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  1. WanderlustNZ

    Using Uber on Australian phone app

    I downloaded both the Uber and Lyft apps here in NZ and used them both happily the whole time I was in the States. I always compared prices before ordering and 9 times out of 10, found Lyft to be cheaper. My phone company has special roaming packages which I prepaid before I went and found...
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    Syd -> MCO stopover with kids?

    Have a play around with the multi-stop option on different flight-booking websites. You’d be surprised at what combinations you can find once you start looking. I don’t recommend booking 2 one-way journeys instead of a return ticket though, as the one way journey back from the USA is often...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    That jungle part of that tour looks AMAZING. I ended up researching that jungle lodge and it is now firmly on the bucket list when I finally travel back to Sth East Asia. :thumbsup2 I live within the Queenstown-Lakes District - a slice of the world I love. But the demand for housing is so...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    Yes, building. We need a bigger place and where we live, building is the cheapest place to achieve this. Although it will still be some months before we even think of starting starting, thank goodness. The cruise is Carnival to New Caledonia for New Years. It would be much cheaper if we...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    Sorry, I’ve been a bit absent from the DIS lately, and never acknowledged this. It looks like though this whole section of the DIS has been pretty quiet. Life has been crazy busy! In the last week alone, I worked over 50 hours, booked a Sth Pacific cruise, began the process of applying for a...
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    Syd -> MCO stopover with kids?

    Have always had a stopover and always will. If we flew all the way to Orlando, I worry that the first few days would be wasted in a blur of exhaustion, or even worse, illness (which is what I sometimes get when I’m exhausted). In saying that, we don’t sleep well on planes and might think...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    :thumbsup2 That sounds great. I’d love to cruise round Sth East Asia.
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    I know! Adventures by Disney are SO expensive, but so are many of the other tour companies that people discuss as an alternative (Tauck Bridges, Abercrombie and Kent etc.) At under half the cost, we have found Gate 1 to be really good. We have done 2 tours with them now - Costa Rica and China...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    On a side note, I have started planning the next holiday - much to my husbands horror. We agreed we wouldn’t go anywhere for a few years, which quite frankly was making me depressed just thinking about it. I need something to plan, otherwise I feel a bit lost. Anyway, DH indicated that he...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    For what it’s worth, I have rented points 4 times now (twice with David’s and twice with the other main broker) and never had a single issue. The biggest downside is that you can end up out of pocket if your plans change. But on the flip side, it is a great way to enjoy the nice hotels that us...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    Firstly, a big welcome to the DIS. :wave2: While this ANZAC section of the forums has become fairly quiet in recent years, you will still find a group of lovely people here happy to help you with your planning. About 5 years ago, you definitely would have been able to do that trip for about...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    Yeah, my husband would agree with you completely that there are far too many screens at Universal. They made him sick and a wee bit grumpy, which couldn’t help but have a bit of an effect on my enjoyment also. I think the 2 1/2 days we had there was about right and anymore time (as originally...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    Enjoy your 4 night cruise. Where is it going? I really did love the Disney cruise we went on about 4-5 years ago, but the price has gone up exponentially since then. I won’t say I’ll never do another Disney cruise, but we would really have to find a good special to justify it. As for...
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    Other Options...

    Thank you :) Yes, do! ::yes:: :goodvibes
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    Other Options...

    Both of your posts are really making me reminisce. It really is such a special place. The noise of the jungle is so loud in those little cabins (whether it be the rain at night, Howler monkeys and frogs in the early morning, or the birds during the day), and yet I wouldn’t have turned down the...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    A few random thoughts: I was expecting to love Avatar FJ and like Slinky Dog. I ended up being the opposite. Loved Slinky Dog and thought Avatar was overrated. We picked up a rare second fastpass for FJ and ended up swapping it out for another Everest - still my family’s favourite ride in...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    P.S. Over half the pics I just tried to add failed due to being too large of a file size. Not sure if I can shrink them, but will have a look tomorrow.
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    What a shame that all good things must come to an end. Safe travels home. For pics, I put two longish posts about Costa Rica into page 72 of this thread and added pics to both. https://www.disboards.com/threads/other-options.3474662/page-72 For the cruise, I’ll message you a link to another...
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    Other Options...

    It does seem a bit of a shame that it doesn’t go to either. Manuel Antonio offers a great balance between wildlife and beach, so it we be a good place to pair with Arenal. Regarding Tortuguero though, I have to wonder if part of the reason Disney doesn’t go there anymore is due to the increase...
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    Getting excited and keen to share my plans

    Hi Kek1, Sorry, I just saw your comment now as for some reason the DIS didn’t notify me of your post. Our holiday was amazing, with Costa Rica and a couple of snorkelling experiences on the cruise being the biggest highlights. It was all so wonderful, that admittedly it’s bit disappointing to...




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