Hello. First time on this board. We are staying at AoA 8/18 thru 8/25. My husband and daughters first trip, my second in 21 years. We are all very excited!
Months ago when I started planning out our days for our August trip I added some things to do that did not exist at that time, Being a Commando, when I plan I like to look way outside the box, I tend to plan some things based on speculation of rumors, Now when I start planning I will admit most have no ideal what I'm talking about, but crazy enough by the time of the trip most of them pan out
, A couple of things I already had incorporated into our plans for August, that are now operational
are A Pirate's Adventure Interactive Game in MK & Wilderness Explores Game at AK
Also I can't wait to start asking around for cards the Transportation Cards series 3 (have complete sets from series 1 & 2 including pulled cards) with all the park hopping we do it's a fun pastime
LOL, no doubt!!!But I bet it was a great trip nonetheless. Each of those cities are totally unique to the other and offer some great attractions
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Seriously though, I fell in love with Canada! My previous experiences included a day when I was a child and I guess we just saw some of the 1,000 Islands, and then on an Alaskan cruise in '09 when I spent a day in the Yukon and a day in Victoria. Other than that, this was my first real immersion into Canada and I kept saying, I could live here. Everyone was so nice, the cities were so beautiful and clean, it was just a great experience. So much so that DS17 started to toss around ideas of going to college in Montreal or Toronto. I'm still pushing for U of Toronto, but he wants Buffalo (close enough, right? ). And then I did a little poking around and realized we were checking in on June 30 and there was this little thing called Canada Day on July 1 
So yeah, we found a few things to do 
. One of them was literally (you can't imagine our luck - people camped out for this) running into Will and Kate! Evan (DS12) still talks about this!
That is great that you were able to save so much! I've been debating it, but don't have a Red Card. I have to look and see how much the double points on my Chase card will earn me over the money saved from Target. 
Hello. First time on this board. We are staying at AoA 8/18 thru 8/25. My husband and daughters first trip, my second in 21 years. We are all very excited!
We're at AoA in a Cars suite (hoping to get switched to Nemo) from 8/17-8/23. Maybe we'll run into each other. Check out the facebook page too for more collaboration.We heard through the rumor mill that DH is up for deployment again.I do NOT want this, not only because this vacation is to celebrate him coming home from the last deployment - I'd trade the vaca to keep him home!, but because he's been gone for 15 months since we got married less than 23 months ago. We'll find out this week the timeframe we're looking at, please send happy thoughts that it is a long long LONG time from now!
I'd love to know this too! But we have a room only ressie, so I won't be paying it off online. I imagine the check in CMs would think I'm nuts if I showed up with a fistful of gift cards
5% off when you use the Red Card to pay for them and I believe some people also have a pharmacy coupon for an additional percentage. So essentially if you buy enough of them to pay down your package, you build in a discount for yourself
The years we got APs always more than paid for themselves between the ticket prices, the resort discounts and other discounts in the parks. Plus we enjoyed some of the AP perks during those years.
I think you mentioned a few posts back not liking Ottowa so much. Why is that? I found Ottowa to be a hidden gem on our trip mainly because I was looking for a place to stay over night on our drive from Montreal to Toronto, and had no expectations for it. I even mentioned to the boys (ok, I'm going to REALLY embarrass myself and hang my head in shame here - I swear I am an intelligent person!) and said I'm not sure what we'll do there other than sleep and the three of them looked at me (incredulously, I might add) and said, um, Mom, it's the CAPITAL OF CANADA - of course we'll find things to do. Hmmm....ok, I am not smarter than a 5th grader
A few weeks ago we had an auction to attend. It was for a program DW runs at the hospital, so we needed to make a large contribution and "won" (actually paid a lot of freaking money for) a trip to Ottowa - we'll be staying at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier and doing a class at Le Cordon Bleu, plus a tour and dinner. I'm excited - we probably won't go until next summer though. But just curious why you aren't as much of a fan as you are of Toronto (which to me felt more like NYC).
) . We find the vibe of Toronto to be exciting and active and FUN. We love their sports teams. We love the big-city feel. . We always seem to have a harder time getting around, we never seem to have a good sense of direction when we're there (even with the GPS) and .... I don't know 
.... the whole city just doesn't feel "fun" to us. . Niagara Falls? Amazing. London? Cambridge? Barrie? Kingston? All great. But Ottawa and area? Just not our style. .
) by the sight of the castle. Lots of pictures taken that day 
. Great memories!
that was the only time i went as a kid.
We lived and worked in Niagara Falls for years and our inlaws still live there so we are there often. It loses it's appeal when it's "home". So I fully admit to being kind of jaded about the place.
