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| sun-n-fun
Wed 3/12/2008 9:05a | Awesome observations!!! We were there over Pres day week and my family also thought HM was fabulous. But thte CM's either didn't speak or talked "normal" The strtching room actually started to move both times we were in it before the door was shut. Guests were still entering. It completely ruined the effect and I felt bad for anyone on that once in a lifetime vacation bacuse they missed it. |
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| butterbarre
Wed 3/12/2008 1:12p | dan, my son couldn't resist the turkey legs. Actually he did it to desensitize in a way - you see, while at Camp Phoenix in Kabul he was in charge of a rapid deployment force that had to respond to IED and suicide bombers. You can well imagine the nightmare scenes. Anyway, by 1600 turkey legs have been under the lamp for a while and we figured he got a spoiled one.
The fireworks were hard for him to handle. We headed out of the park rather quickly when they started. Fortunately, we got a great view the next night from our patio at Poly of the Princess/Pirates show from across the lagoon but the memory of a dozen or more RPGs and sundry motar rounds still haunted. Like he said, Afghanistan is one heck of an "E" ticket....
We came across quite a few servicemen while standing in line and my son immediately bonded with them. He could almost tell who had served just by looking in their eyes - the rest of us will never understand the experience. Fortunately, everyone in his platoon came back safe and sound - not that the bad guys didn't try to see it otherwise. He has fond memories of his humanitarian trips to the villages and the looks on the kids faces with the gift of a pen or candy or even a warm smile. WDW was great therapy in that way too.
Thanks for reading my blurb of thoughts. |
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| danyoung
Wed 3/12/2008 1:42p | Thanks for posting them. We owe more than we can repay to people like your son. Please convey to him my thanks!
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| bobbelee9
Wed 3/12/2008 2:43p | Butterbarre, my thanks to your son for what he had to give up to do what he did for our country!! |
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| butterbarre
Wed 3/12/2008 3:00p | Thanks, guys. Your comments are very appreciated. My son is sitting here right next to me while we're watching Peter Pan. He watched it in Afghanistan on his laptop to preserve his sanity. Anyway, he is touched by your comments and sends his warm regards. It's off to Neverland we go!
BTW, I reposted my stuff in a new thread so as not to hijack jon's terrific one. See Feb 2008 Observations. Thanks again. |
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| jonvn
Fri 3/14/2008 11:44a | "*Photo-pass seems a bit pricey."
Not only that, but the quality of photos that they take is NOT good. I took better photos in general on everything than they did, and I was walking all over, and fiddling with controls on my camera to do so.
You'd think that with them standing in one spot all day, taking the same picture, the photos would come out better. They don't. We took 35 photos. We bought none of them.
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| barboy
Sun 3/16/2008 7:07p | jonv, why do you tout Magic kingdom's Space Mnt. at the expense of Dl Anaheim's?
Magic Kingdom's version:
has no on board sound
uses old school linear seating like Matterhorn making for lousier comfort, a more laborious rocket entry and disembarking and poor capacity per track.
still relies on totally outdated, stale and passe effects and show scenes. Hey, earthshattering back in the 1974/75 opening and for the '77 Star Wars crowds but pretty ho humm for today.
delivers a noticeably bumpier and more jittery ride.
Has two tracks thus trivializing the idea of a unique space travel.
You need to ride Dl Anaheim/Hong Kong's new ones to see the quality differences.
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| davewasbaloo
Mon 3/17/2008 12:11a | Agreed Barboy, for me, with the exception of WDW's exit queue, the Mk is the worst version IMHO. |
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| davewasbaloo
Mon 3/17/2008 12:11a | Agreed Barboy, for me, with the exception of WDW's exit queue, the Mk is the worst version IMHO. |
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| danyoung
Mon 3/17/2008 5:10a | barboy, I was right there with you up until this point -
>Has two tracks thus trivializing the idea of a unique space travel.<
C'mon, how would having only one track convince people more that they're travelling into space? Otherwise good points, but you're reaching on this one.
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