DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club VII - Oh Peanut Butter...

[DisneyDadC]

I have a feeling SOMEONE is trying to drive up their DDC post count....

Stop it all posts have been something of relevance to the ongoing topics of the DDC !! Just cause I have some time to kill don't be jealous.

 

[DisneyDadC]

I have a feeling SOMEONE is trying to drive up their DDC post count....

Me too.

Now look what you did Tim

 

[stopher1]

Now look what you did Tim

Problem Carl?

 

[DisneyDadC]

Problem Carl?

Yea I have a problem!!!! My problem is I now have to leave the house for work,and wont be back on for a bit


Problem solved I can stay

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Top ten so far for the DDCVII

Who Posted?
Total Posts: 256
User Name Posts
stopher1 25
DisneyDadC 24
Emma's Dad 16
AJRitz 15
theduck619 13
DisDadDoc 12
DisneyFed 11
Disney Commando 10
GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes 9
afwdwfan 9
Whooo hoo I am in the running lol

Blaaaaa bla bllaaaa, blaa blaaaaa bla bla…
My lord y’all are a chatty bun…….. Hay! Wait a minute!
I’m on the list too!
So...
What was it we were talking about?


Carl,
Nice work.
What tool (method, process) did you use to compile the numbers from the previous thread?

 

[IamTrike]

No.

The real beauty of the FP system for Disney is the perception it creates. Originally the system was designed to move guests out of ride lines and in to shops or restaurants while they waited...not to go on other attractions. It was designed around convenience...and profit. In reality, it causes the lines to be longer than they would be without it, reduces hourly capacity and then creates a class sytem of the haves and have nots. It drives up wait times, and causes lots of anger amongst those that don't understand the system. Those that really know it, use it to their advantage whenver possible, myself included, but it really changed the theme park experience quite a bit, and not all for the good IMO. The next generation is going to take it even further, further reducing spontaneity and causing even more uber-planning AND creating even more of a class sytem. Sorry, but I wish they would do away with them and go back to the old way.

I thought about this more as I walked to lunch. I'm pretty sure there's a placebo effect with this. You could have just said yes, and I would have returned from my next trip happy with the completely misguided belief that it had made my trip better. It seems like thats how the fastpass system now works.

 

[Goofy + 3]

I'm definitely the planner, and my wife appreciates it. She loves that she knows I'm going to be obsessively prepared, and she doesn't have to worry about anything until it's time to pack (I'm lousy at packing. She's much better and more organized than I am when it comes to packing).

The hard part for me is that, while DW loved our trip, she's reluctant to agree to return. She would prefer that we consider other destinations, and the travel costs from the middle of the country make it a little harder. So far, the best I've been able to do is sell her on a return trip in January 2013 (but every once in a while, I do go ahead and run numbers and rough out plans for a trip sooner).

This is my situation exactly. Although I'm hoping for a 2012 trip.

 

[AJRitz]

Is it out on itunes yet? I just tried finding it on my iphone and couldn't.

It's a quirk of iTunes, we are there, but (as of late last night) still not yet indexed for searching. Here is the direct iTunes URL to our podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id423206337

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Also dont forget about our photo blitz tonight over on our FB page!!!!

From the sounds of things there might be some dads in some weird places tonight

I’m still not a FB member so I can’t play along. I do believe that I am going to have to reconsider that stance, but I wont get around to it this evening. I might just go ahead and snap a picture anyway and see if maybe I can join in later on.

These are supposedly actual comments made by Troopers that were taken off their car videos:

3. "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."

This is the one that made me snort coffee on the screen (“Clean up in cubical A-113”!)

The real beauty of the FP system for Disney is the perception it creates. Originally the system was designed to move guests out of ride lines and in to shops or restaurants while they waited...not to go on other attractions. It was designed around convenience...and profit. In reality, it causes the lines to be longer than they would be without it, reduces hourly capacity and then creates a class sytem of the haves and have nots. It drives up wait times, and causes lots of anger amongst those that don't understand the system. Those that really know it, use it to their advantage whenver possible, myself included, but it really changed the theme park experience quite a bit, and not all for the good IMO. The next generation is going to take it even further, further reducing spontaneity and causing even more uber-planning AND creating even more of a class sytem. Sorry, but I wish they would do away with them and go back to the old way.

Interesting insight. When they first came out, they actually did help out a bit (and I did spend a little bit more time in the shops… Didn’t buy anything… But I was in the shops some). But in the last couple of trips down there, they seemed to clog up the day more then help. Especially since you can only have one on your card at a time. If I could carry two or three at a crack, I might be able to use them to make a decent plan for the day, but as it is, I may not even worry about them anymore.

 

[DisneyDadC]

Ok here it is. As I have been accused by Tim of posting here to drive up my post count here on the DDC I hereby declare I will not post again in here until I have posted an update on my trip report!!! If I am missing for a couple days/weeks blame Tim

 

[DisDadDoc]

Ok here it is. As I have been accused by Tim of posting here to drive up my post count here on the DDC I hereby declare I will not post again in here until I have posted an update on my trip report!!! If I am missing for a couple days/weeks blame Tim

We're at 5 pages already today and quickly headed to a 6th! Productivity is way down today...

 

[DisneyFed]

Wow. Get busy at work for a day or two and you miss all the fun.

In light of all the comments about cars, speeding, etc. I thought I would share an E-Mail I recently received.

These are supposedly actual comments made by Troopers that were taken off their car videos:

1. "You know, stop lights don't come any redder than the one you just went through."

2. "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."

3. "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."

4. "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

5. "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you."

6. "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"

7. "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"

8. "Warning! You want a warning? O.K, I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."

9. "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

10. "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop."

11. "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."

12. "In God we trust; all others we run through NCIC." ( National Crime Information Center )

13. "Just how big were those 'two beers' you say you had?"

14. "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."

15. "I'm glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."

AND THE WINNER IS....

16. "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here."

Welcome to all new Dads!!

ClearScreen

Let's see:

1. Yup.

2. Nope---get you in bad trouble

3. Yup--insert "again" after car...

4. Yup...as I was following behind him, while he was running on foot on a control access interstate (read--20 foot high walls preventing actual escape from the roadway), while I was seated in my driver's seat, driving along, drinking a cup of coffee while talking to him on the PA---yeah, he was drunk

5. Nope.

6. Yup...went over real well too

7. Yup...also went over well.

8. Yup.

9. No...but I sure should have

10. Yup...with varying fair descriptors depending on what kind of mood I was in.

11. Yup. Cept it was steak knives... (she got em' too..--I keed I keed)

12. Oh yeah...still use that one.

13. Sort of...usually more like "must've been one heckuva beer"--usually answered by "yes sir it was"

14. Yup.

15. Not that one, but I have had someone swear up and down that if I just called "Michael Lake" over the radio he would come right over and clear this up. (In fairness, this did happen while I was a Detective and didn't have a name plate on)

16. No way no how...that one's a sure fire way to get jammed on...but I'd love to hear someone use it

Stop it all posts have been something of relevance to the ongoing topics of the DDC !! Just cause I have some time to kill don't be jealous.

**Cough**BS**Cough**

Man, I must have a cold or something...

Ok here it is. As I have been accused by Tim of posting here to drive up my post count here on the DDC I hereby declare I will not post again in here until I have posted an update on my trip report!!! If I am missing for a couple days/weeks blame Tim

 

[thebigdisneydaddy]

We're at 5 pages already today and quickly headed to a 6th! Productivity is way down today...

I know, it's impossible to keep up, everytime I head to a meeting today, I get back and see I am at least a page or two behind again.

 

[RAlexander84]

Listening to podcast right now. I have to say I am now extremely hungry. Glad to have this info considering I have not been to WDW and am trying to figure out what places we need to goto since it seems most places require reservations.

Thanks to all who contributed to this. A+ work!!!! (wait don't call it work)

 

[FreezinRafiki]

It's a quirk of iTunes, we are there, but (as of late last night) still not yet indexed for searching. Here is the direct iTunes URL to our podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id423206337

I see it, buy why oh why does it have Mighty Mouse as the logo?

This is the one that made me snort coffee on the screen (“Clean up in cubical A-113”!)

Nice Pixar reference!

 

[Goofy + 3]

We're at 5 pages already today and quickly headed to a 6th! Productivity is way down today...

I'm pretty sure that if you listen very carefully you can hear the wheels of commerce grinding to a halt.

 

[theduck619]

I know, it's impossible to keep up, everytime I head to a meeting today, I get back and see I am at least a page or two behind again.

I know what you mean...

 

[IamTrike]

I'm pretty sure that if you listen very carefully you can hear the wheels of commerce grinding to a halt.

Actually that grinding sound is the shot wheel bearings on my wife's minivan. Don't worry I'm getting it fixed today. I didn't have anything better to do with that money anyway...

 

[AJRitz]

I see it, buy why oh why does it have Mighty Mouse as the logo?

Because that's PodPress' default logo. For some reason, the setting for our logo didn't "take" initially. It is corrected now, but iTunes caches logo images for an undetermined amount of time.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

It's a quirk of iTunes, we are there, but (as of late last night) still not yet indexed for searching. Here is the direct iTunes URL to our podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id423206337

I finally got a chance to listen to the podcast last night. Y’all did a fine job for a first foray into a new realm. Nice work! Looking forward to the next edition.


Oh… On a completely unnecessary side note, I noticed that Squeaker has a new avatar in your sig. Just curious what the reference was? Clobbering a monitor with a hammer seemed to fit a three-year-old perfectly, but this one seems a bit more of an inside joke (either that or the boy just likes the look of the paw print and asked for it specifically).

Yah… I know… Sometimes I pay way too much attention to otherwise unimportant details.