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    New look for the Confectionery on Main Street U.S.A at Magic Kingdom

    I saw it in person last Thursday...looks very out of place...and it is SO MUCH brighter in person and the brick contrast is really off putting..I like the red trim though..but overall I do not like it. It's like it smacked me in the face as soon as I stepped onto Main Street.
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    Zip-a-dee-doo-BLAH, let's track its progress

    I popped into the MK on Thursday afternoon and they were draining Splash so I didn't get a chance to check it out. As far as maintenance goes..I know some people that spent more time laid off than working and finally gave up on Disney and moved on to other opportunities. Loved the new changes...
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    Moving to Florida for many reasons

    We moved here from MA and those first few cheaper grocery trips were great! Then you acclimate to the lower prices. Car insurance was double what we paid in MA, but we don't get excise taxes on the vehicles year after year. We rented in MA so I have no idea what taxes or insurance added to the...
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    Duffy Price?

    My mother had a Duffy back when they were still called I believe 'Disney Bear' ...and that was 10+ years ago..she handed it off to my kids 3 or so years ago and it was instant obsession my eldest named him 'Mickey Mouse':rolleyes:....the dogs got a hold of 'Mickey Mouse' and it was a total...
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    Would you stay at Disney Campground if that was the only way you could go?

    I'll stay in the cabins(the kids think it's 'camping')...but tent camping is too much...hubby has a bad back, my kids would be bathroom obsessed meaning that I would have to take them to the comfort stations every 20 minutes...and dishes??!?!....I'd get stuck doing those too..by hand! Luckily I...
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    Moving to Florida??

    Polk is very conservative to boot...I used to joke that Sheriff Judd arrests people for being naked in the privacy of their own homes...until he arrested someone for being naked inside of their own home...then it wasn't so funny any more. South Lakeland isn't too bad...but parts of the rest of...
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    How were those holiday crowds this 4th of July weekend?

    We arrived at Epcot @5pm and crowds weren't heavy at all. It didn't turn into a sea if people until about 8pm. We watched Illuminations in Japan and the crowd wasn't too bad.
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    How has Disney tried to encourage healthy eating?

    I am gluten intolerant..the is a whole lot that I cannot eat..I never have a hard time finding something to eat at WDW. I can always find water wherever I find soda. I also find fresh fruit all over the place. TS restaurants always have healthier options on the menu and for the most part can be...
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    Moving to Florida??

    I lived in the MA/RI area before moving to FL 5 years ago. We ended up in Lakeland thinking it would give us some options work-wise...Orlando, Lakeland, and Tampa all have major employers. Lakeland(south end) reminds us of North Attleboro, MA....everything close by...but not too close. *Note...
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    Crowd levels at the other parks during SWW?

    We arrived at DHS around 1:30 on Sat the 22nd, at that point the DHS lot was full and they were redirecting to the Epcot lot and giving complimentary parking passes for the day. Since we only had about 4 hours to spend. we decided to just stay at Epcot instead of venturing into DHS and dealing...
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    Qeustion about "deals"

    Booked a bounceback rate for October during a trip in Feb ..it was either 35 or 40 percent off..waiting for AP rates to see if I can get a better deal....I got Wilderness cabins last year for $137 a night with an AP discount...now I have expectations...lol. Thank goodness I don't have to play...
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    How much do you spend on dining?

    way too much... family of 5, and usually 1 tag-a-long....I cannot eat gluten and feel a little safer eating at a table service restaurant after a bad experience at a counter service location(they tried...but glutenized me anyway)
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    Vinylmation trading

    I wonder if they are trying to curb eBay sales? Part of the thrill of Vinylmation at the parks is the 'grab bag' factor....not knowing what you are going to get(yes I loved the grab bags at the everything under $10 store at DTD). My husband bought an entire case of Vinylmation for me for our...
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    Locals: How often do you go to WDW??

    We live about 45 minutes away...we manage a weekend day once a month and we try to fit in a 3-5 day weekend on-site every quarter..but hubby's schedule is crazy and constantly changing. I would try to take the kids more often but we have two 9 month old English Mastiff puppies ..I can't leave...
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    Trails End Buffet

    We tried it about a year ago....we didn't care for it.. it all tasted bad...even the 18 year old who will eat anything..couldn't stomach anything from the buffet. If he had eaten I would have assumed that the rest of us were just being fussy after a week of table service meals but when that kid...
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    Do all celebrities get a cast member escort?

    The way I look at it is that I could stay at the same hotel and eat at the same restaurants as Johnny Depp...but I won't have throngs of middle aged women throwing themselves at me as I walk through Fantasy Land. It might be worth providing a few thousand dollars worth of complimentary...
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    Breaking: LegoLand to Cypress Gardens

    We are local...this is very exciting. Hubby(43) and eldest(19) are geeking out over LegoLand moving in next door. Cypress Gardens was never going to draw enough business away from Disney to survive.....LegoLand can and will draw them away for a day...but most likely at the expense of the Sea...
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    Disney discontinuing resort specific merchandise.

    I worked retail back in my 20's and I am well aware of how much things are marked up and it is hard for me to buy anything that isn't red lined a few times over. I LOVED last years 40% off sale at XMas time....we were there for a long weekend and we were buying t-shirts left and right...Disney...
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    The great "stroller" conspiracy.

    I admit I loved having the double stroller to push the kids and the backpack around in....it kept them from running off and I got to keep 'my' pace since one child moves slightly slower than molasses and the other child runs ahead and hides. And hubby is usually oblivious because kid wrangling...
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    Grad Nites returning to the Magic Kingdom in 2010

    We are about an hour away from Orlando and my son's senior class is doing Universal and some of the alternative schools that I visit are going to Universal as well. I just assumed that Disney dropped it all together...I know the reaction my son and his friends had to the party moving to MGM was...
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