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MouseDreaming

MouseDreaming

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Part 2 or How does this happen?
So, as I ended before, invitation sent to dd, opened, accepted, and then… I look at My Disney, and suddenly I have a resort reservation where Mouse Dreaming is guest #1. And guest #2 is Mrs. Mouse D. All of my park ressies show just 1 person. DD, in fact has totally vanished.

Somehow, dd was logged into my old account, when she accepted the invitation. Why the system would allow that, no idea. Why it would vanish her completely, no idea. And could she at least stay in the room with me as my doppelgänger in name? Happy Graduation, dear! You stay here, while I go to the parks. That would be a tough sell.

Next step is fix this mess by calling Disney. They send me through a series of questions to one place, who then decides I need this other area, but first answer most of the same questions with the recorded voice, that you just answered.

Which put me in touch with Trevor. Trevor is annoying to talk to. After everything he says, he does a very fake ha ha ha laugh, as if to say, I am a super happy bright and bubbly guy. Trevor was able to fix all the problems, but Trevor really did not want me to do the after call survey. He would be much better behind the keyboard.

After about 40 minutes on the phone, I am finally back to how the itinerary started. Phew!
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Cesar R M said:
Lets agree to disagree then, because I do not see Walt outright stealing ideas like Bill Gates or Zuckemberg.

Only thing I can agree related to Zuck is, he programmed TheFacebook mostly by himself (the 1st version).

Walt created ideas, characters, etc..

But yes, it seems that almost every person of ideas worked alongside someone who did pushed these ideas to light.
For Walt it seemed to be Ub Iwerks if I remember correctly.

For Steve Jobs it was Wozniak.

Anyway back to Musk...
He's doing a fine job in destroying Twitter at record speed with his decisions.
The worst part? its dragging Telsa with it as it is a collateral for the loans to buy Twitter.


I just hope it doesnt' drag starlink with it. Because of all Musky's ideas.. id say starlink was the best. (not so much for satellite pollution)
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No comments on the other stuff, but, yes, it was Ub Iwerks. I have a book about him titled “The Hand Behind the Mouse”, that his granddaughter was involved in producing.
Iwerks was a better, faster, and more accurate animator/draftsman than Walt, as Walt himself acknowledged. In fact he was better than most in the business at the time. IIRC, he could produce something like 600 high quality animation drawings per day.
Walt and Ub had a falling out in 1930, and Iwerks left to do his own thing. He created at least 2 of his own characters for cartoon shorts…Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper. But, for a decade he just kinda’ languished in mediocrity. Of course, he was great at animation and refining character details, but, he just wasn’t a story/idea guy, like Walt was.
In 1940, Walt and Ub had a bit of a reconciliation, and Ub returned to the company, although their relationship was never again the same as it was back in the early days.
Also, by that time, Ub was more involved in special effects, cameras, and other tech stuff.
I need to re-read that book, as it was very interesting to me.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MouseDreaming said:
Part 2 or How does this happen?
So, as I ended before, invitation sent to dd, opened, accepted, and then… I look at My Disney, and suddenly I have a resort reservation where Mouse Dreaming is guest #1. And guest #2 is Mrs. Mouse D. All of my park ressies show just 1 person. DD, in fact has totally vanished.

Somehow, dd was logged into my old account, when she accepted the invitation. Why the system would allow that, no idea. Why it would vanish her completely, no idea. And could she at least stay in the room with me as my doppelgänger in name? Happy Graduation, dear! You stay here, while I go to the parks. That would be a tough sell.

Next step is fix this mess by calling Disney. They send me through a series of questions to one place, who then decides I need this other area, but first answer most of the same questions with the recorded voice, that you just answered.

Which put me in touch with Trevor. Trevor is annoying to talk to. After everything he says, he does a very fake ha ha ha laugh, as if to say, I am a super happy bright and bubbly guy. Trevor was able to fix all the problems, but Trevor really did not want me to do the after call survey. He would be much better behind the keyboard.

After about 40 minutes on the phone, I am finally back to how the itinerary started. Phew!
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How Magical is all that…?!!!!! :D:hilarious:;)
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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donaldtoo said:
I know, right…?!
I’m just glad the whole ridiculous-looking, crazy twin/double tie fashion thing never came to fruition…!!!!! 😅

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In the 70's there was one other method of tie wearing. It involved tieing it as usual but dropping the last step. Instead of threading it though the top to form the actual knot, you just let in drop in front of the knot like a flat narrow no knot tie but worn like a regular tie. The next new ascot, so to speak. It didn't last very long and very few people used it that way (sadly I was one that did) and within a few months it was no longer a thing in men's fashion. It was around so briefly that I couldn't even find a picture of it on the interwebs and they are supposed to contain all the knowledge known to mankind.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Tony the Tigger said:
Literally most of his biggest stories were stolen from European lore.
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Cesar R M said:
I do not think he claimed to have invented these either.
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That is one of the reasons why I get so frustrated with the "purists" that insist that IP's are worse then the plague., Walt created and put a spin on the ideas of others. There were more original things after he died (i.e. Epcot and many of the shorts before and now). What Disney was famous for was taking stories like Cinderella, Peter Pan, Snow White and even Mary Poppins, just to name a few and putting his genius Disney spin on those stories created by other people. That was his talent. Yes, he and his very talented staff created the characters to tell the story, but the basic story lines were not his or the Disney Company's original creations. So when I would read about how upset people are that an IP is introduced it would just make me wonder if people really thought that he personally came up with the stories that he told so well.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Apparently Cheapek is doing such a lousy job that tons of investors wanting him out. His first reaction after missing guidance? Hiring Freeze despite being almost barebones in WDW. :banghead:
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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Goofyernmost said:
In the 70's there was one other method of tie wearing. It involved tieing it as usual but dropping the last step. Instead of threading it though the top to form the actual knot, you just let in drop in front of the knot like a flat narrow no knot tie but worn like a regular tie. The next new ascot, so to speak. It didn't last very long and very few people used it that way (sadly I was one that did) and within a few months it was no longer a thing in men's fashion. It was around so briefly that I couldn't even find a picture of it on the interwebs and they are supposed to contain all the knowledge known to mankind.
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Yea, I musta’ missed that one, ‘cause I had no clue.
I do, however, remember the big fat ties (and shirt collars) from the 70’s, and, of course, skinny ties being all the rage again in the 80’s.
Heck, several years ago when I was doin’ those closing shifts at the mens clothing store, he still stocked a good amount of skinny ties.
The next time I will need to wear a tie will be on our DCL cruise next month.
It’s funny, this reminds of when my pop first started workin’ for IBM in’68. 3-piece suit, tie and all. By the time he retired (27 years later), he wore jeans, a collared pullover shirt, and casual shoes…!!!!! :hilarious:
 

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