It’s been a while since we visited Magic Kingdom.
Speaking of “us,” I get a lot of bizarre emails. This is part of my favorite as of late:
P.S. I’m curious of the use of “we’re” and “our” since it implies relation to the park or working for the company. Just a thought since other aspects of this blog appear more rudimentary so any confusion there may ultimately lead to distrust.
I can assure you that all views present within are the official opinions of the Walt Disney Company and every one of its subsidiaries. You can totes trust me and you will only consume the official line.
Liberty Tree Tavern is a relatively inexpensive table service restaurant for lunch and a fixed price family-style buffet for dinner.
Like The Plaza Restaurant, Liberty Tree is a good opportunity to rest comfortably in an air-conditioned restaurant while cast members do all the work. A burger or salad runs $3 – $4 more here than it would at Pecos Bill or Cosmic Ray’s. The restaurant is generally much quieter and more orderly than your typical quick service. Also note Joffrey’s Coffee is available as a beverage as roll out continues resort-wide.
Each room is themed to a historical figure – Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Paul Jones, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross, or George Washington. I feel like it would make a lot of sense to re-theme it to celebrity Disney bloggers. For example, my room would be full of authentic striped polos signed and displayed under glass alongside bottles of cheap bourbon. The Lou Mongello room would have very short ceilings. The Ricky Brigante room would be full of monitors displaying the video versions of every single one of his podcasts all at once. This looks to be the Jefferson room, though you’re more than welcome to correct me or point out an insignificant word choice error in the comments section. Because I love that. It isn’t like these posts are written between 11:30pm and 2:30am or anything.
According to Disney, “Step back in time to the days of Colonial Williamsburg and sup in splendor on the fall harvest bounty proffered by the Sons and Daughters of Liberty Tree Tavern.” Go ahead. Sup.
“Rich wood paneling, candelabra chandeliers, large brick fireplaces, and walls lined with period portraits and curios welcome the weary time traveler.” Time travel? Next thing you know they’re going to be talking about the fourth dimension of time and tangential universes. Liberty Square doesn’t do bathrooms, but is totally okay with the thought of the Living Receiver carrying the Artifact through the Tangential Vortex in order to collapse the Tangent Universe and return to the Primary Universe. I feel like this review is getting away from me.
I think there have been about 37,000 different versions of this mug. The current iteration is awfully plastic-y.
George, Greg, and their friend Nicki join us for lunch this afternoon. You may remember them from the Tutto Italia blowout.
Greg ordered the $16.99 Pilgrims’ Feast – Traditional Roast Turkey served with Herb Bread Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, and Garden Vegetable, which is the same thing I ordered the last time I was here with Dave from yourfirstvisit.net. Greg commented that it was “good,” which I would agree with. It’s basically Thanksgiving on a plate with a basic turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes. It isn’t going to win any awards on flavor profile, but it’s good, simple comfort food. With three thick slices of turkey hung over the stuffing, it’s a filling meal that shouldn’t be too heavy.
George went with The Liberty Boys BLT – Slow-roasted Pork, fresh Greens, and Tomatoes on House-made Bread, with Caramelized Shallots, and Mushroom-Mayonnaise Spread – $13.99.
The pork here is a thick pork-belly-style, rather than your typical bacon. I’ll let George fill you in the details, but I know he enjoyed his sandwich.
Nicki ordered the $14.49 Colony Salad – Washington Apples, Sweet Pecans, Applewood-smoked Cheddar, Craisins (trademark) Dried Cranberries, and Grilled Chicken tossed with Field Greens in a Honey-Shallot Vinaigrette. It’s probably worth the extra $4 just to get away from Ken’s balsamic vinaigrette found at the quick services. Nicky enjoyed the salad as well, which is full of chicken and not-too-sweet fruit. There’s a lot going on, but it seems to mesh well together.
I ordered the $18.99 New England Pot Roast…Our Tavern Keeper’s Favorite – Braised Beef in a Cabernet Wine and Mushroom Sauce served with Mashed Potatoes and Garden Vegetables. This used to come with fried onion strings that livened the dish up even more. As it stands, the pot roast is fork tender and flavorful with the juices from the beef accompanying the gravy. It wasn’t too rich or too wine flavored. I enjoy wine and I enjoy beef, but I’m not crazy about sauces that retain a lot of that Cabernet flavor. I’m not sure if that makes sense or not. The vegetables were mostly carrots and onions with a couple large mushrooms added to the mix. I enjoyed it more than the 50’s Prime Time version.
Ermagherd, Urrie Gurrie Terfee Cerk. Or Ooey-Gooey Toffee Cake – Vanilla Cake with a Gooey Toffee Filling, Caramel Sauce, and Vanilla Ice Cream – $7.49.
This is another example of why I can’t imagine being on the Dining Plan. I’m not sure how huge this dessert looks, but it’s pretty huge. We shared it among the four of us and it was perfect. Eating the whole thing would take three to six months off your life. Worth it? Probably. Other than that, it was amazing. The cake was a little crispier than I was expecting with all of the toffee chips mixed in. It’s topped with vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, and more toffee. It was some of the best few bites I’ve had on property. And while it was amazing, I’m not sure I would have wanted any more.
Thanks to George and Greg for treating me to lunch. Liberty Tree Tavern was a pleasant experience. Service was fast and efficient, even if it wasn’t particularly personable. We always had full drinks and she was attentive to us throughout the meal, but there was not a whole lot of warmth or personality. She seemed to just be going through the motions. Which was fine. The food was a giant step up from most quick service options and the atmosphere is a lot less hectic than Pecos Bill or Cosmic Ray’s. It’s otherwise a pleasant restaurant with good, simply prepared comfort food.
It’s 12:44pm on the afternoon of the 8th. Magic Kingdom is the most recommended Park on this website. TouringPlans didn’t have it as a “Best Park” or a “Park to Avoid.” Very Swiss.
This is about the busiest time of day as Space Mountain sits at 10 minutes, Buzz is at 15, Big Thunder is at 30, etc. Those wait times seem pretty nominal for the busiest part of the day.
Things are heating up here in Orlando as we look toward another hellish summer. Highs are 90+ degrees this weekend, even if there’s only one person in line for a Dole Whip. Feels crowded.
Jungle Cruise continues to see longer waits than you’d expect at 35 minutes. That’s 15 minutes longer than Big Thunder and 25 minutes longer than Space.
A Pirate’s Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas has been play testing a lot recently.
This is another of those interactive games similar to the Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure over at Epcot.
The game begins by retrieving a “magical talisman” from the cast member at the entrance and then continuing into the “Cartography Shop,” where you will be directed to your adventure.
The Shop is themed well with old maps tacked to the walls.
The game begins by placing the magical talisman on the map.
The game picks your adventure and you’re instructed to pick up the map that goes along with it. There are five adventures in all, each of which should take 15 to 20 minutes to complete.
The maps are neat and may be worth picking up as a souvenir even if you have no intention of actually completing the adventure. They are “free.”
Similar to Agent P and Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, screens and props are set up around Adventureland. The map points you where to go.
The game instructed me to find “the oracle holding a skull.” Which I did after a minor amount of difficulty figuring out where I was in relation to the rest of the world. I’m pretty useless.
After holding up the talisman, the oracle protected me from some invisible blow darts and instructed me to proceed to the location indicated on his necklace.
The game is more of a scavenger hunt than anything. “Players” simply find the location on the map, watch/listen to about 45 seconds of action/spiel, and move on to the next location. It would be a good time waster with kids in the four to seven year old range I think, but it’s probably not going to attract too many people older than that. You’re more than welcome to grab a talisman, map, and give it a whirl though. It’s completely free.
This is a fairly thin crowd outside Big Thunder Mountain at 1:08pm.
Big Thunder is sitting at just 20 minutes, which is about as short as waits are going to get at this time of day.
Splash changed from 25 minutes to 30 minutes as I stood there. Still nominal, considering the 85+ degree temperature and clear blue skies.
We first ran into these Dumbo popcorn containers about a month ago.
Dumbo has flown out of Storybook Circus and landed in Liberty Square, Tomorrowland, and other areas.
A new Disney Visa kiosk has appeared in front of the Haunted Mansion queue.
Everyone entering the queue is subjected to the offer of a lousy rewards card.
Scrims remain on Columbia Harbour House.
And have morphed over to the other side opposite the Tangled area.
This area, where you can sit at picnic tables and charge electronics, remains popular with all tables occupied.
People may enjoy the bathroom area even more than New Fantasyland. I think a Tangled attraction with some humor and an original soundtrack would have been much better than the Mermaid carbon copy we ended up with. One wonders, considering Mermaid Ride isn’t exactly a hit in California, why Disney would elect to copy the attraction in Florida. Other than the fact that it was cheap.
Maybe next time.
Quiet in Old Fantasyland, but Peter Pan’s Flight still has a 55 minute wait.
Fairytale Hall is still a ways off.
Disney is up to something with Friar’s Nook and Diamond Horseshoe operating unnecessarily. Even so, with several windows open and a bland menu, there are plenty of people interested in hot dogs and chicken nuggets.
Mine Train construction continues.
And progresses:
The back exterior looks like it’s closing in on completion.
Enchanted Tales with Belle, with its 40 minute wait, is the second longest in the Park right now. It remains the #1 morning priority or you want to save it for the end of the night when wait times decrease. It’s going to be a sweltering summer out here in the queue.
More and more generic merchandise seems to be popping up in Bonjour Gifts as Belle dresses have appeared for the first time.
And the plastic goblets made famous by Be Our Guest Restaurant are available up front in The Emporium.
Posted wait times continue to drop at Journey of the Little Mermaid as it turns out putting a wait time 3x longer than it will actually take is bad for your guest satisfaction ratings. That and Mermaid does not have a ton of re-ridability (not a word) for most people.
15 minutes for Ariel(s). The walkway between Enchanted Forest and Storybook Circus is again closed. We may see it open more often beginning in the middle of next month, depending on construction needs.
It’s 1:45pm and the line for Be Our Guest Restaurant lunch is still backed up across the bridge. You may recall this is the time I recommend getting in line. Waits are going to be longest at the attractions and you’re not wasting 15+ minutes in the morning when attraction lines are shorter. This would take about 15 minutes to get inside the door and order.
Disney released its quarterly earnings this past Tuesday. They exceeded expectations and the stock traded above $67 today. That’s over 50% higher than the highest it had ever been prior to 2012. The company is worth more than Comcast, DreamWorks, and SeaWorld…combined. In the earnings call, Bob Iger and Jay Rasulo were surprisingly candid about the motivations behind MyMagic+ and FASTPASS+.
Rasulo said, “If we can get people to plan their vacation before they leave home, we know that we get more time with them. We get a bigger share of their wallet. The second thing is what happens to purchases when they become much more convenient and you don’t spend time queuing up for the transaction.”
Iger also said they hope to have MyMagic+ online “sometime this year.” The system is not as fraught with errors as some may lead you to believe, but infrastructure problems remain. And there’s the fact that the public still has not mastered remembering which finger they scanned the last time they used their ticket, let alone which way is up or down. Once MyMagic+ does begin rolling out, expect the system to favor those staying on-site more and more. But we’ll cross that bridge when it comes. Otherwise, Rasulo quoted an 8% gain in attendance at its domestic parks. Most of that is on the west coast or attributed to where Easter fell this year. But it’s better than the alternative.
Mad Tea Party’s refurbishment continues through the 21st.
Over at the entrance to Storybook Circus, clowns continue terrifying children.
Some new(?) Dumbo merch:
Those clips sure are cute.
Larger: https://www.easywdw.com/reports7/fruitkabob.jpg. Disney will sell you a “Fruit Kabob” consisting of three grapes, a strawberry, and a bite of pineapple for $3.29.
Larger: https://www.easywdw.com/reports7/notfruitkabob.jpg. Or for 70 more cents you could get a giant cookie. Disney really seems to be serious about this whole health initiative thing, don’t they? Maybe people will buy them if Disney puts a Mickey Check next to the price. After all, it’s difficult to gauge whether the fried lard or baked chicken breast is healthier without said check.
There’s basically never anybody back here outside of Pete’s Silly Sideshow in Storybook Circus, making it one of the better places to get away from the crowds.
It looks like Disney has consolidated its snack operation back here with Mickey Pretzels offered alongside hot dogs.
The characters at Pete’s Silly Sideshow begin appearing 45 minutes after open. When they began appearing at Park open, nobody showed up until around then anyway.
Barnstormer had a 20 minute posted wait. I still have nightmares of Easter when this whole queue was full and then Disney added additional capacity by extending the queue even further.
It’s going to be interesting to see what FASTPASS does at historically slow-loading, low capacity attractions that didn’t previously offer FASTPASS. At The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, the posted wait is 40 minutes with less than 100 people in the standby line, due to so many people returning with FASTPASSes. With FASTPASS+ users getting priority at Speedway, wait times may increase substantially.
Space Mountain was rocking a 15 minute wait at 2:07pm. I was glad Magic Kingdom was the most recommended Park. I’d kick myself in the face if it wasn’t.
Dumbo and R2D2 popcorn buckets sold in Tomorrowland. I’m pretty sure the first words that come up on the screen during Star Wars are “A long time ago…” Theming schmeeming.
About as short as waits get at Orbiter. I would not discount Orbiter as “just another Dumbo.” It’s actually pretty terrifying up there.
Buzz is almost a walk-on.
Just turn up the colors on your pictures.
Flat out of the camera.
Lightroom’d out.
Feels crowded. Wait times circa 2:17pm:
Pretty nominal for the middle of the day.
Nothing to update in menu land. They all looked the same.
Main Street Bakery’s reopening date has been pushed back to June 19th. Turns out it takes longer than Disney was expecting to suck the soul out of a classic Disney landmark. Just kidding. I can’t wait to order a Non-fat, half-caf, triple grande, sugar free, vanilla, non-fat lactaid, extra hot, extra foamy, caramel macchiato with a twist. For here.
Bye.
Your photo of the Casey’s menu reminds me – I couldn’t find the cheese for my corn dog nuggets when I was at there on the 23rd of April. That is one of the best late evening snacks, and it’s just not the same without the cheese.
Have you noticed if it’s permanently gone, or did I just luck out? I don’t want to bother fighting the crowd in that tiny space if it’s not going to be worth my time. I’ll just save my evening snack money for a build-your-own dole whip at Cpt. Cook’s to enjoy on the beach while watching Wishes, or something. (actually, that’s probably a better idea anyway)
Hmmmmmm, I’ll try to remember to check the next time I’m there. I can’t imagine them doing away with it. It’s the best thing!
Right?! Sometimes I go in just to make my own cheese fries.
Though the dispenser does seem to move around, so it could have been removed for cleaning/refill or something. The thing’s incredibly messy and seemed to get gunked up often enough. Though I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if they decided to start charging a dollar for a dollop, or if it’s not that I just managed to go in at the wrong time.
We are from Spain,
You know if the Pirate’s Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas, have the maps in Spanish or is only in english. We’ll arrive at ends of august.
Thank you very much,
We will be arriving Monday. We plan to hit the MK Monday afternoon, Tues morning and Friday morning. Do you think the crowds will be pretty much the same as your report today? I really hope so!
Any good suggestions for what is best to hit with a 12 or 1 pm arrival our 1st day. I have 4 and 6 year old girls.
When do you recommend the tinkerbell meet and greets?
“. . . other aspects of this blog appear more rudimentary.” I don’t think there’s been a funnier put-down since Mark Twain died in 1910!
The laughs are coming a mile a minute this morning, folks! . . . “It’s basically Thanksgiving on a plate . . .” Doesn’t Thanksgiving always come on a plate? What do you usually eat it from? A bucket? A trough? A bushel basket? A flower pot?
We were there in the morning that day, left at 12:15pm and returned at 5:30ish. Looks like we just missed you. Thank you for all your reports. We saw everything we wanted to see and more. It was much less crowded then our first day there on Sun. But even on Sun we got all of FL, break, some of TL, and MSEP, with minimal waits!
PS. The cheese is on the “fixin’s” bar to the left as you look at registers. We had some with our corn dog nuggets.
“We ” love you, Josh. Pay no attention to the rest of them!
At first glance it looked like Dumbo was pushing the lady in the wheelchair. Second glance too.
I always took the “we” to mean you and all your readers… We are always right there with you Josh.
Josh,
Need your help, looking into a 3 day trip. In following your recommendations Nov 5th would be our Day 1 going to HS w/ Fantasmic, Day 2 going to MK, Day 3 going to EP. Problem is that we would like to do a couple of rides at AK, is there a way to fit them in. Thanks. Tricia
Thanks for your photos and comments. I enjoy reading it all.
“Prof,” generally I eat my Thanksgiving dinner on several plates. Dinner plate. Salad plate. Dessert plate. You should look into it.
Jill, you are very conventional and dull. I always eat mine out of a laundry basket.
LOL! Last year I ate mine out of a bicycle helmet!
Maybe it is the royal we and us lowly peasants should be referring to you as “King Josh the First of the Disney Blogosphere”.
It’s the royal “we.” As in… “We are not amused.”
Josh=Blog Royalty
neffernie, you beat me to it….! Should have hit submit when I first typed it. Next time!!!
I agree with the terrifyingness of the Astro Orbitor. I have no trouble with any other ride, but this one makes me incredibly dizzy. Go figure.
Carrie, I didnt know what you were talking about at first…..then I went back and looked at all the pics and LAUGHED OUT LOUD when I saw what you meant. LOLOL.
Josh, new to this site for the last few months and LOVING IT. Nice work!!
Love you Josh! Forget the critics! Great post again as usual! Making me jealous as I usually tour in the heat of the summer.. Will be back July 14-20!
Am I the only one confused about the first part of the article? WTF is the emailer talking about? and I’ll have to admit Josh’s response has be scratching my bald head!
@keri I ate at Casey’s this past Sunday and they still had the cheese dispensers. It was at the fixins bar to the right of the registers in the corner.
Am I the only one who read “tangential” as “tangenital” not once, but both times it was written?
I am?
Oh okay.
thanks Josh this is great. the one thing that stands out is does disney really need to charge $12 for a bucket of popcorn and $65 for a Belle dress…..
For years I’ve mocked my little brother for his Starbucks addiction and his ordering of the double caf half caf triple grande no foam sprinkles coffee. But now I will use the far more erudite “Non-fat, half-caf, triple grande, sugar free, vanilla, non-fat lactaid, extra hot, extra foamy, caramel macchiato with a twist. For here.” Excellent!
You should have saved the Sparta meme until the crowds got summer-crazy.
I’ve been stressing the past few days because there hadn’t been an update, and I really needed some Josh-humor added to my day. Thanks for delivering the funny yet again!
Astro Orbiter was on DD3’s must do list last fall. When we got up there she wanted to ride with grandma so the 5 of us readjusted between our 3 ships, problem is that put me with DH and he’s a big guy. We got in and realized we were pretty stuck in there, I cracked up the whole ride then when it ended and we couldn’t get out the other riders were cracking up. Never put a 300lb guy in the ship with another adult, he would have been fine with DD but we were quite a spectacle!
Please Josh – I can’t wait a whole week in between my easyWDW fixes.
And what ever happened to the promised BBB visit? I am dying to see “Glitter Josh”.
Question:
If that’s what May 9 looked like, which you had as a level 5…. Is that basically what I can expect for wait times on every day that you list as a 5?
Thanks 🙂
To clarify my question – is this what it should look like on any day listed as Level 5 where MK is most recommended.?
Questionable grammer! Vacation ruined!!!
@ Carrie – I thought the same exact thing. Then thought maybe a full face Dumbo mask was some new Storybook Circus merchandise…..creepy.
Another great update. I totes trust you.
You guys and gals are so funny. Ah, MK is my favorite park. I just stole that Castle/scenery pic to be my new desktop background, replacing the Tangled restroom tower and waterfall.
Didn’t LTT have mac’n’cheese on its menu before as a side item with the family style feast? Or do they still have it but it’s just not listed? I don’t mean the kids’ menu either; I mean the big bowl/plate full of mac’n’cheese, grown-up style. And I like that Dumbo popcorn container – my kiddo would stuff that with lots of fun stuff. She’s almost 8 but shows no sign of slowing down when it comes to Disney play time.
Dumbo pushing the wheelchair, LOL – now I see it.
Loved the post as usual Josh. I don’t know where I’d be without you.
Christine–post you itinerary on the forums and you’ll get help quickly. Tinkerbell is a popular meet and greet–it needs to be done first thing to avoid long waits.
So agree with orbiter not being just another dumbo. First trip my son was 15 months old and we all went on it. He was with my husband who had a mini anxiety attack that the baby would go flying out of that thing. He still talks about how that ride of all rides doesn’t have a height limit. We could take him way in the air and potentially propel him out for the flight of his life, but he couldn’t go on Splash Mountian.
Thanks for the update. We were there last week and are in post-Disney letdown mode.
Dumbo pushing a wheelchair, you couldn’t have done that if you tried! We love Liberty Tree for lunch at the Magic Kingdom, now you have told everyone it’s pretty good and we will have a harder time getting ADRs, great.
Those “clip” things….are they badge holders? I am an x-ray tech and I have been DYING for a Disney related badge holder!!! (Reading over this….boy am I a pathetic somebody haha)
Awesome blog I could care less if you worked for Disney or not. You honestly put what you think and it’s not all Disney is great all over like if you don’t like a restaurant you tell people and if you don’t like a attraction you let us know.I have come to Disney since I was 10 months old and still remember the swan boats the sky ride and mission to the moon. You are one of the few people that I know are smarter about Disney. Thank you for all your hard work. I help a travel agent with information so I am telling you you are the Disney bomb
I think those clip things are magnets….looks like the top colorful part is the magnet and the clip below it just holds papers, etc. It says magnet really tiny on the packaging.
We love Astro Orbitor…..if Dumbo hadn’t been new (and double) we would have skipped it as usual last trip and just stuck with Astro Orbitor for our circular flight fix – the kiddo loves the height and the speed of the thing. It’s an early morning ride for us. Also, to the person who asked about Tinkerbell – if not done in the early morning it’s something to do later before it closes, too, when crowds aren’t in the queue area (Josh has said that before).
Thank you for the Dumbo pictures! I love him! He’s my favorite! I hope the popcorn buckets are still there in December. 🙂
Yes when do we get to BBB makeover dying to see that
I also thought Dumbo was moonlighting a Wheelchair Pusher…
that’s a real thing, right?
I am an Australian with no plans to visit WDW just yet but I read your posts everyday(well when they’re there) and I LOVE THEM. lol xxx
wait everyone gasp !!!! josh i DISAGREE 50s primetime pot roast is better. there i said it. and i mean it seriously.
Ok… you convinced me to try out Liberty Tree for lunch. So… first week of June- reservation or no? (Prefer not to, but I don’t want to miss out either…)
“…the use of “we’re” and “our” since it implies relation to the park or working for the company. Just a thought since other aspects of this blog appear more rudimentary so any confusion there may ultimately lead to distrust.”
Me too. I totally distrust you. You give out all this info about how to avoid long lines, large crowds, what attractions and restaurants are/aren’t worth the time and money, yet you use a pronoun like “we.” I TOTALLY thought this was an official WDW site. I’ve been scammed!!!!
These aren’t critics. These are Internet trolls who are bent on ruining the anonymous comments section of this awesome site. Sounds like jealousy to me.
What are the magnet clips actually for? To hang on your fridge??
Love it!…
Leonidus has T-rex arms …….
🙂
@Alicia
Yes, or on anything metallic.
I’m not one to criticize an attraction before it’s finished, but the rock work on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is looking very Tatooine Traders-ish.
I don’t know. Maybe that’s what jewel mines look like.
Thanks Josh! awesome as always!!!
And this faithful reader has decided that , regardless what hubby thinks about WDW PR stunts, I dont care who you work for!!! Just keep doing it!
And last August when new Dumbo was brand new we looked ALL over for any small Dumbo plush for our 1 yr old…Nada! Finally found him one at Walmart for 6$ 🙂 ….but. Bet I know what he’ll want in August…
Love the post,thanks…..and even as mom of boys would LOVE to see Glitter Josh!
I see what you did there with the “300 Movie” Lightroom pre-set.
Could you upload a bigger version of that lightroom’d out picture? It’s very beautiful.
Didn’t they manufacture the bits and pieces of both Mermaid rides at the same time? That would mean they were already committed to the second one before they knew how the first one would be received.
“The company is worth more than Comcast, DreamWorks, and SeaWorld…combined.” Who is giving you this information? Comcast has higher revenue, higher income, more equity and TWICE as much in assets. Comcast tried to buy Disney a few years back! The only company that will rob you blind more than a theme park company is a cable company! Sounds like Disney selling more crap to their shareholders.