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My dad wasa foreman on the opening maintenance team for Tower of Terror, helping install and test many of the ride systems. What you see below is the very first photo ever taken using the on-ride photo system after installation. They took the elevator platform (sans ride vehicle) all the way...

Here are his name tags. He was hired by Disney in '91 after being laid off by the local defense contractor he worked for following his retirement from the military. He worked in all 4 parks and opened several attractions (that's where the referenced MGM history comes into play). For...

I can look into that, thanks!

I apologize if this isn't the thread for this, but my dad, who was a long-time CM after serving in the military, passed away this morning. He was an electrical engineer and worked for 20 years fixing rides and attractions (primarily 3rd shift overnight) to preserve the magic for countless...

My dad was a 20+ year CM throughout the 90s and early aughts and passed away this morning. Does anyone know if there is some kind of retired CM group or forum that might have interest in this information? He lost contact with most of his coworkers when he retired, unfortunately. Second, is...

Considering the cost of SWGE, the lost revenue from Shanghai and HKDL and all of the new stuff opening over the next year, I'm actually surprised the increases weren't higher. Doesn't change the fact, though, that after 13 years of APs, we're not renewing next month.

If you refer to my response to @Benjamin_Nicholas , this was not a troll and is my honest opinion. When I say Voices of Liberty are overrated, I'm referring to their sound and song arrangements, not the technical ability of the singers. As I said, my wife was a voice major with someone who...

Red vest and bowtie for me.

Nope, this is my honest opinion, and it has nothing to do with song selection. I've never liked that fake, sugary-sweet pop sound and have never felt it fit in with their period dress, patriotic song selection or the rotunda setting. I believe I have described the LS as what a Hallmark Card...

Festival of the Lion King is one of the worst shows on property. Liberty Singers are overrated.

Awesome, I was hoping they'd sell them eventually. Do you remember which one's were available?

And I think I also mentioned this before, but as someone of Scandinavian decent (my grandfather was Norwegian and my grandmother Swedish), I think I speak with at least a tiny bit of authority on the matter. Many of the people in my extended family groups (on Facebook and Ancestry) quite like...

This article just popped up in this old raver's Facebook feed. It looks like Sweden's largest theme park company threw a private party at the Magic Kingdom on Saturday and invited WDW employees to attend. Yeah, they got one of the biggest DJs in the world, Axwell, to play a live set right in...

Huh, I figured that had been the case for a long time. I see others have had sporadic, anecdotal success getting walk-up seating, but for us, it has been literal years since we've gotten a walk-up.

Is the smoker still there for the Festival stand? If so, I'm curious if BBQ Festival kiosks will go away once this place opens. Seems redundant to me.

Woh, thanks for posting that! I had very clear memories of a Pirate gift shop with flags hanging from the ceiling from when I was a kid, and had started to wonder if I with dreamed it up or it was from somewhere else.

Hi, yeah in the past, we typically were able to fit our doggo in at BFPC the same week we were planning on going (we even were able to get a same day reservation once). Unfortunately, it seems those days are gone. I'm not sure why. More people traveling with pets than prior years? Disney...

I love Ashoka as a character, but with the exception of a disembodied voice, she was not part of the saga. The audience for TCW is much smaller and niche than the saga audience.

It's not nonsense, there IS an extremely toxic subset of the fandom. What is nonsense is denying that it exists. Seriously, though, what exactly would you add to SWGE to "represent the whole saga?"

Oh, how I miss SW Weekends.