Recent content by brertigger

I've had several evacs but most exciting was Pirates. My boat was stopped shortly before the drop, and it seems was at a point that the CMs could not do an evacuation from themselves so they had to wait for Reedy Creek to arrive. In the end, Reedy Creek tied three boats together and helped...

If Guest Relations is not close by or has a long line, you can also check with Guest Experience Team cast members around the park. I had a prior issue where a ride broke down and the fastpass they were giving upon exit did not correctly go on the Magicband for some reason, and a Guest Experience...

Dinosaur also has some large signs before the load station about following lights on the floor in the event of an emergency, which seems like there might be certain cases where the seatbelts would unlock and guests would be on their own to start an evacuation.

My most exciting evac was on Pirates last fall. One of the boats ahead got stuck as it approached the drop. The CMs had the guests in that boat try to rock it free, but were unsuccessful so they had to evac the ride. The CMs said that section of the ride is the only one they cannot evac guests...

I believe that although much of the construction work is done by Buena Vista Construction Company, Disney also has their own internal team of project managers and construction specialists in their Facility Asset Management department - jobs for that department should show up on the Disney...

Excellent, thanks StarWarsGirl95!

Some of my family members are not very strong swimmers, but would like to experience Shark Reef at Typhoon Lagoon. I've read that life jackets used to be available to aid in floating across - are they still available? And are they only available in child sizes or are they also available to...

Back in March, the Liberty Bell Riverboat had some mechnical issue on board that caused lots of black smoke to billow out the top , which seemed to scare an alligator that lived in the Rivers of America causing him to swim to the bridge near the wooden walkway heading from the Riverboat...

Last week tarps were back up at the Main Street Bakery and at Pecos Bill. Didn't they just refurb these areas last year? Does anyone know if this is just more repainting or something more major?

Quick MK update: today, one of the trees along Main Street at MK (between the bakery and Confectionary) was roped off (along with CMs guarding the area) because there was a massive beehive near the top of the tree. The roped off area was fairly small at mid-afternoon but became much larger by...

Wifi was free at POR at the end of December.

It has snowed the past two evenings on Main Street and it should continue through at least this weekend. If you go down Main Street in between the parade and MMY slideshow, you should be able to see the snow. CMs said it should also snow after the fireworks as well.

This past week, Disney Channel Rocks was using the stage for their daily shows and Mulch Sweat and Shears performed on it during evening EMH.

Are all of the reindeer lights working again at the Osborne lights? I was there last Friday and something apparently went wrong with one of the electrical circuits on the reindeer overhead, because in the middle of one of the songs, all but two of the reindeer lights went out and smoke...

Overall, the bus service is good. Usually, it is not more than a 15-20 minute wait at any of the stops. I have only had two bad experiences on the buses: 1) We were trying to go from All Star Movies to Magic Kingdom. The bus driver got confused and thought the bus was going to Epcot, and took...