These look like a 'get 'em while their hot' item.  Makes me wish I lived in Florida, I want one!

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/03/design-revealed-for-first-ever-walt-disney-world-license-plate-with-100-percent-proceeds-benefiting-make-a-wish/

Tue, March 23, 2021

Design Revealed for First-Ever Walt Disney World Resort License Plate with 100 Percent of Proceeds Benefiting Make-A-Wish

by Tajiana Ancora-Brown, Director of External Affairs, Walt Disney World Resort

“The World’s Most Magical Celebration” begins on Oct. 1, 2021 – and Florida car owners can get ready to celebrate with us by purchasing the first-ever Walt Disney World Resort specialty license plate!

I’m excited to reveal the design of this unique plate, featuring our “EARidescent” 50th anniversary castle logo on a majestic royal blue background. Inspired by the color scheme of Cinderella Castle, this magical plate is currently available for presale and will also help make even more dreams true, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Make-A-Wish of Central and Northern Florida and their work granting wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Interested drivers can purchase a presale voucher* now for $25 plus applicable state administration fees exclusively through their local County Tax Collector’s Office, license plate agencies (DMVs) across the State of Florida, or online through the Orange County Tax Collector’s Office at https://www.octaxcol.com/specialty-license-plate-vouchers/.

Disney has a longstanding relationship with Make-A-Wish, dating back to 1980, and since then, more than 140,000 Disney-inspired wishes have been granted, including thousands taking place at Walt Disney World Resort. This license plate is a unique opportunity to commemorate 50 years of Central Florida magic.

For more information about the Walt Disney World Resort specialty license plate, visit www.flhsmv.gov, and learn more about The World’s Most Magical Celebration at www.DisneyWorld.com/50.

*A minimum of 3,000 presale vouchers are required to be sold by the State of Florida before manufacturing of specialty license plates may begin.

I saw this coming when Magic Bands first came out.  With the ability to microchip your dog, it was only a matter of time before people started trying this on themselves. 

I think Disney would be better served, if they instead posted a rule on their website that 'subdermal microchips will not be a valid method of entry, payment or line passing.',  because someone is going to get an implant that is NOT from a Magic Band, but can be programmed to act like one. 

Thank you for this website and all that you do!  I proudly have my snarky at home 2020 on my little kia soul.  

I have camping on my list this year, now to just find the tent!

Hey, maybe you can do a mens meet called:  MMM the Maniacal Men's Muster!

Happy Birthday, Snarky!

hahaha... You are buying a home in a tornado.  Best description ever!  

I liked the old reservations and FP+ systems.  I don't park hop, so planning my park way in advance was fine, and having the dining reservations and FP+ done before I went to the parks, made the days in the parks much more enjoyable for me.  If they change it, I'll adapt like usual, but I do hope they keep early combo dinner reservations and a spot for the special events, like Candlelight Processional or Fantasmic.  Those made planning easier, too. 

On 1/11/2021 at 5:47 PM, CCIntrigue...aka Gwen said:

Well, guys, I found out this afternoon that I will have surgery on my elbow a week from tomorrow, 1/19.  My surgeon won't know how extensive the work will be until he actually gets into it.  I'm praying for the short version rather than the long version and the much more complicated recuperation it entails.

 

 

I hope your surgery went well, and that you are at home and recovering now.  Today and tomorrow will be the worst in 'immediate pain' category.  I hope your doctors gave you good pain meds!  

What is the significance of the box lanterns on each of the trees in the Christmas Tree Stroll?  The one for HM looks fine, but on Star Wars and Lion King, they look out of place.  Are they for a hunt or something?

I wonder if they only stopped for the Christmas / New Years weeks.  Once the holidays are over, I wonder if they will go back to limiting capacity on the rides.  It will be interested to see what happens starting around January 8.

I'm In!  Hopefully, I can help with Imgur, too. 

In Imgur, go to your image gallery, and select the picture you want to link.  On the right, there should be a series of options.  Choose the 'copy' button to the right of Direct Link.

Then, on Fortfiends comment, click the 'link' button from the menu.  River test pic.   Past the link in the URL box, and then type your title for the link. 

OR, to get the picture to just show as it is below, click the 'Other media' button at the bottom right of the comment box, and select 'Insert Image from URL', paste the direct link from Imgur, and the picture should show up.  I can see my dog below, can anyone else?

Glad to hear you are home safe.  I'm also looking forward to that mini trip report.  I love reading about everyone's experiences. 

I think it would be easier if Disney just did not allow the party of the maskless people to get the picure, but did allow a fully masked party on the same ride to have theirs if they want it. 

4 minutes ago, h2odivers...Ray said:

Why do you think Disney hasn’t moved into phase 3???

 

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has also moved the Sunshine State into Phase 3 of reopening which stated, “Theme parks may return to normal operations with limited social distancing protocols.” Keep in mind, however, that Disney World operations have not changed, despite the go-ahead from DeSantis.

Could be a number of reasons.  Since they already cancelled MNSSHP and MVMCP and all the non-resident EPCOT employees are still out of pocket, it's not like they can just throw open the gates and expect the same attendance as usual.  Just because Florida opened up, doesn't mean the virus is not still ravaging the world.  Many, many people don't have the spare money to get to a vacation this year, either.  The Theme Parks certainly don't want to go full operational just to have to close down again because of another outbreak in the area, or just to have employees standing around with no guests to take care of. 

Our SeaWorld here in San Antonio is trying their best to recover, but attendance is not maxing out on any date so far. 

It always astounds me that people think that rules can't be enforced because there's no law against what they are doing.  No doofus, you didn't break any laws, but Disney is private property, and they have the right to say " GET OFF MY LAWN!" to anyone.  Guess it hasn't occurred to him yet, that he is Hopper, and the ants want to stand up against HIM. 

LOL.. I wonder how long it will take for them to publish a correction?  I'm sure that reporter is getting an earful from Star Wars fans everywhere. 

Reminds me of this ( watch at least the first minute)

Shatner at Lucas' roast

Wooo!  Happy Belated Birthday!

35 minutes ago, Travisma said:

We got the passholder lanyards for Busch Gardens festival in the spring and used only 3 punches before the world turned upside down.  They are having a limited festival now and said we can use the punches, but we are still staying away from crowded areas.  Will have to see if we can use them for next years festival or get our $$$ back.

SeaWorld has already told us we can use the lanyards for 2021.   We bought 2 of the 15 punch one's with the 3 free punches each.  There's no way we will use all those punches in August, so we will almost certainly have one full card left for next year. 

This is why I am still agonizing over my December trip.  I love the idea of going to WDW when the lines are low.  I love the idea of having the 'I went in 2020' memorabilia.  But I haven't seen any offers to discount my stay yet, and if they cancel the Candlelight Processional,  Christmas around the World, and the fireworks and inside shows are still too dangerous to have, I'm pretty sure full price will not be worth it. 

On a fun note, SeaWorld San Antonio is having their 'limited' Seven Seas Food Festival on the weekends in August, so I have something to look forward to for the next 4 weeks.  We bought our sampling lanyards right before the shutdown, so it's like free food now. 

I love SF / Fantasy.  I'm also a big fan of the Pern books.  If you want some fun reading, Piers Anthony's Magic of Xanth series is good.  Full of puns, set in an alternate reality of Florida (Lake Ogre-fen-Ogre).  It's currently at 41 books, so you might want to consider that...but the first book is "A Spell for Chameleon" if you want to look it up.  Same author, but more down to earth is his series on the Incarnations of Immortality, starting with "On a Pale Horse".  

Piers lives in Florida, and is a very prolific writer.

Wow.  I don't think I could have dealt with a surprise concert weekend.  My husband would have disconnected or turned off the unattended music.  

20 hours ago, Duane said:

Well, since they have tried to stop teaching cursive writing in school, why let a pesky thing like spelling get in the way as well?!

Spelling's been going by the wayside for a long time already.  Back when my kids were in school ( early 90's), the teachers gave spelling tests, but the grades didn't count.  They just corrected the spelling and moved on.  Their attitude was: " As long as we can ready the word phonetically, it's fine."

That was great! I definitely laughed!

I really liked the FP+ system, but it did require you to 'be in the know' about Disney.  Most people are not aware of having to make reservations out so far in advance.  Most people don't think of anything other than  buying a ticket, when planning on a theme park experience.   if you want to jump the line, you pay for the extra experience when you get there.  SeaWorld has had the pay system for a number of years.  I feel sorry for the people that use it in San Antonio.  The coasters and rides here haven't needed that extra ticket for a number of years, except maybe on holiday weekends and Halloween. 

I hope the don't do away with it, entirely.   It would be nice to keep the advance free FP+, but if you are a 'day of'person, there could be some way for you to buy 3 premium FP's, and then let you loose with the app to grab extra like the rest of us do on the day. 

On 6/25/2020 at 7:57 AM, Tri-Circle-D said:

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WDW plans to open their parks in July. They have not made any provision for employee testing, and haven’t even reached out to all of the CM’s they will need to have in place to staff the parks.  As of yet, there has been no sharing of what, if any, plans they have to protect their employees from sickness.

TCD

What kind of plan are you looking for?  Requiring temperature checks, requiring everyone to mask, social distancing and sanitizing hands and touchpoints frequently is the standard plan for most businesses.   If they do it for everyone, CM's and guests alike, that sounds like a plan. 

I can't see offering testing for everyone before they return to work, and every week thereafter.  That is pretty cost prohibitive.  

I can see not allowing the sharing of character suits during this time, and more frequent textile cleanings for CM's who have to handle them.

While I love the current Splash Mountain theming, I am ok with this change.  Most kids today have never seen or heard of Uncle Remus and the Brer Rabbit stories, and cannot connect.   Like Mr. Toad,  Uncle Remus' time has passed.  The Princess and the Frog also has great songs, and I'm hoping to be able hear 'Gonna to take you there" with Raymond.  I got so attached to that bug.