The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[ajrwdwgirl]

I've traveled solo to various places. Whether you use a taxi, Uber, a Mears airport shuttle, or Disney's Magic Express bus, just follow your instincts. If it doesn't feel safe for any reason at all, walk away. Yes, I've done that a few times over the years.

Now, if you have one of those fancy phones that can send a text, just text the name of the service or cab company you're using, the license plate #, and/or driver's identification # (posted in all taxis--never used Uber, so I don't know what their procedure is, but you can still get a license plate #) to your hubby. Once you reach your destination, text or call hubby to let him know that you made it safely to your hotel.

Good advice. I actually don't feel that unsafe using Uber alone and I am pretty independent. But hubby doesn't want me using it alone, and since I don't need too (I'm fine relying on Disney transport) I promised him I wouldn't. I do text hubby when I get back to my hotel at night and actually when I'm leaving a park to go back to my room. It makes him feel better about my safety, and it doesn't take much time.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

The neighbor kids are having a snowball fight outside. Most of their snowballs are falling apart in the air. I feel like going outside and showing them how to make a proper snowball. But that would involve putting on real shoes, my slippers are more comfy. I will just judge them from the window.

 

[MinnieM123]

Good advice. I actually don't feel that unsafe using Uber alone and I am pretty independent. But hubby doesn't want me using it alone, and since I don't need too (I'm fine relying on Disney transport) I promised him I wouldn't. I do text hubby when I get back to my hotel at night and actually when I'm leaving a park to go back to my room. It makes him feel better about my safety, and it doesn't take much time.

If you're staying at a Disney-owned hotel, definitely take Magic Express to/from the airport. I used to do that, until I was getting far better room rates at the Swan, and I loved the Swan's location. (Now, I just take taxis or towncars.)

Just like you, I call hubby in the morning and evening when I go to WDW. That way, he knows I'm safe. (He figures I can't get into too much trouble with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, and the rest of the characters!)

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

If you're staying at a Disney-owned hotel, definitely take Magic Express to/from the airport. I used to do that, until I was getting far better room rates at the Swan, and I loved the Swan's location. (Now, I just take taxis or towncars.)

Just like you, I call hubby in the morning and evening when I go to WDW. That way, he knows I'm safe. (He figures I can't get into too much trouble with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, and the rest of the characters!)

I really like our stay at the Swan in November and I was hoping they would have a rate cheaper than a Disney value for March. But the All-Star was cheaper. I will be taking Magical Express, which also made the All-Star cheaper. I did like the car service we took in November, it is going to make Magical Express seem super duper slow now.

 

[MinnieM123]

I really like our stay at the Swan in November and I was hoping they would have a rate cheaper than a Disney value for March. But the All-Star was cheaper. I will be taking Magical Express, which also made the All-Star cheaper. I did like the car service we took in November, it is going to make Magical Express seem super duper slow now.

I always enjoyed taking the Magic Express, especially from the airport to the hotel. There were so many happy people on board, and it was a very festive atmosphere. Had some fun conversations with other guests sitting near me on the bus.

 

[Cesar R M]

Probably because I was told I'm a ********* loser at least a dozen times today and you're making me cry. Failure? Yeah I guess I'm that too.

wait a sec.. Why I am making you cry?

 

[Cesar R M]

my fiance just confirmed that our hotel provides free transport to and from Busch Gardens, Universal and Sea World..

anything else to do in Tampa while we are there? i dont think we are going to spend the whole day at Busch, mainly just there because she loves the rollercoasters.. we'll be seeing animals at Seaworld and AK.

do they have hourly services or something like that?
Id check the times, because I was pretty baffled at the weird bus schedule of the Double tree by Orlando.
the last bus to return was at 8:00pm.. which is the hour of Universal Studios's nighttime spectacular.
We had to use Uber because of this.

 

[Cesar R M]

Sympathy like

carp happens.. but as other said.. perfect excuse to go again.. at least once.. plus with ROL and Avatar opening soon.. even more :O

 

[Cesar R M]

Nothin' wrong with that. My folks have cruised RC a few times, and think it's fabulous...!

Its just we're very musical type guys.. we love shows like circle du soleil, musicals, cats, fiddler, joseph and the amazing.. evita..etc..
And Disney shows are very musical. Unsure what are the offers for Royal Caribbean.
But I love the boardway at sea program that appeared in 2011 up until december 2015 (CATS on the OASIS I think)?

Spoiler: Internet Website Rant ahead!

Speaking of Royal Caribbean. I'm really getting pis*** at these new websites that automatically redirect you with no way to overide or skip the language switch.
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE MEX ROYAL CARIBBEAN WEBSITE!!!

the same happens with ESPN.
The Mex offering is like.. 5 years behind in design and information wise.

Anyway... thankfully.. royal caribbean has a override option to select your location. the ESPN website refuses to accept this override most of the time.

 

[Cesar R M]

I had a friend named Sandy Beach. She went by Sandra at school but we still called her Sandy.

could be worse.. they could mention about sand in her privates as an insult D:

 

[Cesar R M]

A cruise would be fun too. I was very impressed with the Disney cruise line, but that was the first cruise I had ever taken. We are debating an Alaska cruise for 2017, but the Disney prices are so high I am considering Norwegian. I have had some friends cruise on Norwegian and be very impressed (and they are picky people). On Norwegian I could do a 14 day Alaska cruise with a balcony for a little more than a 7 day Disney cruise.

The lowest prices for Disney in Alaska is in september/october.. the last cruise before the season closes.
It was near 2,000 USD cheaper.
Plus I got the "hidden varandah" in the Wonder.

The best part of these dates are.. almost 80% of the cruise was only adults, very few children.
So if you're of the calm type.. you will do better at the date.

The problem? FOG and storms will be prevalent.
We had luck and barely rained in our trip (only hard rain we had, was the first hours In Juneau, then it cleared up)
The bad? we couldnt see carp in the "white pass" mountain railroad.
The fog was so dense.. You could get the "silent hill" fog type stuff..so dense you cant see 10 feet away.

http://silenthill.wikia.com/wiki/Fog_World

 

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[Cesar R M]

Same here but we'll be going out of Galveston instead of Miami I think. So much to choose from.

My Mother insists in going to visit San Juan Puerto Rico.. I dont think any of the Galveston cruises go to San Juan. I think all the ones that pass there are from Miami.

 

[Gabe1]

You mean it is even written by Amy Sherman- Palladino?? Omg that is so exciting!!!! I doubt they'll play it over here though...I'll have to find some other way to get ahold of it. I have the whole series on DVD, but I always wondered what really happened. I know they said Lorelai and Luke would most likely get it together eventually. But I'm sad that Richard won't be in it.

Yes. My understanding was Amy & crew had a contract dispute changed the story line in the end of season 6 and tanked the story line, that the writers took half of season 7 to right the story line. They tried to get another half season out of the actors but again from what I understand it was Rory that gummed that up not wanting to continue. Though I believe Alexis is coming back for this, don't think she did much since Gilmore Girls unlike Lauren Graham or Melisa McCarthy have.

Too bad it took so long for them to get most people together to finish it off but yes Amy will be doing it but too late for Richard but Emily has said to sign on. It is my understanding that Sookie, Melisa McCarthy won't be joining the cast. To be Netflix.

From Wiki
On January 29, 2016, Netflix and Warner Bros. officially confirmed the revival, tentatively titled Gilmore Girls: Seasons, stating that Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Scott Patterson, Kelly Bishop, Sean Gunn and Keiko Agena are set to return.[5] Yanic Truesdale confirmed his return on Twitter later that day.[47] Filming of the new episodes is scheduled to start on February 2, 2016, with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino also returning as writers and directors.[5]

 

[Cesar R M]

Weird, the image does not load for me.
I only see a silver minus in a circle.

 

[Cesar R M]

About 5 years ago, I finally tried a turkey leg. It tasted o.k., but it was waaaayyy too big for me. Plus, you either walk around with it, (but you can't go on rides, or in a gift shop with it), or you just stand someplace and try to eat it. If I could have cut some of it and put it on a plate, I would have liked it better (still wouldn't have finished all of it). But just standing up and eating a turkey leg without veggies and something to drink, was awkward to me.

Like you said, you try it once, and then never again!

You could always use it as blunt object to make way while you navigate during firework events
CAVEMAN STYLE!!!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I think with my mom it was fear. She didn't want me to make her mistakes. She just went about it the completely wrong way, trying to micromanage everything. If she didn't like the way I handled something at work, she'd call my boss and try to rearrange things. She wouldn't let me date or wear makeup or rat my hair, or peg my jeans. And when I was 19, she came to visit at college and she snooped in my drawers and found my checkbook and lectured me about how I was spending my money. Then when I got engaged, she told me I WASN'T engaged, because I didn't have permission to be. I told her that the law said I didn't need her permission, I could go to the courthouse and get a license and get married without her having any say over it, but that I wouldn't do that because I felt she needed to have the opportunity to see her daughter get married and I'd LIKE her blessing, but I didn't need permission. She all but disowned me for about 4 years over that, and then when I broke up with the guy and called off the wedding, she tried to keep me from dating. She told me I was too young (23) to date and that I should do everything in life I wanted to do before I started dating....I should be at least 30. I reminded her there's no magic age at which you are suddenly able to pick the right partner and waiting until her 30s had not worked for her as she was around 35 when she got married to my dad and they had a horrible marriage and got divorced after 13 years. Once she met my husband (before we were married, obviously) she loved him and had no problem with me marrying him. Our relationship started to heal...but she passed away less than a year after I got married, so unfortunately we never really got back the relationship we had when I was younger. Strict and controlling as she was, she was always there for me to support me with my music, or help with the theater productions I was in, or to talk to a teacher who was unfair, or to supervise the building of a homecoming float, or to take over my brownie troop when there was no leader....she did so much for us when we were younger. Just those 4 years of college when I broke away to make my own decisions, she couldn't handle it. And like you said, it wasn't that I got into any trouble or anything....on the contrary, I got mostly straight A's in college, graduated with honors, worked the whole time, payed my own bills...she just didn't like that I wouldn't let her call the shots anymore, and she never quite got over it before she was gone.

You fared better than my mom did. My mom's parents, especially her mother, didn't like the choices she was making at 18/19 years old. They were perfectly fine choices, and among those was my father. My mom was 19 when she got married. She and my dad had planned to marry when she finished college. but my mom's parents pulled her college fund and they were making life for her at home miserable, and my dad was fresh out of law school, so financially and for her sanity, it made sense for them to marry. Her parents refused to attend her wedding.

My mom called her mother regularly even after she was married, but her mother never called her and never made any efforts with her or my father (and both her parents hated my father at the time, which considering she's the only one out of her siblings who is still married, is a bit amusing). She finally gave up when I was born almost 10 years later and her parents didn't come to see me at the hospital, nor when I got home. My grandmother didn't even call her mother to tell her she had a great grandchild. My brother and I had a relationship with our great grandmother and our mom's aunts growing up, and I remember meeting my mom's younger brother several times (they talk almost weekly now and text even more) but never our grandparents.

My great grandmother died when I was 13, and we started having more to do with our extended family (they didn't care whether my grandparents, especially my grandmother, showed up for family get togethers or not). I met my grandparents a few times at these, although my grandmother forgot my name one time (which I then reported to my aunt, who then had a word with her sister), but my brother was their only grandson and she loved him, although she would never admit it.

My grandmother finally died in 2011. She and my mom never reconciled. My mom has since reconciled with her father. I told her that if he wants to make the effort with me, I'll allow it, but after he has ignored us most of my life, I would not be making an effort to have a relationship, not like I make the effort with my dad's mother.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Weird, the image does not load for me.
I only see a silver minus in a circle.

The image was linked from my Google photos account, which is what I used before we had the upload feature to post pictures.

Here, I uploaded:

 

[Gabe1]

Wooba!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I always enjoyed taking the Magic Express, especially from the airport to the hotel. There were so many happy people on board, and it was a very festive atmosphere. Had some fun conversations with other guests sitting near me on the bus.

I like Magical Express too, but sometimes it can be so slow to arrive at the hotel. Or maybe it just seems long because I'm anticipating arrival at WDW. But you are right, it is a festive atmosphere.