{"id":10514,"date":"2013-09-25T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2013-09-25T12:06:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T16:06:24","slug":"extra-extra-read-all-about-it-hump-day-september-25-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=10514","title":{"rendered":"Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Hump Day September 25, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/camel.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10555\" alt=\"camel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/camel.gif\" width=\"491\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Walter is still walking up to the poolbar every Wednesday asking&#8230; &#8220;do you know what day it is?&#8221; So, I&#8217;m going to continue with the camel theme&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10564\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Wlater.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10564\" class=\" wp-image-10564 \" alt=\"Asta and Sandy keep telling me that I need more photos of people. I think that this one of Walter makes him look like a porn star or something equally decrepit  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Wlater.png\" width=\"618\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Wlater.png 1030w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Wlater-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Wlater-1024x999.png 1024w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Wlater-150x146.png 150w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Wlater-400x390.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asta and Sandy keep telling me that I need more photos of people. I think that this one of Walter makes him look like a porn star or something equally decrepit. In truth, he&#8217;s a really sweet guy who&#8217;s a BIG reason for our migration to Orlando.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since our last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=10292\" target=\"_blank\">Hump Day Post<\/a>, we&#8217;ve been busy (guess we&#8217;re ramping up the blogging for the 2013 Epcot International Food &amp; Wine Festival &#8230; yay!)&#8230; To come later this week, a review of the changes to the lounge menu at bluezoo AND our plans for the Epcot Food &amp; Wine Festival Marketplace Booths!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I continue the #2013eateachsandwich challenge with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=10290\" target=\"_blank\">Avocado BLT<\/a>, the second offering in the &#8220;Royal Couple&#8221; pairing (it goes away in mid-October, before Harry &amp; Sandy come to visit; hopefully, they&#8217;ll have released the next slate of seasonal specials by then :))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10308\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Avocado-BLT-Earl-of-Sandwich-September-2013-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10308\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10308\" alt=\"Avocado BLT Earl of Sandwich September 2013 - 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Avocado-BLT-Earl-of-Sandwich-September-2013-3.jpg\" width=\"456\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Avocado-BLT-Earl-of-Sandwich-September-2013-3.jpg 456w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Avocado-BLT-Earl-of-Sandwich-September-2013-3-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Avocado-BLT-Earl-of-Sandwich-September-2013-3-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Avocado-BLT-Earl-of-Sandwich-September-2013-3-400x561.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avocado BLT at Earl of Sandwich<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>On Friday night, we returned to bluezoo to take a taste of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=10447\" target=\"_blank\">the new menu<\/a>&#8230; Let us say, everything we&#8217;ve had so far is amazing. It&#8217;s also obvious from talking to Chef Ryan and Chef Bobby that there&#8217;s a lot of pride in the new menus, and well deserved pride (you can find Chef Ryan at @r_ratino and Chef Bobby at @BobbyGriffing on twitter, just saying you&#8217;re going to get some great food porn and some interesting tweets from these two) &#8211; hey! I&#8217;ve even added a category to the blog titled &#8220;bluezoo&#8221; (yes, we really like having bluezoo as our local bar and restaurant!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10457\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Belly-@bluezoo-Sep-20-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10457\" alt=\"Pork Belly @bluezoo Sep 20 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Belly-@bluezoo-Sep-20-2013.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Belly-@bluezoo-Sep-20-2013.jpg 640w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Belly-@bluezoo-Sep-20-2013-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Belly-@bluezoo-Sep-20-2013-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pork-Belly-@bluezoo-Sep-20-2013-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pork Belly Appetizer on the new bluezoo menu<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>AND, we examined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=10462\" target=\"_blank\">the new bathrooms at the America Pavilion at Epcot<\/a>&#8230; you wouldn&#8217;t necessarily think that bathrooms would be all that darned interesting, but we&#8217;ve still yet to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.touringplans.com\/2013\/03\/11\/tangled-bathrooms-officially-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tangled Bathrooms at Magic Kingdom<\/a>\u00a0(thank you to touringplans.com)\u00a0\u00a0(what else can I say?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10500\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Epcot-America-Pavilion-new-restrooms-September-2013-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10500\" alt=\"The entrance isn't very flashy. It fits in very well with the area.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Epcot-America-Pavilion-new-restrooms-September-2013-01.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Epcot-America-Pavilion-new-restrooms-September-2013-01.jpg 640w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Epcot-America-Pavilion-new-restrooms-September-2013-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Epcot-America-Pavilion-new-restrooms-September-2013-01-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Epcot-America-Pavilion-new-restrooms-September-2013-01-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance isn&#8217;t very flashy. It fits in very well with the area.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So what have we been reading in the ether this week?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Well, a lot of the blogosphere has been compiling their &#8220;must-eats&#8221; lists for the 2013 Epcot International Food &amp; Wine Festival (ours will be published on Friday, the first day of the Festival)&#8230; here are a few&#8230;\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah at <a href=\"http:\/\/eatingwdw.com\" target=\"_blank\">Eating WDW<\/a> has a <a href=\"http:\/\/eatingwdw.com\/2013\/09\/20\/2013-must-eats-at-epcot-international-food-wine-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">nice list<\/a> (she goes around the World Showcase clockwise starting at Terra, if you&#8217;re interested in the layout, this is helpful) &#8211; we agree that Morocco has been a consistent disappointment, thankfully we can get good Moroccan food (occasionally) from Moroccans that we&#8217;ve come to know locally<\/li>\n<li>Melissa &amp; Danny from <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperionpapers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperion Papers<\/a> also present a <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperionpapers.com\/2013\/08\/01\/2013-food-wine-festival-marketplace-menus-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\">thorough list<\/a> (they go through the Marketplace booths alphabetically, why does this matter? I&#8217;m just curious as to how people organize information I guess!) &#8211; I love that Melissa uses a vinylmation to demonstrate the sizes of different portions, I don&#8217;t want to steal her idea, any suggestions for me?<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s &#8220;All in WDW&#8221; has been doing a series of posts, where blog readers could vote on a top 25 list for the Festival&#8230; part one of the final list is <a href=\"http:\/\/allinwdw.com\/2013\/09\/25\/the-all-in-wdw-2013-epcot-international-food-wine-pre-festival-top-25-part-i\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, there&#8217;s even a <a href=\"http:\/\/allinwdw.com\/food-wine-2013-all-in-wdw-readers-pre-festival-top-25\/\" target=\"_blank\">page<\/a> of readers&#8217; top 25 lists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Just because I&#8217;m an engineer (well, sometimes I claim it) and a geek&#8230;\n<ul>\n<li>Walt Disney Imagineering has been busy developing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneybymark.com\/2013\/04\/30\/wdis-twister-ride-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">new ride system<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/disneybymark.com\" target=\"_blank\">Disney By Mark<\/a> has some great images (they are patent images and he has a link to the actual patent)<\/li>\n<li>and I found a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebestmagic.net\/1\/post\/2013\/05\/disney-close-to-having-human-like-robots-roaming-the-theme-parks.html\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> that references Carnegie Mellon University (hello Kate in Pittsburgh!, no Kate doesn&#8217;t work at CMU but she does live in Pittsburgh) and development work on Disney&#8217;s robots, making them more human-like AND the possibility that we&#8217;re likely to see them roaming the theme parks in our lifetimes\n<ul>\n<li>of course, thinking about Carnegie Mellon and Disney World at the same time makes me think about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/~pausch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Randy Pausch<\/a>, if you haven&#8217;t heard of him you should really check out the book &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Last-Lecture-ebook\/dp\/B00139VU7E\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1380123671&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+last+lecture\" target=\"_blank\">The Last Lecture<\/a>&#8221; and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo\" target=\"_blank\">youtube video <\/a>&#8211; Randy was truly inspiring and he blending his love of technology with his love of imagineering &#8211; the subtitle of his last lecture &#8220;Really achieving your childhood dreams&#8221;&#8230; in a word &#8220;wow&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this week,<\/p>\n<p>Happy Hump Day Everyone,<\/p>\n<p>Nora<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Walter is still walking up to the poolbar every Wednesday asking&#8230; &#8220;do you know what day it is?&#8221; So, I&#8217;m going to continue with the camel theme&#8230;<\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-10564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asta and Sandy keep telling me that I need more photos of people. I think that this one of Walter makes him look like <\/p>\n<p>continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=10514\">Extra! Extra! Read All About It! 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