keith_h
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We were in Yellowstone this past May. We have a small trailer. Since we were there for a week and being our first time we stayed at Fishing Bridge RV park. It is more or less a parking lot with hookups, no campfires and all cooking equipment has to be stowed in the trailer or your vehicle when not in use. Makes it kind of a pain having to hookup the grill every time we wanted to use it. They claim they can handle RV's up to 40 ft but it would be a very tight fit from the sites I saw. If there is still snow when you go the sites will even be smaller. We still had 5-6 ft of snow around our site which forced me to park across the entrance as there was no room to park side by side. If I owned a crew cab I would not have fit. All in all I would not recommend Fishing Bridge to anyone.
The other campgrounds we went by were still closed due to snow so I can't say what they are like. We have decided on our next trip we will either dry camp in one of these or stay at a private campground in West Yellowstone. We needed some groceries during our trip so took the drive down to West Yellowstone and found it wasn't that long as to be inconvenient. Most likely the decision will be made on the length of our stay. If we stay a week like this last trip we would be more likely to stay in someplace with hookups rather than have to hookup the trailer midway to dump the tanks. If its a few days the stay in the park.As was mentioned be prepared for cold temperatures no matter what time of year you go. My sister lives in Bozeman and on more than one occasion she's seen a foot of snow on her birthday in mid-August. It can be more unpredictable at the higher elevations. If you are going during the prime season you also need to be prepared for traffic jams. Even when we went we would run into Bison herds using the roads and backing up traffic. Worse were the tourists who mistaking a coyote for a grey wolf stopped to take pictures and set up their camera equipment on the road leaving room for only one car to get through at a time. There must have been 40-50 cars. This behavior is typical and while the rangers do break them up it takes them a while to get to the blockage.
One last thing is if you aren't used to high altitudes don't overdo the strenuous activities. Altitude sickness can be dangerous even for people in good physical shape.
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It'd be nice if Florida got itself compatible with EZ-Pass. Even though I don't use the local toll road we picked one up for the Ohio River toll bridge in Louisville and toll roads in Illinois that we hit when we go back and visit family.
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Even at $80 it is still a good deal. Depending upon where you go after three or four visits its paid for itself.
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I've not stayed at any private RV parks as I live here. I can't speak to the KOA but The RV Resort at Carolina Crossroads has a good reputation and reportedly low rates for overnighters. They are in Roanoke Rapids which isn't that far north of Rocky Mount.
If you didn't want the pool I would recommend Medoc Mountain State Park in Hollister. They have limited electric only sites and a clean bathhouse for $25/night (after fees).
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How does the fee compare to local Uber rates? Other than possibly shorter wait times the service being limited to Disney property doesn't seem as convenient when compared to Uber which will take me anywhere in the area.
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I've never done the green side but if they are going to have two different shows it would be worth going to it as well.
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4 hours ago, AuburnJen said:
As long as they guarantee that someone has not peed on the seat, I am all for it!
On a family cruise with children. Ha, ha, ha.
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I wonder if the Millennium Falcon ride will be a centrifuge/simulator ride or one more like the Avatar Flight of Passage ride?
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I haven't seen any email or announcement on my PB account about any changes. It doesn't really bother me as I keep everything of mine on local disks and only load stuff to PB for this site. I've never liked the fine print on these hosting sites as they all claim the right to use whatever you post on their sites free of charge. I've even seen some that where the TOS say you assign any copyright or other ownership to them.
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I wouldn't mind a Mickey ride either. I mean you don't get any more Disney than the mouse.
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Could "M" stand for Marvel? Maybe there is going to be a new Guardians ride but in HS.
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55 minutes ago, dblr....Rennie said:
I saw the title and thought coolers........DUH
That's what I thought too.
If they ever get the thing working maybe they can do a product tie in. You know something like, "Every Yeti carries a Yeti" or build Everest out of a bunch of Frozen themed Yeti coolers.
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11 hours ago, Katman1356...Jason said:
The 3000 loop exists in the minds of many Fiends. Probably do to too much Kungaloosh.
Which you forgot to mention is pumped directly to every site in the 3000 loop.
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Even by some odd chance that it was legit that would mean it was likely stolen merchandise as I don't see Disney giving these away (so says a former teenage miscreant who collected street signs).
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We stayed at Custer State Park when we were there in May. It is a nice, well maintained park with good rates but the sites are electric only. Didn't get to see Mt. Rushmore as it was covered with clouds the day we were there.
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On 7/6/2017 at 9:35 AM, Travisma said:
When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/n/neilstraus531180.htmlI was a company representative to the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) for 6 or 7 years in the 90's. The IETF is the body that establishes the standards and protocols used for all the various parts of the Internet (not to be confused with the Worldwide Web which runs on top of the Internet). Anyhow there were many arguments and disagreements between the academic and corporate sides of the house over the corruption commercialization would bring. Although I was a corporate representative I tended to agree with the academic side in many ways. In particular about the longer term social issues it would bring and losing net neutrality as corporate entities took over operation. Obviously neither have been resolved as they are still issues today.
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Sorry, No! I'm open to a lot of things, except ketchup, on a hot dog but that just looks disgusting (bacon or not).
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On 7/7/2017 at 11:48 AM, DaveInTN said:
While they're at it, they should go back and redo the entire Carousel of Progress. Make the wife the narrator, and the husband should be doing the ironing. Why should he sit on his butt gabbing while she does all the housework! Hateful, misogynist Disney....
It would certainly represent my life a lot closer since I've retired and the wife still has a couple of more to go years to go.
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1 hour ago, Tri-Circle-D said:
As far as I'm concerned, they already wrecked the ride when they installed the Jack Sparrow animatronics. That was way worse of a change than modifying the auction scene will be.
I'm likely to get in trouble here but I think the ruination goes further back to when they changed the fat woman chasing the pirate to the other way around.
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19 hours ago, Travisma said:
You're brother and his friends were wimps!
That time of year I switch to my "winter" shorts.
Could be. His idea of the great outdoors was having to wait in line to get into the club.
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I don't see Disney changing their plans and this seems to me to be one of those situations that they would be best to not respond to publicly.
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It just dawned on me that the Redhead must be selling Musket Mickey's musket. So know we know where it went. -
25 minutes ago, DaveInTN said:
Or.... both.
I'm glad you added that. After all when has cost had any relationship to quality with Disney. Its whatever the market will bear.
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Another thing to keep in mind is what do you consider cold. Someone coming from the Great White North might consider 60's a heatwave. When the girls were younger we would visit during their January school break. The temp would be 60-65 degrees and my brother and his Florida friends would be wearing jackets and long pants. We would be in shorts and short sleeve shirts.
Sun Shine pass or not?
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Well I went out to the NC site and they say any of their transponders will work in Georgia and Florida. So I withdraw my previous statement as far as NC goes. EZ Pass still isn't compatible.