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Don't worry. Kenny will take care of you and anything you need.

Yes! That was the one. Battery was a little dicey, too. Didn't last too long and we had to keep it on charge when we weren't using it.

We rented a 6 person cart from Kenny this past week. Just a heads up, no rain sides. It was also a little worse for wear compared to his usually squeaky clean 4 seaters.

Congrats to the girls! Sorry I missed you on this trip, but my wife and I did manage to stop by to see Lorna, Mo and the womenz briefly on Thursday night. I may try to put together a trip report this week when I get all our photos organized and the laundry done, lol. First page!

First page!

Hey TCD - how crazy is it at lunchtime to get into BOG? We would like to go when we are there in a few weeks and figured we would try it for counter service since the dinner reservations are booked solid. Looks like a great food selection and my kids would love the atmosphere.

I believe the last time we went (2010) I went the entire trip with a swiss army knife in my pocket, completely forgetting to take it out. No problemo. I probably wouldn't try that again today though.

Next week's 'limited time magic' is that many rare characters will be seen throughout the parks for meet-and-greets. Could be part of the reason those guys were training over in EPCOT. Still, more suckage than magic.Buy those limited edition BEL13VE autograph books and pens, folks

Isn't norm the troll? Or is norm wannabeimagineer? Either way, the troll just called shenanigans.

I believe Norm just called 'fuego' on your purple crayon, TCD.

Actually, technically it's "la barcaza infierno"

As any fireman will tell you, it's important to keep fuego in your life.

Fuego!

Allow me to threadjack and say I am TOTALLY anti- using an ipad to take photos/video/what have you. It's distracting, rude, and blocks the view of whoever is behind you. I had to deal with several of those schmucks at my kids' winter concerts this year and I can tell you they pissed off pretty much everyone behind them.

We hope to try it next month. Any idea how bad the lines are during the regular lunch hours? Or do they do a decent job of keeping people moving through there?

Just booked with Kenny for our February trip. He's a pleasure to deal with as always!

Does that mean we'll see a new 'People of Disney' web site, much like the 'People of Walmart' site?

Basically the discussion about DVC was that the Grand Floridian renovation should be completed in the next 12-18 months and that the Poly was rumoured to be the next DVC property developed. From what I understand there are areas of the Poly that need some serious overhaul, so it would make sense to incorporate DVC elements into any major renovation or expansion of that resort. The flip side of the discussion was that it would be another monorail resort under construction after GF and BLT at the Contemporary, so who knows. It's just speculation. And hey, I said take it with a grain of salt. I g

With regards to the DVC project, according to Jim Hill and Len Testa's Unofficial Guide podcast any development on the FW property is 5-10 years off. Latest information points to finishing the Grand Floridian project and then a DVC at the Poly. I refer to this podcast, which also has some interesting info about the history of the fort: http://blog.touringp...derness-resort/ The DVC discussion starts about 30 minutes into the podcast. Take it with a grain of salt, I guess.

Darn. I just looked out my window towards WDW and i can see the cranes from my house. Walt would not approve. Just kidding about both things. And Walt probably would approve, because I would be thinking about ways to get down there and remove the cranes.

Here in New England it's very common for towns to use dogs to chase Canadian geese off the grass in parks or athletic fields. They make a huge mess and destroy the fields. I've never seen any at the Fort, but it doesn't mean they aren't around.

Wondering if that's one of the dogs that chase the geese away. Could be totally wrong.

Great fireworks photos! One of my friends was there on the 16th and had a great time at the Halloween party. She even took the time to run over to the Fort and pick me up a FW t-shirt, so it must have been a good trip.