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We are leaving in a week for our first family vacation to WDW. I had already planned on "quarantining" my 4 yr old from his preschool so he doesn't come down with a last-minute cold or ear infection (dd is homeschooled so not as much worry there) which could pose problems for air travel. I...

After 3 sets of tubes, and the removal of both tonsils and adenoids, my son kept on having the ear infections. His ENT doc went in to remove the tubes, and patch the eardrum with tissue, like the procedure you're son is having. BOTH eardrums had mold actually growing on them where the tube and...

I am so sorry to hear about your Mom. I lost my mother, my kids' only grandmother, to an aggressive pancreatic cancer 3 days before Christmas 2005. After being diagnosed (while I was pregnant) she had a variety of chemo treatments, and taxol worked for a few months, putting the cancer in...

OK we have only 5 days in early May to spend at the parks. I am figuring at eating at least one meal (probably lunch) at each park. I want to choose our restaurants carefully, and the criteria we have decided on is "coolness". :cool1: My kids are 10 and 4 1/2, and neither are into any Disney...

Yes, I only could see the park hopping option if we ran out of time and still hadn't seen one whole park or something. It is a pretty expensive leap, and logistically difficult, plus I am not sure it makes the best use of our time as so much would be eaten up in travel between the parks...

I used Ridemax (which I highly recommend- even if you don't want to follow a down-to-the-minute itinerary) to calculate itineraries for us (for MK, Epcot, and AK). The software allows you to enter enter/exit times, breaks, restaurants, attractions, and then uses an algorthm to plot the best...

This is our kids' first (and for the foreseeable uncertain financial future, probably last :sad1: ) trip to WDW. Both dh and I have been before, and are excited about presenting to them the best of what it has to offer. After much debate and poring over Ridemax plans, DH and I have come to...

I can't help feeling that 5 days just isn't enough time to see it all- so with this in mind we didn't want to waste any time on attractions she could skip, instead maybe seeing a favorite one twice. (As you all are aware, you could ride something like Haunted Mansion 10 times and see something...

WOW thanks for the link- that looks like a great product! :thumbsup2 Just what I need. I know I'll end up schlepping all the gear around- and that is the least ugly bag I've seen.

I have been to DL numerous times, and DW once. I can say for certain that DL is a lot like Magic Kingdom- but there is more of a retro feel. As it was built in the 50's you can understand why. Anaheim and Orlando are so very different- I think that had a bigger effect on my experience than any...

We are going to WDW in early May. :woohoo: As a child I was a huge fan of Disney things- and I have all the animated feature films. Our whole family loves Fantasia, and the Pixar movies. My kids have grown up (ds 4, dd 10) without ever watching the Disney channel. My daughter has seen (at a...

Thanks so much! The idea about the multiple memory cards is excellent. Losing a camera would be inconvenient, but losing your memories would be unthinkable. I hadn't thought of the cable lock idea for the backpack. I had considered the clothing change (or at least socks and shirts) and was...

Can you set up the room charge thing if you aren't staying at a Disney hotel? We are staying at the Hyatt. I wasn't planning on drinking anything other than water I bring with me while I am there, but I am paranoid too about bringing my license and other stuff.

The best use for a Dollar Store (Family, Dollar General) is avioding a trip inside a bigger more stressful store, such as Wal MArt. In most cases, you are not saving a ton of money, or any at all because portion sizes are different- usually smaller. They have pretty good deals on cleaning...

Do you need to bring your driver's license into the parks with you in order to use your Visa? I had difficulty at Silver Dollar City, because we left our valuables (e.g. driver's license, purse, cash, keys) in a locker or in the car trunk. Some merchants insisted I show them my license when...