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If anyone one is down here visiting or if you are a local, I'd advise you to stay FAR away from Disney Springs tomorrow. Tomorrow they have the first screenings of Star Wars and a majority of the screenings at the theater are for the big shindig Disney is throwing at Hollywood Studios. It is going to be crowded. They have shifts available for ops cast members to just do crowd control, so it's going to be one of those kind of days. I'm not even seeing the movie there, I'm seeing it at CityWalk because I want to see it ASAP but not with that kind of insanity.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:If anyone one is down here visiting or if you are a local, I'd advise you to stay FAR away from Disney Springs tomorrow. Tomorrow they have the first screenings of Star Wars and a majority of the screenings at the theater are for the big shindig Disney is throwing at Hollywood Studios. It is going to be crowded. They have shifts available for ops cast members to just do crowd control, so it's going to be one of those kind of days. Oh poo poo thanks for the heads up. Doing my birthday dinner at boat house saturday night and hadn't made reservations yet. Just snagged a time thankfully.
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Dec 16, 2015 15:11
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My wife is running a race in April and I think we're planning on staying Friday, Saturday, and leaving on Sunday. I was looking at hotels and holy poo poo they are expensive. What's the best bang for the buck place to stay on property? I'm not against spending a little money but screw spending like $500 a night.
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Dec 16, 2015 21:21
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Your going at a peak time, that's the Star Wars marathon I think. Cheapest on resort property is going to be pop century or one of the all stars. Should be at or under 200 a night. Bang for the buck is relative. I personally will pay a high premium for monorail access. Other people don't care at all about their room or amenities as long as it's clean. skipdogg fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Dec 17, 2015 |
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Dec 17, 2015 00:59
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This guy probably has the most thorough resort reviews you could find. He ranks them according how he thinks first time families would like them, but the actual commentary in the reviews is pretty objective and they're all very detailed. http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/04/26/walt-disney-world-resort-hotel-reviews/
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Dec 17, 2015 02:12
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skipdogg posted:Your going at a peak time, that's the Star Wars marathon I think. Cheapest on resort property is going to be pop century or one of the all stars. Should be at or under 200 a night. I did a comparison earlier in the thread and for Christmas to New Year (the definition of "expensive hotels") to show how Coronado Springs (a mid-rate hotel at Disney) compares to outside hotels. quote:I'd still support going to a Value resort owned by Disney over one of the off-site hotels if you can afford it, having stayed at all three resort levels and two different off-site hotels (one of which was in the set of hotels near Disney Springs and another which was totally apart from Disney). To compare prices as of right now, for a room with two queen beds (for 4 adults) from December 24th to December 31st:
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Thanks for the input everyone. It looks like Coronado Springs is a pretty good compromise and value.
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Metal detectors were installed today. Also, no more costumes for adults during MNSSHP.
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Braksgirl posted:Also, no more costumes for adults during MNSSHP. WOW. gently caress that. I understand during normal days, but that's the whole point of going to MNSSHP. Next year we'll just spend the money on a meal at California Grill and watch Hallowishes from there.
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Dec 17, 2015 15:55
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Braksgirl posted:Also, no more costumes for adults during MNSSHP. What the hell? There goes my interest in going next October. Source on this?
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Dec 17, 2015 17:03
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Remember I posted a couple of days ago new security measures coming... this is one of them along with the metal detector wands, walk through metal detectors and a whole host of other things that I cannot mention but yeah, batten down the hatches mateys it is going to be a bumpy ride through the gates soon.
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Circutron posted:What the hell? There goes my interest in going next October. Source on this? The Orlando Sentinel.
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Hopefully it won't be permanent and it's just a knee-jerk "We must do SOMETHING!" reaction to the current hysteria....but I don't have my hopes up.
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Dec 17, 2015 18:18
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I honestly think metal detectors and walk through a are needed. It's way too easy to sneak a weapon in otherwise. I just hope they can make it streamlined and not a congested mess.
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Dec 17, 2015 18:38
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If everyone would show up at the park like my suggestion on the Disney forum wearing a man thong and a-shirt we would not have to go through these stupid metal detectors.
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Dec 17, 2015 18:42
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Bottom Liner posted:I honestly think metal detectors and walk through a are needed. It's way too easy to sneak a weapon in otherwise. I just hope they can make it streamlined and not a congested mess. I have a friend who is a cop here in florida and I mentioned that Disney is doing this now and he actually complained that he won't be able to sneak his gun in anymore, apparently all his cop buddies do the same and if they are asked/caught they play dumb!
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Dec 17, 2015 18:59
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Disney parks definitely need some kind of security upgrade. As it is getting guns and lots of ammo in would be easy. It is also a ripe target - dense crowds and very well known. And access is so well controlled, it would actually be possible to exclude weapons, unlike a lot of other high density targets.
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Dec 17, 2015 19:04
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I know a guy who got sent to Disney Jail in California and he said they have a whole arsenal down there that could probably withstand a military siege if they had to.
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Dec 17, 2015 19:20
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Braksgirl posted:Also, no more costumes for adults during MNSSHP. This is the worst news ever and makes me glad we got our last hurrah in this year with MNSSHP. The metal detector thing is also kinda depressing because I won't find nice pocket knives left in the seats on Star Tours anymore.
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Dec 17, 2015 19:24
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Anyone including LEO who is caught bringing in their service firearm is escorted by OCSO to the back where they can lock it up in special lockers. If they refuse, they are escorted off property and WDW does call the agency of the LEO involved and they are most likely very promptly reamed a new rear end in a top hat. If you are a like that dumbass last week who turned and tried to run you will spend quality free time at the 33rd street detention center with catered meals and a nice reminder of your vacation with a felony on your record.
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mattfl posted:I have a friend who is a cop here in florida and I mentioned that Disney is doing this now and he actually complained that he won't be able to sneak his gun in anymore, apparently all his cop buddies do the same and if they are asked/caught they play dumb! I've carried into Epcot once or twice, (came straight from home without stopping at the hotel,) and carry all over the resort routinely. I don't generally carry into the parks, just because ride seats and large crowds aren't generally compatible with a concealed sidearm. Unlike some other states, Florida state law prevents Disney from doing much of anything past asking you to leave if they find you with a legally-possessed-and-carried weapon. Essentially, outside of specific exemptions (municipal/county/state buildings, schools, sterile areas of airports,) you can put up no weapons signs and rules, but they carry no force of law. The worst that can happen is you can refuse to leave, and they can arrest you for trespassing. You'd have to be pretty monumentally stupid and/or a huge, throbbing dick to actually get smacked with that, though. More security is concerning to me though, because I generally carry a leatherman everywhere. I wonder if that's verboten now. 
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I don't think you're going to need a multi tool to do any work while you're in a theme park. What the gently caress are you going to repair, Pirates of the Caribbean?
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Dec 17, 2015 19:39
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Ooh yeah on that topic did you hear they have new botes at PoC at MK?
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Bottom Liner posted:I don't think you're going to need a multi tool to do any work while you're in a theme park. What the gently caress are you going to repair, Pirates of the Caribbean? It's just habit to drop it in my pocket, and having to walk all the way back to where I parked to drop it in the car would annoy the poo poo out of me. 
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Dec 17, 2015 19:43
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I hope Disney jail keeps with the idea of theming but does so with the bottom of the barrel Disney movies. I can see it now: Chicken Little and Home on the Range themed facilities with a small TV in each cell that plays "Mars Needs Moms" on loop
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Dec 17, 2015 19:46
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You get an all expense paid drive to the county jail where you are booked if that is what you refer to as Disney jail.
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In my mind, they had some secret underground facility for it. Don't try and shatter my illusion.
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Oh got it.. Why yes, rumor has it there is a hidden area where the really dark side of Disney lives. They take you into a dungeon where a dragon and the crocodile from Peter Pan waits for you. Man I hear it is scary down there. But yeah, please don't be this idiot because I will clip your picture from the Orlando Sentinel Orange County Jail Mugshots page on here. http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Miami-Man-Arrested-for-Bringing-Gun-to-Disney-World-Deputies--361680491.html demonR6 fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Dec 17, 2015 |
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Dec 17, 2015 19:54
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At the parks now, the metal detector is run by a private event security firm. Park is awesome but its soooo hot out
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Abu Dave posted:At the parks now, the metal detector is run by a private event security firm. Stay till Saturday when the high is like 60 lol
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Abu Dave posted:Park is awesome but its soooo hot out Lolololol You don't know hot.
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Bottom Liner posted:I honestly think metal detectors and walk through a are needed. It's way too easy to sneak a weapon in otherwise. I just hope they can make it streamlined and not a congested mess. Well, it's not like Disney was exactly a hotbed of violence in the first place. Plus there's the obvious question of "What if someone just decides to start their terrorist attack at the metal detectors when everyone is crowding through?"
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MrYenko posted:More security is concerning to me though, because I generally carry a leatherman everywhere. I wonder if that's verboten now. If they find it or see it on you including if you make it through the gate undetected on the first pass and decide to take it out later and it is spotted... then yes you are going to be asked to take it back to your vehicle or lock it up. I just had this verified. They have multiple teams of plain clothes around the park that could spot you as well. They are trained to look for people trying to sneak things in like firearms, machetes, chainsaws.
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demonR6 posted:firearms, machetes, chainsaws. Universal merchandise, Brazilian tour groups, double-wide strollers....
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The Brazilians have been on a downturn since their economy has really gone to poo poo. What we are seeing now are the upper crust elite and not the middle class like was descending upon us like plagues of locusts.
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Disney was cool today, got on almost everything with less than a twenty minute wait except for the two obvious ones. That said, don't go to the Christmas party if someone in your party has epilepsy. We had to leave because those stupid loving blinking Christmas light necklaces. Disney gave us our money back but drat. Best ride was Splash Mountain, and props to those Disney princesses, they know how to make small talk. Our Magic Bands where hit or miss, to the point where at Aloha Isle they wouldn't work period so they comped us the dole whips. Empress Brosephine fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Dec 18, 2015 |
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Dec 18, 2015 03:51
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Oh yeah and the dining pass is alot of food. And I saw that as someone who can eat a dozen donuts in a sitting, I could hardly finish all my plates
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Abu Dave posted:Oh yeah and the dining pass is alot of food. And I saw that as someone who can eat a dozen donuts in a sitting, I could hardly finish all my plates Did you find it too restrictive having to stick to places on the list?
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Not really sure how with jet lag but I managed to stay up until 12am closing just now. 
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Kaddish posted:Did you find it too restrictive having to stick to places on the list? Nah, but I've never been a fine dinef so
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