Thrill Shakespeare (Andy)

As long as we stay at the Fort it alleviates some of my Disney Loyalist guilt. :-)

DramaMama and I did finally get the season tickets for the Disney waterparks. Looking forward to trying both out! We went ahead and turned the Universal tickets into the basic annual passes too. It literally cost $1 over the 3-day rate with the AAA discount. Not sure how much we will use them this year, but it seemed silly not to upgrade -- especially since none of our trips are during the blackout dates on the cheaper passes.

I don't know about the date of the picture, but thd bike racks were still by the marina as of last week. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't know about the date of the picture, but thd bike racks were still by the marina as of last week. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Actually, I think the problem was on my end. Apparently the links I used to my photos were only temporary. I think I have a more permanent solution in place now!

Sorry to have taken so long between updates, but I got frustrated. Not by the running -- by the Fort Wilderness WiFi. I completed an entire installment and lost it when I submitted it because the signal had fizzled out. I am now back at home and ready to get caught up! But before I do, DramaMama made a great suggestion. She thought you might be interested in seeing the maps of my runs. So, here are two maps of my first resort run: Map version. Satellite version.

Not really. I have to wax it into shape every morning which generally takes 5 minutes or so. I was shocked that they actually sold mustache wax at CVS. You can do it! I was lucky that I mainly lost speed. My endurance, while certainly not at marathon levels, held up okay considering the layoff and weight gain.

Thanks! I grew it out over the summer three years ago as a joke. I brushed it down into my beard so nobody knew I had a long mustache until one day VOILA! I had a full handlebar. To my surprise, everyone loved it. Now the joke is one me -- I seem to be stuck with it! Luckily, I like it too!

Running Episode 1: Four Resorts and Only One Near-Death Experience I absolutely love running at Walt Disney World. The Disney races are a lot of fun, but nothing beats getting up early in the morning on my own and running through a nearly-empty Fort Wilderness. I have been coming to the Fort since the early 1970s, so I feel like I grew up here. This is my other home. In the morning, it seems like it's only mine. So, for my first run, I thought I would start right at my campsite. This picture was taken at another time with better light, but DramaMama and I are proud of our flam

Sorry for the strange post above. The quote box came up and locked the editor. Even rebooting brought up the same thing. Bizarre. I suppose I could have emptied out my cookies and cache, but I thought I would just try posting it and move along. Now, here is what I meant to say... Thanks to everyone for the congratulations! No, you don't need to call me Dr. Thrill. It's amazing how hard it has been for some of my students to replace Mister with Doctor. I think we'll stick to Thrill around here. But, if you want to see me in all of my doctoral regalia glory...

Hello My Fiendish Friends, I am finally emerging from my long exile. I had to buckle down last summer and fall to complete my doctoral dissertation and then got into my usual crazy season of play direction. Now, thankfully, I am Dr. Thrill, the plays are directed, and summer is here. DramaMama (my much better half), the Shakespearelets, and I are at the Fort for an astounding TWO WEEKS! I've been coming to the Fort since the 70s and have never been able to stay so long. However, we decided that we would take several celebrations and cram them into one trip. So, this is the celebr

I know they read the faxes because when we sent our fax request in for our Spring Break trip we actually got a call from the site assigner. She told us that there was no space in our requested loop (1500) and asked for preferences for something different. I requested a specific series of sites in 2000 and was placed in one of them. I was impressed by the call.

The dock at dusk.

Thanks for playing! Those are all great. Why am I not surprised that DaveinTN brought Snow White to the party? I'm shocked no one has "charactered" 500 yet with all of the love for that loop I've seen recently.

Here they are... Actually those are the horses. Here they are as men... I now return this thread to its regularly scheduled programming...

This is not the loop you are looking for.

In my current desperate-to-get-to-the-Fort state I find myself thinking endless silly thoughts about Fort Wilderness. Today I wondered what Disney character I would choose to represent each of the loops. I thought the Fiends might enjoy playing this game with me too. As a tent and pop-up guy I spend most of my time in 1500 and 2000. So, here are my choices for those loops... 1500 Cottontail Curl Here's the thing about 1500 - it's a great loop, but it's small. It's right in the middle of things and very lively -- often with young families. It's also the place for people who are not c

Thanks to everyone for all of the helpful advice! Based on the recommendations we drove up to Peco Campers in Tucker, Georgia. (Many of you will be happy to know that we drove past several Camping Worlds to get there.) We had a wonderful experience at Peco. They have a gigantic stock of pop ups and really great people. We have put down a deposit on a camper, but I'll let DramaMama pass along the details...

I was actually able to get decent pictures on Island in the Sky by leaning forward and positioning my lens through the net. DramaMama was worried that I would drop my phone down to the ground, but the phone was actually still inside the ride. Here are a few... The water skiing stadium in the distance. The Legoland Hotel. Cool rooms, waaaaaaaay too expensive. I'd sooner stay at Disney. A view of one area of the park. The new Lego Friends themed area that is set to open later this month. It looks like they have a LOT of work left to do.

We do know this, and I had her pass in my wallet. I think the real traumatic part of it for Janet was the chance of losing the Annual Pass Holder slider on the missing band. :laugh: It turned out to be yet another great chance to see some great CMs at work.

I lose weight at Disney too! In my wallet anyway...

Just a few more. I can stop anytime I want. Really. I took this picture to try and scan it with my barcode reader. No luck. However, the Tinkertoy set in the queue scans perfectly and pulls up...a Tinkertoy set. Love the details. Best picture of the trip. Caedmon wasn't taken with his first ride on Tower of Terror. It's cool how we manage to hover horizontally like this. The magic of Fantasmic, I guess. I realized as we were leaving Epcot that we had parked under the monorail track. Seemed like a good omen -- and a cool picture. Okay, that's all of the picture

Can't...stop...posting...pictures. What to do waiting in line for Jungle Cruise during some hard rain? Queue selfies! The rest of the family joins the selfie fun. Not the guy in blue. He's an accidental photo bomber. . Luke is quite attached to Pluto. We sometimes think he is more like Donald. In a good way. Mostly. Ah...the Dole Whip float selfie. Note how melted they are -- we had some trouble finding a seat. Wound up on a bench in front of Diamond Horseshoe. Speaking of Dole Whips, check out the shirt. No, I didn't buy one. The Dole Whips broke me. Just kidding.