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Nathan Firesheets

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Okay, so this mega thread is now the one-stop shop for all things from my Disney Global Ride Challenge! Every Operating Ride at all 12 Disney Parks Around the World in 12 Days!

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Nathan Firesheets

@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Okay folks: Park #12 of 12 (and thus the whole #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge ) is Officially COMPLETE!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

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Ride #25 of 25 at Magic Kingdom ( #216 Overall): Astro Orbiter using Standby at 8:14 PM on Sun 3/19 (00:14 UTC) #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

12 Parks. 12 Days. 216 Rides. The #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge is Complete!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

So the Tomorrowland CM's surprised me with a Mickey pretzel, a Mickey bar, a celebratory button, and more! Plus a raucous round of applause from them and all the guests there waiting!

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1 year

I am floored right now. There was a crowd of CM's waiting at the exit of SSE to congratulate me for finishing EPCOT and to cheer me on! With a celebratory pin too! Thank you all so much!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

The CM's also arranged for me to marathon Astro during the fireworks!! Really made some special magic happen!!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

I have been informed that I am now officially a member of the 6-castles club.

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

For those of you wanting a cost breakdown, the total out-of-pocket expenditure for the challenge itself was right around $12k: $4750 for Flights $3750 for Hotels $1100 for Park Tickets $825 for Local Transport (Taxi/Uber/Etc.) $750 for Food/Drink $675 for Line Skips $65 for Wifi

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Eleven...count 'em...**ELEVEN** Parks Complete!!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

So I have finally awoken from the sleep of the dead and returned to Epcot for some food and fun!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Bob Iger liked this tweet, so I guess I'm officially a Disney Legend now...

kayds ♡’s Georgia

@lessirusso_

1 year

what’s your biggest/fave celebrity notice ??

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Just marathoning the PeopleMover now. Lol. It's nice to just be able to sit down and relax for a bit!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

And for those of you wondering where my plan to start with the Orbitron and end with the Astro Orbiter came from, the answer is this: Me. 30 years ago. On the Star Jets at the Magic Kingdom.

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8 months

4 years ago today, I rode every ride at WDW without using any FastPasses, on Galaxy's Edge opening day:

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3 years

@BudrykZack @BoredCaitlin

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Day 12!! It's the final countdown!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

It's been a lovely, relaxing afternoon/evening here at Epcot. In addition to eating tasty food and meeting some cool people, I also got a couple rides in on Frozen, one on Ratatouille, and two more on Guardians. Fantastic way to cap off this grand adventure!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

I'm not very good with photography and don't really have the lighting setup to do this properly, but here's my array of buttons from the challenge:

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

So in full disclosure, the original plan was totally to end on Astro during the fireworks. But I finished everything else too quickly. And I know all of y'all are waiting w/ bated breath for me to finish this thing. So I'm in line for Astro now & will do a bonus fireworks ride.

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

SEVEN PARKS DOWN! 139 Rides Complete!! The #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge lives on!!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Got my button pics to cap off the night!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Officially now have 6 parks down. 6 to go. Halfway there!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Okay. Park #8 is officially DONE. Now time to go catch that flight!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

The comments on this are about as awful as you might expect, but the article itself is actually fairly decent. And now I've got coworkers calling me "Natey Fuego Linens". Lol

Barstool Sports

@barstoolsports

1 year

A DIEHARD Disney Fan Rode All 216 Rides At All 12 Disney Theme Parks Worldwide In 12 Days

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@A_Coaster_Story

11 months

Today I learned that if your bags don't show up on the baggage carousel within 20 mins of the aircraft door opening on arrival for domestic flights, Delta will give you 2500 skymiles as compensation (after you fill out a form). In other news, I've just earned 2500 skymiles...

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

We have entered the final stretch!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Park #10 . Let's Gooooooooo

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

A lot of people have remarked that $12k is a lot of money to have spent on my trip. I just got curious & looked up what it would cost to get a pair of Taylor Swift tickets in halfway decent seats in ATL. That's essentially what I paid to fly around the globe. Absolute insanity.

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@A_Coaster_Story

2 years

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Made it into Studios. This'll be my 12th park to tackle but should be #11 to complete here in a few hours!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

We now officially have 5 parks completed! Add Tokyo Disneyland to the list!!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Facebook just reminded me that 11 years ago was my first ever visit to Disneyland! Just a 1-day parkhopper as part of my last ever Spring Break. No challenges. No crazy efficient touring plan. Just going through the parks for the first time like a regular old guest!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Toad literally reopened as I walked up to it. I walked straight in and straight on! And now I am in line for Pan, with a few minutes to spare!!! I cannot believe it. Thanks to all of you for believing even when I didn't think it was still possible!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

When you're in LA for work and you get done with everything early, there's only one sensible thing to do:

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@A_Coaster_Story

2 months

And the tweet that set off the chain reaction of thousands upon thousands of people following me along on my little adventure! Crazy that this was before I even got into the park!

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@mercedeslois

1 year

My sister just saw this at DLP 👀 #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge @A_Coaster_Story

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1 year

10 Parks Down!!! Now we head to #11 !!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Park #9 is officially COMPLETE! 3 more to go!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

I love this entrance into Cars Land at night.

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1 year

It's officially official! 2 parks of 12 complete!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Ride #24 of 25 at Magic Kingdom ( #215 Overall): Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress using Standby at 6:56 PM on Sun 3/19 (22:56 UTC) #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days

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@A_Coaster_Story

10 months

If Fury has had this crack developing for a week now and nobody at the park ever noticed it, they sure as heck aren't actually doing daily track inspections...which makes me wonder how many other parks aren't actually doing the inspections they claim... This is really bad.

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@TiffieTaffy85

10 months

@wxbrad This is my photo from last Saturday, 6/24. I also didn’t notice it in person. But I feel as if I can see a tiny spot on my photo…. 🫣

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Starting Park #11 on Day #11 !

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

An Atlanta engineer rode every Disney ride in the world in 12 days. Here's how he did it.

An Atlanta man named Nathan Firesheets spent his own money to go on 216 rides at 12 Disney parks in four countries in 12 days.

www.usatoday.com

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Had a really great time at the TRON D23 Gold Preview. I think I got like 5 or 6 rides in. Super fun ride. Really enjoyed it. And we got to end the preview with the fireworks!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Park #7 . Let's go!

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@A_Coaster_Story

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Ride #1 of 25 at Magic Kingdom ( #181 Overall): TRON Lightcycle / Run using D23 Gold Preview at 6:43 PM on Sat 3/18 (22:43 UTC) #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

I had the realization earlier that I've now ridden Soarin' Around the World all around the world...in the last week! Lol! (Plus Over California in California)

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

So we now have 3 parks and 44(?) rides down. 9 parks and another ~160+ rides still to go!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Oh yeah, and I finished my night with a Zen Ride on a Disney bus!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

So I know I've had a ton of comments & messages & things I haven't gotten to yet. The Twitter app makes it very hard to get to older mentions, because when new notifications come in, it scrolls all the way back up to the top. I'll try to get to them when I can! But THANK YOU ALL!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

New profile pic?

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1 year

Sustenance acquired!

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1 year

Here we go! Next stop: Los Angeles!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Ever since I completed the #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge , everybody's wanted to know one thing: What's next? Well, how about every operating adult-rideable roller coaster from all 54 chain-operated theme parks in the United States?

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1 year

Got our button pic at Park #11 !

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Ride #17 of 17 at Disney California Adventure Park ( #157 Overall): Pixar Pal-A-Around - Swinging using Standby at 6:49 PM on Fri 3/17 (01:49 UTC) #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days

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@A_Coaster_Story

3 years

@LATSeema @mattdpearce Where are the tear gas and rubber bullets for these protesters? Baton beatings? Seizure of personal property? Unjustified detainments? Casual shoves to the ground for no reason? I wonder what could be different here... Oh yeah. Sounds about white.

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

For anyone wondering why "Every Ride" is extremely unlikely to ever realistically happen, just have a look at the Tokyo Disneyland refurbishment schedule just posted. There's not a single date thru the end of this listing (Oct 31) without at least one ride under refurbishment.

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Park #4 of 12: Hong Kong Disneyland is complete! #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days #IfYouDreamItYouCanDoIt

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Was going to jump on the Carpets just before closing, but it started raining, so I'll save them for tomorrow morning. Done with Magic Kingdom for tonight. And I'm pretty happy with what all we've got knocked out!

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3 years

@DrEricDing At this point, he's built more walls around the White House than he's built along the border with Mexico. And something tells me they're not paying for this one either...

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Waiting to get into Hong Kong Disneyland for a fun couple of hours before flying to Tokyo this afternoon. And ran into @Monster_Chu , who's a HKDL CM that's been following along and wanted to come encourage me!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Will be on the next dispatch after this one!

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3 years

@NateSilver538 @CT_Bergstrom This you?

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@A_Coaster_Story

6 months

I know a lot of people have a lot of thoughts about this Six Flags/Cedar Fair merger, but I'll just throw this out there: When is the last time you can remember two large companies merging and some combination of the following not almost immediately getting appreciably worse?

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@A_Coaster_Story

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Celebratory button acquired!

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Ride #8 of 8 at Disney's Animal Kingdom ( #179 Overall): TriceraTop Spin using Standby at 4:59 PM on Sat 3/18 (20:59 UTC) #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

While I appreciate all the support and enthusiasm for a trip of this scale, there's no way I could ever realistically take 8 weeks off work & drop the $20-25k it'd cost to do, to say nothing of how grueling it'd be. Hope y'all aren't too disappointed by my April Fooling fun!

Nathan Firesheets

@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Ever since I completed the #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge , everybody's wanted to know one thing: What's next? Well, how about every operating adult-rideable roller coaster from all 54 chain-operated theme parks in the United States?

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What's the difference between Indy and Dinosaur? Indy believes in "show, don't tell". The ride and its narrative stands on its own without requiring constant narration to tell you what's happening. Dino has to tell you everything because it's so dark it can't show you anything.

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1 year

Literally all of this paragraph from ITM is false, except the ride count. I'm not getting on as many rides as possible, I'm getting on all of them. I've never used friends to hold spots in line during challenges (that would be cheating). Again, not limiting attractions. Smh.

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2 years

@smartereveryday Someone woke up today and chose violence.

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1 year

Welp. Mansion's broke. Sounds like we may get evac'd. That'll be a first.

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1 year

The castle here does look super great, IMHO.

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1 year

Got my button! Now on to the TTC!

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1 year

Guess where I am!

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4 years

@gadieltorres615 @DavidBegnaud @WBFO @BPDAlerts A. TORGALSKI?

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Got my D23 preview band. Now on the Monorail to MK...and then TRON!!!

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@A_Coaster_Story

10 months

Very interested to see what the extra $100,000 per person gets you over my $12k #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge trip earlier this year.

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@laughing_place

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This nice gentleman met us at baggage claim to collect our luggage and escort us to our private transport to the Disneyland Resort to begin our #ABDAroundTheWorld adventure

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1 year

Breakfast of champions, right here:

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

My interview with @InsideEdition just went live:

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1 year

All 12 @Disney theme parks. All 216 operating rides. 12 days. I interviewed @A_Coaster_Story who completed this epic challenge all by himself.

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

And after all that work last night, I managed to sleep through all 4 of my alarms this morning and completely miss both early entry and normal rope drop. There's no way I can possibly get DCA done in time to make my flight now. Gutted.

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Ended up grabbing a ham and cheese sandwich and some chips. Not great, but certainly better than the risk of food poisoning. I've now made it on board my flight. Wish me luck, as it's gonna be a long one (12.5 hours!). Next stop: Shanghai!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

For anyone wanting a little more context on what it is I'm doing and why I believe I can pull it off:

Introducing: The Disney Global Ride Challenge

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride every Disney ride on the planet? Well, so have I. And I'm going to try to do it in just 12 days.I've see...

www.youtube.com

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1 year

Okay...that sucked. But we're on the ground in Orlando. I kind of feel like crap at the moment. Hopefully that dissipates as I get up and moving...because today is going to be a long day...

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

Okay, so I *think* I've finally caught up with everyone. If I didn't react/respond to your comment/message, I'm sorry! There were some that gave me errors and said they'd been deleted even though they were still right there. But I do tremendously appreciate all of you!!

Nathan Firesheets

@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

So I know I've had a ton of comments & messages & things I haven't gotten to yet. The Twitter app makes it very hard to get to older mentions, because when new notifications come in, it scrolls all the way back up to the top. I'll try to get to them when I can! But THANK YOU ALL!

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Bonus Ride #3 at Walt Disney World Resort ( #212 Overall): Skyliner at 5:13 PM on Sun 3/19 (21:13 UTC) #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days

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1 year

This definitely wins the award for saddest castle of the trip!

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@JimShull You do know that the "animals" depicted in the film are CGI, right? And that said cruelty is played as a *bad thing*? Meanwhile, PETA regularly kills the vast majority of the very real animals they take in to their "shelters". This is a very odd stance to take.

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It's incredibly frustrating to have a tray of food and nowhere to sit down and eat it because all the tables outside the restaurant are being hogged by people who aren't eating.

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1 year

FWIW, I did make it to my Uber and to the airport and on the plane. We take off in 25. Next stop: Orlando!

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3 years

@JenniferJJacobs Did they hire Four Seasons Total Landscaping to work on that landscape? I hear they're the go-to now.

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Hard to believe this was 1 year ago today!

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@A_Coaster_Story

1 year

It's a wet and dreary morning here at Disneyland Paris, but it's time to kick off the most epic Disney Challenge ever! The #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge starts now! #12ParksIn12Days

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The CM outside RC Racer who pointed me to the Priority Attraction entrance apparently has been following along with my adventure. Small world!

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Welp. After having to go to a gift shop and buy my own button, they just absolutely butchered the writing on it. I may have to just buy another one on Thursday and do it myself.

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1 year

#CastCompliment to Skipper Allison. One of THE BEST Jungle Cruise skippers I've had in years. Brilliant!!

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1 year

I think I have time this morning to enjoy a good breakfast before kicking things off at MK.

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1 year

Are you one of the awesome Disney Cast Members that I met along my journey? If so, comment below with where we met so I can connect you with the memories of those encounters and follow you back!

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Ride #32 of 32 at Disneyland Park ( #139 Overall): Peter Pan's Flight using Standby at 12:14 AM on Fri 3/17 (07:14 UTC) #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge #12ParksIn12Days

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You know, I've long posited that you really need to get up early and make the most of rope drop and the first couple hours of the day to maximize your Disneyland experience. But this trip, I've slept in and rolled in late and still easily been able to do everything I wanted to.

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