JUST FINISHED PACKING FOR WDW!
✅ Selfie Stick
✅ Loose Ice
✅ IPad for Fireworks photos
✅ External flash for dark rides
✅ Expired Tickets bought on I-4
✅ Thong for pool time
✅ Most Expensive Weekend Ever t-shirt
✅ Spare bees
✅ Emotional support goat
What am I forgetting?
Just when I’d somehow done the Disney math to justify paying an extra $240 for my family’s Genie+ it became $352. A 46% price increase in a week. THIS is just another example of the work
@DisneyParks
are doing to drive away fans and any possible joy or excitement about a trip
Of course you should also sign up for a subscription to MAD as well since this is clearly all their hard work not mine. If you just want this issue, it’s the December 2018 issue.
I don’t have a soundcloud but you can look at some photos of theme parks that I took if you need to take a moment to catch your breath and pick the broken pieces of your heart up again:
Just finished the first trip I’ve taken my fam of 4 to WDW in 5 years. 🧵
1) lack of magical express airport transportation was a let down - rather than a free way to build excitement and ease into vacay, we paid an antivax Lyft driver who played Last Christmas
#whammageddon
It is with deep sadness 😢 that I announce a sudden death in our family this afternoon around 4pm while I was at work.
Pepper Pot was 37 years old at time of death, born in Japan in 1983. She is survived by Coffee Mug and Salt Shaker. Foul play has not been ruled out.
I JUST GOT WORD THAT MY DAD IS FINALLY LIVING AT HOME.
Over 6 mos post-stroke but so very thankful he’s made it this far and able to make the move today.
Thank you to all who’ve offered support and kindness this shittiest of half-years.
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
My dad, able to get himself a coffee cup for the first time, in PT 16 mos post-stroke. The amount of hard work and determination it took to reach this milestone is amazing.
This melted my heart. It’s the first time my dad has been able to communicate to me since his stroke on Monday (again written with eyes mostly closed, though open for first time I’ve seen today)
11) overall it was a lot more stress and money compared to past vacations for relatively few smiles on our kids’ faces or attractions teens really liked. This 6-night moderate trip was almost the cost of 2 weeks in Europe. I don’t think we’ll be returning as a fam any time soon.
@megadis13
It’s definitely opened a lot of eyes not only to the real impact of the situation but also to the scathing level of political commentary you can still find in MAD today. They’ve been absolutely ruthless on 45 and I love it.
I wonder how many gay cast members would have to quit in this labor shortage before
@disney
would do anything to stand up for their rights in Florida. All of them?
Well my dad still hasn’t been able to open his eyes or move his left side of the body after the stroke but he did manage to flip off my uncle today so I’m gonna chalk that up as a small victory.
@lilyastrah
The rampant theme is “no one tells us how to live, we tell everyone else how to live and destroy any institutions that help people learn otherwise”
You guys, my dad is able to communicate! He was able to write a word today with his eyes closed. This is the the most I’ve ever thanked the Phoenicians in my entire life. 😭
I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason why
#wdw50
produced a documentary called Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World and then didn’t let any Disney+ subscribers have access to it at the 50th anniversary.
1/?
Thanks to all the awesome folks who supported my dream to design my own tiki mug!
🗿🍹🧉
An especially big thanks to the 15 folks who bought out my entire first shipment of Easy Living mug inventory in less than 24 hrs.
Time to make some more!!
9) bleeding money on LL the second you are forced to wake up at 6:50 am while on vacation is terrible guest experience compared to booking free FP+ at convenient times to plan a day that works with existing ADR. Refreshing apps all day long isn’t fun but at least effective.
Just found this shot of the audio animatronic tape players from It’s a Small World from the ‘64-65 World’s Fair.
No clue what it looks like now, probably just an iPod.
NEW: Hungry Bear Restaurant at Disneyland Park is being reimagined and will reopen as Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree. The restaurant will be inspired by the Country Bears and their travels to music halls across the US.
Dad was finally able to speak a bit today in the ICU and after “I love you”, his next hoarse words were “my ass is cold” 😂.
He also remembered a dermotologist appt this week which he’d scheduled weeks before the stroke and made sure we canceled (wow!)
@GratDisMemes
Make Tomorrowland Speedway into a drive thru Taco Bell with a bar next door so kids can have their first drunk Taco Bell drive thru experience
Take $71,300,000,000 for their Fox bid and divide it by 199,000 Disney employees (est. 2017 per wikipedia and you’d have nearly $360,000 per employee so remind me again why
@Disney
can’t pay cast members a living wage?
I'm one step closer to making these sweet tiki mugs for all you
#thirsty
tiki/park fans. My super talented potter has totally KILLED it, creating this clay master based on my 3d design. Next up is mold making & slip cast production!
Coming soon to an internet near you...
Does anyone else find it interesting that Disney can distribute millions of copies of a 1+GB Hamilton vid but can’t keep their resort reservation system working well under similar peak load?
4) Our room mousekeeping emptied trash but never cleaned the room once in an ENTIRE WEEK. Was an option to do every other day vs never and I picked every other day. For these prices it should be daily, like a cheap holiday inn manages to do.
TIL that once Bob Gurr drove a monorail through the Contemporary at top speed before it opened just to confirm on seismograph that it wouldn’t shake the hotel.
Hey one tiny bit of good news today: I got to see a video of my dad (now ~16 mos post-stroke) walking down his wheelchair ramp and back up today with PT by his side to help with the gait belt.
Great Movie Ride (DHS): 2,160ppl/hr Spaceship Earth (EPCOT): 2,160ppl/hr
Horizons(EPCOT): 2,784ppl/hr.
Haunted Mansion (MK): 2,880ppl/hr
Pirates (MK): 2,880 ppl/hr
Millenium Falcon: 1880ppl/hr
Star Wars capacity is not huge.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Guess whose work potluck today was canceled *after work* last night due to COVID panic and who didn't find out until after arriving at work with a layer cake that took 3 stressful hours to prepare last night?
My lunch today is now a big fucking cake & no one gets any but me.
It seems clear that despite public opinion to the contrary, lots of old American white dudes want to be sure more 11 year old incest rape victims have to be mothers. Girls will be trapped at home, uneducated and traumatized.
I’m so fucking sick of old white guys in government.
Thank you to all who sent thoughts, prayers, sacrificed chickens, etc. keep em coming as we’re not in the clear.
I managed to make it to the hospital in Mpls and my dad hasn’t thrown in the towel yet. He’s still unconscious but has successfully moved toes on each foot. 🙏🙏🙏