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Disney teaches its lifeguards in house using the Red Cross course.

Had to be 2014 or later since Banshee opened in April of that year.

Thanks Don; good to know!

are The Racer shirts online only, or are they available at the Emporium in the park as well?

A commissary tour led in conjunction w Chef Major would be really interesting.

The explanation given was that they wanted to avoid large crowds congregating at the entry. The simple fix for this is to bring back the season pass gate just inside the main entry, so those with passes can ride early, while everyone else can spread out just inside the entry as was the case before last year.

From the blog: Back by popular demand (you have asked for it) and starting Wednesday, June 2 at 5 p.m. is Chef’s Plate at Wishbone Grille on International Street. So, tell all your friends and come on out and say hello. (Yes, it’s on the Dining Plan.) The first week for Chef’s Plate will feature Smoked Pork Belly with Peppered Whiskey Molasses Glaze, Zucchini & Corn Fritters, Brussel Sprout & Onion Skewers. clearly stated?

Lines were low all day. longest wait was for MT and BBOBH which were each about 30 mins by mid afternoon. DB was only running 2 trains all day. There were a couple of pop up showers about 130 and 3 that each lasted 10-15 mins. the first one shut the outdoor rides down while the second only caused about half the ones I walked by to close.

I too was confused when I went there about 5:30 yesterday to get dinner and saw it closed. At first I thought it was only going to be on Saturdays like last year, but apparently it's every day, except apparently on days they don't feel like doing it, when there a couple of pop up showers in the early afternoon or when Venus is in transit.

From the Dback park cam, it looks like the line is only at the bottom of the stairs, so only looks to be about a 10 min wait for it. I've checked the 3rd party sites for wait times and, aside from Tues, they don't seem to be in sync with what I'veb een seeing.

not always and for deliberate reasons...

Vortex was still enjoying high ridership in 2019..in the end, maintenance issues are what determines a coaster (or any ride's) fate.

Popular enough, yet cant be bothered to fix the main attraction of the ride!

Don't think that means park reservations are going away, though...they are still required, tho park hopping after 2 isn't an issue.

i vote for covering the tower in a birthday cake motif..cough cough..lol!

Having been to Animal Kingdom more than I'd like (2 weeks ago being the most recent), I can say their dino area is neglected at best. Dinosaur is a good ride, but there's nothing else there. The crazy mouse coaster is SBNO (has been for a couple of years) and the dino-themed smaller version of Dumbo isn't very good. Granted, the eateries in that area haven't reopened, but the park really only has 2 E ticket rides, 1 D (Dinosaur) a C ( Avatar boat ride the other) and a kiddie ride. That leaves the safari ride. Eventually, after they're done w Epcot, Disney should revamp Dino land. Uni with Jurassic is about the only park that can pull off dinos and make it consistently work

There are reports that park capacity has been increased to 40% with the reintro of park hopping (you can park hop again, but can't enter a new park until 2 give or take a few mins, assuming the park has capacity. You don't need a reservation for any park after the first, but do need to check the app to make sure there's capacity (most of the time, yes)). Disney hasn't said officially whether capacity has been upped.

Used to be on premise signs could do anything. since the advent of electronic signs, the industry and the state highway departments have enacted a set of standards applicable to electronic signs. Eventually, I'd imagine KI will redo their sign to allow for a bigger led panel.

Indiana has now been added to the list of states from which people are advised to quarantine when visiting Ohio. Just an advisory, but it does reflect the backwards trend lately.

Yep; even on premise signs have to be under a certain lumen at night, must display each message for 8-10 seconds and can't have lots of animations. Congress hasn't updated the Highway Beautification Act to reflect electronic signs, leaving it to the states and locals to handle. Luckily, the big companies have banded together to put forth standards of their own that others have abided by. If anything, I'd like to see them with a bigger LED panel.

I'm curious if someone could post a pic of the ride with the area in question circled?

Correct, but Ohio has not done that (nor has any state I know of). Business owners want to be able to control their signs. Here in Indy, some examples that come to mind of signs that otherwise wouldn't be permissible are the Indiana Grand sign in Anderson off I 69 and the Nestle Quick bunny sign outside the Nestle plant also off 69 in Anderson. Eventually, I'd love KI to get a type of sign featured in Back to the Future 2 haha. Imagine the possibilities! The Banshee clawing at you, etc. ha.

That's true for signs that are outside the ROW but AREN'T on premise. On premise signs are exempted from the Highway Beautification Act (which is what all state laws emulate). I will reiterate-ODOT has NO authority to dictate what happens to the sign. They did add the big LED panel a couple of years ago, but otherwise the sign is the same one that Paramount erected. Below is the applicable law. No state has a bonus agreement with the Feds (which provided for more $ for enforcement in exchange for more stringent regulations.) 23 CFR § 750.709 - On-property or on-premise advertising. CFR prev | next § 750.709 On-property or on-premise advertising. (a) A sign which consists solely of the name of the establishment or which identifies the establishment's principal or accessory products or services offered on the property is an on-property sign. (b) When a sign consists principally of brand name or trade name advertising and the product or service advertised is only incidental to the principal activity, or if it brings rental income to the property owner, it shall be considered the business of outdoor advertising and not an on-property sign. (c) A sale or lease sign which also advertises any product or service not conducted upon and unrelated to the business or selling or leasing the land on which the sign is located is not an on-property sign. (d) Signs are exempt from control under 23 U.S.C. 131 if they solely advertise the sale or lease of property on which they are located or advertise activities conducted on the property on which they are located. These signs are subject to regulation (subpart A, part 750, chapter I, 23 CFR) in those States which have executed a bonus agreement, 23 U.S.C. 131(j). State laws or regulations shall contain criteria for determining exemptions. These criteria may include: (1) A property test for determining whether a sign is located on the same property as the activity or property advertised; and (2) A purpose test for determining whether a sign has as its sole purpose the identification of the activity located on the property or its products or services, or the sale or lease of the property on which the sign is located. (3) The criteria must be sufficiently specific to curb attempts to improperly qualify outdoor advertising as “on-property” signs, such as signs on narrow strips of land contiguous to the advertised activity when the purpose is clearly to circumvent 23 U.S.C. 131.

To counter, the park could have limited it to one pp, or, to be more equitable, split the number in half and sell some in person and some online. Disney puts out limited edition merch all the time and while it does limit it to one pp, they still find their way onto ebay.

I meant to post this last week, but I had bought 2 tics and 2 FLP passes during the President's Day Sale....I didn't even realize that the FLP was only good through Labor Day as stated in the fine print (which I didn't read until I got home!). I'm assuming the expiration was quietly extended given the long shutdown since the Guest Services rep said nothing when he scanned the barcode when I was at the park on 9/26 with my daughter.