BuzzedPotatoHead89
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I’ll second this. While most of the Aquarium does have what you’ll mostly find at Long Beach here in L.A., the large enclosure with the whale sharks and the huge rays is something to behold!
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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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Californian Elitist
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You’re not the first person to tell me this (regarding the traffic). I’ve also heard that the airport is a madhouse with extremely long lines. Hopefully it won’t be too bad when I go.
Unfortunately, I’ll only have one day to do some exploring! I’m going to a friend’s baby shower, so that’s the main reason why I’ll be in Georgia, but I do plan to sightsee. I want to take advantage of the time I do have. Still trying to figure out what to do. I’m staying in Alpharetta, so I’m going to see if I can do some exploring in both. I’m running out of time. I’ve been more focused on my Italy trip.
lazyboy97o
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Alpharetta is a lot of generic sprawl. They don’t even have The Varsity anymore, so you’ll have to make do with the airport locations or the original in midtown. It’s greasy fast food, but it’s Atlanta’s greasy fast food.
I actually love Hartsfield. It’s huge but all of the terminals are connected underground. The North Terminal and South Terminal are just different sides to the same building with the same connection to the gate concourses, so you can check the TSA wait times and change sides if one side has shorter waits.
Californian Elitist
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I did some Google mapping for Alpharetta a while ago, and yeah…not much to see.
Any suggestions for things not too far from the airport? Is Buckhead nearby?
Disney Analyst
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Ummm
lazyboy97o
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Buckhead is the north side of Atlanta while the airport is south of the city. The airport is in Hapeville and there’s not much there either unless you’d like to visit the original Chick-Fil-A location or pay a lot of money to drive a Porsche at their facility next to the airport.
Buckhead’s known as the ritzy area but also isn’t too much. The Atlanta History Center is located there and it is a nice museum on a large campus that includes a few different buildings, the main one being The Swan House (aka Cornelius Snow’s mansion in The Hunger Games movies).
Honestly, I’d second the Georgia Aquarium and Centennial Olympic Park as a recommendation if you like aquariums. The MARTA rail line runs between the airport and Alpharetta so you could take advantage. From there you could also take the Atlanta Streetcar (or walk if you feel comfortable doing so) over to Sweet Auburn. Hit up the Sweet Auburn Market (Municipal Market) which has a variety of food stalls inside and then make your way over towards Ebenezer Baptist Church and the King Center. Downtown hasn’t seen the investment of midtown, so it has more blighted areas, but it’s always captivated me. If you like old cemeteries, Oakland Park isn’t far south from the King Center and there’s a nearby MARTA rail station (although access is a bit inconvenient).
Californian Elitist
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THANK YOU! I will look into all of these options tonight and make a decision. This is very, very helpful.
@PiratesMansion Thank you as well!
EPCOTCenterLover
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We found World of Coke fun and informative. Buckhead has great restaurants. Aunt Fannies Cabin Gospel brunch was wonderful. Too bad it’s gone.
Suspirian
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I went to the parks today I haven’t been since 2017. I feel like DCA needs a lot more trees and green space. Also Rise of the Resistance is very cool.
ALSO was hoping experiencing Avengers Campus in person would change my mind about it. It did not. They def need to expand that into Hollywoodland.
ALSO was hoping experiencing Avengers Campus in person would change my mind about it. It did not. They def need to expand that into Hollywoodland.
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I miss those days so much! Nothing like the Rocket jets up in the air at night or a long, slow ride on the people mover with your girlfriend.
Rich T
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Disney does not have the greatest history of making their U.S. park soundtracks available. It’s ridiculous. Europa Park and Efteling release new albums online for nearly every new attraction and show.
Rich T
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Just rode Tron at MK, and one of the things that baffles me is the incredible waste of space there. The area under the canopy feels so empty and lifeless. Why not design that whole plaza as a lively gathering place full of live music, food and supporting attractions? Instead they’ve created an enormous, sterile-looking walkway/ waiting area that feels cold, dull and disconnected from the rest of TL. Looked good on paper, I guess.
chadwpalm
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I just watched a video of the ride (never got around to doing it) and it looks like such wasted potential inside and out.
If you are supposed to be digitized into the world of Tron and be immersed in it, why do they immediately take you back outside into the real world and let you see the roller coaster track and the swamps of Florida? Makes no sense. Then the whole ride is going through 5 gates and then you see a random red lightcycle crash and that's it?
It should have been a dual coaster where cycles are racing or coming into near collisions or something, and maybe weave around a full size Recognizer a la the AT-AT's on RotR. It's crazy to imagine a fully immersive RotR and this un-immersive ride both came from WDI.
And seriously, if you took a drink anytime the word "user" is seen or heard you'd be smashed by the end of the ride.