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All Good Things...
Kev's Fav: MGM Studios
Aim's Fav: Animal Kingdom
Carl's Fav: Magic Kingdom
Cindy's Fav: Magic Kingdom
Best Rides: MGM Studios
Most Rides: Magic Kingdom
Best Shows: MGM Studios
Most Shows: Epcot Center
Wettest: Blizzard Beach
Dryest: Epcot Center
Best Day: Friday
Funniest Day: Tuesday
Overall Cynicism Factor: 5
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Kungaloosh!
Where do you go when the fireworks are over? Pleasure Island, of course! Located in the heart of Downtown
Disney, the nightlife contingent of the Disney Empire, it's a great collection of bars and clubs and fantastic
entertainment.
Once you're through the gates, it's like one huge
block where anything goes (except naughty words). You can walk around from bar to bar, drink in hand, dance in
the street, and when they play a song you don't like, you just find yourself a different bar. Sweet!
But there's more depth than that. Some bars are just your standard dance club/meet market. Others, like the
Adventure Club, is all about the atmosphere. It's designed, to true Disney form, like a stereotypical Old Boys
Club, complete with a cast of adventurers wandering around who will regale you with stories of their heyday.
Four thumbs up from us!
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Pleasure Island:
 Adventurers Club
Comedy Warehouse
8Trax: a 70s Club
 Motion
Beach Club
Frankie & The West End Boys
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Disney Detox
Nov 7 - What a week! We blew through Disney like a sneeze through one-ply. And you know, I think we did a
pretty darn good job of it.
But there's always room to improve, right? I mean, we still have a day left on our 5-day Parkhopper, so we didn't
guage that exactly right. Oh well, we'll be back in the area in about a week and a half anyway.
However, some of you don't have that luxury. You'd hate to fly down, buy a pass, and then fly back with the
equivalent of a $50 piece of paper with Mickey on it, wouldn't you? That's no souvenier! For $50, you could
have picked up something really nice at a Disney Gift Shop, like a tea towel, or a Pirates of the Caribbean
musket, or a photo of you screaming on Splash Mountain. You know, something useful.
So, without further ado, here are seven easy tips to get the most out of Mickey:
1. You could do Disney in three days.
That's only if you want to. We say 'could' because it's possible. Here's why: Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom
and MGM are open until 6:00. Epcot is open until 9:30. You would do Magic Kingdom the first day, stay for the
fireworks there, then zip off to Epcot in the evening. Animal Kingdom on day two, Epcot at night. MGM day three,
Epcot at night (if you're still interested in Epcot). It can be done.
2. Do Epcot first.
We know you'll want to go to Epcot, despite our warnings. If you've never been to a Dinsey theme park, you won't
know what to expect, right? So, maybe Epcot will be pretty cool to the Disney novice. (This was actually suggested
to us by a family we met. They went to Epcot on the first day so it wouldn't be a letdown for the kids later.
If that tells you anything.)
3. Forget about "beating the rush".
Guess what. If you're one of the upper percentiles who suggests, "hey, let's leave a half hour earlier to beat
the rush," chances are a good 30% of the other people there have thought of it too. In fact, the people who
try to beat the rush usually get caught up in a sea of rush-beaters. Enjoy the fireworks, linger in the shops,
take your time... there will always be a crowd.
4. Find out when shows are, then miss them.
For some reason, the shows are the most sought-after attractions at Disney World. They're not bad, don't get me
wrong, but Thunder Mountain Railroad is better. The stadium seating usually
holds a couple thousand people, and that's a couple thousand people who won't be in line for Space Mountain from
11:15 until 12:15. That's when you can laugh all the way to the front of the line.
5. Fastpass works, but use it wisely.
Fastpass, Disney's newest technological breakthrough, allows you to skip the long lines. If the line is a
45 minute wait, you swipe your Fastpass and get a receipt that tells you to come back in an hour. An hour
later, hand the smiling man your receipt, and zoom! Express trip to the front of the line. What does this do for you?
You've spent the last hour doing something elsewhere, not following a maze of velvet ropes.
6. Ride until they shut it down.
Those beaters of rushes we were telling you about? They just love to stand in line. The park closes at 6:00,
so at 5:30, people start making their way back to Main Street for the fireworks. The lines are empty! The
dude at Splash Mountain just let us slide right on through because there was no one in line. Big Thunder, a
60 minute wait at 2pm, was a 5 minute wait at 5:55. And we still made it in time for the fireworks. Milk
that mouse until he boots you out!
7. Head for the pavilions.
Okay, I know we've been trashing Epcot, but it kind of redeemed itself when we went back later in the evening.
Spent all of about 2 hours at land of the future and go straight through the big white gates to the World of
Nations. It's actually pretty impressive, and the food is great.
Here's one more: Go now. Early November is the time for Disney. Why? It's after Labour Day and
before Thanksgiving, so nobody's ready for a vacation break yet. On Friday, we were able to ride Space
Mountain, then get off and ride it again within 10 minutes. You won't see that happen in January. Trust us.
And now? What do we do? What could possibly top Disney World? After all, we still have 22 states to go!
Eep!
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Oscar Scherer State Park
 
Site 13.
Kevin: It's cool! There's lots of huge spiders and gators and stuff!
Aimee: It's scary! There's lots of huge spiders and gators and stuff!
Cost: $20.30
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Bkfast:
  | Krispy Kreme
Kissimee, Route 192 |
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| K's Order: | Raspberry Donut |
| A's Order: | Raspberry Donut, Coffee |
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| Cost: | $3.66 |
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Lunch:
| Quiznos
Sarasota |
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| K's Order: | Mesquite Chicken Sub, Jalapeno Chips, Ice Tea |
| A's Order: | Honey Mustard Chicken Sub |
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| Cost: | $17.86 |
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Dinner:
 | Campground
South of Sarasota |
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| Aimee: | Other half of her sub |
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