It was so nice getting to meet you and watch the show with you! Thank you for joining us and for giving my kids the treats! The curse is broken!!
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Sorry I missed you @Nikkipoooo , didnāt realize you were so close!
@hufflematt I took a video of the Tink moment (those pics were screenshots) - not sure how to share that hereā¦
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I realized how close you were when you shouted Mattās name, and I thought about coming to say hi, but I didnāt want to crowd the good spot. 
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Wooo hooo!!!
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Even with the hiccups you had earlier, it seems lile youāre satisfied with WDW Day 1, yes?
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So I bumped into @Nikkipoooo at Starbucks on Main Street and we ended up hanging out and taking a Lyft back to All-Stars.
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I hope you enjoyed your walk to the back (my room at Sports is closer to his bus stop at Music than his is)ā¦ enjoy your slightly later morning as well!
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My room at ASMu is so far away from the main building, Iām not even sure if Iām still in Orlando.
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If this was a novel it would definitely represent something!
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Ew
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DD and I realized our last day there that our Mighty Ducks room was closer to Musicāa buses than our own. We only used them our MK day, but still ā¦ 
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Matt! Are you still sleeping?!?!
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Leaving room now for the walk to the main building. Shouldnāt take more than a couple of hours. In terms of theming I much prefer ASMo, but the rooms are the same and thatās all that really matters.
Plan adjusted for today. With MK having closed at 11pm last night, and @Nikkipoooo and I chatting till way late, rope drop was not on the cards. I actually slept all the way through (i.e. without waking up) until my 6.55am alarm for dumb G+ and snagging an LL for SDD. Then back to sleep for a couple more hours.
So no park till after work at 3pm. Have booked breakfast at Cape May (I wanted a hotel rather than HS) and Iām hankering for omelettes and Mickey waffles. Also, Iāve never been before. The location works for me because Iām going to work at BW, where I know where to go, rather than RR, where I donāt.
Then a fun ride on the Skyliner to HS. Dinner at 50s PT at 5.15pm. SDD at about 8pm. Can book my next LL at 11am.
Lyft on the way.
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Some non-original thoughts about G+ after my first day of using it.
It is objectively terrible. Effectively requiring people to wake up at 7am on their vacation is offensive. The price is pretty much double what it was originally sold as being. The complicated rules about when you can reserve your next LL are ridiculous, though having the time on the Tip Board is helpful. Why not an automatic reminder when itās time, rather than having to set an alarm or remember it yourself.
Being given random times, which change as soon as you select them, and then having to endlessly modify, is irritating and time-consuming, not two words associated with relaxing and vacation.
But the worst part for me was trying to make a coherent schedule. This was perhaps because of the way I was using my day: not arriving until the afternoon and so stacking LLs before then. The app needs to make the schedule of your day so much clearer. Nonetheless, I nailed it.
If you used one LL at a time, so that you book whatever is reasonably soon, and then book the next as soon as youāve tapped in (like with FPP after your first three) I guess it would be OK. But you would likely miss out on some headliners.
Having easy access to ILL rides ā if you pay ā is nice. But you have to pay.
G+ is the most obvious aggressive cash grab Iāve ever seen a business do (other than when Apple jacked up UK prices after Brexit and the pound fell through the floor).
Fine, Disney. Take as much money as possible from your customers as you can. Maximise shareholder value and directorsā bonuses. But donāt pretend youāre offering magical experiences to your beloved customers. Youāre milking them for every dime you can get.
See also: the cancelling of the DME.
Arriving BC.
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Cape May is busy, which I wasnāt expecting, especially at this time of day.
Also: it is loud here, lol.
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I world argue that Universal Express and all of the others that cost $100+ per day are a bigger one.
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MMRR booked for my first ride. Always fun to have an alarm interrupt your breakfast.
Disagree. XP is a clear premium product and it is not effectively compulsory. And it is so easy to use.
Oh, and XP always existed. G+ (and its cost) is new.
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Are you in the Country section? That happened to me. I was furious.
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And Iāve only once or twice paid for it. I usually get it āfreeā by staying in the hotel so then itās really just a perk. This is not a perk at Disney. The teeny tiny perk of a Deluxe being couple of nights at only one park or another for 2 extra hours (when for example at Epcot the problem is the walk from say Remy to GotG takes 20 minutes) is $(#&.
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Yup all of this! 
Even on our VIP tour I was trying to get post dark rides (at Disneyland) on Matterhorn and BTMR and so I was still on my phone so I wouldnāt miss the ideal time slot I wanted (and still somehow missed it for Matterhorn. Then what do ya know a better time popped up so I went to grab it and by the time I clicked thru I had ended up with a worse time. Stupid stupid lots of curses words system that ruins your ability to just enjoy being in the park and you pay for this?!?!)
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