--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2G00003 Date: 02/08/97 From: BRUCE METCALF Time: 12:54pm \/To: JOHN BOYER (Read 0 times) Subj: WDW Touring Yoo hoo, John! JB> We're going back again this year, so what is everyone's opinion? Is JB> it better to stay at the parks, maybe just taking it slow if you get JB> tired, or better return to the hotel during the day? Based on our six visits, and especially our last, I have come to believe that the three biggest rules for enjoying WDW are: EARLY, EARLY, and EARLY! Take the advice in the guidebooks and arrive at the turnstyles about 45 minutes to an hour before the "official" opening time, and hit the ground runnin' (figure of speach that--actually running I don't recommend). Even in the off-season, the number of attractions you can visit before the crowds arrive is quite remarkable. We found that we could do as much before 10:30 as we could between 10:30 and closing. Unless you have a Disney hotel adjacent to the park you're visiting, we've found that the afternoon break is not an efficient tool. In summer, it can help you to beat the worst of the afternoon heat, but the evening crowds and afternoon crowds are about the same. I've also found that I've got just so many miles per day in me any more, and interrupting them for a nap doesn't really increase the total. In short, I recommend an early start, goining until you quit, taking what rest you need at your hotel, and then spending whatever part of the day is left in other pursuits. Tour the resorts, swim, shop, or drop in on one of the parks just for the parade or fireworks. With such limited expectations for the evening visit, you are more likely to be satisfied with the results. I think the big key to enjoying the parks is to avoid the "gotta ride everything" attitude that encourages frustration, exhaustion, and causes one to miss not only the less flashy pleasures, but the simple enjoyment of the place. IMHO, YMMV. ()_() (_) Bruce (low key tour guide) Metcalf --- OLX 2.1 TD Ignorance may be bliss, but it'll never replace WDW. --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Freestyle . Chattanooga TN . 423.624.1442 (1:362/912) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2G00004 Date: 02/11/97 From: JOHN BOYER Time: 09:44pm \/To: TERRIE BRAUN (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: WDW--NOVEMBER Yoo Hoo, Terrie! >TB> We're going to Disney World...and this time we're going withthe >TB> kids!!!! :) We've never been there in November(just about every other >TB> month). If anyone has I'd appreciate some info(temperatures, crowds, >TB> etc.) We'll be arriving on the 11th and leaving on the 15th. My family spent Thanksgiving week at WDW and we had a great time! The weather was cool some nights, but according to the tourbooks, your highs should be in the 70's and November is not rainy. Outside of thanksgiving week, the crowds should be thin, so I'd say you're set for a great time! If you want to go swimming, the pools will be heated and day temps should be high enough to keep you warm when out of the water. have fun! --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#2317) * Origin: The Rose Garden (717) 697-0172 (1:270/719) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2H00000 Date: 02/10/97 From: NIMROD CARMI Time: 11:17am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: ? Hakuna Matata *All* Is it only me or this folder is totally dead? Landau, if you unlinked me from here I will ... I will .... I will cry! Can't live without the disney folder, re-link me! Nimrod *Simba* Carmi - simba@poboxes.com - 2:406/406.666 The Lion King fandom page - http://priderock.pridelands.org/~carmi Webmaster - School Sucks - http://www.schoolsucks.com Motto: TLKiaWoL Nala: HTOFL =-----= WELCOME TO THE ELEPHANT GRAVEYARDS, POP. 165 HIGH GEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY NEXT 7 MILES --- FMail/386 1.20 * Origin: Welcome to Hell (2:406/406.666) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2J00000 Date: 02/12/97 From: BRUCE METCALF Time: 10:14am \/To: JOHN GIANNINI (Read 0 times) Subj: Collectibles & values JG>JG>BM>>> And let me know if you find any legal copies of "The Rescuers" JG>JG>BM>>> for sale, will you please? JG>BM>> For $20 (plus shipping of course) I'm definitely interested! JG> Bruce, I checked today at 3 stores for you. ... None of the stores JG> had the movie. Sorry... I'll continue to keep in mind that you want JG> one, and if I bump into one at a reasonable price, I'll let you JG> know. John, like Snuffy says, "Yore gooder than ary angel." I really appreciate you making the effort for me. I can't say I'm surprised that your results were the same as mine, though. The best estimate I've gotten from Disney on the next video release date is, "Probably along about 2000 or 2002." That's what I get for my interest in "minor" productions. ()_() (_) Bruce (always too early...or too late) Metcalf --- OLX 2.1 TD Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Freestyle . Chattanooga TN . 423.624.1442 (1:362/912) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2J00001 Date: 02/12/97 From: BRUCE METCALF Time: 10:27am \/To: AMY BALLANTYNE (Read 0 times) Subj: A confused soul. AB> If this is what this echo is going to be like, I might just consider AB> finding my Disney fun elsewhere, like my husband has. Amy, I hope you will stay with us, and that you will convey to Kit my hopes that he will return. This echo needs all the Disney lovers it can get, and you two both clearly qualify. I'm sorry too that our topic has at times drifted too far afield from the joy of Disney, and I now regret having stuck my oar in to help stir things up further. Please help me bring us all back on topic by joining me in constructive participation, and by simply deleting any offensive messages. You might also want to talk to your local sysop about "twit filters". Remember too that Rich has had a busy month of it, what with a brief illness and increased work responsibilities from the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras. FidoNet moderation is a slow and delicate process at best, and I hope you will grant our own special Mickey the time to work his magic. This life we lead (hmm, sounds like a good song title) has little enough joy that any of us can afford to loose any. Disney--and most of the time this echo--are wonderful sources of joy. Please consider carefully before you let one bad thread (or even one contributor) chase you away. ()_() (_) Bruce (amateur peacemaker) Metcalf --- OLX 2.1 TD We have enough youth. How about a Fountain of Nice? --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Freestyle . Chattanooga TN . 423.624.1442 (1:362/912) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2J00002 Date: 02/10/97 From: STEVEN ACEVEDO Time: 09:43am \/To: AMY BALLANTYNE (Read 0 times) Subj: Walt Disney Lives! AB>Here is a shining example of how practically everything my husband says AB>is attacked! WALT DISNEY is dead! Just because there are belief AB>systems that believe in reincarnation does not make it so. If you asked AB>100 people if Walt Disney is alive or dead I would be surprised if more AB>than 2 people said anything close to him being alive. Come on, get AB>real. Kit and I are Christians, we believe in an afterlife. But in the AB>mortal sense that person is still dead. Yes, their soul lives on. It AB>may live on in heaven it may live on in hell. But, that person's body AB>is still dead. This is true unfortunately. And that is the hardest thing to accept. :-( --- OLX 2.2 TD It's better to follow your own example than anyone else's * Origin: GE999 BBS * The Anime Resource * 718-961-1764 * (1:278/539) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2J00003 Date: 02/10/97 From: STEVEN ACEVEDO Time: 09:43am \/To: AMY BALLANTYNE (Read 0 times) Subj: calling Disney AB>He showed Beauty and the Beast at a public AB>place to celebrate his 30th birthday and had to get written permission AB>from Disney to do so. It's quite sad when someone loves Disney so much AB>that he legally makes it part of his name and he isn't welcome in a AB>Disney echo. The price of living in a democratic system where one idea is consider right as well as wrong. Go figure. --- OLX 2.2 TD It's better to follow your own example than anyone else's * Origin: GE999 BBS * The Anime Resource * 718-961-1764 * (1:278/539) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2J00004 Date: 02/13/97 From: TERRIE BRAUN Time: 03:19pm \/To: JOHN BOYER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: WDW--NOVEMBER -> Yoo Hoo, Terrie! -> >TB> We're going to Disney World...and this time we're going withthe -> >TB> kids!!!! :) We've never been there in November(just about every ther -> >TB> month). If anyone has I'd appreciate some info(temperatures, crowds, -> >TB> etc.) We'll be arriving on the 11th and leaving on the 15th. -> My family spent Thanksgiving week at WDW and we had a great time! The -> weather was cool some nights, but according to the tourbooks, your highs -> should be in the 70's and November is not rainy. Outside of thanksgiving -> week, the crowds should be thin, so I'd say you're set for a great time! If -> you want to go swimming, the pools will be heated and day temps should be -> high enough to keep you warm when out of the water. have fun! -> --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#2317) -> * Origin: The Rose Garden (717) 697-0172 (1:270/719) Thanks so much for replying!! It does sound like we'll have a great time!! Were the water parks open when you were there? We've gone in January and February and they were'nt open. Thanks again!!! --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0GY * Origin: Brewster BBS | 8.5 Gigis | Internet | (1:2625/106) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2K00000 Date: 02/15/97 From: KEVIN GIBSON Time: 12:45am \/To: STEVEN ACEVEDO (Read 0 times) Subj: Help me understand Hello Steven, I'm confused by your messages and I hope you'll help me to understand what it is you're saying. First you said: "Don't give the PC police anymore goofy ideas." Then you admonished someone for typing in all caps. It seems like you're at odds with yourself. In another message you said: SA> The price of living in a democratic system where one idea is SA> consider right as well as wrong. Go figure. What are you saying? How does it apply? Best Wishes, Kipper --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: . Animation Nation - A State of Mind . (1:396/45.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 149 DISNEY Ref: E2K00001 Date: 02/15/97 From: KEVIN GIBSON Time: 02:29am \/To: JOHN GIANNINI (Read 0 times) Subj: Copyright Confusion Hello John, With regards: JG> I appreciated your message. Thanks for helping out! I try. I'm not sure how much good it does. :( We all see things from our own perspective and we have difficulty putting ourselves in another person's shoes... but developing an ability to do so, helps us immensely when we reach points of disagreement. JG> I guess in the world there are collector type people, and JG> non-collector type people, with the latter group disliking JG> the practice practiced by the former group. I've never been a serious collector of anything. As a child, I did what my friends did. We collected trading cards and doubloons from Mardi Gras parades. It wasn't for the money. It was just something kids did. I gave it up a long time ago. :) I talked with my niece and nephew recently. One of them had been developing a serious collection of cards featuring super-heroes. We learned a lot from each other. When they explained to me that the cards with the embossed signatures were worth more, I asked them to think about why that would be true. We then explored the reasons why some things are rare and others abundant, why a person's signature would be worth something and why people value an "embossed signature." All I can say is that I find the world into which I've been born, a most strange world indeed. Children are indoctrinated almost from the moment they are born. We're programmed to be consumers! "Here... this is a POG. You're going to want to collect these. They're special! And the ones that have the pretty colors and the embossed signatures are worth even more. What's that? Yeah.. I know it looks like the top from a milk bottle. That's because the first POGS were milk bottle tops. But now they're really cool! Really! Now save up your lunch money and buy a lot of them so you will have the biggest and best collection in the neighborhood!!" And so it goes. Collecting habits vary and change as we grow older... toys of all kinds, dolls, stamps, coins, spoons, plates, blue glass, books, jewelry, shoes, fishing gear, antique cars, stocks and bonds... the reasons for doing so vary as much as the collections and the people involved. John, I see a better world that's almost in reach... it's a world similar to the one portrayed on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." The personal computer may not be as powerful as the Holodeck, but by virtue of the Internet and the world wide web, we can explore the universe, real and imagined, in ways never before possible. Our personal computers don't produce food on the spot, (yet) but you can use your computer to order pizza and other things. :) We're moving into an era where information is available _upon demand_. That frees us from the need to maintain large collections of books, videos and "hard copies" on site. And that is very liberating! Well... that's enough food for thought. :) Take care, _\|/_ | _ _ | /|\ _\ Gibber _| Gipper \ | | --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: . Animation Nation - A State of Mind . (1:396/45.6)