I remember reading a post here on the DIS where someone overheard a couple at Downtown Disney complaining about how it wasn't worth the money to go to Disney because how could someone pay that much to visit Downtown Disney for a whole week?!!! They thought DTD was Disney! I don't care where I go, I want to know as much as possible about it. I just don't want to waste my money, so I will do as much research as I need to so that I feel comfortable once I get there.
The hardest thing to get "old timers" to realize is that there are almost NO walkups for full service restaurants any longer.
We go through this every time one of our relatives comes with us. She remembers the days of walk up and sit down and will not understand that's not the case any more.
Ha ha! You use a spreadsheet too eh?All I could think about was...this man, my brother, father of 5 is from the same DNA as me...and yet doesn't plan his Disney trip with an excel spreadsheet.
O.K. This almost made diet coke come out my nose!
For all of the educated/non-educated disney people out there....we are watching National Lampoon's Vacation right now and remember the Griswalds show up to "Walley World" and it 's closed for "refurburbishment" for two weeks....obviouslly they didn't go on the DISboards!!!!!
I have a coworker planning a trip to Disney this summer. But honestly when you are going in July and every crowd calendar says the parks are going to be a 9 out of a 10, You'd better figure out which days are the best to visit each park and figure out some sort of order of rides so that you don't spend the morning at DHS meeting characters and then can't ride TSM, RNR, or TOT without at least a 2 hour wait. Just sayin'.
She's been ... I think twice? Once when my DH was a little boy, and once with my BIL's family. They invited her so she could pay for everything.
Anyway, she has been totally enlightening in regards to all the important Disney information I need to know! Since she's not coming with us, she needs to make sure I'm prepared. I just have to share these tips with the DIS. I've been lurking a long time and I can tell you guys are totally clueless!
Chip and Dale's marshmallow roast is a special perk just for people staying in the cabins at Wild Fort.
All the food at the Hawaiian Hotel is terrible and they don't have ANY character meals because there is only one restaurant.
The best food in WDW is at Crystal Kingdom, and you can walk right up anytime.
There is a monorail from Animal Kingdom Lodge to Animal Kingdom; they just haven't connected it to the others yet.
The Rainforest Cafe is right in the middle of Animal Kingdom, and it's the only table service restaurant in the park.
There's no other entrance/exit in Epcot, and there definitely aren't hotels, restaurants, and entertainment on the other side of it.
There are no rides or characters in the World Showcase, just shopping and boring educational stuff.
Watching Wishes costs extra.
All I can say is, good thing I found the DISboards!
''Anyway, she has been totally enlightening in regards to all the important Disney information I need to know! .... All I can say is, good thing I found the DISboards!