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    Will you book the Poly on Feb 25?

    Got through - 20 minute hold time. Booked standard view studio beginning on 9/25, which was just within the 7 month window!
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    Will you book the Poly on Feb 25?

    finally got through on 407 number...25 minute hold time, waiting now
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    Will you book the Poly on Feb 25?

    Same here...busy signals on both numbers
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    Expedition Everest Challenge 2015 - EEC 2015

    Getting signed up was an adventure in itself with the website issues, but glad 4 of us got in!
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    Potential DVC member

    We just bought in direct for 125 points, first time purchase.
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    Places to stay when visiting Hollywood, etc.

    We spent 4 nights at DL hotel this past week followed by 3 nights in Santa Monica. We left DL on Wednesday morning around Noon and did not encounter any significant traffic on the way to Santa Monica. I did have my traffic app, WAZE, open to keep an eye on the roads ahead, just in case...
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    visiting Los angeles

    Just got back from a week in California - first 4 nights at DL Hotel, followed by 3 nights in Santa Monica at the Double Tree Suites. The hotel was about 3 blocks from the pier and the 3rd Street Promenade, so it was a great location. We were able to get to Malibu, Beverly Hills, and Hollywood...
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    Favorite off-site dining?

    A Tampa native here and I'd eat at the Columbia every night if I could. The 1905 salad truly lives up to the hype!! If you like casual sitdown spots for burgers, we like Fuddruckers in the CrossRoads Plaza. Just be prepared for all the traffic congestion in that area on weekend evenings.
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    Heading to DLR to Escape WDW Magic Bands

    I agree. We've used them a few times now and they are not too bad. We live 60 minutes from WDW but will be spending a week at DLR in early March. FP+ wasn't a factor in our decision though, we just wanted to check the place out!
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    Who is going in March?

    We'll be there from March 8 -12th, staying at Disneyland Hotel. We are checking out of DLH on the 12th and spending a few nights over in Santa Monica before heading home to Florida on 3/14. We are life long WDW verterans, being born and raised just 60 minutes away in Tampa, but it will be...
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    How is TS Debby affecting the weather at the World?

    I live 2 blocks from Bayshore in Tampa. Not sure when that pic was taken, but it was under several feet of water today. At points, it looked much worse than depicted in the picture posted due to the storm surge.
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    Stealing from Shutters

    The Dream does have the digital kiosk, but they also still print all of the pictures out. The difference is that they now group all of your stateroom photos together in a folder so you don't have to search through walls of photos for your own. There was also still a few walls of random photos...
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    Camera on Aquaduck?

    I was on the Dream last week and asked if I could record the ride with my waterproof camera. I was not given any problem at all and recorded a few rides (both day and night). I would make sure it is a waterproof camera, as it is likely to get wet.
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    Dream 4-night dining rotation - confirmation/request?

    Yes, formal night was on night 2 and pirate night was on night 3. We repeated nights 3 and 4 in the same dining room. Night 3 has a pirate menu that is the same in all 3 dining rooms.
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    Which show to miss on Dream?

    We enjoyed Beleive the most and Villians the least...
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    How should I surprise my family?

    Our daughter is only 4 and we live relatively close to the port, so this was a bit easier to pull off, but we kept it a secret up until the time we pulled in the Port Canaveral parking garage on Sunday. She even saw the Disney ship and thought it was the coolest thing that we were driving by...
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    Wifi

    Yes, you can bring your own. We brought our tablet to save space. We were on a 4 night cruise and bought 50 minutes for $27. There are other packages that offer more minutes, or you can pay $0.75 per minute without a package. We used it mostly to keep up with email and also were keeping...
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    Just off the Dream- we won't be back any time soon

    We got off the Dream today as well. We didn't mind, but my wife and I also commented on the very slow service at dinner. We had early dinner, arrived exactly at 5:45 every night but never left before 7:45. On 3 of the 4 nights, they turned up the lights in the dining room (basically a "time...
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    Sailing 8/25. Do they cancel if a cat 1 hurricane is in the area?

    I think Wednesday evening should be ok. The weather guy here in Tampa said we should start feeling some impact on Thursday. Tampa is about 80 miles west of Orlando, so worst case you can always try to fly into Tampa since we are a little further from the storm.
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    Sailing 8/25. Do they cancel if a cat 1 hurricane is in the area?

    Tampa wouldn't be an option, unfortunately. The Dream is too big to fit under the Skyway Bridge...I'm not even sure the Wonder or Magic would fit. The local 11:00 news in Tampa just predicted Irene to be a Cat 4 when she passes over the Bahamas...scary stuff.




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