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― nickn, Friday, 23 January 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
one of the measles carriers is from our town, reddening! there was an article in the RG yesterday about all the places he went, warning people.
― ilx polls with striking imago (sleeve), Friday, 23 January 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
haha well shit, that measles guy and i go to the same grocery store. i'm going to be SO PISSED if i get the disneyland measles without even getting to GO to disneyland!
― bonkers candle ancestors (reddening), Friday, 23 January 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
It is a small world after all.
― pplains, Friday, 23 January 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
At least it's not a small pox world. Yet.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 January 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Haven't posted much on here as I should. Went to Disneyland yesterday for one final visit before my move -- my pass officially runs through late November, though, so I may sneak down as I can for a later visit in mid-November as various friends are planning on the Avengers Half-Marathon. A couple of friends were able to join me for most of the day but I ended up doing Toy Story's Midway Mania by myself and then having a (perfectly wonderful) meal at the Carthay Circle to wrap things up, along with chatting with some friendly folks visiting from Portland in the lounge beforehand.
Which made the appearance of this from Rich Juzwiak well timed:
http://gawker.com/alone-in-disney-world-1693714369
And if you missed Rich and Caity Weaver's amazing EPCOT food/drink experience from earlier:
http://bestrestaurant.gawker.com/the-best-restaurant-in-the-world-is-disneys-epcot-them-1700655297
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 May 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
goin to Disneyland on the 27th. We had planned this trip and totally forgotten about all the Star Wars crap, I assume the park is going to be pretty nuts/crowded but too late to back out now!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
I think you'll be OK. In the LA area, there will be dozens of other places to bump into crowds gathered to see people in storm trooper costumes. If anything Disneyland will be controlled chaos, taking into consideration that Christmas time is probably peak crowd volume regardless of Star Wars.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link
yeah I've never been there over the Xmas break, don't really know what to expect
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/art/2015/dl24crowd.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
I have heard anecdotal accounts that the crowds have gotten worse at Disney World in general, and/or that crowd management has gotten worse?
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
We went to Yellowstone over the summer, and I guess it was the third summer in a row with record crowds. 3.8 million people this year, with more this past September than any other time recorded. Disney probably reflects similar trends. Just saw this: "With 19,332,000 guests, Magic Kingdom was once again the most visited theme park in the world, seeing a 4 percent increase from 2013." So yeah.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
I'm pretty familiar with how to handle the crowds at Disneyland - get there when the park opens, immediately go on whatever rides are top priority before the park fills up. After that, stake out which land has the most rides with the shortest lines that everyone wants to go on, go on those. Then get lunch and do something that's not popular/doesn't typically have huge lines (the Mark Twain/whatever they call the island now, the Tiki Room, etc.) By mid-afternoon the park is at peak capacity (due to the overlap between families that got their early and younger/childless folks who arrived later) so you're not going to get on much of anything very quickly - good time to either do some shopping or just wander around Toontown or something like that. As the sun goes down, families with younger children will start to leave, so the crowd starts to thin out a little bit - try to get in on any rides you've missed over the course of the day until the parade/fireworks. the end.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
I loved whatever crowd app we bought, with real-time line info. Totally came in handy.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, December 15, 2015 12:00 PM
Well, stuff like Food & Wine festival, designed to boost attendance during what was for thirty years the slowest time of year, keeps the parks hopping year around. AK and Epcot didn't seem particularly crowded (the bartender at the Rose & Crown, on whose bar I leaned uninterrupted and unshoved for 30 mins, said it was unusually quiet). But the real crazy time is Dec. 15 through Jan. 1.
Customer service was as good as ever.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
if you're a resort guest who buys passes, you can also reserve Fastpasses many weeks in advance.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Returning to Rich's piece from a few months ago, I reread this bit:
What I encountered during my first solo trip to Disney World wasn’t exactly meditative solitude. Mere minutes into my most recent journey through the enchanted fiefdom a suspicion was confirmed: There’s so much stimulation in every cubic square foot that you simply do not need a companion to have an enriching experience. Without another person to consider, I was free to enjoy the park exactly as I wanted. I could move as quickly as humanly possible through the Magic Kingdom, and then on a whim slow down to ponder the attractions, treating them as the works of art that they are.
This is OTM. My trip was essentially solo (I met my parents on the second day). At restaurants I could order dinner at the bar and talk to the bartenders. I wasn't condescended to either.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Huh. I like Disney a lot, but my enjoyment has largely been communal/vicarious. That is, I love watching other people have fun there, and love having others have fun with me. But alone? It would never occur to me to pay to do that.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link
Should say, I love watching other people I know have fun there. But I suppose the Happiest Place on Earth would be no less enjoyable if I was solo.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
I went solo once. It was pretty awesome. It's so great to take exactly as much time as you want to do whatever you want. I just sat around in a bunch of the Epcot countries and appreciated the vibe. While drinking, natch.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
long time listener, first time caller-- I got back from WDW a couple weeks ago and Hollywood Studios is dismal. a good half of the park is empty at any given time because all the stores and restaurants have shuttered in preparation for Star Wars and Frozen absorbing their spots. on the plus side I'm an annual passholder now until January 2017 so maybe I'll get to see some of it (I definitely want to go to the Halloween party regardless)
― Andrew Kornfan, Sunday, 7 February 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
December visit.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
nice!
I really want to try out the Snow White mine carts and see the re-vamped Hollywood Studios, don't know when I'll be back though.
Will be in L.A. this August. Definitely going to Universal Studios for a day, considering if I can fit Disneyland in there too.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
i recently saw the gay romantic short film that was surreptitiously shot in D'land in the late '60s
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
so did i
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:42 (seven years ago) link
i was the projectionist at its director's 90th birthday celebration
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
what's it called?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
Country Bear Jamboree, iirc?
― What's Your Definition of a Dirty Baby? (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
in his opening remarks he called it discovery; the title card read disneyland discovery; its release title i believe was ron and chuck in disneyland discovery
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
yes
the director phoned into the Lincoln Center screening, and gave out his number in Hawaii. "call anytime"
Disney's lawyers threatened him w/ prosecution, but to avoid publicity instead banned him from the parks for life.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
it was sweet and iirc featured good ecstatic use of "when you wish upon a star"
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
i hope lincoln center had better turnout
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
wow I would love to see that!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
a few dozen in a smallish theater; sound was fuct up tho
xp
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
now Disney makes a mint on Gay Days.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
while I'm here, might as well show off these sweet Star Wars glasses done in the style of classic Disneyland posters that my sister-in-law brought back from Orlando
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/a8t03c5q2s8l9ua/20160608_153553.jpg?dl=0
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
wow those are super cool
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 20:44 (seven years ago) link
Last I read there is a lot afoot at the parks, including longer hours for Animal Kingdom, which now lights up on cool ways and gives safaris in the dark.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 June 2016 20:45 (seven years ago) link
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, June 8, 2016 9:43 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this post crossed my mind for no reason while i was driving and i realized it's ridiculous; it was not his 90th birthday. sorry. i forget how old he is but i was confusing him with a venerable member of the local japanese chamber of commerce. the program was extremely long -- don't know what context you saw the film in morbz but i am p much a major scholar of his now. there was a sort of hitchcock pastiche, or maybe it was a blow up pastiche -- a lot of prolonged stops at parties. disneyland discovery was the highlight i thought, tho there was Hotter stuff. up in the booth shutting everything down afterwards i missed the chance to claim a t-shirt with his face on it.
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 9 June 2016 23:12 (seven years ago) link
while i was driving
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2016 23:19 (seven years ago) link
As if Orlando couldn't handle more bad news.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 13:10 (seven years ago) link
Heard that first thing this morning, that story is insane.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
Your fun read of the day
http://gizmodo.com/how-i-let-disney-track-my-every-move-1792875386
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
what a jerk-off, the Magic Bands are great
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
Like the whole "wau so crepey disney knows where i am at all times" is some serious whogivesashit.jpg. I cannot think of one negative to Disney knowing that I'm waiting in line for the Jungle Cruise after I gave them hundreds of dollars to ride the Jungle Cruise.
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
WHERE IS MY **PRIVACY** WHEN I EXPLORE YOUR PARK WITH 20,000 OTHER PEOPLE
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
I like imagining your all caps is the manifesto when you hole up in Spaceship Earth and hack the sound systems to just play BOADRUM 77 on infinite loop.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
Certain 21st century indignities I'll endure for the sake of swiping a lock or charging a purchase
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
speaking of, Whiney, I'll be at Ft. Wilderness over the Thanksgiving holiday.
My sister worked at WDW and can confirm that you're constantly under their watchful eye anyway unless you're like in a bathroom stall or something (and even then, who knows for sure, and maybe the true purpose of the Magic Bands is so they can finally gather important data on visitor BMs).
― Ambling Shambling Man (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link