WonkaKid
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2009
Crowds were in line with what they've been for the past several months on both Friday and Sunday. How long will this blessing last? Who knows. But I have friends that will visit in mid October and early November so I hope they can hold out till then. I also hope that there's some special AP-holder ticket deal offered around those times as well. When one group of friends (a family of three) visited in the summer of 2018, I was able to get them the AP-discounted tix on Sunday and then on Monday a CM friend got them in for free. Ended up saving them about $700.
I would have been first on PP on Friday but there was a woman ahead of me with her ten-year-old son and they ran. In that case, I didn't really care or mind. Had I been first, I would have given them my spot anyway. And yesterday some friends made it back to the park after a two-month absence. They'd been Deluxe pass-holders, had just upgraded to Flex Pass and I told them a few weeks ago that if they came to the park on Sunday, I'd give them my spot if they were nearby. They were third for PP and so I swapped with them. Also, on Friday we met a very nice couple from Madrid. It was their first time at the park and we helped them with all sorts of tips. We also asked them to follow us to PP and we'd give them our spot if they were also nearby. Unfortunately they were a little too far behind but they made fifth place or so and they were happy with that.
I'm not a pin collector but friends are coming soon and there's a specific pin they'd like that will be limited and (possibly) only available at the Oogie Boogie Bash. In pursuit of info, I was shown this sheet of pins that will be new for October:
Two CMs have told me it's possible that the pins will also be sold at DCA on non-OBB days, one other told me they would not. I guess we'll find out soon. Halloween season begins this Friday!
I would have been first in the park yesterday and been able to post my customary first-in-park pic but a family of about eight ran onto MS and deprived me of that privilege
. However, I got one on Friday -- one of the Spanish couple jumped in front of me at the last second but that was totally fine. I helped immediately to get a pic of them as the only two on MS, which they loved .
Around 7:45 a.m., I left the rope momentarily to visit the bathroom on the right side of Plaza Inn. As I walked towards the restaurant, I was deep in thought. Suddenly I began to hear some rustling in the bushes. Then something large and scary leapt out at me: Rafiki! I jump well into the air and had to muster the discipline not to swear (loudly). It scared me witless. A number of people laughed and when I retuned to the rope, several people I know had witnessed it and also laughed. Rightly so.
If anyone would like park maps, as always, please let me know.
OK - park pics from Friday and Sunday. Got a few neat ones.
Not sure how she pulled this off but a woman came dressed as a unicorn on Friday.
The shutted Haunted Mansion.
The currently-being-refurbed Haunted Mansion as seen from over the fence ;-).
I would have been first on PP on Friday but there was a woman ahead of me with her ten-year-old son and they ran. In that case, I didn't really care or mind. Had I been first, I would have given them my spot anyway. And yesterday some friends made it back to the park after a two-month absence. They'd been Deluxe pass-holders, had just upgraded to Flex Pass and I told them a few weeks ago that if they came to the park on Sunday, I'd give them my spot if they were nearby. They were third for PP and so I swapped with them. Also, on Friday we met a very nice couple from Madrid. It was their first time at the park and we helped them with all sorts of tips. We also asked them to follow us to PP and we'd give them our spot if they were also nearby. Unfortunately they were a little too far behind but they made fifth place or so and they were happy with that.
I'm not a pin collector but friends are coming soon and there's a specific pin they'd like that will be limited and (possibly) only available at the Oogie Boogie Bash. In pursuit of info, I was shown this sheet of pins that will be new for October:
Two CMs have told me it's possible that the pins will also be sold at DCA on non-OBB days, one other told me they would not. I guess we'll find out soon. Halloween season begins this Friday!
I would have been first in the park yesterday and been able to post my customary first-in-park pic but a family of about eight ran onto MS and deprived me of that privilege
. However, I got one on Friday -- one of the Spanish couple jumped in front of me at the last second but that was totally fine. I helped immediately to get a pic of them as the only two on MS, which they loved .Around 7:45 a.m., I left the rope momentarily to visit the bathroom on the right side of Plaza Inn. As I walked towards the restaurant, I was deep in thought. Suddenly I began to hear some rustling in the bushes. Then something large and scary leapt out at me: Rafiki! I jump well into the air and had to muster the discipline not to swear (loudly). It scared me witless. A number of people laughed and when I retuned to the rope, several people I know had witnessed it and also laughed. Rightly so
.If anyone would like park maps, as always, please let me know
.OK - park pics from Friday and Sunday. Got a few neat ones.
Not sure how she pulled this off but a woman came dressed as a unicorn on Friday.
The shutted Haunted Mansion.
The currently-being-refurbed Haunted Mansion as seen from over the fence ;-).
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. Just been a busy summer at work plus a lot of personal drama I was sadly not paid to put up with like I am at work. Going through such Disney withdrawals!
