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This has been my experience with every Econolodge I've ever been forced to stay at. They are on my "never ever will I ever" list.

I did attempt to look at MVC, but their site keeps giving me an error when I try to check availability. If the prices through MVC is anything near what Google shows as cost per night, it's quite a bit over the budget that I want to spend on this trip. The cheapest I found was $149/night...

This is my first trip staying off site (outside of business trips) and I'm feeling torn and overwhelmed. I'm looking for a place for an 8 day stay in October and I'm trying to stay under ~$80/night (including parking). Initially I was going to stay at the Courtyard @ Marriott Village, but...

First Name: Brandon Location: Pittsburgh, PA Age: 35 Sex:M Hair/Eye Color: Hazel Body Type: Average. Not ripped, but I can see my feet. Working off the pounds that were caused by months of out of town work, which resulted in a lot of fast food. Ethnicity:Caucasian Occupation...

This thread doesn't look like it gets much love, but I'll throw up a bump anyhow. Single Dad, DD 7. We'll be down October 17th (red eye flight), depart October 24th (really late flight). Would love to catch up with someone with a similar aged son or daughter. This is our first Daddy /...

I can't speak for the sitter options (our trip coming up is actually the first ever trip with the kids), but what I can tell you is you're going to burn a lot of time using Disney transportation, walking, etc. I was in Orlando on business in November and I used Uber and Lyft exclusively the...

Really about the wagons? Is that a recent change? I could have sworn I had seen a bunch of the collapsible ones last April. It's also possible my mind is slipping as I get older. Well I guess that helps eliminate an option :) Noted about the girls surprising us (they do that on a daily...

As my general vacation rule, make sure you leave yourself a day before and at least a day after to take off of work. IE, if you can take 14 days from work, make your Disney trip 11 or 12 days. I always feel like I need a vacation when I get back from Disney ;) There is nothing worse than...

Those are some great points, especially about the wagon. I like the wagon idea because we would likely end up using it other places, but as a multitasker, it seems like it might be the worse option for it's reason of purchase. As far as renting vs buying, I'll definitely be buying without...

While this will be my ~10th trip in 15 years, I'm really excited for it to be my daughters first trip! But, I've never done Disney with kids, it's always been as a couple. I pretty much decided to plan this less than 5 days ago, but at this point I have a reservation @ SSR on rented points for...

Bummer. EMI blocked this on Youtube :(

FWIW, I wouldn't recommend Ritz for any kind of quality photo accessory. Last time I looked at their tripod selection (back at Christmas) they had mostly cheap aluminum tripods, all Sunpak and Quantaray brands, with cheap pan & tilt heads (not what you want for photo generally). They DID have...

Yup, I've always taken my (at this point, pretty ancient) Casio Exilimi Z750. At the time, it was pretty tiny, but still had great specs. It was pocketable, but even then I almost always took my D100. The Z750 had decent video, the D100 had no video. That said, we're heading back in March...

That's great to hear! I'm assuming you got a new copy and not an older used model? From what I had read about the lens, the new copies seem to be ok, the older models were very hit and miss on sharpness. Here's to hoping the copy you got was sharp!

I'm really tempted to go to this, just to be able to "shoot with Fro" if nothing else. I could jump on a MegaBus for less than it would cost me in gas, plus not have to actually drive. I have a friend that lives in Fairmount, so I have a place to stay.. hmmm..

Thanks for the info Danielle. I'm not sure why I had it in my head that I was looking at the Evolution's, but I don't think I'm at all interested in those. It's the Velocity series that I've been looking at. Any thoughts on those? I found a new 6x on Craigslist today that I'm going to...

Your profile says your in NE Ohio, any reason you aren't buying from Dodd Camera? I've been to a few of their stores and they seem to have a good selection, though I didn't see how their prices were. I've purchased a few things from them, but nothing high end. Alternately, if you're willing...

If I'm packing light (as in, that is the only glass I'm taking that day) I used tarry my Nikon 24-120mm VR. Not very wide on a DX body (36mm), but I never felt limited by it on the wide end. I was usually in the 50mm+ range and if I needed wide, I always felt I wanted really wide. That...

I'm not a Canon shooter, but I have handled the 100-400mm. While the push-pull can be awkward to get used to, once you do it is very fast to zoom, this comes in very handy for birding. Generally, zooms aren't as sharp as primes, but you're giving up a LOT of versatility by going with a 400mm...

What you're referring to there is shutter lag and possibly a little delay with the camera's auto focus as well. In the Nikon 1 systems's defense, it actually has some of the lowest shutter lag and AF acquisition times of any camera on the market and rightfully so, it has an electronic shutter...