fladogfan aka Gretchen

I totally lucked out and was able to tag along on my brother's family trip a few years ago.  SIL is a TA and booked us concierge level at the Poly. Great view of the castle from our balcony - I spent a lot of time out there just sitting and enjoying the view.  Also loved that I could watch the EWP from the pool.  🙂
Just loved the overall vibe of the Poly. Plus good food (ate a bunch of meals at Kona), and easy access to both Trader Sam's and Dole Whips!

Love the Poly!!
No fall trip for us this year either (boooooo), but we're still planning to book for late fall 2021.  Not only is it WDW's 50th but it's our 25th anniversary also so it's perfect timing!

What exactly are you looking for?  The Festival of the Arts stuff will probably still be in the CM store whenever they reopen. I can ask the twins to keep an eye out. 
 
TCD

How do we pay for the magnets?  Thanks.

That’s 100% my plan. NJ is starting to open some things (like the beaches/boardwalks which is pretty much what NJ is all about for Memorial Day weekend) and they are crowded. We plan on just laying back and hiding at our campsite and waiting to see what happens with these reopening sand crowds of people. If in 2 weeks numbers don’t explode I’ll expand our outings. But I didn’t spend 8 weeks home to screw it up now for my family.

Indeed!
This is a huge Chinese restaurant up this way that's been around forever...
 

Good old American ingenuity at work....

BUT IT'S DISNEY!!!!!!  
So many people have been having withdrawals they will go if 1 shop opened!

We still have a drive-in movie theater near here - I think it's the last one in the state and one of only a handful in New England.  They play first run movies and we've been a bunch of times. The place is usually packed unless the weather is lousy. They reopened a week ago (reduced capacity so all cars are spread out) and sold out their first weekend in a flash. 
There's another in MA that's finally being allowed to reopen Monday.  They've had their pretty robust snack bar open for takeout for a while now. They're celebrating the reopen for movies with a midnight (ok 12:01) movie Sunday night and I'm expecting they'll sell out as soon as tickets go on sale. They're also gearing up to host outdoor socially-distanced events like graduations and weddings.
We have a music/performance venue nearby that pivoted quickly from having to cancel all their shows, to working with the town to get permission to turn their pretty large parking lot into an outdoor, drive-in performance spot.  They had their first shows last weekend and they all sold out.  They've just released a whole new schedule full of shows for the next couple of months and word is they've been contacted by acts all over the country asking to book there since there aren't any indoor venues available.
When life throws you a big ol' pandemic lemon, you get creative and make some newfangled lemonade.

They're getting ready for the second wave and the Apocalypse.  They are going to go full MAD MAX!

I don't think that guy who was camping was sane, lol
 
Flor duh man

If you know of people who would like the magnets or a set and are not a fortfiends member, they can send a message to either one of the pages on Facebook.  Remember, we have a business page and groups page.
Business page
Groups page
we of course would rather them being here and sharing, but I’ll take orders from anywhere to get a count.  I should have a delivery date tomorrow.  I am waiting on the two companies I have narrowed it down to.  Hopefully sometime this year, we will have a large latex ink plotter/cutter so we can do more neat things like this.
We couldn’t have done it without Monique.  She is the bomb dot com.

http://www.thedisneychef.com/2012/06/moms-meat-loaf.html
 

You're very welcome!
Here are a few more that were posted recently...
 
 
 
This is one of my favorites...
 

My kids love love love the jaminators one!
 
 

I'm canceling our mid June reservations. We are at wekiwa springs then headed down to the keys then up to Myakka River. I'm not too stoked on large crowded spaces. 

WHAT!!! Disney doesn't read my posts/complaints/suggestions and use them to guide their day to day operations? 
I put a lot of time and thought into my enlightening posts!
I'm heartbroken and devastated.
I guess I'll just have to get on the Disney Moms Panel to make myself heard! 

The Fiend site isn't bad, but all of the other FB Disney sites are going crazy about reopening dates.
There have been some good flaming wars going on.
Disney is doing a disservice to everyone by not putting out an official statement on re-opening.
Even if it's one that says there is no planned date to reopen at this time, which at this time is the truth.
All of the blogger web sites rile up people with clickbait headings about speculations on opening dates.
I know that Chapek said on that WESH interview that there are no planned dates, but I guess it's too hard for a lot of people that only get their news from FB posts and blogs to read real news articles.

I wouldn't be suprised.
Smart of them to make parking free.
"Face coverings will be required of all visitors, as will a temperature check upon arrival. If you test 100.4F or higher, you will not be admitted to Universal CityWalk."
I'll be curious to see how that works.  I'm going to assume the temp check will be at the very far end right by the garage. Otherwise between the heat of FL to begin with, and the hike from the garage to City Walk (unless they get all the moving belts working for a change) I'm pretty sure my temp would be at least that high on a good day in November.

No problem!  Disney has already rolled out their supercute line of masks. Let the #DisneyFace hashtags commence...  😎
Especially when they're trying to sell you something.

I just had a call yesterday about looking at some sort of camping time share deal (get 3 nights for going) will definitely not buy into it but the free nights were enticing.
Guy was surprised when I didn't want to book the presentation for the 24th of this month!
Last thing I want to do is sit across from someone talking for an hour, mask or no mask...

Not to mention that actual medical experts hired by our own government are advising against the rush to reopen everything. 
It is amazing to me how many fools there are who choose to listen to untrained demagogues over scientists and medical experts.        
                
TCD

The problem with the face covering is it doesn't work well with their Instagram photos.

I think this dead horse has been beaten enough!
wear a mask or don’t wear a mask. 
who freakin cares!
it’s pretty simple.
If Disney requires you to wear a mask and you don’t want to..don’t go!
And if Disney doesn’t make everyone wear a mask and you think they should than don’t go!
No one on this board is going to change anyone’s mind about this debate.
And I think those of you that want to keep beating this dead horse should take it to the debate thread!