The discussion revolves around planning a gathering for members of the Physics Forums community at Disney World, coinciding with a trip during Memorial Day week. Participants share tips and recommendations for attractions, dining, and experiences at Disney World, including suggestions for rides and strategies for maximizing enjoyment during the visit.
Participants generally agree on the value of sharing tips and experiences, but there is no consensus on the best strategies for visiting the parks or the must-see attractions, as preferences may vary among individuals.
Some recommendations are based on personal experiences and may depend on individual preferences or specific circumstances, such as crowd levels or seasonal variations.
Members of the Physics Forums community interested in visiting Disney World, as well as those looking for tips on maximizing their experience at theme parks.
Evo said:
(Uh, yeah, it looks like the person whose lab I work in is moving out of the country, so I'm in the process of figuring out whether I'm also going to be homeless by September/October...it's no fun when life gets in the way of a Disney trip.)
I'll be standing on the street corner with my cardboard sign "need money for Disney pins".That's okay, I'm already working on my sign, "Will Work For Disney Pins."Evo said:Sure, get me hooked on collecting Disney pins once I'm destitute.
Evo said:Sure, get me hooked on collecting Disney pins once I'm destitute.
See, that's much better than my sign.Moonbear said:That's okay, I'm already working on my sign, "Will Work For Disney Pins."
I even fail at being homeless. Don't worry, I'll share my Boone's Farm "wine" with you.Evo said:See, that's much better than my sign.
(I just couldn't bring myself to call it "wine" without quotation marks.)Can I live under your deck with the stray cat?Moonbear said:Don't worry, I'll share my Boone's Farm "wine" with you.
You'll have to ask the cat.Evo said:
ZapperZ said:
Something tells me that ride will soon be replaced with something else. That one doesn't even sound fun, it sounds painful!Moonbear said:Why would you take a 4-year old on a ride like that in the first place?
I can do straight lines at high speeds, and big hills (if I don't stare at them too long first...just don't tell me the big hill I'm looking at is for the ride I'm standing in line for and I'll be fine), but as soon as the ride starts twisting, rotating or spinning at high speed, I get nauseous. The Dumbo Ride is okay, and those swings are okay, but if you get much faster than that, especially if I'm turning in a direction I'm not facing, I turn green. I can handle teacups, but even that pushes my limits, and sometimes I have to sit for a few minutes after teacups to stop spinning, and then I'll get a headache that won't go away for the rest of the day and ruins all my fun. So, I just opt to sit out the really bad, spinny rides.Darn you Zz! These pins are cool, (that small world one is really pretty), now I want pins to go with my porcelain Disney collection.ZapperZ said:
Evo said:Darn you Zz! These pins are cool, (that small world one is really pretty), now I want pins to go with my porcelain Disney collection.
Ooooh yes! We need to talk.ZapperZ said:
It's Colorado or College Station! Did you take the position in TX?Moonbear said:Aww...isn't ZZ so sweet! Well, the good news is I won't be jobless and homeless, the bad news is I'll be moving at the beginning of September. I'll have to wait for a later round of Disney adventures. But, I'm definitely going to get in on one of them, it just can't be September.
*starts singing, "Country roads, take me home..."* Can you guess where I'm moving?
Nope...sing a few more bars of the song.Evo said:
This is just a lateral move because the lab I currently work in is leaving the country...hence why I'm not very cheerful about it.Moonbear said:Nope...sing a few more bars of the song.
Skeeeery, huh?ZapperZ said:
A few years ago, I would have never even considered it (on my first trip there, my friends were teasing me not to stand too close to any road signs, I might get shot ), but the area around the university has been building up by leaps and bounds. Every time I've been there (I'm usually there about once every 6 months), it's grown noticeably from the time before. Tons of new construction, some new businesses moving in, etc. They're even starting to complain about traffic ...there is no perceptible traffic, but compared to the wide open highways they used to have, there are now cars on the road at rush hour. Oh, and I get the first day of hunting season as an official holiday. I better make sure I have some orange clothes in my wardrobe for that day. Ha ha...well, with my parents, if I asked, they'd gladly go do me the "favor," but they'd come back with all the wrong thing. "Well, we saw these other buttons instead that were cheaper than those pins you asked for, and they had Disney characters on them too, so we got those instead so you didn't waste your money on those expensive other pins." I thought Santa was the most inept moron as a kid; he never got anything right when I sent him my Christmas list -- I asked for one thing and got something with a name that sounded somewhat like what I asked for or started with the same letter as...I started to wonder if Santa's elves knew how to read.
On the contrary, my dear. Some of your posts indicate that you can be highly 'spinny' when you exert yourself.Moonbear said:
It's reminding me of those "rotor" rides in most amusement parks. Test tubes go in the centrifuge, I stand on the outside until the buzzer says it has stopped moving.Danger said:On the contrary, my dear. Some of your posts indicate that you can be highly 'spinny' when you exert yourself.
Anyhow, a launch simulation most likely revolves you around a central axis to give the effect of an 'eyeballs-in' high-gee environment, rather than rotating you around your own axis as in the teacups. (Like a fast merry-go-round.)
Good luck with the move, but... now you're going to be even farther away!
Moonbear said:Skeeeery, huh?
Ha ha...well, with my parents, if I asked, they'd gladly go do me the "favor," but they'd come back with all the wrong thing. "Well, we saw these other buttons instead that were cheaper than those pins you asked for, and they had Disney characters on them too, so we got those instead so you didn't waste your money on those expensive other pins." I thought Santa was the most inept moron as a kid; he never got anything right when I sent him my Christmas list -- I asked for one thing and got something with a name that sounded somewhat like what I asked for or started with the same letter as...I started to wonder if Santa's elves knew how to read.
Is that just to keep the lid from popping open, or is it a variation on your 'sitting on the washing machine' trick?Moonbear said:I stand on the outside until the buzzer says it has stopped moving.