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WDW1974

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Spirited Sunday Musings: Would I rather be in Death Valley and going for 130-plus right now? Hell, yeah. ... How many positive tests does it take for TDO to start wetting themselves about MM+ being fine and on schedule? Apparently just one. ... Memo to Georgie K, you had a few thousand people taking part while they had full access to the old system. You're jumping to conclusions, you know like when you told the LA Times in 1/01 that DCA would fill up every day and that guests would have to settle for walking across the esplanade to DL instead? You didn't forget that one, did you? ... Everyone jumping to the conclusion that the King is returning to UNI need to take down the excitement just a bit because I'm not jumping on the Skull Island Express just yet. Sorry. Something is VERY odd about the entire thing. ... MK has been absolutely dead much of this past week, including yesterday. ... But was that a multiple hour wait for Despicable Me at UNI? ... I'm truly sorry to all the ignorant people who are ready to put the fork into network TV because no one watches. That's about as true as Bob Iger believing that any significant portion of the public wants to stream Iron Man 3 on opening day on a tiny crappy iPhone screen. People watch network TV. People go to multiplexes. Neither one is changing anytime soon. ... Speaking of iPhones, I have never prayed to the Cult of Jobs anymore than at the Altar of the Disney BRAND. But seriously if you're going to market a product with the word PHONE in it than the very least the device should be counted on is to make crisp, clear and non-dropped PHONE calls. ... Y.all remember the McDLT? ... To those fanbois who love vinyl, what company but Disney could charge you $12.95-$16.95 for a tiny piece of vinyl without showing you what design you are getting and refuses to take it back. Mickey has one elephant sized set of balls. ...Got my first Grand Flo DVC sales mailer this week, how about you? ... Yes, you read the above correctly ... Disney is ready to push ahead with MM+ because they have now had ONE test that wasn't a complete disaster. ... Hey, Merfie, I didn't say you weren't pretty. I'm sure you're prettier than Tommy Boi. ... Happy B-Day to @EPCOT Explorer. You aren't just getting older, you're getting more annoying (just kidding of course!) ... The L1011 was a comfortable ride. ... Disney may care about you on a micro level, but they don't care about anything but how much they can get out of you on a macro level. ... Still haven't caught Arrested Development. ... Student loans interest double on Monday. Ask someone in socialist Europe about coming out of school with $200,000 in debt and then go wave the flag at your picnics this week.
 
crispy

crispy

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WDW1974 said:
Spirited Sunday Musings: Would I rather be in Death Valley and going for 130-plus right now? Hell, yeah. ... How many positive tests does it take for TDO to start wetting themselves about MM+ being fine and on schedule? Apparently just one. ... Memo to Georgie K, you had a few thousand people taking part while they had full access to the old system. You're jumping to conclusions, you know like when you told the LA Times in 1/01 that DCA would fill up every day and that guests would have to settle for walking across the esplanade to DL instead? You didn't forget that one, did you? ... Everyone jumping to the conclusion that the King is returning to UNI need to take down the excitement just a bit because I'm not jumping on the Skull Island Express just yet. Sorry. Something is VERY odd about the entire thing. ... MK has been absolutely dead much of this past week, including yesterday. ... But was that a multiple hour wait for Despicable Me at UNI? ... I'm truly sorry to all the ignorant people who are ready to put the fork into network TV because no one watches. That's about as true as Bob Iger believing that any significant portion of the public wants to stream Iron Man 3 on opening day on a tiny crappy iPhone screen. People watch network TV. People go to multiplexes. Neither one is changing anytime soon. ... Speaking of iPhones, I have never prayed to the Cult of Jobs anymore than at the Altar of the Disney BRAND. But seriously if you're going to market a product with the word PHONE in it than the very least the device should be counted on is to make crisp, clear and non-dropped PHONE calls. ... Y.all remember the McDLT? ... To those fanbois who love vinyl, what company but Disney could charge you $12.95-$16.95 for a tiny piece of vinyl without showing you what design you are getting and refuses to take it back. Mickey has one elephant sized set of balls. ...Got my first Grand Flo DVC sales mailer this week, how about you? ... Yes, you read the above correctly ... Disney is ready to push ahead with MM+ because they have now had ONE test that wasn't a complete disaster. ... Hey, Merfie, I didn't say you weren't pretty. I'm sure you're prettier than Tommy Boi. ... Happy B-Day to @EPCOT Explorer. You aren't just getting older, you're getting more annoying (just kidding of course!) ... The L1011 was a comfortable ride. ... Disney may care about you on a micro level, but they don't care about anything but how much they can get out of you on a macro level. ... Still haven't caught Arrested Development. ... Student loans interest double on Monday. Ask someone in socialist Europe about coming out of school with $200,000 in debt and then go wave the flag at your picnics this week.
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I actually received TWO Grand Flo DVC mailers this past week three days apart. I guess they think I really interested since I took the phone "tour" last year to get a $40 gift certificate. (Hey, not everyone can be a one-percenter! Free money is free money!).
 
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Sneezy62

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WDW1974 said:
More Spirited Saturday musings: I talked to a 10-year-old girl today who knew what a rotary phone was and thought that iPhones and video games were making her generation into future ECV driving MK guests (OK, she just called them ginormous fatties), so I still have a tiny bit of hope for the future.

... Does anyone get that Disney parks were wonderful places to visit BEFORE they were all tooned up and became all about the Disney BRAND?

... You can keep your Dole Whips (unless you're taking me to Hawaii for mine) and stop whining about your damn cinnamon buns. I'd like my grape juice bars back to go with my Italian salad dressing and Sunday brunch at Top of the World, but I buy my pants in the Big Spirits Section. ... Yes, I lived through EPCOT and DCA without foamheads and turned out just fine.
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I get synergy and branding, I do. That's not the be all and end all of being successful though. They didn't build the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House to sell more videos or promote the movie or to build interest in a franchise. They built it because they thought a lot of people would find it fun and interesting. We did!

Frontierland and Liberty Square and Main Street weren't about characters they were about national character.
 
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Bolna

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Ok, what is a McDLT and what is a L1011 - I feel none of them are a Disney acronym. Those I know, I even know what TPFKaTD-MGMS is. And before someone calls me young because of that question, it has nothing to do with my age, but everything with my nationality!
 
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crispy

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Bolna said:
Ok, what is a McDLT and what is a L1011 - I feel none of them are a Disney acronym. Those I know, I even know what TPFKaTD-MGMS is. And before someone calls me young because of that question, it has nothing to do with my age, but everything with my nationality!
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That's okay - I'm an American and a child of the '80s and I still had to Google what a McDLT. I think my small town was the only one in America that didn't have a McDonald's so I totally missed it.
 
CBOMB

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WDW1974 said:
I don't have Figment plush. I have Sulley and Mike plush.

And I'd rather think about my next cruise and vacation.

BTW, how is Winky doing?
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He kind of misses all of his little towel playmates at the Wilderness Lodge. When he gets depressed like that I just throw him in the dryer with a couple of sheets of Bounce, set it on Air Fluff for 70 minutes and he comes out rejuvenated, and feeling happy again. He told me to tell you hey.
 
GLaDOS

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Everyone jumping to the conclusion that the King is returning to UNI need to take down the excitement just a bit because I'm not jumping on the Skull Island Express just yet. Sorry. Something is VERY odd about the entire thing.
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Care to elaborate? Martin and Hatetofly seem to back it up, and you're the first trusted insider to come out against the rumor.

Not saying you're wrong, just curious.
 
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Bolna

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That's okay - I'm an American and a child of the '80s and I still had to Google what a McDLT. I think my small town was the only one in America that didn't have a McDonald's so I totally missed it.
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Ah, I did not even think of google (which by the way is decorated with a sausage today here in Germany). And I figured out that McDLT is nothing else than a Hamburger Royal TS!
 
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stlphil

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Bolna said:
Ok, what is a McDLT and what is a L1011 - I feel none of them are a Disney acronym. Those I know, I even know what TPFKaTD-MGMS is. And before someone calls me young because of that question, it has nothing to do with my age, but everything with my nationality!
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I know I'm just being picky, but the acronym (which I love, btw) should be "TPFKaTD-MGMSTP". The words "Theme Park" were always included at the end as part of the name of the place, as if people had to be told what it was. Much more in your face than Nahtazu.

Thought it was stupid then, still think it's stupid now.
 
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