we went with my inlaws & 5 year old niece about 10 years ago
had niece for a day & planned to take her to Epcot. At breakfast we told we'd go see London Paris, all kinds of fun places...she started crying & *freaking out*! we couldnt figure out what was wrong.
Turns out she thought we were taking her to irl Paris and she didnt want to go that far away without her mom & dad. <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 November 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
aw
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 24 November 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
i remember being like 4 or 5 or something and being too shook to go on Pirates of the Caribbean or 20,000 Leagues because i didn't want to drown or something
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 24 November 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
My memories of visiting WDW exactly seven years ago (as a bratty 16 year old):
MGM Studios being the best thing ever (apart from the weird Drew Carey ride/experience). Massive shouts to the Aerosmith Rock'n'Rollercoaster ("GET READY TO MERGE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER MERGED BEFORE"). The Indiana Jones stunt show being better than pretty much any film (even if the mime who warms the crowed up did racist mimes at one point). Watching some form of Thanksgiving/Christmassy firework show.
Getting weirdly teary at the Magic Kingdom show when everyone has a go at Donald Duck for some reason but we all learn that DREAMS COME TRUE! Obviously seeing the castle for the first time is a real woahhhh moment. Going on the old time steamboat thing and, again, finding it weirdly emotional. Queuing for hours for the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride behind a girl who looked just like Maeby Funke in a Dr Pepper T-shirt and not being able to stop myself from looking at her throughout.
Typhon Lagoon being as much fun as anyone can have involving water.
The repeated shouts of OPA OPA OYSTER!!! at Seaworld/getting to ride the Kraken about 6 times in a row at the start of the day because there was zero queue. My mum CRYING at the Shamu show/us beinbg sat next to a very patriotic American who alternated between heartfult salutes and whoops and spitting on the floor.
Animal Kingdom being really shit because we went on the log flume kind of thing and I was the only person in our boat to get absolutely drenched and it really did ruin my day. Didn't even enjoy going on the safari thing and seeing the gorillas.
REFUSING TO SWIM WITH DOLPHINS AT DISCOVERY COVE. I lost my glasses that day too.
Other memories of my only American trip to date:
Spending Thanksgiving itself at this park with a big old house in it nearish to Kissimee that also had a river full of manatees and gar and being wowed by seeing manatees just hanging out. We had a lasagane for dinner purchased from a Walmart.
Going on a boat trip on the everglades and my mum flirting with the captain. We didn't see any alligators sadly.
Blasting Power 95.3 (ORLANDO'S NEW NUMBER ONE FOR HIP HAAAWP) and hearing My Love by JT/I wanna Love You by Akon/Showstopper by Dainty Kane on repeat all day every day and loving them. Also endless adverts for Fazolis.
Driving back from Kennedy Space Center and seeing dolphins jumping about in the water. Also liked Lee, the guy who drove the shuttle bus around the center, top #bants ("please take all of your valuables when you leave. That includes your children, folks." "shake an alligators hand with me. five dollars.")
Eating absolutely joyless dinners in Sizzler and Golden Corral.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:18 (ten years ago) link
I have no memories really of Epcot.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:19 (ten years ago) link
whiney, I'm going next year on my nieces' first trip and probably staying in the Fort Wilderness cabins.
well, yeah
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:23 (ten years ago) link
We quite liked Red Lobster, but apart from one nice meal in Old Time Kissimmee (which I couldn't fully enjoy due to the headaches I was having as a result of being glasses-less (we went to a Floridian opticians at a retail park and I was misdiagnosed with glaucoma and charged an exorbitant amount of money for a prescription which didn't match my actual eyes)), I think we uniformly ate dreadful food for a fortnight.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
Today I learned that there is a racist mime who warms up crowds getting ready to see Indiana Jones.
― pplains, Monday, 25 November 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
You know, the French really act like that so it's not actually racist.
I'm going back to Orlando in March for my son's spring break. I'm hoping this visit will include one day at Universal Islands of Adventure. We've only been there once about 8+ years ago and it was pretty cool, plus now they've added the Harry Potter area.
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Monday, 25 November 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
I'm a three-decade WDW stan and I will say the Harry Potter ride is maybe the greatest theme park ride of all time.
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 25 November 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Awesome! My current favorite ride is the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. If it can top that, I'll be impressed.
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Monday, 25 November 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
Having been on both, I will say it 100% does
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 25 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
On my next trip I'm going to sit in the Wilderness Lodge lobby for hours.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 November 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
think i'm going to take my 4 1/2 year old daughter to disneyland next spring. kind of excited - haven't been in probably 15 years. will be fun to see it through her eyes...
― tylerw, Monday, 25 November 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
have any of you experienced the new Fantasyland stuff at WDW? anything exciting to expect there?
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Monday, 25 November 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
a weird number of my friends have gone this year and i am dying to go
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, November 25, 2013 11:59 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i hear this is true
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 25 November 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
i was excited to hear that universal studios cali is getting a harry potter add-on, since geography-wise i'm much more likely to make it there than florida. but of course just like disneyland vs. WDW, the cali version is probably going to be postage-stamp sized.
― certified skeleton fucker (reddening), Monday, 25 November 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
i am dying to go to the Harry Potter whoosits thing. A guy I work with went and it looks SO fun
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 November 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
https://24.media.tumblr.com/e3eb7df8811923f2e6cac8dd4cfe0f53/tumblr_mx1el6ED3Q1s2wio8o3_1280.jpghttps://31.media.tumblr.com/db6e8620e0998a43f845274f5e33c9ce/tumblr_mx1el6ED3Q1s2wio8o8_1280.jpg
So wait, you get to celebrate graduation at Disneyland and see performances by Sparks and Cheap Trick?!? WHHAAAATTTT!?!?!?!?
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Thursday, 12 December 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
yesssssss assuming all the snow in oregon doesn't stop us, me & my sisters are going down to disneyland for three days next week. first time since 2011 so we'll finally get to see this "land of cars."
― reddening, Saturday, 8 February 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
reddening's DISNEY PARKS gossip: I am at Disneyland and a man just tripped over me because he was distracted by his Google Glass.
― reddening, Sunday, 16 February 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
lol
ILM friend got me two free adult passes so we're planning to head down to Disneyland for spraaaaaaaang braaaaaaaaaake
will have a 1yo in tow this time so that'll be... interesting
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 February 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
In customizing my MagicBand, I'm so tempted to put my name as "Beefheart" but I think the audience for that joke is reeeeeally limited
― *plop* son (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 20 February 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
http://www.ocweekly.com/2014-02-27/news/disneyland-california-adventure-social-clubs/full/
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Ned's a member iirc
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
lede graf didn't need either of those two swear words
― wavy tare's cashout flicks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
"M**** M***se
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Making the trip down the week after Easter. The GF is suuuuuuuper excited because she hasn't been since she was a kid (this'll be my fourth time as an adult). Can't wait to drink a bunch of plum wine and ride Soarin' again.
― Surprise, It's My Butt (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
now accepting names for the ilxor disney social club
― wavy tare's cashout flicks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
can i be presidetn
― Surprise, It's My Butt (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
imagine all the good stephin merritt jokes when we all ride splash mountain together
― wavy tare's cashout flicks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
so when's that new seven dwarf coaster opening up at WDW anyway
― GM, Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
agreed with whiney: establishing your disney article's streetcred by saying shitfaced in the first four lines is the kind of thing a good editor would nip
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
ah we'd def have to be named after this
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2580/4023367678_a449d2a2b2.jpg
even though our aerosmith hates disney world
― wavy tare's cashout flicks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
I'm going in December. Can't wait.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
Don't mess with Mr Toad's Riders *folds arms*. Come at me
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KIKRAXC8EiA/T43gyJoMRfI/AAAAAAAAHLw/ykD-O6AsqQ4/s1600/Mr.Toad.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 February 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
idk is "Club 77" too insider?
― reddening, Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is the best thing at Disneyland and one reason I now prefer the original over Disney World despite growing up in Florida.
― GM, Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
Pubs, pizzas and hell. You can't go wrong.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
at Disney World there were two tracks on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and no matter which one you took you died and went to hell
― GM, Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
I love Mr Toad. It's so fun. Also: Mr Veg & I went together not long after we first met. I had only been once before as a teenager but my friends were all too cool to go on many of the rides so this time I was on a mission to go on every single ride. Including Storybook Land :D
Mr Veg hunched in a tiny gondola surrounded by toddlers and their parents as we toured the dioramas & sailed through the mouth of jonah the whale is one of my favorite memories.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
he was NOT happy lol
1 1/2 weeks out from spring break in Orlando! Will be my first time checking out the re-vamped Fantasyland and the Harry Potter stuff at Islands of Adventure.
― Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Thursday, 27 February 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link
"...better suited for a Germs show ..."
When was this article written?
― nickn, Thursday, 27 February 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
i might be going in about a month!
to disneyland.
what should i know?
how do i prepare?
how do i convince my gf that this is indeed a good idea?
i'm excited!
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 3 March 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
I went with this and read it while standing in lines, and found it very enjoyable
http://www.amazon.com/The-Imagineering-Field-Guide-Disneyland/dp/1423109759/ref=pd_sim_b_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=18N5ZTSJBRJDTJQFBXBM
When you need a break, it's nice to just take the railroad around the whole park.
― VegemiteG I R L (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 March 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
that looks cool
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 3 March 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
just back from 8 days and 7 nights at Walt Disney World
bought this shirt
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lCjrngLXO4A/Uh1W5ImsccI/AAAAAAAABFo/fBlVIKhCtXY/s1600/tumblr_mmjyhnTXVj1qea0tko1_500.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
hipster mice
― Mordy , Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link