underemployedCricket
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Thanks for sweeping the room.....
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harveyt0206
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Sadly, I couldn't look away either. Finally had to give up on the madness at 4:30 am. At first I thought it might be a reasonable counter point, but that thought lasted for about two posts. It then spiraled left of center pretty quickly. Nice clean up work Steve. Back to our regularly scheduled program.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Yeah, me to, although sometimes it's fun to read the posts with the knowledge that the person has already been banned.
asianway
Well-Known Member
Too bad a banning isn't like crashing a light cycle with the trail disintegrating behind itI don't get paid enough to go through this and edit 100+ posts. Lots of bad behavior all around (please don't feed the trolls) BTW, I don't get paid at all, unless you count free PML membership.
Can we get a definition on who "Wannabe Lou" is for we who aren't in the loop?
HMF
Well-Known Member
Tom Corless.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
This is a really bad possibility. The success of Carsland and DCA 2.0 should/could lead to more stuff for DLR, but it works both ways. If Carsland flopped they wouldn't be considering building anything else anytime soon. Jump over to WDW and Nextgen. If this thing flops and they don't see returns from it I would expect a virtual freeze in additional capital spending and the possibility of both price increases and cost cutting. As fans we see new rides as completely different than Nextgen. From the corporate side and the view of shareholders (represented by the BOD) they are both just billion dollar capital expenditures. If Nextgen succeeds and shows a strong return it would leave the door open for further investment in the parks. I'm not dusted up enough to think they would dump all of the profits gained back into the WDW parks, but I do think a positive return on this project would make getting the next project green lit a lot easier. Maybe a back door reason to hope Nextgen isn't a complete flop.
Lee
Adventurer
Troll said: Tin foil hats! Sycophants! Pretentious restaurants!
Folks said: Troll! ADRs are evil! Moderator!
That's pretty much it. I actually just woke up hoping I dreamed it...
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Damn, and here I am with no life whatsoever! I have a perfect opportunity to witness all the good stuff and I miss it. Now I'm depressed. I must find a way to alter that need for sleep habit that I developed through my life.
Nemo14
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rael ramone
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You must have had them on a good night.
This was the same revolting dinner I was served last October. (And not only do I love duck, but I loved the way this once great place served this very same dish).
Duck breast should be pink inside, and not taste like it came out of the microwave.
A French sauce should have flavor to it.
Sweet potatoes should have flavor to it (taste like, well, sweet potatoes).
The less about the patty pan (in the 'good ol days' it was properly prepared haricot verts) the better.
To the servers credit he saw that I found it was revolting and swapped it out with something that was actually edible.
Why was I there in the first place? My EDR was for upstairs, and I was reassigned downstairs. 2 years prior I got the same microwaved duck, but I thought (hey, maybe that was a one time thing)....
The duck at Jiko, on the other hand, is incredible.
I don't get paid enough to go through this and edit 100+ posts. Lots of bad behavior all around (please don't feed the trolls) BTW, I don't get paid at all, unless you count free PML membership.
Just thanks for dealing with this. From the look of things this person posted for about 12 hours straight and got worse as time progressed. I wish there were a troll button that went off in everyone's mind when someone like that just appears (it should be obvious, no matter how rational someone seems at first ... you don't have an inactive account for 2 1/2 years and then post 100-plus posts in one thread unless you have a negative agenda) and then there would be no back and forth, which would make removing it an easier task.
But at least it's gone and hopefully we can get back on topic (or multiples) or maybe we already did ... I just happened to click on Page 168 (there were 178 when I logged off last night) and saw your posts.
the.dreamfinder
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Pixiedustmaker
Well-Known Member
That seems like a scary scenario at first glance.
But as I understand it, the MagicBands don't have GPS in them, and your "position" is only reported to a central computer somewhere when you interact with a ride queue, or buy something. If there is, theoretically, a kid alone in a room, how does somebody know that he is there?
I guess you'd have to assume that the child molester can hack the system, track the MagicBands of the rest of the family, and the child, and then deduce that the kid is alone? They'd have to surveil the whole family to see if they all have MagicBands, or if some of the adults don't.
That is a lot of work, requiring a lot of skill, plus there is no guarantee that the child will ever be alone. I can only see a deranged whacko who has it out for a specific family/child doing something like this, which would require a lot of premeditation and planning. Such a person could just as easily follow the family around and try to abduct the kid in the parking lot or just hang out in the hotel lobby out of the small chance that the family leaves the kid alone.
I guess we're also assuming that the guy can hack into the system and figure out what room you're in?
I'm sure most of the hotels have cameras at the entrance/exit points as a bare minimum, and they would probably get the guy who does something like this.
I'm figuring that the MagicBands/readers have some pretty good encryption on them, meaning you can't just intercept the signal and easily spoof somebody's MagicBand.
There's important questions to ask with each new technological advance, but I can see these MagicBands really making vacations that much more special for guests who choose to participate.
Its worthy - but you won't find me trying to argue for the obscene spending or justifying why it's 10 dollars instead of 4 dollars. Just too far detached to make reasonable arguments and this is an area that drives me mad with organizations. I've been part of companies where people are trusted to spend properly, and people treat the money as if its their own - and the other end of the spectrum just makes me ed. I don't come online in my free time to be agitated and ed
I don't either. Sometimes, I just sorta attract nuts (as well as women and fanbois!)
But I don't trust Disney spending money. Whether its WDI spending $425 million on the small-scale (relatively-speaking, that's what it is) Fantasyland project or them spending billions on NEXT GEN or them spending untold millions on social media consultants and wining and dining Mommy bloggers. They spend money like it means nothing. And, worse, most of it tends to be a waste. And most of them (and all of the top dogs) get rewarded for it.
Truly the American dream.
It's fair to complain about that, though. People visit WDW for attractions and shows and what was flat out the top in immersive family entertainment. They don't visit it to be datamined. They don't visit it to be tracked all day. They don't visit it so they have to be like one of the most OCD planners from any WDW trip planning forum (you know, the kind who will be calling Disney tonight to make Palo ressies for a cruise
!) ... the people who use spread sheets for vacationing and plan 10 days out in mindnumbing detail to the point it would seem a trip to Guantanamo would be more fun. And since you mentioned the new dining locales at WS, all via third party money, I'd add, I'll simply state that while we all enjoy eating (some more than others) that no one goes to WDW for dining. It isn't a foodie's paradise or even close, even during Food and Wine Fest.
If I knew how they allowed $500 million overruns, then I'd have an office in Burbank and the Spirit as you know him would cease to exist. I know plenty about what goes on. But as to he pathology at play that allows those types of things whether we're talking things the Sub Voyage or Cars Land in Anaheim, Fantasyland in FL or this ridiculous MyMagic+ boondoggle, I have no idea.
I can only say something pithy like if I controlled the purse strings, money would be spent differently and people would truly be accountable. But Disney wants to control my money and spending, not vice versa!
Genie of the Lamp
Well-Known Member
Enough of this troll talk and Next Gen which I'm so sick of, lets talk about upcoming/possible projects for WDW that may or may not happen. Any updates on the Avatar project, Epcot Project,CarsLand/Pixar Place expansion, or Frontierland/TSI expansion? Haven't heard much in a while. At this point all I see happening is the Avatar Project in years time only because it will be enforced on by the Burbank corporate excecutives for George to oversee this project with Cameron/WDI since they have budgeted $400-$500 million toward this project and it's already made aware of in the general public. Add to that the Next Gen expenses and Iger thinks and probably will say "WDW has new "highly expensive" things coming that we feel will be enough to care for the WDW brand in the long run", meanwhile WDW suffers from decaying show quality in its attractions, pointless interactive social in park games and locals flocking to UNI. Prove me wrong TDO, Prove me wrong!