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Mo, found a camper for you

This ones a little smaller...

I remember back in the dark ages there used to be a sign to the right of the MK "toll booth" that would say there were/were not campgrounds available tonight.

Been searching the interweb for the size, so far nothing.
 
But this little blurb was in all place Forbes.
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Over the past few years, specialty food and beverages have completely taken social media by storm when it comes to what you can consume (and photograph) at the Disney Parks around the world. Instagram is often flooded with perfectly color-corrected images of guests holding a cookie, or a cupcake, or a donut, or some sort of multi-colored drink in front of a backdrop so others can comment and say, “I want that.” While it’s worked incredibly — to bring both attention to influencers and new Disney offerings — can the same magic be replicated for an actual brand in the park? Coca-Cola is about to find out. And right away, it looks like it’s working.
At the Disney Parks panel at Star Wars Celebration Chicago for Galaxy’s Edge (opening May 31 at Disneyland Park and August 29 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World), it was announced that when the lands open up later this year, Coca-Cola will be rolling out a brand new bottle design for visitors in the area.
It’s literally just a new bottle, compared to the old bottle. But this new bottle is more like a circular orb, and sphere-like in shape. Is it meant to slightly resemble the Death Star? Probably not, but that’s the image it immediately envokes and all it took was the mere mention of this new product for social media to completely light up with users commenting, “I want that.”
That’s also even before we really get into the details about the fact that Coca-Cola (along with Diet Coke, Sprite and Dasani) have all been given new labels and a different language for the packaging: Arabesh, which is a printed language used throughout the Star Warsgalaxy.
The reason for this complete redesign — that will only be available within Galaxy’s Edge, don’t even try to find something like this in Fantasyland — is so that guests to the park can really feel like they’re living in their own Star Wars story. You’re not just visiting this place, you’re living and breathing the environment around you, and all traces of the real world is being stripped away. Clearly, that includes beverages.
(It’ll be interesting to see what happens to other commonplace Disney offerings at outdoor food carts in the area. You can usually find things like potato chips and ice cream bars at them. Will they receive any sort of Star Wars makeover, or be completely removed all together? More pressing, what happens if and when these special Star Wars bottles run out in the land? Will regular Coca-Cola products be reintroduced while the stock is replenished, or will guests literally be sent elsewhere to grab a Diet Coke?)
   
Social media was quick to jump on board with this new design, and Coca-Cola was trending on Twitter within the hour. It’s impressive that a beverage bottle can quickly become a must-have item for the parks, and it can only be assumed that the new design, complete with the Arabesh logo, will quickly become a collector's item. Will we start seeing used Sprite bottles pop up on eBay for Disney collectors?
Disney didn’t offer up any sort of pricing for the new bottles and seeing as how a bottle of Coke right now is going for around $5 in the Disney Parks, the price point should be the same. However, seeing as how they’re already in demand, Disney could easily increase the price, considering these are more than likely more expensive to make. They’re custom, after all.
So if you're already planning a trip to Galaxy's Edge this year, be prepared to not only wait in line for attractions and photo opportunities but also beverages you could easily just snag from a vending machine elsewhere. Maybe this is the true power of Disney, and Disney marketing when it comes to products.
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Though not quite as round and of course without the Star Wars theme, these  bottles have been out for ages.
 

 
 

https://photos.orlandoweekly.com/these-vintage-photos-show-disney-worlds-evolution-from-florida-project-to-the-most-magical-place-on-earth/?slide=1&c069089da
To see the photos, you will need to click on the above link, then at the photo of Walt and the governor, there is a next box on the upper right side to go to the other pictures
These vintage photos show Disney World’s evolution from Florida Project to ‘the most magical place on Earth’
It's hard to believe that something once simply known as "The Florida Project" would change the face of Orlando and Central Florida forever. Walt Disney first envisioned his new theme park in the early 1960s, years after first opening Disneyland in California in 1955. Called "The Florida Project," Disney's plans included Magic Kingdom and something he called "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow," or Epcot for short. Disney never got to see the attraction because he died in 1966 while it was still under construction. When Walt Disney World finally opened in 1971, Roy O. Disney dedicated the project to his late brother, saying, "Walt Disney World is a tribute to the philosophy and life of Walter Elias Disney … and to the talents, the dedication, and the loyalty of the entire Disney organization that made Walt Disney's dream come true. May Walt Disney World bring Joy and Inspiration and New Knowledge to all who come to this happy place … a Magic Kingdom where the young at heart of all ages can laugh and play and learn – together." In the decades since, "the most magical place on Earth" has attracted millions of guests and sealed Orlando's fate as one of the most visited cities in America. Check out these vintage photos from the State Library & Archives of Florida showing Disney World's evolution from the 60s to the late 90s.

Fixed it.  Can't have battles with just 1!! 

New merchandise released today
 

 
Check Out New Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Passholder-Exclusive Merchandise
  Starting today, Annual Passholders can find new merchandise created just for them at this year’s Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.
New passholder-exclusive items include a Tervis stem glass, Minnie mug, ladies tank top andbaseball cap, as well as a Goofy mug, T-shirt and baseball cap. Passholders can present their annual pass card to receive a 20% discount. Merchandise available at Mouse Gear and Odyssey while supplies last.
While you’re at the festival, don’t forget to pick up your complimentary Daisy magnet* available today through June 3 or while supplies last. To pick yours up, stop into Mouse Gear or Port of Entry and show your valid annual pass card and photo ID.
Passholders can also make the most of their Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival experience by booking a Garden Rocks Concert Series dining package** at a 10% discount, which includes breakfast, lunch or dinner at a select Epcot restaurant, plus guaranteed seating at a Garden Rocks concert. This year’s concert lineup has added more than 20 new artists, plus returning favorites! Book these dining packages by calling (407) WDW-DINE.
Remaining acts at Garden Rocks Concert Series are:
April 10-11: John Michael Montgomery (NEW) “I Love the Way You Love Me” April 12-13: Sister Sledge (NEW to Garden Rocks) “We Are Family” April 14-16: Night Ranger “Sister Christian” April 17-19: Sister Hazel (NEW to Garden Rocks) “All For You” April 20-21: Steven Curtis Chapman (NEW) “Cinderella” April 22-23: TobyMac (NEW) “The Elements” April 24-26: Lonestar “Amazed” April 27-30: The Orchestra starring former members of ELO “Evil Woman” May 1-4: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone “I’m Henry VIII I Am” May 5-7: Don Felder, Formerly of the Eagles “Hotel California” May 8-9: A Flock of Seagulls (NEW) “I Ran (So Far Away)” May 10-11: Marshall Tucker Band (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Heard It in a Love Song” May 12-13 – Peabo Bryson (NEW), “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” May 14-15: Richard Marx (New to Garden Rocks) “Right Here Waiting” May 16-19: STARSHIP starring Mickey Thomas “We Built This City” May 20-21: Colin Hay of Men at Work (NEW) “Who Can It Be Now?” May 22-23: War (NEW) “Why Can’t We Be Friends” May 24-27: The Guess Who “American Woman” May 28-29: Jon Secada “Just Another Day” May 30- June 1: Blood, Sweat and Tears “Spinning Wheel” June 2-3 – Eddie Palmieri (NEW), “Vámonos Pa’l Monte” *Not responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged magnets. Limit one Daisy magnet per Passholder. Available while supplies last. Must visit designated pickup location to receive the magnet. Must show your valid annual pass card and photo ID to receive the magnet.
**Discount applies to the regular price of food and non-alcoholic beverages (excluding applicable tax and gratuity) during available breakfast, lunch and dinner meal periods. Valid for the Passholder and up to three (3) guests. Not valid for special events and may not be combined with any other discount or offer.

You need to get into the fast lane of cooking and invest in a Ninja Foodie! 
 
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https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/04/dates-announced-for-epcot-nighttime-spectaculars/
 
Dates Announced for Epcot Nighttime Spectaculars
  After a dazzling 20-year run, we will bid a fond farewell to “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” at Epcot on September 30, 2019. So come and gather around World Showcase Lagoon this summer to enjoy this breathtaking display of lasers, lights and fireworks, as we get ready to launch two new nighttime spectaculars as part of the park’s unprecedented, multi-year transformation.
Debuting October 1, 2019, “Epcot Forever” will be an all-new, limited-time spectacle of fireworks, music, lighting, lasers and choreographed, special effects kites. The show will take us on a journey through the past, present and future of Epcot. Featuring a stirring collection of songs that paint a colorful picture of the park, this nighttime extravaganza will offer both a trip down memory lane and a look towards the future and all the magical possibilities still to come.
Disney Parks Live Entertainment is busy getting “Epcot Forever” ready for its opening day. Show Director Alan Bruun recently shared some details about the concept behind the show and the team’s collaboration with noted conductor and composer Don Harper, who is producing new arrangements of classic Epcot tunes to weave into the soundtrack of “Epcot Forever.”
“Epcot Forever” will continue into 2020, when the next epic nighttime extravaganza makes its debut. Keep reading Disney Parks Blog in the months ahead for more on both those shows and all the other new experiences on the way to “Wow!” guests, while keeping true to the original vision of this amazing park.

Yes, at the one end of the area there is a little bridge that comes out in the middle of the 900 loop road.  Take a right and it will take you right to the exit which is directly across from the Meadow Trading Post. 
You can see it on the Fort maps if you look closely.
It looks like they can accommodate more than 1 group in that area at 1 time.
This link talks about camping there  https://www.disboards.com/threads/group-camping-boys-scouts-at-fort-wilderness.1511580/
 
Then I found this
 Please take note the Group Tent Camping Area (Creekside Meadow) is classified as "PRIMITIVE".
. . . very rustic, and will remain this way
. . . available to groups of 20-or-more
. . . very reasonably priced
. . . no per-site conveniences such as cable, electric
. . . no "pads" for tents, just the grassy ground
. . . comfort station nearby

Doesn't seem like she's touring this year, or at least the dates haven't been announced.
She will be at the NY State Fair at Syracuse in August.

Thanks Jason.
Wonder how far away from the entrances to the parks will the smoking area be located.  I'd hate to see the plazas just before security or ticketing become covered in a haze of smoke.
That is odd about loose ice.

If they limited strollers to umbrella style only (that would be FANTASTIC), how would the Mommy Bloggers get their street cred? 
They won't be able to show off their $500 to $1,000 specially imported strollers that make them the talk of their playgroups and make them the Queen Bees!
I'm glad we are done raising kids.  We were thrilled when we found a Levis umbrella stroller for our first daughter back in 1978.  I think we spent a whopping $23 for it.  We used it for at least 2 more kids, maybe 3.  The holes in the frame where the axle went wallowed out, so I removed the axle, hammered dowels into the frame and re-drilled the holes.  Got a couple more years use out of it.
Now they have all of these modern strollers where the kids are suspended in mid air 3 feet off the ground and they cost as much as my first car did.

How long until the start a reusable ice pack swap like the fuel rods 😂

Next thing, they will be handing out packs of nicotine gum to smokers to keep them inside the parks spending $$, instead of wasting time going in and out of the parks.

There was a great FB post (I tried to copy it to here but it didn't work) about this project with a couple of photos.
One was a picture of a Kermit doll floating belly up with this caption
"We all knew the draining would have an effect on the wildlife but this is too much.  While walking over the bridge this evening I spotted Kermit belly up in the shallows.  It appears he croaked.  Keep the Muppet Family in your thoughts!"

That will never happen.  It'll cut down of people getting food, drinks, and other merchandise.
 
Bottom line is Disney has become a Blivet..... 20 pounds of manure in a 10 pound sack.
It started splitting at the seams years ago, and they haven't done anything to alleviate the overcrowding.
They did too good of a job selling themselves as the vacation capital of the world and didn't expand the infrastructure to match the crowds.

In my opinion, the problem at Disney Parks isn't the big strollers, or the wagons.  And the problem isn't the scooters.  The problem at Disney Parks is all of the dadgum people.  There are just TOO MANY PEOPLE in those parks.  Reduce capacity, and allow the folks to just enjoy their day without getting all stressed out over crowds, fastpasses, fireworks viewing spots, long lines, finding a seat at a restaurant, etc.  That's why I bailed on Disney and just go to Dollywood.  I can walk in at park opening without an ounce of planning, ride everything I want, get a great meal without a reservation, walk into a show and find a good seat, and leave not feeling like I need a week of vacation to recover from my vacation. 
There are big strollers and scooters at Dollywood.  You just walk around them.  Because you can.  

Until they either 
1: Come up with good/clear construction plans that have recognizable current landmarks on them
2: Construction fences go up
A lot of this is speculation
Architectural drawings/paintings as opposed to blueprints/site plans are at best fanciful interpretations of someones ideas of how the finished project will look.
Lets hope they painted this after a long night of adult beverages.

They post a guard so your passholder magnets don't get stolen!

Couldn't tweak the text formatting, but his is what the post said, "NEW PONY - Lilly was born at 7am this morning at Tri-Circle D Ranch in Fort Wilderness Campground. Both Lily and her mother Lady are doing well and enjoying the beautiful Florida weather. "

Odd film buffs set your alarms!!!
'Walt's Frozen Head,' filmed secretly on Disney property, premieres online March 14
 
Finally, everyone has a chance to see the underground future cult classic The Further Adventures of Walt's Frozen Head. University of Central Florida film school grad Benjamin Lancaster spent four years making the feature, which plays off the urban legend that Walt Disney had himself cryogenically preserved. 

During a detour in the park's infamous underground Utilidors, Peter, a downtrodden WDW cast member, stumbles upon Disney's darkest secret: Walt's frozen head. He's awoken once a year to approve major corporate decisions, but the frozen theme-park founder is bored and just wants to watch the fireworks. Local actor Daniel Cooksley plays Pete, who takes the Waltsicle for a daylong romp through the Magic Kingdom. Walt is played by revered theme park performer Ron Schneider. 

"The movie was made without the knowledge or permission of the Walt Disney Company or family," says Lancaster. "Significant portions of the film were shot guerrilla-style on Walt Disney World property." 

After killing on the festival circuit for the past six months or so, Lancaster announced last week that the film will premiere online at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, on YouTube. Set a reminder here to make sure you don't to miss it. 
 
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  click to enlarge Photo courtesy of The Further Adventures of Walt’s Frozen Head
Ron Schneider as ‘Walt’s Frozen Head’
'The Further Adventures of Walt’s Frozen Head' is hilarious, but also asks big questions 
By Seth Kubersky Within recent weeks, Walt Disney World has increased admission prices and parking rates, while simultaneously shuttering attractions and downsizing entertainment, once again prompting fans to wonder, "What would Walt think?"
Inspired by an icy urban legend, University of Central Florida film school grad Benjamin Lancaster has been answering exactly that question for the past four years, first through his hilarious "Walt's Frozen Head" Twitter feed (@WaltsFrzenHead), and now with his finished feature flick, The Further Adventures of Walt's Frozen Head. The locally shot production premiered early this month at the Santa Cruz Film Festival and made its Orlando debut Oct. 13 at the ME Theatre with a cast and crew Q&A attended by backers of the Kickstarter-funded comedy, including myself. (Full disclosure: I gave $42 and got a Tervis tumbler, which broke.)
Lancaster's film features Daniel Cooksley (named OW's "Best Young Actor" in 2005) as Pete Carter, a sad-sack separated dad whose biggest dreams are to find a Mickey doll for his mopey daughter, Molly (Kathryn Jenkins), and to someday be promoted to manager of the Magic Kingdom's Main Street Emporium. A detour in the park's infamous underground Utilidoors causes Pete to stumble upon Disney's darkest secret: Walt's cryogenically preserved cranium is awoken annually to approve major corporate decisions, but the frozen founder is fed up and just wants to watch the fireworks.
Like the 2013 film Escape From Tomorrow, The Further Adventures of Walt's Frozen Head was filmed on Disney property without the Mouse's knowledge or permission; unlike its predecessor, Walt's has likable characters, witty dialogue and a comprehensible plot. Amber D. Steele's sharp cinematography of the scenes shot inside the Most Magical Place on Earth doesn't betray its guerrilla origins, which makes one question how in the World Lancaster and company got away with it.
The answer, Lancaster says, was "a ton of planning. We shot on property for four days [and] every shot we had was logged in a 30-page document with the angle, the time, the order that we were getting it in, the contingency plans for different weather ... We pulled up the park in Minecraft, where it's been thoroughly documented, in addition to the scouting trips, just so we knew exactly every square foot that we were shooting on."
Also key to the in-park shoot's success was "avoiding people that we knew," producer Mickie Garcia says. That goal was nearly derailed when Cooksley was spotted during filming at the park entrance by an employee "who recognized him from a local theatrical production, and who would've loved to have a lengthy conversation with him, right then," Lancaster recalls. "So there were several near-misses, but no one actually catching us."
Perfectly cast as the titular Waltcicle is Ron Schneider, best known as Epcot Center's Dreamfinder, who didn't even audition for the role until after principal photography was complete. "A couple years ago I saw a trailer for this movie and went, 'Wow, sounds pretty good, I can't wait to see that,'" says Schneider. When Garcia emailed him months later requesting a screen test, he and his fiancé "started laughing so hard ... we laid there laughing all night." But Schneider liked the script, so he shaved off his beard and was surprised to find that he looked like Walt Disney.
In June 2016, Schneider's scenes were filmed in front of a green screen. Visual effects artist David Loomis later seamlessly integrated his face into the in-park footage.
"Ron was by himself for two days," Garcia says. "He didn't get to meet the other cast, and I feel like they played off each other so well despite never interacting with each other. Everyone who was on set before that got to hear me read all of Walt's lines, which is not the same kind of effect."
Beyond its satirical snark, which is sure to hit home with attraction obsessives, the film allows Schneider to deliver a couple of moving monologues questioning the value of manufactured fantasy in light of our faltering reality. "I love theme parks so much because they present me with a reality that is, at their best, cogent in a way that our reality isn't," Lancaster says. "Do theme parks represent this absurdity of glitz and fake reality? Or does it present you with a concept of reality that is hyperreal, because it is showing you the world as envisioned by one creator? I think Disneyland does that, I think Epcot does that, I think Animal Kingdom does that. We could argue about Hollywood Studios."
"Remember that whether it's real or not, what you're looking at is really a chemical reaction in the back of your brain, and you decide whether to buy into it or not," observes Schneider. "We're all there to be sucked into the story; otherwise, we'd be at Six Flags."
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From a FB page Tuesday night about 9 or 10
Good News! Disney just caught Abby the lost dog. Used a cage trap chicken& ribs. She was very calm in the cage. They had her a few minutes ago in 1800 by the greenway.  She is finally going home. Please spread the word...😀
 
Has been loose since Thanksgiving 

Is it just me, or does the movie listing make no sense whatsoever when you try to find a specific date?
Why not put all the like days together all the Sundays in this box, all the Mondays in this one etc.
Instead you have to hop all over trying to find a specific day and date.

I've used Jason before with great results, but this was spur of the moment and trying to coordinate with taking time off.
Just not enough lead time to use Jason.

I hope so also. 
But in the end the bean counters will always win.
If they can cut down a 1000 trees and increase their bottom line $100 they will do it.