Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-804.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: New Year's Eve Crowds at Walt Disney World</b></a> Rebekah got a craving for some Grand Floridian gingerbread and thought it would be fun to check out the crowds at Walt Disney World on New Year's Ev'e ... from the safety of the Monorail.
Originally Posted By MPierce Thanks for the pictures. This is definetly 1 day of the year that I would rather be at home than at Epcot. I wonder how long of a traffic Jam it's going to be when Epcot shuts down?
Originally Posted By Disney_Freak429 My question is why didn't you stop into EPCOT to come see me? I got there right around that time (3:30PM) & all I did all day really was sit in Italy to get a prime spot for the countdown so it ended up being a blast.(except waiting at Liberty Inn for food) Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Originally Posted By -em Crazy- I heard that the Epcot parking lot was a nightmare to leave last night.. I picked up a shift at the Studios and stayed to watch the fireworks (shift ended at 10:30) The park was crazy- Coaster was a 2 hour wait, Toy Story was 2.5 hours, Tower was 2 hours.. ALL FP was out by 2.. The fireworks were pretty disappointing (IMO) nothing like MK or Epcot and while I could tell some enjoyed the live band in front of the hat I wasnt impressed (and hated that it made pictures really hard to frame) I was impressed how well they handled the parking lot (and noticed they to had shut down normal traffic patterns with parked cars..) All cars exiting Studios had to turn right out of the parking lot (vs right/left/straight) and then right again on Victory Way/Lane/Ave which worked great for me but I felt bad for any guests who then may have been lost to where they were... From fireworks to home was about 45 min (normal commute is around 25) so not bad at all..
Originally Posted By bayrr326 Let me tell you I was glad we got to park in the right side of the Epcot lot when we arrived around 9:30 cause we got out fairly quick when we left the park around 1:45 in the morning. Those on the other side of the lot I really felt sorry for. Other than that got there around 9:30, no traffic, parked pretty close. Walked in did Spaceship Earth, we tried out that new Waste Management area in Innoventions(cute game esp if you have kids), found a spot for the fireworks between Mexico and Norway, first time seeing the Epcot New Years Eve and thought it was really cool. We hung out on a bench and waited for most the crowd to clear, got in line for test track right before closing, picked up a 40% off tshirt and went to our hotel room to crash. Fun night and the kids had a blast. Kudos to the Epcot Cast Members for doing a great job with crowd control(firm but with a smile) and especially the CM on Spaceship Earth who made sure everyone was smiling as they got on the ride. Glad we decided to avoid the MK cause I heard it was nuts there.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 The pictures brought back so many memories of New Years Eve of 06. So crazy we will not do it again. Still... I do love the pictures.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Sorry to hear the Studios display was disappointing, Em. I've never gone there on NYE and have considered it a few times. But after doing NYE at MK and DL and EPCOT, I'd only do the latter ever again ... it's the only park where you can comfortably fit a college football stadium type crowd and not only not feel unsafe, but have room to move around ... and the fireworks have never been short of spectacular. Anyway ... I'm real curious to see if the crowds die down immediately or stay up with the bowl games done except for the national title game.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Sooners -- best Texas team money can buy ! ( or so many of my Texas friends tell me) will be interesting to see if they can play defense - big 12 so far shows they can run up score, but not defend...TT loses to OleMiss and Mizzou was outplayed by Northwestern but won on special teams issues. Just IMHO -- USC the best team in the country ( and I do not live in California nor am I a USC fan )
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<Just IMHO -- USC the best team in the country ( and I do not live in California nor am I a USC fan )>> BOOOOOOOOOOO! HISSSSSSSSSSSS!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Fight on! Even after giving up in the second half of the Rose Bowl (and there's no denying that's what happened), we still managed to come out way ahead. A happy ending to one of those days that just never ends...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros If it's any consolation, it's not easy being the best at everything. : )
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey If I played in the crappy PAC 10, I'd be the best, too. USC would last five minutes in the SEC. Just remember that LSU is the ONLY team to repeat the as BCS champion TWICE since it's inception.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey If Tebow gets his bell rung at the beginning, you can kiss him goodbye.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Also remember that USC is the ONLY team to have played in (and with only one exception won it too!) 7 BCS games in a row. It's not our fault that the PAC-10 isn't that great, but I think it's more than clear from our our-of-conference results that our conference really isn't all that relevant to our success. One of these days, we'll finally get a head-to-head match up and we can show the SEC how football is really played. Until then, we can just agree to disagree. : ) And thanks for that bobbelee. We don't call ourselves the Greatest Marching Band in the History of the Universe for nothing...though that might be a bit of an overstatement... : )
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<One of these days, we'll finally get a head-to-head match up and we can show the SEC how football is really played.>> Any team in the SEC would chew USC up and spit them out. 7 bowl games - big woo. TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS is much better.
