The ABC's of a FALL Trip with Friends, Food, Wine, and a Conference- C is for: Can We Eat Some Comfort Foods Now? (11/9)

[Steppesister]

Well, that explains so much!

That's me, accurately Trip -Reporting for... forever.

Boy, did you send me down a rabbit hole.
There are several different variations.
The one I have used/heard is "An infinite number of monkeys typing at an infinite number of typewriters (dated, but it is what it is) will eventually produce the works of Shakespeare."
I've now heard " if you let a monkey hit the keys of a typewriter at random an infinite amount of times, eventually the monkey will type out the entire works of Shakespeare."
And there are other variations. Some use "Hamlet" instead of "Shakespeare".

Ok, you had WAY too much time on your hands at some point. OY!!!

Good idea. Maybe if if I thrust the chicken at him, he'll be too busy eating that and I can get out of the water.

Hey, I'm full of good idea. Sometimes.

Now I'm curious if it's salt water? I don't see a reason why it should be, other than buoyancy.
And... another rabbit hole. Lil Joe is no longer at Epcot, but at "Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, along the Panhandle."
Not sure if you saw one or two manatees, but they introduced Cider and Mino in February, 2025.

I saw 2, but one was in this tank and one was on the other side, so not mixing at that time. I wonder who named them and why they went with those.

 

[Steppesister]

I giggled about your friend's knife story at TSA. My Dad forgets to leave his pocket knife at home literally every time he flies. He has had to throw many of them away, BUT how does one forget they're carrying an actual hunting knife!? Bummer that you had to go back and have your ticket fixed to use the pre-check line, ugh, annoying!

I really don't know how either. Doesn't everyone empty their bag completely and start "over" even if it's sort of "permanently" packed?

It was way too early in the morning for that kind of travel nonsense. LOL!!

YAY for arriving at a park within an hour of landing--that's amazing! Your Epcot morning sounds like it's off to a perfect start. I also didn't know they changed the tabletops at Sunshine Seasons, but I'm not surprised. Disney does the details best!

It started perfectly and ended perfectly too!! Lot of good eats and treats! This needs confirming!!! As I told Sue, I just know I looked around and ALL the tables had the Fall leaves on them.

At least there's that!! It would've been sooooo terrible to lose all of your files and photos!!! Now, let's hope Disney takes care of you, too.

Let's hope so!!! I called on Friday and while they have gotten all of my sent files, I was told my Case Worker was "still working on her investigation" and was out til Monday. Fingers crossed.

 

[Steppesister]

Can't wait to see the new USA version but I am looking forward to finally seeing the World version. I thought I would be able to see it when I went to Disneyland in 2022 but at the time they were having the California Food and Wine Festival that is in the spring out there so for those couple weeks they had gone back to the California one.

I am looking forward to riding Guardians but I am not 100% sure about my husband. I think he will go but not sure he will like it. How intense is it? Closer to Space Mountain/Big Thunder or more like Everest?

I so curious as to what locations they will go to. I'd imagine they'll keep Monument Valley OR replace that with the Grand Canyon. Maybe Devil's Tower? NYC? And I"m sure I'll miss the World one as it is now. It's WAY more intense that both of those BUT it's also WAY more smooth. There is FAR more spinning sort of. It's really hard to describe but while intense, it's really fun. There aren't big drops but plenty of G's

 

[Steppesister]

Just getting all caught up after some knee surgery…
May I suggest detergent sheets as opposed to pods? They are great for traveling!
LOVE your new Loungefly!
Looking forward to reading about Food & Wine. It’s on my (Disney) Bucket list!

I think I've avoided surgery for a while, but not escaped it altogether. Stupid torn meniscus. How are you healing?

YES! You are brilliant. I'm definitely going to trade my white powder out for those! Super idea!

Thanks, it's a fun bag with nice, bright colors.

 

[Steppesister]

I bring detergent sheets. They are great for washing out swimming suits in the sink. I cut the sheets into smaller pieces for that.

Y'all are so super smart!! I'mma so gonna do that!

 

[Paulaparm]

I think I've avoided surgery for a while, but not escaped it altogether. Stupid torn meniscus. How are you healing?

I’m healing well, thank you! Follow-up appointment tomorrow morning. Mine was also torn meniscus and they removed some arthritis.

 

[Wood Nymph]

We then sat through about 50 full cycles of The Three Caballeros while the announcement now told us to sit tight, we’d be moving soon.

It would have been a lot more fun to take a secret evacuation route.

Spaceship Earth was running with a 5-minute wait for its soft opening. HUZZAH!!

We were walking out of Epcot during our trip and noticed that Spaceship Earth was open. It wasn't open earlier in the day. Anyway, I tried hard to see what might have been new. But most of it seemed the same, except cleaner.