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Just leaving Shanghai right now (sitting at the PuDong Airport) and I snuck in a quick trip while I was here. It was my second visit and definitely some things different than my first time here. I got there 30 mins before opening and there was already a long line for security! I recommend...

I’d love to see this come to life even if all they did was take the Peter Pan ride system and have you “fly” through the storyline on her umbrella. Especially if they use the technology they used for the Peter Pan ride in Shanghai!

Just back from our Spring Break trip to Disneyland and DCA - and we LOVED this ride. It's amazingly cute and surprisingly fun. We had a short wait (15mins) and in that time never heard a song repeat nor did we see a dance repeat. It's almost as fun watching the ride as it is riding it...

That was one of our favorites as well that day. Of course our 13 year old didn't know what ET was (terrible parenting). But I didn't mean to say every ride was simulators, just that my wife's impression of HP was diminished when she saw how many times Universal used the same technology in...

So we just got back from our first family trip to Universal. On Monday we went and really had it in our heads we'd ride the new Gringotts ride. So after arriving at around 8:15am, we headed straight back and proceeded to wait close to 4 hours to ride. it. Wait time said 150 minutes. But...

Just off the phone with Disney Magical Express - we needed a couple of extra tags for an upcoming trip (but alas we have waiting too late to request them) and gotta say, it was a decidedly less than magical experience. First off, apologies to my wife as she called a few weeks back to get tags...

Now I agree a few gas grills would be the bees knees. I actually just got done grilling some steaks for dinner. So it was a double header of grilling for me! No issues tonight - one grill was open so I just jumped on, got a fire started, and raced a little rain to get them cooked. Funny thing...

So the bag of charcoal was in the grill with a lighter on it. So if it was free, Disney went that extra mile. Lol I just waited for folks to finish grilling. The folks who had left that bag finally cooked at around 1230 - after leaving the bag there since before 10. All that and they just...

Enjoying a lovely trip at Disney and the plan for today is to enjoy the resort pools and relax and also to grill some burgers. Somehow I thought that last part of the plan was going to potentially be the sticky one given there are very few grills out here. Well, seems folks woke up early...

First - thanks everyone so far for some great "insider" tips - especially about getting off the bus @ swan and dolphin and crossing the bridge to BWV's! :yay: Am getting the feeling we'll really enjoy being able to walk to a couple of parks. Kimpossible - regarding SSR - we LOVE IT...

Hello everyone! Well, in two days we'll be back at WDW and for the first time since we joined DVC in 2005, we're not staying at our home resort of SSR. :scared1: This trip - we're staying at the Boardwalk villas. :banana: We're all (the 2 boys, my wife and I) really excited about this new...

I'm no fool....well, not a huge fool anyway :) Brought her back one of the Dooney and Burke WDW 40th Commemorative purses! :banana: Jim - good man sending the wife on a trip! Course that means getting a fellas trip booked in the future should be all the easier.....just sayin ;)

We played Magnolia and Lake Buena Vista. They are so different - LBV is an easier course for sure. I like how open it is and the fact it rolls through the resorts is cool. Magnolia, though, was AWESOME. You really have to play the course as driving in the fairway on the wrong side of the...

We were in 7056 - which was on the south side of the THV's. The location was GREAT - great view of the pool, near the bus stop, closer to the boat launch even, and a quick walk to Grandstand. I would say if you were staying in THV's and didn't have your own transportation - any of the THV's...

So the last day was pretty much pack up and leave so not many pics.... Taking down the banner: Making sure the place is cleaned up - we really loved the THV's. Our kitchen served us well (and didn't burn down!) Sebastian and I headed to check out Magic Express and the official end of my...

Day 4 started off....exciting.... Lijo cooks breakfast to start the day: Unfortunately, he burned the bacon and generated a ton of smoke form making potatoes....which set off the fire alarm for a few minutes. We didn't think it was too bad.... The fire department agreed.....can't believe...

SO if you saw the last couple of pics from Day 2...well, you might guess Day 3 started a bit late and with a couple of us in need of a bit more re-hydration. Sign #1 that this was my 40th and not 21st bday! Day 3 was our planned EPCOT day and we had so much fun... It was a beautiful day (the...

Ok - I'm back and somewhat recovered so wanted to follow-up with some pics by day as well as a wrap up. Soooooo....without further delay - Day 2. Day 2 was our first day golfing. We had rain that morning so we had to push back our 8:39am tee time at Lake Buena Vista to 12. Now what to do...

Hello All! So it is the first night here on the trip and all is well! So we went from 5 folks to 3 due to various reasons, but the 3 of us here are enjoying TreeHouse Villas immensely! Today was basically getting here, checking in (got room 7056 which is nice), a run to Downtown Disney...

Well gang - the final countdown is on and have started packing my bags! :cool1: My plan is to take pics and upload while we're there so I'll just use this thread to share some of the good times! I'll also give ya'll a heads up on when we're hitting Ragland Road/other drinkeries in case any of...