The Spirited Back Nine ...

[bhg469]

I know this will not be a popular stance, but, I honestly do not see anything even remotely appetizing about the "Animal Fries". Seriously, it looks like someone threw up on a tray. I think it's the sauce. This is perhaps the last thing anyone sees just moments before suffering that massive coronary.

It's sort of like a poor mans poutine. Buy poutine is awesome.

 

[wdisney9000]

I like the unplugged style versions of the Frozen songs for the X-Mas special. Very nice, but Rob M. starting the Disney parade off with a group selfie at DL? #Lame. It makes Disney look like a dorky parent trying to be cool.

 

[bhg469]

Not that the parade has been good recently but wow!! They really put negative effort in this year.

 

[wogwog]

Not that the parade has been good recently but wow!! They really put negative effort in this year.

Never watch but it must take some effort to be even worse.

Infomercials just are not what they used to be I guess.

 

[Goofyernmost]

It's sort of like a poor mans poutine. Buy poutine is awesome.

Poutine I love, but, this is not even identifiable to me, so I will pass thanks.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I know this will not be a popular stance, but, I honestly do not see anything even remotely appetizing about the "Animal Fries". Seriously, it looks like someone threw up on a tray. I think it's the sauce. This is perhaps the last thing anyone sees just moments before suffering that massive coronary.

Have you tasted them?

 

[GoofGoof]

Concerning the In-N-Out Burger, I'm really talking about portion size. Even a White Castle Burger is much more than I care to consume at one time. I'll eat a small portion of most any meat, bread, potatoes and other such items but I would never eat even the smallest In-N-Out Burger in one sitting. It's just too much bread and a whole days worth of red meat. So I normally refrain from eating very much of that type of food.

On the other hand I can easily eat an entire giant turkey leg but no more than one in a week. And, of course, bacon is meat candy so I strictly limit my intact of that delight and reserve it for special occasions. All that sodium in poultry and pig parts takes its toll.

I fully understand your (and Dave's and others) distaste for the water. It tastes unusual to me too but I really don't mind the off taste. The main thing I look for is cold water. I have been known to skip several water fountains in a row searching for one with a good refrigeration unit! If the water is really cold the bad taste is far less noticeable, at least to me.

When I was younger I could eat that stuff no problem. Now it's an every once in a while thing and I usually do feel somewhere between very full and ill afterward.

 

[GoofGoof]

In-N-Out Burger is definitely on the list. Would not want to miss out on that

You won't be sorry...until about a month after you get home and you are craving it again.

 

[John]

The ADR system is nothing more then a FP system for dining. A way to distribute diners. Limited menus. Limited attractions. Choice constrains the ability of Disney to control cost. Its all about the Benjamin's. When both systems were implemented they were fantastic. Then in their infinite wisdom they figured out how to change it from a guest satisfaction element to how they could squeeze every penny from it.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Have you tasted them?

No, I haven't and you couldn't make me. A lot of what we enjoy about food is how it looks. This looks anything but good to me. So, I would not bother trying it. It might taste really good, but, I would have to be blindfolded and have someone feed it to me. Bear in mind, there are very few things that I haven't eaten or at least tried. Raw Oysters, Snails and now this are on my do not allow to enter list. I've even eaten pigs ears, frog legs, head cheese and liver, but, not that. It doesn't help that I am not really that crazy about fries anyway. No real incentive.

 

[Californian Elitist]

No, I haven't and you couldn't make me. A lot of what we enjoy about food is how it looks. This looks anything but good to me. So, I would not bother trying it. It might taste really good, but, I would have to be blindfolded and have someone feed it to me. Bear in mind, there are very few things that I haven't eaten or at least tried. Raw Oysters, Snails and now this are on my do not allow to enter list. I've even eaten pigs ears, frog legs, head cheese and liver, but, not that. It doesn't help that I am not really that crazy about fries anyway. No real incentive.

I wouldn't knock anything until you've tried it.

 

[GoofGoof]

No, I haven't and you couldn't make me. A lot of what we enjoy about food is how it looks. This looks anything but good to me. So, I would not bother trying it. It might taste really good, but, I would have to be blindfolded and have someone feed it to me. Bear in mind, there are very few things that I haven't eaten or at least tried. Raw Oysters, Snails and now this are on my do not allow to enter list. I've even eaten pigs ears, frog legs, head cheese and liver, but, not that. It doesn't help that I am not really that crazy about fries anyway. No real incentive.

I have a friend who went to a restaurant in NYC that is pitch black and has all blind servers. When you enter the dining area the server guides you to your table and you sit in the pitch dark. They take away your cell phone and any other personal items and store them in a locker before you enter the dining room. The menu is a surprise. You pick between generic categories of meat, fish, vegetarian or total surprise but they don't tell you any of the details of what you will be served. You can order surprise cocktails too. You can't see anything that you are eating. She said it was true that your other senses become heightened as you start to rely on smell (in particular) and taste. She said it was amazing how much more you pay attention to the smells and flavors of the food without actually seeing it.

Not really relevant to the conversation, I just thought of it when you referenced enjoying the look of food.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I wouldn't knock anything until you've tried it.

Now you sound like my parents, back in the day. Come to think of it, it seems pretty close to what I used to tell my kids. Not going to change anything though, I was right then and I'm right now.

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Today's parade was all about reunions... those best friends, the mother and son, and anyone who's seen an MK parade in the last 30 years and that castle float that Anna and Elsa were on.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Now you sound like my parents, back in the day. Come to think of it, it seems pretty close to what I used to tell my kids. Not going to change anything though, I was right then and I'm right now.

So if someone decided to refrain from going to Disney because it "looked kiddy" or "appeared" boring, would you tell them to go and see for themselves or would you discourage them more?

 

[Goofyernmost]

I have a friend who went to a restaurant in NYC that is pitch black and has all blind servers. When you enter the dining area the server guides you to your table and you sit in the pitch dark. They take away your cell phone and any other personal items and store them in a locker before you enter the dining room. The menu is a surprise. You pick between generic categories of meat, fish, vegetarian or total surprise but they don't tell you any of the details of what you will be served. You can order surprise cocktails too. You can't see anything that you are eating. She said it was true that your other senses become heightened as you start to rely on smell (in particular) and taste. She said it was amazing how much more you pay attention to the smells and flavors of the food without actually seeing it.

Not really relevant to the conversation, I just thought of it when you referenced enjoying the look of food.

That would be a place that I am not adventerous enough to try out either.

So if someone decided to refrain from going to Disney because it "looked kiddy" or "appeared" boring, would you tell them to go and see for themselves or would you discourage them more?

I'm not going to eat Disney, I'm just going to look at it. Kinda different!

 

[Mike S]

I have a friend who went to a restaurant in NYC that is pitch black and has all blind servers. When you enter the dining area the server guides you to your table and you sit in the pitch dark. They take away your cell phone and any other personal items and store them in a locker before you enter the dining room. The menu is a surprise. You pick between generic categories of meat, fish, vegetarian or total surprise but they don't tell you any of the details of what you will be served. You can order surprise cocktails too. You can't see anything that you are eating. She said it was true that your other senses become heightened as you start to rely on smell (in particular) and taste. She said it was amazing how much more you pay attention to the smells and flavors of the food without actually seeing it.

Not really relevant to the conversation, I just thought of it when you referenced enjoying the look of food.

I saw that place on TV. I wouldn't ever eat there lol.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I'm not going to eat Disney, I'm just going to look at it. Kinda different!

No, it's not. In both cases, something is being judged before being experienced. Look at Disney? What? When someone says they're going to Disney, they're not going to look at it, they're going to experience the parks. So I'll ask again. If someone refused to go to Disney because it "looked" kiddy or "appeared" boring, would you tell them to go and see for themselves or would you discourage them more?

 

[wdisney9000]

Not that the parade has been good recently but wow!! They really put negative effort in this year.

They showed Santa Claus within the first 5 minutes? And why all the stories about reuniting families? I mean, I get it, but I tuned in to see a parade or songs about Christmas, not watch 3 separate 10 minute stories about how a family hasnt seen each other. The one about the family in Hawaii was an insult to intelligent people. The brother LIVES in Hawaii and Disney tells the sister in Utah, "were flying you to Hawaii", and then she is shocked that the brother is in Hawaii when they arrive? (I get that its advertising, but at least have it make sense)

Im still scratching my head about Tim Tebow. Better than Nick Cannon I guess. Robin must have gotten paid a dollar every time she said the word 'memories'.

 

[PhotoDave219]

They showed Santa Claus within the first 5 minutes? And why all the stories about reuniting families? I mean, I get it, but I tuned in to see a parade or songs about Christmas, not watch 3 separate 10 minute stories about how a family hasnt seen each other. The one about the family in Hawaii was an insult to intelligent people. The brother LIVES in Hawaii and Disney tells the sister in Utah, "were flying you to Hawaii", and then she is shocked that the brother is in Hawaii when they arrive? (I get that its advertising, but at least have it make sense)

Im still scratching my head about Tim Tebow. Better than Nick Cannon I guess. Robin must have gotten paid a dollar every time she said the word 'memories'.

Entirely different production. They wanted to do something "different".... This was produced by Dick Clark Productions.

Last year's parade won an Emmy.