Conference koolit::disney

    
    Well, we did need an excuss to make another visit.  So we bought a
    brick.  $96 of vanity.
    
    I'll post the location when I get it.   Quit a lenghty application,
    a lot of lawyerise.  You get 3 lines of 16 chars/line.  You can only
    put on family names and a location.  each person [sponsor] on the brick
    has to sign the lengthy contract.
    
    So now the planning starts on visiting the brick.  3 weeks in December
    or Feb 96.  I've been waiting 3 wks for the planner.  they say info
    takes 4-6 wks to receive.  I'm late at starting...
    
    ed
    

    
    
    Our certificate is back, we own a brick.  #W10645
    
    As you face the MK entrance, W10 group is to your left.  about parrell
    to boat ramp, perhaps near the monorail entrance.
    
    real nice certificate, suitable for posting.  But can you believe
    a poor quality photocopy of a map locating the brick?
    
    Judging by the fact that we are close to the entrance to the MK,
    I'd guess that the walk is not a big seller yet.
    
    
    
    			the brick is a hexagon,
    
    
    	   	    picture of micky at top,
    
    			THE NH BADGERS
    			ED, DEB, CHRIS
    			EDDIE, & AMANDA
    			     W10645

    Ed,
    
    We did not receive a map with our package. If I give you the brick #
    would you be so kind as to find my location? I know the # begins with
    the letter "A", I'll have to look up the rest. 
    
    Thanks,
    
    John

    Hi John,   so there is another family that's a nut like us!
    
    I can tell you where, and better yet, I can send you a photocopy
    of the photocopy if you send me your mail stop.  How about also
    listing your rock here?   and if anyone spots our rocks before
    we do....
    
    if I get totally ambious, I'll put the map as a reply.
    ed
    

    
    My family bought one, too, and we didn't get a map.  Ed, can you send
    me a copy?  Send it to Jay Feeley, TAY1-2.
    
    Our brick's number is something like ?3348 (don't remember the letter).  
    It's supposed to be near the kiosk advertising Disney movies, just
    after you come off the Monorail.  Ours said:
    
                          +_ __ __ __ __ __ __+
                          | Jay, Sandie, Tim  |
                          | and Amanda Feeley |
                          |  Ashburnham, MA   |
                          |      ?3348        |
                          +__ __ __ __ __ __ _+
    
    --Jay
    

    
    Oh yeah.  When we bought it, they told us it should go in some time in
    October, '94.  We went down in November to see it, and found out that
    after putting in 3245 bricks on our side, they stopped and started on
    the other side.  So, if anyone sees it, please let me know.
    
    --Jay
    

				MKC
		            eentrance
						      /**E3**E4**\
	w3****W2****W1------------------***E1****E2**/		  \
      *						    **E5****E6**-/
     W4								   *    busses
    *								   E7
===W5 MONORAIL LINE================================================ E8========
   *								     **
   W6								       E9
     W7									*
       ** W8								E10
       W9			 |	  |
       *			/	   \
      W10			|	    |
    W11				| BOAT DOCK |
  W12				------------
 W13
	
	W1 251-1480		E1	251-1480
	W2 1481-3203		E2	1481-3365
	W3 3204-3811		E3	3366-6090
	W4 3812-5627		E4	6091-8269
	W5 5628-6779		E5	8270-9376
	W6 6780-7015		E6	9377-12567
	W7 7016-7338		E7	12568
	W8 7339-8366		E8		-15685
	W9 8367-8748		E9	15686
	W10 8749-9383		E10		-21175
	W11 9384-9849		
	W12 9850-10394		
      	W13 10395-12420		

    Ed,
    
    Your map shows only letters "E" and "W". I could have sworn my brick
    begins with "A". I didn't remember to look last night when I got home.
    I will write myself a note to check tonight. I'll post what the brick
    says tommorrow. I would appreciate a copy of the copy, you can send it
    to John Ames CHO. We are now planning a late August trip to visit our
    brick.
    
    Thanks,
    
    John

    the maps are in the map.  E & W were the only two letters used.
    
    perhaps there are other areas?   I don't think so, if they are starting
    from the entrance, my brick is near the entrance, and I bought it after
    you bought yours.  The arial photo show the walk enteding more along
    toward GF.
    
    hopefully someone going down in the near future can let us know what is
    going on and tell us if they see our rocks.
    
    ed
    

    Ok,
    
    Got out the certificate last night. Our brick reads:
    
                   The Ames Family
                   John Cathy Chris
    	           & Elizabeth
                      W06166
    
    By your map it looks like we are right by or under the monorail line.
    The "E" and "W" thing now makes sense, it probably means east and west.
    
    Regards,
    
    John

    > hopefully someone going down in the near future can let us know what is
    > going on and tell us if they see our rocks.

    I'm going down on Apr 2-9/95.  I'm taking down the brick number info
    people post here so we can see how many we can find.

    If I understand right, these bricks are outside the MK entrance?  Will
    I be able to look while we are waiting for the turnstiles to open in
    the AM?
						Mike (38 days and counting)

    	Well since I started this string I guess I should enter my
    brick number too...
    
    	It's number W08280
    
    	It should read as follows:
    
    			 The LaPointe's
    		        Tony Lois Corey
    			Ashley Eric Ross
    
    Regards,
    
    Tony
    
    P.S.  I've never received a map yet either... not worried about it to
    much though
    		

When you go, please look for us... east side, when you come off the bus
walkway there's an unpaved oval.  Bear Left, toward the lake, and it
will be somewhere before the kiosk.


				Bill & Diane
				   Abrams
				Walworth, NY
				   E09374


I forget the actual method, but all bricks can be located by search for
numbered "key" bricks along the edge.  Each brick number is a key of E or W,
for east or west of the center, and a locater number which might be 093
in mine, and then a brick # down from the edge, which might be 74 in mine
if I remember correctly.  Ask at the brick vendor.

Bill A.

    I just got notice in the mail that MKC members get $10 off the cost of
    the brick.  Now they tell me!  Since it is not listed anywhere else, I
    think I'll drop them a note and see if they'll credit me the $10. 
    They'll be getting it back soon.
    
    btw, what is a kiosk?
    ed
    

I can't remember if I paid full price or got a discount....ouch.

A kiosk is a very small freestanding structure used as a newstand,
vending area, etc. In this case, they are very small, and have posters
up in windows on them.  The ones outside the Magic Kingdom make excellent
obstacles to run into when looking down at the Walk around the World and
not where you're going...

Bill A.

    Ed,
    
    Back in the 70's The Magic Kingdom had Kiosks everywhere. These Kiosks
    sold ticket booklets.
    
    Today they sell film and cameras.
    
    Mike

I took down the brick numbers mentioned here before I left for my trip, and
tried to find a couple of them while I was waiting for the boat to Narcoossees. 
Finding them was not as easy as I thought it would be since the bricks are not 
in absolute order by number.  They are grouped by the first 3 characters
(e.g. W06's are together) but within those groupings, they are somewhat random.

Anyway, I found brick W04438, but it wasn't Jay Feeley's!  Could you have
posted your numbers wrong?  I'm almost positive that I saw that brick with
someone elses name on it.

I did find both John Ames and Tony LaPointe's bricks.  Tony's is on the path
that leads to the launch to the Grand Floridian and the Polynesian.  John's 
is near the same area but closer to the entrance to the Magic Kingdom.  They
look pretty good!  I wanted to look for Bill Abrams and Ed Badger's bricks
too, but the boat came.  Sorry!
						Tracy

    Thanks Tracy,
    
    Now I know where to look in August. It's good to hear it's really
    there.
    
    John

    Thanks Tracy,
    
    	If I reveal this to the family I'll be forced to go down this
    summer to give them proof of your findings (;-)   Any reason to go...
    I guess...
    
    Tony
    

  Do you know if the bricks are still available?

    
    Yes, bricks are still possible.  I received a brochure on this about
    4-6 weeks prior to our trip last week (not a coincidence, I'm sure).
    
    And, while there, they had an area cordoned off near the boat dock
    where you could see that they had been placing more bricks.

They are definitely still available.  They're planning to make this walkway
extend all the way around the Seven Seas Lagoon -- 2 or 3 miles I think.  So
far, only the area directly in front of the Magic Kingdom is done.

						Tracy

    don't forget to use your MKC card for a $10 discount when ordering.
    ed
    

  The number in the orig base note is wrong.  It seems that someone must
have published the same number for Disney and AG Edwards (stock brokers).

  So Disney's is now 800 272 6201 (1 digit changed).

On our trip two weeks ago, we enjoyed hunting down our Walk Around the
World brick, as well as the bricks of the Badgers, The Ames, The LaPointes,
and the Feeleys.

Our brick is located about 60 feet from the turnstiles, between the guest
services window and the first turnstile.  I have some great pictures of each
of us standing in front of our brick, with the MK entrance behind.

I also took pictures of each of the bricks of the folks above -- If you'd
like them, send me a US Mail or Interoffice mail address (FPTWS1::ABRAMS)
and I'll mail them to you.

While waiting in the turnstile line one morning, we listened with growing
exasperation to a family 3 back in line discussing the Walk bricks.  "Why
would anyone pay a thousand dollars to have everyone walk on their name?"
"I dunno.  It probably only costs 300 dollars, or maybe 500."  "It's still
stupid.  I bet it's a thousand."  This went on for several minutes...

I finally can't stand it, turn around, and announce, "It's just $100!"
Startled, they say... "Aha! Did we walk on your name?"  I said, "I'm
not telling..."  and then I point behind them and say "probably..."

Then came the magic.

The people in line behind us point in another direction and say "We're
over there!"  Another family points, and another, and another...  and
one says to the folks who like to walk on names that it's only a matter
of time before they, too, spend their $100.

Bill A.

    Coorection to .13, which was a    
    Correction to .5

    We had to ask them to look up Jay's brick number because the one in
    .13 is also wrong...Jay, check your paperwork and call them to get
    it corrected if necessary!

    For those who want to find the Feeley family, look for    
    
                            __ __ __ __ __ __
                           /                 \
                          / Jay, Sandie, Tim  \
                          | and Amanda Feeley |
                          |  Ashburnham, MA   |
                          \      W03348       /
                           \__ __ __ __ __ __/
    
That's straight off the photograph, so I know you will find it there!
Bill A.

    
    re: .27
    
    Bill, thanks for straightening out our numbers.  It's not our paperwork
    that's messed up, just my mind.  I will delete .13 which has the
    incorrect information.
    
    --Jay
    

    We just got our certificate back....so excited!!  And we just had to
    include our beloved dog on there. He's our baby!  Can't wait to see 
    it in person.  Oops, have to make sure I put an entry in "Sign-in 
    1995 WDW Visitors".  Anyways, here's what our brick says:
    
                                __ __ __ __ __ __
                               /                 \
                              /  MARGARET, PAUL   \
                              | AND BOOMER GRASSO |
                              |   MASSACHUSETTS   |
                              \      E19277       /
                               \__ __ __ __ __ __/ 
    
    
    We're going August 8th!!
    
    Paul
                                                 

    Well we decided we had to go down and see if the brick is really there
    or not.
    
    Ours says		Carolyn   JP
    			Perrin  Lavigne
    			  and family
    		         Ontario Canada
    			     W03583
    
    Hope we find it!
    regards,
    
    JP

    I don't have my papers with me but I think our brick reads:
    
                           The Lowells
                           Randy, Ruth
                         Nicole & Andrew
                             E21572
    
    I've been swapping paper work with a friend.  The brick she
    ordered is E21585!  I can't believe we'll be so close together!
    These two bricks should be at the very end of the walkway by
    the EXIT to the ferry.  We saw the empty bricks while we were
    there in July/August.
    
    The next phase of the walk is the walkway to the Contemporary
    Resort.  We had the choice of having our brick there but chose
    the ferry exit instead.

    Here's ours:
    
    		Al Karen Colton
    		 and Samantha
    		   Skavicus
    		    C07452
    
    
    I ordered this in the beginning of September (I think)
    and I was never asked about a location preference.

    Last week a got a letter thanking me for my reservation, etc., etc.,
    and they would like to tell me about their Walk Around the World.  They
    should have a database or something that would have told them that I
    already ordered a brick (actually, when I made the reservation!), but
    the interesting part is that they now offer a Wedding and Anniversary 
    stone.  The Wedding stone has two bells on the top and the Anniversary 
    stone has two solid Mickey Mouse heads inside two circles that touch (the
    regular stone is an outline of a Mickey Mouse head.
    
    I guess they weren't filling up the walk fast enough!
    
    Karen

    current brick owners should have got a mailing outing new bricks that
    we can purchase prior to being offered to the rest of the world.
    These new bricks are granite, and located near the TTC.  the design is
    mickey ears/face with castle with the letters 25 inside with the words
    "The Badger Family"  [the name on yours would be different].
    on the mailing, they list a bogus 800 number [mail order number] that
    sends you to another number.  That number has been out of order for a
    week.
    
    I don't know about this one....
    
    o I'm not too happy with just "the badger family" engraved.  there are
    over 800 badger families in the USA.  perhaps I'm greedy or vain, but 
    I'd want some way of IDing us.
    
    o the cost.  Perhaps if all the badger families contributed, we could
    afford one granite brick.  $225  per brick.  ouch.
    
    they are going to have to sweeten this deal in order to get me...
    
    ed [one brick short of a quary]

    re. 34 anf the 800 number
    
    Ed,
    
    	When I called they took my name, number etc and assured me a prompt
    call back by the "brick people".  It's been three days with no call
    back yet...  Not acceptable service in my mind...
    
    	I guess they don't have much incentive to move these things...
    
    Tony