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We spent 3 days in Santa Barbara last summer after a few at DL. We really liked the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. It's a smaller museum, but very well done. We found a Groupon, but even at full price, it would have been worth it. We also did the lookout area at the Santa Barbara County...

Try your local Craigslist if you haven't yet. We bought DS an EV3 on there last year for $250 that was basically brand new and only a few of the parts bags had even been opened. I've seen other ones in our local area on there too (now that I'm trying to sell ours since he didn't really get into...

I was trying to make this exact decision about six weeks ago and finally went with the Tropicana. We stayed for 5 nights and had zero problems. We're super happy with our decision. The walk to and from the park was so nice (we stayed near Harbor and Katella last time and this was much better)...

I've been using OptiContacts.com for the last few years. By far the best prices I could find and I've spent a LOT of time searching (although it depends on the brand/type that you need). Interestingly, last month when I did a reorder, I had checked around again and couldn't find a better price...

I did check both of those out and they are about the same price as Park Vue. It's just Tropicana and Fairfield that are coming in with a couple hundred dollar savings. From all the feedback, I'm definitely leaning toward Tropicana. Just need to get DH and DS on board since they liked the look of...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone! Haven't made a final decision, but leaning toward switching to Tropicana. I had checked out the Desert Inn originally, but they are the same price as Park Vue and we'd rather have an outdoor pool :)

Hi All, We're making our second trip to DL in August. Last year we stayed at the Desert Palms hotel on Katella. We really liked the hotel and the nice breakfast. But the walk at the end of the day felt like a killer even though it was only 2 blocks. It definitely kept us from going back in the...

Thanks for continuing to post and let us know how you are doing! Not sure if you or your kids are readers, but there's a book I found after we lost my dad super suddenly that I found really helpful. It's called "I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden...

I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm glad you and your children were able to spend the time with him that you needed while he was at peace and no longer struggling. Hopefully those memories will help you all in the coming days as you try to find a new normal for all of you after this terrible...

I'm so very sorry to hear this latest update! I will be keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. Please come here and vent anytime you need to and know that so many of us have an idea of what you are going through. When I lost my dad very quickly 11 years ago, I remember not...

Sure. I was going to do it myself, but it wasn't showing up for some reason :) Definitely happy to share what I know.

I'm in the northeast metro (North St. Paul) and we just went through this with my son. He also went to a small private Catholic school for K-8. I wasn't crazy about our local school district, but we just couldn't swing private (I went to H-M back in the day, but it was about 20% of the current...

At DCA today. Only 1 side running for next 2-3 weeks per announcement when we were in line. :(

That's interesting that you can see dates out in September. I've only ever been able to see 20 days in advance. I want to buy them for my trip starting August 14th and they only go up to August 1st as of today. Very weird site :)

Thanks for the info!

We're also planning on using LMT for our mid-August trip. Quick question from those who have ordered before - why do you have to pick a date to add the tickets to your cart? Do we have to wait until one of our trip dates is available or can I order now? Wasn't sure if that's tied to expiration...

We're also considering an August trip. We'd prefer to travel later in the month, but it looks like the Southern California APs are no longer blocked out at that point. Because of that, should we go earlier in the month during the week when they are still blacked out? Or does that not make a...

We did book for 8/23 - 9/1 and are super excited since we've never even visited any of the Epcot resorts in this area. We've stayed at POFQ and POR our last two trips. Can't wait to check out YC, SAB and be able to walk to World Showcase (my favorite part but DH and DS are usually grumpy about...

Thanks so much for the speedy response!

Hi All, Considering a stay at Yacht Club from 8/23 - 9/1. From reading the first posts, it looks like there was to be construction/rehabs starting that week. However, when I'm previewing the reservation on Disney's site, I'm not seeing the rehab notice that comments say was posted in May...