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On 9/2/2021 at 10:52 AM, Lou... said:

I said all along that working for the Disney company is a love hate relationship. Loved the actual work but hated how day to day things were managed. For me it was an occasional and temporary escape from my actual profession for the first twelve years and then a retirement job for the last ten, I never had to climb the corporate ladder. And when they did offer me an interview for a full time position in the Ride & Show group, I declined because I knew I wouldn't last when it became real. 

Now after having received my Mickey gold watch from Disney and retaining all my benefits, I look back and feel good about my couple of decades as a CM, no regrets, I had a lot of fun. I'd still be a CM if I could.

At least you got a watch!  After 35 years with the Post Office I got a folder with a letter saying thanks.

13 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said:

Thanks. We will hope for the best. Both of the girls were treated poorly by Disney during the pandemic, and both had previous offers to return to lesser roles that they rejected. Working for DCL, though, comes with some next-level perks and opportunities, so this will hopefully go well for her. 

TCD

Glad she got a good job offer.  Is the other one still trying for a Disney job?

Too pricey for us

They are open

My daughter asked at the bike barn and they said it was something going on for cast members.  They didn’t elaborate.

No one has said anything.  We arrived today so we will try to find out.

Someone posted on a FB site with a picture of a round sign with a triangle shaped prong on the bottom stuck in the ground. Has a Mickey Hat/ears design with the letter A below it.  The poster said the entire alphabet is scattered around the Fort.  No one on the site had a clue of what they are.

Hey, they paid good $$$ to camp at the Fort and can do anything they darn please! Rules are for other people to obey.

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/perfectly-pillowy-cinnamon-rolls-recipe

21 minutes ago, itsnotcindy said:

this is DIT on INCs ipad...I still haven’t figured out the login on this thing lol.  
 

Your brother must have gotten depressed to see what has become of the media.   Old school journalists are rare these days.   

Local TV news is the absolute worse.

They start broadcasting around 3 or 4 PM, and regurgitate the same stories every 1/2 hour.

Very little of it is real news, it's more "the vaccination site closed without notifying me" (even though they had it on the news for 3 days it was closing) and "I'm upset!"

We have had the same news for a week about a pool company that started jobs and haven't finished them .  The "consumer reporter" is getting a ton of air time.

Guests hoping to enjoy the spookiest day of the year at Walt Disney World Resort will need Annual Passes to snag a Park Pass reservation at the Magic Kingdom. Disney’s Theme Park Availability Calendar is now showing no availability on Halloween for theme park ticket holders and resort guests.

Probably too early to determine if this is really true or not, or if availability will open up.

Same thing happened for October 1 for the 50th.  Was booked, but month or so later all levels opened up.

BUT, here's my complaint about booking park dates as an AP.

Our passes expire the end of July.

When I tried to book for October 1st I couldn't as a passholder because I "didn't" have a valid pass.

Same thing would happen for Halloween.

I'm still before my 60 day early renewal (if they are even doing them) so I'm SOL.

I'm not going to purchase a park ticket or book a hotel just to get a park reservation, and in this case it wouldn't matter.

This is the biggest drawback I see to the park reservation system for APs.  Wish there was some "magic" way around this.

Rant over.

19 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said:

 

Things are changing rapidly with the CDC since people are starting to see that they don't know what the h--- the're doing, 

Remember back in the good old days where we had real news reports where the anchors reported the news, didn't do happy talk or interject their opinions.

Huntley/Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, Gabe Pressman.

Now we have "news" shows that are like the View/Today show.  Very little substantial news, lots of happy crap that would in the past be only printed in a neighborhood news letter.

Things are confusing because everyone puts their own spins on everything and we have more talking head "experts" than stars in the sky.

With FB and other social media anyone can spout whatever they feel like and hordes of people believe them without any evidence backing them.

And everything is reported instantly.  If the CDC says something, it's known worldwide in minutes, and if they made an error or want to backtrack the genie is out of the bottle.

Has there been a lot of conflicting info from the CDC and other experts?  Heck yeah.

But they are just trying to appease the masses that want an immediate solution.

This is still a very fluid situation and experts are learning more about COVID daily, so there are bound to be contradictions from previous reports.

But this is just the way we live now......

11 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said:

I think if Universal and SW do, WDW will also.  In the press conference Deming specifically said the attractions can increase capacity immediately.  

Possibly. 

But bean counters are now running Disney, and if they think relaxing mask mandates will open them up to a lawsuit, they will keep things the way they are.

By the looks of some of the FB posts from DW, they are still making $$$.  Especially with all the savings from various things being cut back/closed, trams, some boats, resorts  etc.

Disney can follow relaxed guidelines if they want. 

But as a huge private company, if they want to keep 6 feet and masks required outdoors and indoors its their prerogative.

Many counties in FL never had or have now relaxed mask guidelines, but a lot of business's still require them to enter their facilities.

Our governor has declared that there will be no vaccination "passports" allowed in the state.

I believe the feds have stated they are not going to create one either.

So I don't understand how the new federal guidelines about being vaccinated and relaxing distances, etc will work or can be enforced.

A lot of people that fought wearing masks have also rejected getting a shot.

So since I'm sure you can't be asked for proof of a vaccination (HIPA Laws) people can just do what they want.

I think the only exceptions are overseas travel and cruise lines.

47 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said:

To add pain to misery, there was just an article published that since the pandemic started a million new people became RV owners.

And with the looks of RV Trader and various for sale sites, about 50% are now up for sale!

32 minutes ago, Disneybishops said:

For me it’s just too hard to fight for reservations.  A certain TA grabs all the good reservations. I remember when you could always get Christmas reservations. You had to be creative but you would always get them.   
 

I understand 250 a night during Christmas but the are changing 200 a night Labor Day.  That’s nuts  I was there Easter week and paid 250 per night.

i still have premium AP. No black out dates. Haven’t had any problem getting reservations but the lines are long and the parks are packed.  Not sure if I will renew next year.  There are no perks for pass holders any longer.  I can remember staying at the fort and MK had extra magic hours. 11pm - 3:30 am.  Those were the good old days.   
 

just my 2 cents.  
 

most of you don’t me but I was one of the original ones that came here from disboards

Hey we still get magnets, if you can follow their asinine rules/times to get one!

6 hours ago, twiceblessed....nacole said:

Thank you.  Last year we were blessed and saw a TON of wildlife in Yellowstone... except for one:  no moose.  Our fingers are crossed that we'll get lucky and see one or two at Glacier.  So blessed to be able to make these memories with our kiddos.  Tom was able to join us for the full trip last year and he's joining us again this year (the previous two I drove out and he flew out to meet us).  I pray that our children, like yours, hold these memories for a lifetime.  We are definitely blessed ❤️

Reminds me about a trip we took to Maine back in the 70’s.  We were going down a road when Bullwinkle came trotting out of the woods and ran along side the passenger side of our convertible Jeep for about a mile. It was bigger than our Jeep.  I yelled for my wife to take a picture while she was screaming that she was about to get gored by a moose!

16 hours ago, twiceblessed....nacole said:

I thought that DeSantis had lifted things last fall... went back and found this from September.  The EO in on the Florida gov site.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-florida-reopens-20200925-f3sr4wk5tncvvkhwr6ua4pereq-story.html

 

 

 

Some counties have lifted bans, but the larger companies have not stopped requiring masks in those counties, WalMart, Costco, Lowe’s, etc.  

13 hours ago, BB The Disney Darlin said:

Hello!  
Which partial hook-up sites are near comfort stations but not too close?  We have kiddos and would want to be near the restrooms but wouldn’t necessarily want to be right next door. 
Thank you!

In 1500 the lowest # sites are the closest.

In 2000 there are 2 comfort stations.  The mid range #s are near the upper comfort station, and the lowest and highest #s are near the other comfort station near the bus stop.

About 3 weeks ago, they opened more slots for everyone on Oct.1 at MK.

I tried to book them, but couldn't because all of our APs will have expired before then.

We all plan on renewing, but I wasn't going to purchase tickets just so I could go on that day.

Just another change making it harder to go.

And on a side note, Busch/SeaWorld are supposedly limiting the amount of guests (you have to make reservations like Disney) but the Busch parking lot was overflowing Saturday when I drove by.  We've seen pictures of SeaWorld and they are packed also.

Study: This stretch of I-4 is the most dangerous road in America

According to a new study by Teletrac Navman, Interstate 4 between Tampa and Daytona Beach is the deadliest road in America.

The study says it averages more than one fatality per mile. Between 2016 and 2019, 150 people were killed in collisions along that stretch of interstate.

This is the second time it has earned the dubious distinction. A section of U.S. 192 between Four Corners and Indialantic came in at number 3 on the list.

Like I said in the initial post, there used to be posts about the Fort, Disney, the evil Universal, food, characters, and ones that went off the track so far you had to go back to the original OP to find out what everyone was talking about.

There was always something to read and reply to.

I miss those days.

17 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said:

But apparently they are already "relaxing" the rules.   You can take it off for a photo.. the rumor is out that the rule is being relaxed at the FORT in certain areas. We were at DS Thursday and many people were sitting, no food or drink, with their masks off, no CM commented.   We will see....

We have felt safer on Disney properties with their rules then most other places.

44 minutes ago, keith_h said:

That is because most large corporations are following CDC and federal government recommendations in order to avoid liability for someone claiming to have caught COVID on their premises. It doesn't cost them anything and gives them a good argument that they followed the rules so are not culpable. With as often as Disney gets sued frivolously I expect they will stick with what they have been doing for a while yet. 

I agree, I just didn't want others to get excited that because Orange is changing their policy that Disney will.

14 hours ago, disneylitch......Debbie said:

The only problem with that is you can't get Magic Kingdom reservations for October 1.  I know because we are supposed to be going and can't get reservations for that day.  I hate having to get park reservations.

They opened up more slots 2 or 3 weeks ago.

I went to get them, and we couldn't because our AP's will be "expired" by then, and it's too early to renew them.

So we lost out on getting reservations.

I wasn't going to purchase tickets or book an overpriced Disney hotel.