Episode 59 - The Line For Goofy Was Too Long

[John]

The Cast: John Yaglenski, Christine Warner, Ian Mitchell, Melanie Bounds & Carol Robert

- John's illness and why we were away so long

- Some of lifes best memories have happened at Disney World

- #RunICOT - Marathon Weekend

- T.I.M.

- The line for goofy was too long - see it online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNLw3Kc8rI

- Ian's Trip

- Staying at the Swan/Dolphin

- MyMagic+ - The ups and downs, the good and the bad

- Take It or Leave It - Tables in Wonderland

- Universal Announcements

- Spiced Road Table opens at Epcot

- Downtown Disney West Side – House of Blues New Smokehouse

- Disneyland Walts Footsteps

- SPOILER ALERTS - Saving Mr. Banks & Frozen

- Carol looses it on Main Street

- Forget it he's rolling

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[BriarRose0708]

Listening this morning... so emotional first hearing John's story and then listening to Marathon weekend recap and reliving the ups and downs of that experience. But I am so happy that John is feeling good (you looked great!) and we have this community to turn to for support.

For a charity, what about the American Cancer Society? or Give Kids the World?

I can't answer the Take it or Leave it since I don't qualify for Tables in Wonderland. I might take it if it would make financial sense but I really don't know.

Marathon weekend was a blast, it was easily the best trip I've ever taken to Disney.

[mickclub1955]

Enjoyed listening to this. It was great meeting Melanie, Carol, and Christine at Gary's Column.

[Melanie]

Enjoyed listening to this. It was great meeting Melanie, Carol, and Christine at Gary's Column.

Wonderful meeting you and your lovely wife as well. I'm getting around to reading your reports. Hope you guys had a great trip celebrating your DWs birthday!

[Melanie]

Still in shock that the 'Goofy' moment was caught on tape. Truly bizarre.

My new World Showcase wine glass.

[DisneyMP3Maker]

I still can't believe that I got that moment on video! Yes, I am the one who recorded it. I had a GoPro camera that I ran the Dopey Challenge with. I recorded a ton of video that weekend, and a lot of funny moments, but this is my absolute favorite. We had just seen Goofy actually go inside for a break; and yes, the line was huge.

[John]

Thanks for sharing that moment with us... We figure you must be a member of the site

Very cool and congrats on your run!

Pm me your address and I'll send you an ICOT t shirt as a thank you.

[Dopey's Girl]

Not finished listening yet, but wanted to comment.

Got choked up listening to John's story. John, so glad you are on the mend...

Marathon weekend was one of the most exhausting, fun weekends I have had in a long time. Mel and Carol, I don't think I'll ever forget that guard at the Boardwalk welcoming us home. That was hilarious. It was fun to get to hang out with you ladies bright and early that morning!

T.I.M. aka, J.E.R.K. He was the worst. He's lucky we didn't miss seeing anyone! There would have been an ICOT riot!

I'm in for next year, I really want to do the 10k. I have my pic crossing the finish line of the 5k this year, and want to be able to see the difference in my weight crossing next year. I'll be staying in the Epcot area, and won't be with my family. That was the hard part for me. I don't mind early mornings, but keeping up with a 2 year old in the parks made it really hard.

Listening some more...love having you all back!

[Melanie]

Marathon weekend was one of the most exhausting, fun weekends I have had in a long time. Mel and Carol, I don't think I'll ever forget that guard at the Boardwalk welcoming us home. That was hilarious. It was fun to get to hang out with you ladies bright and early that morning!

Meg, that guard telling us to have a good night WAS hilarious. If he only knew. We made the most of my erroneous planning with the times and had a great chat/rock in the chairs that morning. I've never seen the Boardwalk so dead. You'd think everyone was asleep! lol

But seriously, it was those kind of moments that made the weekend so special. Forever in my heart it will be one of my very most favorite WDW trips. Even stupid FP+ couldn't ruin that.

[Dopey's Girl]

Meg, that guard telling us to have a good night WAS hilarious. If he only knew. We made the most of my erroneous planning with the times and had a great chat/rock in the chairs that morning. I've never seen the Boardwalk so dead. You'd think everyone was asleep! lol

But seriously, it was those kind of moments that made the weekend so special. Forever in my heart it will be one of my very most favorite WDW trips. Even stupid FP+ couldn't ruin that.

I agree Mel. It was such a great trip. As tired as I was that morning, just sitting there and enjoying the peace on the Boardwalk was one of the best times of the weekend.

[JMTStone]

I still can't believe that I got that moment on video! Yes, I am the one who recorded it. I had a GoPro camera that I ran the Dopey Challenge with. I recorded a ton of video that weekend, and a lot of funny moments, but this is my absolute favorite. We had just seen Goofy actually go inside for a break; and yes, the line was huge.

Thank you so much. That video was hilarious!

[PirateLover]

Caught this line at the end, I think it was Mel who said it, and I may need to put it in my signature: "We crank because we care."

Exactly! 90% of my posts on here are positive, but I don't think there's anything wrong with venting frustrations about the lack of improvements in the parks and the whole My Magic + vs. what's going on with Universal. I found myself agreeing with majority of what was said in the latter half of the podcast. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but something I've been noticing on the boards is this attitude that you have to love everything about Disney World, if not, you're just burnt out or you hate change, or you hate technology, or you don't really love it as much as the rest of us and so on...

So let me get this straight... If I don't go every year/ year and a half, I'll just be so excited to go that I will let all the little details (like what you noticed at PhilharMagic) slip my observation? Don't think so. "We crank because we care." Perfect.

[mickclub1955]

Even with the crank, Intercot is the most positive discussion board out there. We can all vent and not feel like we are going to get flamed on here. Everyone's opinion is respected and that says a lot about every person on this board. You honestly can tell that everyone on this site loves Disney and they do care. I have seen on other sites where you kind of wonder why they are there. Vile and hate spew from every post. Intercot is the best!!!!!

[Melanie]

Caught this line at the end, I think it was Mel who said it, and I may need to put it in my signature: "We crank because we care."

Yep, that was me, but I can't take credit. That was the title of one of our early podcasts where we did a lot of....cranking.

But, just as you explained Maryanne, it truly is because we care.

[mjm]

Caught this line at the end, I think it was Mel who said it, and I may need to put it in my signature: "We crank because we care."

Exactly! 90% of my posts on here are positive, but I don't think there's anything wrong with venting frustrations about the lack of improvements in the parks and the whole My Magic + vs. what's going on with Universal. I found myself agreeing with majority of what was said in the latter half of the podcast. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but something I've been noticing on the boards is this attitude that you have to love everything about Disney World, if not, you're just burnt out or you hate change, or you hate technology, or you don't really love it as much as the rest of us and so on...

So let me get this straight... If I don't go every year/ year and a half, I'll just be so excited to go that I will let all the little details (like what you noticed at PhilharMagic) slip my observation? Don't think so. "We crank because we care." Perfect.

Exactly. There's nothing wrong with being cranky and pointing out where things are just wrong. Isn't that why Disney has a "complaint line"? It's like somebody in management is forgetting why the parks are so successful, the unique magical experience that the customers keep coming back for. If the parks stop providing that unique magical experience then there are plenty of other parks they can go to that will be more than happy to provide, at least, an exciting experience.

John.
You said you were on meds, so it's not clear, to me, if you've beaten the cancer, or you're still in treatment. But, either way, my thoughts are with you and your family.

Also, you will like Tangled. It may have a lot of CGI, but it's incredibly well done and comes closest, I think, to appearing to be hand drawn. Also, the plot is fun and well done.

[JMTStone]

Got out the tissues for the first 10 minutes.

Suggestion on charity: GiveKidstheWorld in Orlando. Its Disney and family related. Check them out.

#runICOT weekend was terrific and I'm IN for next year. 5K and 10K next time. Don't know if I'll do the 1/2. I liked cheering with you guys so much I have to save time for cheering! I wish I could share that video but *I was never there*

My cheer poster got a shout out! YAY! The poster said "You are not the Yeti. Keep Moving" with a picture of our Yeti and #runICOT. It was neon green like our shirts. Here are my #runICOT pics: https://runicot2014.shutterfly.com/runicot2014 There are some pictures from the meets that are kinda cute.

TIW - *if* we move to Florida its definitely a take it. But since we go there so infrequently and don't use Table Service a lot.... and other than my margaritas at La Cava, I'm not paying out of pocket for a lot of stuff as we are on dining plan for the kids. For counter service, normally we only use 2 or 3 meals for all 4 of us!

Frozen - my family LOVED it. Especially "Let it Go"

Melissa (the other Mel)

[Melanie]

My cheer poster got a shout out! YAY! The poster said "You are not the Yeti. Keep Moving" with a picture of our Yeti and #runICOT. It was neon green like our shirts.

Mel, just so you know, I have the poster. It will make an appearance at every upcoming #runICOT event. Love it!

[badkitty]

Here are my #runICOT pics: https://runicot2014.shutterfly.com/runicot2014 There are some pictures from the meets that are kinda cute.

Great pics! I love the photo with Simba. You two (three) are adorable.

[Quadstriker]

Take TIW all the way to the bank. All the way. It is the bomb diggity. I was impressed when I heard it was 20% off, THEN I found out it includes alcohol. Whaaaaat????

Enjoy it while it lasts guys, because I'm sure that deal is too good to last for long in this current financial WDW environment in which we reside. I expect in the not too distant future we'll look back fondly on the TIW days and sigh.

Personally I have no interest in this My Magic Your Way Plus Whatever it is. Our next trip to the Florida area is in October (cast member wedding!), and all of that is causing me to seriously scale back our WDW attendance in favor of other things. We'll go to Epcot to experience Food and Wine Festival, hit the Boardwalk for a nice dinner, and that may be it as far as WDW goes. One day. One park. In and out. Fastpass plus juggling with bands that are mixed up? Forget it. Goodbye. No thank you. I realize we aren't the target market anyway for WDW vacations (Married couple with no kids) but all this has definitely impacted our desire to spend money at WDW. Now Disneyland on the other hand - we love it every time we go and look forward to going even more often in the future.

John's anti-CG movie stance is strange to me. He's cutting himself off from a lot of quality. I hope he can be convinced to not take such a hard line here. No Tangled? Come on John!

[Melanie]

Personally I have no interest in this My Magic Your Way Plus Whatever it is. Our next trip to the Florida area is in October (cast member wedding!), and all of that is causing me to seriously scale back our WDW attendance in favor of other things. We'll go to Epcot to experience Food and Wine Festival, hit the Boardwalk for a nice dinner, and that may be it as far as WDW goes. One day. One park. In and out. Fastpass plus juggling with bands that are mixed up? Forget it. Goodbye. No thank you. I realize we aren't the target market anyway for WDW vacations (Married couple with no kids) but all this has definitely impacted our desire to spend money at WDW. Now Disneyland on the other hand - we love it every time we go and look forward to going even more often in the future.

I feel exactly the same way, Jeff. In fact, unless it's a very special occasion (which is the case when I go this coming April) or a runDisney event, we won't be at WDW any time in the foreseeable future. Disneyland all the way! In fact, we're just now throwing around the idea of going back to WDW in January for #runICOT Part Deux, and we'll most likely do no parks. Although I'd miss Epcot greatly, I'm more than okay with that since it's such a crazy, sleep deprived weekend anyway. I'll be content checking out, shopping and dining at the resorts.