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<font color=royalblue>Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love y
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When I left off I was waiting for Disney to open up our dates on the dining reservation system. On the 23rd December they finally announced that reservations could be made 90 days from dining date so I made a note to call once we got to 90 days from our last night so that I could make all my reservations in one go.
Around the beginning of December Dad needed to get a new computer and while we were in PC World I began looking at the netbooks. Now that I have started doing trip reports I like to type them up at the end of each day while everything is fresh in my mind and so I had been taking my laptop away with us. The only problem with that is that it is quite bulky and heavy, which means the bag I take it in is also quite big and even though it is on wheels it is still awkward to pull that and my suitcase at the same time. I had therefore been thinking about getting something smaller and having seen a netbook that I liked Dad offered to buy it for me for Christmas. That means that instead of my bulky laptop I will now be taking this away instead:
So with the problem of the bulky laptop solved the next thing was to find a more suitable bag. I knew I wanted one like Dad has which slips over the handle of his suitcase so he can manage both of them together easily. A quick look on Ebay produced exactly what I was looking for and, as the seller was accepting offers on the Buy It Now price I knocked off the delivery charge and had an offer of £39.95 accepted for this:
It has a loop on the back which slips over a suitcase handle and means that I will be able to manage my bags around Orlando Airport a lot easier than I did last year.
The next major date was the 10th January when tickets for the Atlanta Braves Spring Training baseball games were due to go on sale at 3:00 p.m. our time. Dad and I went to see a game at Wide World of Sports last year and when I saw these games were on while we are there on this trip we decided that we would enjoy going again. I was on the Ticketmaster website at about 3:02 p.m. but the only seats on offer were on the bleachers way out in the outfield, or in the lawn section which is just a grassy area and doesnt even have any seats.
I tried on and off for a couple of hours but nothing decent came up so I think all of the good seats must have been spoken for in the multi-game packages that were on sale. Ill keep trying Ticketmaster and see if anybody offers tickets at a reasonable price on StubHub but I think that day is going to end up as a shopping day.
Today I phoned up to make our ADRs and managed to get four out of five of what I wanted which are:
29th March 8:20 a.m. breakfast at Boma
2nd April 6:00 p.m. dinner at Boma
5th April 11:30 a.m. lunch at Sci-Fi Diner
7th April 6:00 p.m. dinner at Artist Point
The only one I couldnt get, and it is the first time I havent been able to get in there in 3 tries was Le Cellier for dinner on 6th April. The only times they had available were 4:30 p.m. which would be too early and 8:00 p.m. which would be too late for Illuminations. Im going to have a think about this one because we do really like Le Cellier so I might try and get in for a different night, or I might just leave it until we get there and get the Concierge desk at Saratoga Springs to have a look and see what dates and times are available during our stay in the hope of getting a cancellation.
The dining reservations system seems to have changed since last year instead of the old Press 1 for this, press 2 for that system it is now done by voice. For example the first option is To proceed in English say English, to proceed in Spanish say Spanish (obviously the Spanish option is spoken in Spanish). There then follows a series of Yes/No questions before you are eventually put through to a CM.
The final thing to do was to phone and book the Around The World Segway tour at EPCOT which I have booked for 2nd April at 8:30 a.m., which is normally $95 each but with our DVC discount we got it for $80.75 each.
We have also booked a night at the Sofitel for 24th March so we can start the holiday off in the right mood and we will probably go over to the Wetherspoons in the other terminal for something to eat that night.
Other than deciding what to do about Le Cellier I think we are pretty much set now and the only thing to do is sit back and tick the days off to 24th March it works out to 52 working days at the moment (or as Dad pointed out recently 1 and a half pages on the calendar on the side of the freezer!
).
Around the beginning of December Dad needed to get a new computer and while we were in PC World I began looking at the netbooks. Now that I have started doing trip reports I like to type them up at the end of each day while everything is fresh in my mind and so I had been taking my laptop away with us. The only problem with that is that it is quite bulky and heavy, which means the bag I take it in is also quite big and even though it is on wheels it is still awkward to pull that and my suitcase at the same time. I had therefore been thinking about getting something smaller and having seen a netbook that I liked Dad offered to buy it for me for Christmas. That means that instead of my bulky laptop I will now be taking this away instead:
So with the problem of the bulky laptop solved the next thing was to find a more suitable bag. I knew I wanted one like Dad has which slips over the handle of his suitcase so he can manage both of them together easily. A quick look on Ebay produced exactly what I was looking for and, as the seller was accepting offers on the Buy It Now price I knocked off the delivery charge and had an offer of £39.95 accepted for this:
It has a loop on the back which slips over a suitcase handle and means that I will be able to manage my bags around Orlando Airport a lot easier than I did last year.
The next major date was the 10th January when tickets for the Atlanta Braves Spring Training baseball games were due to go on sale at 3:00 p.m. our time. Dad and I went to see a game at Wide World of Sports last year and when I saw these games were on while we are there on this trip we decided that we would enjoy going again. I was on the Ticketmaster website at about 3:02 p.m. but the only seats on offer were on the bleachers way out in the outfield, or in the lawn section which is just a grassy area and doesnt even have any seats.
I tried on and off for a couple of hours but nothing decent came up so I think all of the good seats must have been spoken for in the multi-game packages that were on sale. Ill keep trying Ticketmaster and see if anybody offers tickets at a reasonable price on StubHub but I think that day is going to end up as a shopping day.Today I phoned up to make our ADRs and managed to get four out of five of what I wanted which are:
29th March 8:20 a.m. breakfast at Boma
2nd April 6:00 p.m. dinner at Boma
5th April 11:30 a.m. lunch at Sci-Fi Diner
7th April 6:00 p.m. dinner at Artist Point
The only one I couldnt get, and it is the first time I havent been able to get in there in 3 tries was Le Cellier for dinner on 6th April. The only times they had available were 4:30 p.m. which would be too early and 8:00 p.m. which would be too late for Illuminations. Im going to have a think about this one because we do really like Le Cellier so I might try and get in for a different night, or I might just leave it until we get there and get the Concierge desk at Saratoga Springs to have a look and see what dates and times are available during our stay in the hope of getting a cancellation.
The dining reservations system seems to have changed since last year instead of the old Press 1 for this, press 2 for that system it is now done by voice. For example the first option is To proceed in English say English, to proceed in Spanish say Spanish (obviously the Spanish option is spoken in Spanish). There then follows a series of Yes/No questions before you are eventually put through to a CM.
The final thing to do was to phone and book the Around The World Segway tour at EPCOT which I have booked for 2nd April at 8:30 a.m., which is normally $95 each but with our DVC discount we got it for $80.75 each.
We have also booked a night at the Sofitel for 24th March so we can start the holiday off in the right mood and we will probably go over to the Wetherspoons in the other terminal for something to eat that night.
Other than deciding what to do about Le Cellier I think we are pretty much set now and the only thing to do is sit back and tick the days off to 24th March it works out to 52 working days at the moment (or as Dad pointed out recently 1 and a half pages on the calendar on the side of the freezer!
).
.I was wondering if you had managed to get your tickets(i meant to have asked you when we spoke recently)-what a shame 
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.Shame about Le Cellier-hope you get something sorted for that as well.
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I have to wait until September!! 
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I'll put a hat on the ground in front of me and I might make some extra spending money! 
,just a suggestion(up to you 
I didn't know you guys were still performing but depending on what me and Boyzone are up to on April 4th, we might have to seize the opportunity and catch you guys performing live!!! May I also request a duet of '9 to 5'... 
.Would it intefere with your dining discount though-as i don't understand how that works,do we just tell them that we want seperate bills 
