Twoboysnmygirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2008
Great start!
So! How did "We Suffered a Hurricane Jersey Week" affect your plans? I know a lot of families here had to cancel their trips - did you see that decreased number? I only know ONE family who just left and went anyway. Based on that very unscientific observation, I figured the parks might be more empty!
But I didn't notice Jersey "accents" like I thought I would and I thought the crowds were manageable. ALTHOUGH...I'm not a really good judge of this b/c we went on very few rides and every time a park would get crowded, we would just hop to another! You've been on my mind a lot!
Oh, but I did see one of my November group peeps post on FB today that Epcot lot was completely full today (record breaking) and they were re-routing to MK parking lot! I'm sure Jersey week/Last weekend of F&W/Marathon tonight/Veterans Day all converging this weekend did that though, so not sure if that was really impacted by Jersey week or not!
YAY Amber! Glad you are here!! You are in the teens now, right?!?!?! You are going to die when you see the AKL photos I got! I was up at 3:30 and headed down to the totally empty lobby and got some gorgeous shots! (I think that's where you are staying, right?!?!?)
Thank you - it's still so tough here. Lives changed forever.
I would love to see how the hurricane affected the tourism that week. So interesting.
Okay, i will tell you a secret. There isn't a "Jersey" accent - the TV shows, the trashy beach one and the trashy married women one, those are not NJ accents per se. They are barely from my state! North NJ maybe but they are really NYC accents - not Manhattan but the boroughs. Now, true New Jerseyians do say certain words certain ways but you won't spot them casually. Talking fast? Yes! Drawer said as "draw" oh yes.
You would spot us by the Giants/Jets/Rutgers/Yankees/Mets gear, and by talking fast and walking fast.
We'll be at 15 days in 30 minutes!!!!! I'm SO excited to see your AKL photos!! We are staying at Kidani the first 3 days and then moving to CSR our last 8 days. We may move to AoA LM though - I don't know. We'll see!
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Your pictures are absolutely stunning! I can't wait to see the rest
Joining in! I've read you other trip reports -Amanda
Do you see all the people you have on the hook here?! Chop, chop woman!!
Liz, I'm a little disappointed to learn that about the NJ accent- when my daughter was little and learning to talk we used to joke about her "Joizy" accent.
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I'm here!!!! Hahaha I had trouble coming up with a TR title this time around too!!! Sometimes a lollipop is the perfect answer!
Can't wait to hear all about your trip!
I will be watching the DIS to see what people thought about how tourism was affected that week b/c we really loved the weather and the dates worked well for us...so maybe another trip in the future!
I just cannot imagine and wish that people would not forget so easily after a tragedy like this. I think most people think that everything is fine and back to normal in Jersey already.
PLEASE tell me, because I would love to go away that week - and since my kid in not in public school, I could leave her and go with N!
You are so right. People think it's over. It's not, and it's nowhere close to normal. I'm shocked by how few people on FB even commented or noticed - I figured my friends out of state might have a vested interest because they spent so much time here with me...
Look at St Louis. The airport - high priority - isn't "back".
Okay, off my soapbox! Back to you!!!!
That 4am lobby shot is gorgeous! I personally love the travel part of TRs. I like to see airports and hear about food. Those are the moments you are so careful and waiting and organized. I love those first moments of a trip. You are ON. Your notebook is still out! You analyze your travel companions moves! You are still dreaming of your vacation.
Plus the first monorail is just so exciting!
Hmm, well you went on the TTA. Does that count? And Small World. Because I think Rey is whimsical. And let's say Philharmagic.
Now I have to go check the pics on FB!
You described that before-trip feeling perfectly!!! I noticed that the flights didn't seem long either on the way there, but on the way back they dragged on forever!
The pics on FB are taking a bit. Who knew that 383 photos took a while to upload? AND, it threw out an error at 230, told me I couldn't upload more than that at a time. Doesn't FB understand me?!?!