Episode 18 - You?ll Stay Here and You?ll Like It!
The Cast: Carol, Mel, Ian, Gary, Jeff & John
The biggest crew for the podcast yet - 6 is the magic number
John’s just back from the world and has plenty to say - though Ian gets
in an Edit early on. Yes, that’s why everyone is giggling.
Hoop De Doo at Fort Wilderness still a good time after all these years.
*Say hi to Dan Patrick’s look alike.* Getting there is a little bit
convoluted.
Keep Carol on Speed Dial!* Ask Carol!
INTERCOT’s Best Of Entertainment- Gary likes the Street Performers in the UK and Italy- Ian loves Sonny Eclipse at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe- Carol goes out to Disneyland for the Billy’s at the Golden Horseshoe
or Off Kilter in Canada @ Epcot.- Jeff enjoys the Holidays Around The World @ Epcot and streetmosphere
at Disney Studios.- Mel preferst the Voices of Liberty at the American Adventure (It’s
Not A Board Room Fellas…)- John thinks Push is a hoot in the Magic Kingdom and DeVine at the
Animal Kingdom
This episodes song is Midnight At The Oasis by Maria Muldaur - Send
your camel to bed from 1974.
Talking Food from John’s Trip!- Quick Service Burgers - BRUTAL say John & Ian. Something has
definately changed. As John tweeted it tasted like a combination of
cardboard and soybean flavored with smoke. Like eating a hockeypuck.- Columbia Harbor House tuna sandwich was sub-par.* Mushy and
Mayonaisy!- Kona was excellent - sushi was fab.* John tells the trick…- ESPN Zone does not dissapoint. Burgers and Dingers are wonderful.
Disney Pin Code Promos - Disney Picks Your Resort - We try to
understand.
Old Key West Resort Discussion - Water Sprites go 5 mph.* We transition
into a discussion on busses.
Waterparks - if you haven’t been recently - GO!
Vinylmation - Like Mel, John has been sucked in.
Escaped the heat in Voyage of the Little Mermaid. LASERS!
Carol covers the current Rehabs/Announcements/Park Hours
Mel ponders Test Track changes?* Rumours of Cars in Lights Motors and
Meet n’ Greet
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Episode 18 Waterpark Value
I wanted to comment about the commentary on the water parks at WDW.
I typically buy the Premium Annual Pass for myself and usually have the 10 day non-expiring tickets with WaterParks and More on them.
Do I pay a premium for the water park option? Probably. To add the water park option to the 10 day tickets is $55 or so. I look at it this way, out of the 10 days available, we probably use 6 on the waterparks and 4 on Disney Quest. That works out to $5.50 for each visit to these places.
We typically only go to the waterparks on their magic hour mornings. So, from 8-11 AM those days, we typically can ride every slide multiple times and have had our fill. For $5.50 each visit, I feel like I am getting a really good value.
Are Disney's waterparks the best in the world? I don't know. But I always enjoy them and DD8 loves going to them.
Off Topic: I know I may bet flamed for the type tickets we buy, but it works for us. I get the PAP so for room discounts, all the various discounts on food, entertainment, and shopping while at WDW. On the last trip, I saved roughly $25 on purchases (2 day trip). When there in June, I saved well over $150 on purchases.
The other issue is I am self employed. So I buy the 10 day tickets knowing we have them and are price protected until we use all the days. Also, on the lean years its nice to have the tickets already paid for.
If went to the parks each and every day we are there, I would probably do things differently. Our last family trip in June, we were at Ft. Wilderness for 7 days. Out of the 7 days, we only went to the Big 4 on 2 of the days. When we do the parks, we will typically visit 2 in a day, if not 3. We enjoy the flexibility of doing WDW the way we want and not trying to fit everything in.
I guess this may come from being a bit of an addict and going regularly, but thats the magic for us. We see what we want to see, when we want to see. I think sometimes people let the vacation take control of them instead of controlling and enjoying their vacations.
I apologize for my rambling, but listening to the podcast along with an older one recently where Ian talked about overall value, I wanted to put in my 2 cents.
Thanks for the podcasts! I truly enjoy listening to them!
