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I'm sure this hasn't been reported, but last week while at Epcot, we rode the universe of Energy. My kids enjoy this ride and Mom and dad enjoy the air condition and sometimes a few zzzzzzz's. My daughter noticed that the animatronic Ellen who is fighting with some dinosaur or snake has been removed. Could this be the start of better things to come for the universe of energy?

Be the biggest hit at the Fort. We are parting with a member of our family...Herbie. We had him for 7 years now. A lot of hard work and dollars went into building him. Unfortunately our kids are starting to outgrow the custom seat we built on the back. Before I tear him down and rebuild him with a full size back seat, I want to shop him to see if anyone would be interested. I am buying new batteries this Saturday since we have a week fort trip coming up in 2 weeks. PM me if anyone is interested

I think when we complain about fort pricing, most of us think of times we camped as child with our parents and friends and could stay at a KOA or a state park for under $20 bucks a night, sometimes cheaper. As much as I flip the mouse off every time we book a trip to the fort for a concrete pad and a rusty grill for sometimes over $100 a night, we have to remember what year it is and what you get at the fort compared to other places. Now If they could just provide towels at the pool, It would feel more like a Disney resort

An alcohol version dole wip float would be genius. It would mix a little of capt jacks rum with the aloha isle theme

An alcohol version dole wip float would be genius. It would mix a little of capt jacks rum with the aloha isle theme

I hear the earful tower opens at the top so rebel x-wing fighters can land in it

Didn't they close that ride yet to make way for the tomorrowland speedway expansion?

Didn't they close that ride yet to make way for the tomorrowland speedway expansion?

I hear the earful tower opens at the top so rebel x-wing fighters can land in it

If anyone out there follows the Tampa Bay Rays, you already know last Friday was a dark day. We lost Joe Maddon as our skipper for the Rays. I don't blame Joe one bit for exercising his opt out in his contract. I believe Joe did outstanding with what he had to work with. Taking great high school kids, running them through a superb farm system then bringing them up to the show was a great feat. But when you grow these kids only to have to let them go when they get good and popular to free up money, I would eventually leave too. Now to hear rumors that the Rays owner may have been in talks with Montreal to move the team just shows how gullible these owners are and how stupid they are. They want to make a ton of money with no money. They keep saying its a stadium fault or its the low fan base. MLB is a business like anything else. You have to spend money to make money. If they wanted to get rid of some the red jerseys in the stands when the soxs came to town or the pinstripes when the Yankees came, they need get more talent and big names. Look at the bucaneers the past 10 years. Most of the fans gave up. Granted, Joe did a phenomenal job with what we have and to be a contender each year in a tough division, but fans want big names and World Series titles. Would a new stadium be the answer? Maybe, maybe not, but it's progress moving forward. I wish Joe Maddon all the best luck and hope he takes another team even further. Tampa bay is now truly a hockey town...go lightning

Never mind, I found it. SPOILER ALERT If you have never been on the ride:
There are eleven random segments of the film (two opening segments, three primary destination segments, three hologram message segments, and three ending destination segments). When combined, they allow 54 different possible ride experiences.
The Starspeeder 1000 takes off, although C-3PO protests he is not the captain. As the ship is about to leave the Star Tours terminal, two scenes may occur:
1. Darth Vader, Imperial Stormtroopers, and skytroopers arrive to arrest the Rebel spy aboard the speeder. Vader uses a Force-grip to keep the speeder from escaping. The Starspeeder fires its lasers at the Sith Lord, who deflects them with his lightsaber, allowing the shuttle to make a rapid exit backwards out of the hangar, with TIE Fighters chasing after it. The Starspeeder then makes the jump to lightspeed.
2. An Imperial probe droid attaches to the windshield and detects the presence of the Rebel spy on board the Starspeeder. At the same moment, Han Solo, facing detention by the Empire, opens fire on a platoon of Stormtroopers and races up the boarding ramp of the Millennium Falcon. The Falcon lifts off and launches out of the hangar with the Starspeeder in hot pursuit. After a few maneuvers, the Falcon jumps away, and the Starspeeder shoots down a couple of TIE Fighters, takes a few shots at a Star Destroyer, causing severe damage to the bridge, then jumps to lightspeed, despite C-3PO's protests.
After jumping into lightspeed, three segments are possible:
1. The Starspeeder almost crashes on Hoth amid a battle between Rebels and Imperial AT-ATs. After entering the combat zone against orders, an AT-AT fires at the Starspeeder, and the ship crashes in the snow, teetering on the edge of a cliff. The ship falls over the side and rides the canyon like a luge, launching off another cliff and free-falling into a deep canyon. Seemingly at the last second, R2-D2 re-engages the engines and the Starspeeder rockets back into space.
2. The Starspeeder reaches Tatooine and takes part in the Boonta Eve Podrace, along with the duplicitous Sebulba. The Starspeeder collides with a podracer and the two become stuck together. The race concludes with the podracer-enhanced Starspeeder overtaking Sebulba, then jettisoning the podracer and flying back into space (almost hitting the crowd).
3. The Starspeeder lands on Kashyyyk, as Imperial jet speeders pursue Chewbacca and another Wookiee on a speeder bike through the lush forest. At one point, Chewbacca falls off from the back of the speeder bike and hits the Starspeeder's windshield, before sliding off (temporarily leaving paw prints behind).
Then, back into space, a holo transmission of either Admiral Ackbar, Princess Leia or Master Yoda confirms that there is a rebel spy on board, and says that coordinates have been sent to R2-D2.
Despite C-3PO's protests, R2-D2 takes the speeder to one of three different scenarios:
1. The Starspeeder arrives in the upper atmosphere of a besieged Coruscant, where the last forces of the CIS battle the Army of the Republic's Clone troopers. Buzz droids are projected at the Starspeeder, which attach themselves to the windshield, but R2 uses an electric shock to blast them off, after the buzz droids have caused severe damage to the stabilizers. The Starspeeder then plummets through the planet's atmosphere and into the bustling sky traffic of the city planet. After several near misses, the Starspeeder careens to a halt on a landing platform, nearly hitting a fuel tanker (a model seen in the original Star Tours) before crashing into a traffic control
droid.
2. The Starspeeder makes it to Naboo, which is under attack by the last Trade Federation armies. Three N-1 starfighters are ordered to lead the Starspeeder into a hangar bay, but are shot down by vulture droids. Another vulture droid shoots down the Starspeeder, and it plummets into the ocean of the planet and arrives near Otoh Gunga (almost hitting Jar Jar Binks). After the Gungans order the Starspeeder to follow a ship that will lead it through the planet's core a giant carnivorous fish attacks the guide, but not before being eaten by a bigger sea creature. An even bigger sea creature then tries to eat the Starspeeder, but R2-D2 blasts it with an electric shock. The Starspeeder then surfaces, skipping off the water and into a repair hangar filled with Starfighter debris. (There is a short reference to the original Star Tours Ride. C-3PO shouts: "Brakes, brakes, where are the brakes?" just like Captain Rex in the original attraction) The Starspeeder smashes into the tail of a Naboo starfighter, shattering the windshield and angering the pit droid that falls into the cockpit.
3. The Starspeeder discovers the still uncompleted Death Star orbiting Geonosis. Ambushed in the asteroid field by Boba Fett aboard the Slave I, the Starspeeder dodges laser fire and exploding asteroids before venturing into the Death Star. Escaping through a hangar bay, the Starspeeder is confronted again by the bounty hunter. Fett launches a sonic bomb, which is deflected back by a laser blast from the Starspeeder. The explosion cripples the bounty hunter, allowing the Starspeeder to jump to lightspeed. It reaches the Rebel fleet, and lands aboard a Mon Calamari cruiser, where the Rebel Alliance leaders await to offer congratulations.
C-3PO thanks the guests for choosing Star Tours as their space-line of choice and are then given disembarking instructions by Aly San San.

I really liked Frozen until it became Disneys Frozen studios, Magic frozen kingdom, animal frozen and EPfrozen

We tried a new place last night and loved it. I was a little hesitant making Ressies here, but it looked cool. First off, the look and feel of a real up north type drive in is awesome. The car booths are cute all the way to the wooden fences a lot of drive-ins used to have. The service was excellent even though we know that depends on the person not so much the place. She was great. The food was the best we had on this trip so far. The kids got their regular Disney fare kids choices (popcorn chicken). Which was better than normal. My wife for the chicken pasta which was very good and I had the picnic burger which had a hamburger patty, grilled onions, sauerkraut, and a grilled hot dog on the bottom. By far the best burger I have ever had at Disney. To my surprise the end of the meal was topped off with the kids getting a Disney bag with two sci fi cups with flex straws filled with popcorn for FREE. That's right FREE. Nothing is free at Disney. Along with the cheesy sci fi classic movies this was a great Disney experience that we will do again. The only bad part was the booths being tight but that's my fault...lol. Time for the gym

I really liked Frozen until it became Disneys Frozen studios, Magic frozen kingdom, animal frozen and EPfrozen

Not to sound like a yuppie, but a co-worker got me hooked on Starbucks hot chai tea latte Way better Than coffee in my opinion

Awesome show for the little people who stay in campers to enjoy the Disney experience. Kinda makes sick though that with all the DECENT people having jobs eliminated, our seniors suffering from lack of funds for care and the other problems the rich don't see , that people can wipe their asses with hundreds, hire a hot shot pretty boy singer and put on a private fireworks show you can see from the moon. $8 million dollars? Seriously? That's what wrong with our world. Go ahead, blast me on a happy thread.

What's wrong with them? I've seen their truck for years but never stopped to listen to them until about 3 months ago. That was a great show...snowflake hats or not...lol. Maybe for the frozen thing they can be slush, sweat and shovels...lol

I would choose River Country. It's:
1. Cheaper
2. Less crowded
3. Closer to the fort
4. More of the "old waterin hole" feel
5. More challenging extreme slides due to broken fiberglass, downed trees and missing sections
As a bonus you may run into a man named Yuri who camps out and helps guest from time to time :)

I would choose River Country. It's:
1. Cheaper
2. Less crowded
3. Closer to the fort
4. More of the "old waterin hole" feel
5. More challenging extreme slides due to broken fiberglass, downed trees and missing sections
As a bonus you may run into a man named Yuri who camps out and helps guest from time to time :)

Here's our normal fort set up

I'm a huge Star Wars fan (not a geek) and I wasn't that impressed with the merch at Darths mall. Don't get me wrong it's totally cool to see that much Star Wars stuff but honestly, most of its junk at high prices or Disney proprietary Star Wars stuff. Things like Mater as Darth Vader and your classic characters as Star Wars character merch will be a jack pot here. For the mega Star Wars geek and cool, cool, cool stuff, you have to go to Star Wars celebration. It was in Orlando a few years ago and it blew my mind

Shoulda gone to Smokey Mountain Brewery.  That place is GOOD!  And not a chain.  

This reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld where George lies to win a "contest". .....and I will leave it at that :)

This reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld where George lies to win a "contest". .....and I will leave it at that :)

I agree with TCD on the film based just on Florida. It would be quite boreing without the majestic scenery of mountains and whatnot. I also agree that the film needs to be cleaned up. Our best ride with sorin was the first time since it was jaw dropping. Now any rides later you notice the flaws. I agree that it should be more than just California. The ultimate would be in HD digital format and be set up like Star Tours and have a different experience with each ride. I wouldn't think it would be to hard to film a few different movies and have the ability to get a different one each time. I think 3D would be totally awesome if they could pull it off right on the size and quality of a scren like Sorin