Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-1226.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Magic Kingdom Updates</b></a> Pictures taken on August 30th at the Magic Kingdom including the arrival of Halloween Decor, Fantasyland construction and more.
Originally Posted By 3disneylocations Look @ all those burned out light bulbs on MSUSA... stir the pot.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Thanks Doob for posting the Halloween preparation. I am now REALLY excited for our Oct trip! Love the Gideon/umbrella shot, too Is there a completion date yet for Beast's castle?
Originally Posted By Roger Rabbit I love when Halloween decor goes up at Magic Kingdom!! This makes me happy, especially since I'll be there in a few weeks!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer No tarps on MSUSA! Been a while. Actually surprised to see bulbs out, they have been keeping up with that quite well, lately.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I am so excited to see the Halloween decor go up, it lets me know that my trip is getting so close. Boy was it raining.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Isn't it just a tad early for Halloween decorations? It's still summer.
Originally Posted By frostysnowman 999HAUNTS - I just read the Beauty and the Beast areas, along with the new Little Mermaid ride, will be opening in late 2012.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I'm forever amazed at how those poor tourists put up with all that rain and heat and humidity out at the Florida parks. Now, I can say that because I've lived in over a dozen other states before settling back in my native SoCal, and I know what truly horrific weather and climates are like out there in the rest of the USA. That said, it's amazing how the SoCal locals scream in horror on the 8 or 10 days per year from December 'til March when a few tenths of an inch of rain fall in a day on Disneyland. If Anaheim got just one moderate Orlando-style rainy afternoon with 90+ temps and high humidity, I think both the CM's and the Guests would hide in terror. And to think the WDW Parks deal with that horrible Orlando climate for 8 or 9 months out of the year, and play host to tens of thousands of customers per day after day after day while they deal with it. Absolutely fascinating to think of the huge differences between Anaheim and Orlando.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt How about Paris? The last time I was there it was April overcast, drizzly and FREEZING, yet the place was busy with happy families milling about all over the place. All I could think was that Disney park goers in California and Florida would never put up with that kind of weather as part of their experience at the parks, especially at that time of the year.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Oh, and if you've ever been to Hong Kong in August you have to wonder how even one person would dare consider spending an entire day at Disneyland in that horribly oppressive humidity there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Just further reinforces to me how non-resilient the people of California really are. If they can't handle a little rain or humidity, what happens when things actually get tricky? Just another reason why I'm trying to get out of here! : (
Originally Posted By FerretAfros FWIW, I visited WDW in May 2009, and during my 10 day visit, it rained more than 24". And nobody batted an eye. That's about the same ammount that DL gets in an entire year. And people freak out for each installment of the rain there. It's just sad. My favorite rain-related moment of that trip was watching F!, after one of the few dry afternoons/evenings of the trip. About halfway through the show, it started to sprinkle, and then rain fairly hard. Everybody in the audience rustled around for about 3 seconds, found their ponchos, and put them on. And sat and watched the end of the show. I was shocked by how everybody was just used to it by that point, and had the "okay, it's raining, so what?" attitude about it. That's real Disney magic!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Just another reason why I'm trying to get out of here!" You can have the weather extremes of the East Coast. Just look at what they went through this week. "And people freak out for each installment of the rain there. It's just sad." LOL... what's sad to me are the people who think bad weather is normal. I am a true Californian through and through!
Originally Posted By TP2000 Two out of the three times that I've been to Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea it was raining the whole time. But I had a blast.
Originally Posted By dshyates What?!? Orlando has bad weather? I always thought it was Disney's complimentary full body hydration and steam bath. They should charge extra. Oh and who can forget the fantastic light show!
