Avatab.... Steve
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7 hours ago, Travisma said:
It's just sad (at least to my feeble mind) that the Disney Channel is so Un Disney like. We had the original Mickey Mouse Club and Wonderful World of Color.
Just like ABC Family was definitely not shows that your entire family should be watching if you had younger kids. Glad they finally changed the name.
It is sad..... We also only watch DisJr and DisXD, and the kids shows on PBS. DisneyJr is the only channel we can leave on w/o worrying even about the commercials, but he is outgrowing it fast and now wants to watch the "older" shows.
I remember sneaking over to my friends house who had the premium PG and R channels on cable so we could watch the stuff we weren't supposed to see.
Now, all you have to do to see the same (or worse, sometimes much worse) is flip on the TV to just about any channel on there. It's become a real race to the bottom the last few years.
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10 hours ago, DramaMama .......... Janet said:
Another big thumbs up for The Princess Bride. Most quotable movie ever.
"...Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha.........thump..."
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6 hours ago, Travisma said:
Nephew stopped a maid that was cleaning a nearby room. At first she didn't know anything. I guess he saw something of his on her cart and persisted. She then pulled out the tub that was tucked away in her car underneath towels. Other items started appearing from various bags and locations.. Some things were gone.
Gone? So either she was working with someone else and/or she had another place to hide things.... Either way they should have fired her on the spot before she and her accomplices steal from other guests. (Thieves are almost never caught the first time, it's a good bet she'd been doing this for awhile)
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Insure that all receptacles used for outside activities or near a water source, are adequately protected with Ground Fault Circuit interruption.
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Refrain from attaching golf cart chargers, directly to the frame of a golf cart or other metal objects.
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Insure plugs are maintained in their original manufactured condition, replace if they have been tampered with.
So sad. Talk about a string of bad events all contributing to a tragedy, I can't imagine how the family must feel.
Thanks for sharing the good advice.
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7 hours ago, Travisma said:
It was made back in the days when a movie actually had a decent plot, acting, and didn't purely rely on CGI special effects.
I don't think it ever won any awards, but then again a lot of the non critic classics ever did.
From the above website: "43 Inconceivable Facts About “The Princess Bride” You Probably Never Knew"
36. The Princess Bride grossed only $30.8 million domestically, and didn’t become wildly popular until the VCR came out.
and my favorite:
4. One of the R.O.U.S. actors got into a fight with his wife and burned down the kennel they owned, so the film crew bailed him out of jail so he could film the Fire Swamp scene.
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7 hours ago, mmfancipher said:
Everything is Awesome! When you're part of a team!
"Everything is awesome when we're living our dream!"
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On 5/4/2017 at 4:23 PM, Tri-Circle-D said:
One thing that I had already seen reported is that the FP scanners don't have Mickey heads on them. They don't:
Isn't this a not-so-hidden hidden Mickey?
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20 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said:
Ever? I guess I'll need to try and watch it.
I tried watching a Lego movie that was on regular TV. I didn't get very far into that.
The original Lego Movie is hysterical, but once again you have to be in the right frame of mind to laugh at the jokes (rapid fire and non-stop). If you aren't expecting the different levels of constant sarcasm it won't be as funny......
"Everything is Awesome!!"
20 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said:You're right. I don't know of any reason anyone needs to make the effort of pretending to stay on the site. Disney doesn't care. It occurred to me that these folks might have been connected with that strange group in the group camping area- because they were hardly ever around too. But, that doesn't make sense either.
My best guess is that they were off-site people who booked a campsite reservation so they would have on-site benefits, and they felt like they needed to actually occupy the site.
Most people who learn about using a "Phantom Campsite" know they are skirting the rules, don't want to get caught, and would probably feel that they should make it look like they are using the site.
I know if I was doing it, even with what I know from past experience with Disney, I would still consider buying one or two Walmart tents for 20 bucks just so I could feel a little better about it.
It's probably only the repeat abusers or the really inside people (CM's, TA's, Readers of FF, etc) that would know for sure that Disney won't care if anyone's there or not....
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The Princess Bride is on my Top 10 list as well, but you do have to be in the mood for that sort of humor to really enjoy it. The first time I saw it I didn't like it, the next time though I thought it was great.... go figure LOL Now, if it pops up on cable, I sit down and watch it and laugh all over again
Especially Andre the Giant, Billy Crystal and the epic Sword fight on top of the "Cliffs of Insanity"
33. Neither Cary Elwes or Mandy Patinkin had any sword-fighting experience before filming. Both trained rigorously, and every frame of Inigo and Westley’s sword fight on The Cliffs of Insanity is actually the two actors.
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What a great place! I like the park and the porch and outside of the cabin, but I wish they would have left the inside looking "cabiney" for lack of a better word (rustic?). Maybe it's just me but if I rent a cabin in the woods I don't want the inside to look like a generic condo....
11 hours ago, Seals said:Different perspectives -- I think a griddle your own pancake place is cool for a vacationy type breakfast experience. I've never seen one before. The advantage would be the pancakes are hot off the griddle instead of warm, cool or cold depending on how crowded the breakfast place is and how overworked the waiter/waitress is. And even at home by the time I, the griddler, get to eat my pancakes they are also usually not hot. Of course I never thought to set the griddle in the middle of the table.
That is cool, I've never seen one either. I am looking forward to going there sometime. And your right about the griddler usually getting lukewarm pancakes
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1 hour ago, Travisma said:
You might get by zapping them a couple of times for short periods, but eventually it'll catch up to them!
Those suckers will blister then the bubbles pop throwing little pieces of melamine all over the ovens.
Yup. I didn't know that until I had ordered the plates.
It's a great dinner set, really like the theme (and the ones above too), but I never use them because they won't go in the microwave. I know I could easily heat food in another dish, and I have done that, but most of the time it's just easier to use paper plates or a microwave safe plate.
But I'm a guy so what do I know? I can boil water and thus create a panful of Kraft Mac and Cheese (that's what I lived on in college...) but even with Kraft nowadays I end up making their microwave version....
I'm sure others would not be deterred by the melamine/microwave issue
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Those are nice. We got the "Camp Casual" set that someone here linked to last year:
They're great but I'm not sure how many times I'd want to put them thru the dishwasher.
And the big problem for me is melamine is not microwave safe..... how can you cook w/o a microwave??
Besides, I'm with TCD, I use paper plates whenever possible
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I also cringe when someone on the Tiny House Shows talks about traveling.... I can see building one as a guest house/MIL house or putting one on vacant land you own, but traveling down the highway with it? On a regular basis? No way.
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51 minutes ago, caveat lector said:
I usually don't get too wrapped around the axle on the incessant rule breakers at the Fort. However, the two pop-ups on one site is ridiculous. If that's fair, I have some friends with similar travel trailers, that could split the cost of a site, and thus make Christmas visits somewhat affordable.
Nice catch TCD
They just wanted to share a site so they could go to Typhon Lagone and get a full days excitement......
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As far as crowding goes there are at least three trends that come to mind
1. US Population was 205 million in 1970, it is now 323 million. Most of that is Immigration, both Legal and Illegal. It's no wonder that Immigration is a hot political topic. Just too many people in areas that were originally designed and built for a smaller population. Constant Traffic Jams are the most obvious example of that, the highways and bridges weren't built for the volume they are now handling. At work we call that the "10lbs of S*** in a 5lb Bag Effect"....
2. As population grows and Urban areas spread out the land becomes more valuable and gets converted into more housing or strip malls. Since the 70s hundreds of Drive-In Movie Theatres have disappeared for that reason. I would bet that campgrounds have suffered as well, especially in the East.
3. As our society has changed, so have the spending priorities. Here in Mass. the 1970's were a golden age of State Parks and Campgrounds, The State was building and opening Park after Park throughout that time, including Bike Paths, Lakes, Ocean Beaches, etc. The Public Parks were well staffed and maintained. Now however, the majority of the State budget is earmarked for Welfare and various Social Programs. There hasn't been a new State Campground opened in decades, several have been closed and the maintenance and staffing budget is nowhere near enough to keep things running properly.
The remaining private campgrounds are packed and try to cram as many as possible in to the space they have.
So you have increased demand, decreased supply, and no sign that it will get better anytime soon. My own plan is to move West while there's still some elbow room left out there
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As mentioned above there are many more people in RVs these days and the RV makers still push the romantic Go RVing commercials.
I'd like to see them do a spot where the family with kids is at this KOA:
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18 hours ago, LONE-STAR said:
Jimmy Fallon tight pants guy and his crew are from the cartoon star wars rebals.
Correct, the TPG is Kanan, who is one of the last surviving Jedi and a leader of the Rebels, and the other is Sabine, she is another one of the Rebels.
My boy LOVES Star Wars Rebels which is on the Disney XD channel. It's actually quite good and we both look forward to new episodes.
There are several references to the Rebels from this show in Rogue One and their ship and their Droid both are seen briefly in the movie.
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40 minutes ago, bhall said:
The "This Really Works" in the upper right corner made me LOL.
It's a Jedi Mind Trick.... These ARE the straps you're looking for.....
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Did you ever figure out what was up with the Men in Black? If not, do you remember one of them holding up a silver pen in front of you?
The guy in the Popeye shirt kind of looks like Bruce McGill (D-Day from Animal House) with a flat top haircut.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569226/
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On 8/22/2016 at 0:27 PM, Tri-Circle-D said:
If they added more attractions or expanded EMH's for resort guests (don't forget that the times of EMH's were cut in the past few years), then they wouldn't be able to sell the new Early Morning Magic packages that they're selling now, and recently expanded from the MK to Hollywood Studios. Watch- Epcot will be next.
This is the perfect example. EMH's were originally a perk designed to fill the Disney resorts. Now that demand is (mostly) higher than supply, they can safely cut perks and artificially create demand for costly add-ons that were previously included.
On 4/18/2017 at 1:13 PM, Travisma said:Looks like they may be proceeding with more of the ideas that they asked about in this survey.
A couple of FB sites have mentioned that Disney might be gearing up for an Uber type of service which was one of the questions. They already implemented the Express Buses.
Then we just need to see if they start up the private/semi private car service for a day deal.
It's a brilliant plan, cut down on basic services, create long lines, and then charge extra to those who naturally don't want to stand in those lines.
How long can they keep doing it? As long as they have "unlimited" demand.
On 8/22/2016 at 0:58 PM, Tuke said:Much agreed and but I think it needs mentioned that the responsibility to shareholders involves profits but also long-term growth. Many of these fees and rumors of fees and other price hikes and charges for everything may present an immediate boom but in doing so are they sacrificing the future? Are they deciding to become just another Orlando park? I certainly do not believe Disney is doing themselves any favors from the perspective of a traditional "right of passage" family destination.
Exactly. It's all short term. Until Disney, or one of their competitors, decide to address the long term, we'll see more crowds and less "Disney Magic" at the Parks.
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On 4/14/2017 at 3:47 PM, lightbikes said:
I think this shows (again!!) that Disney no longer sees their market as the "average" family with an "average" income. Just add this to the private cabanas, exclusive evening events, added dining and viewing events, and all the other things that the rest of us mere mortals do without.
The problem from my perspective is that with more and more seperately priced events going on that means there is more time (or viewing space) taken away from everyone else who can only manage the general admission. Paying for some to play in more time and space means that fewer get to play.
Agreed. Disney has clearly forgotten what their namesake's original vision was.
I know this has been said many times here (too many
) but it needs saying again: Walt must be spinning in his grave....
On 4/14/2017 at 4:16 PM, Travisma said:That's my biggest gripe.
If people have that much disposable income to spend at Disney more power to them. But with the amount of $$$ Disney makes, they should be building separate places for these high rollers, and not taking up time and space from the general population.
In every park they have some sort of special $$$ program that takes away prime viewing space, causing everyone else to get smashed together into the less desirable areas.
I am a Free-Market person and I don't begrudge any Private Company from pursuing profit, especially when it creates healthy competition, but in many cases now Disney is chasing the high rollers at the direct expense of their customer base and the original company focus on family friendly entertainment.
I think they have realized that their customer base is so wide and deep that they can lose thousands of "average" families that get priced and/or irritated into not coming anymore and it doesn't bother them since they know there are plenty that will take their place....
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9 hours ago, Starbuc71 said:
Jumping on this late but we also noticed they were gone a few weeks ago. The running joke with my kids was that whenever one of them was doing something slightly out of line, like sitting on a fence, the other would say," get off of that. That could be considered a safety hazard and we don't want Disney taking it away. ". This became the speach back and forth the entire trip.
I will say, if it were my campground and I saw our hula hoops up in the trees, I would get rid of them two. If a hula hoop could make it that high, imagine what it could do to someone's face if it were thrown that hard. I don't blame Disney at all for this. People ruin everything these days and have no respect for someone else. Judy like all the post here about a lack in parenting these days. It absolutely ridiculous. People are a holes. My favorite saying,"I used to be a people person until people ruined it for me."
LOL! That's too funny with your kids, I love that type of humor, it's too bad they even had any awareness at all of Disney's "Snowflake" Policies....
"I used to be a people person until people ruined it for me."
We need to get this on a bumper sticker with a Snarky on it LOL
We have a saying at work (Police Dept): "Cop's aren't racist, sexist, or homophobic, we hate everyone equally!"
Or when the excrement is hitting the rotating blades we just use the short version: "People Suck!"
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20 hours ago, bhall said:
Send me a pm and I'll give you my phone number. I'll need to be reminded. At the end of June I'll most likely be involved in setting up the battle reenactment.
Those would be perfect for the battle, except you'd need Blue and Gray Jarts not blue and red....
"Death from Above..."
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10 hours ago, bdm said:
We put one of those screen door savers on the bottom of our screen door in the camper to keep our 2 year old from falling through the screen door. We put a simple velcro tab like lock on the plastic slider that covers the screen door latch so he cant open it and get to the latch.
On a side note, make sure to take the door keys out with you when you sit by the camp fire at night and they are asleep in the camper. My son got up and locked the door then went to the bathroom flushed the toilet. I had to knock on the door to get him to unlock it...
When we are outside and hes sleeping we use the folding grab handle to "lock him in".
They sell those screen door savers at Home Depot, they are in the pet section near the heavy duty pet screening that we also used. the metal saver was easy to install and worked great.
We put a hook and eye on the upper part of the screen door that was out of our son's reach at the time. And I put on a door-return spring to keep the screen closed (little kids NEVER close the door behind them...
) as well as a straight grab bar that goes on the inside of the screen door.
We used a wooden child gate (10 dollars at Walmart) to wedge in front of the stairwell when he was very small. We would always know where his lost balls and toy trucks were.... at the bottom of the inside steps.... where they would wait for an unsuspecting adult to step on them... LOL
I also filed down the sharp edge of the lower corner of the screen door and put some electric tape over it so no eyes were poked out when he was coming up the stairs. And also got one of those straps for the screen door that hang down and allow kids to open them from the outside.
The idiots have arrived en masse
in General Camping Discussion and Questions
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Many here have had the same experience, some multiple times.
And it's almost always the same story: Large groups of mostly unrelated people.
It's not just one kind of group either, I have seen bad behaviour from Church Groups, Boy Scout Groups, and others.
This issue would go away if the Fort would just require everyone to obey the same rules and if there is a problem your group isn't allowed back.
Even better would be to require large groups to rent a group site (isn't that what they are for??).
Instead, Disney allows them to rent multiple single sites (making it even harder for families to get one) and then treat them as if it was their own private party area.
Until Disney decides to finally enforce the rules evenly regardless of the size of your group (size of the checkbook in other words...) these issues will keep on happening and family campers will pay the price..... literally and figuratively