HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Schoenling
Subject: Re: Lodging in Orlando
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:08:56 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.034036.2821@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
bd670@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Russell I. Dyreng) writes:
>
>I've got a question for all of you frequent WDW visitors.  I
>found what appears to be a great deal on a motel in the 
>Orlando area. It's called the "International Gateway Inn."  It's
>located on American Way.  From the map it appears to be near 
>International Drive, just off of I-4.

Everybody and his brother-in-law owns motels in that area,
and some of them are even reasonably priced. The smaller ones 
can only compete with the larger chains on price, therefore,
"great deals".

>The deal is so good, that it almost appears to be too good to 
>be true.  Here's my question:  Is anybody familiar with the 
>International Gateway Inn?  Is it a dive?  Or is it actually a
>pretty good place?

It's not Holiday Inn, but it is a bed, a bathroom, a Color TV and a
telephone.  Given all there is to do in the WDW/Orlando Metropolitan
area, do you anticipate spending a majority of your time in the
motel, or do you just need a place to crash?

>Having never been to Florida yet, I don't really know what kind
>of a place this is.  I'm sure that it is not in the same league
>as the Grand Floridian, Yacht Club, or even Embassy Suites, but
>if it's clean, quiet, not run down and in a safe area, I'm 
>happy with it.  

It's not a foreign country, then again, there is Miami :-).  What do
you want, ambience or economy? Anything near the park(s) is going
to be a reasonable area(crime is bad for business), and as far as
quiet, that depends on who is next door, could be a family of small
children(you run into a lot of those at WDW:-)).  Again, it is just
a place to sleep and there are laws about noise at night, just like
anywhere else.

>If anybody knows anything about the International Gateway Inn
>I would appreciate hearing about it either posted or e-mailed to
>me personally.  Either one is fine for me.

I had some friends that stayed there a couple of years ago because of
the price and the fact that they intended to be in the parks from opening
to closing and just wanted a place to sleep.  They were satisfied.  I used to
live on the north side of Orlando(Mom & Dad still do) so never had the 
need to stay in a motel.  If you want the full Disney experience, stay in one
of the Disney hotels.  If you want to see Disney World and the rest of
Central Florida without spending a fortune, go for the deals wherever you
can find them.

>
>Russ
>bd670@cleveland.freenet.edu
>rdyreng@logdis1.oo.aflc.af.mil
>##

Have fun!

Dick Schoenling
Internet:dtracy@bnr.ca


Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney,rec.arts.animation,alt.fan.furry
From: anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash)
Subject: Re: Disney Afternoon's Fall '92 Season
Organization: Toonaholics Anonymous, DA-Holics Anonymous
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:35:46 GMT

In article <1992Aug23.102022.11581@news.Hawaii.Edu> I write:
>Semi-trivia note:  Nancy Cartwright, the voices of Bart and Lisa Simpson, 
>is doing the voice of Pistol.

Oops, snafu there.  I've been told than Yeardly (sp?) Smith is the voice of
Lisa Simpson.  However, Nancy Cartwright is still the voice of Pistol (Pete's
youngest daughter/PJ's sister).

Thanks to those who corrected me on the voice credit!


--
===== Dana Uehara [c/o <anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu> (Andrew Nash)] =====
"You'll be the first kind on our block to break the *sound* barrier!"
"Come on, I've already broken the *pain* barrier..."	-- Max & PJ

Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: kscott@chtm.eece.unm.edu (Kristin Scott)
Subject: Re: Upcoming features
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 17:25:27 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

     If all of the fairy tales known to us Americans are all used up...
{ diclaimer - all of the ones with useable plots, that is, and maybe
this isn't even true }

Why not have a net-based suggestion box [ my email address ?? ] for
some ones from other countries that may not be familiar to us?

Anyone with any ideas out there?  It would be a shame if no one from 
Disney read this group, we could really be helping them out!

	-Kristin  kscott@chtm.eece.unm.edu

e

Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney,rec.music.cd
From: mcdonald@netcom.com (James T. Mc Donald III)
Subject: Re: Fantasmic CD
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 01:14:44 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Sep2.222219.16321@uwm.edu> ultron@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Andrew H Krieg) writes:
>I am looking for a source that carries the Disneyland Fantasmic soundtrack
>CD.  Has anyone seen it in a local store or CD catalog?  If so, please pass
>along the source to me.  Thanks.
>

Why not call Disneyland Mechandising at, well, I had the (800) number here
yesterday to order something.  Call the DL switchboard at (714) 999-4000.
Ask for Merchandising, and they will transfer you to the correct number.
Or ask the switchboard operator for the (800) number.  DL will ship almost
anything at the park, for regular shipping plus a small handling fee.


Jim Mc Donald
mcdonald@netcom.com

Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: DowJones@andrew.cmu.edu
Subject: Euro Disney CEO Denies Rumors That Have Weakened Stock
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 11:41:03 -0400 

  

  PARIS -DJ- Robert Fitzpatrick, chief executive of the Euro Disney SCA
theme park, denied what he termed ''astonishing'' rumors that have caused
the company's share price to collapse in recent months.   

  In a radio interview, Fitzpatrick acknowledged that attendance at the
park had been ''a bit slow'' in getting off the ground since the April
opening.   

  Fitzpatrick pointed out that all the park's hotels are fully booked
in August, and he denied a market rumor that Euro Disney intends to close
a second hotel during the slack winter period.   

  As reported Aug. 7, the company decided to close its Newport Bay hotel
from October 1992 to Easter 1993 to adjust room capacity to seasonal
fluctuations in demand.   

  Fitzpatrick also denied that Euro Disney plans to lay off personnel
due to poor attendance.  The target level of 12,000 full-time jobs has
been reached, he said, while 5,000 temporary employees who were taken
on for the summer will leave normally after   

  He said discussions with the French government and other partners on
the start-up of a third, futuristic, theme park on the Euro Disney site
at the beginning of the next century will resume in the coming weeks.
  

  In the radio interview, Fitzpatrick wasn't asked to comment on a rumor
on the Bourse yesterday that Euro Disney might not be able to pay a dividend
to shareholders for the current financial year.   

  11:40 AM
From: jmays@cipc1.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Jennifer Mays)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: WDW at what age?
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:01:24 GMT
Reply-To: jmays@cipc1.UUCP (Jennifer Mays)
Distribution: na
Organization: NCR Corporation - Dayton, OH

I have been going to WDW since I was 6 (16 years).  When we first went, all
that was there was the Magic Kingdom.  My brother was 7, and my sister was
about 10 months.  I remeber quite a bit, although some things a bit odd.  I
remeber thinking the Hall of Presidents was real people, and not believing my
mom when she said they were robots.  I remeber 20,000 leagues under the sea,
and really believing  we went down in a sub.  My brother, who was afraid of
heights, screamed on the gondola ride.  My favorites were the Pirates of the
Carribean, the Train, The Carosel, Peter Pan's Flight, and my favorite, THE
TIKI ROOM.  I loved all the sights, sounds, and it amazed me how there was
always happy music playing all over that place.  The only bad part I remember
is having to drag (6yr old mentality) ourselves back over to the baby changing
station by the Crystal Palace.  I was frustrated by that.  All in all, I think
I got a lot out of it.  

I do have a funny story to tell, though.  My sister has been there ever since
she has been a baby.  She would always scream when we went on the Pirates of
the Carribean.  It got to the point where one of my parents had to keep her
(age 2 or 3) outside, while the rest of us rode the ride.  Years later, she
said she hated that ride, because she thought the village was on fire.  So, it
might be good to explain what is going on, you never know what kids will pick
up.

Jennifer Mays

-- 
Jennifer Mays
Jennifer.Mays@cipc1.DaytonOH.NCR.COM
...!uunet!ncrcom!cipc1!jmays
From: snoopy@spacemanspiff.den.mmc.com (Cindy Newell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Little Mermaid
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:54:01 GMT
Organization: Denver, Colorado

In article <21024@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:
>In article <1992Aug25.163247.5189@den.mmc.com>, snoopy@spacemanspiff.den.mmc.com (Cindy Camp) writes:

>> Ok, I figure I am going to get flamed big time for
>> this, as I have seen it happen to many others but
>> I am going to ask anyway.  I need new copy of
>> "The Little Mermaid."  I have looked all over 
>> Denver for it and can't find it anywhere.  I remember
>> reading several monthes ago when some guy had mentioned
>> that he found a place that had several copies on its
>> shelves.  Are you still out there?  And are there
>> any copies left?

> I'm not sure if I'm the guy you're talking about. About 2 months ago I flamed
>someone for trying to get $50 per TLM video. I had, the previous day, seen 
>many copies in a trip through the local mall. All were 26.99 and had
>always been priced at that. I haven't been back since (actually I have but
>I paid little attention to the videos available around the mall) and
>I suppose it is possible that all copies are now gone but I doubt it.
>I'll try to get by this week and check it out...

    I think that you are the person I was referring to.  I guess
    I forgot who was flaming and who was being flamed and what
    the flame was over, all I could remember is reading that
    somewhere TLM was available.  I didn't pay to much attention
    to the article because at that time, I didn't need a TLM
    copy.

> I'll give it to you for cost and shipping if one is still available...

Thank-you very much.  There are a few people from the net who are
going to look around for me, so maybe someone will come up with
something.  Thank-you very much!

Cindy



-- 
 Cindy Camp - Usual disclaimers apply
 Martin Marietta Astronautics Group  (303)977-9804
 snoopy@spacemanspiff.den.mmc.com  (if that doesn't work try)
 cnewell@azum.den.mmc.com
From: colorado@venus.next.com (Delia Colorado (Temp))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: WDW in April???
Date: 26 Aug 92 22:49:24 GMT

Waht can I expect if I go to WDW in April?  Is this a good time to  
go?  (weather, moneywise, special events, length of rides...)  Would  
it be better to go in March or in May??  Please let me know your  
thoughts.  Any information would be greatly appreciated.  I want to  
take my parents and my brother and sister and I want to make sure we  
have the best time. 

Thanks a lot.
Delia
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Trading cards
From: nschultz@zeus.calpoly.edu (Ned Schultz)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 04:38:46 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo


First, let me say that the rec.arts.disney folks have been among the
nicest card trading people I've swapped cards with.  Thanks to all
who have helped me with these sets (special thanks to Alicia Tomaszewski...
my mail to you bounced and bounced, Alicia).

Just a few cards away from finishing up these sets.  And I have spares
that might help someone else finish.  Let me know if you are interested.

Beauty & the Beast  ProSet 1992
-------------------------------
Spares:   4(3), 5, 13, 15, 17, 21(2), 23(3), 25, 27(3)
          30(2), 31(2), 32, 34, 35(2), 37, 45, 49(2)
          52, 53(2), 54, 55, 56, 61, 63, 64, 71, 75
          M1, M9   C2, C3, C4, C5, C6(2)

Little Mermaid  ProSet 1991
---------------------------
Need:     2,  S7,  C1, C3
Spares:   5, 6(2), 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19(2), 27, 30, 35
          40, 44, 47(2), 52, 57, 61, 62, 63, 67
          74, 78, 87, 89  C13
 
Disney Collector Cards  Impel 1991
----------------------------------
Need:     128
 
Spares:   1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 25, 28, 31, 39
          43, 45, 46, 49, 53, 55, 60, 62, 73, 82, 93, 94, 95, 97
          101, 106, 112, 118, 122, 136, 139, 144, 147, 149
          150, 151, 152, 164, 166, 172, 175, 176, 180, 182(2), 187
          204, 206

Thanks!

Ned Schultz
nschultz@nike.calpoly.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: singg@alf.uib.no (Kurt George Gjerde)
Subject: Minor releases,BatB Box,RR?
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 11:31:14 GMT

1. Has there been any "minor" cartoon releases (video) from Disney recently?
   Like MiniClassics,Mickey,Donald,DuckTales...

   The Last one I know of is last summer (Peter and the Wolf, Prince and the 
   Pauper, Willie the...).

2. I read (rec.video.releases) about a BoxSet (deluxe edition) of "Beauty and the
   Beast". Have anyone else heard anything about it?

3. Does anyone know how the new Roger Rabbit films are going (sequel + 2 shorts)?



-----
Kurt.
-----
From: rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin)
Subject: Re: Prodigy Disney Information
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 15:42:26 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.11 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In  <1992Aug28.172838.6205@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>  pps@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (philip.stern) writes:
>     Every now and then I see information cross posted here from Prodigy.
>  As a new Prodigy subscriber, I'm curious how I access the Disney talk group.
>  I can't find the appropriate "jump" reference. Can someone help me out ?
>  Please post or email.

Go to the TRAVEL CLUB, then select the "THEME PARKS" topic.  That's where 
everyone congregates.  There's also limited discussion in the ARTS CLUB, 
under MOVIES and TV topics.  

-- Bill rubin@watson.ibm.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: bd670@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Russell I. Dyreng)
Subject: WDW Weather in December et al
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 03:29:52 GMT


I'm a hardcore Disneyland visitor.  It's 700+ miles one way from 
my location, but I've made it down there at least 30 times in the
last 34 years.  This year I'm heading to WDW this winter.  I have
never been to Florida before so I need some expert advice.  I've 
been reading with interest the thread about WDW at Christmas 
time.  We've decided that  rather than going really close to 
Christmas time that we would go from 6-13 December.

We are looking at getting either the 4 day pass or the 5 day
pass with River Country, Typhoon Lagoon, etc.  Is the 5 day pass
a viable option during that time of the year, or will be the 
weather be too cold to enjoy swimming with the fish?

Any other information and tips would be much appreciated.

Russ
bd670@cleveland.freenet.edu
rdyreng@logdis1.oo.aflc.af.mil
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney,rec.music.cd
From: jackson@caspian.eng.hou.compaq.com (Mike Jackson)
Subject: WDW wheelchair access
Keywords: wheelchair
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:09:31 GMT

I'm planning a WDW trip in Oct. for a family that includes a person
who, while not confined to a wheelchair, will spend most of her time
at WDW in a wheelchair for medical reasons.  She has her own chair,
so we won't need to rent one, but I'd like to find out about the kinds
of problems we may face or special plans we need to make.  I haven't
found much info in the guidebooks so far, and I haven't yet broken 
down and called the WDW info.  Surely we're not the first net.folks
to deal with this problem, so, for those who've passed this way before
us, any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Mike
From: adrian@mti.mti.com (Adrian McCarthy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Request: Fantasmic vantage points
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:54:45 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Micro Technology, Inc., Anaheim, CA

In article <cindy.37@berkp.uadv.uci.edu> cindy@berkp.uadv.uci.edu (Cindy Windham) writes:
>In the posting about Fantasmic/crowd control, it was mentioned that there are
>a couple of good vantage points for the attraction.  Could you tell me where
>those are?  I'd like to take my 3 year old to see Fantasmic without having
>to wait 2 hours.  Any hints?

If you were referring to the earlier posting by me, most of the tips won't
work, since you'd still have to look over some heads.  Here are some hints
that may help.

1.  Pick a weekday night (especially Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday).
After Labor day, but before the late hours end (mid-September?) should be
pretty ideal.
2.  Go to a late show.  Take a nap in the afternoon if necessary.
3.  Get near the Haunted Mansion shortly before the preceding show ends.  When
it ends, move to the railing along the water, and move with the crowd of people
as they *exit*.  Pull up some pavement when you get to a good spot.  You'll
still have to wait an hour perhaps, but it's the best view in the park, and
you didn't have to wait three hours like the people who waited for the first
show.
4.  Be aware that they don't allow strollers in the up-front and center
sections.  Some nights they are stricter about this than others (I think it
depends on the size of the crowd).

Aid.  (adrian@lexcel.com)  "Imagine THIS!"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney,rec.music.cd
From: ultron@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Andrew H Krieg)
Subject: Fantasmic CD
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:22:19 GMT

I am looking for a source that carries the Disneyland Fantasmic soundtrack
CD.  Has anyone seen it in a local store or CD catalog?  If so, please pass
along the source to me.  Thanks.

The label is Disneyland, not Buena Vista.
The identification number is:  DIDX 013173
The UPC code is:  00128 52001
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: ultron@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Andrew H Krieg)
Subject: Re: cartoons
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: rec
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:05:28 GMT

In article <199224.1483.4622@channel1> "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com> writes:
>     A little-known fact is that about 75% of all the Mickey Mouse
>     cartoons ever made (before the classic "The Band Concert") were
>     done in black-and-white.  But since Disney somehow believes
>     that people just don't want to see any kind of black-and-
>     white films, the ONLY way to see these cartoons is to watch
>     "Good Morning Mickey!" and see a VERY occasional Mickey
>     black-and-white play.  (I was able to see the very first
>     Mickey Mouse toon - "Plane Crazy," which was actually made
>     before "Steamboat Willie" - this way.)  But it means that we
>     will probably NEVER see the vast majority of Mickey's
>     on-screen appearances!  I would dearly love to watch the
>     cartoons that showed the Disney animators learning through
>     experience during the legendary Hyperion Days of the 1930s -
>     but there is no way to see these cartoons.

Several old Mickey's have been colorized, so they may make it to the market
that way (the same way the Fleischer Popeye's were remarketed after
colorization).  I would prefer the original b/w, but there are dozens of
these shorts I've never seen, so I'd settle for a colorized version.

BTW, classic Warner Bros. b/w shorts can be found on Nickelodeon's Looney
Tunes show.  There are some strinking similarities between some of them and
early Mickeys.  In fact, if Disney had the lawyers back then they do now,
Warner Bros. would probably have been sued out of existence in the 30's. :^)
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From: navsaria@bass.bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: $11.99 for BatB video tape
Date: 30 Aug 92 19:51:01 GMT
Organization: Boston University


   Beauty and the Beast fans on a budget (i.e. poor college students like
myself) may be interested in knowing that it is possible to get Beauty and
the Beast on videotape for only...(drum roll)...$11.99!  How?  Here's how:

   Sam Goody is offering it at a special price if you put your name on their
waiting list and put down a five dollar deposit.  This special price is either
17.99 or 16.99 (I can't remember which one).  Then, apparently, when you go
run down to their store on October 30th to get your very own copy, it comes
packaged with a special offer...buy certain Nabisco products and mail in a
rebate form and get another five dollars off.  Now I don't know what products
you have to buy or how many (I can see it now...on Oct. 30th, Disney fans raid
local supermarkets: "Hi, I'd like 1200 bags of Nabisco cookies" 8)

   They made it sound like only certain copies of BatB would have this rebate
offer, but then again I can't be sure...all I know is that the ones they'll
have will.

   So, for 11.99 and a few boxes of cookies to munch on, you can have BatB...I
signed up immediately!  This was the Sam Goody @ Downtown Crossing in Boston,
but I'm pretty sure it's more widely available, since their sign was a nicely
printed display which looked like the company sent it out.

                                   Dipesh Navsaria
                               (navsaria@bu-pub.bu.edu)
                "Practice Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Subject: Re: Hurricane plans
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 06:51:34 GMT

In article <xzant!k.tyger@netcom.com>, tyger@netcom.com (Kitty in the Middle) writes:
> >it on a local station's weather broadcast, we overheard a Disney Host
> >telling other guests, "Oh, those storms pass over here all the time -- 
> >nothing to worry about!"
> 
> Am I the only one that finds this disturbing? Andrew has been rated a 5 
> which means it is the most powerful a hurricane can
> get. Blase attitudes could be a real problem in a pinch...

Last I heard, Andrew was ranked a Class 4 hurricane.
The problem with hurricanes is you get threatened by them a lot, but
rarely hit.  Also, for some strange reason, people find storms like
this to be exciting.  You get cases of people going down to the coast
to watch the storm come in, people having "hurricane" parties and
getting blasted, etc.  
Where I sit is about 80 miles inland but even tho, we still can get
a lot of storm damage, tho certainly not as severe as those on the
cost.  Still, I've gotten concerned email from several people and my
reaction was, well, I'll probably go out to the store later and get
some hurricane supplies (tho probably not now since it looks like
the storm is going to hit Louisiana).
-- 
Stephanie da Silva                        
arielle@taronga.com                           
  "We are the beaters that scramble your eggmen.  We are..." 
                    "Really dumb." -- The Darkwing Squad and Steelbeak
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
From: mangieri@asd2.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: I'm back!!!
Organization: NASA/JSC
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:49:36 GMT

In article <BtKt37.MEo@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
(Sean Alan Squier) writes:
>Hello again everyone.  I have just returned from my summer job at The
>Great Movie Ride and I am now unfortunately preparing for my fifth and
>final year of school.  So send any questions, applause or cashier's
>checks my way (I could use it with what I saved this summer).  
>
>Welcome back to all the college programmers too.  Please mail with
>your impressions of the program this year.  
>
>
>Sean Squier
>(Future CEO - The Walt Disney Company)
>ssquier@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
>
How about an update on construction/plans at Disney/MGM ?
Is Sunset Strip and the Twilight Zone attraction making progress ?

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