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The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread
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Cesar R M
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I'm not that old and I still remember cassettes, vinyls, small vinyls, 5 1/4 disks, 3 1/2 disks and 50MB hard disks that weighed kilos..
and those horrible monochrome tandy monitors that came with almost all early personal IBM machines.
epcotisbest
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This is what I dreamed of for decades. I am a long distance walker for daily exercise. Epcot and AK lend themselves well for daily walking as does Springs.
I have also dreamt of driving to a resort like Springs or boardwalk along with the moderates taking out my bike and just riding for an hour or two. So many ways to enjoy the parks beyond commando. I fear the security to enter different resorts might curtail my dream of bike riding. Maybe @epcotisbest will have some clues for me.
We go in the late spring, usually late April to late May, or early September to mid October. We often take the bicycles and ride around different resorts, especially Fort Wilderness, a great place to bicycle.
When we stay at Saratoga Springs or Wilderness Lodge we always bring our own bikes as both of those are great places to ride. At SSR you can ride all around the expansive grounds and ride over to the treehouses and follow the boat canal for a scenic ride over to Old Key West.
At Fort Wilderness, you can ride for miles and miles along the pathways and round the camping loops and follow the nice, paved pathway over to the Wilderness Lodge. That is a lovely ride through the woods. If staying at WL, the pathway over to Fort Wilderness is just down from the bus loading area past the DVC Villas.
When we go to Fort Wilderness to ride when staying at other places, we just have the bicycles on the trunk rack on the back of the car and at the gate we tell the attendant we are not checking in but just visiting. They always want to see ID then will show where to park. We just park up front, unload the bikes and ride for miles.
Same for PORS and POFQ, and the pathway along the river between the resorts is a nice place to ride. We have never been turned away when driving to other resorts, but again we have not tried driving to other resorts during the busy summer season or during holiday times, when I am sure they are more restrictive.
Our other favorite place to ride is over at Celebration, where they have many miles of bike paths.
As for security curtailing bike riding, maybe we have just been fortunate, but they have never once said no and some have even pointed out the best place to park to unload the bikes and make our way around, especially at Fort Wilderness. We have not taken the bikes to Boardwalk, but that area does not seem to be good for our kind of riding. And you can't take the bicycles through Disney Springs, but you can ride over there from SSR and there is a bike rack to lock up your bike while you walk around DS, then afterward you can go back to the bike and ride back over to SSR.
We have also ridden through SSR, the tree houses and OKW when staying at a couple of the Hotel Blvd. hotels, just by going over to the pathway entrance to SSR from DS and riding into SSR at that entrance.
Here are some photos, first one at SSR, second at Fort Wilderness.
epcotisbest
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This is the canal and pathway between SSR and OKW, a great place to ride.
epcotisbest
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Unloading the bicycles at Fort Wilderness:
epcotisbest
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One of my favorite photos, snapped while riding bicycles through the camping loops at Fort Wilderness:
93boomer
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MySmallWorldof4
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Sounds like a good plan to me.
MySmallWorldof4
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Ok, now to figure out where I left off. Yikes!
MySmallWorldof4
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Adorable! She looks like she really gets into her food.
MySmallWorldof4
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And now, story time with Emy...!!!!!!!
You're killing me with all this cuteness! She is so vocal, in a good way.
Tony the Tigger
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My whole facebook page is lit up with this:
Luke Perry dies aged 52 just days after stroke
The Beverly Hills 90210 star had been rushed to a California hospital on Wednesday morning from his home in Sherman Oaks, and remained there under observation until his death.
donaldtoo
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Adorable! She looks like she really gets into her food.
Hahaaa...!!!!!
She sure seems to enjoy it!!!
And, with her mom being vegan (dad is an omnivore - not that she can eat pizza, cheeseburgers, steak, etc., at this point anyway
), she's off to a healthy start...!!!!! 
Rista1313
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Luke Perry dies aged 52 just days after stroke
The Beverly Hills 90210 star had been rushed to a California hospital on Wednesday morning from his home in Sherman Oaks, and remained there under observation until his death.www.dailymail.co.uk
Oh man I hadn't heard he passed away yet. I had heard about the stroke. I had just read something about a reboot of 90210 and that all the old characters would be in it as well. Awww man!
MySmallWorldof4
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That is awful! They need to see where their money goes. I know private school teachers do not get paid as much as public school teachers do. Is there a minimum amount they want for the envelopes?T’s base tuition just went up $500 for ‘19-‘20.... they are increasing $500 per year for the next 3 years and then small increments to follow.
Registration went up by $200... and the athletic club is going up $100 more than it currently is, and each sport increasing by $25.
I’m floored.
The email says it’s because they haven’t increased enough per year over the past 10 years, and for the first time are near a deficit.
They will also be checking to see who does “regular envelopes” at weekly mass or online weekly church donations. If not, then you’re considered out of parish and will pay $2500 more in tuition above what in-parish will pay.
This was not a fun Friday night read. A lot of p’d off parents right now.
donaldtoo
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You're killing me with all this cuteness! She is so vocal, in a good way.
I sowwy...!!!
But, thank you very much...!!!!!
So, she likes to eat and talk...future food critic, maybe...?!!! Event planner...?!!! Celebrity chef...?!!!
donaldtoo
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Luke Perry dies aged 52 just days after stroke
The Beverly Hills 90210 star had been rushed to a California hospital on Wednesday morning from his home in Sherman Oaks, and remained there under observation until his death.
Yikes.
So young, so sad.
May he rest in peace.
MySmallWorldof4
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You could be a tour guide. The explanations of everything is so interesting! I love the painted buildings, and that "ceiling" of umbrellas is so pretty!
MySmallWorldof4
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Had to look up what they were. So is that pastry dough on the outside or a pizza type dough?
12in12
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I do love the Little Mermaid and I have watched it many times but after realising that Ariel gets married a week after her 16th birthday it lost some of its shine for me.