--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DC500000 Date: 07/31/96 From: NANCY HARN Time: 07:26pm \/To: KELLY HENRY (Read 1 times) Subj: Hello! Hey you guys...do you know you are on a world wide Disney Conference???? --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0GF * Origin: Osceola Express BBS : (407) 348-5295 (1:3633/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DC500001 Date: 08/04/96 From: MIKE TUCHMAN Time: 01:18pm \/To: CAROL BROCK (Read 1 times) Subj: 1st Disney Collectible TS>Hi-ya, Carol!! CB> Does anyone know where I can get the first statue in the Disney CB> Collector's Society. It is a figurine of CB> Jiminy Cricket. Have al CB> rest, just need the first one. Carol Brock TS>People are selling them, BUT you have to pay a TS>pretty high price!! The TS>I've seen it is $500!! I want it real bad too!! :) CB> Hiya Tom: CB> Thanks for answering. WOW! that is a steep price. CB> I want it bad, but not that CB> bad. They are really cute though. Just got the new one. Winnie CB> the Pooh and CB> he is really done nicely. So far, I think Dumbo is CB> still my favorite. What is CB> yours? CB> Carol I would suggest you contact Martha at the Disneyana Exchange. There is a newsletter which comes out monthly with wanted, for sale, and trade items. TheDisneyana Exchange acts as a neutral gobetween. Subscribers ($24.00 per year) tell her what they want to receive, she adds a 10% sellers premium and then lists either the lowest or three lowest asking prices. The buyer has to pay 10% over that. The buyer calls her, she verifies with the seller that item is still for sale, seller ships to her while she calls buyer to send payment to her, she inspects item to make sure both undamaged and what it actually is, she allows time for check to clear and then transships item to buyer, after time allowing buyer to receive item and examine it, she sends the payment to the seller. On this, for example if you wanted to sell an item for $300, she would list it for $330 and the buyer would pay $363; you get your $300, she gets $63 but has long distance and shipping costs. Her phone number is 407-438-5634; Monday to Friday 9 to 6 Eastern Time. Recent issue shows Jiminy (wheel or clef) for $195 and complete kit (wheel) for $255, so cost to buyer would be $204.50 or $280.50 for the complete kit. --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: Air 'n Sun 703-765-0822 Origin needed; apply within (1:109/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DC500002 Date: 08/04/96 From: KAREN RICHMOND Time: 01:55pm \/To: KEVIN DALY (Read 1 times) Subj: movies Hello Kevin! Wednesday July 24 1996 10:41, Kevin Daly wrote to John Giannini: KD> You must be kidding about the prices??? I just picked up 101 almations KD> sealed, Fantasia, sealed, and a Lady and the Tramp sealed for $10 each. if you could get me Lady and the Tramp I would ever so grateful. I will gladly give you teh $10 plus $10 for your time, trouble and mailing costs. would this be OK?? let me know and I'll get you my address and the money. thanks Karen --- RA 2.02+/GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: Voyage Beneath the Sea -- (901) 759-1782 (1:123/43) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DC500003 Date: 07/20/96 From: CARMYN EGGE Time: 07:44pm \/To: STEVEN ACEVEDO (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: The Rock SA->CE>SA-> Mom, a cousin and I went to see it. It was fun. Not eccessarily SA->CE>SA-> my kind of fare but I liked it. Of course I won't give either f SA->CE>SA-> the satisfaction of knowing that. ;-) SA->CE>That's a good thing, I suppose. Why? What are you usually watching hat SA->CE>this didn't fit into the category? SA-> I'm mostly into comedies and animated features. I went solely out of SA-> obligation because my cousin wanted to see it. It wasn't my choice. you say that like it's a bad thing. * SLMR 2.1a * Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up. --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: StarGate BBS * Watertown.SD * Fidonet (1:288/37) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DC500004 Date: 08/02/96 From: BILL NEWMAN Time: 02:38am \/To: VINCENT KING (Read 1 times) Subj: Magic Kingdom Club VK> >will. VK> Hoohaa, heart surgery, that's serious stuuf, hope it went well... VK> I'll check around my bank, John Tatum told me to have my employer VK> write to Disney, I might do that also... VK> Thanks for the reply. Yes it was very serious. I am in a new study procedure where they took lasors and made 26 holes in my heart to get the blood out to the muscles directly. I was #2 in the hospital in New York City and #4 in the United States to have the procedure done back in April. I guess they have done others since then. I am doing much better now after the procedure and in another month I will be returning for my second follow-up visit. I return every 8 weeks to see how I am doing. As fa as the club goes. Call around and you will find a place to sign up for the club. You also might try your auto club as ours also gives out the club membership. Let us all know how you make out and I am still planning the trip to WDW in 1997. Bill Rochester, NY --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Bill Newman, Rochester, NY (1:2613/404.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DC500005 Date: 08/04/96 From: MIKE TUCHMAN Time: 08:50pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: General (Orlando Area) Rental Car Inform20:50:3808/04/96 There have been a lot of questions recently about car rentals. Although I do not work for any of the rental companies, I do rent cars often for business travel as well as for many vacations. I hope this information is useful. There are several things to be considered when renting a car at the airport in Orlando. These are rates for the car, discounts, type of car and included options, taxes and surcharges, how gasoline is handled, and various types of insurance. Rates are normally quoted on either a daily or weekly basis. Most of the companies will have their weekly rate equal to about five and a half days rental. The advertised rates are normally for a subcompact; the bigger the car the more you will pay. When reserving a car ask for discounts. Membership in many organizations, such as AAA, AARP, Airline frequent flyer clubs, Entertainment Book members, or many other types of organizations have discount agreements with the rental companies. Check with your employer, many companies have negotiated rates and allow their employees to use those rates when on personal travel. If you are a government employee, let the car rental company know, but also tell them that you are NOT on official business. The companies define their cars fairly similarly, but the quality differs. We own a Plymouth Acclaim with power everything; this is considered to be a full-size four-door. If we go to the larger companies and they have Chrysler products, we could get a LeBaron as the full-size four-door car; this has even more comfort than our Plymouth but is the same car from a size standpoint. If we went to one of the smaller companies and asked for the same type we would get an Acclaim but without the power windows, door locks, etc. All car rentals in Florida are subject to the Florida 6% Sales Tax. They are also subject to the state's soak the visitor "Road Impact Fee" of $2.05 per day. If you go to a company that does not have its counter in the Terminal Building and which provides a shuttle to its lot you will have to pay an "airport access fee" of 8.64% of the rental fee, no matter how long you use the car. There are three ways gasoline is handled; be careful and ask when you get the rental. The fairest way is to receive the car with the tank full and agree to return it with the tank full. If you buy gas within 20 or 30 miles before turning the car in the tank will register full and you will not have to pay anything. (Note - Beware of the prices at the Exxon stations on WDW, they are about ten cents per gallon higher than off-property.) HOWEVER, if the tank is not full they will charge an exorbitant amount based on either what it takes to fill the tank or a per-mile charge. The next way is the tank is not full when you receive the car and they don't care how much gas is in it when you get back. This is especially with the smaller rental companies. The downside to this is you do not know, when you put gas in, how much to buy. The worst way is the offer for you to prepay for a tank of gas. They will charge you for the number of gallons of the full capacity of the tank (starting at zero) at approximately the average gas price for the area. You will get the car with a full tank and they don't care where the tank is when you bring it back. However, unless it is just running on fumes when you bring it back you are a loser. For insurance there are several types the companies sell. All are based on an amount PER DAY with no discount for weekly or longer rentals. These include Collision (or Loss) Damage Waiver (CDW or LDW), Personal Accident Insurance (PAI), and Personal Effects Coverage (PEC). Some companies may have some others I don't know about. If you live in the United States and you own a car and have what is normally referred to as a "Standard Family Automobile Policy" you are covered for a "temporary substitute automobile" (meaning a rental car) for up to 30 consecutive days as if you were using your own car without having to notify the insurance company. In addition, if you use a gold (or higher) major credit card (American Express,Visa, MasterCard) for the rental the credit card company will provide several of the coverages (including CDW/LDW) at no cost to you. CDW/LDW covers any damage to the car (as well as loss of rental income to the company while it is out of service) which is due to your fault or negligence. Note that if you have collision insurance on your regular car your insurance company would cover the costs subject to any deductible amounts you have with them. If you do not have insurance but use a premium credit card, the credit card will cover this. If you do have insurance and use a premium credit card, the credit card company will cover your deductible. PAI basically is medical insurance to protect you or anyone else in your car from costs related to injuries sustained while in thee car. Note again if you have a regular US auto policy, or you have medical insurance, you probably do not need this. PEC is stupidity insurance. It will cover losses of personal belongings in the event of theft from the car. Normally one should not leave items of high value is a car. If you have several hours to go between the time you check out of your hotel and the time you turn the car in you should just be sure nobody can just look --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: Air 'n Sun 703-765-0822 Origin needed; apply within (1:109/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DC500006 Date: 08/03/96 From: CAROL BROCK Time: 08:21pm \/To: VINCENT KING (Read 1 times) Subj: Magic Kingdom Club BN>On (10 Jul 96) VINCENT KING wrote to All... VK> Hey there Mouseketeers, VK> Is anybody on the echo a Magic Kingdom Club member? Is it worth it VK> Any info would be appreciated... I'm starting to plan a trip for VK> spring to the greatest place on earth and I was wondering if MKC w VK> be valuable in my planning. VK> Vince VK> ()_() VK> (_) Hi Vince. Yep, I have a gold Magic Kingdom card. The one you get through work is good, but you can't use it in the Disney Stores or the stores at WDW for the 10% discount. They do send great package deals with the cards and I, for one, think that it is a good deal. Carol *****DAISY***** --- * PW * --- KING'S DOMAIN * Origin: Sterling Hgts., MI * Where Good Friends Meet * (1:120/481) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DCA00000 Date: 08/03/96 From: KIT BALLANTYNE Time: 07:17pm \/To: JOHN TATUM (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: People Movers -> -> As Walt said, Disneyland (at the time the only park) is not a -> stagnant development... it is constantly evolving... so any -> attraction that has low "riders per hour" will eventually close. -> He also said (in many of the TV shows he hosted and specials) that the Peoplemover has a "permanent home" at Disneyland. --- ViaMAIL!/WC5 v1.00c * Origin: Praise OutReach BBS ~ Salt Lake City, Utah (1:311/57) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DCA00001 Date: 08/03/96 From: KIT BALLANTYNE Time: 07:24pm \/To: ERIC SCHWARTZKOPF (Read 1 times) Subj: Disney -> I also have too many obscure titles to mention but I've always -> wanted to get Victory through Air Power. Have you ever viewed it? I just got "Victory Through Air Power" and I must say that it's the kind of thing a collector might want (if they were hard-core), but it's really not much of a movie (especially in 1996). It is very dated and spends a lot of time with a professor type pointing to things on a board. The World War II anti-Nazi cartoons (like der Fuerher's Face) are MUCH better! --- ViaMAIL!/WC5 v1.00c * Origin: Praise OutReach BBS ~ Salt Lake City, Utah (1:311/57) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: DCA00002 Date: 08/03/96 From: AMY BALLANTYNE Time: 07:45pm \/To: AMY GAETZ (Read 1 times) Subj: Abbreviations... -> AB> Isn't EuroDisneyland now officially called -> AB> Disneyland Paris. That is my -> AB> understanding of things. -> -> That's what I heard, too. Hmmm... -> -> btw, I like your name! :) Yeah, someone else told me I was wrong, but my husband Kit is a major park enthusiast (sp?). I love your name too :) (Amys of the World UNITE!) --- ViaMAIL!/WC5 v1.00c * Origin: Praise OutReach BBS ~ Salt Lake City, Utah (1:311/57)