Recent content by Beacon Joe

Oh man. Classic tiki bar / poly-pop fan and Hawaiian here and I agree. Don't get me started.:D Boutiki has some pretty attractive and well thought out decor (the framing, displays, prints, and even the painted trimwork), but those massive Party City / Dollar Tree / Buffett-Florida style tikis...

Say what? And why to they have ipads hanging on them? Anybody have a photo of this?

It sucks the spontaneity and fun out of the experience for sure. My parents are getting up there in years and recently have been talking about maybe going for one last visit to DW the next time they're in Florida since they haven't gone in almost a decade. I've been biting my tongue and so far...

What food do they have nowadays on the buffet? IIRC, we first ate there in ~ 2012 and I was pleasantly surprised. Partially that may have been because I had read very mixed reviews beforehand so my expectations were low. But that year, they did have passable grocery store-level sushi on the...

LOL. I hear ya, and his video isn't groundbreaking and he seems to be biting his tongue a lot. But I thought it was a decent video.

Very well said. If their goal was to attract and retain repeat, affluent customers, their dramatic decline in customer experience and customer service would not have been allowed. I grew up going to DL and DW in the 80s and 90s. When we started bringing our own kids almost 20 years ago, things...

I know he's beloved here, but the one time I encountered him I found him creepy and annoying as hell and think I referred to him on this forum ~ 4 years ago as a weird wannabe vlogger - at the time, I had no idea who he was or how popular his channel was. He was seriously annoying and he was in...

A good video from Jim Shull:

I always found Figment a little cringey and forced, and his human companion incredibly creepy and gross.

Wait until you see the "beach" and other waterfront, uh, decor afterthoughts. 😧 And the hanging green things that immediately bring to mind the aesthetics of the interior of an automated car wash combined with a cat tower/cat condo/scratching post. 🧐 Also willing to bet you'll lower your...

Fortuitous business trip gave me a few hours to drive onto property and see this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Maybe they'll make another bulk buy from Michael's fake foliage and fake flower section like they did for the Splash Mountain retheme, and drape that junk all over the concrete blocks.

Based on the recent concept art, it looks like the former shoreline pathway from the Polynesian to the Grand Floridian (and then to the park) will not be restored. I'd like to assume they will at least build a pathway on the Floridian Drive side of the Hampton Inn so people can again walk...

Sorry for taking this a little off topic, but that whole situation still sort of amuses me in a dark way. At the time, it seemed like everybody was up in arms and in a large part due to concern over how the park's presence would impact I-66 and ruin rural landscapes, creating sprawl and...

Used to be sitting my rear in the sand here: Or enjoying the view from here: I also spent a lot of time enjoying the band's music from here: Since everything else has been destroyed, I'm left with this: