[hypatia]

What great little treasures you have there, glad your trip went so well for you! I only have one Disney pin, that came with batteries. Tinkerbell is now proudly stuck on the web-loop handle of my flashlight!

 

[ZapperZ]

What great little treasures you have there, glad your trip went so well for you! I only have one Disney pin, that came with batteries. Tinkerbell is now proudly stuck on the web-loop handle of my flashlight!

What you have is a CLASSIC! Don't let anyone have it!

I have a couple of "pins" that have flashing lights on them. One is a star with Mickey's face right at the center. When you turn on the small switch, small colored lights flicker all over the star. It is very pretty at night and a lot of people have commented on how pretty it is. (Yes, that does mean that I wear it some time while walking around in the neighborhood.) The other pin is the one I traded for with the 100 years of magic logo. I wasn't collecting pins back then (this was what, 3 years ago?), so I didn't buy this thing then, but now I'm trying to catch up!

Are you planning on going for a visit to any Disney parks anytime soon? Want to join us for January? :)

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

Is it too early to announce a Disney event for next year? NEVER!

The 2006 Epcot Teddy Bear and Doll Weekend will be held on May 19-21, 2006 during the Epcot Flower and Garden Show.

http://www.register123.com/event/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x23029b5d8

I won't be going, since I have already made tentative plans to be there during the first week of June (Yes children. Some of us do plan these things THAT far ahead).

Zz.

 

[hypatia]

I shall guard Tink with my life!
Thanks for the invite, but to be painfully honest, weird things happen to me while at amusement parks. You would have a much safer and fun time without me.

 

[ZapperZ]

I shall guard Tink with my life!
Thanks for the invite, but to be painfully honest, weird things happen to me while at amusement parks. You would have a much safer and fun time without me.

Er.. weird thing?

Like grown men and women wearing Mickey ears hat?

Or grown men standing in line to get pictures with Disney character?

Or grown men suddenly found having fun at the various water spouts at Epcot along side 6 and 7-year olds?

Or grown men riding and having joyful time on the Dumbo ride?

You got it all wrong! These are not weird things! These are NORMAL stuff at the park!

:)

Zz.

 

[ZapperZ]

OK, so this is what I REALLY look like. Nice eh? (Still want to marry me, Moonbie?) And you know what they say about trolls with large noses, don't you?

It's time for another Disney trivia. Where exactly in Walt Disney World can you find this lovely and handsome creature?

Zz.

 

[Moonbear]

OK, so this is what I REALLY look like. Nice eh? (Still want to marry me, Moonbie?) And you know what they say about trolls with large noses, don't you?

Oh, I have a good comment regarding that picture, but it's definitely not PG!

 

[hypatia]

Well in 6 flags{tx} someone was stupid enough to buy there kid a 6 ft bull whip. And then stupid enough not to watch him "play" with it. The person I was with, got it in the eye..two operations later, its hardly noticed.
And Cedar Point, the time the breaks failed on the Magnum...4 times around, then a rescue, which if you've never been rescued from a ride, is sort of cool.
Disney World, main street 1976. Happy Birthday America! Small exploding fireworks on a float, misfired into the crowd and hits my sister on the back of her head/shoulders, and her hair starts on fire!

lol still want me to come?