Brit's Guide 2003 - Up-dated Apr 19

[tony64]

Hi Simon Great Book
We have planned every disney holiday around it.
Have you seen the special all in one day ticket for busch Garden??
Lunch ,drink,snack and sweets all for less than a day ticket.
we've booked ours through their web site
it's was all very easy you just print out a voucher to take along to the ticket office

 

[tony64]

Sorry folks this is now a Florida residence only offer

 

[mrshnn]

thanks for your update ,new book is great,any more info on church st station and cypress gardens are they going to reopen,i got married at cypress gardens in 2000 so we was hoping to go back,also when will 2004 issue be out


thanks mark

mrshnn@aol.com

 

[SimonV]

Church Street Station remains firmly closed (apart from the Improv Comedy Club in the former Rosie's and a Sports Bar in what used to be Apple Annie's. The former Crackers restaurant is now the fine dining of Louis' restaurant. The area is VERY quiet with how it used to be, though.

Cypress Gardens is still waiting on some State funding to see if it can re-open. No news here for several weeks now, which is not promising. However, I can thoroughly recommend Historic Bok Sanctuary as an alternative (www.boktower.org), in nearby Lake Wales (plus lunch at Chalet Suzanne - amazing!).

As regards the 2004 edition, we're still hoping for end of October, but things are running a little late just now (my faul!) and we will have to play catch-up in August.

 

[kazzie]

Hi Simon,

I just had another read of the updates.

....and an even more daring Shark Dive opportunity, where you go down into the shark tank in a special steel cage (more details to follow).

Do you have any more info on this please? Is it open yet?

Thanks

 

[Highland Lass]

Hi Simon

I recently bought your book to plan our family holiday in December. I lent it to my sister who LOST IT!!!!! Horrors......she has ordered me another from Amazon.......just as well or I may not let her come with us to WDW. She is actually bored now with me yelling "listen to this......" or " we must go here" , come to think of it maybe she didn't lose the book at all !!

Anyway, I have a question.

My family are all going to stay in the Quality Inn International Drive for 2 weeks (1-16 December 2003). I want to go to Seaworld- I love it - but if I remember correctly when I went at the same time in 1996 , Seaworld were doing a 2 days for the price of 1 deal on tickets. Since that seems to be a traditionally quiet time of year do you think it would be worth holding off and seeing if there are any deals available this year ?

Also- sorry another question.

When we arrive we plan to split into 2 groups. the men will golf and the ladies will shop and cruise with Disney. However we only have 1 car between us and need to be able to keep in touch. None of us have triband mobile phones , which we apparently need in the US....so do you know if it would be better to buy a couple of cheap phones there, hire them, or organise phones that will work before we leave the UK ?

Thank you for all your tips and advice, very much appreciated.

 

[SimonV]

Hi there Highland Lass. As regards SeaWorld, the 2nd Day Free deal hasn't been that evident this year, so it is hard to say if it will be available in December. I'd like to say it is pretty certain, but this year has been a hard one to predict. If you're thinking of visiting Universal's parks as well, I would still advise you to get an Orlando FlexTicket. Then you get plenty of SeaWorld time.

For local radios or phones, they can work out quite cheap. Look up Action Radio & Cell on www.radiogirlz.com for more details. They offer a good, reliable service, and they deliver to hotels, too.

 

[Highland Lass]

Thanks.

I think Maple Leaf are doing 2 for 1 deals at Seaworld. I will be taking my daughter to Universal so perhaps I'll take your advice re the Flex ticket.

In for a penny ....in for a dollar $$

 

[slinky101]

hullo all, had o register and post a thank you, returned from florida last saturday, after a 24hr flight delay! had an absolutely fanasic time due o he brits guide and all the useful info i got from reading all your posts, usually daily for about the last five months, all your tips and advice were invaluable and helped us get he most from our trip with the minimum of queing........will be planning 2005 soon!

 

[Sweeney Todd]

Hey Simon (if you are viewing),

As the author can you confirm whether the 2004 edition is actually out on the published date of Oct 1st as we are led to believe.

Some members here appear to have conflicting info.

Thanx,

Sweeney

 

[SimonV]

Hi there all. I'm afraid I don't quite know where Amazon got that Oct 1 date from. For the last few years we have worked to a date of Oct 31 as our main publication date for the next year's edition, and that means it is usually distributed on the week immediately after that date. In an ideal world, it will then be in shops by the middle of November (it sometimes takes them more than a week to actually put it out on display). I haven't heard of any hold-ups in publication, but then I'm usually the last to hear about those anyway I do know that the next edition of our cruise book has been delayed by more than a month, and we were a couple of weeks late in finishing off for 2004 this summer (end of August). I wish I could direct to the publisher's website, but that is currently down for a major rebuild More news when I get it...........

 

[Rain]

Simon,

I am so dissapointed :-( we are leaving on 31st October.

Lynda

 

[LDR]

How are WHSmith advising me by email that my preorder is NYP..due to be published October 2nd..and then on their website stating they have it in stock and available for 3 day delivery ?

Brits Guide 2004

 

[LDR]

Had another email from WHSMith just now..

Dear -xxxx-

The item was published on the 1st of October. The supplier now have the item
in stock and your order should be sent out shortly.



If you have any queries about this or any other matter please do not
hesitate in contacting us at support@whsmithonline.co.uk or telephone 01865
771 772.

Regards,
WHSmith Online Customer Service.

 

[Rain]

I too have just had an email from WH Smith saying I should recieve my book by middle of next week!!

Lynda

 

[juliebro]

Just got an email from Amazon saying they expect the publishers to release the book on 23rd October and they will dispatch it to me as soon as they can after that. That's an improvement on 10th December!

Can't wait to start planning!

Julie

 

[Rain]

WH Smith are also saying 23rd October Now

 

[juliebro]

Anyone received their copy yet?


Julie

 

[Rain]

Not me!

Lynda

 

[Selina]

Hi Simon,

Thought you may be interested in this: The Holiday Inn which is just outside WDW is refurbishing it's hotel to the theme of Nickelodeon...here is the link:-

http://www.nickhotel.com/

Regards,
Selina