The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[ajrwdwgirl]

Do these taste well? I honestly feel anything boxed tastes awful compared to the real deal D:

Yum, I love Pepridge Farms cakes! The frosting is really good, to me it seems like a mix of butter cream and whipped cream. My mom usually bought the vanilla and coconut cakes. My sister and I liked when it was still a little frozen and we would fight over the corners because that is where most of the frosting was. Yummm

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Hope you are feeling better @ajrwdwgirl

Lookie where I went.

Yum, I'll just take the cheese please. This is something I will miss about going to Chicago at Christmas.

And I am feeling better today, I made it through work okay. I was starting to lose my voice by the end of the day but I kind of expected that.

Well guess who still has most of their Christmas Shopping to finish? Guess who tried to ship their Amazon order to the
Wilderness Lodge late last night?

Tootles time for a bit of power shopping!

Are you going back to Disney for Christmas? Fun!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

And let's see, in Epcot, the American Adventure film is 45 minutes long, good napping film, and the France film is a good 20 minutes long and has nice pretty music, so that one is good. Hall of Presidents in MK woll put you to sleep out of sheer boredom. Seas with Nemo is also good. Let the kid sleep while you loom at fish, and it's dark...

I'm a chronic migraine sufferer, I know the spots.

I love Spaceship Earth but that is another good one for a nap too. My hubs always falls asleep on that one.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

COP only works if there isn't a family singing

Was it your family that was singing?

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I seen a picture of the supposed Trump animatronic. Not sure if it was real or not because the animatronic looked nothing like him

Almost feels like they had done a Hillary face and then put a wig on her to make it look like Trump.

I don't think the new animatronic looks much like him either. I saw one comment comparing it to the actor Lloyd Bridges.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

or do

Those are great with meals I have, but not for Christmas Eve. This is one of the many foods that will be served for Christmas eve:

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[Gabe1]

@DisneyBound2017 Other great nap places in MK are The People Mover, and Carousel of Progress. In Epcot, the movie in France is beautiful and the music may lull her to sleep. It is a long movie too. At least 15 minutes. I forget. The seats are comfy. The America pavilion has a great movie also with comfy seats and if you are lucky you may get to see the Voices of Liberty.

I can't believe I forgot the American Pavilion for a nap spot. I myself am not a napper but in our 2016 fall trip I napped both there and in Ellen's Energy. That trip we went to sleep too late and up to early.

 

[Gabe1]

I honestly do not think the Pirates is a good ride. You get a drop and canonshot sounds.
People Mover is a must. I think Its a Small world helps too.

But with the pirates those drops are the first portion of the ride, from their on it is music and dark with movement.

We are not amused with Pirates the last few years. I don't like that it is now a water ride where you get real wet.

 

[Gabe1]

We likely won't be hitting any of those. Unless she wants to rope drop on our last day. We both wake up early normally so I thought if she wanted to do more rides we could leave my husband at the hotel to sleep and go to MK from 7-9 and still be back in time for breakfast My hubby normally wakes up around 8:30 so this trip is going to be a little rough on him. He might end up being the one napping in the stroller

There is a classic photo floating out there of a Dad completely passed out in a Disney World Plastic double stroller.

 

[Gabe1]

Best part is these hotels allow for packages to be delivered to you with no much of a fuss.

I tried shipping to many convention hotels and some were a nightmare to deal with (lots of verification, papers, etc..)

That is why my Amazon Prime had the Wilderness Lodge up at the top of its delivery feed. I actually did originally ship the entire order to the Wilderness but caught it in time to reroute here...though I'd rather be at the Wilderness for Christmas Morning.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I love Spaceship Earth but that is another good one for a nap too. My hubs always falls asleep on that one.

The only thing about that one is the track is a bit bumpy.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

The only thing about that one is the track is a bit bumpy.

True, although my hubs doesn't have a problem with the bumps. He usually falls asleep after the picture!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

What a great comment. Think I'll quote that to my boss one of these days.

I may have a minor obsession issue with Pirates.

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I rode it a good bit last time I was in Disneyland.

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And by a good bit, I mean every day.

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Which was more than I rode the WDW version this year.

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I went to WDW twice

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And still rode the inferior version

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As I said, minor obsession. Very minor.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Exactly what I mean.

Phew. I was afraid you said you didn't like Pirates.

Unless you don't. In which case, heed the first warning, and tread with caution, unless ye fancy a swim with Davy Jones.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Well, the Bus thread finally got shut down...

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Well, the Bus thread finally got shut down...

@BuddyThomas We've been discussing the Stand Up on the Bus thread here at length if you feel like venting...

 

[Gabe1]

FYI my wife and I had a baby girl recently. My daughter doesn't know it yet, but she is about to be indoctrinated with Disney parks love, history and excitement. Here are a few pics, because I can't help myself from sharing...

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Oh my goodness. She is beautiful.

When will she be indoctrinated to the parks.

 

[Gabe1]

You're going back??

I guess the last thing I ordered from Amazon was shipped to the Wilderness. I also managed to use my DD credit card vs mine too.
'here kid' pay for your own dang Christmas Present'

 

[Gabe1]

https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/capacity-closures

This is what I read. "The park and parking lot are closed to all arriving guests. The only Phase 4 Closure in the past 10 years has been Magic Kingdom on April 7, 2009."

Closure just doesn't happen on a level 4 much anymore. Yes of course it could but I wouldn't get in the way of any plans. The capacity of the MK greatly increased with the Fantasyland Expansion in 2012-14. It was pretty dang rare after Animal Kingdom opened. Once Universal Studios also started drawing guests off Disney Property and into 2 more parks even when the park does close at any level it is pretty dang short. They generally avoid at all costs from barring their on site guests from entering their parks. There is just too much competition out there these days.

Actually Disney is doing what they can to right the ship to get more guests into the parks. Aside from the Hilton it has been years since the resorts on Hotel Blvd have been allowed Extra Magical Hours and that is going to start up again. They really don't want the bad will.