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Yeah, Food and Wine half marathon is today. Tomorrow will be crazy as well at EPCOT.
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Went on a date to Disney Springs and some of the resorts today. We had to use Epcot to catch a bus from Saratoga to the Boardwalk, and on the ramp out of Epcot we ended up delayed for 10 minutes because Joe loving Biden's motorcade shut down the entire road out of Disney all the way to I-4. I'll upload video later.
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Nov 8, 2015 06:39
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He actually did a stop over at the Wyndham resort to 'freshen up' and stayed a couple of hours there.
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Nov 8, 2015 07:10
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6np9clQRDQ4
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Nov 8, 2015 17:13
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Just got a big envelope in the mail from Braks omg less than a month out. I am SO EXCITED OMG
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Nov 8, 2015 18:12
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Fast pass absolutely ruins every stand by line to hell. I would rather sit in a small room listening to a lecture on economics given by an old dude who stutters and has a lisp for 5 hours. For every 2 or 3 families that make it through on the sb lounge they let through a sea of fast pass. EDIT: It was also brutally hot today, a good chance of rain fizzled to nothing and the humidity was 92% at 11.30 this morning. We just left studios and it was almost as miserable and being at the park in the middle of summer only less crowded where we were not rear end to rear end with tourists from Brazil or Argentina singing chants everywhere. demonR6 fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Nov 8, 2015 |
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Nov 8, 2015 18:28
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Yoshifan823 posted:My family is here right now, I've been semi-sidelined with a stomach thing, so I haven't spent a whole lot of time in the parks (pretty much just Epcot for some F&W yesterday and Le Celier today, and Studios last night), but HOLY poo poo THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE AT EPCOT TODAY. Like, as crowded as a summer day, easily. I'm sure the races are a part of it, but it seemed like there were a lot of locals in the park this afternoon. Probably waiting for the FSU/Clemson and LSU/Bama games, a buttload of FSU and Bama fans all around (and a few hawkeyes!). As a local, I haven't been finding Trader Sam's terribly difficult to get in to as of late. I've been visiting with groups of 3 or 4 and we've been able to snag a table just fine later in the day. Does the Kylo Ren magic band make any noises when you scan it on the machines?
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Nov 9, 2015 00:22
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Here's the Christmas Party MagicBand. It owns: https://twitter.com/TheDIS/status/663510625222582272
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Nov 9, 2015 01:18
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Leftover VM MB's go for sale at the park after the holiday season.
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Nov 9, 2015 01:20
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demonR6 posted:Fast pass absolutely ruins every stand by line to hell. I would rather sit in a small room listening to a lecture on economics given by an old dude who stutters and has a lisp for 5 hours. For every 2 or 3 families that make it through on the sb lounge they let through a sea of fast pass. FastPass is a zero-sum game. It doesn't increase capacity at all, it just ruins the standby queues.
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Nov 9, 2015 02:28
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Thespis posted:As a local, I haven't been finding Trader Sam's terribly difficult to get in to as of late. I've been visiting with groups of 3 or 4 and we've been able to snag a table just fine later in the day. Not that I've noticed, but I haven't been paying attention. When I get to a park tomorrow I'll listen and see.
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Nov 9, 2015 04:42
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poolside toaster posted:FastPass is a zero-sum game. It doesn't increase capacity at all, it just ruins the standby queues. Yep, we have been to the parks during enough special events where the park is packed and there is no FP but the lines are reasonable. Excpet for Pan, gently caress that queue line forever. I ran some numbers being bored in line waiting forever and at Toy Story for every 40'ish FP they allowed 10 regular queue. Watched this cycle twice while I was in a good place to take count. Not saying that is the norm at every ride but I think I will start keeping track for my own amusement when we go to the parks now. Usually we use FP but days like yesterday where we went on a whim and did fly by the seat of our pants approach like normal people and get stuck in a queue line.
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Nov 9, 2015 14:54
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demonR6 posted:Yep, we have been to the parks during enough special events where the park is packed and there is no FP but the lines are reasonable. Excpet for Pan, gently caress that queue line forever. Even if you plan ahead, getting a FP for Toy Story is tough. Hopefully the lines will get better with the expansion.
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Nov 9, 2015 15:45
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I'm from Louisiana, so I'm used to hot and humid weather. With that being said, who knew it would be 91 degrees today. With all the decorations of Christmas and snow and hearing all the carols, I think Disney is trolling us. Even so, it's still really cool to see all the Disney stuff for Christmas. I especially laughed at the Darth Vader ugly Christmas sweater.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:42
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Silly Burrito posted:I'm from Louisiana, so I'm used to hot and humid weather. With that being said, who knew it would be 91 degrees today. With all the decorations of Christmas and snow and hearing all the carols, I think Disney is trolling us. Welcome to Florida. 3 months of the year will have intermittent freezing temperatures, mostly be in the 50s and 60s, and it's summer the rest of the time.
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Nov 9, 2015 20:12
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http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/11/disneys-hollywood-studios-to-debut-new-star-wars-experiences-in-december/ I wonder if I can fastpass this stuff
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Nov 9, 2015 20:59
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nimper posted:Even if you plan ahead, getting a FP for Toy Story is tough. Hopefully the lines will get better with the expansion. I was able to get a fast pass for toy Story as my 4th fast pass in the park on a moderately busy day, so it's not impossible. I'm pretty neutral on fast pass vs fast pass +. I think people forget how annoying the old system was, especially if you started your day later in the afternoon. gently caress the dedicated person in a party racing past people in the park in the morning to sit at the fast pass machine swiping 8 cards to get tickets. Fast pass + also allows for backend tampering with limits and tons of usable statistics for them to put to optimizing rides and waits.
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Nov 9, 2015 23:16
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chitoryu12 posted:Welcome to Florida. 3 months of the year will have intermittent freezing temperatures, mostly be in the 50s and 60s, and it's summer the rest of the time. It actually became overcast, so it wasn't too bad. But, we split for the Polynesian around 1:00 and enjoyed the pool and all the club level snacks. Never did club level before but man, it is nice. The beach on the Poly was also very relaxing. It may have helped that the kids were in the splash pad with Braksgirl at that time.  Heading back to MK tonight...hopefully the crowds thin out a bit. My oldest is wanting to ride Space Mountain. She rode it before at seven and was terrified, but she's willing to give it another try.
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Nov 9, 2015 23:38
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I stopped at Disney Springs today! It was... kinda eh, honestly. It's clear that they're not even close to finished with the place, and the giant stuff they're still in the middle of building looks nice. Marketplace was basically the same, but they changed the music and I hate it now. It used to just be a soundtrack of Disney songs, now it's weird elevator techno versions of Disney songs, and they sound really dumb. I hope they restore the classics soon, but since they're aiming for Mall Disney, I doubt they will. We ate at Morimoto Asia, and it's mixed. We had some spare ribs to begin with, and they were amazing, and the Bao I had from the Dim Sum menu were also really good. Then we got the entrees, and yeeesh. The Black Pepper Steak was pretty good, served sizzling like fajitas, and were cooked well, flavored pretty nicely, if a little one note. The Orange Chicken was good, flavor-wise, but it was just strips of Chicken Tempura with sauce, served with a side of steamed Chinese Broccoli. No rice with either of these, which was a mistake, IMO. The worst part, unfortunately, was the Pork Chashu Ramen I ordered. I could tell it was not gonna be good the moment they set it down, because the broth wasn't cloudy like good ramen, but very clear, and when I tasted it, it was basically Hot Ham Water. I was a little annoyed that they included half a soy-cooked egg, because it wasn't on the menu, but I'm aware that I'm in the minority when it comes to not liking egg in my ramen, but the lack of flavor was astonishing, it was so disappointing. Normally when I get ramen from a ramen house, I need to restrain myself from just drinking the broth at the end, but I could not get through this. The waitress eyed me staring disappointedly at my bowl, and came over and asked if everything was ok, I told her what was up, and they offered to replace it, which they did, with a spicy tuna roll, which was quite good. But mannnnnn, I was so excited for ramen and it was like, sub the quality of something I could make in my apartment kitchen. Me and my dad went to Trader Sam's later, which was excellent as always. We sat outside because we were running late and didn't get into the bar itself, but that meant I got to have a Spiky Pineapple, so all was good.
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Nov 10, 2015 04:03
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Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar is a good place to get appetizers. My date and I stopped there for a late breakfast on Saturday. I got the sliders again, while she got the Air Pirate Pretzels. I know they look like bagels, but they're pretzel dough all right. Just round and covered in sesame and poppy seeds. The food is a little under $10 per appetizer and the sliders have the combined mass of a generously sized burger anyway, so you can easily make a filling meal for two for under $30 with drinks included. There's also a ton of detail all over every inch of the restaurant, including some Rocketeer stuff! And just because I want to, here's pictures of my lovely lady that day:   We went to the hat store they opened near the Hangar, but I temporarily declined purchasing a $45 hat for her. chitoryu12 fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Nov 10, 2015 |
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Nov 10, 2015 04:46
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Guys, my heart hurts. They're discontinuing Star Wars Weekends!  I should've seen it coming. With Star Wars soon to have a completely permanent home at MGM, it would make sense to get rid of the event that implies to the General Public that 5 weekends in the busiest/hottest time of year are the only chances to see Chewbacca. I just hope that this new "Season of the Force" thing that we have no idea about will make up for this great loss. I need to be able to see my Boba Fett  On the flipside, we'll be getting a new scene taking place during The Force Awakens in Star Tours, the Star Wars Launch Bay will be opening sometime soon (where you can get your year round fix of Chewie and Vader pics), and they're also making the ABC theater home to something called Path of the Jedi, which will be some sort of clip montage of all the important Star Wars stuff so all those dumb girls can be up to speed  .Overall, I'm interested to see when they will actually put up those construction walls and break ground, and how this tiny little park is going to keep me entertained throughout all of it.
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Nov 10, 2015 04:59
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So apparently Jock's Hangar Bar actually has references to more than one (currently Disney-owned) property in it. I mentioned the Rocketeer, but there's also references to Iron Man and Star Wars in the decoration. The "logbook" menu and decoration also reference Indiana Jones adventures from the comics, Young Indiana Jones TV series, and novels. It's a detail hunter's dream and you can spend drat near an hour just looking for every single thing hidden in it.
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Nov 10, 2015 05:03
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I have a friend that's high level disney and she said she was in a meeting recently with a lot of the suits in charge of planning/building the new Star Wars lands and she made a joke that a food vendor should be called Admiral SNACKbar's … and nobody in the room got the joke. We're doomed. 
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Nov 10, 2015 13:23
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chitoryu12 posted:Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar is a good place to get appetizers. My date and I stopped there for a late breakfast on Saturday. I got the sliders again, while she got the Air Pirate Pretzels. Did they make a VROOOOM sound as they delivered it to your table? That was one of the Hangar highlights for us, the downside drinking that gross green revenge drink only to find out they didn't yet have the snake piks shown yet. (seriously, that green drink is horrible).
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Nov 10, 2015 13:33
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Old Man Pants posted:Did they make a VROOOOM sound as they delivered it to your table? That was one of the Hangar highlights for us, the downside drinking that gross green revenge drink only to find out they didn't yet have the snake piks shown yet. (seriously, that green drink is horrible). C'mon son, you should know better than to drink something containing Midori. That's some foul poo poo. Actually, the Jock Lindsay menu doesn't look quite as good as the Trader Sam's one (though that could be because I'm a tiki drink lover through and through), but there are a couple drinks on there that pique my interest, and the food looks better all around as well. I might have to stop by tonight after my parents take off just to have a drink and check it out. Also, this is almost certainly a long-shot, but there's not a bar on the resort that will be playing the republican debate tonight, right? I need to watch it, and I'd love to watch it with people, but if there's one thing that's never going to get play at Disney, it's politics.
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Nov 10, 2015 14:55
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demonR6 posted:Yep, we have been to the parks during enough special events where the park is packed and there is no FP but the lines are reasonable. Excpet for Pan, gently caress that queue line forever. Peter Pan's recent-ish queue line expansion seems horrifyingly claustrophobic to me. I hate that thing; plus the kids are always trying to mess with the props. I've been playing the counting game when I've been bored in the standby lines. When the FP+ line gets backed up then it's usually around 35-45 FP+ guests for every 8-12 standby guests. If the FP+ line is short then it's pretty much an even split. The worst was Dinosaur when the FP+ line was incredibly long and never seemed to thin out. The CM would let one or two families from the standby line into the pre-show and the rest was FP+. That was torture.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:32
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You have actually validated what I did when we were at Toy Story this weekend. More or less the same number too.
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Yeah they typically have a few different phases so they can adjust as needed. With the FP+ line backed up like that, it ends up being near 90/10.
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Nov 10, 2015 20:10
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Thespis posted:Guys, my heart hurts. They're discontinuing Star Wars Weekends! Actually, I think they've just noted that Weekends is not happening while construction is going on. I imagine that once they're done and attractions are open, it'll be back to normal. I mean, it's a relatively cheap way to get some thousands of people to come to the parks and come in droves to buy merch. Plus, when the marketing machine for Ep. 8 ramps up again, there's no way that they won't be selling novelty drinks based on Hutt-based-puns with a complementary poster for $38 bucks one week only buy now.
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Nov 11, 2015 09:29
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What I have understood from my internal sources that SWW is done forever. The addition of the new area they have no interest to continue with SWW because they have this dedicated area. Sure they can change their mind again if they feel like they can profit from it, but otherwise stick a fork in it. I have a really good source.
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Nov 11, 2015 16:54
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demonR6 posted:What I have understood from my internal sources that SWW is done forever. The addition of the new area they have no interest to continue with SWW because they have this dedicated area. Sure they can change their mind again if they feel like they can profit from it, but otherwise stick a fork in it. I have a really good source. That's really disappointing. I've never been to the event myself, but it seems like Disney had a good thing going with it. I don't understand, are they trying to consolidate everything within the brand into that area? They've never done that before, Star Wars merch is anywhere in the parks that are even remotely space-themed, and like someone said before, Universal allows Harry Potter stuff outside of Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley during their Celebrations.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:46
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Circutron posted:That's really disappointing. I've never been to the event myself, but it seems like Disney had a good thing going with it. I don't understand, are they trying to consolidate everything within the brand into that area? They've never done that before, Star Wars merch is anywhere in the parks that are even remotely space-themed, and like someone said before, Universal allows Harry Potter stuff outside of Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley during their Celebrations. Might be because all the unique stuff can now be rotated in and out of a permanent part of the park, like all the characters and special merchandise.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:54
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demonR6 posted:What I have understood from my internal sources that SWW is done forever. The addition of the new area they have no interest to continue with SWW because they have this dedicated area. Sure they can change their mind again if they feel like they can profit from it, but otherwise stick a fork in it. I have a really good source. It makes sense for them to do that, although I will miss the storm troopers patrolling on top of the entrances. I always thought that was a nice touch.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:54
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Not sure if anyone saw this yet: Drunk Man Climbs Mexico Pavilion at Epcot
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Nov 12, 2015 01:58
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Leaving for the airport in 3 hours. I should really be trying to grab at least a short nap, but pretty certain that isn't going to happen.
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Nov 12, 2015 06:56
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Man, this is the first time we've done the QS dining plan, and it is crazy how much food you get. Last night, we ate at AoA, and we had two trays full of entrees, sides, drinks, and desserts. With five of us, that's an enormous amount of food, and we saved some for later. On another note, the Osbourne lights are beautiful. If you like having a Griswold Christmas, try to check it out. It was worth braving two cranky kids easily. Other last thing..it may just be me, but there seems to be a lot more scooters in the park than when I went two years ago. It must be a booming business. (No pun intended.) It seems that it would be hard to navigate the lines in those things.
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Nov 12, 2015 10:55
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Yoshifan823 posted:C'mon son, you should know better than to drink something containing Midori. That's some foul poo poo. IMO food is better at hangar, drinks are better at sam's. Hangar is still trying to get its footing/stock/training though, so it may be an even race soon.
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arrrggg Im starting to get nervous I had everything carefully planned out. All my fast passes and plans for each day and now Seasons of the Force will be just opened during my trip. And now Im wondering if I should try to switch my morning at AK to a morning at HS. And it sucks because I wish i could see what fastpasses are available that morning at HS before committing to giving up my AK ones
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So somewhat park related... I hate the Disney Store. Or more I hate their bullshit with shipping to Canada, and the fact that we don't have access to the shop Disney parks app. I'm pretty sure I went through the pain in the rear end that was getting my daughter a Shellie May bear for Christmas while we were down in Disney World the last week of October. My big problem now, my daughter has said she wants to ask Santa for Shellie May's Christmas outfit. I did not buy the Christmas outfit, I bought the princess outfit since it was one of the two available at the Contemporary when I bought the bear. So I'm like "I'll order it from the Disney store". Out of everything on the Disney store, you want to guess what they don't ship to Canada? Duffy & Shellie May bears/accessories. Who the gently caress knows why, but they don't. Had I had access to the shop disney parks app I could have bought/got it delivered to the resort while we were there. But no... Canadians can't be trusted with ordering stuff from an app, so I needed to go on a secret spy mission for a loving bear. I'm sure I can convince my daughter to just ask for a non-specific costume and be happy with what she gets, but it's annoying as poo poo that I can't just order the other outfit and have it shipped. Maybe it contains baby poisons or some poo poo we don't allow in Canada. On the bright side I guess I don't have to deal with our UPS delivery person who has hosed up every time I've ordered something from the Disney store. Also don't have to pay $40 for shipping something that costs $23. Which I guess is good  Thus ends my rant about Disney Store/Shop Disney Parks app
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Oh Disney World guests. Good to see you haven't changed. Room isn't ready, so I headed down to Disney Springs to await the arrival of my travel companion. Waiting in line at Earl of Sandwich and there is a poor lost girl crying in the dining area. An employee comes over and does a wonderful job comforting her while he radios whomever about the situation. 5-6 minutes go by (this line is stupid long) and finally this whale of a mother comes storming around the corner "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN. COME WITH ME NOW" and literally drags the girl off by the wrist without a single thank you or acknowledgement to the guy who took care of her daughter when she was scared. Oh this should be a wonderful trip :-)
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