News Round Up 2017

[lockedoutlogic]

Well, looking at your trip's at the bottom of your post and when you got married, you may be approaching the time to do the same thing to some lucky soles. Your experience will no doubt make it a better trip for those you care for. See, he did teach you something in some cruel, unusual way. Look at it as a good learning experience.

My suggestion is make him a fruitcake in December and includes some "special" ingredients...needs some seratonin to take the edge off...

 

[Tigger's ally]

You're being cute with your signature schtick...but you're on the wrong side of the scoreboard this time...it appears

There's a scoreboard? And others aren't allowed to have a schtick? Thanks for saying I'm cute though!

 

[lockedoutlogic]

There's a scoreboard? And others aren't allowed to have a schtick? Thanks for saying I'm cute though!

There's always a scoreboard...or it's not worth playing...

And you know I'm very "pro-schtick"

 

[mickeyfanachey1999]

Well, looking at your trip's at the bottom of your post and when you got married, you may be approaching the time to do the same thing to some lucky soles. Your experience will no doubt make it a better trip for those you care for. See, he did teach you something in some cruel, unusual way. Look at it as a good learning experience.

Well, I sure hope it's a good 10 more years or so (at least) before I will be taking any grandchildren anywhere. Elder DS is only 15. When we have treated his friends to beach vacations/dinners etc. I have made a point of not mentioning the cost of anything to anyone but DW. Actually she mentions it more than I do. Just like she did with her dad's schtick way back in 2008.

 

[linzbear]

This is way off topic, but we frequently go with extended family, and my FIL foots the bill on a few dinners each time. He got mad at me when I pulled out my AP to get a discount because he thought I was trying to pay! He's never complained about the prices (we do occasionally eat offsite), and in the case of our last trip, he booked us a 2bed at OKW, even upon my insistence that we would fit in a 1bed, and we were fine with staying offsite. Having strings attached is wholly dependant on the people involved. If the trip doesn't work, just don't do it again. One trip (2 kids ago), to save points, we combined our points with his to get a 2bed lockoff. It didn't work for us for various reasons, so we just won't do it again.

 

[rteetz]

News

Mission: Space refurb has been extended through September

https://blogmickey.com/2017/07/mission-space-refurbishment-extended-september/

 

[rteetz]

News

SeaWorld and Aquatica Access Extended for Discovery Cove Guests

 

[skier_pete]

It's off topic - but if we are taking anyone to Disney World, we are paying for things while there. If I was unable to afford to pay for the entire trip for someone, I would ask them to pay for something like the park tickets or the airfare, some fixed price that would be pre-established. Once we get there, I don't want hear anyone whining about costs. (Though this has always stopped me from bringing my BIL - he dines like everything is a la carte - asking for this and that and this and that off the menu. Dinner with him costs 2-3 times as much as a normal human being. (And he has no money - so I don't know where he got this habit.) I know if I ever took him to WDW it would drive me crazy when it cost $130 for his dinner at BOG.

Back on topic - am I the only one more excited to hear the announcements for the F&W culinary demonstrations than all the D23 stuff? Reservations for F&W open on Wednseday for those with DVC and TIW, and I NEED to know what all the events are so I can plan what to ask for!

And yes, the D23 stuff is neat too. I am kind of bummed that we aren't going to get to see all this neat Star Wars preview stuff by waiting to go in 2019, but then I remind myself that in 2019 DLR is likely to have the real thing open - though admittedly it'll be a madhouse.

 

[ICTVgrad07]

It's off topic - but if we are taking anyone to Disney World, we are paying for things while there. If I was unable to afford to pay for the entire trip for someone, I would ask them to pay for something like the park tickets or the airfare, some fixed price that would be pre-established. Once we get there, I don't want hear anyone whining about costs. (Though this has always stopped me from bringing my BIL - he dines like everything is a la carte - asking for this and that and this and that off the menu. Dinner with him costs 2-3 times as much as a normal human being. (And he has no money - so I don't know where he got this habit.) I know if I ever took him to WDW it would drive me crazy when it cost $130 for his dinner at BOG.

Back on topic - am I the only one more excited to hear the announcements for the F&W culinary demonstrations than all the D23 stuff? Reservations for F&W open on Wednseday for those with DVC and TIW, and I NEED to know what all the events are so I can plan what to ask for!

And yes, the D23 stuff is neat too. I am kind of bummed that we aren't going to get to see all this neat Star Wars preview stuff by waiting to go in 2019, but then I remind myself that in 2019 DLR is likely to have the real thing open - though admittedly it'll be a madhouse.[/Q

The Disney food blog has a good list of events for food n wine. Any idea if Disney visa members get any discounts this year and when?

 

[umichigan10]

News

Mission: Space refurb has been extended through September

https://blogmickey.com/2017/07/mission-space-refurbishment-extended-september/

Disappointing but not surprising

 

[piglet1979]

My dad took us on my kids first trip to Disney. It was also mine and my husbands first trip since we were like 10. He told me up front that he was paying for the room, food (dining plan) and tickets to the park. We only had to pay to get ourselves their and back and any extra stuff that we wanted. He then proceeded to buy my kids stuff almost every day. This was a trip that we never would have taken because we did not have the money at the time and my husband claimed that he never wanted to go and it was never a good time. If it wasn't for this trip he never would have become a Disney addict and would have never gone on the 3 trips after that and the Disney cruise coming up.

 

[merry_nbright]

News

Mission: Space refurb has been extended through September

https://blogmickey.com/2017/07/mission-space-refurbishment-extended-september/

YES! Now I don't have to talk my dad into opting out of that ride! It's closed!

 

[Buckeye218]

The delay in Mission: Space's re-opening actually has me hopeful that they're doing the refurb right (pollyanna...I know). I'd be disappointed if I had a fall visit planned, but since I'm not visiting the Mouse until January, I hope this much-maligned ride gets the attention that some of us believe it deserves.

 

[mikepizzo]

The delay in Mission: Space's re-opening actually has me hopeful that they're doing the refurb right (pollyanna...I know). I'd be disappointed if I had a fall visit planned, but since I'm not visiting the Mouse until January, I hope this much-maligned ride gets the attention that some of us believe it deserves.

The imagineer we dined with is working on Mission Space. I'm not sure if what he's doing is during this refurb or not. He was talking about getting into certain areas of NASA. He's a huge space nerd and we kept trying to get more information on Mission Space. He was tight lipped though.

 

[STLstone]

The delay in Mission: Space's re-opening actually has me hopeful that they're doing the refurb right (pollyanna...I know). I'd be disappointed if I had a fall visit planned, but since I'm not visiting the Mouse until January, I hope this much-maligned ride gets the attention that some of us believe it deserves.

The thing is, it really just means they're behind schedule for whatever they planned. It's very unlikely they made a decision to "do more" after the refurbishment was already underway.

 

[Buckeye218]

The thing is, it really just means they're behind schedule for whatever they planned. It's very unlikely they made a decision to "do more" after the refurbishment was already underway.

Not "do more"....rather just make sure what was supposed to be done was done right. And at least to a reasonably high level of quality. Again, I'm not expecting anything grand, I'm just hopeful. Of course it's always a possibility that they're just behind schedule.

 

[a4matte]

I don't think I saw this posted - but IGN is saying Incredibles 2 will pick off right where the first left off.

 

[rungoofy]

News

Mission: Space refurb has been extended through September

https://blogmickey.com/2017/07/mission-space-refurbishment-extended-september/

Damn.... I was hoping to ride on August 1!!!

 

[skier_pete]

The Disney food blog has a good list of events for food n wine. Any idea if Disney visa members get any discounts this year and when?

Yeah - I use DFB - the big events are posted, but the Culinary seminars and the beverage seminars are not. These are our favorite, because the only cost $17 ($15 with the DVC discount M-Th) for an hour presentation and a taste of wine/food. Probably one of the best deals in all of Disney for value of your time and what you get.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Yeah - I use DFB - the big events are posted, but the Culinary seminars and the beverage seminars are not. These are our favorite, because the only cost $17 ($15 with the DVC discount M-Th) for an hour presentation and a taste of wine/food. Probably one of the best deals in all of Disney for value of your time and what you get.

They are usually pretty entertaining too - we've seen Andrew Zimmern and Robert Irvine in the past and they were both very good