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A similar question...if we use International Gateway as our very first entrance to any park this trip and we have problems with our MB, is there a guest services type location there? I've never paid much attention at that entrance, having never stayed at an Epcot resort before and just bopping in and out to the Boardwalk area.

I'm not sure about a "location" but we had issues with our MB'S when we tried to enter at the IG. They called over someone to help us out from tech support. He didn't resolve our issue and we had to go back to the BC, but there is someone there to try and help.
 
I'm not sure about a "location" but we had issues with our MB'S when we tried to enter at the IG. They called over someone to help us out from tech support. He didn't resolve our issue and we had to go back to the BC, but there is someone there to try and help.

And this is why I plan to ask, nicely, for a room key in addition to my magic band. I will insist on it. I refuse to waste precious time dealing with technical difficulties at my room door or at park entry.
 
And this is why I plan to ask, nicely, for a room key in addition to my magic band. I will insist on it. I refuse to waste precious time dealing with technical difficulties at my room door or at park entry.

We actually had room keys provided to us automatically. We did have to use them the first day because no PIN had been programmed for our MBs to use them for purchases. Everything has been totally fine since getting that PIN, but I keep them with us, just in case.
 

Excited. We are packing for our California trip. Lily is sooooo excited!!!!! I just ordered my magic bands for our Fort Wilderness Cabin on 11/6. Should be a fun day at Epcot followed by Bob and me at the cabin. Never seen one inside.

Yay! Lily knows the Pacific Ocean can't be beat. :) Have a wonderful time, Teena! Checking out a new rental in Newport in January - close to 15th Street where the waves roll in nicely and the drop off isn't so steep (tried to boogie board near our other rental and I know EXACTLY what you're talking about - too steep!)

Our friends stayed in a Ft. Wilderness cabin last year and had a great time! Hope you and Bob do too!

We'll keep in touch regarding your work schedule for February - our dates are Feb. 20-23 and I hope to stop by BC on the 23rd after the Princess Half Marathon to say hello!
 
And this is why I plan to ask, nicely, for a room key in addition to my magic band. I will insist on it. I refuse to waste precious time dealing with technical difficulties at my room door or at park entry.

We had KTTW cards too, but did not have them with us at this time unfortunately.
 
DisMama3...I see on the BOG list we have the exact same dates for BC: Jan 18-26 (although my dates aren't listed on the post), or have yours changed? I am ordering tickets this weekend so I can get them linked and be ready for customizing MB's and adding PF+ hopefully shortly. 84 days!
 
Hi.
Sorry its taken a few days to update on our trip. Its been busy busy!
So on with the show!

We made it to the BC by 9pm Wed after taking 3 hours from touch down to check in, 3 hours!! DME had to stop at OKW, SSR, CBR, BW then at last BC.

Check in was fine with a lovely lady called Meredith. We got our birthday and celebrating badges and our magic bands were there waiting for us! She said our room had a full balcony and a day bed. Yay.
Got to the room, it was lovely but it stank, it smelt damp and i knew we couldn't spend the next 15 nights in here. So I did what I've never done before and went and asked for another room!!
Meredith was great again and went over the few rooms see had and said i would probably like 3522, near epcot with full balcony.
Yes it was lovely, no day bed but we had a crib delivered but DD2 was too long for it so we've got a roll away. It does hinder the opening of the balcony door but we can live with that.

All in all we are loving the BC.
SAB is great, DD10 is enjoying the pool parties and got to watch a movie on the beach last night.
The weather was cold Thursday but lovely yesterday.

The parks are alot busier then they were last time we came, soarin was out of FP by 930am and at a 70min wait by that time. Same with Toy Story. Glad we pre booked our FP's.

Magic bands working ok. First charging use didn't work as a credit limit had not been set and yesterday at DHS mine didn't work getting in the park but a CM just scanned it and asked were i had been the day before and I was let in.

Will update again soon. Must try a Sunken Treasure today.

x
 
Hi.
We made it to the BC by 9pm Wed after taking 3 hours from touch down to check in, 3 hours!! DME had to stop at OKW, SSR, CBR, BW then at last BC.x

Is this the norm? Just want to be prepared for our YC arrival on 11/30...
 
Good morning from the beach club!!!! I didn't post much but wanted to thank everyone for all the great advice/info/tips as they helped a ton already. Can I just say we love the beach club!!!!! We are completely sold and will probably never be able to stay anywhere else again (I'm actually kinda upset we are doing a split and switching to the poly on Thursday) we arrived yesterday and were booked for a standard room and while we were checking in I asked if my parents were placed near us and she said they were on the same floor but she would try to get us closer. Well she called and when she hung up she said sorry but since you are different room categories we can't get you right next to each other:confused3 we had both booked standard. So the wheels started turning and I was completely over the moon when we got to our room and were greeted with a towel animal and a gorgeous view of the .....LAGOON!!!!!! After a fabulous afternoon by the pool and an awesome burger at beaches and cream we headed to epcot for test track and soarin fast passes. Great day, awesome resort - we are in love!!!!
 
Hi.
Sorry its taken a few days to update on our trip. Its been busy busy!
So on with the show!

We made it to the BC by 9pm Wed after taking 3 hours from touch down to check in, 3 hours!! DME had to stop at OKW, SSR, CBR, BW then at last BC.

Check in was fine with a lovely lady called Meredith. We got our birthday and celebrating badges and our magic bands were there waiting for us! She said our room had a full balcony and a day bed. Yay.
Got to the room, it was lovely but it stank, it smelt damp and i knew we couldn't spend the next 15 nights in here. So I did what I've never done before and went and asked for another room!!
Meredith was great again and went over the few rooms see had and said i would probably like 3522, near epcot with full balcony.
Yes it was lovely, no day bed but we had a crib delivered but DD2 was too long for it so we've got a roll away. It does hinder the opening of the balcony door but we can live with that.

All in all we are loving the BC.
SAB is great, DD10 is enjoying the pool parties and got to watch a movie on the beach last night.
The weather was cold Thursday but lovely yesterday.

The parks are alot busier then they were last time we came, soarin was out of FP by 930am and at a 70min wait by that time. Same with Toy Story. Glad we pre booked our FP's.

Magic bands working ok. First charging use didn't work as a credit limit had not been set and yesterday at DHS mine didn't work getting in the park but a CM just scanned it and asked were i had been the day before and I was let in.

Will update again soon. Must try a Sunken Treasure today.

x

15 days!!!! That sounds wonderful! Have a great trip! :-)
 
Good morning from the beach club!!!! I didn't post much but wanted to thank everyone for all the great advice/info/tips as they helped a ton already. Can I just say we love the beach club!!!!! We are completely sold and will probably never be able to stay anywhere else again (I'm actually kinda upset we are doing a split and switching to the poly on Thursday) we arrived yesterday and were booked for a standard room and while we were checking in I asked if my parents were placed near us and she said they were on the same floor but she would try to get us closer. Well she called and when she hung up she said sorry but since you are different room categories we can't get you right next to each other:confused3 we had both booked standard. So the wheels started turning and I was completely over the moon when we got to our room and were greeted with a towel animal and a gorgeous view of the .....LAGOON!!!!!! After a fabulous afternoon by the pool and an awesome burger at beaches and cream we headed to epcot for test track and soarin fast passes. Great day, awesome resort - we are in love!!!!

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I know. I never wanted to leave. We had those burgers at the B and C and think they are the best we have ever had!
Have fun!! :-)
 
Brrrr its cold here (CT) 30 degrees- can't wait to get to Disney in Dec!!!!

:offtopic: We are staying at the YC, friends of ours are staying at their Bonnet Creek timeshare (not owned by Disney). We are all AP holders. I know that we will be able to get Magic Bands but will they be able to get MB's when they arrive at the parks?

If they can get the MB's, will they be able to make FP's in advance?

I say no but they say yes because they have AP's. I thought that MB's were only being offered to those that stay on property not people with AP's yet.

what do you think?
 
cocoabean1 said:
Brrrr its cold here (CT) 30 degrees- can't wait to get to Disney in Dec!!!!

:offtopic: We are staying at the YC, friends of ours are staying at their Bonnet Creek timeshare (not owned by Disney). We are all AP holders. I know that we will be able to get Magic Bands but will they be able to get MB's when they arrive at the parks?

If they can get the MB's, will they be able to make FP's in advance?

I say no but they say yes because they have AP's. I thought that MB's were only being offered to those that stay on property not people with AP's yet.

what do you think?

I have seen many people post that they had their APs added/converted to MBs.
 
Brrrr its cold here (CT) 30 degrees- can't wait to get to Disney in Dec!!!!

:offtopic: We are staying at the YC, friends of ours are staying at their Bonnet Creek timeshare (not owned by Disney). We are all AP holders. I know that we will be able to get Magic Bands but will they be able to get MB's when they arrive at the parks?

If they can get the MB's, will they be able to make FP's in advance?

I say no but they say yes because they have AP's. I thought that MB's were only being offered to those that stay on property not people with AP's yet.

what do you think?

I agree with you.

I know that my DD is able to make FP's using DME even though they are not staying on property. I think this is because they are AP holders and we all just came back from a trip in September, so we all have MB's already. They have been back to Disney three times since our trip ended and they scheduled FP's each time. They are still using their MB's to enter the parks too. But again they already had MB's so I don't know if you can do this with just an AP yet, but once you stay at Disney you should be able to continue to use the MB's and FP+ system.
 
Is it Wednesday yet?!?!?! i'm all packed... house clean... laundry is happening now... I just need Wednesday to get here!! I need some warmth :thumbsup2

~N
 
Is this the norm? Just want to be prepared for our YC arrival on 11/30...

No, not at all...

When we came in last Sunday we had a stop at only 3 CB, YC, and then BC. We were on there in the 12:30 time frame.

As she said 3 stops that has been the normal we have gotten but normally it is PORS, BW, then BC. but we are normally there before 11ish departing from Chicago
 
I have a quick weather question for you. SNIP! the Weatherchannel.com for Lake Buena Vista its reporting the high up to 85, but lows daily in the 50s. Are the lows mainly in the wee hours of the night/early am or is it cooler in evenings too? Like you want a long sleeve shirt/sweatshirt for evening parks? I'm packing a bit of everything of course & I know FL weathers unpredictable, I'm just wondering what way to lean more towards packing? The reports of the crazy humidity has me bummed, my May trip was a 2shower/day trip & I was hoping this one wouldn't be. Oh well, I'll be in Disney, right? Thanks for any insight you may have!

:flower3: Angeejoe

Sorry I didn't see this sooner. This 'being on an actual trip' business is interfering with my Dis boards time.

The weather report: The big news flash is that the weather has changed from humid, humid, humid to cool (At night, days are still sunny and warm) and breezy (slight). (THANK GODDESS!!!!) The temps are dropping into the low 60's at night with a slight breeze, so pack what you need for that.

We have been fine swimming when it is sunny as the sun warms you up enough to enjoy the pool. The hot tub here at CBR is also enjoyable if we should need the warmer waters....... so take advantage of the hot tubs at the BC/YC/BCV to sooth those tired bones.

Now we bring you the hour by hour Drunk Report at Food and Whine. This report is sponsored by Dewey Cheetum and Howe, attorneys specializing in DWI cases...

During the day the drunks are almost invisible and are easily confused with cranky people with small whiney children. At dinner time you see a lot of people who are in "mid drunk". You can tell they have been drinking and they are still ordering alcohol because NOW they are having dinner and they still think they can handle MORE, like eating food would make it better.. LOL

After dinner you see the people who have been drinking and touring ALL DAY leaving the parks after their livers tell them doing both to extremes is a BAD idea.

Late night is my FAVORITE time for "Drunk Watch" as this is the time you will see them. After Illuminations you witness a VERY SMALL NUMBER of roving packs of drunks screaming loudly about finding places to "do more shots". You can hear these people coming long before you see them so there are no worries about them causing you problems unless you are a bottle of vodka, then the will be ALL OVER YOU like a pack of vampires. I did witness a band of roving drunks (BORD) storm into Rose and Crown for shots only to be told by the Bartender to keep on moving so OUT they went!

All in all, the drunks are not much of a problem and that was on a Friday night, so I'm thinking it's peak drunk season. There are an awful lot of "Chattier than normal" people who are curious about your trip and where you are from and what you have been doing. We think this is delightful but if you are the shy, non communicative type then you might want to invest in one of those 'Brazillion' tour group T-shirts and chant 'no English' when some friendly souls tries to chat with you.

I have seen an increased uniformed security presence at food and whine, much more so than what you would see on a regular park night so that should allay some fears.

Now for a commercial message brought to you from Joffrey's coffee. Our coffee tastes burned and Starbucky, which rhymes with yucky! (Nuff said....) You are going to want your DUNKIN!

I gotta run... the quiet pool is calling my name.

~NM
 
Thanks for that very helpful update on Food and Whine Ninja Mom! I can't wait to get a drink!!

I've been tracking the weather on http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/disney-world-fl/32830/weather-forecast/69031_poi and it is telling me that 10/30-11/2 will be in the mid 80's and a tad humid.. I can't wait! and 11/3-11/4 look to be low 80's. This is perfect let's hope it stays that way for arrival day!! I did pack 1 pair of jeans and a hoody, but I am finding it hard to pack that pair of sneakers.... they made it into the suitcase, but I don't think I'll be wearing them:thumbsup2

Enjoy the quiet pool NM!

~N
 
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