Recent content by Kevin_W

Great report and pictures. I rode Pinnochio last week and thought it was different than Anaheim... but it's been a while since I've ridden California's so I could well be wrong. We haven't been to HK or Shanghai, but have been to the other 4 resorts and BatB is DD's favorite ride at any of...

I was curious about this. I googled that the 6 partner hotels near Bayside station have a total of 4100 rooms. At 80% double occupancy that would be 6560 people riding the monorail at $2USD each to return to their hotel room. Let's say half of those went to TDR and half to TDS, so opening the...

I was at TDS last week and really enjoyed wandering the Fantasy Springs area. I'd read the complaints about the hotel, but thought to myself that it looked pretty nice and I really liked the fountains and stonework. Then I walked back to the front of the park and saw Mira Costa over the harbor...

Do you count this?

Thanks for that info! This is a picture I had from a few years later at Hoop Dee Doo. Pretty sure it is indeed the same guy: Hoop De Doo - Bear by Kevin

Jack Diamond was my favorite of the citizens! Trueblood mentioned busking. We only saw this guy once, but my daughter had a nice interaction with him: IMG_2261 by Kevin

This question has probably been asked before, but are there any shows planned for this stage upon it reopening? The two times we've visited DLP nothing has been going on on the stage.

Amen! I always enjoyed the French Waiter act, and really all the Epcot live entertainment over the years has added something to WS. Even the short-lived Italian flag corps felt very "Epcot-y " to me.

Just a random insult to people who happen to disagree with you.

How did the Airlo work? You just download the app and install the esim on your phone. Then when back to the US do you have to do anything? (If it matters, I'm using a Samsung S24 on Total Wireless)

I'm not BrianLo, but I used a Wifi hotspot from GlocalMe. ~$7-8/day and we coudl al sue our phones with a single hotspot. ESim probably similar price for the whole family, but we have a lot of experience with the GlocalME and I like just turning it on when the airplane lands and having data.

64 seats is a huge swing!

I've read that Ristorante Di Canaletto is very good and it's a beautiful restaurant, though we did not eat there. I found TDL curry (and Japanese curry in general) to be a little sweet for my tastes. I think I prefer Indian curry to Japanese. It wasn't bad, but I wouldn't seek it out. If I...

I'll third Magellan's - I think it's the only TS we did in the parks and it was quite good.

Agreed. There is so much infrastructure cost to a 5th gate (more roads, more busses, more electrical substations, etc.) that you don't need for expansion of the existing parks.