VWL Lovers & Groupies Thread: Meese-ka, Mice-ka MOOSE-kateers

[I Book He Pays]

Hi Groupies:
Happy Friday! Anyone have plans for the weekend?

I can't believe I have more birthday wishes. Thank you all so much! I'm very touched and really appreciate you making my birthday special.

MiaSRN ~ Oh I envy you for being at WDW right now. How do you like BLT? Have a fantastic vacation and enjoy!

Inkmahm ~ OUCH! I feel so bad for you with the upcoming dental implant. DH had one several years ago and it was more annoying than painful. His was in the back as well but on the upper left side of his mouth. DH had issues with food getting caught in the hole, had to brush more, chew more on the other side of his mouth, etc. Like you, it was a long process but over time he got used to it. Good luck!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[Inkmahm]

Yes I have ! Lost a tooth to an accident in 2007. It does take that timeline but they give you a retainer/flipper to wear. It's a pain initially but I did get used to it. So much in fact, that when it was time to get the flipper out and in the trash when my implant was finalized it felt SO weird not having it. Any other questions, please feel free to ask.

The dentist told me there wouldn't be a temporary tooth since you can't see it. I guess if it was a front tooth, I'd have some kind of fake tooth in the meantime. Was yours in the front where a hole in your mouth would have been seen?

 

[Inkmahm]

Inkmahm[/B] ~ OUCH! I feel so bad for you with the upcoming dental implant. DH had one several years ago and it was more annoying than painful. His was in the back as well but on the upper left side of his mouth. DH had issues with food getting caught in the hole, had to brush more, chew more on the other side of his mouth, etc. Like you, it was a long process but over time he got used to it. Good luck!:hug

That's what I'm afraid of- the annoying hole in the mouth. I'm pretty much use to pain from dental issues so that I can live with. But I think that hole is going to drive me nuts.

 

[MiaSRN62]

The dentist told me there wouldn't be a temporary tooth since you can't see it. I guess if it was a front tooth, I'd have some kind of fake tooth in the meantime. Was yours in the front where a hole in your mouth would have been seen?

Yes, it was near the front....good luck Inkmahm. It's great to have an option such as dental implants. But they sure aren't cheap ! My son needed one too when he was 16 due to a football accident.

 

[Inkmahm]

"Walt Disney World will be celebrating their 40th year on Oct. 1, 2011 at the Magic Kingdom with a character parade and sing-along in the morning, 40th branded merchandise and artist signings all day, and a special edition of the Wishes fireworks at night.

The celebration will start just before 10 a.m. as Mickey, Minnie and a character cavalcade of their friends go on parade from the Main Street Train Station to Cinderella Castle where they will be joined by Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton. Guests are invited to gather in front of the castle as memories of opening day are shared and a sing-along is held with the Dapper Dans barbershop quartet.

Not only will a one-day-only 40th Anniversary T-shirt be available for sale but artists in various media will be signing their limited edition artwork and merchandise. Here’s a list:

Diamond Horseshoe
Costa Alavezos 9-11 a.m.
Brent Reese 9-11 a.m.
Greg McCullough 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 4-5 p.m.
Noah 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 4-5 p.m.
Dave Avanzino 1-3 p.m., 4-5 p.m.
Jody Daily & Kevin Kidney 1-3 p.m., 4-5 p.m.

Uptown Jewelers
Jim Shore 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Robert Olszewski 12-2 p.m., 4-5 p.m.
Gene Gonda 1-3 p.m.

In addition to the special merchandise on sale at Mickey’s Gift Station, Island Supply, News Stand, Sir Mickey’s, Uptown jewelers and Diamond Horseshoe, there will be 40th anniversary cupcakes on sale in the Main Street Bakery."


I'd LOVE a 40th anniversary tshirt but we're not there tomorrow. If anyone is there and happens to be near the tshirts, I'd be happy to buy one for you if you'd also pick up a L and a 2XL for me. PM me if you think you can do this. Thanks!

 

[MiaSRN62]

The dentist told me there wouldn't be a temporary tooth since you can't see it. I guess if it was a front tooth, I'd have some kind of fake tooth in the meantime. Was yours in the front where a hole in your mouth would have been seen?

Yes, it was near the front....good luck Inkmahm. It's great to have an option such as dental implants. But they sure aren't cheap ! My son needed one too when he was 16 due to a football accident.

 

[Inkmahm]

Yes, it was near the front....good luck Inkmahm. It's great to have an option such as dental implants. But they sure aren't cheap ! My son needed one too when he was 16 due to a football accident.

If I'm lucky, I'll get away with this costing about $4,000. Yikes. Still, it is better than losing more teeth and ending up with dentures.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hi all.....I Book He Pays....love BLT. Had a rocky start with a bad check-in and rude manager at the Contemporary, but all is well now.

I just had a mini DIS meet with Joy (Teapot) ! It was so nice to meet her !!! We had such a nice talk ! We mentioned how exceptionally nice people from our VWL group are---it's so true !

 

[MiaSRN62]

stopher1 ........October 4
Hi Stopher ! I'll be out to sea on Oct 4 and I heard internet is sketchy. So wanted to wish you a very happy bday early ! My dh's is Oct 8.

Have a very happy day on your birthday !!!!

 

[Muushka]

Maria! Awesome birthday stick-guy! I am so glad you did that, I forgot to add our birthdays for Oct onto my reminder thingy!

Have a wonderful cruise on the beautiful Magic!

 

[Corinne]

Trish, sorry I missed your birthday! Hope you had a WONDERFUL day!!!!!!!!

 

[franandaj]

Stopher, my thoughts are with you in this difficult time. I'm glad your family will all be together again. Your DW needs you right now.

Happy Birthday Trish, sorry that I missed it!

Inkmahm, too bad about the tooth. As far as MK shirts, I heard on another thread that by 9:30AM there were no more on the racks left. The crowds sounded awful! I can't imagine how busy it must have been!

I'm enjoying the Grand Californian right now... but now I'm only a month from my stay at the Lodge!

 

[Inkmahm]

Inkmahm, too bad about the tooth. As far as MK shirts, I heard on another thread that by 9:30AM there were no more on the racks left. The crowds sounded awful! I can't imagine how busy it must have been!

I'm enjoying the Grand Californian right now... but now I'm only a month from my stay at the Lodge!

I watched ebay yesterday and bought a shirt with "buy it now" for $50, double the retail tag amount. But most of them for sale are listed at $130 to start bidding and $150 to buy it now! That's nuts. Even $50 was pushing it as I'm not crazy about the design but it is a piece of history that I wanted. Dynaguy doesn't even like it enough for me to bid for him to get him a shirt.

I can't imagine why WDW would sell such a small number of shirts instead of selling them all year long. They left $ on the table.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I watched ebay yesterday and bought a shirt with "buy it now" for $50, double the retail tag amount. But most of them for sale are listed at $130 to start bidding and $150 to buy it now! That's nuts. Even $50 was pushing it as I'm not crazy about the design but it is a piece of history that I wanted. Dynaguy doesn't even like it enough for me to bid for him to get him a shirt.

I can't imagine why WDW would sell such a small number of shirts instead of selling them all year long. They left $ on the table.

Please tell me you're talking about something besides the women's white shirt with the gold castle or the men's black shirt?!?!?! I went to ebay and saw those going for ridiculous prices but they can be ordered online thru the disneystore until midnight tonight. You won't receive them for 4-6 weeks though. But if that's all you order with the shipping etc. it puts the total up around $40 so not too different from what you paid - if it's the same. I feel very bad for the people paying over $100 for those shirts though!

 

[twinklebug]

I watched ebay yesterday and bought a shirt with "buy it now" for $50, double the retail tag amount. But most of them for sale are listed at $130 to start bidding and $150 to buy it now! That's nuts. Even $50 was pushing it as I'm not crazy about the design but it is a piece of history that I wanted. Dynaguy doesn't even like it enough for me to bid for him to get him a shirt.

I can't imagine why WDW would sell such a small number of shirts instead of selling them all year long. They left $ on the table.

My theory is that Disney will continue selling the 40th merchandise throughout the year, but didn't want to put them out until the anniversary actually came. As for the sellout, they just didn't predict demand to get enough off to the stores and on the floor. Bet they have boxes and boxes of them off in the warehouse.

 

[Inkmahm]

Please tell me you're talking about something besides the women's white shirt with the gold castle or the men's black shirt?!?!?! I went to ebay and saw those going for ridiculous prices but they can be ordered online thru the disneystore until midnight tonight. You won't receive them for 4-6 weeks though. But if that's all you order with the shipping etc. it puts the total up around $40 so not too different from what you paid - if it's the same. I feel very bad for the people paying over $100 for those shirts though!

Yup, the black one. The advertisement I saw (and posted here earlier) was that it was only going to be available one day, on the 40th anniversary. I think that's exactly what caused the huge sellout within the first half hour.

edit: Thanks for the info. After posting here last night, I went to the DisneyStore site and bought one for Dynaguy. At the lower price, he agreed he wanted one. I don't know that people are actually spending the $100+ prices at ebay to get these. I suspect the market for them just isn't there at that cost.

 

[eliza61]

Since we are so water logged here on the East Coast, seems like it's been raining non stop for 2 weeks now, I'm going with a Pirates of the Caribbean theme....

Pirates of the Caribbean did not open in Walt Disney World until December 15, 1973, and is believed to be the last attraction that Walt Disney personally worked on.

Walt Disney World was originally planned to not include a Pirates of the Caribbean boat ride, as it was felt that the pirates theme was not "exotic" enough for Florida.

It is rumored that the Cast Members must say hello to "George", the resident "ghost" in Pirates of the Caribbean. If a Cast Member doesn’t give the morning greeting, or someone on the ride insists, "George isn’t real," then the ride will break down. George was rumored to be an Imagineer who designed the track system for the ride.


Shirts, what shirts? what did I miss? I didn't hear about no stinkin shirts.... (in her best Al Pacino imitation).

 

[Inkmahm]

Shirts, what shirts? what did I miss? I didn't hear about no stinkin shirts.... (in her best Al Pacino imitation).

There were special 40th anniversary tshirts for sale yesterday at the MK for about the first 15 minutes that the park was open. Then they were sold out. Everything I read said they were available for some party on Sept 30th that people paid $285 to attend and then were available at park opening on Oct 1st. They aren't particularly beautiful but they are historic, IMHO. Dynaguy said for the 40th anniversary he would have designed a shirt with 40 characters on it! I agree. I have one of those for Walt's 100th birthday and it is one of my favorite shirts with all the characters on it.


Anyway, I bought one of the black shirts for me on ebay for $50 (double the face value). Then I saw the note here about them still being sold yesterday on the Disney Store site and I was able to get one for Dynaguy there. There are no longer for sale online this morning. If you want to see them, take a look at ebay.

I also read that the limited edition cupcakes for the 40th anniversary at MK on Oct 1st were ridiculous as they only made 120 of them! How crazy is that? People stood in line for an hour to get a cupcake and then there weren't any left. Disney seems to really have dropped the ball on this 40th celebration.

 

[wildernessDad]

I feel very fortunate indeed. I have been worried about my work situation as the Department that I am in, Space related, is getting thin from a work perspective. It's not that I could not have found work if I had been severed, but that I wanted to continue working where I am, as I also teach for the University as an Adjunct Professor.

I was told by my group supervisor this morning that an add on contract was given to us and that I would be working on it for the next 3 years! That's an eternity from a planning standpoint. I have been working on this program since its inception. I literally had tears of joy and will be popping a cork this evening.

Also, my wife's friend called on Saturday and they ARE coming to VWL this Nov/Dec! We are very excited to have them with us. I made their plane reservation and they'll issue me a check. If they have to cancel for some reason, I will get the plane credits to use for a future flight.

 

[Dizny Dad]

I feel very fortunate indeed. . . . . . . . I was told by my group supervisor this morning that an add on contract was given to us and that I would be working on it for the next 3 years! . . . . .

Cool! DVC MFs covered for the next three years! Congratulations!