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PassPorter News
News, Announcements, Updates, and
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January 5.
2006 * Issue 6.1
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From the Editor: Happy New Year!
Travel Feature: Spring Training in Florida
Disney Feature: Raglan Road
Updates: What's New and Changed
Tips: Useful Utensils, Mickey Memories, Pit
Stop Prep
Captain's Corner: The First Rule
Q&A: Book online or use a travel agent?
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FROM
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Hi,
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I hope you had a safe and happy New
Year's celebration. 2006 - it hardly seems possible! I'm still trying to figure
out what happened to last summer.
2005 was a big year for the PassPorter
team. It marked the debut of the new guidebook, PassPorter's Walt Disney World
for your Special Needs by the amazing Deb Wills and Debra Martin Koma. The
Third Edition of PassPorter's Field Guide to the Disney Cruise Line and Its
Ports of Call was published with expanded coverage that included West Coast ports.
And PassPorter Walt Disney World 2006 made it's first ever appearance in
full-color! (And if you didn't know exactly how cute Alexander Marx was before,
you sure do now!)
2005 also marked the introduction of
our first ever e-book: PassPorter's Disney 500: Fast Tips for Walt Disney World
Trips, available for download at www.passporter.com for only $4.95. PassPorter
News had a great year as well, going out to over 24,000 Disney fans worldwide.
More contributors than ever stepped forward with amazing ideas for articles on
topics ranging from far-flung locales such as South Africa to closer to
"home" activities such as the article on Geo-caching at Walt Disney
World. We are thrilled that PassPorter News will be going weekly next month and
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2006 promises to be PassPorter's most
exciting year yet with the anticipated arrival of PassPorter Disneyland and
PassPorter's Treasure Hunts at Walt Disney World. Not to mention MouseFest
2006! What's that? You haven't made your plans to join us yet? Well then, get
over to www.mousefest.org for all the info including a survey for those who
attended MouseFest 2005 to help us make the next one more incredible than ever!
In this
edition of the newsletter, PassPorter Message Board Guide Dianne Cook shares
her families experiences at Spring Training in Florida. Next, Dave Marx reports
on the new Raglan Road Pub at Downtown Disney. Captain Skatt is back this year
with a new treasure hunt game to solve. Enjoy!
Happy New Year,
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TRAVEL
FEATURE: The Grapefruit
League - Spring Training in Florida
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by Dianne Cook, PassPorter Message Board Guide and
Guest Contributor
Do you love the smell of freshly cut
grass, the aroma of hot dogs sizzling on a grill, fresh squeezed lemonade, and
the sound of the crack of a bat as it makes contact with a hard, round ball?
Then Spring Training in Florida is just for you.
Spring Training has been part of
Florida for over a century. The first official Spring Training took place when
the Washington Capitals decided to prepare for the 1888 baseball season in
Jacksonville, FL. To put that into perspective, Babe Ruth wouldnt be born
until 7 years later and the New York Yankees didnt exist. Spring Training
didnt last then, as the Capitals didnt return the next year. It wasnt until
1903 when Connie Mack (Baseball Hall of Fame-honored manager) brought the
Philadelphia Athletics to Jacksonville to prepare for the season. Slowly other
teams came to Florida. Over time the teams came together and called themselves
the Grapefruit League. There is also a smaller league of teams that have
Spring Training in Arizona, called the Cactus League.
The modern era of Spring Training
started with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 at Vero Beach. At the time, the
executives of the Dodgers wanted more than just a place to prepare for the
baseball season in the Spring - they wanted a year round baseball school for
their players. So they purchased a large area of land in Vero Beach and built
dormitories, health facilities and every type of training complex available.
They called it Dodgertown and it still exists today. It is known as the shrine
of Spring Training. Consider combining the best of both worlds, with a stay at
Disneys Vero Beach resort at the same time!
Over the years, many people make
annual trips to Florida in March just to watch a few baseball games. Part of the charm, especially for us,
is the intimacy of the parks. At major league parks, most people will never get
the opportunity to sit behind home plate, but you can at Spring Training.
Regular-season tickets are also an expensive treat. Major league tickets can cost up to $100 or even more. We have
never spent more than $30 dollars a ticket at any Spring Training park and we
have been lucky enough to always be directly behind home plate - as close as 4
rows up!!
I think the real attraction of Spring
Training is the attitude of the players. In Spring Training, the players are
happy to be back, not under the pressure of the regular season. They are
willing to talk to fans, and the best thing is their desire to sign autographs.
Our boys have collected many autographs over the years, including Derek Jeter,
Jason Giambi, Hideki Matsui, Mariano Rivera, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettite, Mike
Schmidt, Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz and countless others from many teams. A
hint we have learned over the years is that very often players do not sign at
their home parks. Apparently, they have contracts not to sign many autographs
since the gift shops sell signed memorabilia. If you really want to try to get
autographs from certain teams, try to see them when they are playing at another
park. There are a few exceptions however; we have found that at the Houston
Astros' park - Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee - everyone signs, both the
home and visiting teams. It is known throughout Florida as the
Autograph-seekers Park.
One of my favorite parks is Cracker
Jack Stadium at Disneys Wide World of Sports Complex - home of the Atlanta
Braves. The experience here is magical and includes the things only Disney
could provide. We recommend a night game here. The fireworks at the 7th inning
stretch may not be Wishes or Illuminations but they are spectacular just
the same. The entertainment provided by Disney is something to see. There are
disk jockeys and rock music to keep fans entertained all nine innings. The
funniest thing is the roving microphone man. He comes up to people in the
stands and may ask trivia questions or play Name That Tune. We have always
had great seats here, always behind home plate and never more than 7 rows up!
To add to the magic, parking is free here. This is the only Spring Training
park to offer this and you do not need to purchase a ticket for the Complex if
you have a Spring Training game ticket.
Another stadium close to Walt Disney
World is the home of the Houston Astros, Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee.
There are a lot of childrens activities and this park is the only one in the
Grapefruit League to offer a kids meal. There is a playground down the first
base line. It is inside a chain-link structure and is a wonderful thing if you
have small children who could care less about baseball. The stadium is the
smallest of all those in the Grapefruit league - it reaches capacity at 5,000
people. I think it is the most intimate of the stadiums as there isnt a bad
seat in the entire place. The top seat is no more than 100 feet away from the
playing field. There is also a
specific section for autograph seekers called Autograph Alley. Its a long
wall where there are no seats. Every player must walk past to get to and from
the clubhouse. Not all will stop and sign, but many do. At least you will see
them up close, and they may stop and chat.
Perhaps the greatest thing about
planning a Spring Training vacation is that no matter where you go in Central
or South Florida, several parks are within an hours drive of each other. It is
quite easy to pick a central location and spend a week going to baseball games.
We love to combine baseball and Disney. We have stayed at a Disney resort and
driven to parks all along Interstate 4 - Disney's Wide World of Sports (the
Atlanta Braves), Kissimmee (the Houston Astros), Joker Marchant Stadium in
Lakeland (Detroit Tigers), Chains of Lakes Park-Winter Haven (Cleveland
Indians), Legends Field in Tampa (New York Yankees), and even Clearwater
Community Sports Center in Clearwater (Philadelphia Phillies).
You could stay at Disneys Vero Beach
Resort and drive to see the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie and then the St.
Louis Cardinals and the Florida Marlins in Jupiter, FL and even the Boston Red
Sox in Fort Meyers. Dont forget to continue on to the Baltimore Orioles in
Fort Lauderdale. If you prefer the west coast, you could see the Yankees at
Tampa, the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, and the Devil Rays in St.
Petersburg. You could then continue onward to see the Pirates and the Blue
Jays.
No matter where you stay in Florida,
there is a park nearby. Consider this wonderful opportunity to get up close to
the players and to go see Major League Teams for a fraction of the cost at a
Major League Stadium. It will be the experience of a lifetime!
(Editor's Note: See our news item else
where in this newsletter on purchasing single-game tickets for the Atlanta
Braves Spring training games.)
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DISNEY
FEATURE: Raglan Road
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by
Dave Marx, PassPorter Co-Author
Theme dining takes another step
forward at Downtown Disney with the opening of Raglan Road, the new Irish
public house that replaces both the Pleasure Island Jazz Club and D-Zertz at
Pleasure Islands main entrance. A totally new faade of red brick and large,
wood-framed windows evokes the Dublin weve never visited, and the impression
continues as we enter. Old-fashioned tiled floors, dark woodwork, stained-glass
room dividers, cozy booths, old photos, knickknacks, and quotations from Irish
literati greet the eye, and the strains of traditional (and not-so-traditional)
Irish tunes fills the air. The space seems huge in comparison to the Jazz Club,
with four side dining areas flanking a large, round main dining room that
includes a small musical stage to one side, a small, raised wood platform for
solo performers/speakers in the dead center of the room, one huge,
horseshoe-shaped bar, a somewhat smaller bar across the room, and a
generously-sized merchandise shop offering St. Patricks day-style clothing and
goodies year-round.
This is a big, boisterous place, built
for partying. And interestingly enough, Irish though it may be, I have an easy
time imagining Tolkiens very English, fun-loving hobbits would be found here,
rather than at the clubby and sedately English Rose and Crown Pub over in
Epcot.
Lets get down to dinner (which we did
twice during our December visit to Walt Disney World).
I started with Smokie City, an
appetizer of smoked cod, Wexford cheddar and double cream served in a crock
($11), which seemed utterly irresistible as I scanned the menu. I expected a
crock full of thick, gooey, smoky goodness to slather over hunks of bread.
While the flavor delivered on its promise, the contents of the crock never
really melded, with hunks of fish and strands of melted cheese swimming in a
sea of cream. It ate reasonably well with a fork, but it never worked as bread
spread. On our second visit we shared starters of steamed mussels ($10.99) and
Goats Town; warm, herb-crusted Irish goat cheese over salad greens with a berry
compote ($12). Both appetizers were satisfying, although Jennifer would have
preferred fresh berries to the cooked mixture of raspberries, strawberries and
blueberries that accompanied the cheese. The goat cheese was creamy and mild
it could even be at home on a bagel and to my taste, the berries presented a
nice tart and sweet contrast to the rich cheese. The mussels were very good;
plump and swimming in a white wine, leek and cream broth its a good item to
share at table. Friends enjoyed Scallop Forest ($12.99), one of several
forked appetizers grilled scallops on long fondue forks that seem perfect
for consumption at the bar. In fact, the appetizer menu is also offered, with a
couple of additions, as the bar menu.
I do want to take issue with the drink
menu, specifically the absence of any printed listing of the many beers
offered. Come on! Can you imagine dining at a French restaurant without a wine
list? If the servers were well-educated in the available brews it would be one
thing, but our first server clearly didnt have a clue, and our second server
was too hurried to do more than rattle off the names. I had an absolutely
amazing dark brew the first night (Yeah, Ill try that,) and I dont have the
slightest idea of what it was. As I understand things, most pubs historically
were owned by breweries, so the choices were few the house lager, stout,
porter and ale. But in this age of brew pubs and hundred-brand beer cellars, a
little help wouldnt be out of place. Perhaps pubs in Dublin now do serve
Belgian witbier (white beer), but wouldnt it be nice if they educated us on
the truly Irish brews before they offered the foreign beers?
Then, it was down to dinner. First
time out, I screwed up my courage and had Kevins Kudos, the chefs signature
dish - braised bacon served with braised cabbage, sauted leeks and mashed
potatoes ($19.95). It just had to be better than the description, right? Yes,
indeed it was. It was so nice that Jennifer ordered the same when we returned
for our second visit. Banish the notion of a greasy slab of boiled American
streaky bacon. This is Irish loin bacon, a very smoky, lean cut, much like
Canadian bacon. While it was moist-cooked for tenderness, it also did a turn on
the grill to add a bit of extra appeal. Generous slices were heaped over
flavorful mashed potatoes, accompanied by a satisfying mixture of sauted leeks
and wild mushrooms, and garnished with a delicate little leaf of steamed
cabbage. There was supposed to be some Irish Mist in there, but if so, it was
too misty to detect. Quite lovely on a chilly evening, regardless! Jennifers
other dinner was the chefs updated Shepherds Pie ($14.95). In keeping with
contemporary style, the pie was presented sky-high, a cylindrical tower of
flavorful ground lamb layered with mashed potatoes, surrounded by a rich
wine-based sauce. Tasty to be sure, but not the way your grandma would have
done it. I opted for another pie, Pie in the Sky ($14.95), a crock full of
boneless chicken and wild mushrooms, topped by a flaky pastry crust. The whole
thing again suggested Tolkiens hobbits - the kind of dish Farmer Maggots good
wife might have served up in the Shortcut to Mushrooms chapter of The
Fellowship of the Ring (all but eliminated in the movie). Well, I would have
enjoyed some succulent, dark meat chicken along with the drier white meat, but
the mushrooms were more than enough to please the hobbit in me.
There were a few other unsampled menu
items that ooze old fashioned Irish charm: Planxty (roast pork shank), fish and
chips, and a side of colcannon, a traditional mixture of cabbage and potatoes
flavored with bacon. Then there are the adaptations call it Nouvelle Irish
Cuisine. Colcannon returns as Colpucinno, a frothy colcannon soup ($6), and
as Rising Road, a cabbage and potato souffl ($10.99). There isnt an Irish
Stew, but they serve rack of lamb over a delicate Irish Stew consomm ($25).
The rib-eye steak is sauced with Irish whisky marmalade ($28.99), the burger
has Wexford cheddar ($11.99), the grilled prawns come with a mead salsa
($15.95) and the baked salmon is topped with a slice of smoked salmon ($19.95).
Considering the quality of what we did order, Id be willing to try any of
them. What you wont find in any form is that standby of New York's Blarney
Stone restaurants is corned beef and cabbage. I presume someone in the know
will inform me that the item is Irish-American, not truly Irish.
For the life of me, I cant remember
the desserts, but I assure you, theyre present. Oh, yeah, we had a bread and
butter pudding that was satisfying but not wonderful at $7.99, and I had
something that was so completely unmemorable, I dont even recognize it when I
scan the menu. There are several seemingly-sinful chocolate confections that
cant possibly be traditionally Irish ($6.99-$8.99) Im pretty sure I didnt
try any of these, as Im usually not in a mood for chocolate after a big dinner
(I will make an exception for chocolate souffl, though). It may have been the
Bailey's Coffee Cream Pot ($6.99). What I should have tried was the strawberry
and apple crumble ($7.99). I just have a feeling itd have a satisfying, homey
touch. I apologize for not taking better notes, but as was the case throughout
our MouseFest visit, we had to dash to our next engagement.
The restaurants weakest link is
definitely service. These were not the attentive, knowledgeable servers weve
come to expect at Disney. Our first server was clearly new, and could offer
little guidance about the menu. Our second server knew his stuff, but had far
too many tables to attend to. Lets hope this situation improves as the
restaurant matures.
I cant leave without mentioning the live entertainment.
Alas, we dined too early the first night to experience any of it, and the
situation was barely better the second night, but we did enjoy a handful of
traditional folk tunes from a spirited old fellow. The live music and dancing
doesnt really get started until around 8:00pm, which is just about the time
Pleasure Island's Comedy Warehouse and Adventurers Club open for the night. In
short, to enjoy Raglan Road to the fullest, dont plan to duck in here for an
early dinner before a night out elsewhere aim to make an evening of it.
Raglan Road Downtown Disney Pleasure
Island http://www.raglanroadirishpub.com
Reservations can be made through
Disney Dining (407-WDW-DINE)
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What's New and Changed
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Here's
a few of the new developments at Disney:
Disney Vacation Club Members staying
at the five DVC resorts now have the option of adding the Disney Dining Plan to
their reservation. Call DVC Member Services for more information.
Disney theme park admission increased
on January 1. Rates went up by about 6% for one- and two-day Magic Your Way
tickets, and about 12% for Magic Your Way tickets of longer duration. Don't you
wish you had bought them last week?
The Atlanta Braves Spring Training
season begins in late February. Single Game Tickets for games at Disney's Wide
World of Sports complex go on sale January 7, 2006 at 10 am through
Ticketmaster (407-839-3900 or www.ticketmaster.com) or at the Wide World of
Sports box office. For schedule and pricing information, check out
www.wideworldofsports.com
The 13th Annual Epcot International
Flower & Garden Festival will be held April 21 - June 11, 2006. The
festival includes nightly "Flower Power" concerts featuring acts from
the 60's and 70's. A tentative schedule has been announced:
April 25-27 - The Buckinghams
April 28-May 1 - Gary Puckett
May 2-4 -The Grass Roots starring Rob
Grill
May 5-8 - Paul Revere & The
Raiders
May 12-15 - Davy Jones
May 19-22 - B.J. Thomas
May 23-25 - Felix Cavaliere's Rascals
May 30-June 1 - Tony Orlando
June 6-7 - The Turtles featuring Flo
& Eddie
June 8-11 - Herman's Hermits Starring
Peter Noone
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DISNEY
TIPS FROM FELLOW READERS
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Our
readers are a wealth of information! Here are the winners in this month's tip
contest:
USEFUL UTENSILS
"My favorite tip is to save all
those utensil sets you get when you bring home take-out food. They're
individually wrapped in plastic and usually even come with a napkin. I keep a
basket in my kitchen just for this purpose. By the time our trip comes, we have
enough to last the whole week. They're great for eating in the room or on the
road. I also save condiment packets too."
-- contributed by Chris M.
(Disneymom2hann@...)
MICKEY MEMORIES
"We will be traveling to Walt
Disney World in April to witness the first time our grandchildren (ages 3 &
4) and our son-in-law are going. We decided to announce the excitement at
Christmas this year by having a stuffed Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse under the
Christmas tree on Christmas morning with a note to tell them how excited they
are to have them visit."
-- contributed by Gay Coler
PIT STOP PREP
"When traveling with others who
enjoy taking their time at gift shops, rest rooms, or other slow points at
Disney, more energetic members of the group may take everyone's ticket to get
FastPasses so that the group's momentum may keep moving forward so that after
the pit stop a virtually wait free line is in store."
-- contributed by Eric W.
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The
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Here
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"January is here and it's lovely
to be in sunny Florida for the winter. And all this sunshine makes it so much
easier for me to pursue my love... treasure hunting! Today was a particular
bright, lovely day and I found I had a hankering for a safari. As I approached
the safari truck, I was pleased to note that the management had posted the
"rules of behavior" for the safari. Of particular note was the first
rule, which stated that... " ... (rest of text obscured by a flamingo
dropping)"
So what is the
first rule of behavior on the Kilimanjaro Safaris?
Send your full answer to jackskatt@passporter.com -- the winner will be notified by e-mail and
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Congratulations to Sue Downer who was
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Q
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MontiMouse asks: "We are planning
our first Disney cruise for 2007 and I don't know if I should book the trip
myself online or use a travel agent. Anyone have recommendations or can
recommend a travel agent?"
Jennifer and Dave answer: "If you
book at the Disney Cruise Line site, you'll get whatever the current price is.
Usually, that will be the same prices that travel agents can offer. However,
agencies sometimes reserve a block of staterooms at early booking savings, then
offer those savings later, when Disney's prices have gone up. If you're looking
at 2007 pricing, you probably won't find a lot of special deals yet - they tend
to appear later, as reservations become more scarce. If the agency doesn't have
a special deal like that to offer, the rates will be the same as Disney's
current pricing.
A good agent can enhance your
vacation, at no extra cost. I suggest if you want to work with an agent, go
with a Disney Specialist agent who at the least has attended the College of
Disney Knowledge, and preferably has cruised with Disney several times. You can
learn about a bunch of such agents and agencies from folks here on the
PassPorter message boards. Personally, we've always had very good experiences
with MouseEarVacations, which advertises here. AAA is the single biggest seller
of Disney vacations (outside of Disney itself). The quality (and education) of
the individual agent you work with at AAA will vary, but AAA sometimes comes up
with deals nobody else can offer.
Some folks will tell you to look for
"Earmarking" as a way of selecting an agent. Note, however, that
"Earmarking" is a designation bestowed by Disney that is based on the
dollar value of the bookings made by the agency. A large, reputable agency can
achieve this distinction without a lot of difficulty, but there are also small
agencies who have all the expertise and reputation, but are simply too small to
sell the amount of vacations needed to be Earmarked.
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