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They'll put an astroturf park in it like they did in Toontown
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I really hoped they'd turn it into a Moana show, or something else that isn't Little Mermaid. The old show is nice and all, but it's old. Like, almost as old as me old. Kids still love Ariel but surely it'd be a good idea, since everything got trashed, to just update it and turn it into something new.
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I wonder how much of it will be based on the live action, since they had 23 Ariel and 89 Ariel in the parks at the same time earlier this year.
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Just found out I'm going to a 4 day long work meeting held in a hotel in Disney Springs in February. Flying in early the afternoon before, and we'll be free most of the evenings and one "family day" afternoon during the week. I'm going solo since my wife doesn't have the PTO on that short of notice, coworkers will be a mix of solo travelers and people bringing their families. I haven't been to Disney World in over 20 years and never in the Disney Springs area, so looking for some recommendations. I'm definitely planning on spending one of the afternoons in the Star Wars outpost, I'd like to hit up the big set piece rides there. I'm thinking of spending the other afternoon in the Magic Kingdom for the nostalgia rides, also the Tron ride looks cool? Any other can't miss attractions? Any recommendations in Disney Springs for dinner places, bars, entertainment in the evenings? Edit: Looks like the ticket / day pass stuff has been visited by the micro transaction fairy. Do you have to book park days in advance or is there any chance to buy passes the day of? mkultra419 fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Dec 20, 2023 |
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mkultra419 posted:Just found out I'm going to a 4 day long work meeting held in a hotel in Disney Springs in February. Flying in early the afternoon before, and we'll be free most of the evenings and one "family day" afternoon during the week. I'm going solo since my wife doesn't have the PTO on that short of notice, coworkers will be a mix of solo travelers and people bringing their families. Cosmic Rewind in Epcot is cooler than Tron, and Epcot itself is cooler than Magic Kingdom for adults. Cosmic Rewind is probably the most fun ride in all of the Disney parks, period. If you're there in February, Festival of the Arts will be going on in Epcot, so you'll be able to enjoy some fun food and drinks and neat art as you stroll around the park with probably the nicest weather of the year. You can also enjoy great restaurants like Shiki Sai and Space 220 with good food and theming. For Disney Springs, I can't recommend Morimoto Asia more highly. I'm also a big fan of Frontera Cocina if you like really good Mexican food. I'm not personally a fan, but a lot of people rave about Art Smith's Homecoming for American southern food. I like Jock Lindsey's as a fun little bar in Springs, and while I've never actually eaten/drank there, the Edison is a pretty cool bar as well. Try to get a cookie from Gideon's Bakehouse as well.
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If mkultra is into Star Wars, which it sounds like they are, then I feel like Rise and Smuggler's are going to impress them more than Guardians. I agree that it's more fun than Tron though. Agreed on Jock Lindsay's and I've never been disappointed by Polite Pig's brisket, and its bar scene is pretty good too especially if you like bourbon and/or beer. If you like savory Irish food and Cookes of Dublin has their Hog in a Box (it disappears from the menu periodically), that's one of the best things I've ever eaten.
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Nanigans posted:Cosmic Rewind in Epcot is cooler than Tron, and Epcot itself is cooler than Magic Kingdom for adults. Cosmic Rewind is probably the most fun ride in all of the Disney parks, period. If you're there in February, Festival of the Arts will be going on in Epcot, so you'll be able to enjoy some fun food and drinks and neat art as you stroll around the park with probably the nicest weather of the year. You can also enjoy great restaurants like Shiki Sai and Space 220 with good food and theming. Seconded, Epcot is the best park with the best ride and best food
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Hazo posted:If mkultra is into Star Wars, which it sounds like they are, then I feel like Rise and Smuggler's are going to impress them more than Guardians. I agree that it's more fun than Tron though. It sounds like from their post that DHS is a for sure thing and MK was a maybe. I say skip MK and do Epcot.
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Hazo posted:If mkultra is into Star Wars, which it sounds like they are, then I feel like Rise and Smuggler's are going to impress them more than Guardians. I agree that it's more fun than Tron though. Also as a Star Wars fan Oga's Cantina is a 100% must do. You can just spend a whole day in Galaxy's Edge easy.
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Yes to above I love the cantina
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:I really hoped they'd turn it into a Moana show, or something else that isn't Little Mermaid. The old show is nice and all, but it's old. Like, almost as old as me old. Kids still love Ariel but surely it'd be a good idea, since everything got trashed, to just update it and turn it into something new. loving love me the laser light show in it. It's the most dated feeling thing in the parks and I love it so much. Just fantastically 80s
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Thanks for the recommendations everyone, especially the places in Disney Springs. Sounds like an afternoon/evening for Star Wars and another for Epcot is the way to go.
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Arquinsiel posted:Also as a Star Wars fan Oga's Cantina is a 100% must do. You can just spend a whole day in Galaxy's Edge easy. Absolutely. You can enjoy the ambience or check out the marketplace, or especially Dok Ondar's (where they sell the cool replica merchandise). Grab the Disney Play App if you want to walk around turning on doorways and setting off sound effects and interacting with the set pieces for everyone to hear. You can power up the A-Wing and X-Wing and all kinds of other landmarks, plus you can complete "missions" by scanning QR codes scattered around the landscape, and if you're a big Star Wars nerd it's a blast. Arquinsiel posted:What's the Hog in a Box? I've never heard of it. It's basically a bunch of slow-roasted pork with Thanksgiving trimmings that comes in a huge Chinese takeout box. From their website: quote:Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder with Baby Potatoes, Sage and Sweet Onion Stuffing, Caramelized Onions and Apple Sauce mkultra419 posted:Thanks for the recommendations everyone, especially the places in Disney Springs. Sounds like an afternoon/evening for Star Wars and another for Epcot is the way to go. Let us know how it goes! And try and get reservations for Oga's Cantina in Star Wars. Even if you walk up to the concierge and ask for a standby table it's totally worth it. Hazo fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Dec 20, 2023 |
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If you are a Star Wars nerd, you really owe it to yourself to make an appointment at Savi's for your own custom lightsaber (if there are still any available only a few weeks out). It's pricey, yes, but the price is actually competitive compared to getting a custom lightsaber on the web, the saber itself is excellent quality, the experience is an amazing once-in-a-lifetime thrill, and you'll get to have pictures of yourself taken holding a lit lightsaber in front of an X-Wing and the Millenium Falcon. I have mine and I haven't regretted it for a single second. Also, I do feel like the advice you're getting is underselling the Magic Kingdom somewhat. It does not have the latest and greatest rides (excepting Tron), no, it's got the classics. Even though Splash Mountain/Tiana's will still be closed, there's still Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Jungle Cruise, and lesser but still great things like the Tiki Room, Philharmagic, and Carousel of Progress. And there's absolutely nothing like the nostalgia bomb of seeing the fireworks show above the castle.
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couldcareless posted:loving love me the laser light show in it. It's the most dated feeling thing in the parks and I love it so much. Just fantastically 80s Man, I agree with you but I still wanted an update. Just make the manta ray grandma with the laser lights! Star Wars friend, do a whole day at Hollywood Studios, spend most of it in Galaxy's Edge, make sure you don't miss the Indiana Jones Stunt Show, then have a half Epcot day and a half Magic Kingdom day. I'd say end it at Magic Kingdom because Happily Ever After is better than Luminous.
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Hazo posted:It's basically a bunch of slow-roasted pork with Thanksgiving trimmings that comes in a huge Chinese takeout box. From their website:
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Arquinsiel posted:What's the Hog in a Box? I've never heard of it. Jabba's funeral.
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CapnAndy posted:If you are a Star Wars nerd, you really owe it to yourself to make an appointment at Savi's for your own custom lightsaber (if there are still any available only a few weeks out). It's pricey, yes, but the price is actually competitive compared to getting a custom lightsaber on the web, the saber itself is excellent quality, the experience is an amazing once-in-a-lifetime thrill, and you'll get to have pictures of yourself taken holding a lit lightsaber in front of an X-Wing and the Millenium Falcon. I have mine and I haven't regretted it for a single second. I'll take a look at Savi's as I'm a big enough Star Wars nerd to want a personalized light saber. Since flights/hotels/most meals are on the company dime I'm open to splurging a bit. Also planning on adding a third afternoon / evening at the Magic Kingdom before I fly out the next morning. I have a lot of nostalgia for the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean rides from trips as a kid. Too bad 20,000 Leagues got shut down, that was one of 10 years old me's favorites.
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I’m still very confused about the Epcot park, probably because it doesn’t have a facsimile in the other parks? Is Epcot worth it? What is Epcot? Whenever I try to find stuff about it it’s all about culture and food?
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Epcot almost always has some sort of food related festival because they rake in money. That said, the park is worth checking out if that's not your thing. It has some great rides, interactive exhibits, and other attractions. You could easily spend a day on just rides, and then a day on the non-ride stuff.
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Epcot is basically the 1960s Tomorrowland (with the science focus) done seriously when it's at its best. Trying to describe what Epcot is can be rather difficult anymore because management in recent years is trying to change the content of it while still channeling the old vibe so as to not upset millennials. But basically Epcot was the "Worlds Fair corporate propaganda" thing where Disney builds rides that are funded by industrial capital to make some sponsor look Dynamic and Forward-Looking. In recent years however, it's additions have been 2010s IPs replacing those things while the atmosphere between them remains a callback to that 80s sense of harmony.
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mkultra419 posted:I'll take a look at Savi's as I'm a big enough Star Wars nerd to want a personalized light saber. Since flights/hotels/most meals are on the company dime I'm open to splurging a bit. Also planning on adding a third afternoon / evening at the Magic Kingdom before I fly out the next morning. I have a lot of nostalgia for the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean rides from trips as a kid. Too bad 20,000 Leagues got shut down, that was one of 10 years old me's favorites. Making my own lightsaber is one of my favorite Disney memories. I went into it thinking it would be the cheesiest experience ever, and it was. But as you’re allowed one guest to accompany you, my wife recorded me doing it and my face was  the entire time. You choose your overall style (Jedi-like, Sith-like, “Nature”, or the more ostentatious Temple Guard/High Republic style,) then customize the parts within that style, then finally choose your color crystal. It’s great! And the actual prop is so drat hefty and premium feeling. Oga’s is also great fun but the drinks are all premade cocktails (or beer) and pricy. But the atmosphere is cool. Haunted Mansion is as good now as it ever was. Still the best ride at MK.
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Epcot is two big circles, like an 8. The northern circle where you usually enter has some rides and exhibits (Soaring, test track, Spaceship Earth, etc.) and the main gift shop. That’s where the big ball is. The southern circle with a lake in the middle is called the World Showcase. It's a ring of sections kind of representing different countries/regions. Mostly restaurants and shops with a very few rides/attractions. Also the area where festival food and drink kiosks are. This is chillville for adults.
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We like Ogas but it is way too fuckin packed in there and we still have not gotten to sit in a booth. I wish they had outdoor tables or something too.
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Darth TNT posted:I’m still very confused about the Epcot park, probably because it doesn’t have a facsimile in the other parks? Epcot has:
Other big attractions that I perhaps wrongly assume an adult would care less about :
Attractions that give the vibe of what Epcot used to be:
Lower tier attractions that are all lovely in their own way:
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Oh and there is nearly always a food festival which means there's booths all over where you can order drinks and small portions of food themed to the countries for like $8+.
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A person probably also should spend 15 minutes watching the 360 degree film in the Canada pavilion. Once, at least.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:A person probably also should spend 15 minutes watching the 360 degree film in the Canada pavilion. Once, at least. yes, it is nice
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There’s about a week between festivals during the year, try to avoid going during those times because it’s like half the showcase is missing.
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Gotta rock with Reflections of China - and Impressions de France - my two fav movies Plus if you love characters - tons of characters in Epcot
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I’ll talk up a couple of the things that got lesser ratings there. It’s not wrong, just that I have outsized love of some of them, haha. Mission space is not a very good space simulator, but it is an excellent simulator of a 2000s space movie.This was more acute when the exit music was pitch perfect for this sort of thing. Turtle Talk is amazing, an incredibly fun sort of interactive magic that Disney is very, very good at. Universal’s versions - the transformers and donkey - are very fun but keyed toward adults, whereas Turtle Talk is basically an episode of kids say the darndest things every 30 minutes. I’ve never sat through it without laughing out loud at least a couple times.
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Anya posted:Gotta rock with Reflections of China - and Impressions de France - my two fav movies I have to admit, I've never really explored the World Showcase beyond the rides. Next time I need to dedicate time to check out those films. And yeah lots of character meet and greets. Last time I was there, it was early in the morning over by Regal Eagle and there were like 5 characters with photographers just hanging out. No line or anything. It was great. Got some good photos and was able to goof around with them a little bit. That's the best. If you get lucky and they aren't busy you can have a great experience.
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For some reason the Norway film always really did it for me. Just loved it. Do they even still show it? Even though it wasn't that long ago, I have no recollection of the Frozen ride exit.
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One time my wife and I were strolling around the back alley area of Morocco as we like to do because it’s pretty and never crowded, and there was literally nobody else there. We were outside near one of the shops toward the very back of the pavilion (that little place where you can get sangria and Moroccan clothing) and heard a knocking on one of the windows. Inside, Jasmine and her handler were standing there waving at us and motioning for us to come in. We hung out and chatted with them for a minute and took a few photos. I guess they were just bored because they were stuck in a low-traffic character spot and they seemed genuinely excited to have guests to talk to. It’s a minor thing but it was one of those fun little Disney moments that kind of sticks with you.
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Sadly that Moroccan bazaar is gone. They turned it into a quick restaurant or something. Shame because that was pretty cool.
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Sadly that Moroccan bazaar is gone. They turned it into a quick restaurant or something. Shame because that was pretty cool. Post/name combo that’s a bummer. I haven’t looked back there recently so I’ll have to check again in January
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mkultra419 posted:I'll take a look at Savi's as I'm a big enough Star Wars nerd to want a personalized light saber. Since flights/hotels/most meals are on the company dime I'm open to splurging a bit. And if you do, I'd look up the styles and the options available in each one ahead of time so you go in knowing what you want and to build and can focus on the experience.  This is mine  alg posted:We like Ogas but it is way too fuckin packed in there and we still have not gotten to sit in a booth. I wish they had outdoor tables or something too. Tim Whatley posted:Ogas should have a to go window Darth TNT posted:I’m still very confused about the Epcot park, probably because it doesn’t have a facsimile in the other parks? Epcot is a figure 8. The front circle is the future section. This has just finished a major rebuild, but the rebuild didn't achieve many of its goals, due to the 1-2 punch of COVID and then Disney feuding with Desantis and not wanting to spend money in Florida any more. This is where the golf ball is and it's got an array of really good rides -- Spaceship Earth (the golf ball), Test Track, Soarin', Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. The back circle goes around a lagoon (where they do the nighttime light show) and is the World's Fair section. There are 11 pavilions representing different countries; each is staffed by natives of that country. This is where the culture and food you heard about lives. There are amazing restaurants and shops in each pavilion. Also, these days Epcot maintains a festival of some sort basically 365 days a year, cycling between Arts, Flower & Garden, Food & Wine, and Holiday. Regardless of the theme, there are going to be booths set up all over the place that sell drinks and small bites of foods from across the world, not only from the country whose pavilion is nearby, but other countries too. It is delicious and you can -- and should -- not make a dinner reservation one night and instead just walk around the world showcase, eating food from booths until you're full. Epcot was the first Disney park to sell alcoholic beverages, and "drinking around the world" is very popular, where you get the signature drink from each country and see how far you can make it. The booths offer an even wider array of drinks, because Disney knows you're doing this and they're cool with it, they just want your money. There are also rides in this section, but they're lesser affairs. There's a Three Caballeros boat ride in Mexico that's cute and the line is a walk-on so you really should do that one, there's Remy's in France which is a trackless ride (that I thought was underwhelming and the line is terrible), and Frozen Forever After is in Norway, which is just a reskin of the previous ride that was in Norway, but it's also the only Frozen ride in all four parks, so if you've got daughters, well, you're doing it.
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