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Empress Brosephine posted:Any word on if Disney springs is opening monxay? AFAIK Orange County is still abiding by a stay at home order and not letting restaurants and retail open yet, so it's doubtful.
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If you screenshotted those and told me it was from The Onion I would not doubt you at all. Holy poo poo.
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Apr 30, 2020 14:47
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I.....I want that baby yoda mask
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Bottom Liner posted:If you screenshotted those and told me it was from The Onion I would not doubt you at all. Holy poo poo. Hate to tell you but we're far beyond even the Onion's standards of parody quote:Yes, these are real coins commemorating our (mostly Donald Jebediah Trump's) defeat of the coronavirus and they are available on the White House Gift Shop!
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how did you miss the bestworst one
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I picked the one that was the least self-aware and that also looked like an actual coin instead of a first year student's Illustrator mockup Also holy gently caress they misspelled Mnuchin 
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mm. "fought". I guess they did the same thing after ww1 and said it'd never happen again et al.
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trump fought covid like he fought in vietnam
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Just to clarify, the "White House Gift Shop" is not actually the White House gift shop. It was, but the government fund was shut down in 2013 and it's now privately owned.
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chitoryu12 posted:Just to clarify, the "White House Gift Shop" is not actually the White House gift shop. It was, but the government fund was shut down in 2013 and it's now privately owned. You're ruining the fun. You're right of course but most people don't know that, and T-pain is absolutely leveraging that ignorance into his own personal merchandising slush fund
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Wait, is T Pain seriously the owner of the White House Gift Shop? That might actually be better than if it were official.
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I was looking at the pictures in this article https://blogmickey.com/2020/03/aerial-tour-of-empty-magic-kingdom-walt-disney-world and the show building for Splash has me flummoxed. There are random bands of fake rocks at the top of the show building. What is the line of sight those are for? Where would guests see those fake rocks?
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I have three guesses, but they're just guesses - nose up to the gate to the backstage area to the south of Splash Mountain, maybe get an odd glimpse while you're on the railroad, and if you look in an unintended direction during the ride itself. There's also the somewhat unsatisfying possibility that it was the late 80's/early 90's, and computer modeling wasn't quite where it is today, so they just threw some rock formations on the building because they didn't want risk a screwy sightline somewhere. I'm always blown away at how big the HM and small world buildings are. EDIT: Can you see Splash from Swiss Family Treehouse, if you look a weird direction? That might not be elevated enough, I suppose.
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I'm still blown away that the park has been closed for a month and they aren't utilizing the time to do any maintenance or construction or repair projects that would be impossible during normal running hours. I get it's for safety reasons, but can't they have small isolated crews or something? Have they said anything about whether they'll do any construction/maintenance projects now that Florida is starting to open back up even though the parks won't re-open for at least another month?
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May 1, 2020 21:06
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That kinda poo poo costs money and with no idea if they are even opening for the rest of 2020, that wouldn't be prudent
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OldSenileGuy posted:I'm still blown away that the park has been closed for a month and they aren't utilizing the time to do any maintenance or construction or repair projects that would be impossible during normal running hours. I get it's for safety reasons, but can't they have small isolated crews or something? Social distancing does not lean toward construction very good just because of the community nature of construction.
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couldcareless posted:That kinda poo poo costs money and with no idea if they are even opening for the rest of 2020, that wouldn't be prudent This is the answer. Every business that can't operate is stopping any capital expenditures they can.
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I’d also add that the kind of projects that require park shutdown can’t be run with small teams. Any maintenance projects aren’t going to have budget allocated when the attractions aren’t being used and won’t be checked up on once the project is completed. Reopening everything is going to be a complete nightmare though  even seasonal parks have full-time engineers that work on the rides and park all year round.
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Today was the day we were originally going to fly out, and if I can’t bring my man to the Polynesian I’M GOING TO BRING THE POLYNESIAN TO HIM  
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Social distancing does not lean toward construction very good just because of the community nature of construction. Not true, most of it is in small isolated groups for the outdoor projects anyway, all sorts of construction is still going on, including downtown Orlando and road construction, and Universal is actively working on the new park (although it's slowed, it's still being worked on today). Also all sorts of construction/maintenance are happening in Islands of adventure. Disney paused to save cash. Orange County, FL (orlando, etc) county had a press conference about what's reopening next week (Phase 1). Restaurants and retail stores will be allowed to reopen with limited capacity. Restaurants can offer outdoor seating with 6-feet of spacing between tables and indoor seating is limited to 25 percent capacity, while retail stores can operate at 25 percent of indoor capacity. maintain social distancing masks for employees wash hands frequently screen employees temperature screen for staff (over 100 degrees F, go home) stay home when sick hi risk employees should stay home / work from home Some units within the parks might open with phase 1, or shortly after. Aka Disney Springs/Citywalk, likely no hotel restaurants with phase 1. Most likely third party (non-Disney/Universal) leased restaurants in these places first. Elective surgeries may begin on Monday, but schools will continue distance learning, and visits to nursing homes are still prohibited. There will be no changes for bars, nightclubs, gyms and theaters. Personal services offered by barbers, hairstylists and salons are to remain closed under the first phase of the governor's plan, but they may allow appointment only before phase 1 is done. Atricks fucked around with this message at 00:30 on May 2, 2020 |
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construction crews have also been a large and unnecessary vector for spreading so good on Disney for pausing projects even if it was profit motivated.
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Clawtopsy posted:Today was the day we were originally going to fly out, and if I can’t bring my man to the Polynesian I’M GOING TO BRING THE POLYNESIAN TO HIM This is wonderful. You're wonderful.
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May 2, 2020 00:42
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Yeah, that's really sweet of you Claw
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May 2, 2020 00:56
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Did something similar for wife's birthday a few days ago in our backyard. She just stayed in our tiny blow up pool all day while I worked with the back door open. It was quite nice. 
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BlueBayou posted:I was looking at the pictures in this article I think I was told on the Keys to the Kingdom tour that those sightlines used to be visible but aren’t anymore because trees grew.
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Clawtopsy posted:Today was the day we were originally going to fly out, and if I can’t bring my man to the Polynesian I’M GOING TO BRING THE POLYNESIAN TO HIM That's sweet:)
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Boxman posted:I have three guesses, but they're just guesses - nose up to the gate to the backstage area to the south of Splash Mountain, maybe get an odd glimpse while you're on the railroad, and if you look in an unintended direction during the ride itself. There's also the somewhat unsatisfying possibility that it was the late 80's/early 90's, and computer modeling wasn't quite where it is today, so they just threw some rock formations on the building because they didn't want risk a screwy sightline somewhere. I think you can see the weird rockwork for Splash at certain points in their heinous outdoor set of switchbacks in the queue, but that's really the only place in park I can think of it really showing now that trees have grown in. Interesting fact: Mansion's show building WAS the largest singular show building on the property until, oddly, The Little Mermaid ride opened with new Fantasyland. Pirates technically beats Mansion, but it's in two buildings rather than one. I am sure Rise of the Resistance blows it out of the water though since that show building takes up a large chunk of the land.
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Report: Man caught camping on Disney’s Discovery Island says it was ‘tropical paradise'
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chitoryu12 posted:Report: Man caught camping on Disney’s Discovery Island says it was ‘tropical paradise' quote:According to an arrest report, McGuire told deputies he was not aware that the property was off limits Absolutely amazing gumption. TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Interesting fact: Mansion's show building WAS the largest singular show building on the property until, oddly, The Little Mermaid ride opened with new Fantasyland. Pirates technically beats Mansion, but it's in two buildings rather than one. I am sure Rise of the Resistance blows it out of the water though since that show building takes up a large chunk of the land. Was Pandora's show building ever in the running? I would have guessed it in there, since it houses two attractions.
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chitoryu12 posted:Report: Man caught camping on Disney’s Discovery Island says it was ‘tropical paradise' The last place I want to be camping is on a deserted island in a state known for crazy rear end bugs and lizards and gators.
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Boxman posted:Was Pandora's show building ever in the running? I would have guessed it in there, since it houses two attractions. That's a good question, although I know Flight of Passage actually doesn't take up a ton of space and River Journey is small, so it might be closer to Mansion/Mermaid than say Rise of the Resistance, but I am not sure exactly how big it is.
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How the gently caress do people camp in Florida? Air conditioned tents?
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It gets fairly cool at night.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:It gets fairly cool at night. *Offer not valid in summer
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alg posted:How the gently caress do people camp in Florida? Air conditioned tents? fall and winter
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:It gets fairly cool at night. Suuuuuure it does.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Suuuuuure it does. I still have nightmares about the few times we’ve lingered a little bit too long after the fireworks show and have to wait in sweltering heat for the ferry like it’s the last chopper out of Saigon
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Hazo posted:I still have nightmares about the few times we’ve lingered a little bit too long after the fireworks show and have to wait in sweltering heat for the ferry like it’s the last chopper out of Saigon Before I hosed up my knees, I walked to and from work every day, since I live close to MK, and wow, the walk home in the humid night with no wind is just one of the worst sensations. Especially if I worked Jungle Cruise that day and hadn't really experienced any indoor time at all.
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