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

[middlepat]

CONGRATS TIM, MEL & JULIANA!!!



All I can add to that is "That's Nice"!!!

GPS: OK, call me cheap, but I use the free Mapquest4 App for my iPhone. It works great, and although it drains the battery, if you have a car charger its not an issue.

Work sucked today, it looks like I'm going to have to kick a team member off our client group due to lack of responsibility. I hate doing this, but this is for one of our most important clients and there have just been a few too many "oops" moments causing every call I make to the client to begin with "I'm sorry about...". Hopefully this with give him a kick in the Beverly to wake up and pay attention to his work.

 

[stopher1]

Let's get you there tonite It's time to play ask Stoper A ? (only stopher can answer)

I'll start off

How many feet of Monorail track is in your den?

Oh you're too funny Ron...

but I'll play along for a little bit anyway.

Well, we bought the original set, and two expansion kits - one straight and one curved... so whatever that equals to is what it is. I know lots of little inane trivia items here and there - but not how many feet of track came with the original set! Or the expansion packs either.

 

[Disney Commando]

Oh you're too funny Ron...

but I'll play along for a little bit anyway.

Well, we bought the original set, and two expansion kits - one straight and one curved... so whatever that equals to is what it is. I know lots of little inane trivia items here and there - but not how many feet of track came with the original set! Or the expansion packs either.

OK lets make it easier, what was your best meal at WDW

 

[Wolfpacklegion]

For those that don't know...

Rule #1 Cardio
Rule #21 Avoid Strip Clubs

With all the spicy food talk maybe rule #3 beware of bathrooms

my DW Melody wasn't feeling herself. After a trip to Walmart and a test, we found out that Melody is pregnant!

Also, you all should be happy I'm having a boy.. that way I don't have to hand my camera over to my 4 year old daughter and have her take pictures of me doing Business in my Office!!!!!

Congrats

Anyone use GPS on thier trips? This is our first time driving and I thought about just using Google Maps or the GPS on my crappy Droid. Anyone have suggestions for GPS units????

I have a garmin Nuvi and love it

 

[stopher1]

OK lets make it easier, what was your best meal at WDW

Oh Ron - you say let's make it easier, and then you throw that one at me? 51 trips to the World under my belt and I'm supposed to think of one meal that stands out as the best?

Hmmmmmm - ok, I'm thinking....

 

[stopher1]

Perhaps if you'd worded it, favorite restaurant?

 

[middlepat]

Oh you're too funny Ron...

but I'll play along for a little bit anyway.

Well, we bought the original set, and two expansion kits - one straight and one curved... so whatever that equals to is what it is. I know lots of little inane trivia items here and there - but not how many feet of track came with the original set! Or the expansion packs either.

According the Disney Store website that would equate to 40'.

 

[Disney Commando]

Perhaps if you'd worded it, favorite restaurant?

That would work

 

[IamTrike]

Can we ask Stopher Disney related questions? Is there as much value staying onsite at DL as there is at WDW?

 

[stopher1]

According the Disney Store website that would equate to 40'.

Oh thanks. Sounds cool, but seems a bit much. But maybe. I don't know. I'd love to get a second train so we can be more like the real thing. One train is just kind of boring. Now two trains - that would be cool, especially if setting up one crossing over the other. We do enjoy setting my son's electric trains underneath it though... kind of giving it a Tomorrowland in Disneyland feel - where that actually happens - the OBA track goes above the "old fashioned" track for a little bit.

 

[Disney Commando]

According the Disney Store website that would equate to 40'.

Brian what do you say lets team up and get stoper to 10,000 only 30 to go

 

[middlepat]

Alright Christopher, here we go. 10,000 or bust.

Separate posts are OK to address each question.

1) Favorite Tomorrowland attraction (WDW & DL)

2) Favorite difference b/t DL & WDW

More to come...

 

[Disney Commando]

If Stopher could do 57pages in one day 30 posts should be a breeze

 

[stopher1]

That would work

I'm still thinking about it...

Can we ask Stopher Disney related questions? Is there as much value staying onsite at DL as there is at WDW?

You can ask me anything you want. Whether I respond or not remains to be seen.

Seriously though - I would say yes, there is - and no there is not - but it doesn't come cheaply - and it really is debatable. HOWEVER - keep this in mind - DL the resort (encompassing both theme parks, DTD, the three hotels and the assorted parking facilities - including the when it was built largest parking garage in the world) is only about 600 acres +/- and could easily fit inside AK and it's parking lot. DL is surrounded by lots and lots of motels and hotels all within a relatively short walking distance, though everything at DL is a relatively short walking distance when you compare it to WDW.

The real value for staying in a Disney resort hotel at DL comes from the Magic Mornings and the immersion factor. DL does not operate the same way that the WDW parks do, in that there are no Extra Magic Hours. Those came about after 9/11 when the business dropped off dramatically and entire resorts were shuttered for 6+ months, and another one under construction was suddenly cut in half and the unfinished half sat vacant and well, unfinished for nearly a decade. Pre-9/11 the WDW parks stayed open later more often just like DL does. DL the park, for much of the year opens at 8 am and stays open until 10, or 11 pm or even midnight. During the busiest parts of the year, it's often open until 1 or even 2 in the morning. DCA, for much of the year opens at 9 and stays open until 10, but goes later during the busiest times of the year til 11 or 12. Sometimes during the slower times DCA will open at 10 and close by 7 or 8.

Magic Mornings are only available to Disney resort guests, about 3x per week. The park opens an hour before normal, but only Fantasyland and Tomorrowland are open. This can be a real time saver for folks during the peak seasons.

Without DVC points - I would not stay on property. With them - heck yeah! I'd much rather walk 5 minutes than 15 or 20.

Vague enough for ya?

 

[stopher1]

If Stopher could do 57pages in one day 30 posts should be a breeze

True - or at least in theory - it all depends on WHAT you ask, and whether or not the questions cause me to get long winded or not

 

[Disney Commando]

Favorite resort DL

Seprate anwser

Favorite resort WDW

 

[AJRitz]

Can we ask Stopher Disney related questions? Is there as much value staying onsite at DL as there is at WDW?

I'm not stopher, but I spent some time looking into the question a few months ago. From everything I read, unless you're interested in spending the big money on the Grand Californian, it's probably not worth it. In fact, the other Disneyland hotels aren't any closer to the park gates than the nearby "good neighbor" hotels.

 

[middlepat]

The one attraction that you avoid like the plague.

 

[stopher1]

Alright Christopher, here we go. 10,000 or bust.

Separate posts are OK to address each question.

1) Favorite Tomorrowland attraction (WDW & DL)

2) Favorite difference b/t DL & WDW

More to come...

Alrighty...

1) My favorite attraction in Tomorrowland in both WDW and DL is by far Space Mountain. HOWEVER - my favorite version is Disneyland's. I don't like the tandem tracks and the inline seating at WDW. I feel that the tracks are too bumpy and jerky. The DL version has a single track configuration, dual seating per row, and is much, much smoother.

2) My favorite difference between DL and WDW comes down to the land make-up between the original Magic Kingdom and her east coast cousin. My two favorite lands in all Disney parks are a) NEW ORLEANS SQUARE in Disneyland and b) LIBERTY SQUARE in Walt Disney World. Both are such rich examples of the true immersion that the Imagineers are capable of. One is the only one ever truly based on a single, real location, the other a nice amalgam of early Americana. It is true that Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland was loosely on Walt's birthtown of Marceline, MO - but it too was more of an amalgam of small town midwestern Americana - whereas New Orleans Square is truely based on the Gay Paree of the turn of the last century. Absolutely fabulous theming and execution.

I truly like that both lands are unique to their respective parks and were not simply recreated as so many attractions are today.

 

[Disney Commando]

True - or at least in theory - it all depends on WHAT you ask, and whether or not the questions cause me to get long winded or not

It's all your opinion you don't have to justify anything