The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MinnieM123]

Today I found out that my local Disney Store which I had been going to since I was a kid is closed! I'm not sure at this point if the closure is permanent or just for remodeling, as it still had the 90s Disney Store look.

Disney store pulled out of my area years ago. I was very sad to see it go. Don't think there are many of them left around the country.

 

[MinnieM123]

We would like to go to the next one in 2019.

You'll be a D23 pro by that time and will know exactly how to maneuver your way around the crowds, to get to the best panels, presentations, etc. You did really well this time, too.

From what I've read from others who also attended--it takes a while to know what and where to line up for, to get the most out of the fan experience there. Heard it can be really competitive.

 

[Songbird76]

Sympathy like. I thought things were a bit more civilized over there. edit oops we were typing at the same time

When it comes to childbirth, the Dutch are very old-fashioned. Most women stay at home as opposed to going to a hospital. And you are only given pain meds "if you need it", which is not determined by you, as the person in pain. It's determined by the nurses and midwives and whether they think you are in that much pain or not. It's quite archaic.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

@Songbird76 We have never been to Boma before. Always looked at it and tempted to try but never got there. As we are doing the dining plan this year it makes sense to try places like that and the times lined up for the adr's. The first two visits are just the two of us and the second breakfast is with the people we are meeting and was their choice ( such hardship going back there)

 

[FutureCEO]

@Songbird76 We have never been to Boma before. Always looked at it and tempted to try but never got there. As we are doing the dining plan this year it makes sense to try places like that and the times lined up for the adr's. The first two visits are just the two of us and the second breakfast is with the people we are meeting and was their choice ( such hardship going back there)

It's amazing the UK residents get more perks than US residents.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

It's amazing the UK residents get more perks than US residents.

We don't get any room rates (and we didn't get free dining for this trip) so it kinda levels out to some extent.

 

[FutureCEO]

We don't get any room rates (and we didn't get free dining for this trip) so it kinda levels out to some extent.

True. I'm sure the cheaper pound helps too.

 

[Songbird76]

@Songbird76 We have never been to Boma before. Always looked at it and tempted to try but never got there. As we are doing the dining plan this year it makes sense to try places like that and the times lined up for the adr's. The first two visits are just the two of us and the second breakfast is with the people we are meeting and was their choice ( such hardship going back there)

Second breakfast....do you also have an ADR for Elevensies?

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Second breakfast....do you also have an ADR for Elevensies?

I must ask if the butler sorted that for us

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

True. I'm sure the cheaper pound helps too.

It is nowhere near as good as it has benn in the past (around 2$ to the pound in about 2001 ) but i think the fact that UK holidays tend to be 2 weeks or more to Florida helps.

 

[FutureCEO]

It is nowhere near as good as it has benn in the past (around 2$ to the pound in about 2001 ) but i think the fact that UK holidays tend to be 2 weeks or more to Florida helps.

Crazy that you all want to come to the loony bin.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Crazy that you all want to come to the loony bin.

It's not a whole lot better over here re;brexit etc

 

[Songbird76]

It's amazing the UK residents get more perks than US residents.

I think, in general, we end up spending more money there than US guests. I mean, sure, we get great tickets and things, but with the costs of flights, no one would do it. If you are going to go on a vacation overseas, you don't go for 3 or 4 nights. It's not worth the price of flights, nor the jetlag with the huge time difference. Flights are about 1000 per person...for our family of 4, there's no WAY we'd go to Disney for only a few days if we had to pay 10,000 bucks between flights, hotel stays, food, park tickets...not many people have that kind of money sitting around. So instead, if we're going to make a trip, it has to be longer than just a few days. So we tend to stay for a couple of weeks....also which only the rich could afford to do at regular prices. The longer you are there, the more money you are putting in Disney's coffers. They want those long bookings, and they want them to come back. Which means you've got to make it affordable.

 

[DryerLintFan]

Boy, y'all are making me never ever want to get pregnant with these stories. Like, ever.

There are a bunch of things I hated about being pregnant, but surprisingly the no food thing didn't make the list. I didn't really notice how hungry I was until after. I had 17 hours of labor followed by two hours of my body going into actual shock, so they wouldn't feed me. When the shock subsided it too then an hour to being me a grilled cheese sandwich, and I felt STARVING, but before that I didn't really notice being hungry.

Lesson: When you are packing your bag for the hospital, pack snacks. Make sure they are easily accessible. I would have been fine if I hadn't delivered just after the dinner hour. The hospital kitchen was closed, so they couldn't make me a warm meal anymore, and by the time they got me in my room for the night, visiting hours were over, so my husband couldn't go out and bring something back for me. It was after 9pm when I was brought to my room, which I shared with 3 other women and their babies. So it wasn't like he could just hang out there outside of visiting hours. There was nothing open in the hospital to provide me with food and no one could come and bring me something from the outside...plus, all the grocery stores closed around 7 or 8...the ONLY thing that would have been open at that hour is McDonalds. I just had bad timing. But, you can prepare for that.

Definitely pack snacks!! I made three mistake of packing sweet snacks. I was a gestational diabetic and they told me that it would go away after birth so I thought that meant right after birth. It turns out it took almost twenty four hours, so I couldn't eat my Oreos until the next day and had to rely on hospital food that took forever to come.

 

[DryerLintFan]

I think, in general, we end up spending more money there than US guests. I mean, sure, we get great tickets and things, but with the costs of flights, no one would do it. If you are going to go on a vacation overseas, you don't go for 3 or 4 nights. It's not worth the price of flights, nor the jetlag with the huge time difference. Flights are about 1000 per person...for our family of 4, there's no WAY we'd go to Disney for only a few days if we had to pay 10,000 bucks between flights, hotel stays, food, park tickets...not many people have that kind of money sitting around. So instead, if we're going to make a trip, it has to be longer than just a few days. So we tend to stay for a couple of weeks....also which only the rich could afford to do at regular prices. The longer you are there, the more money you are putting in Disney's coffers. They want those long bookings, and they want them to come back. Which means you've got to make it affordable.

If it makes you feel any better, some of our domestic flights are that expensive too. I had to stop going to see my family in California every year because the plane tickets alone were $1200. This year the kid and I are flying there on points, so I only paid about $40 in processing fees.

 

[Songbird76]

If it makes you feel any better, some of our domestic flights are that expensive too. I had to stop going to see my family in California every year because the plane tickets alone were $1200. This year the kid and I are flying there on points, so I only paid about $40 in processing fees.

1200 for one person??? Where are you again? I know Hawaii is supposed to be insanely expensive for flights, but I thought within the contiguous states, it capped out around 400-500. I guess it depends on the time of year, too. We can only travel in the Summer months because that's the only break that's longer than a week or 2, and we'd get in BIG trouble if the kids weren't in school when they were supposed to be. Christmas, we could conceivably go for a week or so, but then we'd have no time to get rid of jetlag, plus, Christmas is also high season, so it wouldn't help the prices. In March, when my dad died, it cost us 800 a piece to fly. Last summer, it was closer to 1500.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I wonder how they'll top this year. BTW if you go ignore the person i your suitcase

In 2019 Disney should really be in full planning mode for WDW's 50th so maybe there will be more good news.

 

[donaldtoo]

I just saw on Facebook that imagineer Mary Sklar passed away. So sad. It was such a highlight listening to him at the D23 Expo this year at the Legends of Imagineering and Pirates of the Caribbean panel.

Not the best picture but the best I had on my phone of the legends panel , Mr. Sklar was in white.
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So sad, indeed, and apparently completely unexpected.
So few of the old guard that actually personally worked with Walt left.
Thanks for sharing the pics.
Rest in peace Marty Sklar.

 

[donaldtoo]

It was actually 105 here yesterday.
Predicted high of 106 today...!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

8 days until Friendship Day.