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    Hows the weather right now??

    The weather was miserable -- we're from Maine and although used to humidity we have been in a cool weather pattern this summer and were not ready for the heat - literally knocked us down. Would never consider an August trip again -- high 90's everyday - thunderstorms in the afternoons - but the...
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    We leave tomorrow --AM So Excited!

    We leave tomorrow for our week at AKL and daughter's 16th birthday celebration - we're so excited can't wait!
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    Best remedy for sunburn

    We leave on Saturday and in prep for our vacation, DD (16) and myself opted for tanning beds - now, we have dark skin and rarely burn - BUT, we opted for the 800 watt air-conditioned bed - legs and arms and face are beautiful, but daughter's butt (she wore a thong) and my stomach burnt badly. No...
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    What are some amazing things to do in Disney that are not well known?

    We leave a week from today and as usual I'm reading the boards, we don't want to miss a thing -- this is our celebration with daughter for her 16th birthday - we offered her the opportunity to bring a friend along, and her response was, no, I want us to enjoy it as a family together -- I was so...
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    One Week to Go - help from all you experts please...

    We are so excited..... can hardly wait!:goodvibes
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    One Week to Go - help from all you experts please...

    We are scheduled to arrive on August 2 - staying at AKL - We arrive at the airport at 10:30 - have Magic Express ressie's -- can anyone tell me from experience what time we should arrive at AKL? Since we are there we are planning to do AK for the afternoon - have dinner ressies at Boma (is this...
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    Looks promising!

    are correct - from what I am reading it should be wonderful, hope they don't change things upwards as far as crowd predictions are concerned.
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    Animal Kingdom Fans ONLY!

    We decided we would visit Disny on the 4/3 plan - when I called to make reservations, it was the Vacation Specialist that sold me on AKL - daughter and I both love animals and we were both excited about visiting AK -- to actually stay at the lodge is very exciting for both of us - we can't wait!
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    Disney too Expensive!

    Typically we cruise twice a year - round trip for us from LA to Hawaii and back to Maine with spending money and money for the ships casino can easily amount to about 10K. We opted out and are doing Disney in August for 7 days - 4/3 plan with park hopper option and air fare from Maine - about...
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    What I learned today!

    to see all the tips you have posted between now and then. Our ADR's are done, cancelled the Fantasmic package and booked a different dinner reservation - we decided, based on what I was reading, that if we wanted to do Fantasmic, we would take our chances - also didn't like the thought of a 4:00...
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    Has anyone gone without any plans?????

    We aren't planning right down to the minute - it's been about 20 years since hubby has been to the kingdom, and our beautiful 15 year old daughter has only been to MK and DHS - for short days at each park. We are arriving in August on the 4/3 deal and are staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge -...
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    Okay - so this has been bugging me for *9* years!

    I'm sorry your daughter has asthma, I've had it my entire life and I'm now 55 - because of this, and because even a slight cold makes me miserable, we are moving - and FAST -- if you said, no worry, it's asthma, I would say, I'm sorry, but I would still move. We are not germophobes, but... we're...
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    Suggestions for "elevator" shoes?

    The height restrictions are there for a reason, why in the world would anyone put their child in jeopardy? Height restrictions insure safety - my goodness!
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    August visitors, when are you going?

    We have our dining reservations set - got absolutely everything we wanted at really great times (6-7:30 p.m. timeframe) except for our Fantasmic Package, dinner is scheduled for 4 ish - a little early for us, but we will "make it work". I priced out the free dining vs. 4/3 and our resort AKL...
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    Waiting for August Hours - All hours are up!!

    party:I did put down the wrong time on the Hoop De Doo - it is 7:15 and I put 8:15 -- thanks for bringing it to my attention as I had to go back and check my original work sheet - was all ready to call Disney and everything - daughter call's them "brain farts" - guess the fingers had a mind of...
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    Waiting for August Hours - All hours are up!!

    Got to the office and called Disney @ 8:30 and made our ADR's - we are newbies and after all the research I've done for the past two months I couldn't wait any longer and take the chance of NOT getting the reservations we wanted - we are soooooooooooo pleased. Made the following for our week's...
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    Buy her The Camera or Video camera?

    Most Video's have the ability to take frame (camera style) pictures - I have an Hitachi and I can put in an SD card to take still pictures or use the mini disk to take movies. You can also edit the movies on the computer and make a picture out of any sequence -- this eliminates the need to carry...
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    What's the least you've spent at Disney all togther?

    We are booked for August, staying at AKL - have the delux dining plan - there are three of us and I was planning along the same lines as a cruise vacation where we allow $100/day for daughter and $200/day each for hubby and myself - on cruises we do gamble so that eats alot of our cash - when we...
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    Waiting for August Hours - All hours are up!!

    Our family (3) are patiently waiting - we arrive August 2 and leave Aug 9th - and are staying at AKL - daughter and I absolutely LOVE animals and can't wait - we have requested a savanna view. Am waiting for August hours and will then make ADR's. Hubby said yesterday he wants a character...




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