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.
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Evo said:
What's tomorrow's agenda?

Obviously, we're going to sleep in a bit and meeting up at Epcot at 10:00 am. I want Moonbie to get on Soarin', which is THE best attraction at Epcot at the moment. When we'll hang around Epcot for the rest of the morning and early afternoon, probably do lunch at the Morrocan restaurant. Then around mid afternoon, we're going to Disney/MGM Studios. If it isn't too busy, I'm going to get Moonbie to ride the Tower of Terror. Please let me know if you can hear her scream.

Then, later in the evening, we'll be watching the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights there. That should be a rather full day.

Zz.
 
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GeorginaS said:
I don't know why this is amusing me so much, but I have to wonder at people who go to Disneyworld and send back daily reports to a message board. Not that I'm complaining, because I'm thrilled to hear you're having fun, Moonbear. I'm likely just getting old. Remember when you'd get a postcard in the mail, and then have to wait for stories when the people returned home, and then wait at least another week for the pictures to be developed? Yeah, I remember those days too. These days are way better, even if they do cause me perdiodic existential angst.
Geek Pirates ho! :)
Edited to add: that tree is huge!
Hi G! (Folks, this is my friend G who has learned that if she wants to get in touch with me, the best place to find me is on PF :biggrin:). Hey, this sure beats sitting here writing out a dozen postcards and hunting for stamps, and then not getting around to mailing the things until I'm already home, doesn't it? :biggrin:
 
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It certainly does beat that. Don't get me wrong, the technology rocks, it just boggles me periodically.

But! Action-packed days and everything. And just what, exactly, is up with someplace opening the gates at 8 but not serving breakfast until 7:30? More importantly, what is up with you awake at 6 on vacation?! Hee. Irrepressible you are.

Edited to add: on further contemplation, maybe the whole "don't eat breakfast" thing relates back to what Zz said about Teacups and people throwing up. ;)
 
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ZapperZ said:
Obviously, we're going to sleep in a bit and meeting up at Epcot at 10:00 am. I want Moonbie to get on Soarin', which is THE best attraction at Epcot at the moment. When we'll hang around Epcot for the rest of the morning and early afternoon, probably do lunch at the Morrocan restaurant. Then around mid afternoon, we're going to Disney/MGM Studios. If it isn't too busy, I'm going to get Moonbie to ride the Tower of Terror. Please let me know if you can hear her scream.
Then, later in the evening, we'll be watching the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights there. That should be a rather full day.
Zz.
Sounds like a really fun day! :smile: I'll bet you must be tired.
 
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Moonbear said:
Hi G! (Folks, this is my friend G who has learned that if she wants to get in touch with me, the best place to find me is on PF :biggrin:). Hey, this sure beats sitting here writing out a dozen postcards and hunting for stamps, and then not getting around to mailing the things until I'm already home, doesn't it? :biggrin:
Hi G! Welcome to PF!
 
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GeorginaS said:
Edited to add: on further contemplation, maybe the whole "don't eat breakfast" thing relates back to what Zz said about Teacups and people throwing up. ;)
:smile: Well, that is one way of looking at it! Alright, I really better get myself off to sleep now. At least tomorrow we're sleeping in and I will have plenty of time to get a decent breakfast. Today was the exception because we wanted to see the safari early while the animals would be likely to be active, which they were.
 
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Well, mission accomplished then. Sleep well. I'll be looking for tomorrow's report!

Thanks for the welcome, Evo. I've been lurking for quite a while trying to get up to speed on conversations around here. That's the surest way to not saying anything; start reading threads from the beginning.
 
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OK, I only have time to post one picture. And Moonbie is not the only one who can take a picture of people's back. I can too.

This is the picture of Moonbie and Chuck walking towards Expedition Everest, which will open in April 2006. We had just finished the Safari ride, and it was still early in the day (Animal Kingdom opened yesterday at 8:00 am for Disney resort guests, but opens to the general public at 9:00 am).

Enjoy looking at their backs!

:)

Zz.

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Hey! That picture makes my butt look big! (Oh, right, darn, it's my butt that makes my butt look big.) :redface:

Zz, I guess I made a good impression on the characters last night...they all came and joined me for breakfast today too! Yep, Minnie, Goofy, Chip and Dale all showed up in their beach attire to hang out with everyone having breakfast here at the Beach Club. What a nice surprise since I thought I was going to be eating alone. :biggrin: Had I known there would be characters coming to breakfast, I'd have definitely invited you over here to join me Zz (and I'd have brought my camera).
 
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Moonbear said:
Hey! That picture makes my butt look big! (Oh, right, darn, it's my butt that makes my butt look big.) :redface
Not at all, Moonbear. Nice legs, too!
 
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*doing my best not to be jealous*[/size] Nice picture!

Is it back photographer champions?[/size]
 
  • #1,542
I'm taking notes: bring camera to breakfast with you while in The Happiest Place on Earth.

This play-by-play of your vacation, Moonbear, is wonderful!
 
  • #1,543
Astro! Did you see that? You can cancel your mountaineering climbing plans! Expedition Everest, has everything you need.

ummm whos Chuck?
 
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hypatia said:
Astro! Did you see that? You can cancel your mountaineering climbing plans! Expedition Everest, has everything you need.
Cough, cough! That puny thing? Ah, ummm, I need the real thing. That's like offering decaffeinated coffee to a heavy duty coffee drinker like me. :biggrin:

hypatia said:
ummm who's Chuck?
He is the guy to the right of Moonbear. :biggrin: So she has at least two guys with her. o:)


Well, sooner or later, I have to go there because my son would like to do it at least once, so I am paying attention.

In fact, I will be in the neighborhood next week. I have a short trip to Miami next Tuesday.
 
  • #1,545
Wait...did you hear that? It sounded like a bear screaming. I wonder if Zz got Moonbear on the Tower of Terror?
 
  • #1,546
Evo said:
Wait...did you hear that? It sounded like a bear screaming. I wonder if Zz got Moonbear on the Tower of Terror?

YUP! I got Moonbie on the Tower of Terror. But everyone thought I'm nutty? Well, Moonbie, instead of screaming on the Tower of Terror, was LAUGHING instead since she was so scared. What a strange woman!

:)

We did Soarin' at Epcot in the morning, had lunch at the Morrocan restaurant, entertained by a couple of perfomers and a belly dancer, and then went over to Disney/MGM Studios. The highlight of the evening was the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights. Let me just tell you that no pictures can do justice. It is truly spectacular.

I'll try to upload pictures later tonight or tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a lazy day. Moonbie will be hanging around the pool at her resort, I will be relaxing around my resort. We're meeting in the evening for dinner and Illuminations at Epcot.

Zz.
 
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Evo said:
Wait...did you hear that? It sounded like a bear screaming. I wonder if Zz got Moonbear on the Tower of Terror?
He did get me on it, but I didn't scream (Zz did though...there was an adorable 5 year old in line who wasn't afraid though, and was willing to hold his hand if he needed it...everyone say "awwwww" together now)...I was laughing WAAAAAYYY too hard to scream. :smile: It's a great ride! It wasn't at all what I was expecting. I was expecting one of those gut wrenching long free-falls, but it wasn't too bad...except when they open the doors so you can see out (I think you're supposed to see how far up you are at that point) and I was nearly blinded by the sun. It just catches you entirely by surprise as to when you're going to drop and how far, which for some reason made me laugh, and then I couldn't stop laughing through the remainder of the ride.

Pictures will have to be posted by Zz for today's adventures. After all his talking and talking and talking about the Osborne light display at MGM, I have to say I was absolutely stunned at the gorgeous and far more than expected light display. It seemed like there were lights on every square inch of the buildings in that area of the park. You know there are a lot of lights, but when we turned the corner and actually saw the full effect, it was just absolutely breath-taking! Zz brought along a tripod to get some long exposure photos (okay, some is really an understatement...I wandered off for a half hour and he was still taking photos when I returned), so we'll have to get him to share some of those for today's photo exhibit.

Tomorrow we're going to rest up. Zz's heading off to do more shopping or pin collecting or both wherever it is he's doing that, and I'm going to lounge around by the poolside with a book and be a proper vacationer.

Oh, and Zz learned today not to tell Moonbear to walk quickly to get somewhere (we were trying to get to Soarin' after lunch for our FastPass times...for some of the more popular rides, you can skip standing in a long chunk of line by getting a FastPass, which tells you a pre-appointed time range to return...you can only do one of these at a time, so the ideal thing is to get a FastPass for one ride, then go get in the regular line of another...or get lunch as we did). Apparently he hadn't realized until then that I can walk fast. :rolleyes: Well, for the most part, he's been leading the way since he knows all the shortcuts to get to everything, so I've just been keeping his pace to get to things.

Oh, Chuck...he's our videographer...you can't have a Disney wedding without bringing along your own videographer, right? :biggrin:
 
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Oh, looks like Zz was already posting while I was typing out that long reply. Oh well, you can read all about it twice...but I wasn't scared on the Tower of Terror...I think the 5-year-old standing in line behind us gave me a bit of courage. And when they only gave us seatbelts to strap us in rather than full harnesses as I was expecting, I realized it couldn't be that bad.
 
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Moonie said:
It wasn't at all what I was expecting (I was expecting one of those gut wrenching long free-falls, but it wasn't too bad...except when they open the doors so you can see out (I think you're supposed to see how far up you are at that point) and I was nearly blinded by the sun.
When I went on the one out here I decided that it would probably have been better if I had gone on it while it was dark. With the sun up it doesn't really fit what the atmosphere is supposed to be like.
 
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TheStatutoryApe said:
When I went on the one out here I decided that it would probably have been better if I had gone on it while it was dark. With the sun up it doesn't really fit what the atmosphere is supposed to be like.
I agree, especially when you can't see anything when suddenly blinded by bright light anyway. Though, that seems to serve the secondary purpose of providing enough light to take your photo on the ride. When we got off the ride and they had the photos up on the monitors, I had my hand in front of my face trying to shield my eyes from the sun (and of course Zz and Chuck, being the big hams they are and already knowing when the photos are taken, were sitting there waving to the camera in the photo :rolleyes: :smile:).
 
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OK, here are a few pictures from the Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights.

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Wow, that's a LOT of lights. :!)

I'm missing out on so much. :cry:
 
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Zz.
 
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Evo said:
Wow, that's a LOT of lights. :!)
I'm missing out on so much. :cry:
Even Zz's great photos can't fully do it justice! Oh, and they even had fake snow blowing in from the rooftops to complete the scene. It really is a shame you couldn't join us Evo. You'd have loved it (of course we'd probably be banned from the resort by now for eating the chocolate carousel, but that would be worth it, don't you think?)
 
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Moonbear said:
Even Zz's great photos can't fully do it justice! Oh, and they even had fake snow blowing in from the rooftops to complete the scene. It really is a shame you couldn't join us Evo. You'd have loved it (of course we'd probably be banned from the resort by now for eating the chocolate carousel, but that would be worth it, don't you think?)
They would have to prove we ate it first. :devil:

I've got to find some way to go next time.
 
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And oh, just for the heck of it, on the way out, I took a picture of The Hat. I think I'm kinda partial to this one...

Zz.

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Oh, the hat picture came out about as perfect as you can get it! The view of it on the camera viewer didn't do it justice at all!
 
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ZapperZ said:
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Zz.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
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Who went to Disney? Moonbear and Zz?
 

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