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  1. Ashley Kees

    My 1980 dream of Camping at the Fort, Fall 2012: Pop, BWV and THE FORT! .. update: 10 years later .. Trip report is complete!

    Don't know if you're still in need of camping equipment, but if you contact a local girl scout or boy scout troop, I can guarantee they will rent you their camping gear if they have it for a VERY low rate. If you are attached to the troop in some way (family member in the troop) they will...
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    Disney's Art of Animation Resort hotel

    I am just DYING to see a floorplan! I really hope someone gets pics and/or an official floorplan soon, cause out here in the Lone Star state Dis News is few and far between!
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    American cookbook

    I'm an American, sorry to butt in on the Aussie board, but I can def. help! If you want "east coast" fare with some eastern-influenced recipes from other American areas, try the Martha Stewart collections. As a New Englander, she has some...odd...ideas on southern, cajun, and western meals...
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    Adults dressed as the Princesses

    Don't the tickets say "children are encouraged to come in costume"? Didn't realize adults were allowed to go dressed up at all. As I have witnessed a character mixup and the ensuing chaos, I'm a little gun shy about it. Maybe they ease up the rules for Halloween, certainly that is feasible.
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    Adults dressed as the Princesses

    No, it is NOT allowed. Grownups (and even older teenagers) have been asked to leave and change clothes for showing up dressed as characters. This just happened to a mom at Disneyland Paris a couple of months ago...
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    cabins

    Here ya go, everything you ever wanted to know about the cabins: http://allears.net/acc/faq_fw.htm
  7. Ashley Kees

    OT-Sorry, I need to vent-sisters wedding

    You have clearly never had a c-section. I've had three, let me clear some things up for you. 1. The first C-section usually heals quickly. The exception to this is if there are complications, which she said she had. 2. Every subsequent C-section takes longer to heal. Every one of...
  8. Ashley Kees

    Need tips from families of 6 or more

    I would strongly suggest the All Star Music Family suites. I stayed there about 18 months ago with DH, DS1, DD4, DD5 and DB15. We didn't want to do two connecting rooms because we didn't want the kids to share beds (all are kickers, and we didn't want uncles sharing with nieces/nephew) and we...
  9. Ashley Kees

    Can someone tell me what would be cheaper...

    *Head down, ignoring all the rude and off-topic comments* The difference in price is truly negligible when you think about the logistics. Maybe this will help: Family suites are EXCELLENT for families of 1 or 2 adults and then children. It can get hairy when there are more than 2 parents...
  10. Ashley Kees

    For Family of 5, Onsite is just too much...or am I doing something wrong?

    Rack rate for her dates is $380 a night. There *may* be a 10% AAA discount available, but it will still be more than a family suite.
  11. Ashley Kees

    For Family of 5, Onsite is just too much...or am I doing something wrong?

    If you have AAA you can get 15-20% off the rate at ASMu suites. I did last Thanksgiving in any case. This late in the game they might be sold out of AAA suites, but you should try in any case. It'll bring you down to $255 minimum if it works. If you camp, you might try that. The weather...
  12. Ashley Kees

    Items in parks your kids want to buy, that could be bought elsewhere for cheaper

    Well, I flat out refused to buy souveniers at Disney. My kids own money or not, EVERYTHING there is overpriced. So here's what I did: I stocked up on clearance disney stuff from the Disney Store, Big Lots, Walmart, and Target in the months leading up to our last trip. I got coloring books...
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    free dining plus room only question

    You will not be able to do this. The dining credits expire at midnight the day you checkout at Pop. If you check out at POP at 11am and check in at Poly at 4pm, you would still be able to use your dining credits until midnight, but they would not be accessible for the rest of your stay...
  14. Ashley Kees

    would you go to Disney at 34 weeks pregnant

    Only if I lived within half a day's drive AND it was winter. In late Sping heat, absolutely not. There were moments in the third trimester when I felt like I was going to spontaneously combust just sitting quietly in my house in the air conditioning. I'm pretty sure a half a day at Animal...
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    How strict are they about the height requirement for Soarin?

    In my experience, they are VERY strict. Last Thanksgiving I took my DD4, we measured at home with the sneakers she would be wearing and she was EXACTLY 40 inches on the dot. They measured her once at the queue entrance, she passed and they sent her through. At the end of the FP queue they...
  16. Ashley Kees

    reusable spillproof plastic bottle for lunches - anyone???

    When I was a kid in the late 80's, my mom found a cheap clear plastic flask with double screw top lids at the dollar store. It was flat and broad, like a regular flask, and it fit perfectly into my lunchbox. She even would freeze applejuice in it and it would keep the rest of my lunch cool and...
  17. Ashley Kees

    What would you do?

    Well put. I'm in charge of my own legs, not the people on whose floor I am walking.
  18. Ashley Kees

    how long will a 17 month old last in WDW?

    I totally thought it was easier to just let him nap in the stroller. The day we took him back to the hotel for a nap was a nightmare! Once we started letting him nap where he was, everyone was happier. We made sure the sun wasn't in his face and spent that time doing rides we would have had...
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    how long will a 17 month old last in WDW?

    My son was 18 months when we went in November. The first (full) day we kept his normal schedule. Breakfast at 7am, lunch at noon, back to the hotel for a nap after lunch, supper at 6, back at the hotel at 8, bath and bed. Result: the morning was fine BUT he was overstimulated and couldn't...
  20. Ashley Kees

    when you say hot, how hot is hot?

    Hi Neighbor! I'm in Carrollton! I've heard San Diego is beautiful. Weirdly enough I've never been there. I HAVE been to Houston though, and you're right, it's terrible there. I stay as far as I can from Houston. El Paso, too. Though there were times in Alexandria sleeping in an un-air...




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