Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad we always hope for rain because it empties the parks. We just poncho and go. This year my daughter looked at the rain forecast and was disappointed that only 1 day called for rain. This year we went the first week of november and temps were in the 60's and 70's
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Unless you're waiting to see the Power Rangers, rain really isn't that bad, at least in Fla it doesn't last that long.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad When we are there it usually lasts about 30 minutes. We call them clearing out showers. And now they have most of the characters inside anyway.(except for power rangers of course)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> I'd love to stay at one of the new Treehouses. I believe MPierce is starting a fund up to set me up in one for a month in 2009. << <<It's up to $1.63 as of today.>> Boy, you really are trying aren't you? (funny that was the same thing Mrs. MPierce said) <<That should get you about a weeks stay with the way Disney discounts that Resort. Being so far from the Parks seems to be the only complaint about that resort other than bus service. Gosh how much more Magic do you want? DD, and the West End or right there. You can even go walk the Ghost Town that once was PI.>> I just don't get having to be on top of a park. I love the Contemporary and Poly because of sentimental reasons and their recent upgrades ... but still, I'd take either WL or DAK Lodge before either of them ... and there's something kewl about walking through a dead zone that was once alive like PI and wondering how stupid must the folks in charge have been to be able to kill something so profitable so quickly and most still keep their jobs (or others with the company!)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I won't be donating to that fund because I think Spirit slammed me when he said <<the crazies who need to sleep on top of a theme park>> I tend to wake up a lot at night, and I love looking at the Castle as it changes color.>> I wasn't referring you, as crazy as you may be, but the crazies in general. BTW, I still want to drive by your ex childhood homes down these parts and will in the near future! <<Bah humbug, he can stay at All Stars.>> Why would he when he can stay at the DD Hilton for $49 a night? (like he just did) he'll let the poor rubes who think Tink just dusted them stay at the All Stars. He'll stay at a hotel for grownups!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Sorry, CQ is my daughter, so I'm offering to share my room with her and her son.>> Is LP.com now offering family plans? If so, do I get unlimited texting to mid-level Disney managers, celebrity Imagineers and 'C' List celebs if I sign up?
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 For me it's not being on top of a park, it's THE CASTLE. I love that Castle. It's the little girl in me who grew up fantasizing about Neuschwanstein Castle. I still choke up when I eat in what was King Stefan's Dining Hall. I refuse to take the elevator. It's just a personal thing with me.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I still choke up when I eat in what was King Stefan's Dining Hall. I refuse to take the elevator. It's just a personal thing with me.>> I still choke up 'cause I will likely never eat there again (unless it's some private dinner) since they have ruined it by making it all characters, all the time, all for one obscene price.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Hilton called me today, I won 4 nights for 4 within the next 6 months, for a total of $249. Oh yeah, and a 2 hour speil on timesharing. Alas, I turned her down.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I didn't attend any timeshare presentations to get my $49 room. Oh, and I did take in one of theirs in Vegas four years ago to compare it to DVC and it was actually low key, no pressure and considerably more pleasant than my DVC sales pitch.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<The July heat really isn't that bad.>> No, it really isn't. It is the stifling humidity and the unbelievable crowds which makes it absolutely unbearable.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Hey, I was working some free stuff, those rooms are big enough for everyone! As long as someone is willing to sleep in the tub! << That's my normal bed on New Years Day!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Boy, you really are trying aren't you? (funny that was the same thing Mrs. MPierce said) << She normally starts snoring when I do! >> I just don't get having to be on top of a park. I love the Contemporary and Poly because of sentimental reasons and their recent upgrades ... but still, I'd take either WL or DAK Lodge before either of them ... and there's something kewl about walking through a dead zone that was once alive like PI and wondering how stupid must the folks in charge have been to be able to kill something so profitable so quickly and most still keep their jobs (or others with the company!) << That's why I like the WL so much. I always feel that I'm at WDW, yet the WL has a remote feel to it. It's Magical at a whole different level. I just really would like to know how they came up with the Idea of closing PI. Mr. Iger really needs to start taking a look at who's coming up with these ideas. What's scarey is I'm starting to believe even a RedNeck, Right-Wing Whacko like myself could actually do a better job of running WDW than the folks now making the decisions.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> For me it's not being on top of a park, it's THE CASTLE. I love that Castle. It's the little girl in me who grew up fantasizing about Neuschwanstein Castle. I still choke up when I eat in what was King Stefan's Dining Hall. I refuse to take the elevator. It's just a personal thing with me. << I'm going to e-mail Meg, and see if she can make your wish come true, a night in the Castle. After all it is the Year of a Million Dreams Part II.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Thank you MPierce, but it will have to be YOMD part 3. We aren't going again until 2010. 4th of July I'll be sitting on the beach at the Poly watching the fireworks, then we go to the park.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I'm with bobbelee, my family and I would love to stay at one of the resorts on the monorail. It would not only be ultra convenient ( No bus ride to 2 out of the 3 parks ) but it would be great to be able to see the fireworks and the castle from the resort every night.
Originally Posted By rannxerox I always wanted to stay at these but my wife was never geeked about it.
