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    Question for Universal Expert

    As of now, I am booked at Hard Rock Hotel for 2 nights in May at regular rate. Just learning through this forum about annual pass and discounts. Is this scenario possible....book the hotel with the APH rate, purchase one season pass on Universal website and purchase the other 3 needed adult...
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    How have the crowds been this week?

    Just returned from 10 day trip (7/11 - 7/21). This was our 3rd summertime trip and we felt the crowds were larger this year. Definitely still manageable with planning and good use of FP. We did have park hoppers and found our day worked best with EasyWDW recommended park for rope drop...get...
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    Question for High Crowd veterans

    Traveling in July and had plans all worked our--rope drop for headliners, FP+ rides for busier afternoon/evening time---until the additional FP+ offered after first 3 used. Should I still use this strategy, or should I book FP+ earlier with hopes of picking up additional FP for later in the...
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    YES program; please advise

    Didn't answer all of your questions...so here goes. **We took a Holiday Tours type bus down to Orlando and used these buses anytime we moved around the parks as a big group. We did use Disney transportation when we had our free time. **I was responsible for about 6 girls in my group and I...
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    YES program; please advise

    The middle school my children attend(attended) participates in the Y.E.S. program as an 8th grade field trip. I served as a chaperone for my oldest daughter's trip and I thought it was a great experience. The kids had classes on 2 of the 3 full days at Disney. Both classes were held at...
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    Anyone been to the water parks lately?

    I ditto the previous answers. We were there 6/15-6/22...went to BB at opening....was great. Found a perfect spot by the wave pool and hit the slides. The longest line we waited in was for the "ski lift". To make a long story short...get there early, do all of the slides, then plan to veg out...
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    6/16-6/23 TR: It's Hot, Hot, Hot: Update 7/27 Top 10 Lists

    We were at POFQ from 6/15-6/22...stayed one night (6/14) at Buena Vista Palace before checking in. The heat was horrible...and we are from NC and pretty used to heat and humidity. We were at the parks everyday at rope drop and usually back to resort for swim/rest by 2pm. We have never been...
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    6/16-6/23 TR: It's Hot, Hot, Hot: Update 7/27 Top 10 Lists

    Subscribing. We were there the same dates as you, so interested in reading your take on heat and crowds. Thanks!
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    Need Help with TouringPlans.com

    Thanks for the help. I did see that listed, but guess I was looking for something like TourGuide Mike does with daily park recommendations. Still trying to learn how to use the TouringPlan site.
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    Need Help with TouringPlans.com

    I keep reading about recommended parks for certain days. I subscribed to touringplans.com and I can not seem to find the page for these park recommendations. I can find the crowd calendar, touring plans, but just not what park is the one they recommend for which day. Can someone direct me to...
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    Need Help with show times

    Can anyone tell me the show times for the two shows at HS--Indiana Jones & Lights, Motor, Action. Will be there Jan. 21 - Jan. 24 with a school group and these are required attractions for them to visit. Thought I might do some early day planning by knowing what times we could catch the shows...
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    OT - All-inclusive options?

    We went in March with our 2 daughters--ages 12 & 9. We stayed at the Barcelo Maya Tropical. There are several Barcelo properties all together. The beach was wonderful!! They have great pools, lots of kids activites, and it is all inclusive. This was great for the kids because they could go...
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    Mid June vs. Easter

    We, too, are going in June (15-22). We usually go in October, but have done March and May as well. This will be the first "summer" trip....we can't pull our middle school aged daughter out of school to travel anymore...she would miss way too much. I am trying to convince myself that the...
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    Booked CBR But Thinking of Switching

    We stayed at CBR in May '06 and found it to be just fine...nothing great, nothing bad. We are not in the room very much so the actual room did not matter. Our room was clean and tidy. We were in Jamaica building 45 and it was a walk to the food court...but it was a pleasant walk. We really...
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    Surgery at Animal Kingdom

    When we were there in May we were lucky enough to talk to one of the vets on staff. He told us that they had a surgery planned for the next day---told us the time to be back.....so we made a special trip back to AK just to see the surgery (our 8 year old really wants to be a vet)...we did get...
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    Need Info On Last Week Of May (Memorial Day Included)

    We, too, were there from 5/19-5/28--we had absolutely no problem with crowds during the first part of our trip...saw crowds increase significantly starting on the Friday before Memorial Day. Wait times increased from 10-20 minutes to 60-75 minutes on the more popular rides. Avoided the EMH...
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    1st weekend in June - crowds

    We just returned from our trip (May 19-May 28)---the first part of our week was great---very manageable crowds, low wait times....about Friday before Memorial weekend we saw a tremendous increase in crowds...wait times increased to 60-75 minutes on the more popular rides..and it was hot, hot...
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    Just Back/Finger ID a Scam?

    Interesting that this topic is being discussed--just returned yesterday (5/29) from 9 days at Disney. We had 4 tickets--3 adult and 1 child. Each of our tickets had our names on them as they were our resort keys as well, so there was no way to get tickets mixed up. We still had problems...
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    Blizzard Beach after 3pm?

    I am interested in hearing more thoughts on this as well. We are leaving Thursday, and have a half day at BB planned for Tues. 5/23. We are flexible as to whether to go in the morning or wait until after lunch ( I heard that this was a good time to go). Guess I'll check on the weather and...




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