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    FOP at Rope Drop Question

    I'd agree with above... our attempt last Wednesday we walked thru the gates a few moments before 9, posted wait was 120 minutes when we got there
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    First MNSSHP - Oversold?

    Glad I couldn’t fit it in to our itinerary then... we were quite astonished at how busy the ‘til 1am EMH was on Wednesday, and so I toyed with the idea of doing MNSSHP to make up for the rides we didn’t manage that night. We’ve managed to get on everything we wanted at previous Parties (we’ve...
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    Avatar without a FP+ and not much time??

    Last Tuesday we got to park gates just before 9am and wait time was already 120 by the time we got to AFOP. After our afternoon ROL FP posted wait down to 95 so we joined, and it was pretty accurate... as luck would have it a heavy shower arrived just as we got to the indoor part of the line...
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    What date did the MK get decorated for fall/MNSSHP?

    DD15’s birthday is October 4th, and she refuses to have anything to do with Halloween prior to her birthday... a foible she adopted and adapted from me and my November 29th birthday and Christmas thing. She as quite put out to see pumpkins everywhere last Tuesday
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    Planning Suggestions - Morning EMH & ROL/RD Toy Story?

    Just back from trying similar tactics on a two day not very planned trip. AM EMH for Toy story worked OK for us - we probably weren’t as early as we should have been but we still got on Slinky with a 40 minute wait... we then dashed off to AK for the 9am opening... that was definitely not early...
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    Intense in Tent

    There were a fair few of us on the 2000 loop... but yes, you’re right, a lot more RVs than tents overall
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    Is Slinky Dog Dash THAT great?

    Decoration and theming is delightful, as is the whole Toy Story Land. DD15 and I got up at 6am to get there for 7 and had a 40 minute wait. We.re glad we did it but have no need to go to those lengths to do it again. Certainly not a thrill ride, but it was never designed to be. Lots of little...
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    Intense in Tent

    DD15 and I traditionally and do a road trip every August, and the plan for this year had been Busch Gardens Williamsburg then on to Orlando for Seaworld, then Busch Tampa and their assocaited waterparksto maximize use of the annual passes we bought for our spring break trip. Plan had been to...
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    EMH worth it?

    EMH didn't work for us as well as we had hoped on our two day "last-minute" (booked three weeks ahead) trip last week. We got to Hollywood Studios to walk thru the gate at 7am on Wednesday and there was already a 40 minute line for Slinky Dog by the time we got there... and the MK nightime til...
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    Disney requires too much planning? Are they shooting themselves?

    Like most here, I enjoy a good plan. Our 9-day Platinum plan AKL stay 10 years ago was planned in fairly minute detail... Totally different this time around, had been contemplating a road trip with DD15 down to visit family in Tampa and make some more use of our Sea World/Busch Gardens...
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    Official 2013 MVMCP Information

    A report from last Tuesday's party... we were in Universal for the week, but a side trip for DD11 and I to the party was irresistable, while DW chose to spend the evening at the Spa in Portofino. A win-win for us all ;) ... (incidentally Universal was extremely quiet - our on-site stay Express...
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    1st Time Driving Encouragement Report!

    Thought I'd chip in here as another first-time driver - we'd done the autotrain down and had planned to drive back up to the North-East Philly suburbs over two days this past weekend. By Friday night it was obvious that this plan would have us and the weather getting to the DC area about the...
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    All about the Autotrain

    Just thought I'd add our final thoughts, having got home, driving all the way through Saturday/early hours of Sunday to get home before the weather instead of splitting it over two days as originally planned. We're all glad that we did the auto-train down: it was certainly an experience and I...
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    All about the Autotrain

    To be fair there aren't many children on the train today... Decidedly a snowbird special tonight... Of far greater concern than the less than inspiring movie is that we have now gone back to Lorton and are sitting with just emergency lighting awaiting further details on the fix for the...
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    All about the Autotrain

    Thanks for a great thread, loads of great advice and info which I was able to use to make our journey from Philly, lunch and check-in really smooth, and this post comes to you live from today's southbound train. We did pull out of the station a little early, and stopped for the car carriers to...
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    Star Tours - Darth Vader and Storm Troopers?

    As others said, this show takes place at regular intervals throughout the day, every day, not just Star Wars weekends. There seems to be a large number of people who head there specifically to get picked for this show with their kids all dressed up in Star Wars stuff and what have you...
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    Fairy Godmothers and Kids Club

    We used kids nite out on one night of our recent stay... Shannon, a college age girl arrived on time prepared to play some games with DD5... She seemed very pleasant and well prepared, and left us a full written report of what they did while we were out. We would have no hesitation in using...
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    DDP or DDxP?

    And that's just for your party of 5 for a week: imagine what it's like for Disney having to figure out what 50,000 people are going to eat every week of the year ;)
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    Disney Unique Terminology

    Guess I could start you off with "imagineering" - which, loosely defined, is the science of making dreams come true
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    ? for AKL lovers

    Here's the list of activities for 2 weeks ago... all daily: 9:30am Flamigo Activity @ Flamingo Pond 10:00am Zawadi Character SAfari 10;30-12:30 Animal Tracking @ Arusha Rock 12noon Arts & Crafts @ pool 12noon Ceramic (Tuesday only) @ Simba's cubhouse 12:30pm medallion rubbings...




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