Good Afternoon Everyone!
I am in need of your help/feedback/advice (or whatever you would like to call it
) regarding the future of this thread. It has been suggested to me by Roma (I believe) that I begin a new thread devoted to live updates. I would also include in this new thread my list of DISers (who frequent the Dining Boards) with upcoming trips to Disney World, along with links to their PDRs and/or PTRs. Initially when Roma suggested this, I was unsure as to how much longer my thread would be active with live updates. But since that time Ive gotten positive responses from nearly everyone that I have asked, plus several volunteers. So I am now very happy to report that in addition to our two live reporters
(Ginamarie and Alice BlueBonnet) who are currently there and will be until 9/29, we will have three more at Disney World
(sarabear, vettegirl, and Smiling Chesire Cat) by the time that the Food & Wine Festival begins on Friday. With this awesome team of live reporters there, we should have very good coverage of the opening weekend of the festival, as well as various other current happenings around the World. Then beginning on September 30th and throughout the month of October, we will be covered by another great team of 7 reporters to do live updates for us here
(basketlacey, auntfrannie, NoOrdinaryPrincess, smile4stamps, BlovesC, emmebear, and chocolateMinnie).
[And of course, if there is anyone else who is going in October and is interested in either texting me (or emailing) live updates then please let me know, as my policy is the more, the merrier! ] So anyway, that brings us to the month of November. While my list of people going in November is fairly long, at this time I have only 3 (or maybe 4) who have agreed to do live updates
(rachel09985, GoofySonsMom, emmebear, and maybe happy2012). So Im therefore looking for at least a few more volunteers to cover the month of November. And if we are able to keep this going until December and January, then I already have a few volunteers lined up
(ses1230 and debrapagliasotti for December and butiflfeet and BlovesC in January), but would definitely welcome several more.
So thats where things stand regarding the near future of live updates for this thread. My questions to those of you who follow this thread are:
1) Should I begin a new thread or just continue on with this one?
2) If you believe a new thread should be started, then should that be done now (within the next few days) or wait awhile longer?
I will go with whatever the consensus is, so please be sure to voice your opinion.
Also, I would like to thank everyone here for their participation in this thread. Whether you have already done, are currently doing, or will soon be doing live updates, please know how much I appreciate your efforts.
It truly is fun for me, never knowing what Disney food/beverage or even DIS people are going to pop up on my phone next.
And of course, I would also like to thank those of you who have provided positive feedback and discussion. I really love what this thread has evolved into and with your continued help, I hope to keep it (or a new one in its place) going for as long as possible.
P.S. Our current live reporters are at AK and DHS today (parks without WIFI) so will probably not receive their updates until later this evening.