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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 12/16/2007 4:14:13 PM   
TammyIsBlessed


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Our kids are not really animal lovers at all, and they're pretty young, so I think we'll skip Animal Kingdom - though I personally would like to see it!

I think going to only Magic Kingdom will make the days more relaxing - not having to try to squeeze everything into one day. And make it possible to do the cinderella breakfast - you really wouldn't have time for that if you were only there one day.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 12/16/2007 11:55:43 PM   
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My family just went to the travel agency and found out alot of cool info about our upcoming trip to Disneyworld.
We are doing the meal plan and have already reserved restaurants our travel agent recomended such as club mickey,and some places that have Character dining. We are staying in this really cool hotel that has a fish shaped swimming pool,and going for 8 days,7 nights.

We will be there from march 4th through the 12th.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 1/8/2008 11:04:16 PM   
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Would it be worth it to do one of the water parks? Which would be the best bet based on our kids ages - 7, 5, almost 3 and infant?

Would it even be worth it for me and the baby to go along to the waterpark?

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 1/9/2008 12:59:47 AM   
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I love water parks and have got to find out if the water park admission is included in the disney park admission.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 1/9/2008 4:49:49 PM   
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It's been a while since I went to any of the water parks, but I seem to remember that they all had areas for younger kids. I don't know if they still have it, but Typhoon Lagoon used to have an area where you could snorkel with tropical fish, which was pretty neat. Another one that was nice was Fort Wilderness. It wasn't as popular since it didn't have the flashy rides and stuff, but it still had slides and things like that. Just keep in mind that April *can* still be cool in Florida, so you might want to hold off on buying tickets to water parks until you get here and see how the weather's going to be. Most years, it's gotten warmed up by then, but 2 years ago, we had a freeze in April.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/11/2008 6:21:58 AM   
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Tammy ~ my husband and I are going to Disney World in June, so I am doing my trip research now. I know on your blog you said you were/are disappointed about not being able to eat at Cinderella's Royal Table. One review site I am reading say that people have been able to get reservations in a much shorter time than six months. Perhaps if you try calling again something will open up.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/12/2008 12:45:29 PM   
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I have tried calling again. The man I spoke with was not encouraging about getting a spot. He said they do sometimes receive cancellations, but that they get hundreds of calls about reservations so it would be highly unlikely that I would happen to phone at exactly the right time. I might keep trying though, just in case.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/13/2008 3:51:23 AM   
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Ya never know - it could happen. :)

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/28/2008 5:23:24 AM   
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Is it a bad thing that my Disney World vacation is only two months and six days away and I have still not booked a hotel, bought our park tickets, nor made restaurant reservations? I keep putting these things off since I don't have a big block of time where I can do everything at once.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/28/2008 10:39:28 AM   
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Catherine, book your hotel ASAP.

Here at DisneyLand there gone months in advance if you want in park or close to park accomadations. tickets are easy to get.. reservations.. make them NOW NOW NOW. I book ours the max time I can ahead.

What restaurants at World are there that need reservations?

We just went to Land last week :)

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/28/2008 11:24:54 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: _Cinderella_

Is it a bad thing that my Disney World vacation is only two months and six days away and I have still not booked a hotel, bought our park tickets, nor made restaurant reservations? I keep putting these things off since I don't have a big block of time where I can do everything at once.



Catherine, you can do that all over the phone in one call. It is spring break and while most people have already had their break, some are still on break and it might be crowded. Do you know which resturaunts you want to go to? We liked going to the breakfast buffets because you get more for your money, especially with the new dining plan they rolled out this year. It is a rip off compared to the plans they have had in the past.

Some people also use a service called The Garden Grocer (I think that is what they are called.) They deliver meals right to your room and are not expensive. Somebody told us about that last time we were there and we are going to try that next time.
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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/28/2008 2:49:02 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Brandy

What restaurants at World are there that need reservations?


When on DisneyWorld's website pretty much any sit down restaurant says "reservations recommended." I want to get in to a few of the buffets with characters, so I wanted to make reservations for those to make sure we can go and don't have to spend hours waiting for a table.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/31/2008 5:00:27 AM   
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Well, thanks to your encouragement I finally booked my Disney World stuff.

Here is what I think about the price:

We are going to eat at Tusker House Restaurant, 1900 Park Fare, Chef Mickey's Buffet, and Crystal Palace.

I hope we have a really, really good time...


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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/31/2008 10:47:13 AM   
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Holy Jeez are you guys planning on spending lots of money?

Those buffets are listing at 15-35 a person, I would assume the 35 is the adult end?

We only ever eat at Blue Bayou in Disneyland, we bring water and fruit snacks in the park with us and occasionally will break down and get a churro. Dinner for two w Fillet Mignon for both, split a desert and I usually get the souvenir cup because it has a light up toy on it that we put on Jeremy's hat, knocks us back $120 easily. Add that to ticket prices and any thing I find to buy and we are spending alot of money for 1 day. But I love Disneyland and would go every day if we could

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/31/2008 3:50:34 PM   
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Well, we are staying at a Disney Value Resort so we can have the Extra Magic Hours ($109 a night), we bought the lowest of the dining plans (one table meal, one quick-service meal, and one snack - it is $40 per person per day), and bought four days worth of tickets with park hopper option. Besides for that I told Matt that I don't want to spend hardly anything else while there.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/31/2008 11:12:31 PM   
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you bringing sunscreen? Like gallons?? thats what I always forget and now have like 4 tubes from buying while there.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 3/31/2008 11:18:38 PM   
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Our trip is in 18 days!!!!!!!

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 4/1/2008 12:01:59 AM   
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We are going to eat at Tusker House Restaurant, 1900 Park Fare, Chef Mickey's Buffet, and Crystal Palace.

I ate at all those places except for tusker house and they are all really good.

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 4/1/2008 4:21:45 AM   
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Yay for Tammy!

Yes, I will bring sunscreen! I do not want skin cancer!


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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 4/14/2008 12:39:42 PM   
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4 days till we leave!!!

Can I bring my Graco travel system (stroller with car seat in it) for our newborn and gate check it at the airport? Or does it have to be the stroller only?

Also - can I bring that same stroller to use at Disney or will there be problems because I can't collapse it?

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 4/14/2008 8:08:02 PM   
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Since I recently joined the forum, I must say how quickly the time has passed since you began planning your trip!!

I'm from California and know Disneyland/California very well and it's been my dream vacation to go to Disney Florida so I will try and not be jealous

I didn't read the whole thread so I'll just hope that you can slide down one water ride for the missionary PLZ!!!!

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 4/14/2008 9:14:59 PM   
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Tammy, I think you can bring the travel system and have it gate checked. You'll just have to take it apart and have both pieces tagged. Or if your flight is not totally booked you might be able to take the car seat on with you. I would double check with the airline but when I flew with Bug at Easter the couple in front of me said they gate checked 2 car seats and a stroller on previous flights. Maybe double check with your particular airline? Not collapsing the stroller won't be a problem in the park, there are always tons of strollers outside of any attraction you can't bring them into and the park rentals don't collapse anyway. I'd put a bright ribbon or something else that makes it stand out though so that no one grabs it thinking it is theirs. It might be a bigger problem if you are using Disney transportation. We have never had that experience (can't wait to take Bug though!), but the monorail etc. are pretty crowded. Hope you and your family have a great time!

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RE: Help me plan Disney vacation - 4/15/2008 1:22:44 AM   
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Yeah, my concern was the monorail. You have to take that or the ferry to get to Magic Kingdom right? And according to my Touring Plan it calls for taking the Monorail from Frontierland to Mickey's Toontown and I'm not sure how that would work. I could technically collapse it if I took the car seat out of it, but that would be a pain and it's still pretty big collapsed so I'm not sure how well that would fit. Would I be better off using an umbrella stroller? I don't know! I like all the space under my stroller to put stuff (snacks, cameras, etc) and the umbrella stroller would likely be more limited.

Oh - and what do you do with all your stuff when you're on the rides? This won't likely happen with Jacob being there (or can you carry an infant onto some of the rides - like It's a Small world, etc?). But, if everyone wants to ride, what do you do with the cameras, backpacks, etc?

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