Episode 37 - The Ballad of the Yeti

[disneykidsince1970]

Another great episode as usual! You guys need a commentator that is a foodie so we can get into more detail regarding resturants and the food and wine festival...

~Amanda

this would be great if possible! Maybe a podcast guest?

[dpamac]

this would be great if possible! Maybe a podcast guest?

My seventeen year old daughter offered to do that. She's a burgeoning chef and could talk for hours about the complexities of the food offerings. Literally. Hours. After every offering last year she gave us a tutorial on the flavors. I could only respond with "mmmmm" or "Me no like. That sauce taste yucky."

[dpamac]

I think this ride opened soon after I moved to Europe and had babies,....I never had the opp to ride it when it was working! ...and havent found time to ride while it has been down either, What is the "A" option/side that people refer to?

There are two instances when you see a yeti in the ride. The first is when you stop for a second and see an animation of a silhouette of a yeti ripping up the track. That works.

Later there is, or was, a large animatronic yeti that used to loom above you as you passed under it with its teeth bared swinging one of its arms at you. Strobe lights, chaos, screaming. Then it was strobe lights, chaos and a yeti that looked like it was stuffed by Chuck Testa (interet meme...look up "Nope Chuck Testa"). Now I think they just turned off the lights and pretend like it never existed at all. It was literally less than two seconds of an effect but some of us thought it was awesome.

Or we're remembering it as being better than it was because we're easily duped.

[disneykidsince1970]

Ah, yes! Some things do live in our memories better than they really were...that's ok with me!

Gary- we lived in stl for a few y- lving in 2004. We lived in Des Peres and reall enjoyed it...even tho we weren't natives and when people asked us what high school we went to, we had to say..., " ugh....in Florida.". My sister even graduated from SLU and my hubby did his MBA at Wash U.

Some of our closest friend still live there.

[dpamac]

Ah, yes! Some things do live in our memories better than they really were...that's ok with me!

Gary- we lived in stl for a few y- lving in 2004. We lived in Des Peres and reall enjoyed it...even tho we weren't natives and when people asked us what high school we went to, we had to say..., " ugh....in Florida.". My sister even graduated from SLU and my hubby did his MBA at Wash U.

Some of our closest friend still live there.

I guess it's just how we define our neighborhood. High schools give you an idea of where you are. Plus, since the area is so heavily Catholic, it can often narrow down to parish as well. Was the Des Peres rec center open when you guys lived there? It's pretty incredible.

[iceicebritney]

I'd like to say my favorite signs at Disney world arent really disney signs. ai always get excited when I see the "Disney World Next 2 Exits" signs on I-4. As a kid, driving three to four times a year to Orlando from Pennsylvania was long and nothing felt better than seeing these signs along I-4.
My favorite actual Disney sign would have to be the illuminated "Main Street electrical Parade" sign on the float during the parade. So glad to name this parade back home again