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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Stevedye56 said:
Wow I've been neglecting this thread, not good!

Yes, why have you been ignoring this thread? :biggrin:

I've heard that many people in the U.S. thought that the Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest was a stupid movie. Althought i have to see for myself first.

I don't know about them, but it was a FUN movie!

What most people felt was that there wasn't that element of "surprise" anymore, because we all know how swishy Jack Sparrow was, how "exciting" the action sequence can get, etc. So there is a lot of very high expectations for the 2nd one, which no movie in hell can fulfill. So some people were disappointed with it not reaching such lofty status. Of course, with the ending the way it is, people were left hanging.

I wouldn't be surprise if a few years from now, people will look at this 2nd movie as fondly as Empire Strikes Back, which also had the unenviable task of following a huge blockbuster AND having a hanging ending. When it first came out, almost everyone complained about it. Now, many fans and critics alike hail it as the best movie out of the whole Star Wars series.

I'd say view it as a movie fun movie, and give it some time. People might just change their minds.

Zz.
 
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There's a battle brewing for EuroDisney, the operator of Disneyland Paris. A swiss company has announced a http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-eurodiz3006nov30,0,4654549.story?coll=orl-business-headlines-tourism" of EuroDisney by trying to secure 50.1% share in the company.

http://www.thedisneyblog.com/tdb/2006/11/euro_disney_tak.html" to this is that, due to the nature of EuroDisney itself as a partnership of several entities (Disney being one of them), such a bid may not be as easy to execute.

Those of you in the UK/Europe, if you've been to Disneyland Paris, what do you think of the possibility of such a change? They have been losing money for a long time. Maybe a drastic change is necessary? Or is this throwing out the baby with the bath water?

Zz.
 
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Pictures of holiday decorations from The Magic Kingdom.

http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-322.asp

Sigh... it feels like it was such a long time ago that I got to see this last January.

Zz.
 
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Decorating Tips From Disney Pro

So you haven't done your holiday decorations yet. Or worse still, your attempt at decorating your tree ended up looking like tree in drag.

You may want to get http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2003456985_moretreedecoratingtips02.html?syndication=rss" on holiday decorations from a pro who does this for Disney. It certainly can't hurt.

:biggrin:

Zz.
 
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The Monorail at Walt Disney World

I haven't come across something like this on the 'net, so I created one. :)

I look forward to riding the monorail each time I'm at WDW. Since we had a lot of monorail footage throughout the years from all our trips, I decided to make a video dedicated to just the monorail (I know, exciting subject!). So this is the product after collecting all our monorail footage and editing them into a somewhat coherent video. Hope you like it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5008148320876934763"

Play it LOUD if you can, especially in the beginning. :)

Zz.
 
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OK... a bunch of things are going to be released tomorrow. First of course, is the highly-anticipated DVD of Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest. Note that there are two different DVDs being released. The first is a single DVD of the movie and a few extra. The 2nd is the 2-DVD collectors set with interviews, behind the scenes, etc.. etc. i.e. TONS of extras.

The 2nd DVD set that will be released is a series of documentary that hasn't seen the light of day since forever. It is the Disney's award-winning True Live Adventures. This series has been lovingly restored under the watchful eye of Roy E. Disney, who worked in a few of the series back when he was working his way up the company.

Last, but not least, is the release of a FUNNY set of pins, all with the "Wanna Trade" theme for Pin Trading. It is funny because these pins somehow capture an aspect of the characters that we know pretty well. The pin designers really hit a home run with this set because I snicker when I first saw it. Here are the pins:

This first one is on Donald. He always had a "friendly animosity" towards Mickey, especially with the Mickey Mouse Club ["Mickey Mouse! (donald duck!) Mickey Mouse! (donald duck!)"]. This pin captures exactly the annoyance Donald have towards all the fame that Mickey got.
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10905385.jpg

With Goofy, he's just happy to trade anything.
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10905384.jpg

The Mickey pin, for a change, also shows Mickey being slightly annoyed with the Chernobog, one of the villains in Fantasia, and so he's trying to get rid of that pin. This is just precious!
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10905382.jpg

Finally, the one with Tink is just glorious! She is just plain bored, and can't wait to trade away the Captain Hook pin!
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10905383.jpg

This is just an amazing set of pins!

Zz.
 
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I've had incredible amounts of homework. The Group 4 IB HL Chem project is due before spring break. The group i got stuck with is not all that smart. Therefore i got stuck by doing the whole project by myslef. It was a Mass Spec. experiment and its going to be even harder analyzing data because it didnt come out as expected.

Theres also an Englsih and History Term paper due before Christmas. Luckily we are able to turn in the same one for both. To top it all off HL Chem and Honors Physics Unit test. The Next Chem test is 3 problems for a 90 minute class. I can't wait...
 
  • #2,648
the chinese food at epcot is good.
 
  • #2,649
courtrigrad said:
the chinese food at epcot is good.

Which one? The counter service, or the sit-down restaurant?

Zz.
 
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There is a noticeable drop in the number of http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-british0306dec03,0,7879564.story?coll=orl-home-headlines" visiting Orlando so far, and that is cause for major concern to that area, especially to WDW. Tourists from the UK account for a significant number of visitors to Central Florida.

One of the issues cited in the news report is the "treatment" tourists received at entry points such as airports. Cybersteve, when you came for a visit a month ago, how did they treat you at the airport?

Zz.
 
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Happy Birthday, Walt!

Today is Walt's 105th Birthday. So Happy Birthday, Walt Disney! Thanks for your dreams and your legacy.

WDW is releasing a special commemorative pin today.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10905478.jpg

Zz.
 
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I'm assuming you're into the whole pins collecting deal, correct? When I went a few years ago it was crazy so many people were completely covering there hats in pins and necklaces and other things like that. Some looked cool, although some people looked wickedly overdone. I never really got into the whole pin thing but I guess if you are a die-hard Disney fan it would be a cool thing to do.
 
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Stevedye56 said:
I'm assuming you're into the whole pins collecting deal, correct?

Me? Collecting Disney pins? Whatever gave you THAT idea?

<covers Moonbie's mouth so she can't speak>

Yes, I would say I am a Disney pin collector, although I'm not fanatical about it. I collect pins for the memories that go along with it, which means that I only get them when I'm at a Disney park, or via trading. So I look at the pins to remind me of the wonderful time associated with them.

When I went a few years ago it was crazy so many people were completely covering there hats in pins and necklaces and other things like that.

Those "necklaces" are called lanyards. I have one that I some time wear if I have pins that I don't mind trading. Usually, if I am wearing one of those, if a kid stops me to trade, I will always give him/her what she wants, even if I'm getting a "crappy" pin in return. I don't mind giving a kid something he/she wants off my lanyard. Now, in my pin book is something completely different. I keep some of the more valued pins in there and will trade with other pin collectors for pins that I am looking for.

Some looked cool, although some people looked wickedly overdone. I never really got into the whole pin thing but I guess if you are a die-hard Disney fan it would be a cool thing to do.

You haven't seen what I saw at a few of the big pin event. People were hauling luggages and suitcases full of pins. It was scary!

Zz.
 
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My Disney Tree

So of course, for the holidays, we put up our trees. We have 2 trees, one in the sitting room and is our "formal" tree, the other in the TV room that has become our Disney tree. The Disney tree is loaded with even more Disney ornaments this year than it was last year, as you can see for yourself.

The first one is the wide view of almost the whole tree.
IMG_6025.jpg


This is the same side of the tree, but from a low angle shot.
IMG_6023.jpg


This is from the top of the tree.
IMG_6026.jpg


This is from the other side of the tree.
IMG_6040.jpg


And finally, the close-up shot of the same side of the tree.
IMG_6038.jpg


We're getting more ornaments next year, so this tree will be loaded up even more! :biggrin:

Zz.
 
  • #2,655
ZapperZ said:
Me? Collecting Disney pins? Whatever gave you THAT idea?

<covers Moonbie's mouth so she can't speak>

Mmmmmpphhh mmphmph phmmmmph! :biggrin:
 
  • #2,656
We knew that the Pirates DVD was going to be big, and it was!

The Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest DVD http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/artic...-06_22-49-08_N06479816&type=comktNews&rpc=44" on the first day alone. It is poised to be the biggest selling DVD of all time, unseating the first Pirates movie, which sold 16 million copies. Disney is also set to have produced the top 3 best selling DVD of the year, with Cars and Narnia so far holding the Top 2.

Zz.
 
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Im dumbfounded by the amount of orniments you have that are Disney related. We're getting the biggest treee we've gotten yet and I can't wait! Its somewhere on the order of around 11 or 12 feet. We have boxes and boxes of orniments and we finally are getting a tree big enough. Although this year i had no say because i had to work the day they got the tree :-(.
 
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You should see my other tree!

The other one is also loaded, but with no Disney ornaments. We still have plenty left that did not get onto any tree. We have also even donated quite a few to a trift store this year simply because we needed to make room for storage, especially since we plan on buying a few more Disney ornaments during our upcoming trip.

I'm just dreading when we have to pack them back into storage.

Zz.
 
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We had the same problem coming back we weren't sure if we had enough room to put everything in. We ended up taking large carry on baggage to care home some of the souviners that we bought. Last year we didnt get to put all the ornaments on becasue our tree was to small :-(. The worst part of decorating the tree has to be putting up the lights though. What a drag...
 
  • #2,660
We used to have trees like that!
Unfortunately last year my wife decided we needed a black tree (for which I blame you Americans)

I hated it but she's determined to have it up again this year.
I have almost persuaded her to have two trees but that means more work for me and more lights to go wrong.:frown:
 
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Cybersteve said:
We used to have trees like that!
Unfortunately last year my wife decided we needed a black tree (for which I blame you Americans)

I hated it but she's determined to have it up again this year.
I have almost persuaded her to have two trees but that means more work for me and more lights to go wrong.:frown:

Hey, you should get a pre-lit tree. The Disney tree is one. Only the other tree is the one I have to put up lights on, and this year, we're using all LED lights.

It saves a lot of work.

Zz.
 
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After Christmas everyone i know around gets together and we all burn our christmas trees at once. Its insane especially when its in the summer becasue they are dry and the needles make a huge flame. its great fun.
 
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The house that Walt Disney was born in is http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-0612080280dec08,1,3744781.story?coll=chi-newslocalssouthwest-hed" - on eBay, of course! Starting bid is $280,000. This house is in the northwest side of Chicago and supposedly is still the original design that was built for Elias Disney.

Other than Disney fanatics, there are very few people, if any, in that neighborhood who know about the historical significance of that house. Maybe this publicity might change that.

Zz.
 
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I wonder how much that house will sell for. I think it will easily get a million becasue I know a lot of Disney fanatics. And hey, if you have overwhelming wealth, why not?!
 
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This past week, Disney released 1 super jumbo pin and a regular jumbo pin that are just out of this world. They are more like plaque rather than pins. Still, they're simply glorious.

The first one is exactly the type that I would collect. It depicts the images from the 4 WDW theme parks. There is a lot of things going on with this pin, which is why it measures approximately 8" x 5.5", and retails for $95! Yowzah!

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10905436.jpg

The jumbo pin that was released has a theme that many people collects - the Haunted Mansion. What is even as impressive with this pin is the packaging! They put such a huge amount of design into the packaging that it is worth getting this pin for the packaging alone.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10905418.jpg

Some time I'm rather glad that I'm not within driving distance of WDW, because I would go bankrupt so quickly.

Zz.
 
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This survival guide for spending the holidays during the peak times at Walt Disney World came from allearsnet.net. It actually contains everything that I would advice anyone visiting WDW around this time of the year.

A fascinating tip given is towards the end:

For free holiday fun (the best kind), spend an afternoon visiting the resorts. Buy a cookie from the giant gingerbread house store at the Grand Floridian, gawk at the life-size carousel made from sugar and dark chocolate at the Beach Club resort, or visit the humongous Christmas tree in the Wilderness Lodge.

Moonbie and I can both testify to that amazing chocolate carousel. Here's a picture:

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We tried visiting the Gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian, but missed it by a couple of days.

Zz.
 
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That is pretty amazing i must say. As soon as i saw that i thought "no way" and had to go back and read your post just to prove to myself that it was chocolate.
 
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Stevedye56 said:
That is pretty amazing i must say. As soon as i saw that i thought "no way" and had to go back and read your post just to prove to myself that it was chocolate.

Trust me, it is all chocolate. If you don't believe me, read this:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=74945&page=102

I wouldn't put Moonbie and Evo there the Beach Club during the Holidays. They might get into an awful mess because I just know that they won't be able to keep their hands off the carousel.

Zz.
 
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Hey, that picture was taken after I arrived at the Beach Club, and you'll notice there were no bite marks! (I think there were always cast members around guarding it. :rolleyes:)
 
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Moonbear said:
Hey, that picture was taken after I arrived at the Beach Club, and you'll notice there were no bite marks! (I think there were always cast members around guarding it. :rolleyes:)

But I noticed teeth marks on the cast member!

<ZapperZ runs and hides>

:-p

Zz.
 

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