Hurricane Lashbear to hit Florida.... News at 11.

[lashbear]

It's confirmed.

We will be in Florida for the beginning of our trip, from 17th - 23rd March 2007, staying at the Magic Tree Resort in Kissimmee, which they tell us is only a couple of miles to WDW.

Yay.


OK, bring on the Bitter East Coasters Meet. :D :cheers:

[flippyshark]

The Magic Tree? I've never heard of it, and I've been here for seventeen years. Perhaps it's new, or a rename. Anyhow, I'm sure we can arrange a get together here. Our Dole Whip rocks, our Kaki Gori tempts, sadly, our churros aren't so hot.

[Not Afraid]

Yes, but how are the corndogs? If there were ever two people who needed to partake in corndogs together it would be FS and LB.

[flippyshark]

Agreed, but alas, there are no corn dogs at our Disney parks. Perhaps at a resort, though offhand, I don't know where to find any on property. Sad, I know.

[lashbear]

Magic Tree Resort (http://magictreeorlando.com/)

We're getting a hire car for the week so we can get around the parks quickly.... so much to see, so little time !

...any hints on cheap parking when park-hopping ? :blush:


...We can't wait to see Horizons, and Ellen's Energy Adventure, and the Living Seas and the Kraft Kitchen Kabaret, and Spaceship Earth !!!

[lashbear]

and now... we need to let Matterhorn Fan and HTHBellcaptain know !

[flippyshark]

Matterhorn fan is sure to stop by here sooner or later. HTH is elusive lately, but I'll see him tomorrow.

You're out of luck on Kitchen Kabaret and Horizons, but all those other things are still here in one form or another.

Kitchen Kabaret closed about fifteen years ago to make way for an inferior replacement called Food Rocks! - that lame show featured extremely limited animatronics, including a Cher lookalike mermaid, and Pita (as in pita bread) Gabriel. But now, even that is gone. Where those attractions once stood, you will now find the entrance queue for Soarin'. (If you've been on Soarin Over California, you've been on ours as well. It's the same film, but here in Florida, we pretend not to know the location you are soaring over.)

You will get to see the new attraction at the former Living Seas, now known as The Seas with Nemo and Friends. The new dark ride is charming and fun, and Turtle Talk with Crush is a fine attraction if you can manage not to wait too long for it. (Try it late in the evening.)

Ellen DeGeneres is well represented at Epcot, now showing up at Ellen's Energy Adventure, the Nemo ride, and Turtle Talk. I hope she's being compensated appropriately.

[lashbear]

I forgot about Soarin' over ********** !! YAY !!

Oh, and not forgetting Alien Encounter and 20k :D



PS: In Stitch Encounter, does anything physically touch your neck ??? **Chicken** :blush:

[flippyshark]

PS: In Stitch Encounter, does anything physically touch your neck ??? **Chicken** :blush:

Only the bile which will probably rise in your throat. (okay, I shouldn't try to impose a negative opinion like that. You'll have to go see it and decide you hate it for yourself.)

[Matterhorn Fan]

Um, I don't pretend not to know what location I'm flying over on Soarin'. ;)

Lashbear, I feel it necessary to give you fair warning: I will not accompany you into the Stitch attraction. Or any other attraction with intrusive "effects." But I'll happily wait for you at the exits of such attractions.

HTHBellcaptain is highly unlikely to show up here, but he's aware of your trip.

[lashbear]

Lashbear, I feel it necessary to give you fair warning: I will not accompany you into the Stitch attraction. Or any other attraction with intrusive "effects." .

I think this means you won't be joining me on "Tough to be a bug" then...

I just read about the stinky chilli dog burp that stitch does:eek: . Is it worse than Claire De Room's 'accident' ? If so, I might just flake out of seeing this one...

[Matterhorn Fan]

No, I don't like "tough to be a bug." You can always see that in California, anyways.

And I highly support the avoidance of Stitch.

[flippyshark]

The chili dog burp (which occurs twice, by the way!) is MUCH worse than Claire DeRoom's stink-bomb. It (the chili dog effect) made me feel literally sick to my stomach. If someone served me a chili dog that smelled like that, I would not only send it back, I would alert the authorities.

If you do decide to give Stitch a try, you can hold your breath as soon as the air blast hits your face. (Jeez, what an unpleasant attraction, though.) For what it's worth, the Stitch animatronic is impressive.

[CoasterMatt]

Wow, imagine the chain reaction to the stench of somebody hurling in those confined spaces...

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Wow, imagine the chain reaction to the stench of somebody hurling in those confined spaces...

Bless your heart. ;)

[Prudence]

For what it's worth, I normally feel compelled to try everything, but I gave Stitch a miss. BT went on it and says it was "pointless and annoying".

[lashbear]

BT went on it and says it was "pointless and annoying".

I think we might be giving this a miss after all.

I hop Disney marketing DOES read these boards ! :blush:

[CoasterMatt]

I have to see Stitch Encounter, simply because Alien Encounter was one of my all time favorite Disney attractions (yep, I'm a sick little space monkey) - I even made sure that every time I entered, to sit near some stupid parent and their kids who ignored all the warnings that the attraction may be scary... :evil:

Maybe I'll just start screaming (ask anybody who's sat near me on a coaster when I'm in fine screaming form) the second the show starts?

[flippyshark]

And does this mean you are also going to be visiting soon, Mr. Coaster Matt? (My apologies if I have missed this news elsewhere.)

If so, I'd love to meet up with you, but I will still sit out the Stitch experience.

[CoasterMatt]

Unfortunately, our Florida travels won't be until next fall, but I'll definitely keep ya posted - I need to visit Florida Jaws (It's kind of like the Jungle Cruise with grenade launchers and burning hot dog smell) again.

[CoasterMatt]

I completely understand the sitting out Stitch thing - I couldn't put myself through the pain of the Tiki Room Tragedy in WDW again no matter who wanted to see it...

[Not Afraid]

Yes, Florida's Tiki Room is tragic. Tokyo's TR is also pretty horrible, but the clapping, dancing CMs make the pain go away.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

And I highly support the avoidance of Stitch.I highly support the enjoyment of Stritch. Especially her At Liberty! ;)

[lashbear]

Um, was there meant to be a link there ? :confused: