Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>That's what fanboys have been saying for 4 years though. I've read people who are saying the new version is just around the corner for many moons now. It's almost as laughable as monorail expansion or a new country in WS.<<< I've only heard things once, and that was back in 2007. If almost hit the greenlight, then. If it was delayed then, I was told it would be a little more than 5 years after that until it could come back. So, basically 3 years from now. Or less. I think EO is helping.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Also, completely off subject (not like that's a new thing), but are CMs discouraged from calling SSE "the big golf ball"? Seems like that would break with Disney lexicon, and we know how uptight they get about name<<< Nope...freakin' PR dumbs down too and calls it that in their description. Utter drivel. I can understand (well, not really) if they want to open their demographics, but promoting a satirical description of yourself is so stupid.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>We're having a Doom and Gloom Socitey meeting this evening. He's probably at home trying to decide what to wear.<<< He looked smashing, didn't he? D23 shirt...Pin lanyard...Mouse ears.... Oh, wait, that was me. Sorry.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Are you serious? This is in my top 5 attractions at WDW.<<< Don't get me wrong...I love it...know the ride like the back of my hand, miss the old one...the like. But it's something I've seen TONS of times. I'd rather spend some time in WS "exploring" [ ;-) ] then seeing the same film I did a few months back. I will probably go on in Dec, it's been a while.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> He looked smashing, didn't he? D23 shirt...Pin lanyard...Mouse ears.... Oh, wait, that was me. Sorry. << I believe the pin landyard, and Mouse ears, and if you had said you brought your Figment plush to the meeting, I would believed that. You wearing a D23 tee......NO WAY JOSE!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> But it's something I've seen TONS of times. I'd rather spend some time in WS "exploring" [ ;-) ] then seeing the same film I did a few months back. << I feel the same way. The whole pavilion just feels dated, and I don't mean that in a good way. The World Showcase never feels dated to me. I would much rather spend my time exploring there.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 So ... when we last left our MAGIGal tale, Leewhateverthehellhecallshimselfhereinsomesortofegotrip had made it out of Space Mountain alive and we had made up after a slugfest in frot of Minnie's House and were standing in front of Fanboi Magical Wall Land wondering 'Really?!??! Fanbois?!??! Really??!! ... This gets you all hot and bothered?!?!' Speaking of hot and bothered, it was about 90 in the shade and sunny and I was thinking a few things, including 'I'm not in Anaheim' ... 'I'd really like to head over to one of the Lodges and go to sleep' ... 'I wish Pierce were here' ... and ... 'I really could use a magical WDW restroom'. But first things first ... Lee had to try and take a gander over the walls (what was he looking for? lost youth? missing magic? Duffy shipments? or just magical dirt?). And since he used to be regularly mistaken for Manue Bol, he was in better position ... once he stood on a brick wall near Dumbo. Turns out he agreed with me that somethings are truly not more MAGICal in real life. Disney construction pits and piles of dirt, included. I'd like to tell you we decided to ride Winnie The Pooh while singing the theme song. I really would. But that didn't happen. Odd since it turns out Lee has quite the singing voice as Mrs. Lee will attest (perhaps, after a few drinks). Instead, Lee had to make a super important phone call (I believe he was calling Phil Holmes to discuss the terrible lack of trees in the MK and Phil made up an excuse about having to drive to Oviedo for a tasty, fair-priced taco since Danny Cockerell hadn't arranged any freebies for the MK's fearless leader) so, naturally I started to think about food, which, to be fair, is never far from my thoughts anyway. Now, normally, I don't do QS food at MK. I just don't. Largely mediocre (not inedible) and way overpriced. But on a Spirited Day Trip one must make exceptions. Lee and I talked about dining and it went something like this: ME: What do you want to eat? HIM: I don't care, what do you want? ME: I don't care, what do you want? HIM: It doesn't really matter to me. ME: Well, I don't see an In and Out or a Del Taco around, so we'll have to settle for some Disney (bleep). HIM: You know the food here is special because it contains pixie dust, made from dead pixies? ME: That 'splains the aftertaste and the shame. We thought about Pinnochio's, but then realized we'd see even more walls (I know, calm down Pierce, don't want your heart rate to spike and Mrs. Pierce to have to call the EMTs!) if we went to Columbia Harbor House instead. Small World is hidden behind walls and rumor has it Tony Baxter would be working on a redo of the attraction, but apparently he'd rather ride Harry Potter (well, not Daniel himself, naturally ... I am talking about the ride at IOA!) and who can blame him. Incidentally, the walls are up to relocate the entrance and exit ... as near as I can tell they are swapping positions back to where they where before the recent (2004?) redo. In other words, they fixed something that wasn't broken by breaking it and now they fixing their mistake. We really should see if these guys can run our government. We arrived to friendly CMs and no wait to order at CHH. Lee had some fish (I think it was named Nemo or Marlin) and fries. I ordered some type of salad with chicken and lettuce and sunflower seeds and 3-4 tomatoes and broccoli all for the low-low-low price of $8.19 ... plus a Coke. Yes, in a depression Disney thinks that almost $12 for a salad and a Coke is reasonable and really ... who are any of us to disagree? They obviously know what they are doing, right? Since most of the first floor seating was closed off -- or reserved for groups, we went upstairs where I pointed out how wonderfully themed the location really is, how peaceful it was and showed Lee something only a fanboi would appreciate (an area where they used to have a second floor serving counter, something long since not used and walled up about a decade ago). Hell, they even still have location specific trash cans and I admit I was starting to get a little excited if you know what I mean. As we sat at our table with a magical view of the Haunted Mansion, what used to be the keelboat dock and runaway mine trains careening about BTMRR, I almost felt the pixie dust. Turns out, it was just a sunflower seed getting caught in my teeth. Still, the view left Lee near tears ... either that or my company, one can never be sure. Complaint time. (like a spolier alert) The salad was small, but reasonably tasty, although I would think Disney could have used fresh chicken, not pieces from the warehouse. But in yet another dumbing down move neither this salad, nor another entree salad which features bacon and egg in addition to what looks like chicken nuggets, comes with any dressing on it. No special dressing to give the salad a flavor, to make it special or unique to the location. Nope (and this is where I love the loons who think Disney isn't the real world). You want salad dressing? Go to the condiment counter and they have three pre-packaged varieties of Ken's Steakhouse dressings just like at BK ... with some tasty dressing, the salad likely would have been pretty good. With real-world Ken's, it tasted bland, ordinary and not nearly worth what I paid for it. As we looked down on the masses as we dined (what a wonderful accomplishment AC is for our lowly little insignificant species), the park looked quite empty ... yet it also looked like there was a 'parade of ECVs' as my magical pal noted. People are fat and lazy and you will never see more morbidly obese folks in one place than WDW (I don't know what that says about the place, I'll leave that to your individual opinions.) After making small talk, I'm sure we made fun of some online spirits, we decided no visit to the MK would be complete without a visit with the 999 Happy Haunts. And since I stupidly skipped Mansion on my first day at DL recently only to find it closed for it's NBC transformation on my second, I was very happy. Ride was great. Everything was working in tip-top shape. There are very few things I can give glowing reviews on when it comes to the stalest MK of them all, but Mansion is definitely one. By this point, I was thinking many things like ... 'I'm not in Anaheim' ... 'I'd really like to head over to one of the Lodges and go to sleep' ... 'I wish Pierce were here' ... and ... 'I really could use a magical WDW restroom'. I was also thinking that just maybe this day trip wasn't a bad idea after all. But as we wandered around Frontierland, a nagging feeling came over us ... for Lee it no doubt had to do with the fact he had been on WDW property for over three hours and hadn't managed to find the perfect Hannah Montana tee or caught a fleeting glimpse of Duffy The Super Magical Disney Bear That You Are Not Going To Buy Anymore Than You Did When He Was Last Here ... for me it was one of 'is there really anything here I feel like seeing or doing?' In our next chapter you'll learn whether there really was anything left to see at MK, whether Lee ever connected with Phil and see what happens when a Spirit meets and befriends a fanboi he unknowingly chased off a MAGICal site (he can go back now, cause I'm not!) Thanks for reading along at home and all the love you've shown ... just a note that due to real world bleep, the next chapter may not be up until later in the week.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I believe the pin landyard, and Mouse ears, and if you had said you brought your Figment plush to the meeting, I would believed that. You wearing a D23 tee......NO WAY JOSE!<<< I think next meeting, just for craps and giggles, I WILL bring a 82 Figgie Plush.... just so we can laugh over it. And then watch Spirit critique what good quality it is, as Lee looks stoically on. Mrs. Lee, Expo and I will probably be nodding seriously in accordance to Spirit's thoughts... but shooting each other glances, as we all want to crack up. Oh, and I LOOOOOOVVVVEEEEEE D23, doncha know? It's just so MAGICal to know I'm superior to other Disney Fanbois because *****I***** payed $75 bucks for a PR Mag, and bought 600 bucks worth of D23 pins!!!!!!!!! Even I am put off by this post... Sorry. LOL.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> ME: What do you want to eat? HIM: I don't care, what do you want? ME: I don't care, what do you want? HIM: It doesn't really matter to me. ME: Well, I don't see an In and Out or a Del Taco around, so we'll have to settle for some Disney (bleep). HIM: You know the food here is special because it contains pixie dust, made from dead pixies? ME: That 'splains the aftertaste and the shame. <<< This alone makes the thread worth it. Cracking up. >>>Lee had some fish (I think it was named Nemo or Marlin) and fries<<< *applauds* DEATH TO THE BRATFISH!!!!! And glad HM was doing well for you. If the rest of the MK was kept to that standard, I'd think we would have a LOT less complaints.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I feel the same way. The whole pavilion just feels dated, and I don't mean that in a good way. The World Showcase never feels dated to me. I would much rather spend my time exploring there.<<< Right... Though I adore the story, and even the people in it... feeling like 1995 ain't a good thing in EPCOT. ~And people think that all EPCOT Fanbois want the 80's back...Hah!~
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 A very magical read!!! Will be looking forward to more magic. I do enjoy the view that you have frome upstairs at CHH.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> So ... when we last left our MAGIGal tale, Leewhateverthehellhecallshimselfhereinsomesortofegotrip had made it out of Space Mountain alive and we had made up after a slugfest in frot of Minnie's House and were standing in front of Fanboi Magical Wall Land wondering 'Really?!??! Fanbois?!??! Really??!! ... This gets you all hot and bothered?!?!' << Never underestimate the power of a well themed constuction wall. >> Speaking of hot and bothered, it was about 90 in the shade and sunny and I was thinking a few things, including 'I'm not in Anaheim' ... 'I'd really like to head over to one of the Lodges and go to sleep' ... 'I wish Pierce were here' ... and ... 'I really could use a magical WDW restroom'. << If you were in Anaheim it would have seemed like everybody was burning their leaves on MSUSA. That cool lobby at Wilderness Lodge, and that cool soft leather arm chair they have there is perfect when it's hot outside. If I had been there with y'all I would have been the one passed out on the pavement with a crowd gathering around wondering if I was part of an act going on. Some Jr. Executive with TDO is reading this right now wondering if the guest will complain if Mickey starts charging for using the restrooms at the Parks. For $10 extra you can buy a Potty Hopper option on your ticket. >> We thought about Pinnochio's, but then realized we'd see even more walls (I know, calm down Pierce, don't want your heart rate to spike and Mrs. Pierce to have to call the EMTs!) if we went to Columbia Harbor House instead. Small World is hidden behind walls and rumor has it Tony Baxter would be working on a redo of the attraction, but apparently he'd rather ride Harry Potter (well, not Daniel himself, naturally ... I am talking about the ride at IOA!) and who can blame him. << How could y'all pass up the opportunity to see the construction walls at IASW? You could have helped Lee cut a peep hole in the plywood. You guys just aren't true fanbois at all! I knew Mr. Baxter was hanging out in restrooms with you for a reason. Can you tell us his visions for IASW. Perhaps the boats will stop at certain points, and the newly added Characters will have meet, and greets with everyone in the boat! >> Incidentally, the walls are up to relocate the entrance and exit ... as near as I can tell they are swapping positions back to where they where before the recent (2004?) redo. In other words, they fixed something that wasn't broken by breaking it and now they fixing their mistake. We really should see if these guys can run our government. << They are probably building an entrance to nowhere. >> We arrived to friendly CMs and no wait to order at CHH. << They probably didn't have to wake up early that morning, and didn't know who you were. >> Lee had some fish (I think it was named Nemo or Marlin) and fries. I ordered some type of salad with chicken and lettuce and sunflower seeds and 3-4 tomatoes and broccoli all for the low-low-low price of $8.19 ... plus a Coke. Yes, in a depression Disney thinks that almost $12 for a salad and a Coke is reasonable and really ... who are any of us to disagree? They obviously know what they are doing, right? << The guest demand higher prices for food, and no bread bowls with that clam chowder! >> You want salad dressing? Go to the condiment counter and they have three pre-packaged varieties of Ken's Steakhouse dressings just like at BK ... with some tasty dressing, the salad likely would have been pretty good. With real-world Ken's, it tasted bland, ordinary and not nearly worth what I paid for it. << You're lucky they didn't have a sign that read if you think you really need to have dressing on your salad, we suggest a 50/50 mix of ketchup, and mayonnaise. That's the same thing as Thousand Island. Enjoy, and have a Magical Meal. >> As we looked down on the masses as we dined (what a wonderful accomplishment AC is for our lowly little insignificant species), the park looked quite empty ... yet it also looked like there was a 'parade of ECVs' as my magical pal noted. People are fat and lazy and you will never see more morbidly obese folks in one place than WDW (I don't know what that says about the place, I'll leave that to your individual opinions.) << I sure do miss all my ECV buddies. We use to meet up every evening, and tally up how many people we had run over that day. >> Ride was great. Everything was working in tip-top shape. There are very few things I can give glowing reviews on when it comes to the stalest MK of them all, but Mansion is definitely one. << A classic that was actually enhanced by the refurb, and make over. Disney done right. >> By this point, I was thinking many things like ... 'I'm not in Anaheim' ... 'I'd really like to head over to one of the Lodges and go to sleep' ... 'I wish Pierce were here' ... and ... 'I really could use a magical WDW restroom'. << If you were in Anaheim you would be hangin' out with your buddies from lost, and the weather would be perfect, but you wouldn't have as many Magical Walls to look at. When you are sitting in that cool leather armchair in Wilderness Lodge the sound of the stream in the lobby causes one to even drift off faster into a pixie dust induced snooze. I would have returned from my visit to the ER, by now, where I had been receiving saline intravenously while you all were dining. That Jr. Executive has convinced half of the people at the TDO meeting that charging extra for the use of the restrooms is a viable way to bring more money into the Mouse's coffres. >> I was also thinking that just maybe this day trip wasn't a bad idea after all. << I can tell you are Remembering the Magic with every keystroke you make. >> But as we wandered around Frontierland, a nagging feeling came over us ... for Lee it no doubt had to do with the fact he had been on WDW property for over three hours and hadn't managed to find the perfect Hannah Montana tee or caught a fleeting glimpse of Duffy The Super Magical Disney Bear That You Are Not Going To Buy Anymore Than You Did When He Was Last Here ... for me it was one of 'is there really anything here I feel like seeing or doing?' << I can definitely see how Lee could feel empty, and a sense of urgency at this point. >> In our next chapter you'll learn whether there really was anything left to see at MK, whether Lee ever connected with Phil and see what happens when a Spirit meets and befriends a fanboi he unknowingly chased off a MAGICal site (he can go back now, cause I'm not!) Thanks for reading along at home and all the love you've shown ... just a note that due to real world bleep, the next chapter may not be up until later in the week. << I've been waiting for The Spirit Makes the Fanboi Cry part.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> DEATH TO THE BRATFISH!!!!! << Your still mad because he took over the Living Seas, and stamped his name on it.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> You're lucky they didn't have a sign that read if you think you really need to have dressing on your salad, we suggest a 50/50 mix of ketchup, and mayonnaise. That's the same thing as Thousand Island. Enjoy, and have a Magical Meal. <<< I've done that, it's not terrible.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Your still mad because he took over the Living Seas, and stamped his name on it. <<< Pierce...Mad doesn't cover it.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>I've been waiting for The Spirit Makes the Fanboi Cry part.<< *cringe* One word for it: awkward. Then later: hilarious. But now: sad.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> *cringe* One word for it: awkward. Then later: hilarious. But now: sad. << I can hardly wait.
Originally Posted By MPierce I'm still trying to figure out how the Fanboi knew who he was. Is he still wearing thos T-shirts around that say I Am the One, and Only True Spirit of 74?
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>*cringe* One word for it: awkward. Then later: hilarious. But now: sad.<<< How could you forget this in person, last night?!?!?!!? Maybe it's best that you didn't...poor Expo woulda been scared off.
