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  1. jprieur

    Top 5 land soundtracks.

    Not really a land music, but Tapestry of Nations; even after the parade left it was the world showcase exit music post fireworks. Classic and worth bringing back. Tron queue music, great adaptation of an incredible soundtrack
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    Magic Kingdom Starlight Parade Brings New Annual Passholder Park Reservation Rule

    Funny! Of course not. This is the one thing about this whole reservation system that continues to disprove their narrative that reservations help them for planning and managing capacity, etc. If I am an AP (non FL resident), staying onsite at a disney hotel then count me in the same...
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    Elusive effects lost in time

    Not really an effect; but I miss the pre safety spiel star tunnel at Space Mountain. I think it was a few years ago the iconic music is now drowned out by a looped safety spiel. Kills the nostalgia for me.
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    Thoughts on Port Orleans French Quarter?

    Best moderate, and with the recent room refurbishment the rooms are now a big step up and close to some of the more recent Deluxe offerings (obviously still smaller in sq ft). Out of our last 30 visits over the last decade, if we don't do deluxe we will do POFQ without hesitation! Compact...
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    News Disney Park Pass System announced for Walt Disney World theme park reservations

    I am in the same category, and this bothers me to no end as well. I don't like the AP reservation system to begin with, but if its truly a capacity/staff planning tool (as DIS stated in the beginning ); then why as an out of state AP with a Disney Resort reservation do I have to make a park...
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    FQ vs CS Tower

    We were recently in BLDG 1, renovated room, standard view queen 3rd floor (so not a corner - pretty sure all corner rooms are king anyway) and we had a walk in shower (no tub combo). We were right near some ADA rooms (thought it strange to have those on the 3rd floor), but ours was standard...
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    Any news on POFQ refurb?

    Just stayed building 1 standard view queen room and we had he walk in shower. We have stayed at POFQ a dozen times over the past decade; this renovation is great and really elevates the room to near Deluxe (considering what the new more generic Deluxe rooms are like). Now you are only giving...
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    What is the worst thing about WDW currently?

    they say a picture is worth a thousand words . . .
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    Swan and dolphin

    Magic kingdom definitely sucks a bit since you have to do the extra leg from the TTC. The other parks are fine, sometimes they seemed to run more on a schedule according to the bus drivers. Animal kingdom our entire stay picked up on the 15/45 from the park, and I found this to be easier to...
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    Swan Reserve Pushed Back

    Well, just received the email today that they are canceling my 10/23 - 10/30 stay, so looks like all of Oct is out.
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    Swan Reserve Pushed Back

    I am in the same boat as you, 2 rooms booked last week in Oct booked for 7 nights. If you call the hotel directly you of course get a recording to leave a message, so I called the swan directly. They know nothing, and are claiming they have not been told when the Swan Reserve will open, so...
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    Magic Kingdom park-wide buyout on Oct 22

    I don’t have much of a problem with Disney allowing a private event, but to do so during a week where MK already closes more than a handful of times for a tickets event means that those staying this week only have 1 evening at MK in the evening hours with normal tickets. Again, allow it, but...
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    Bob Iger: "We Don't Believe We Have A Pricing Issue At Our Domestic Parks"

    I do think prices have reached levels that are pushing the boundaries of sanity, but as some others have alluded, I have yet to find a comparable vacation that provides similar levels of entertainment and escape for me. However (with a capital 'H'), my fault lies not with the price increases...
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    Why are so many adults are obsessed with WDW?

    Wife and I have no kids. We go for several reasons: 1. I am ADD, so the thought of sitting on a beach somewhere only works for me for about a day, then I am bored. Equally my wife cannot stand being trapped on a boat (even when we tried a grand suite on a cruise ship) so those are out as...
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    Priceline express deals

    We stayed at yacht club 3 weeks ago, via hotels.com getting 15% off Disney’s best nightly rate and we literally had the exact same type room on the 3rd floor. It was as far from the elevator as you could get, we were 3rd floor overlooking the exact type of roof in your picture (believe it was...
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    Space Mountain Refurb Brainstorming

    Ways to keep to the original concept with modern updates: Totally modernize the star tunnel entrance. Black gloss floors with white structured panel walls with HD screens as windows. Think recent Star Trek movie passageways. Make the actual queue more like star tours, give the feel that you...
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    News Spaceship Earth is Leaking

    Here now and rode SSE at 8:45 pm today. No damage noted to any ride scene, HVAC seemed functional in all areas, pre/post show and ride area. Didn’t see so much as a drop of water anywhere inside. Don’t think this was as severe as most thought.
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    Deluxe Hotel, what are you really getting?

    Wife and I always end the day with a WS sit down dinner. To us, the ability to go back to the room, shower and change, and walk to our dinner fresh and clean is worth some of the extra cost. As far as the REST of the cost, well they are really testing the elasticity of our demand lately with...
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    Favorite food no longer sold

    corn ice cream (Helado de Maíz) from la hacienda de San angel. I know it may sound strange but it had a deliteful flavor and texture. It's been gone for almost 2 years and yet is still on the menu posted outside at the host desk as well as online. Every time we go I ask the waitstaff about...
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    No extended hours for summer and fall 2017?

    Worst casualty of these earlier closing time changes: Pandora We are going over Labor Day weekend for 4 days, animal kingdom is open till 9 pm most nights with 1 night stretched to 9:30. So basically Disney spent all this money designing a land that 'comes alive at night' only to have it open...
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