News Round Up 2018

[ksromack]

News

Tea experience coming to Rose and Crown

https://wdwnt.news/18091308

We enjoyed Afternoon Tea when we were in London last fall. I wish we could fit this into our Oct trip!

Too bad it's Twinings tea. Twinings pales in comparison to the loose leaf tea that Joffrey's serves at Disney Springs and Disney's Animal Kingdom.

We had quite a bit of Twinings tea in England but true enough our afternoon tea was loose leaf!

 

[Disneymom1126]

Epcot has many things for kids and I'd list them all out but it would be too long. Suffice to say at least the list I compiled Mission Space, Test Track and and Soarin' are the only things to do in Epcot with a height restriction and it's 40inches. There are multiple other rides, all the shows, all the acts that perform throughout World Showcase and all the walk-through type stuff that don't have height restrictions. There are things that little kids can go on. The kicker may be there's not enough of specific interest in those things to warrant a visit to Epcot as a whole-all depends on each traveling party.

Honestly most often people who ask questions about any park likely haven't actually looked at the park's attractions or shows, etc. People's perception of Epcot may be "it's educational thus my kids won't find it interesting" or something along those lines. But conversely I see a lot of posts about MK being too kid oriented thus lessening the appeal to those without young kids--to them at least.

Agree with you on the spinners aspect as I already touched on that earlier. I expected a kiddie ride though given past attractions they can do more that gains a more general appeal.

I actually agree with you that there is a lot to do for kids at Epcot. I do think there’s a perception there isn’t. I also think having a few rides around world showcase helps for younger kids that need distractions or kids that aren’t into the shows.

 

[Moliphino]

Too bad it's Twinings tea. Twinings pales in comparison to the loose leaf tea that Joffrey's serves at Disney Springs and Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Or the Tealeaves at Tiffins. I was also a little disappointed that it's only Twinings, but I'm a tea snob with a whole cabinet full of different loose leaf teas at home. Twinings is perfectly fine (better than Lipton and that sort), but nothing special.

 

[soniam]

Or the Tealeaves at Tiffins. I was also a little disappointed that it's only Twinings, but I'm a tea snob with a whole cabinet full of different loose leaf teas at home. Twinings is perfectly fine (better than Lipton and that sort), but nothing special.

I love Tealeaves. Years ago when we did the GF tea, they used Tealeaves. I bought some to take home. I'm kind of snobby about tea too. I drink hot tea every morning, even when on vacation. I always bring my own. I usually bring chai to cover up the coffee taste from the hotel room makers. I have an electric kettle, but that's souvenir space.

 

[rteetz]

News

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[rteetz]

The first gondola in the station for testing near the end of this video. (14:32)

 

[Farro]

that looks tiny!!!

 

[circus4u]

Wonder what they are testing

The first gondola in the station for testing near the end of this video. (14:32)

Wonder what they are testing when there is no cable installed. Doesn't look like the cabin that arrived on the truck a few months ago unless they wrapped it in some type of cover.

 

[rteetz]

Wonder what they are testing

Wonder what they are testing when there is no cable installed. Doesn't look like the cabin that arrived on the truck a few months ago unless they wrapped it in some type of cover.

Clearance and aspects of the station probably.

 

[danikoski]

We enjoyed Afternoon Tea when we were in London last fall. I wish we could fit this into our Oct trip!


We had quite a bit of Twinings tea in England but true enough our afternoon tea was loose leaf!

Twinings is very British. The main shop in London is across from the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand and is surrounded by the Inns of Court. I like exlporing that area, but I also went to London to study Forensic Science. Personally, I love their tea, especially the Ceylon Orange Pekoe. Even though it's just black tea, it reminds me of my time in London for graduate school. I drank a lot of it studying. Their Irish Breakfast is also one of my favorites, and to my palate, better than some others I've had. And they do offer loose leaf teas and some more unique blends, but I doubt Disney will use them. They will stick to the tried and true, and probably tea bags. As long as they have real milk and cream, they will be doing better than another tea room I went to that served coffee mate with their tea...Yuck! Wasn't at Disney, and I really enjoyed the GF afternoon tea. If this is still available next year, I may do it.

 

[danikoski]

Wonder what they are testing

Wonder what they are testing when there is no cable installed. Doesn't look like the cabin that arrived on the truck a few months ago unless they wrapped it in some type of cover.

If you look closely, it's covered in paper. You can see the seams. They also don't need the cable to test the station because the gondola will come off the cable in the station.

 

[Moliphino]

Twinings is very British. The main shop in London is across from the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand and is surrounded by the Inns of Court. I like exlporing that area, but I also went to London to study Forensic Science. Personally, I love their tea, especially the Ceylon Orange Pekoe. Even though it's just black tea, it reminds me of my time in London for graduate school. I drank a lot of it studying. Their Irish Breakfast is also one of my favorites, and to my palate, better than some others I've had. And they do offer loose leaf teas and some more unique blends, but I doubt Disney will use them. They will stick to the tried and true, and probably tea bags. As long as they have real milk and cream, they will be doing better than another tea room I went to that served coffee mate with their tea...Yuck! Wasn't at Disney, and I really enjoyed the GF afternoon tea. If this is still available next year, I may do it.

They do sell loose leaf Twinings at Epcot, but in a more limited variety than the tea bags. The tins they come in are nice and reusable.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

The first gondola in the station for testing near the end of this video. (14:32)

Good pic here:

https://twitter.com/Blog_Mickey/status/1040577459035488256

 

[dolewhipdreams]

I drink hot tea every morning, even when on vacation. I always bring my own.

Showing this to my DH. He thinks I'm crazy because I pack my own tea on every trip

 

[umichigan10]

I actually agree with you that there is a lot to do for kids at Epcot. I do think there’s a perception there isn’t. I also think having a few rides around world showcase helps for younger kids that need distractions or kids that aren’t into the shows.

There’s a lot of things to “stop and experience” at Epcot that many people overlook. I think it’s very similar to animal kingdom in that regard. The post shows in spaceship earth, test track, and mission space, along with taking your time in the seas is a good chunk of time right there

 

[Candlelady]

Showing this to my DH. He thinks I'm crazy because I pack my own tea on every trip

My mother, who is British, traveled with her loose tea. She called tea bags, dirt in a bag. She insisted it was tea that was swept from the floor because the tea dealers didn't want to throw it away.

 

[romitaz]

Update in the parks. Almost none of our ride photos are showing up on Memory Maker. Only one ride in the last 2 days has shown up. Buzz. That’s it. MDE has been very glitchy as well.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

There’s a lot of things to “stop and experience” at Epcot that many people overlook. I think it’s very similar to animal kingdom in that regard. The post shows in spaceship earth, test track, and mission space, along with taking your time in the seas is a good chunk of time right there

Yup, those kind of stuff are under my small attraction/walk-through portion on my spreadsheet lol

It took a while but for someone like me who hadn't been in a while I went through everything listed on WDW's website for my interests for this past trip. There's a lot to go over and I think it's easier to overlook stuff if you just looked at the map as opposed to the website at least and/or you're just in more of a go go go mood.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Update in the parks. Almost none of our ride photos are showing up on Memory Maker. Only one ride in the last 2 days has shown up. Buzz. That’s it. MDE has been very glitchy as well.

Mine wasn't quite as bad for sure but I had glitches too last year.

One of the PhotoPass photos on my account belonged to someone else and our photo must have been put with someone else's account. Only one time did the Pirates one show up, etc. Sometimes the photos would show up instantly and sometimes not. We'd get the 7DMT video to show up quickly but the actual ride photos would be a while.

But I'm hoping for you that all your photos show up eventually. I do know MDE has been going in spurts as far as being really gliltchy for several days in a row then being ok then being back to being really glitchy again lately.

 

[MommaBerd]

My mother, who is British, traveled with her loose tea. She called tea bags, dirt in a bag. She insisted it was tea that was swept from the floor because the tea dealers didn't want to throw it away.

More or less they told us the same in China. The tea in tea bags are the lowest quality possible.