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    News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

    But what properties are these? Where are they located? Doesn't Disney own all the property within the RCID borders?
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    News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

    Question: Just who are those other land holders? Doesn't Disney/RCID de-annex the property when they sell it? Like at Celebration and Golden Oak? The hotel row and Swan/Dolphin are on Disney owned land that is leased to the Hotels.
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    Contemporary $970 RIPOFF

    Was your date a Friday or Saturday night? I am finding that the Marriott properties (all of them) have jacked up the weekend prices for December but the prices during the week are 1/2 the cost. I wonder if demand during the week has sagged but they are still getting long weekenders.
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    Iconic Purple Directional Signs Being Replaced

    Of course they are clearer, they are new. The reflective coating has worn off of the old ones. Road signs are reflective thanks to the glass beads, microprisms, or encapsulated lenses present on reflective sheeting. These materials bend light, so it comes back to the source, making road signs...
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    Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Now Open!

    Now factor out the DCL ships....
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    News Cast in Bronze from 90's EPCOT is back at Walt Disney World

    I have fond memories of them playing before the nightly lighting of the Christmas tree at EPCOT.... Of course there was also a ceremony for the lighting and the Lights Of Winter were right behind them. Good memories.... Not so much anymore. I will have to get over to their show in the...
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    MCO Terminal C to open September 2022

    Rental Cars (coming soon to Terminal C) Connecting Between Terminals If you are connecting between terminals (e.g. arriving at Terminal C and picking up a rental car at Terminal B), there are two options: Shuttle Bus A shuttle bus service operates 24 hours a day, between Terminal C and...
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    What has happened to the place we (used to) love?

    Some fun facts: There are 15 gates, but 5 of them can handle 2 narrow body jets or 1 wide body jet. So the terminal can handle up to 20 planes. They have already broke ground on adding 4 more gates that were scaled back due to Covid uncertainties. The C terminal was designed to have up to 60...
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    News New look for Walt Disney World's EPCOT area Friendship Boats

    We were there in early September. I saw that they were belching thick black clouds of exhaust. The transom was all sooted up. I don't know how anyone could sit in the open back area what with the sooty fumes. Looked like an old car that had a blown piston ring and was belching smoke.
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    News New look for Walt Disney World's EPCOT area Friendship Boats

    What are the bows hitting? The bow is all dented in. It looks like a bad Bondo job done by the high school body shop class. The paint on the bow already has scuff marks all over it. Considering they come in from the side to the docks, what are they hitting with the front? Are they playing...
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    News Several character meet and greets to be cut at Walt Disney World as labor shortage continues

    What is causing this to happen? I would think that staffing isn't higher than before, requiring more spots.
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    News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

    Since it looks like they still have the construction railing up along that stretch of the entrance path instead of the final railing, it looks promising for a view blocking wall. I just keep remembering the backside of Rat on the Skyliner. Power transformers and all.
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    News Rare, Endangered Okapi Calf Born at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge

    If they didn't, they would loose their AZA accreditation. They have to follow the species survival plan.
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    News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

    Since your now going to get a good closeup of the Space Mt building, do you think they will power wash the algae off of it? Is the building suppose to be white or pale green, with darker highlight strips (of mildew)? Also, the backside of the power building (gift shop) they are working on is...
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    News New limited time shopDisney discount for Walt Disney World Annual Passholders

    Or their sales are off due to the constant price increases. They need to pump up the 3rd Q numbers and someone realized that if prices are lower, we can sell merch and pump up the numbers. Win-Win.
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    Price Hikes Galore! (Genie+ variable pricing, ILL, refillable mugs, SWGE lightsaber and droids)

    I thought I remember it being due to building codes. If its under xx days, they follow temporary building building codes, but over the xx days, they have to put a "real" building there. I remember the stage that high school groups performed at outside of the SW quadrant of Communicore was...
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    News Walt Disney World Christmas holidays 2022

    I'm not seeing the Germany performer listed. Are they gone?
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    Hurricane Ian expected to impact Florida (updates and related discussions)

    I just checked it. It says the winds are at 7 mph gusting to 10 miles per hour. I think it needs to be recalibrated!
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    Orlando Becoming East Coast Headquarters for Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products

    I think when they first started opening Aldi's, they seemed to put them into lower income areas, but now they seem to have started putting them into lower middle and mid middle class areas.
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    Blizzard Beach Construction

    Want to bet on that. Since they put that thing together from parts on the ground (Erector Set), that was the time to theme it, not when its up in the air. Much more difficult to access it. Also, if you get a jam on the belt, you can't see where its at. The more important question; why are...
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