The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

mickEblu

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My patented 1 day in Sequoia and Kings Canyon itinerary in the summer (they are connected.)

-Leave early drive to the General Sherman Parking lot
-Walk down to the General Sherman, then do the Congressional Trail Trail.
-Take the free shuttle back to the parking lot from the handicap lot to save you the climb up. (2-3 hours in total out of the car)
-Drive the Generals Highway to the Grant Grove
-Walk the Grant Grove to see the house tree and General Grant (1 hour)
-Enjoy a Picnic Lunch in the parking lot
-Drive the 26 mile Kings Canyon Drive down into the heart of the canyon. A absolutely jaw dropping ride. While down there do the short hike (<15 min) to Roaring Falls, then drive back out (2-3 hours)

Everything mentioned is kid friendly, took my parents on this trip no problem.

This looks solid, thanks! So tunnel tree not worth it? Isn’t it on the way or near Grants Grove? I’m guessing it’s the kind of one and done thing you’ve written off?

Is the walk to General Grant another hike or just a short walk. Just wondering if the kids will have the stamina. With that said, we should have my daughter’s stroller.

Can we bring a stroller onto the shuttle back from General Sherman? How long is the walk from the parking lot to the General Sherman? I wonder why some people said to take the shuttle to the Sherman if you can just park at the Sherman trail?
 

mickEblu

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I love to rewatch old movies and see people who have become famous actors later.

Yeah that’s pretty cool. This one really shocked me. I mean I can totally see it now but never would have put it together because that would have already happened by now.
 

Touchdown

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This looks solid, thanks! So tunnel tree not worth it? Isn’t it on the way or near Grants Grove? I’m guessing it’s the kind of one and done thing you’ve written off?

Is the walk to General Grant another hike or just a short walk. Just wondering if the kids will have the stamina. With that said, we should have my daughter’s stroller.

Can we bring a stroller onto the shuttle back from General Sherman? How long is the walk from the parking lot to the General Sherman? I wonder why some people said to take the shuttle to the Sherman if you can just park at the Sherman trail?
Stroller is going to be an issue, I missed that, the Sherman trail is paved, everything else is a dirt path. The Grant grove is more of a walk, the Congress Trail Loop is longer than the entirety of the three other walks (Sherman, Grant, Roaring) combined. As far as the bus, never saw a stroller get on.
 

mickEblu

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Stroller is going to be an issue, I missed that, the Sherman trail is paved, everything else is a dirt path. The Grant grove is more of a walk, the Congress Trail Loop is longer than the entirety of the three other walks (Sherman, Grant, Roaring) combined. As far as the bus, never saw a stroller get on.

My youngest is 4.5 years old so we don’t absolutely need a stroller but ideally would have liked to bring one as insurance. Maybe I’ll buy a carrier or just carry her when she inevitably gets tired.
 

Disney Analyst

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I’m not going to to debate how it should be classified as it’s highly subjective and even when the ticket system was around it was kind of all over the place. Enchanted Tiki Room and POTC were both E tickets. With that said when and I (and perhaps most) of us say E ticket these days what we’re referring to primarily is scope/ scale. Something with the scale of MMRR where you are moving through multiple show scenes would generally be referred to as an E ticket. I’m quite certain Disney views it as one.

The way I kind of view it these days:

1. Mega E Ticket

2. E ticket

3. D ticket - mostly reserved for the likes of shooter rides, simulators or dark rides of smaller scale like Tangled Tokyo or Pan Shangai

4. Flat rides.

I don’t think anyone really talks about A- C tickets. Disney doesn’t really build smaller dark rides or transpo rides anymore so the sheer size of some of these rides make it hard to call them anything other than an E. So you re just kind of left with flat rides, E tickets and not quite E tickets.

This feels correct, as even with "E-Tickets" there has to be nuance.

Something like Rise, Indy, or Radiator Springs just have a scale and level not seen in many other E-Tickets. Mega E feels correct.
 

wityblack

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This feels correct, as even with "E-Tickets" there has to be nuance.

Something like Rise, Indy, or Radiator Springs just have a scale and level not seen in many other E-Tickets. Mega E feels correct.
E+ Tickets are what I call them. Although imo I've downgraded things in my head like Tiki Room and Monorail to be C and B tickets respectively, have Radiator Springs Racers and Indy at E-Ticket, and Rise and Forbidden Journey at E+ Ticket.
 

TP2000

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One happened when I worked there, in the CM parking lot. A TR7, lucky for me not close to my car but it did take out a few around it. I still remember walking past the burned out hulk and its damaged neighbors on my way out.

Oh, geez! Of course it was a Triumph! I drove a lightly used 1970 Triumph Spitfire (an earlier sister of the TR7) for a year or two, and I still have mental trauma from that experience many decades later. The entire British car industry died at the hands of Lucas Electrics Co., and my old Spitfire was no exception. It's a minor miracle it never caught fire, although there were plenty of blown fuses and relays and the smell of electrical smoke.

It's sole redeeming quality was that it looked so damn good! I cut a rather dashing figure in it behind the wheel, as anyone would in a Triumph with the top down. I was investing heavily in cable knit tennis sweaters at that time, and my goal was to pull up to every stoplight looking like I was posing for a magazine ad for something British and/or tasteful. Or maybe just an ad for cable knit tennis sweaters. :rolleyes:

This isn't my car, but it's the same make/model/year and in the same deep burgundy color and wood steering wheel. But Lucas Electrics and their wiring for all Triumph's had to ruin it for everybody, not least of which the British taxpayer.

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And this isn't a picture of me in my Triumph days, but it's remarkably close for an 8 second Google search. And the vibe I was going for when driving my Spitfire is spot on.

Dammit, if it weren't for awful electrical systems in British sports cars, my life would have been PERFECT! :mad: 🇬🇧 :banghead:

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Parteecia

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I was going to say the same thing. An old British car known for electrical problems goes up in flames? Where's my shocked-face emoji?
But let's not forget, the TR7 was "The Shape of Things to Come".
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(Even though Fiat released the X1/9 a few years earlier.)
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Lol! My brother had an X1/9. It was his daily driver while he tried to fix his '59 MGA's electrical issues.
 

Model3 McQueen

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In the Parks
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I watched this video and found it interesting. Best case scenario means lower prices (ha!) or more magic keys and reservation openings.

The part where he mentions Disney possibly marketing nostalgia as a way to get guests to come back though.. I just don't see it. They've been replacing classics for years and none of the new stuff hits those same notes.
 

truecoat

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I watched this video and found it interesting. Best case scenario means lower prices (ha!) or more magic keys and reservation openings.

The part where he mentions Disney possibly marketing nostalgia as a way to get guests to come back though.. I just don't see it. They've been replacing classics for years and none of the new stuff hits those same notes.

Where is Disney going to source all the merchandise from? Disney will be hurt by tariffs in this regard.
 

tanc

Premium Member
At DLR this week and man, still my favorite park in the world. Perfect weather and just the live entertainment and whatnot, the fact everything is within one vicinity, so much to do. As cool as I think TDR is, DLR still feels like Walt’s park by far.
 

Phroobar

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Where is Disney going to source all the merchandise from? Disney will be hurt by tariffs in this regard.
Maybe Disney should lay off the new merchandise for a while and let the unsold stuff get purchased first. There are countries that are drowning in unsold Disney merch.
 

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