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[FreezinRafiki]

Nicely done!

 

[AirGoofy]

I'm with Randall - I want to see the pictures. Just not the ones where you had to sit down and unbutton your pants to make more room. Just go ahead and keep that one to yourself.

Or the pictures of Carl sitting on the toilet after eating 25 dole whips. Send those to Randall only.

 

[scott2997]

Or the pictures of Carl sitting on the toilet after eating 25 dole whips. Send those to Randall only.

 

[that's nice]

Morning guys. I couldn't wait to get to work, 4 out of 6 kids sick

At least 2 are not sick, which is nice.

Hope they feel better soon.

Nicely done!

Well done.

 

[that's nice]

On Friday I was trying to book our ADRs for our August trip and MDE wouldn't let me go past the 180 day mark. Now I have 2 separate hotel reservations, 8/12-8/14 OKW & 8/16-8/20 BCV. We are staying with DWs cousin for the 2 days in between. I should have been able to book my ADR for 8/12 (180 days)-8/14 (180 days +2). MDE wouldn't let me go past my 180 day mark. I called member services (DVC) and the CM let me book my ADRs for my entire trip. We got everything we wanted at the times we wanted except for BOG which was 20 minutes past our desired time. (we are going to surprise my mom who will be with us for the 2nd half of the trip).

We booked:

Olivia's dinner
Plaza dinner
Kona breakfast
Cape May dinner
Boma dinner
Crystal Palace 8am breakfast
Be Our Guest dinner
Cape May breakfast

 

[cj9200]

Happy Presidents' Day from Key Largo. Sorry New England is getting socked again but Jim, Paul, I will toast one (or two) to you from the Tiki Bar.

Computer is down so won't be able to send pics or post much. Hope everyone is enjoying the day as best they can.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I know Barry has done the tower of terror challenge for his anniversary. So I am thinking of one for my 25th! I am thinking of along the lines of 25 dole whips in one day to honor our 25 yrs together. I mean what better way to spend the day then with my two true loves. Hmm its not like anything else would be happening that night so a full belly wouldn't be an issue.

I think downing 25 Dole Whips would pretty much guarantee nothing else is happening that night.

Morning guys. I couldn't wait to get to work, 4 out of 6 kids sick

It's the plague! Run for the hills! And, uh, hope they feel better soon.

On Friday I was trying to book our ADRs for our August trip and MDE wouldn't let me go past the 180 day mark. Now I have 2 separate hotel reservations, 8/12-8/14 OKW & 8/16-8/20 BCV. We are staying with DWs cousin for the 2 days in between. I should have been able to book my ADR for 8/12 (180 days)-8/14 (180 days +2). MDE wouldn't let me go past my 180 day mark. I called member services (DVC) and the CM let me book my ADRs for my entire trip. We got everything we wanted at the times we wanted except for BOG which was 20 minutes past our desired time. (we are going to surprise my mom who will be with us for the 2nd half of the trip).

We booked:

Olivia's dinner
Plaza dinner
Kona breakfast
Cape May dinner
Boma dinner
Crystal Palace 8am breakfast
Be Our Guest dinner
Cape May breakfast

Nice work! Weird that the ADR system wasn't working properly.

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

At least 2 are not sick, which is nice.

The key word here is "yet".

 

[scott2997]

We booked:

Olivia's dinner
Plaza dinner
Kona breakfast
Cape May dinner
Boma dinner
Crystal Palace 8am breakfast
Be Our Guest dinner
Cape May breakfast

that's nice!

 

[that's nice]

that's nice!

Kept 'Ohana & Biergarten off the list... looking forward to these in January.

 

[that's nice]

The key word here is "yet".

Hopefully that doesn't happen. I was super sick last week and over the weekend and I was the only causality. Thank goodness none else caught what I had.

 

[scott2997]

Kept 'Ohana & Biergarten off the list... looking forward to these in January.

You betcha!

 

[AirGoofy]

On Friday I was trying to book our ADRs for our August trip and MDE wouldn't let me go past the 180 day mark. Now I have 2 separate hotel reservations, 8/12-8/14 OKW & 8/16-8/20 BCV. We are staying with DWs cousin for the 2 days in between. I should have been able to book my ADR for 8/12 (180 days)-8/14 (180 days +2). MDE wouldn't let me go past my 180 day mark. I called member services (DVC) and the CM let me book my ADRs for my entire trip. We got everything we wanted at the times we wanted except for BOG which was 20 minutes past our desired time. (we are going to surprise my mom who will be with us for the 2nd half of the trip).

We booked:

Olivia's dinner
Plaza dinner
Kona breakfast
Cape May dinner
Boma dinner
Crystal Palace 8am breakfast
Be Our Guest dinner
Cape May breakfast

Yeah, I can't get that 180+ 10 to work either. It's not bad calling MS, just don't like waiting on the phone, especially when the online system should work. I've found that calling that is really only necessary for character ADRs. I like your list. Olivia's is overlooked by many. I don't know if I would make a special trip over to eat there, but the times we've stayed at OKW, it is always good. And, 10% off with DVC membership, unless you are using 20% with TiW.

Happy Presidents' Day from Key Largo. Sorry New England is getting socked again but Jim, Paul, I will toast one (or two) to you from the Tiki Bar.

Computer is down so won't be able to send pics or post much. Hope everyone is enjoying the day as best they can.

We are getting lots of snow here as well. KY is closed.

 

[that's nice]

Happy Presidents' Day from Key Largo. Sorry New England is getting socked again but Jim, Paul, I will toast one (or two) to you from the Tiki Bar.

Don't forget about the CT people... we are New England too.

Nice work! Weird that the ADR system wasn't working properly.

I've been reading on the DVC boards that its been happening a lot. Not sure if it is just happening to DVCers or to everybody.

Yeah, I can't get that 180+ 10 to work either. It's not bad calling MS, just don't like waiting on the phone, especially when the online system should work. I've found that calling that is really only necessary for character ADRs. I like your list. Olivia's is overlooked by many. I don't know if I would make a special trip over to eat there, but the times we've stayed at OKW, it is always good. And, 10% off with DVC membership, unless you are using 20% with TiW.

I didn't have to wait too long... maybe 5 minutes.

We haven't eaten at Olivia's before but since we are staying at OKW we figured we'd give it a shot. The menu looks pretty good. Hopefully the food is just as good. LOL

We are getting lots of snow here as well. KY is closed.

But did they close the liquor stores?

 

[AirGoofy]

They only close the liquor stores on Sundays.

 

[theduck619]

Morning. I want that groundhogs head!!

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Morning. I want that groundhogs head!!

Happy to help,

on a stick!

 

[DisneyDadC]

ok I have to ask this. Since my wife and I have been going back and forth trying to find a place to eat that we havent eaten at before. Is any place in Disney worth $400 a meal??? I mean there is 8/9 of us going @roughly $45/50 a head that is $400 to $500 with tip just to eat one meal. And Disney is family oriented????? HA If you had large family would you still eat out or would you eat in room more often.

 

[that's nice]

ok I have to ask this. Since my wife and I have been going back and forth trying to find a place to eat that we havent eaten at before. Is any place in Disney worth $400 a meal??? I mean there is 8/9 of us going @roughly $45/50 a head that is $400 to $500 with tip just to eat one meal. And Disney is family oriented????? HA If you had large family would you still eat out or would you eat in room more often.

I think staying away from the buffets and buying/using the TIW card should keep your meal costs down. That way you pay for what you eat and not for all the extras- characters, massive amounts of food, etc. Also eating lunch at a sit-down will save you $5-10 per person. Also eating at off times you can get lunch at breakfast prices. Example: We ate breakfast at Tusker House at 10:40. We got breakfast food and lunch food since they were switching over to lunch at 11

 

[DisneyDadC]

I think staying away from the buffets and buying/using the TIW card should keep your meal costs down. That way you pay for what you eat and not for all the extras- characters, massive amounts of food, etc. Also eating lunch at a sit-down will save you $5-10 per person. Also eating at off times you can get lunch at breakfast prices. Example: We ate breakfast at Tusker House at 10:40. We got breakfast food and lunch food since they were switching over to lunch at 11

I do that, I catch latest lunches to pay lunch rate and get dinner food sometimes lol. But still for large family it is a fortune. We do mostly in room foods and counter service foods. I am just curious to hear what others with large families think.