Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Does he use his AARP card to get the 5% discount?<<< No...Coupons...and that makes the tipping process VERY fun, enjoyable, and mathematical. ~101 Discount Figuring and Doom and Glooming Dalmatians~
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I WOULD have gotten that, if you hadn't posted, Pierce!!!!!!! LOL.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I WOULD have gotten that, if you hadn't posted, Pierce!!!!!!! LOL. << Oh So Close!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>>WOW!!! You really ARE ANCIENT!!!<<< <<Need I remind you, that you'll be the oldest at our table tomorrow night? :-D>> You really need to learn what NOT to say ... and 1963 was waaaaaay before my time ... well, not waaaaaaay ... but way!
Originally Posted By danyoung I just want to say that I was a charming lad of 6 way back in 1963 - the perfect age to visit DL for the first time!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<It's actually the opposite with my brother. You don't get rich working for the mouse, at least at the level my brother is most happy with - working in merch, dealing with the people. So I always save up and pay for the nice meals and stuff while on vacation. I consider it my contribution to his career as a lifelong cast member!>> You are a saint, Danny. I'll print this post out for the next time I see the bro, which probably will be way before I ever see you! ;-) <<And yes, I most definitely see the differences between DL and WDW. The difference between you and me is that I'd never advise someone to rethink a WDW vacation because of the horrible horrible condition of the park.>> I don't think I have ever told anyone to NOT visit WDW ... unless they asked for my opinion and it was usually a question like 'I've been to WDW 13 times, but hear it isn't as nice as it was in 1991 and have never been to DL or DLP and was thinking about taking a different Disney vacation, should I?' And, yes, when given that type of question, my answer is always 'HELL, YEAH!' <<I just don't see it. I see problems, but none of them rise up even close to the level of making me want to skip a biannual visit. I'll be there tomorrow - can't wait!!!>> I have had two extended visits this year ... plus a day trip three weeks ago ... I've had enough of WDW for 2010. I think I'll go to HKDL instead! But have a magical time at WDW ... and I mean that in the good way.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Wrong Steven. Steven Miller is the project manager for "trading" which includes pins and Vinylmation. He is also a former ambassador if I recall correctly. He didn't launch pin trading but has been responsible for pushing it forward with those nasty blobs of plastic. He isn't a decision maker but his bosses at WDP&R Merch like his work.>> Thanks, Lee. That's the dude I was thinking of ... I remember finding him very scary when he was WDW Ambassador ... total pixie dust 24 hours a day.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Dan, you ignorant slut. You know that isn't the case at all! (do I need a smiley?) << <<I always loved that skit.>> Me too ... and I knew Danny would get it since I used to use it on him all the time ... but with all the RED appearing here of late I was afraid if I didn't add the remark that someone might find something that was acceptable on network TV in the mid-70s somehow unacceptable here and now! >> Oh please don't ... we've all heard this about as many times as Pierce gets up to use the toilet at night! << <<That's the diuretics, and I wouldn't be talking since you were the one running to a magical disney urinal every 5 minutes displaying your perpetuity need for a facility or your inclination for hanging out with Disney Legends. Not to mention having to buy multiple pairs of sunglasses at the Dollar Tree Store, because of your habit of dropping them into toilets. >> Oh ... ouch ... oh ... man ... that ... that ... SOBBBBBB ... WAILLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> It's all about making people feel they're getting a DDP deal. << <<It's only going to get worse. Their goal is to have every visitor on the DDP. Food will become so expensive you will either have to be on the plan or you will have to eat off property.>> Maybe I should do a magical dining review thread? ... because you really can dine on property for good prices and not make ressies six months in advance. >> I was sickened watching how many folks were walking up to the podium at Artist Point and everyone was on the plan. << <<At 2 points a pop, and it's just not worth that.>> If you make the entrees in the $30-45 range, then people will buy into it. >> Apparently not when they take attention away from her (please don't tell her I said this ... she might shove my glow toy ... well, she could hurt me!) ,, <<Approaching you from behind it sure would be easy to spot you in a crowd after the sun went down at WDW.>> Now ... that IS funny! (and true)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>>Not to mention having to buy multiple pairs of sunglasses at the Dollar Tree Store, because of your habit of dropping them into toilets. <<< <<Maybe he thinks the Turtles will enjoy them? ...I mean, those toilets probably empty into lakes...which have turtles....>> It is weird you brought up turtles because I almost (being serious) got in an accident while avoiding a turtle trying to cross 192 while en route to said Dollar Tree. It was sad because I am sure he/she never made it across three lanes of speeding traffic ... and bothered me because about two weeks ago I saw one headed into the road near home and had to go up to a light to do a U-Turn to get back to it and even though it had just started across a much slower road and was barely out ... well, someone had ran it over before I got over to it ... don't know if it was on purpose or just someone who didn't see it in time, but it really did upset me (I'm a bit of a fragile Spirit these days). So I am 0-for-2 in turtle saving the last month.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> I am very worried about how Pierce is going to take the fact he won't be able to color with Aurora after all. << <<I'm bring my coloring book, and crayons just in case the plans change again. Which is a very real possibility.>> Well, since Disney long ago decided that coloring tables were why folks brought their kids to WDW, I figure it won't be long before adult coloring tables are set up ... maybe they'll have interactive/RFID queues! MAGICal! ;-)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>>WOW!!! You really ARE ANCIENT!!!<<< >> Need I remind you, that you'll be the oldest at our table tomorrow night? :-D << <<Does he use his AARP card to get the 5% discount?>> I actually got an AARP application in the mail (seriously) when I had just turned 31 ... I thought it was just a bit early!
Originally Posted By leobloom <<Wrong Steven. Steven Miller is the project manager for "trading" which includes pins and Vinylmation. He is also a former ambassador if I recall correctly. He didn't launch pin trading but has been responsible for pushing it forward with those nasty blobs of plastic. He isn't a decision maker but his bosses at WDP&R Merch like his work.>> >> Thanks, Lee. That's the dude I was thinking of ... I remember finding him very scary when he was WDW Ambassador ... total pixie dust 24 hours a day. << Here's a Disney Park Blogs video of the dude teaching you how to trade Vinyl. Seriously stupid: <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/09/how-to-trade-vinylmation/" target="_blank">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...lmation/</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I just want to say that I was a charming lad of 6 way back in 1963 - the perfect age to visit DL for the first time! --- was just ahead of you at 8 yrs old in 1963
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Well, since Disney long ago decided that coloring tables were why folks brought their kids to WDW, I figure it won't be long before adult coloring tables are set up ... maybe they'll have interactive/RFID queues! MAGICal! ;-) ----- ever notice the adults coloring at Kidcot stations ?
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >> You really need to learn what NOT to say ... and 1963 was waaaaaay before my time ... well, not waaaaaaay ... but way! << Ah, but if we learned that, nothing would be fun!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>It is weird you brought up turtles because I almost (being serious) got in an accident while avoiding a turtle trying to cross 192 while en route to said Dollar Tree.<<< You seriously have a thing for them. Sucks about the two, though. :-( Watch, we will see one tomorrow. LOL
Originally Posted By dshyates Wow you guys are, like, uber-old. I was BORN in '63. So I got to spend my 8th Birthday at WDW the year it opened. And I have benn there a couple of times since.
