Recent content by tonypitt

Although we've been to MK probably 10 times, my wife and I had never ridden the horse-drawn carriage until our last trip. Right after entering the park after it opened we noticed that the front row in the carriage (next to the "driver") was empty. We hopped in and rode to the castle. What a...

Has anyone ever seen a parks map that was suitable for framing? I'd love to have a nice poster-size map of the Magic Kingdom to hang in my home office. (Framing a park map wouldn't be great because (1) it's folded and (2) it has a lot of other info on it.)

I'm a "pen snob" who loves using really good pens. A year ago my wife gave me a pen she picked up at Disney that was part of their "Executive Collection" line of pens. It's my favorite pen. This year while at the parks (I'm still in Orlando as I post this) I've looked in several of the park...

Today seemed moderately busy. Never a capacity crowd at WWTBAM. There were 8 shows scheduled today. Shows were 50-60 minutes apart. All 3 of the shows I was at ended after about 30 minutes, which makes sense when you figure they need 5 minutes to clear the auditorium and about 10 minutes...

If I were related to this guy I could envision giving annual Christmas gifts honoring his time at Jethro Tull University.

Went to 3 showings of WWTBAM today trying to get into the hot seat. Came close but never made it. Funniest thing was a young guy who was acting rather cocky that lost on the 3rd question. Q: (paraphrase) Which of the following people has a famous American university named after him...

It wouldn't have been turnaround time for the show I was there. I was at the 3 p.m. show and the next one was at 5 p.m. Also, the request for the audience to wait until the staging was cleared was a pre-recorded voice that was part of the soundtrack. It could be an alternate soundtrack from...

Went to see FoLK today at AK. Haven't seen a crowd like the one today there for quite a while. It has been a few months since I last saw this, and I noticed one big change I was curious about. At the end of the show all the other times I had seen it before, they left the "animal floats" out...

My Tivo picks up all kinds of Disney Parks related programs. One of the video clips that frequently is on those programs is a segment of Walt standing in front of a giant wall that has a map of the entire Walt Disney World complex envisioned at that time. In the video he's pointing at...

Wow, hopefully Disney never uses that typeface to communicate something important. After staring at my paper up close for a few minutes, I'm prepared to believe it could either be a 3 or 5, and since the 3 is correct, I guess that is what it says. On mine you clearly see the top...

I just purchased the CD Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams. It is the soundtrack of Wishes from Buena Vista Records. Inside the dust cover, the text begins: "Wishes" opened on October 9, 2005 and has been thrilling guests nightly ever since. But I know that I saw Wishes long...

If I had a nickel for every song title I've forgotten or mangled.... Can I redeem myself by noting that the song is Golden Dream and it was written by Randy Bright and Robert Moline? Now they just need an iTunes add on that would find a song for me based on me humming it.

No one has mentioned my favorite part of this attraction--the music. The "America, Spread Your Golden Wings" song is one of my favorites on my iPod.

My wife and I had FL Resident annual passes that expired in December. In October, or so, I purchased the renewal vouchers intending to renew our passes on our visit at Christmas. Unfortunately, we got sick early into our Christmas trip and wound up not redeeming the renewal. We're...

This has several huge downsides for me. As a Florida resident, my wife and I like to take weekend trips to WDW. (It's about a 7 hour drive for us.) With our schedules, we rarely can plan these more than a month in advance. Several times in the past few months we've booked AP rates a week or less...