So, OK, I’m not going fishing. Call this one Tips and Tricks #8.

Did you know that you could go fishing at Walt Disney World? From Guided Fishing Excursions to Dockside Fishing, you can angle to your outdoorsman’s content.

Referring to WDW’s web site, “Guided catch-and-release outings let you …

… experience bass fishing at its finest—all year round! Whether you’re a seasoned sportsman or an amateur angler, a guided fishing excursion is fun for Guests of all ages.” For more, see “Guided Fishing Excursions” on their site.

When it comes to Dockside Fishing, casting-rod fishing can be found at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. “For traditional cane-pole fishing, visit the Fishin’ Hole at Old Man Island at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort—Riverside.”

Wow, after about twenty visits to The World, it was still news to me!

One of the things that absolutely frustrates me to no end is to stand at a park and wait forever for a bus back to my resort. We joke – my family and I – because it always seems that a dozen Port Orleans buses come past before one for our particular resort decides to show up. Anyway, how can you “cheat the system” a bit?

According to @pod, if you’re staying at Pop Century, as he and his family were, double your chances of getting back to the resort quicker by hopping on an Art of Animation bus … if it happens to arrive first, that is. It’s a five-minute walk to cross through AoA and cross over the Generation Gap bridge to POP. You’ll be back home quicker, and you won’t be standing at Epcot looking at lucky guests piling onto a bus back to French Quarter.

Mrs. All in WDW and I love to find an umbrella table in Italy – one of the high ones in the front of the pavilion – and camp out to watch Illuminations. Our “usual” is for me to go over to Tutto Gusto to buy a quartino or two of wine, so we can sit there and watch the best fireworks display in WDW (in the universe!).  No, the view isn’t optimal if you want to see everything, but, after dozens of viewings, it’s all about the soundtrack, being in World Showcase, and the overhead display. We find it incredibly energizing!

Anyway, we thought we were getting “smart” when we …

… decided it would be cheaper to mosey into the little shop next to those tables, buy a bottle of wine, have them open it and give us a couple of plastic glasses, and enjoy. Unbeknownst to us, Disney doesn’t want their wine bottles opened in the park.  And, apparently, they don’t want them opened anywhere else either!

We’ve gotten into wine in the last year, so, even though we couldn’t open a bottle in Epcot, we decided to buy a couple in Italy anyway. It was last November. We were there on one of our infamous last-minute visits – staying at Yacht Club. We bought the bottles, walked them back to the resort, and sat by Stormalong Bay to enjoy the sun, the pool, and Italy’s best.  Ever the Boy Scout (no, sadly, I wasn’t one), I brought a very crude corkscrew. Let me tell you something – I don’t care what corkscrew you bring. That cork is not coming out easy. Both bottles presented an equal challenge. I think I pulled a couple of muscles trying to get those bottles open.

A few months later – er, earlier this month – we bought a bottle of wine in France. First, we had never tried a French wine. Second, I wanted to take another try at uncorking a bottle. Yep. You guessed it. I don’t know what the European process is for corking bottles, but the rest of the world should take note.

Moral of the story: if you really want a glass of wine, don’t buy a bottle in World Showcase.  If you’re not in a rush and don’t mind a death-defying struggle to uncork that bottle, the wine tastes pretty good!

Cheers, either way!

“Does anyone know if ‘fill-in-the-blank’ will be open/closed while I’m in The World”? Sheesh, I’ve even asked that question myself! I’m still waiting to see if Hurricane Hanna’s at the Beach and Yacht Clubs has re-opened.

Anyway, before each trip, I take …

… a visit to wdwinfo.com to scan through their “Disney World Closings, Disney Rehabs” page. It will give you the answers you need. OK, so let’s get checking … aww, California Grill is closed 2/2/2013 to 8/31/2013! What am I gonna do? I need some sushi!

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If you have the booklet, a Cast Member scans it and sends you straight into the queue pen for your resort. If you don’t, they send you into the “Line of Doom” for processing. Every time I go, the “Line of Doom” is enormous.

Truth be told, I think some of the people with booklets get in the line anyway because they don’t know about the bypass. They handle assorted other guest service issues there also (people don’t seem to get how the luggage tags work), but I think the booklet thing is the big one.”

Thanks, Will. Honestly, in all the years we used Magical Express (when we lived in, and flew in from, Ohio), I think we did wait in the so-called “Line of Doom”. Silly us, I guess!

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If you do want to run out for a real breakfast, however, try Pepper Market at Coronado Springs Resort. It is a buffet, with a huge variety of selections – complete with omelet station – and only costs about $15.00. If you’re on the Disney Dining Plan, it is a “sit-down at a table and relax” Counter Service credit. Quite a nice deal! Menu courtesy of AllEars.net.

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