{"id":7692,"date":"2013-02-24T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=7692"},"modified":"2013-02-24T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T17:40:26","slug":"extra-extra-read-all-about-it-february-24-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=7692","title":{"rendered":"Extra! Extra! Read All About It! February 24, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?attachment_id=7368\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7368\" alt=\"Paper_Boy_clip_art_medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Paper_Boy_clip_art_medium.png\" width=\"183\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Paper_Boy_clip_art_medium.png 183w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Paper_Boy_clip_art_medium-92x150.png 92w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Links to our posts for the past week&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Nora continues on with her #2013eateachsandwich challenge&#8230; with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=7430\" target=\"_blank\">Ham &#8216;n&#8217; Swiss sandwich<\/a> from Earl of Sandwich, not a repeater; although Nick had it this week with lettuce, tomato, and scrambled egg and pronounced it pretty good.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>However, our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=7322\" target=\"_blank\">Lunch with an Animal Specialist at Sanaa<\/a> was a hit in every which way&#8230; the food was good, the company was good, our animal specialist was excellent, and we had a very enjoyable time (this is a repeatable event).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From around the blogosphere and the twitterverse&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Sarah at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatingwdw.com\" target=\"_blank\">EatingWDW<\/a> visits some of our old haunts&#8230;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>She sampled the <a href=\"http:\/\/eatingwdw.com\/2013\/02\/19\/sassagoula-floatworks-gumbo\/#comment-6280\" target=\"_blank\">Gumbo<\/a> at Sassagoula Floatworks at Port Orleans French Quarter, and<\/li>\n<li>Although we always got the muffuletta at Sassagoula Floatworks, she tried the <a href=\"http:\/\/eatingwdw.com\/2013\/02\/21\/riverside-mill-muffuletta\/\" target=\"_blank\">muffuletta<\/a> from Riverside Mill at Port Orleans Riverside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_7695\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?attachment_id=7695\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7695\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7695\" alt=\"A favorite view from the lobby and Sassagoula Floatworks at Port Orleans French Quarter. This photo is from 2007! The palm trees are MUCH larger these days.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/POFQ.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/POFQ.jpg 640w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/POFQ-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/POFQ-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/POFQ-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A favorite view from the lobby and Sassagoula Floatworks at Port Orleans French Quarter. This photo is from 2007! The palm trees are MUCH larger these days.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Nora saw a rumor that the Epcot Segway Tours are being discontinued&#8230;\n<ul>\n<li>Report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdwmagic.com\/attractions\/around-the-world-at-epcot\/news\/15feb2013-epcot%27s-segway-tours-discontinued.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> on wdwmagic.com (don&#8217;t confuse that with us \ud83d\ude42 EXTRAwdwmagic.com)<\/li>\n<li>Another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdwinfo.com\/wdwinfo\/tours.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> on wdwinfo.com (a.k.a. Dis Boards)<\/li>\n<li>TouringPlans.com also weighs in <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.touringplans.com\/2013\/02\/15\/epcot-segway-tours-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And a last report from WDW Untangled <a href=\"http:\/\/wdwuntangled.com\/2013\/02\/18\/wdw-cancels-all-epcot-segway-tours-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, this cites two plausible reasons for discontinuing the tours<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;re a bit disappointed at this news,\n<ul>\n<li>We recently took the tour ourselves and enjoyed it (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=7106\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>),<\/li>\n<li>A different Epcot Segway tour, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=2253\" target=\"_blank\">Nature Inspired Design<\/a>,&#8221; was predominantly backstage and was shortlived, we did this tour in 2010<\/li>\n<li>The only remaining Segway tour is at Fort Wilderness, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=2255\" target=\"_blank\">Wilderness Back Trail Adventures<\/a>&#8220;, we&#8217;ve enjoyed this tour twice so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last things&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">We&#8217;re staying very busy doing those Extra Walt Disney World Magic things (special events, tours, etc&#8230;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>This week, weather permitting, we&#8217;ll go to our first Spring Training Baseball Game for the Atlanta Braves at ESPN Wide World of Sports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Links to our posts for the past week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> Nora continues on with her #2013eateachsandwich challenge&#8230; with the Ham &#8216;n&#8217; Swiss sandwich from Earl of Sandwich, not a repeater; although Nick had it this week with lettuce, tomato, and scrambled egg and pronounced it pretty good. However, our Lunch with an Animal Specialist at <\/p>\n<p>continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/?p=7692\">Extra! Extra! Read All About It! February 24, 2013<\/a> &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney-extras","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7692"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7698,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692\/revisions\/7698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrawdwmagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}