March 28, 2022 Disney World 2022 Planning- Part 15
Conversation between those who were there {Kim, Grandma and I}:
Me- Rosa is watching new Charmed and I’m keeping myself busy so I don’t make fun of it and get smacked.
[Later Edit- Read a nice article on the Incredibles refurbished “Fireworks View” room in the Contemporary main A-frame tower. It has the exact amenities we had when we stayed there…but now costs an insane $1200 a night. We are very happy dragging our exhausted carcasses back to the All Star Resorts and passing out there, thank you very much.]
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The Hoop De Doo returns on June 23.
Which means they admit you’re paying for less than you got with the previous free FastPass Plus
That guaranteed three a day – minimum, and often one or two more.
No wonder everyone says it sucks.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy, whatever the heck it is tracked ride in EPCOT opens on May 27. Virtual queues? Pay to ride? How will it affect crowds when we go? I have no idea! One more bit of confusion in the puzzle.
We'll have to see what the options are. Honestly, as cool as it looks, my initial instinct is to ignore this one, let it suck up vast numbers of people on its line and focus on the other attractions it pulls the crowds away from.
Alas.
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Aerialists ARE coming back with the Tumble Monkeys in the Lion King Show!
[Later edit- I guess I should look ahead before adding a “Later edit,” huh?]
Today I walked by Jermaine Samuels and he had the coolest Toy Story hoodie I've ever seen and I thought "finding out my favorite player on our basketball team also likes Disney is the best news of today!!"
I would like to extend my apologies to Jermaine. He has been dethroned.
[Later edit- She meant for “best news of the day.” It took me a while to figure that out too.]
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AAH! Now planning an early May Colorado trip because it’s the only time one fits. Oh well, that’s a lot less involved.
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From Grandma:
This was supposed to go out Yesterday. As of Yesterday, we had 3 months, 3 weeks & 3 days wait for Disney.
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Anabelle is still convinced only the pressure of an upcoming trip inspires us to finish our photo albums from the last trip. She may be right. With a little sorting help (Rosa by day, and then me checking the story at night for order) Anabelle assembled the books today.
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Jeff’s and Anabelle’s Disney World Philosophy:
Anabelle put some more detailed work into the shirt grid, and her huge personal grid and PowerPoint to coordinate her outfits. She said planning is actually the best part of Disney, by a little bit, because once the trip hits it goes so fast. It’s kind of like Christmas that way.
[Later edit- This is why I put so much work into documenting the trip afterwards as well. Anything to extend the Disney World Experience.]
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Character hugs are officially back! Normal character dining is back in some places (Tusker House, Topolino’s, Chef Mickey’s, Play and Dine) Castle isn’t restored yet, but still open. No other places open. Weird.
[Later edit- Or, in fact, never.]
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The GOP Florida governor and senate have voted to repeal Reedy Creek, the act that makes Disney pretty much able to run itself. Here’s hoping the house figures out how badly that’s going to raise everyone that votes for them’s taxes before the finish the job. Also, those who face the Mouse in court seldom do well. Here’s hoping that continues.
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With hugs and autographs back, character wait times have jumped up. Oddly, the other line wait times have not gone down.
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Disney has created an anomaly in the universe:
The one Disney souvenir that would fit in her collection that Grandma would NEVER buy:
A mug based on the Ugly-Ass Castle as Pink Birthday cake from the 25th anniversary.
Dave- That looks like the wicked witch house from Hansel and Gretel……
Me- The Castle was so much worse…like a big pink turd in the middle of the park
Grandma- It is an abomination. It is so gross. Even if it wasn’t Pink it would be awful. What were they thinking? Is someone at Disney insane? That is the only explanation I can think of. I am revolted. OXZ
Anabelle texted me that Grandma’s reply was the funniest email she’s ever gotten.
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Got one right!
AllEars had their daily wait times article.
It was titled "Are Sundays the best days to visit this park"
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The normal style Chip and Dale meet and greet has returned to the Magic Kingdom.
[Later Edit- It wasn’t Frontierland. Rosa found them anyway. How does she do that?]
2 comments:
It's cool on how you worked on the photo albums as a team.
I like your Disney World philosophy. Fun things in life go by way too fast, so it's nice to keep them alive in various ways.
I like the ugly mug. Please don't hate me. I'm guessing I didn't hate the castle either. Though I prefer it in its normal state.
Thanx, Disney is always a family adventure.
We do whatever we can to extend the experience.
Part of it is we go infrequently, so messing with Icons there is a problem for us. The other part is at the time of the 25th, all four of us really hated pink, so that added to the shape change was a huge issue.
That's the great thing about Disney, everyone can like different things.
(Granted, I will still complain about almost any change...but that's one of the things I like!)
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