April 2010 ABD Backstage Magic : California Here We Come!!!

[klam_chowder]

Heather - fab pics, thx a mint for making me crack a much needed smile today

We made their heads explode?!? they aint seen nothin' yet!

Kevin - is the transfer from the GCH to the airport good for anytime on the last day?

I'm looking at flight possibilities. My mom's birthday is the next day and I was going to fly right out after breakfast. Now she's talking about being out of country for her b'day in which case I might do my usual "extend-the-vacation as-much-as-possible-by-taking-the-last-flight-out" routine.

Can you pls confirm we only get the equivalent of a 3-day park hopper on this tour? (for use on Day 3, 4 and 5)

Of course, no rush for an answer on these...just thought I'd ask while it was on my mind.

cheers,

 

[corky441]

My information packet arrived today

 

[DisneyKevin]

Kevin - is the transfer from the GCH to the airport good for anytime on the last day?

Transfers can be arranged at any time on the last day of the Adventure.

Can you pls confirm we only get the equivalent of a 3-day park hopper on this tour? (for use on Day 3, 4 and 5)

You will receivea 4 day park hopper. Two days will be used for the guided tours of the Magic Kingdom and California Adventure. We have one night free to visit the parks and one day can be used to do that. The last day can be used on the day you check out.

 

[klam_chowder]

Marilee, I'm for you! It really adds excitement to this trip

Kevin, you must be taking lessons from that other mouse - the zippy one! Thx a mint for the details

With the info on the transfer and 4 day pass, this sets up just as I was fearing/hoping ...am I a bad daughter if I'm wishing my mom spends her milestone birthday out of country???

cheers,

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

Our ABD packet arrived today!

I grabbed the mail on my way out to carpool and had fun reading through everything while waiting for DS9 and DD6 to get out of school.

I have a question, we received two return envelopes. Can we put both sets of forms into one envelope?

Thank you for the airfare quote. We will hold off for now booking it through ABD. We may be able to get a better fare with Southwest in a few weeks.

Thank you for the quick and speedy email responses. I read the thread referenced by launchpad (cocowum's DH) on another thread and I will definitely scream from the roof tops on Dreams Unlimited's great customer service.

Jennifer

 

[DisneyKevin]

Our ABD packet arrived today!

I have a question, we received two return envelopes. Can we put both sets of forms into one envelope?

99 times out of 100 I would say sure....they're going to the same place, but ABD tends to have reasons for what they do ...(no matter how odd I think their reasons are)....so I would say use both envelopes.

They are pre-paid, so you wont have to use your own postage.

Honestly, I cant think of a good reason to not use just one....other than there must be some reason that they send two.

I know it's a lame answer....but it's all I got.

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

99 times out of 100 I would say sure....they're going to the same place, but ABD tends to have reasons for what they do ...(no matter how odd I think their reasons are)....so I would say use both envelopes.

They are pre-paid, so you wont have to use your own postage.

Honestly, I cant think of a good reason to not use just one....other than there must be some reason that they send two.

I know it's a lame answer....but it's all I got.

Thank you for the response! I'll just send them back separately. It's "their" dime.

One more question, I am full of them but will keep it to one at this time ... We have passports. But, don't plan to use them for this trip because we're flying domestically and the trip is in California. Do we have to put our passport information on the Adventure Booking Information sheet. I don't like giving that informatin out if it is NOT needed. I have everything filled out but the passport section. I hope that is okay.

Since, we haven't booked our flight yet. I left that sheet blank and put a note on it about not booking the flight yet. I assume to have them coordinate our arrival transfer, we will eventually have to give them the flight info. But, if they want these forms NOW, they are going to get a half empty form. Sorry. We'll get the flight info to you as soon as we book it.

I will get it all in the mail today.

Jennifer

I know I probably should put this all in an email. However, I wanted to post it in case others had the same questions.

 

[DisneyKevin]

You dont need passport information unless you are not a US citizen.

You can provide your flight info when you have it.

 

[tmli]

We have decided to add a night at the GCH after ABD as well....most of the flights would have us leaving around noon on the Sunday and we just felt like we wanted some wind down time after the tour before jumping on a plane!

This is becoming quite the trip!

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

We have decided to add a night at the GCH after ABD as well....most of the flights would have us leaving around noon on the Sunday and we just felt like we wanted some wind down time after the tour before jumping on a plane!

This is becoming quite the trip!

I wish we could add a day at the end of the trip too. But, I am sure my Mom will be ready for us to come home on Sunday night. She nicely said she'd watch all three children while we are away. However, I don't want to take advantage of her generosity. In return, we are taking her on a cruise in the Fall 2010. Unless our plans change and we move the November 2010 cruise out to a June 2011 Alaska. It is very tempting.

Jennifer

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

You dont need passport information unless you are not a US citizen.

You can provide your flight info when you have it.

Thanks Kevin! I figured so. But, I wanted to make sure. The paperwork has been completed and sent.


Jennifer (& Bill)

 

[corky441]

We have decided to add a night at the GCH after ABD as well....most of the flights would have us leaving around noon on the Sunday and we just felt like we wanted some wind down time after the tour before jumping on a plane!

This is becoming quite the trip!

That's why we did it too - after a great vacation - who wants to rush to the airport to catch a flight. I'm planning on that Sunday being just a nice day to get my head back on straight for "reality".

Are you flying directly into Canada or through Buffalo on your trip home?

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

These months have passed by so quickly! Before you know it, we'll be heading west ...

 

[tmli]

That's why we did it too - after a great vacation - who wants to rush to the airport to catch a flight. I'm planning on that Sunday being just a nice day to get my head back on straight for "reality".

Are you flying directly into Canada or through Buffalo on your trip home?

We think Canada...we have aeroplan that we are going to try to use with Air Canada, direct flights and seat back entertainment!

I have been looking at Jetblue in case that doesn't work out....who are you flying with? We fly out of Buffalo a lot to Florida!!

 

[corky441]

we always fly JetBlue - they have an early morning non-stop to Orlando and then a late afternoon non-stop from Orlando to Buffalo.
It's great to get there in only 2 1/2 hours

We're flying JetBlue out to California too. flying into Long Beach on Sat April 10th and then home out of LAX on Monday the 19th - think that flight back to Buffalo is at 12:45 pm - unfortunately those both fly thru NYC. oh well, we'll see the new terminal then.
Weird part is with the time difference from West to East and the layover in NYC - we get home at like 12:00 midnight (Tues) CRAZY

 

[Dodie]

We're flying in late-ish on Monday 4/12, arriving at LAX at 8:30 p.m. That will give us a good night's rest (we should be really tired because of the time change) and the morning and early afternoon on Tuesday to explore the immediate area (we're not doing a rental car) and adjust to west coast time before dinner with the group that night.

We're waiting to head home until the morning of Monday 4/19. That way we get that whole day on Sunday to do anything in the parks we missed and just wind down a little bit.

 

[tmli]

I think I solved the mystery of the 2 envelopes!! The agreement is to be sent back right away--one envelope. Somewhere in the paperwork it said to send the information sheet back once you had flight information, we have up until 90 days prior to send that. (in the second envelope). It did say if you have all of the information you may send both forms back together.

I think all of those episodes of Scooby Doo I watched finally paid off!!!

 

[klam_chowder]

I think I solved the mystery of the 2 envelopes!! The agreement is to be sent back right away--one envelope. Somewhere in the paperwork it said to send the information sheet back once you had flight information, we have up until 90 days prior to send that. (in the second envelope). It did say if you have all of the information you may send both forms back together.

I think all of those episodes of Scooby Doo I watched finally paid off!!!

I rec'd my pkg yesterday and that's what I understood from it too

Decided to add an extra day before ABD to check out the Wild Animal Park that Pete & Walter raved about

cheers,

 

[stenogoddess]

Paperwork away! I guess we're really going!

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

I think I solved the mystery of the 2 envelopes!!

On the next adventures of DISers Let Loose in Cali ... The Mystery of the Two Envelopes

See what happens when you have a chaotic house and can't read straight. Thanks for the information!

Jennifer