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The best part about Mickeys Philharmagic is that it is secretly a Donald Duck attraction
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# ? May 28, 2024 15:14 |
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Coasterphreak posted:Just don’t forget the drat ponchos because it rains in Florida like 300 days a year and Disney charges through the nose for them.
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 04:17 |
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Omne posted:It's at the Greece kiosk during Food & Wine, griddled cheese with pistachio and honey That’s the one during September, right? I should be going to Orlando again for HHN this year.
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 04:58 |
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Only rained for like twenty minutes of our four day trip last week. Very nice weather.
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 05:07 |
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CapnAndy posted:
How loving dare you. Please rope drop the best ride in tha park. 😉
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 05:37 |
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CapnAndy posted:Good plans! And yeah, the fireworks are late for kids. Retreating to your hotel mid-afternoon for a nap is an option, as is just letting them pass out in the stroller. We're gonna argue on some of these. Adventureland Enchanted Tiki Room - I ADORE the Tiki Room, but there is a part which is dark and has lots of loud thunder and things get a little threatening after this. There's no floor motion, but some kids do get scared of it because of this. Still has a happy ending though. Pirates of the Caribbean - Until I was 23, I was scared of this drop. It lasts for literally a second, but I had to brace and freak out until it was over. 99.9% of the population will be fine. If you're cool with rider switch, I'd take your son on it first so you can experience it and report back to your spouse and daughter The Magic Carpets of Aladdin - Dumbo reskin and you can see the entire experience from the ground. It's up to you how high or low you go until the very end, when the arms raise the carpets all the way up for a few rotations, then come on back down. I prefer Dumbo, too, but if the kids wanna do it, meh, do it. Fantasyland Enchanted Tales with Belle - Agreeing with Andy here, unless she's feeling very, very shy. There IS a bolt exit in this show, if you need it. "it's a small world" - The only problem with small world is that it's 10-15 minutes long. If your daughter is feeling it, she'll probably be fine. Otherwise, it's a long ride. Mickey's PhilharMagic - There's a water squirting portion that's triggered a few people I've been with in the past, but otherwise it's really cute. Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid - The one note I'll make here in disagreement is the time you may be waiting for this: I've seen 45 minute waits on this here and there. That said, I agree with everything else. It's a quick ride, it's pretty, and the little interactive crab game is pretty cute in the queue. Liberty Square Hall of Presidents - I love Hall of Presidents, but I also love historical stuff. If the kids love American Adventure, do Hall of Presidents, too. Haunted Mansion - Adding on that there's a part in Haunted Mansion where the ride vehicle turns around (gently, but suddenly) and tips backwards. Spooked the hell of out me when I was 9 or so. It's a brief part, but if your daughter is easily spooked by quick (if brief) movements, it might get her. Tomorrowland Astro Orbiter - Between the wait for this and how high it is and the spooky rear end elevator you have to get into to go on it, I'd just nix this unless the kids are absolutely pumped for it. Carousel of Progress - Andy's wrong :p It's had things updated since 1993! Like the laptops in the last scene!!! But he's pretty much right. I'm a huge Carousel of Progress fan and I love it as much as the Enchanted Tiki Room. That said, it also has a dark scene with lots of slapping and clanking around, so if it gets her at the Tiki Room it might get her here, too. On the other hand, there's a cute animatronic dog in every single scene (Rover's a good, good boy) and if she likes dogs, that might be enough to distract her. Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor - My only note here is if your daughter would be upset by seeing any of you on the television screens mounted at the front of the room, you can request a CM that your bench is avoided by the cameras. The Peoplemover - My only note here is that it's another 10-15 minute ride, like small world. If small world is too long for your daughter, peoplemover might be, too. Still, peoplemover is a good and peaceful little ride for everybody to take a rest.
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 10:33 |
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Agreed on Pirates of the Caribbean. My daughter is timid and was 6 when we went (she's now 8). She still talks about how that drop scared her. I think it's not so much the drop itself, but the fact that it's combined with a dark, kinda spooky environment. Haunted Mansion scared her, too, and she did not like. Too many dark unknowns around every corner (even if it's all goofy to an adult). If your daughter is anything like mine is / was, I would let her sit those out.
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 22:04 |
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I didn’t know Pirates of the Caribbean was anything more than a movie until my first visit to WDW in 2015. That’s my contribution to that ride lore. Cool fact - my husband’s beer company got a cider in Flower and Garden this year - they are actually taking a field trip next week to go visit their cider (CBB Orange Cream Hard Cider at refreshment port) so please go drink a ton of it and pair it with the dole whip next door kthxgoons
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 22:05 |
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Speaking of Pirates and Disney, Hans Zimmer is touring the US this year and I will be there in Boston if anybody is in my neck of the woods.
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# ? Mar 15, 2024 22:12 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedZArOO0WE Nice work, pal
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Nice Kronk riff in the middle too.
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# ? Mar 16, 2024 00:05 |
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I've never been more jealous of random people than I was today when watching those videos. also good lord I logged into SA on my laptop for the first time in like 5 years, almost couldn't figure out where anything was
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CapnAndy posted:Good plans! And yeah, the fireworks are late for kids. Retreating to your hotel mid-afternoon for a nap is an option, as is just letting them pass out in the stroller. I will go ahead an throw this out there as someone who used to be a sensitive kid in late 80s Disneyland: The peoplemover going through Space Mountain thing can be unnerving because you might think it's going to actually go fast. The old Disneyland ride spiel used to say something like "here's a taste of the high-intensity thrills aboard Space Mountain" (they were also going uphill at the highest speed they reached through the entire track), I remember my parents having to promise me that the car was not suddenly going to fork onto a coaster track. This sounds absurd, I know, but adults used to think Spaceship Earth was going to drop them 200ft backwards so apparently I'm not alone. Haunted Mansion is, for it's very concept, a no-go for some kids. I caused one of the largest scenes of my life to try to avoid going on it.
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# ? Mar 16, 2024 05:04 |
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My 4yo daughter used the bolt door at Enchanted Tales with Belle. She loves thrill rides (age adjusted), but the social/interactive meets make her flip a little. She also got freaked out by Haunted Mansion but also insists she loved it and is begging to go back on it next time we go? Big Thunder Mountain was a huge hit with her and was a relatively quick wait. The Jungle Cruise jokes are legitimately funny I don’t even care if the kids liked the ride. (They did tho)
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# ? Mar 16, 2024 13:01 |
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Also trip report, Port Orleans princess rooms are kinda neat for kids but dated as hell and might have one of the cheapest TV's
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BadSamaritan posted:The Jungle Cruise jokes are legitimately funny I don’t even care if the kids liked the ride. (They did tho) Like, you can tell which skippers are into it and which ones aren't and the ones who are are absolutely gods at the delivery of those tired old jokes that still crack me up every single time. We did have a lousy ADA experience at Jungle Cruise one year and it was a dock person being too lazy to tie off the boat or put a ramp down so my service dog could safely disembark (woof, get it, am I funny now )like they're supposed to but it got sorted out and we haven't had the issue happen since. I imagine the dock person was just sick of dealing with all the bending and stooping, which I understand, but my dog isn't getting off a boat that's actively bobbing and the edge keeps slamming back and forth into the dock with a perfect foot/paw-sized gap.
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CapnAndy posted:Good plans! And yeah, the fireworks are late for kids. Retreating to your hotel mid-afternoon for a nap is an option, as is just letting them pass out in the stroller. This, and the subsequent by-ride discussions have been fantastic. You guys are awesome.
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Good-Natured Filth posted:Agreed on Pirates of the Caribbean. My daughter is timid and was 6 when we went (she's now 8). She still talks about how that drop scared her. I think it's not so much the drop itself, but the fact that it's combined with a dark, kinda spooky environment. This was my deal as a kid. The drop is nothing on its own, but the fact that it was in the dark and you knew it was coming, but weren't sure when is what freaked me out. Tower of Terror would have wrecked me at that age.
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Gavok posted:This was my deal as a kid. The drop is nothing on its own, but the fact that it was in the dark and you knew it was coming, but weren't sure when is what freaked me out. Tower of Terror would have wrecked me at that age. It was the drop in the dark and the talking skull before that that always freaked me out on Pirates. The only other things I remember scaring me at Disneyland as a kid were the abominable snowman on the Mattherhorn (but that was because the day camp counselor I was with made me go on the ride) and for some reason the Tron room on the Peoplemover.
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# ? Mar 18, 2024 20:15 |
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Disney Destiny The newest ship of DCL Starts sailing (sometime) in 2025 HEROES AND VILLAINS THEME There’s a great Instagram video with a lot of Easter eggs on what we might see on the ship. That’s basically 3 DCL ships rolling out next year, with the Treasure this late December, and the Adventure out of Singapore sometime next year as well.
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Anya posted:Disney Destiny Now this could be just omission with plans to announce stuff later but a ship called Destiny with a light vs dark, heroes vs villains fans without Star Wars stuff seems a bit odd. I know Galaxy's Edge didn't exactly hit they way they thought but always thought they SW stuff on the cruises was popular.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Now this could be just omission with plans to announce stuff later but a ship called Destiny with a light vs dark, heroes vs villains fans without Star Wars stuff seems a bit odd. I know Galaxy's Edge didn't exactly hit they way they thought but always thought they SW stuff on the cruises was popular. Probably pushing Marvel because that’s struggling and they can’t seem to figure out an attraction that makes people care outside of GotG.
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# ? Mar 21, 2024 21:57 |
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I am happy to have more villains across more IP though - give me some deep cut baddies plz
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# ? Mar 21, 2024 23:46 |
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Make a bar called The Dip Factory
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 00:02 |
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Fartington Butts posted:Make a bar called The Dip Factory
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Anya posted:I am happy to have more villains across more IP though - give me some deep cut baddies plz Seriously. You’re telling me we can have Sid from Toy Story at Halloween and Asajj Ventress at Star Wars weekends, but they can’t repurpose a princess CM to be Cassandra from Tangled or have some tubby guy as Ratigan from Mouse Detective?
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Anya posted:Disney Destiny I'm just excited to see that Hercules is going to be back at sea for the first time since the stage show was replaced. But I have no doubt there's going to be some Star Wars activation and probably a heavy dose of Marvel thrown in, too. Although I guess this also means that since the keel is already lain, it'll be the next class of ship before we see some of the bigger gripes corrected. Mainly the layout of the adult's only Quiet Cove and elevator banks. Lastly, I can't wait to see what this means for the Dream/Fantasy and where they'll be positioned moving forward.
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Doronin posted:Lastly, I can't wait to see what this means for the Dream/Fantasy and where they'll be positioned moving forward. Lusitania movie with the largest practical effect ever on film.
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# ? Mar 24, 2024 17:24 |
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Rohde is back in the house.
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# ? Mar 25, 2024 21:21 |
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That yeti ain't gonna fix itself.
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# ? Mar 25, 2024 22:58 |
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We getting Yeti 2: Bruno Boogaloo
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 00:44 |
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Rumor is he’s guest lecturing newer Imagineers
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 00:51 |
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This makes me really happy as I feel that he is a true visionary of theme park design. Maybe they woke up and realized "hmm maybe the fans are right and a tropical Moana thing shouldn't be in the center of Epcot".
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 03:54 |
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Good thing it's just a small side thing then. Also, get all this Disney out of my Disney park
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 05:55 |
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yeah well
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 08:25 |
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Bottom Liner posted:Good thing it's just a small side thing then. just the movie IPs. except for Mexico. I still want that goddamn Coco boat ride so much.
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 11:45 |
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Oh great now Disney is stealing Gritty valor
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 16:03 |
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:just the movie IPs. I just want them to have a balance of IP and original experiences like they used to do, and also create and place attractions where they fit thematically to maintain the thematic purpose of each park. I'm excited for the upcoming Test Track makeover since it'll be the first non-IP thing WDW has done since... the last Test Track makeover in 2012. Also anything would be an improvement over the current version.
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# ? Mar 27, 2024 18:25 |
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Disney and DeSantis have settled. https://apnews.com/article/disney-florida-ron-desantis-settlement-91040178ad4708939e621dd57bc5e494 https://www.cheddar.com/media/maybe-dont-take-on-disney-ron-settlement-reached-between-florida-and-the-famed-theme-park/ Under the terms of Wednesday's settlement agreement, Disney lets stand a determination by the board of DeSantis-appointees that the comprehensive plan approved by the Disney supporters before the takeover are null and void. Disney also agrees that a development agreement and restrictive covenants passed before the takeover are also not valid, according to the settlement terms. Instead, a comprehensive plan from 2020 will be used with the new board able to make changes to it, and the agreement suggests Disney and the new board will negotiate a new development agreement in the near future.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:I just want them to have a balance of IP and original experiences like they used to do, and also create and place attractions where they fit thematically to maintain the thematic purpose of each park. Silly Burrito posted:Disney and DeSantis have settled.
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