Singles Social Club: It's Always 5 o'clock here!

[POTCAddict]

Hi all! Longest week ever! Didn't help that I started on Sunday and have been working LONG hours this week. Also, moving sucks, how could I have forgotten that?? Then I spent hours trying to hook up my wireless internet and finally had to call customer service to help me. It took them all of ten minutes to straighten me out. Hoping that everything will settle down soon and I can actually enjoy living here! Also, I just realized that I'm neighbors with Busch Gardens. I can literally see the roller coaster from the sidewalk. Try not to be too jelous CA

My grandfather is on his last weeks if not days. Any and all positive thoughts and/or prayers are much appreciated. My family knows my obsession with Disney and the DIS and I know they would appreciate it.

Will definitely pray for him and your family. I hope everything works out.

Well if you can't, from what I'm seeing, it looks like the 40th is going to be celebrated by lots of stuff you can buy (limited edition pins for example that have the date and "I was there")... some artist signing stuff at the jewelers and Horseshoe.... a stage presentation around 10/10:20 at the castle stage.. and a special firework finale.

I am so excited for the 40th! Pretty much the only thing keeping me going through this hellacious week- and probably the next!

Don't forget... Tower of Terror is based on the Twilight Zone. Another non-Disney property.


Someone linked an interesting article from Jim Hill in one of the other threads dedicated to the idea. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/avatar-park_b_973615.html

Somehow that article really gives me hope that WDI is going to approach this from the right direction. It's also made me start to imagine the possibilities of using the Castle Projection tech in the new land to help create atmosphere of the world of Pandora after dark.

Is it too late to weigh in?? At first I felt like this :

Did everyone see the announcement today that Avatar land is coming to Animal Kingdom? No joke. Ugh...I think I want to puke. This is WDW's response to Harry Potter? Not only was Avatar lame (sorry to those who liked it), but it has absolutely nothing to do with Disney. I know...I know...neither does Star Wars. But Avatar isn't Star Wars...not even close. This company seems to P me off more and more these days. Sorry everyone...one of those days. Where's the alcohol?!

Now, I'm feeling more like this:

Also among those who never saw the movie, but if it brings in a new coaster, I am all for it.

Amen to that. Actually, I think it's a pretty cool idea even without a new coaster, but new coasters are always a good thing.

I really love the AK. I know it's not a lot of people's favorite park and I'm not even a huge animal person but I love it anyway. I especially love how it feels like you're in Tibet when you walk to expedition everest and that lovely little spot behind flame tree barbeque that's so relaxing with the water and all the water fowl that's over there. What I can't figure out is how they're going to reconcile ancient asia and african plains with what is clearly a sci-fi/cgi world?? How do the computer generated bright blue and yellow blend with the muted tones of the animal kingdom? Apart from the conservation messasge in the movie I don't see how space travel and super science have anything to do with the AK. I feel like it fits in more in future world or tomorrow land. And as I didn't really love the movie and I didn't really want it in Disney at all. Now, I don't care if they bring it in. I'm sure they'll do a great job with it and we'll get some great rides and attractions - probably another coaster but I still don't get it.

 

[TheBigE]

Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer are favorites as books and movies = Tom Sawyers Island has always been fun to explore , mainly when I was a pre teen first visiting WDW

I think I first seen "Song of the South" on Sunday night on The Wonderful World of Disney, Splash Mountain still makes me laugh... Brer Fox & Brer Rabbit are great character's


Original ideas are very exciting at Disney, examples I love are Expedition Everest and Rock'n Roller Coaster and can't forget Tower Of Terror
I get excited thinking about them

I am loving the Avatar idea with your thinking in mind... that you won't have to see the movie as a required prerequisite to enjoying the land.

Let's just sit back and wait for the fun, OH don't forget your 3D glasses

In the end the success of AvatarLand will come from a balance between Imagineers and the Walt Disney Company Theme Park Business Unit. Frankly, if the money crunchers are too involved, then it will be a flop. You need to let the Imagineers do their job and they will create a unique expansion to AK. This has been proven time and time again. Not saying CA has been a flop, but I think it could have been so much better had the Imagineers been fully in charge. The Imagineers have proven that they can still develop unique ideas and concepts (Everest, TOT, etc), and given that success, along with the profitability of the Theme Parks (highest of any Buisness Unit in WD Co) you would hope that Imagineers are given the freedom they deserve and not subjected to tight budgetary control.

Bottom line, if the Imagineers are given the freedom, I think the expansion will be successful. If not, then it will be like trying to put lipstick on a pig...you still have a pig in the end.

Is it Friday yet???

I have briefly rejoined the world of full time employment; my boss asked me if I could come in every day to answer the phone while he is out of town for a little over 2 weeks. The phone has rung approximately 7 times in the last 2 days. I get to bring in my kids, too. They seem to find doing school at my work a nice diversion, so I am essentially be paid to homeschool (er, workschool?) right now Friday after I get off work XH is taking the kids for 9 days with his Mom (not planned to help me out, but it does anyway ). I guess while they are gone I will be getting paid to surf the internet

Ridiculously jealous of all those planning to be at MK/F&W in the coming weeks....

I think a Congrats is in order...maybe? I prefer to think of Internet Surfing at the Office as more of Professional Development and Job Satisifaction. I am so much more productive at my other task after a brief search for the end of the internet....So lets go with that....sounds more professional.

My flight is supposed to arrive around 9:30 or so on Tuesday.

Currently I'm thinking Tuesday I'll swing by the MK, enter the passholder contest via jewelry store.... check out the interactive queue at the HM since I JUST missed it's soft opening on my last trip.... and then going over to MGM for the rest of the day.

Wednesday will probably be IOA. I should probably ride the water rides while i'm there since i've never done it before.

Thursday.... US and HHN....

And Friday.... not sure. maybe AK. Maybe MGM or EPCOT. I haven't decided what to do during the day yet.

Sounds like this will be a fantastic time, wish I could attend. Maybe someone should start a separate thread on this trip alone, sorta a day by day report of the actions...pictures would be required. What about its own FB or even more chic...a Google+ page....yes, now we are talking.

Someone please raise a glass of wine and a churro for me!!

My grandfather is on his last weeks if not days. Any and all positive thoughts and/or prayers are much appreciated. My family knows my obsession with Disney and the DIS and I know they would appreciate it.

Please accept my thoughts and prayers for your Grandfather. Best wishes to you and your family in this trying time.



Well hte day is pretty much over here in Geneva, heard that today is POETS Day...

PI&& OF EARLY TOMORROW IS SATURDAY.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and has some good plans, for me I will be helping a friend with yard work and then a round of golf on sunday.

 

[CoasterAddict]

I just realized that I'm neighbors with Busch Gardens. I can literally see the roller coaster from the sidewalk. Try not to be too jelous CA

Hope the screaming doesn't keep you awake at night.

 

[DCTooTall]

Happy Thursday everyone! Hope everyone's week is ending well.

Happy Friday everyone. Hope you all have a fabulous day.

4 more days! and even better.... only today and 1 more work day!

Hi all! Longest week ever! Didn't help that I started on Sunday and have been working LONG hours this week. Also, moving sucks, how could I have forgotten that?? Then I spent hours trying to hook up my wireless internet and finally had to call customer service to help me. It took them all of ten minutes to straighten me out. Hoping that everything will settle down soon and I can actually enjoy living here! Also, I just realized that I'm neighbors with Busch Gardens. I can literally see the roller coaster from the sidewalk. Try not to be too jelous CA

Glad the move went ok! What's kinda sad/funny.... in my entire life I've been to BG only once.... and the day I ended up going? It poured all day so I didn't get a chance to ride a single coaster.

I am so excited for the 40th! Pretty much the only thing keeping me going through this hellacious week- and probably the next!

Make sure you join us! It'll be a blast!

(And you can finally meet our Resident and Diva!)

I really love the AK. I know it's not a lot of people's favorite park and I'm not even a huge animal person but I love it anyway. I especially love how it feels like you're in Tibet when you walk to expedition everest and that lovely little spot behind flame tree barbeque that's so relaxing with the water and all the water fowl that's over there. What I can't figure out is how they're going to reconcile ancient asia and african plains with what is clearly a sci-fi/cgi world?? How do the computer generated bright blue and yellow blend with the muted tones of the animal kingdom? Apart from the conservation messasge in the movie I don't see how space travel and super science have anything to do with the AK. I feel like it fits in more in future world or tomorrow land. And as I didn't really love the movie and I didn't really want it in Disney at all. Now, I don't care if they bring it in. I'm sure they'll do a great job with it and we'll get some great rides and attractions - probably another coaster but I still don't get it.

I can see a quite nice transition. Camp Mickey Minnie is a small, cheap, last minute place filler (read: afterthought) where Beastly Kingdom was supposed to be. Considering Pandora is a Jungle planet, they could make a quite nice transition from the jungle-esque themeing of the hub/oasis into Pandora if they place it where Mickey Minnie is located now.

In the end the success of AvatarLand will come from a balance between Imagineers and the Walt Disney Company Theme Park Business Unit. Frankly, if the money crunchers are too involved, then it will be a flop. You need to let the Imagineers do their job and they will create a unique expansion to AK. This has been proven time and time again. Not saying CA has been a flop, but I think it could have been so much better had the Imagineers been fully in charge. The Imagineers have proven that they can still develop unique ideas and concepts (Everest, TOT, etc), and given that success, along with the profitability of the Theme Parks (highest of any Buisness Unit in WD Co) you would hope that Imagineers are given the freedom they deserve and not subjected to tight budgetary control.

Bottom line, if the Imagineers are given the freedom, I think the expansion will be successful. If not, then it will be like trying to put lipstick on a pig...you still have a pig in the end.

The Budget numbers I've heard getting throw around are promising. I also don't know if Cameron will let the bean counters cut the budget to the point of doing things on the cheap.

Sounds like this will be a fantastic time, wish I could attend. Maybe someone should start a separate thread on this trip alone, sorta a day by day report of the actions...pictures would be required. What about its own FB or even more chic...a Google+ page....yes, now we are talking.

Someone please raise a glass of wine and a churro for me!!

Don't expect me to do any live updates from this trip. No smartphone and I'm going to be too busy having fun. I may post pictures on Facebook afterwards..... and if March is any indication, I'll likely end up still checking in here at least once a day.

(I'm seriously thinking of just giving up on Facebook. Latest rounds of changes are making me question if the convenience has been surpassed by the aggravation of the site. I'm not really a huge facebook addict and have been known to go months without even logging into the site.)

 

[DCTooTall]

Hope the screaming doesn't keep you awake at night.

Um..... She's a Pirate.... Remember? I would think she's used to screams all night.

 

[POTCAddict]

Hope the screaming doesn't keep you awake at night.

Um..... She's a Pirate.... Remember? I would think she's used to screams all night.

 

[ssuriano]

Sending tons of positive thoughts your way

Will definitely pray for him and your family. I hope everything works out.

Please accept my thoughts and prayers for your Grandfather. Best wishes to you and your family in this trying time.

Thank you all so much.

 

[taramoz]

I'll be there thru the 14th so we could meet up, if you'd like

That sounds good, lets plan on it!

 

[MICKEY88]

That sounds good, lets plan on it!

 

[DIS_MERI]

I survived my daunting (most of a) week of paid websurfing mostly unscathed, I think. Reminded me of my Navy days, without the unattractive uniform and inconvenient watch schedule (of course, I was paid twice as much to put up with those). The difficult part was keeping 3 kids occupied for 9 hours a day. Depriving them of treats most of the time in normal life and then plying them regularly while at the office helped and the spinny-wheeled chair was a big hit. Oh, and bringing some special lined paper for first graders for my 4yo to practice her handwriting was apparently sheer genius because that could keep her occupied for long stretches. Next week they will be gone, but I need to do an inventory when they aren't underfoot, so I will have to give up a little of my surfing time. I had to work very hard this week to talk myself out of booking a Disney cruise since they've got a kids sail free thing going on....

My grandfather is on his last weeks if not days. Any and all positive thoughts and/or prayers are much appreciated. My family knows my obsession with Disney and the DIS and I know they would appreciate it.

Praying for him, you and all of your family in this difficult time.

 

[DIS_MERI]

I've been a lurker on the boards for a bit, but recently decided to create an account.

ETA: Well, that was weird....it was just there....maybe it disappeared because of this?

Moving to the Theme Parks board.

or the spam posts....at least we are popular

 

[nurse.darcy]

Well, life just took a not-so-good turn last night. On my way to a emergency call last night to the hospital, my car decided to hydroplane into a guardrail on an offramp. Its still driveable and mostly cosmetic but it does need to get fixed so had to report to insurance company. I wasn't hurt (except for my 32 year safe driving record with no accidents) which is good, but my little red mobile is suffering from a bit of ugliness. This will set me back about $250 for my deductible and probably cause my rates to go up. Luckily I am off work Monday and Tuesday so I can take my car into the body shop for work.

Ah well, not the way I wanted to spend my Friday.

 

[DefLepard]

Well, life just took a not-so-good turn last night. On my way to a emergency call last night to the hospital, my car decided to hydroplane into a guardrail on an offramp. Its still driveable and mostly cosmetic but it does need to get fixed so had to report to insurance company. I wasn't hurt (except for my 32 year safe driving record with no accidents) which is good, but my little red mobile is suffering from a bit of ugliness. This will set me back about $250 for my deductible and probably cause my rates to go up. Luckily I am off work Monday and Tuesday so I can take my car into the body shop for work.

Ah well, not the way I wanted to spend my Friday.

The good thing is you are OK

Without seeing the damage I can say the body shop will probably need the car for more than 2 days, even if they could start the repairs on Monday.
Check with your insurance to see if providing a rental car is covered in your policy.

Have a good weekend and hey' you might win the Florida Lottery tonight and just buy a new car tomorrow

 

[nurse.darcy]

The good thing is you are OK

Without seeing the damage I can say the body shop will probably need the car for more than 2 days, even if they could start the repairs on Monday.
Check with your insurance to see if providing a rental car is covered in your policy.

Have a good weekend and hey' you might win the Florida Lottery tonight and just buy a new car tomorrow

Oh I am aware it will take longer than 2 days. It usually takes a week (well when they did the rear driver side quarter panel it did). The time is not important at this point, its just being off work so I can get the car to the shop and get it taken care of.

 

[DCTooTall]

Well, life just took a not-so-good turn last night. On my way to a emergency call last night to the hospital, my car decided to hydroplane into a guardrail on an offramp. Its still driveable and mostly cosmetic but it does need to get fixed so had to report to insurance company. I wasn't hurt (except for my 32 year safe driving record with no accidents) which is good, but my little red mobile is suffering from a bit of ugliness. This will set me back about $250 for my deductible and probably cause my rates to go up. Luckily I am off work Monday and Tuesday so I can take my car into the body shop for work.

Ah well, not the way I wanted to spend my Friday.

Ick. That stinks. The Bright side.... if you've been with your insurance company for any real length of time, and you have the 32yr safe driving record w/ no claims, there is a chance your premiums may not take much of a hit. Seems like most companies are doing accident forgiveness kinda deals these days.

 

[nurse.darcy]

Ick. That stinks. The Bright side.... if you've been with your insurance company for any real length of time, and you have the 32yr safe driving record w/ no claims, there is a chance your premiums may not take much of a hit. Seems like most companies are doing accident forgiveness kinda deals these days.

Oh I have had claims. . .my car has been hit while parked 2 times. Driver's side rear quarter panel. Seems to be the target. Now for a night of board games with my son. I am glad I instilled a love of board games. . .we pop popcorn and play till we can't keep our eyes open. The game tonight is U-Build Monopoly. . .awesome. . .lol.

 

[DCTooTall]

Oh I have had claims. . .my car has been hit while parked 2 times. Driver's side rear quarter panel. Seems to be the target. Now for a night of board games with my son. I am glad I instilled a love of board games. . .we pop popcorn and play till we can't keep our eyes open. The game tonight is U-Build Monopoly. . .awesome. . .lol.

My plans for tonight.... Movies on TV. I probably should start doing laundry so I'm not rushing to park tomorrow or Monday AM.... but I just can't get motivated.

 

[nurse.darcy]

My plans for tonight.... Movies on TV. I probably should start doing laundry so I'm not rushing to park tomorrow or Monday AM.... but I just can't get motivated.

Let me provide some motivation. . .Crowd meter was a 4 today. . .VERY LOW, MODERATE WAIT. . .

 

[DCTooTall]

Let me provide some motivation. . .Crowd meter was a 4 today. . .VERY LOW, MODERATE WAIT. . .

That won't help motivate me. I'm a procrastinator. I'll still pack, I'll just probably end up doing it last minute like I always do.

 

[wdwtheplacetobe]

7 more days!!!! I am 1/2 packed, been "gathering" for a few weeks!!!

I will pack shirts last to prevent too many wrinkles, but other than that....I am READY to go!!!!



We will be in EPCOT for Food and Wine Festival on Monday, Oct 3....will you be around, Darcy?