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The year of a Million $chemes continues.
 
For only $29.95, get your Skyliner commemorative Depends before boarding for your jaunt in the sky! 
Changing rooms are to your right.
Family packs (2 adult, 2 children) are available at a discounted price of $110.00.
PS, no refunds.

The frame for the Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian has been erected.
These are the themed trees at Disney Springs Christmas Tree Trail.
I hope it's cooler this year, we were sweating walking thru the trail last year!
 
The Disney Springs Christmas Tree Trail will be back for the 2019 holiday season and is set to begin welcoming guests beginning Friday, November 8, 2019, through January 20, 2020.
This walk-through experience in the Marketplace at Disney Springs has photo opportunities galore along with holiday music and falling “snow.” Keep an eye out for special food and beverage kiosks and merchandise from select shops throughout the trail as well.
Some themed trees will not return this year such as Pluto, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, The Muppets, and Alice in Wonderland and a few new trees have been added including Aladdin, The Lion King, and a Walt Disney World Theme Parks tree. Although subject to change without notice, below is the list of Disney-inspired Christmas Trees coming to this year’s Tree Trail:
Walt Disney World Theme Parks Mickey & Minnie Mouse Beauty & the Beast Sleeping Beauty Aladdin Frozen The Princess & The Frog The Little Mermaid Mulan Haunted Mansion Snow White Pinocchio Toy Story Disney Villains Dumbo Cinderella Robin Hood Star Wars Peter Pan Tangled The Lion King Mary Poppins Fantasia

But they will probably sell out a lot of the nights, which will encourage them to come up with even more money grubbing schemes that cost extra.
They already parties that cost extra during MNSSHP.

Not quite dinosaurs, just had to dodge the horse and buggies and the Penny Farthing bicycles.
It was the late 70's to probably mid to late 80's. That was when the trading posts still had the deli counters where you could order fresh made sandwiches.

I would try to contact someone in charge.
Tell them you are not happy with their solution, that you booked the site in good faith based on what was on their website.
It wasn't your fault that they had the incorrect pricing, and that they need to admit to their error and honor the price you paid.
Hopefully they will cave in and let you keep the price (and not give you a site next to the dumpsters).
If they don't honor the price, look for a local Albuquerque TV station that has one of those consumer advocates, tell them your story and see if they will look into it. At the very least it was a mistake that the festival should make good on, at the worst, it was a case of bait and switch.

I would try to contact someone in charge.
Tell them you are not happy with their solution, that you booked the site in good faith based on what was on their website.
It wasn't your fault that they had the incorrect pricing, and that they need to admit to their error and honor the price you paid.
Hopefully they will cave in and let you keep the price (and not give you a site next to the dumpsters).
If they don't honor the price, look for a local Albuquerque TV station that has one of those consumer advocates, tell them your story and see if they will look into it. At the very least it was a mistake that the festival should make good on, at the worst, it was a case of bait and switch.

There were some pictures/videos on FB of the show, taken from nearby neighborhoods

I would try to contact someone in charge.
Tell them you are not happy with their solution, that you booked the site in good faith based on what was on their website.
It wasn't your fault that they had the incorrect pricing, and that they need to admit to their error and honor the price you paid.
Hopefully they will cave in and let you keep the price (and not give you a site next to the dumpsters).
If they don't honor the price, look for a local Albuquerque TV station that has one of those consumer advocates, tell them your story and see if they will look into it. At the very least it was a mistake that the festival should make good on, at the worst, it was a case of bait and switch.

Most of the bigger decorated sites will be set up about a week before Halloween, or at the very least the weekend before.
You might be able to get in around those times if you say you're going to Trails End for dinner, or better yet get a reservation for lunch or dinner then they would definitely let you in.
You really shouldn't try to go over on Halloween itself with a golf cart.  The loops are wall to wall people with kids darting all over the place.  Personally, I think they should block carts from the loops on Halloween night and restrict them to the main roads.
Since the loop Trick or Treating is not a Disney event, they will probably never do that because it might upset some guests.
But I think it was last year or the year before, there was an incident with someone getting bumped by a cart and then a fight ensued.  There may or may not have been adult beverages involved.

There is a thread about this years Halloween Decorations being cut back.  Some rules that previously weren't being enforced now are.
It's been 2 or 3 years since they posted about the decorations being turned off at 10.  Again it's one of those hit or miss enforcements.

The year of a Million $chemes continues.
 
For only $29.95, get your Skyliner commemorative Depends before boarding for your jaunt in the sky! 
Changing rooms are to your right.
Family packs (2 adult, 2 children) are available at a discounted price of $110.00.
PS, no refunds.

For only $99 per family member, you can enjoy the Skyliner Fireworks Dessert Party.
You will be given the combination to the snack box under your Skyliner seat, where you will enjoy tepid plastic tasting water and stale granola bars.  
Please inform the Skyline attendants if you have a nut allergy, and they will give you a snack pack of Oreos.
For an extra $100 per car, your car will pause for 5 minutes giving you the best view of EPCOT's Illuminations.
An additional $50 and you will be loaned a battery operated fan to use during the duration of your Ride in the Sky Fireworks Spectacular !

Here in Tampa a cold front came thru, high today is only going to be 89.

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/09/16/dark-arts-at-hogwarts-castle-projection-mapping-debuts-at-universal-orlando
 
'Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle' projection mapping debuts at Universal Orlando
  Photo via Universal Orlando Universal Orlando guests can now behold the unspeakable creatures and sinister villains from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter through an enormous, projection-mapped experience, part of the park's Halloween Horror Nights.

Running through Nov. 15, the state-of-the-art projection mapping, "Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle," will combine special effects and lighting into a fully immersive – and terrifying – display. Photo via Universal Orlando The Death Eaters will lurk amongst guests in person too, of course, shrouded in fog and ominous green light, and "practicing the Dark Arts with complete disregard of wizarding laws." Guest will also contend with Dementors, Aragog, Mountain Trolls, Thestrals and other unspeakable creatures cloak the castle for “Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle.”
Universal Orlando notes "Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle" is its third projection mapping experience created for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade. After HHN, guests will enjoy other seasonal projects like "Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle" and "The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle."

It's scary enough to make you throw up your Butterbeer. For more information, visit www.universalorlando.com.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/09/disneyparkslive-watch-disneys-not-so-spooky-spectacular-fireworks-sunday-sept-15-at-1010-p-m-et/
 
It's a great show, much better in person.
The Blogs camera work has improved the last couple of years, but it's still not as good as being there.
 

Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party nights have returned to Magic Kingdom Park, and this year, one event offering wowing guests is the brand-new nighttime fireworks show, “Disney’s Not So Spooky Spectacular.”
Today, we’re happy to share that Inside Disney Parks is just moments away from live streaming “Disney’s Not So Spooky Spectacular.” Our stream will begin at 10:10 p.m. ET, right here.
In the new show, Jack Skellington from Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” comes to tell a “not-so-scary” story about how anything can happen on Halloween night. Jack’s ghost dog, Zero, flies off carrying everyone along on a trick-or-treat adventure, where Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy find themselves drawn into a mysterious haunted house. They encounter dancing skeletons, waltzing ghosts and a whole series of troublemaking Disney villains along the way.
Of course, you can also catch “Disney’s Not So Spooky Spectacular” in person by attending Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. Find details on that here.
 
 

2 years give you time to build a tiny house on wheels!

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Or a 10 minute bike ride or a 15 to 20 minute walk

Probably buried at the bottom in miniscule print is a disclaimer saying you shouldn't allow your dog (or cat) to drive your car.
We have become such a litigious society that common sense no longer counts and everything has to be spelled out to prevent a lawsuit.
There was a warning label for an iron, saying you should not iron your clothes while wearing them.

Or a 10 minute bike ride or a 15 to 20 minute walk

Tell them you had your heart set on Disney Quest and ask what they will substitute for it.

Further North of the Hotels was what I saw two years ago. There is still a massive chunk of land there. The new College Program Dorms and Strip Mall are on the  SW corner of 429 and Western Way right at the edge of RCID property.  They have filled that corner in as itt is a very large campus. There is also still a large parcel off of Hartzog that is vacant over to Avalon. And for those interested, Western Way now connects to Avalon you no longer need to use Hartzog.

I thought I saw some peacocks peeking out thru the bushes, and I heard some goats bleating!

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/08/14/cookie-dough-food-truck-opens-at-disney-springs
Cookie dough food truck opens at Disney Springs
 

 
All the goodness of cookie dough with, hopefully, none of the danger of salmonella just came to Disney. 

Disney Springs announced Wednesday the opening of their "Cookie Dough and Everything Sweet Food Truck." Just for today, if you mention their Twitter post you get $2 off.  
All the Disney blogs have been raving about this truck since last week. The menu promises everything from candy tacos to funnel cakes.
 

'Cookie Dough and Everything Sweet' will be located just across from Candy Couldron on the West Side in Expostion Park with the other food trucks, and is set for an August 14 2019 opening.
 
The menu line-up includes:
Springs Candy Taco – Candy Monster Cookie Dough, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry served in a waffle taco Minnie Mouse Taco – Peanut Butter Fluff Cookie Dough, caramel sauce, whipped cream, a cherry, and a chocolate Minnie bow served in a waffle taco Celebration Parfait – Celebration Cookie Dough with Celebration Mickey cake, vanilla custard, strawberries, whipped cream, and a cherry Mickey or Minnie Funnel Cake – funnel cake topped with powdered sugar and Mickey or Minnie-shaped cookie dough Cookie Dough Cup or Cone – Flavors include Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter Fluff, Celebration, Cookies and Cream, Candy Monster, and Cold Brew