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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Brief Universal Chat: Holy poo poo, is Escape from Gringotts an awesome ride. I actually found it to be worth the wait, which was nuts. The extended queue was so big they had people selling bottles of juice and water and even sandwiches like it was a baseball game. Sorry to quote this old rear end post, but how long did you wait? Has anyone else in this thread gone recently and can report on the waiting time? Reports of 5 hours are scaring me. More generally, I'm heading into both Universal Studios parks tomorrow and want hit up ALL the Harry Potter stuff I can - any tips to make that seamless would be greatly appreciated.
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Thirst Mutilator posted:Sorry to quote this old rear end post, but how long did you wait? Has anyone else in this thread gone recently and can report on the waiting time? Reports of 5 hours are scaring me. More generally, I'm heading into both Universal Studios parks tomorrow and want hit up ALL the Harry Potter stuff I can - any tips to make that seamless would be greatly appreciated. I waited 2.5 hours or so. With the new ride, that's on the low side of wait times (the day I rode, when I arrived, it was at 5 hours, but I think that was factoring in the downtime they know they are having. The ride is still working out it's kinks)
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Aug 5, 2014 04:15
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I'm heading over Wednesday to probably ride but I've got some rerides. Apparently they posted a 60 minute wait the other day. It definitely hasn't been the juggernaut they expected. I just hope we don't get stuck at the drop again. It was awful. [Halloween Horror Nights just announced an Aliens versus Predator house. I'm getting excited for this year]
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Braksgirl posted:I can try to see what's available for you if you send me a pm. Thanks! PM sent.
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Aug 5, 2014 22:13
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Cais posted:I'm heading over Wednesday to probably ride but I've got some rerides. Apparently they posted a 60 minute wait the other day. I steered clear of the coaster because of this. Being stuck on a roller coaster isn't my worst nightmare but it's up there. I don't mind though - all the other Harry Potter stuff rocks. Being able to see Hogsmeade AND Diagon Alley was great - worth the price of the Park Hopper. The one non-ride I'd recommend over everything is the Earl Grey and Lavender ice cream from Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream shop. It was 6 bucks in a waffle cone and I started tearing up when I ate it (I was a little drunk, overwhelmed with nostalgia, and it was loving hot outside though)
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Aug 5, 2014 23:06
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I have a question about the 4-Day Ticket Military Promotion. I'm heading to Disney World in January. My dad is military, but wont be with us. Would he be able to purchase and activate the tickets for us this fall without us being present? He has a business trip coming up in a couple months and will be about 30 minutes from Disney.
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Aug 8, 2014 00:11
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I have a question about Labor Day crowds. Would a Disney trip over that weekend be a terrible idea? My husband and I (no kids) probably would stay at Shades of Green since he's still active military and they have a $95 per night rate plus the $169 4 day park hopper promo. We probably would do a mix of Disney and non-Disney dining since we have to be fairly budget conscious.
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Aug 8, 2014 00:55
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Hip Hoptimus Prime posted:I have a question about Labor Day crowds. Would a Disney trip over that weekend be a terrible idea? My husband and I (no kids) probably would stay at Shades of Green since he's still active military and they have a $95 per night rate plus the $169 4 day park hopper promo. Any holiday is typically busy but not as bad as what you would get on a Christmas, New Year's or Independence Day. Expect it to be pretty busy though plus it is still hot as hell here.
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Aug 8, 2014 02:37
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Hip Hoptimus Prime posted:I have a question about Labor Day crowds. Would a Disney trip over that weekend be a terrible idea? My husband and I (no kids) probably would stay at Shades of Green since he's still active military and they have a $95 per night rate plus the $169 4 day park hopper promo. Since you're on a budget I suggest looking at http://shadesofgreen.org/2014sept.htm and calculating what you'd save based on rank (or if you would).
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Aug 8, 2014 05:47
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We actually wound up deciding to rent a cabin in Gatlinburg, TN. It's a little bit closer and we'll spend less money in a few days than we would at Disney. But...we will be Florida residents very soon, so I know we will be going to Disney in the not-so-distant future, regardless. We probably will become annual passholders if we wind up living in the Orlando area. 
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Aug 9, 2014 16:11
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So after Michael Jackson died, they brought back Captain EO. They best be bringing back the Timekeeper.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:So after Michael Jackson died, they brought back Captain EO. I used to love that attraction. I wish there was somewhere to put it back into the park. It used to occupy the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor.
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Aug 13, 2014 17:48
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Doronin posted:I used to love that attraction. I wish there was somewhere to put it back into the park. It used to occupy the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. I only got to see Timekeeper once, and it wouldn't exactly be easy to get it running again. On the other hand, there's the original Magic of Disney Animation introductory film...
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Aug 13, 2014 17:56
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We landed in Orlando today. Lots of construction in downtown Disney. Headed to Magic Kingdom tomorrow. Big budget pm me your name and I'll talk you when I'm hit with a survey.
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Aug 14, 2014 00:12
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Mykkel posted:We landed in Orlando today. Lots of construction in downtown Disney. Headed to Magic Kingdom tomorrow. Big budget pm me your name and I'll talk you when I'm hit with a survey. He's the best cast member on that side of the park! After I got off the ride and was so sick I was about to vomit, he led me to the nearest trash receptacle and shoved my head into it saving my life. Thanks BBS! Seriously though, last time we were at the park and saw you working we stopped at Guest Services on the way out and commented how you made our vacation because of something something. Do they even tell the cast members anymore or do they just smile and toss them after we leave? They did give us a receipt for an ice cream bar for some odd reason.. maybe they felt bad for me.
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Aug 15, 2014 12:34
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Guest relations still brings them by the attraction eventually. Same with positives sent to guest.services@disneyworld.com. They'll eventually make it back to the area though it could take some time.
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Aug 15, 2014 15:56
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demonR6 posted:He's the best cast member on that side of the park! After I got off the ride and was so sick I was about to vomit, he led me to the nearest trash receptacle and shoved my head into it saving my life. Thanks BBS! Someone went to City Hall once in MK and told them I made their vacation extra special because of something I did with Vinylmations and they gave me a card a day or two later. I still have it somewhere. It was nice. E. Fixed a typo on Card. I wish Disney would have given me a car though.
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Aug 15, 2014 16:07
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Skeezy posted:Someone went to City Hall once in MK and told them I made their vacation extra special because of something I did with Vinylmations and they gave me a card a day or two later. Now that I know those things are for real and actually benefit the CMs, I'm going to start filling them out regularly. Since the name tags only have a first name, how do you properly refer to a CM to make sure they get recognized later? Just that name and whatever attraction it was?
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Aug 16, 2014 04:24
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Nametags have cities too, which always help. Especially for attractions, about where they were at helps too. They can pull up everyone who was at greeter that day fairly easily and bam.
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Aug 16, 2014 15:13
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Always make sure to praise Chris from Orlando, FL. That's the cast member who gets the most complaints from guests.
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Aug 16, 2014 23:44
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demonR6 posted:He's the best cast member on that side of the park! After I got off the ride and was so sick I was about to vomit, he led me to the nearest trash receptacle and shoved my head into it saving my life. Thanks BBS! Depends on the situation. They make a quiet note of it and if it's really big and bold, they let us know. Applause-o-Grams are what I think they call those ones. I've not gotten one yet, but I do try to make guests vacation better with each interaction. I work at a low key attraction and get a lot of time to interact, so I try to make it count, not for my sake, but because folks shelling out thousands of dollars to have a good time should have a pretty good time. Chris from Orlando gets around, let me tell you. Oh, is anyone going to the ticketed version of Villains Unleashed. I am. and they are having the first ever Marvel characters meeting at the Florida parks there. Star Lord and Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy will be showing up, along side FIFTY villain characters. I am stoked. and thankful it's a hard ticket event so it's not a clusterfuck.
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Aug 17, 2014 00:18
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Yes my family and me will be there. We're pretty psyched. We will be dressed as pirates!
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Oh, is anyone going to the ticketed version of Villains Unleashed. I am. and they are having the first ever Marvel characters meeting at the Florida parks there. Star Lord and Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy will be showing up, along side FIFTY villain characters. I am stoked. and thankful it's a hard ticket event so it's not a clusterfuck. I wanted to go to that so badly, but I have to work. High school football kicks off in Florida and our game is televised, so I'm stuck. Although I had no idea Star Lord and Gamora were going to be there. I'm curious how Konstantin from Muppets is going to be one of the meet and greets. Cais posted:Nametags have cities too, which always help. Ah, good deal. I forgot about the cities/countries on the tags. Thanks!
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Aug 17, 2014 02:46
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The Constantine meet is um. Well. I wish I was going just for that. I got to meet Barbossa the other day when he was meeting at the legend of captain jack sparrow. He'll be at the party too, along with folks like Gantu and oogie boogie. With it being a hard ticket event it hopefully shouldn't be too crazy. If anyone is driving, they're closing the satellite entrance (the one coming from the rest of property with only two lanes) at about 3 or so. I was working until 715 but got switched to the 11 pm shift so I'll be answering guest emails instead of meeting villains with you all. Maybe I'll sneak out to watch the fireworks.
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Aug 17, 2014 02:59
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Oh man.... I wish I could go. I hope there will be lots of video and pictures.
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IAmNotYourRealDad posted:I'd like to hear more about this Chris from Orlando Chris from Orlando is more often than not a) not actually from Orlando and b) not actually named Chris. This could be for many reasons.
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Aug 17, 2014 04:50
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So I've heard the Disney has free Wi-Fi? Does this include all the hotels? The parks? Trying to decide if I should get a US SIM for my visit.
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Tunga posted:So I've heard the Disney has free Wi-Fi? Does this include all the hotels? The parks? Trying to decide if I should get a US SIM for my visit. The parks have it now (with varying levels of quality) and the hotels have it as well (although its not very good wi-fi because they'd rather you not be sitting in your hotel)
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Tunga posted:So I've heard the Disney has free Wi-Fi? Does this include all the hotels? The parks? Trying to decide if I should get a US SIM for my visit. Quality is okay, much better than it was on initial soft roll out. You won't get coverage inside rides which seems to astonish some guests. We were deep in the queue at Pirates and this couple in front of us was complaining ad nauseum. I finally said "you realize the WiFi is outside right? We can't even get cell coverage in here.." The lady grunted at me and quit then I looked at my wife and said loud enough to hear "good lord people are so damned dense." while she pinches me to be quiet and gives me the stink eye.
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I'm booking a trip for Jan 2015, and a number of the value and mid-tier resorts say that they are undergoing refurbishment. Anyone know whether this will be complete by Jan 2015 and/or to what extent it might impact our experience? Art of Animation doesn't seem to be affected though, so I guess that's an option. edit: Oh. There is a link explaining. I'm super dumb. Ignore please. Loucks fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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Aug 17, 2014 21:55
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Picked a bad week to come down with it being the hottest days of the year and the hella high humidity. The up side is our boss took us out to dinner to LeCellier. Those Farmhouse Poutine are awesome.
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Aug 20, 2014 05:26
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Bah this is just another beautiful day in paradise. At least we are not facing torrential downpours, floods, tornadoes and wildfires at the moment.. ooh and earthquakes & riots.
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Aug 20, 2014 14:24
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Florida is hot in August This, and more, at 11
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Aug 20, 2014 14:34
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Roar posted:Florida is hot in August Surprisingly it hasn't been the suck the breath out of your lungs type of hot. Just hot, must be low humidity. Really surprised how tore up downtown disney is, what's the word on how long that's going to take?
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Aug 21, 2014 02:35
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No, this has been a milder summer with less of the open the oven door and melt your face off heat. Also it has been wetter than I recall. Downtown Disney will be down for a few years still.. lots going on with an eventual rail transport to the airport and all sorts of things.
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tomapot posted:Surprisingly it hasn't been the suck the breath out of your lungs type of hot. Just hot, must be low humidity. There was a story on the news yesterday about how they are renaming it and completely redoing the whole thing. http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/disney-springs/news.htm To be completed in 2016.
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What is accessibility like in Downtown? Going in 4 weeks with my brother and his gf and thought we would pop around and eat/shop unless its a nightmare...
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Crazyweasel posted:What is accessibility like in Downtown? Going in 4 weeks with my brother and his gf and thought we would pop around and eat/shop unless its a nightmare... Downtown where? Disney? Orlando? Winter Park? Celebration?
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Accessibility seems okay. It's just congested. Feels like one of the parks, because everyone is funneled to the same sidewalk.
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