Recent content by JenLovesContemporary

Just talked to my sister, who was as shocked as I was that this tragedy took place on the pristine swimming beaches we (and so many others) loved as kids. "But those weren't even real lakes," she said. "Weren't they more like big swimming pools with sand around the perimeters and in the parts...

The recent news about the alligator attacking the boy (which eventually led to his tragic death -- I *really* feel for his family) in the Seven Seas Lagoon struck me as quite surreal, since I can recall what swimming on the beaches at the Conteporary, the Polynesian, and the Grand Floridian was...

... Because Walt needs another reason to /gravespin! :D

*sigh* This is the first time I've heard of the Penny Arcade's demise. *another sigh* Those of you who never had the pleasure of going there: this was a place that sported novelties from around the time of Walt Disney's own childhood in Marceline, Missouri -- lots of nickelodeons, "Have...

Looks like it's quite easy to just walk in and request a table here without much of a wait, so you shouldn't need an "ADR." Ah, just like the good old days. :D

Yes!! -- I think Disney is heading in the right direction by not making the new table-service restaurants in the parks "ADR"-only (I shudder just to type that). What happened to just wandering casually into a restaurant in a section of the park you happened to be in at dinner time? If cast...

Sushi is trendy with the masses now. A Japanese friend of mine commented that you can now purchase sushi at a wider variety of places in the U.S. than you can in Japan. (Meaning, almost every variety of restaurant feels obligated to have sushi on the menu now.) And by "sushi," I mean...

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Visited in '86 (after a series of visits in the '70s and '80s when I was a small child). Lovely. Next visit in 2010. Wall-to-wall people on scooters. Everything, including food, is mediocre and overpriced. Park maintenance (and customer service) don't seem to be as big a concern as back in...

This is so funny. Back in the '80s, the Canada restaurant (probably was called "le Cellier" back then, too, though I honestly don't remember) was a rather boring place (with decent food, don't get me wrong) you might stumble (not scooter) into if you happened to be in the vicinity at dinner...

Everyone in my family (and pretty much everyone else staying there!) went swimming off the gorgeous sand beach in Bay Lake when we stayed at the Contemporary in '86 (and also at the Polynesian on previous trips to WDW). Beyond-normal thing to do then, and the water actually seemed very clean to...