Trip report guidelines

**DisneyTeacher** · 03-13-2005

First of all, thank you to everyone who has posted a trip report on DisneyCentral. I think our members have done a nice job keeping this forum running well, so again, thank you for taking the time to share your Disney trip with everyone here. I have enjoyed reading each and every report here, this forum is by far one of my favorites here.

Trip reports take up a lot of space on the front page if they are not written as a single thread. Please continue each day of your report in a single thread. This makes it easier for other members to read your report as it’s easy miss a day if your report is written in several threads. Updating your report will bump your thread up to the front page each time you post, so creating a new thread for every day isn’t necessary. Also, try giving your trip report a unique, eye-catching name and include your user name in the title of your report. Pictures are great! Add some pizzazz to your report by including a few pictures for everyone to see.

Have fun!!

Cavey · 03-13-2005

Just a suggestion from a guy with a short attention span:

Short, punchy paragraphs are much easier to read in a trip report than LONG blocks of text. Breaking up your tale into shorter blocks makes it easier for guys like me to read it. Stephanie's post above shows the ideal length of a paragraph. Any longer and it's hard to digest.

Just call me "10 Second Tom!"

BuzzLightyear · 03-13-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by caver_jeffery

Just a suggestion from a guy with a short attention span:

Short, punchy paragraphs are much easier to read in a trip report than LONG blocks of text. Breaking up your tale into shorter blocks makes it easier for guys like me to read it.

Just call me "10 Second Tom!"

Great suggestion!

**DisneyTeacher** · 03-13-2005

I agree, breaking text up makes it so much easier to read. I start to lose my place if I am trying to read a long post that is written in one long paragraph.

**Dana** · 03-13-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by DisneyTeacher

I agree, breaking text up makes it so much easier to read. I start to lose my place if I am trying to read a long post that is written in one long paragraph.

I am guilty of that one. I will keep this in mind for the next report I write. I am so long-winded with them. I will definately try and cut them down a bit.

Erin · 03-13-2005

Do NOT cut them down! Just put spaces between your long winds!
(but, please, please, please don't cut them down!)

**DisneyTeacher** · 03-13-2005

I agree, don't cut them down! I love detailed trip reports--the longer the better.

Cavey · 03-13-2005

Right. I'm talking about style not details or length.

Ready2Go · 01-11-2006

The more pictures the better.

**Dana** · 04-14-2006

I am just bumping this up. we have so many great new members and I want them to know how to post their reports for us! Keep all the reports coming! They are one of my favorite parts of DC.

**Dana** · 09-16-2006

Here is an add-on for you all for the trip reports. Let please try to control ourselves with threadjacking in member's trip reports. A trip report is a very personal thing for many of us and it is completely disrespectful to that member to jack it. Keep your posts about the person's trip please. If it takes them a year to complete the report, then so be it. Starting your own comments in there to fill gap and time is not allowed. Disney Teacher and I will be removing all off-topic comments and jacking posts out of people's trip reports because frankly, they are to personal and valuable to just dump in the chit chat. I attempted to edit something in dewey's report and moved it and apologize for that. It will not happen again. You all have to remember that me and DT are here to keep the place safe and free of trolls and such. We are not here to power trip....just to uphold the rules that mickey wants followed for his site. Try and remember what this place was like with no mods at all. AGain, please think of the person who took all that time to prepare a report for you.

Experiment6-2-6 · 09-16-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dana

Here is an add-on for you all for the trip reports. Let please try to control ourselves with threadjacking in member's trip reports. A trip report is a very personal thing for many of us and it is completely disrespectful to that member to jack it. Keep your posts about the person's trip please. If it takes them a year to complete the report, then so be it. Starting your own comments in there to fill gap and time is not allowed..

I am probably the worst offender regarding this, and now I see that it is inappropriate for me to egg them on.

Thanks for the add-on, Dana.

tigger · 09-16-2006

How about if you start a TR you must finish it in a timely manner...say within a month of starting it.

tenrsingr · 08-05-2007

Is there a timeline here? When is too long ago to add a TR?

I wouldn't mind adding my trips in from the past since they all had different meanings. Just my two pennies.

Soundgod · 01-15-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by tenrsingr

Is there a timeline here? When is too long ago to add a TR?

I wouldn't mind adding my trips in from the past since they all had different meanings. Just my two pennies.

I don't think that's ever been established. I think the pacing factor isn't how fresh the report is, but rather that all the details be recalled and reported.
I'd try and keep new reports to the last 12 months though.

As for thread jacking trip reports, welllllllll. I don't really mind in my reports, but try and bring it back to topic before you close out.

03-13-2005	#1 (permalink)
DisneyTeacher Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 18,278	Trip report guidelines First of all, thank you to everyone who has posted a trip report on DisneyCentral. I think our members have done a nice job keeping this forum running well, so again, thank you for taking the time to share your Disney trip with everyone here. I have enjoyed reading each and every report here, this forum is by far one of my favorites here. Trip reports take up a lot of space on the front page if they are not written as a single thread. Please continue each day of your report in a single thread. This makes it easier for other members to read your report as it’s easy miss a day if your report is written in several threads. Updating your report will bump your thread up to the front page each time you post, so creating a new thread for every day isn’t necessary. Also, try giving your trip report a unique, eye-catching name and include your user name in the title of your report. Pictures are great! Add some pizzazz to your report by including a few pictures for everyone to see. Have fun!! __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Hilton Head Island~ 2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Beach Club here we come 255 days 21 hours 20 minutes

03-13-2005	#2 (permalink)
Cavey MB's Rabble Rouser® Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Carlinville, IL Posts: 6,144	Re: Trip report guidelines Just a suggestion from a guy with a short attention span: Short, punchy paragraphs are much easier to read in a trip report than LONG blocks of text. Breaking up your tale into shorter blocks makes it easier for guys like me to read it. Stephanie's post above shows the ideal length of a paragraph. Any longer and it's hard to digest. Just call me "10 Second Tom!" __________________ . . Cavey, Tigger, BossMouse, Soundgod Erin, and Lil'pocohantas in association with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Juicy Juice are proud to present Cavey-Fest III December 13, 2008 Last edited by caver_jeffery; 03-13-2005 at 06:53 PM.

03-13-2005	#4 (permalink)
DisneyTeacher Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 18,278	Re: Trip report guidelines I agree, breaking text up makes it so much easier to read. I start to lose my place if I am trying to read a long post that is written in one long paragraph. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Hilton Head Island~ 2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Beach Club here we come 255 days 21 hours 20 minutes

03-13-2005	#6 (permalink)
Erin Scooter Princess Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Welaka Posts: 9,771	Re: Trip report guidelines Do NOT cut them down! Just put spaces between your long winds! (but, please, please, please don't cut them down!) __________________ Team Jake! http://www.twitter.com/IamBubbles www.facebook.com/scooterprincess

03-13-2005	#7 (permalink)
DisneyTeacher Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 18,278	Re: Trip report guidelines I agree, don't cut them down! I love detailed trip reports--the longer the better. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Hilton Head Island~ 2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Beach Club here we come 255 days 21 hours 20 minutes

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03-13-2005	#8 (permalink)
Cavey MB's Rabble Rouser® Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Carlinville, IL Posts: 6,144	Re: Trip report guidelines Right. I'm talking about style not details or length. __________________ . . Cavey, Tigger, BossMouse, Soundgod Erin, and Lil'pocohantas in association with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Juicy Juice are proud to present Cavey-Fest III December 13, 2008

01-11-2006	#9 (permalink)
Ready2Go Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: There's a great big beautiful tomorrow Posts: 5,433	Re: Trip report guidelines The more pictures the better. __________________ MB member "Crush" is my 11yo DS. MB member "The Big Goof" is my 16yo DS. MB member "Peppertink" is my DW. A LOT of Disney Links for Videos, Audio, Sat Views, Info and Maps Click Here!! My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Going to see the Mouse on the West Coast! 12 days 23 hours 20 minutes

04-14-2006	#10 (permalink)
Dana Super Mod/Packen' Kracken Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Joisey Posts: 23,775	Re: Trip report guidelines I am just bumping this up. we have so many great new members and I want them to know how to post their reports for us! Keep all the reports coming! They are one of my favorite parts of DC. __________________ ~82 off-site~91 off-site~97 ASMusic~ ~00 ASMovies~02 Wilderness Lodge~04 Animal Kingdom Lodge~ ~05 Animal Kingdom Lodge & Polynesian~ ~05 Port Orleans French Quarter~06 Old Key West~ ~07 Port Orleans French Quarter~08 Old Key West~ ~09 Saratoga Springs~10 Port Orleans Fench Quarter~ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 10 day do all or die trying trip. 286 days 16 hours 20 minutes

09-16-2006	#11 (permalink)
Dana Super Mod/Packen' Kracken Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Joisey Posts: 23,775	Re: Trip report guidelines Here is an add-on for you all for the trip reports. Let please try to control ourselves with threadjacking in member's trip reports. A trip report is a very personal thing for many of us and it is completely disrespectful to that member to jack it. Keep your posts about the person's trip please. If it takes them a year to complete the report, then so be it. Starting your own comments in there to fill gap and time is not allowed. Disney Teacher and I will be removing all off-topic comments and jacking posts out of people's trip reports because frankly, they are to personal and valuable to just dump in the chit chat. I attempted to edit something in dewey's report and moved it and apologize for that. It will not happen again. You all have to remember that me and DT are here to keep the place safe and free of trolls and such. We are not here to power trip....just to uphold the rules that mickey wants followed for his site. Try and remember what this place was like with no mods at all. AGain, please think of the person who took all that time to prepare a report for you. __________________ ~82 off-site~91 off-site~97 ASMusic~ ~00 ASMovies~02 Wilderness Lodge~04 Animal Kingdom Lodge~ ~05 Animal Kingdom Lodge & Polynesian~ ~05 Port Orleans French Quarter~06 Old Key West~ ~07 Port Orleans French Quarter~08 Old Key West~ ~09 Saratoga Springs~10 Port Orleans Fench Quarter~ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 10 day do all or die trying trip. 286 days 16 hours 20 minutes

09-16-2006	#13 (permalink)
tigger Official Sunshine Pumper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: In my own skin Posts: 2,918	Re: Trip report guidelines How about if you start a TR you must finish it in a timely manner...say within a month of starting it. __________________ * Taking this post seriously might induce serious medical issues. Please consult your doctor if you feel light headed, dizzy, have dry mouth, ringing of the ears, incontinence, vomiting, loss of vision, numbness or tingling, upset stomach, hair loss, change in breathing, toe fungus, dry skin, muscle aches, runny noise, teeth pain, heaviness of limbs, sudden hunger, dry or red eyes, or a feeling of confusion or lost.

08-05-2007	#14 (permalink)
tenrsingr Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Savannah, GA. Posts: 145	Re: Trip report guidelines Is there a timeline here? When is too long ago to add a TR? I wouldn't mind adding my trips in from the past since they all had different meanings. Just my two pennies.

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