Disney World PF Gathering and Tips for Disney Mania!

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In summary: This couscous and tagine restaurant is quite popular and usually has a long wait. Try coming at night when it’s less crowded.9. Yacht Club at the Epcot resort – This club has a beautiful view of the fireworks show at Epcot. However, this is a “resort” so it’s quite pricey. You may be able to get in if you call the club in advance and ask if there are any openings.10. The Living Seas – Usually there are long lines for this aquarium, but it’s worth the wait. You get to see all kinds of neat fish and amphibians.
  • #876
ZapperZ said:
This is the "3 o'clock parade" at The Magic Kingdom, which is titled Share A Dream Come True parade. It is only fitting that it starts with the mouse that started it all...

Zz.
Last time I was there and saw the parade, I was surprised to see all the characters in bubbles as if they were snow globes. Did you learn anything about the reasoning for this in your behind the scenes tour? Are the insides of the globes air-conditioned so they don't die in those hot costumes in the mid-day sun or are they bullet-proof, or did someone just think it looked cute? I didn't like it much. It would have been cute for one or two characters as part of a snowglobe themed float, or something like that, but it just seemed weird seeing characters trapped in bubbles. Of course if it's so they have air-conditioning, I could understand.
 
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  • #877
Moonbear said:
Last time I was there and saw the parade, I was surprised to see all the characters in bubbles as if they were snow globes. Did you learn anything about the reasoning for this in your behind the scenes tour? Are the insides of the globes air-conditioned so they don't die in those hot costumes in the mid-day sun or are they bullet-proof, or did someone just think it looked cute? I didn't like it much. It would have been cute for one or two characters as part of a snowglobe themed float, or something like that, but it just seemed weird seeing characters trapped in bubbles. Of course if it's so they have air-conditioning, I could understand.

If I remember correctly, there is piped air into those "bubbles", but the cast member giving the tour clearly stated that they are not air-conditioned! So those bubbles are probably part of the "theme" of the show and not for comfort.

Think of how bad it could get for the characters in heavy costume that had to walk the whole parade, like those broomsticks!

Zz.
 
  • #878
ZapperZ said:
If I remember correctly, there is piped air into those "bubbles", but the cast member giving the tour clearly stated that they are not air-conditioned! So those bubbles are probably part of the "theme" of the show and not for comfort.

Think of how bad it could get for the characters in heavy costume that had to walk the whole parade, like those broomsticks!

Zz.
I'm not sure which is worse, having to walk the entire parade in one of those costumes, or stand inside a glass bubble that probably magnifies the sun and traps the heat without any air-conditioning! Sounds like that Mouse is running a sweat shop there! I can't believe all those princesses put up with the conditions.
 
  • #879
Moonbear said:
I'm not sure which is worse, having to walk the entire parade in one of those costumes, or stand inside a glass bubble that probably magnifies the sun and traps the heat without any air-conditioning! Sounds like that Mouse is running a sweat shop there! I can't believe all those princesses put up with the conditions.

From my conversation with other cast members, people who are in those constumes have to be trained in handling the heat, especially those that are in a parade. Those that are in character greetings have a little bit more flexibility since they have handlers that watch over them. Supposedly, each of them have a signal or gesture they can make to indicate that they're in trouble (since most characters do not talk).

But I think in general, the cast members that do wear these constumes are properly trained, since not just anyone can be selected to be a character, and certainly true for Mickey, where the selection process can be rather lengthy to be THE mouse.

Zz.
 
  • #880
Happy Birthday, Magic Kingdom!

Oct. 1st, 1971 - The Magic Kingdom opens!

Happy 34th birthday, Magic Kingdom. The magic has been with you ever since!

Zz.

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  • #881
ooohhhhhhhaaahhhhhhhh the purple castle!
 
  • #882
hypatia said:
ooohhhhhhhaaahhhhhhhh the purple castle!

It's a ZapperZ original too! :)

Zz.
 
  • #883
When I get really old and dementia sets in, I hope my brain remembers that photo, and tricks me into thinking that I live there.
 
  • #884
Oh drat!

They released a surprise pin today at Pop Century resort at WDW. And it's a damn gorgeous one too!

Oh well, I don't fancy my chances of getting one of these by January...

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10924755.jpg

Zz.
 
  • #885
It looks like everybody is celebrating a 50th Anniversary. First it was Disneyland, then it was Kermit the Frog. Now it is the Mickey Mouse Club! Yes, the M-I-C (see you real soon!) K-E-Y (Why? Because we like you!), M-O-U-S-EEEEEEE... is 50 years old. The original Mickey Mouse Club and the Mouseketeers debut on Oct. 3rd, 1955.

Several different pins have been issued to commemorate this anniversary:

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904212.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9937336.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9934854.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9831061.jpg

Zz.
 
  • #886
Another anniversary, not as large of a number, is the first anniversary of the World of Disney store on Fifth Ave., NYC. This pin commemorates this anniversary, and can only be obtained at that store.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904339.jpg

Zz.
 
  • #887
Drat!

Moonbie, if you're into Chip N' Dale, this'll kill you!

They released not one, not two, not three, but FOUR surprise pins today at WDW. From the look of it, they are all in a set, and each one is released at different specific location throughout WDW, as is their usual practice. And damn it, they are very cute pins too!

Released at Island Merchantile at the Animal Kingdom:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904127.jpg

Released at the Sorcerer's Hat at Disney/MGM-Studios:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904129.jpg

Released at the Frontierland Trading Post at the Magic Kingdom:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904128.jpg

and released at the Pin Traders in Downtown Disney:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904130.jpg

Don't expect to see any of these other than a few stray ones by the time January rolls along.

Zz.
 
  • #888
Noooo, I love the Chipmunks! I've had the Chip n'Dale song running through my head for two days now.
 
  • #889
ZapperZ said:
Don't expect to see any of these other than a few stray ones by the time January rolls along.

Zz.
:cry: They're so cute! I like the first one and last one best (the pumpkins and apples). I like both Chip and Dale AND fall themed stuff that is good to decorate for Halloween and Thanksgiving. These pins would suit all those reasons! I want, I want, I want! :biggrin:

:cry: Zz got me addicted to pins! Careful folks, apparently all it takes is one to send you into a pin collecting frenzy.
 
  • #890
Moonbear said:
:cry: They're so cute! I like the first one and last one best (the pumpkins and apples).

I actually like the 2nd one, the fall leaves. Hum... does that mean that we are chipmunk incompatible?

While we're on the subject of pins (have we ever been off that subject of pins in this thread? NEVER!), here's another of those possibly made-up day/holiday. Did you know that the 2nd sunday in October is the National Children's Day? You heard it here first! OF COURSE there is pin for it, are you kidding me?

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9897562.jpg

I have zero desire to get this one. :)

Zz.
 
  • #891
ZapperZ said:
I actually like the 2nd one, the fall leaves. Hum... does that mean that we are chipmunk incompatible?
Nope, it means we're chipmunk complementary! :biggrin:
As I was telling the folks I had over for dinner last night (the women from the lab), we all agreed that of all the addictions and bad habits a guy can have, Disney isn't such a bad thing. :approve:


While we're on the subject of pins (have we ever been off that subject of pins in this thread? NEVER!),
I think you should get a prize for the longest on-topic thread in GD, ever! The TKC thread doesn't count because we've never really known what the topic was. :biggrin:

here's another of those possibly made-up day/holiday. Did you know that the 2nd sunday in October is the National Children's Day?
After all those years of asking my parents when Children's Day is, and they told me "every day" (usually asked on mother's day or father's day), I find out they lied to me about yet another thing!

You heard it here first! OF COURSE there is pin for it, are you kidding me?
That is one ugly pin!

I have zero desire to get this one. :)
I never thought I'd hear you utter those words in this thread! :bugeye: :smile: But, I can see why.
 
  • #892
Moonbear said:
I think you should get a prize for the longest on-topic thread in GD, ever! The TKC thread doesn't count because we've never really known what the topic was. :biggrin:

I completely agree. Evo should get Greg to give me an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland Paris (or Tokyo, or Hong Kong) so that I can get more material to keep this thread going!

:)

Zz.
 
  • #893
Cinderella is being released for the first time on DVD on Oct. 4th. The Platinum edition of the DVD is chokeful of special additions. If you buy the DVD at one of the locations below, you can claim a commemorative pin with your purchase:

# Disneyland® Resort
# Walt Disney World® Resort
# World of Disney® Store - New York
# Disney Cruise Line®
# Walt Disney Studios Store located in Burbank, California

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/19010405.jpg

While I do like this movie, I still much prefer Snow White (Hi ho, Hi ho, it's off to work we go...).

A different pin is also being sold separately at WDW to mark the Platinum edition release of Cinderella.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10924751.jpg

Zz.
 
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  • #894
When I was a kid, I wanted my wedding dress to be just like the light blue gown Cinderella wore to the ball. Fortunately for whoever marries me someday, I outgrew that desire for a big poofy gown about 20 or 25 years ago. :smile:
 
  • #895
Moonbear said:
When I was a kid, I wanted my wedding dress to be just like the light blue gown Cinderella wore to the ball. Fortunately for whoever marries me someday, I outgrew that desire for a big poofy gown about 20 or 25 years ago. :smile:

I can't wear a big poofy gown - it makes my butt looks big. I'd rather walk down the aisle wearing a tiara and my birthday suit...

<I know, I know... talk to arildno>

Zz.
 
  • #896
ZapperZ said:
I can't wear a big poofy gown - it makes my butt looks big. I'd rather walk down the aisle wearing a tiara and my birthday suit...

<I know, I know... talk to arildno>

Zz.
I don't think Disney owns a nudist colony. :rolleyes: They might frown upon wearing just your birthday suit and a tiara if you get married on Disney property. :rolleyes:
 
  • #897
Moonbear said:
I don't think Disney owns a nudist colony. :rolleyes: They might frown upon wearing just your birthday suit and a tiara if you get married on Disney property. :rolleyes:

Er... Hum. You have a point there.

OK, a poofy dress then! But no one stares at my big butt!

Zz.
 
  • #898
ZapperZ said:
Er... Hum. You have a point there.

OK, a poofy dress then! But no one stares at my big butt!

Zz.

Don't worry, dear, we'll just tell everyone it's the dress. With all that poofiness, they'll never know where you end and the dress begins anyway. :biggrin:
 
  • #899
To emphasize Moonbie's point that Disney WILL frown upon nude marriage ceremonies, here's a not-too-surprising result. Travel and Leisure Family magazine conducted a poll of the best family resort. Disney resorts took 5 out of the top 10 resorts in North America, with the Wildernerss Lodge ranked first!

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-10-03-familyresorts_x.htm

So no nude marriages, but will they allow a cross-dressing one?

:)

Zz.
 
  • #900
I think you should get a prize for the longest on-topic thread in GD, ever! The TKC thread doesn't count because we've never really known what the topic was.
pfft! franzbear has a topic, it's all about killing, well...franzbear :|
 
  • #904
Today they are releasing a bunch of these so-called "cute" character pins. Unless I'm mistaken, these pins were originally released at Hong Kong Disneyland during its opening last month.

I don't know about them being "cute", but I find them SCARY!

Zz.

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904199.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904201.jpg

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904198.jpg
 
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  • #905
ZapperZ said:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904198.jpg
:smile: Did baby Donald stick his finger in an electric socket?! :smile:

I saw some of those "cutie" pins at the Disney Auctions site, and I didn't think they were very cute either. Seems to be the same idea Warner Bros had with the Tiny Toons, which were more annoying than cute. I guess I'm just a classic cartoon fan.
 
  • #906
Moonbear said:
:smile: Did baby Donald stick his finger in an electric socket?! :smile:

I saw some of those "cutie" pins at the Disney Auctions site, and I didn't think they were very cute either. Seems to be the same idea Warner Bros had with the Tiny Toons, which were more annoying than cute. I guess I'm just a classic cartoon fan.

Yeah, I think those definitely came from the Hong Kong Disneyland pins, which is what we have here. Oh well... I just wish they release some of the gorgeous pins that they had at Disneyland in California. I like to have a few of those... hell, who am I kidding? I'd like to have a boatload of those!

I've just ran out of space in the two pin albums that I have. Looks like for the next trip, I have to get a couple more. All the pins that I got from the Happiest Pin Celebration are still not in the album yet (btw, there are several of these pins that you would probably fall for - they are quite clever, and certainly VERY cute).

Humm.. speaking of which, I wonder what Evo did with her pins?

Zz.
 
  • #907
ZapperZ said:
Yeah, I think those definitely came from the Hong Kong Disneyland pins, which is what we have here.
They have that Hello Kitty look about them. I never even liked that when I was a kid and into cutesy things.
 
  • #908
The celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Mickey Mouse Club includes the unveling of the world's largest Mousketeer Ears.

http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp

Zz.
 
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  • #909
Here's a Disney Insider scoop on the voices of Cinderella...

http://disney.go.com/inside/issues/stories/v051004.html

Zz.
 
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  • #910
Hey, did you know that Oct. 16 is Boss's Day? Yup! Even bosses need to know they are "loved". And what better way to kiss up to your boss than giving them a lovely Disney pin, especially if you're NEW at your job (you know who you are!)? Besides, you will subtly get back at him/her by having your boss addicted to pin collecting! :)

Two different pins for Boss's Day will be released, one at WDW, the other at Disneyland.

WDW:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/10904318.jpg

DL:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/files/9974782.jpg

Zz.
 

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