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[pensnest]

Amidst a tumble of dragons and Gilbert and Sullivan, I should probably update.



DWTS. *sigh* I wasn't surprised, particularly since I had a dream this morning of meeting a despondent Joey in a bar and taking him to someone's oddly cubist flat where various LJers (wish I could remember who!) tried to console him until he walked sadly home. I sorta expected Apolo and Julianne to win. But what a shame. And now I have no dancing Joey to look forward to on Tuesday mornings. But I have files which fill me with delight. My favourites were the second Jive (wow!) and the first Foxtrot (magic!), but I love them all. Thank you, daisydust.

ManBand is July, isn't it?

And then there was Remix. As those of you are interested have presumably already discovered, I was assigned Topaz to remix, and wrote World Tour (the Let's Go By Vegas mix), which was a lot of fun (and which, cunningly, got me out of writing the sex scenes, heh). I hope I've thanked those of you who sent me feedback. :-) I know I didn't get to all the stories - still haven't, too busy - but I managed to comment to a few. It's a shame to think that Remix 'traditionally' doesn't get much response in the way of feedback for the authors, and I'm not really sure why that should be, especially these days when we don't have the luxury of quality fresh fic popping up every day. It takes as much effort to produce a good Remix as to produce a first-generation story.

I've seen many interesting and thoughtful posts about how people figured out how to do their remix, and what kind of thing they may have been aiming for... in my case, I'm afraid it's really quite simple. I had My Brilliant Idea (Ooh! I'd love to see a story from the bodyguard's perspective. Hmm... I should write a story from the bodyguard's POV. And five minutes later, Wouldn't that be a cool idea for my remix!!) in the car somewhere on the M25, with turloughishere, and was completely delighted to find that one of my victim's stories would actually work really well this way.

And as it happens, my Beast and I are indulging ourselves with a trip to Disneyworld in October, so I had The Unofficial Guide - and several Disney websites - close at hand. Seldom has research been so easy.

Also, yay for serendipity and a chance to meet!

Anyone else going to be in Disneyworld in the first half of October?

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[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

Have you already booked for Disney World? Because every convention in the lower 48 will be there then and hotels will be crowded if not full. If you haven't, consider moving your dates a couple of weeks if you can. If not book now! You won't be sorry you did. Also, pick up a Birnbaum's guide. THE guide for specifics on everything. Very handy, and helpful in ways the Unofficial won't be. Also, I may not have all your answers, but please ask anything you're wondering... I've been many many times and worked for Disney Stores for years so I know a bit. Also, topaz knows a lot too! I'm happy to help however I can. And, come October, if I'm able I'd love to meet up with you for a weekend or something.

[pensnest]

Yep, we're booked already. 6th - 17th, and if you are able to be around then, I'd love to meet up!

I'll have a look for the Birnbaum's guide - we went back in 1998, with the brats, and had a delightful time. I had done my research and had it planned like a military operation quite carefully, and since we were getting up on English time, we managed to be ahead of crowds pretty well all the while, which was most pleasing.

Conventions? Business meetings, or something else? Are there going to be bulky men in suits overrunning the rides, or do they stick to the hotel territory and golf courses?

[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

:makes note of dates:

Mostly to hotels, but if you're already booked into your hotel, you're good there. What hotel are you in?

Mostly they stick to hotel places [food places and bars at hotels will be packed as will the pools], though their families will be rapant in the parks. It's not the worst thing, but it can be a bit hectic. Conventions, big ones. Business conventions. [it JUST dawned on me that convention would trigger some other idea first, lol] Loads of people running about hotels wearing name tags without Mickey's on them. Truth, they're usually quite friendly, but they do have a bit of privilage about their attitude and it can make relaxing at your hotel difficult.

You definitely want to check into early entry etc. and an intinerary is good, allowing for flexibility. There's SO much new stuff from your last visit, an updated Birnbaum's will tell you about everything, making planning easier!!

[pensnest]

Boardwalk Inn for a few days, then Contemporary.

We certainly found last time that trying to stay more or less on UK time worked very well, in that we were up and breakfasted in plenty of time to be there for early entry (even though we were starting from the Campsite and transport took a while), and then were hungry for lunch before the restaurants got busy. Most convenient!

My first thought was political conventions, which seemed bizarre in the extreme!

[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

Both very nice places. And Boarwalk allows you to just walk to EPCOT and hop a boat to MGM. Nice!

Yes. I found that staying on my own freaky time schedule works very well. Plus now you'll have far less transport time involved in getting to parks!

LOL! Incentive conventions is what they really are... you know... produce so much revenue in sales or what have you, get a free trip to Disney World!