That definitely sounds very intriguing!! I will certainly look for it when I get back.
I need to get it back to the Library, it's overdue
I made the mistake of reading the Other Queen first, checked them out at the same time, and took longer to read it than I should and can't renew this one due to holds out on it. Oops!
Ooh Cynthia, that book sounds really intriguing! I fully intend to curl up with a book and my fluffy pj's right after dinner. Unfortunately, we just burned through the last of our firewood. It's snowing out right now, and it would be the perfect night for a fire!
It's very interesting and well written, I highly recommend it!
20/30/40 definitely saves you more when you stay deluxe. We were suppose to go in December also, but can't this year due to schedules, etc. So, my rationale was that if I can't do two trips we HAVE to book Grand Floridian Royal Palm Club for August. 40% off that ridiculously priced room. Talk about fuzzy Disney math
I'm not familiar with the YC. What are the room categories? I did read that all YC rooms have full balconies, while the BC does not. That makes choosing the YC worth it IMO. Ahhh a glass of wine/champagne/beer/shot of tequila in the evening on the balcony after a long day at the parks is wonderful
I can understand why you'd just list Eric as 10. That kid's menu gets lame pretty quickly. But for my 6 yr old nephew, it's fine. I think in a couple of years, he'll hate it. Even now it's a stretch because he doesn't like pizza and the beef with macaroni leaves a lot to be desired
With a group your size, seems like the DDP makes life a lot easier.
Are there certain CS places you'd like to try?
I'm trying to be patient with the airfare. I'm going to wait until we get under the 6 month mark.
That is fuzzy disney math at it's best!
All the YC rooms do have a balcony or patio (ground floor) which was a big deal to me, part of why we chose it. So all you get for the upgrade to the Regatta Club is basically the lounge. It is the exact same room, just on a different floor.
Which, while the lounge sounds lovely, even with the PIN it comes out to another $75 pp, per night. We will definitely spend less than that on OOP breakfast and drinks lol.
If I were to upgrade it would be to the pool/water view instead of the club level (the no view club level is more than the pool view of course) but with 2 rooms...I just can't justify it for the full 7 nights. Esp since we upgraded at HRH!
They do have some amazing sounding suites. None of course sleep 9! If I had twice the budget and one less person, I'd go for the turret 2 bedroom suite. But I don't.
So we will just hope for an upgrade at check in and if not, a view that is not of a parking lot! I just need to figure out if we have a better chance of that by checking in "live" or online... either way I plan to be there early on check in day! As a grand gathering it seems, based on the YC thread, that we do have a chance of an upgrade so...we will see (fingers crossed!).
Last time we had both E's on the kids menu so did about half buffets which helped a lot and then chose places that had "better" kids menu's (Kona has fish, etc) and that helped as well.
For CS we will most likely be hitting all new places, going to just let that one go and take it as it comes. I think the only "for sure" CS place we know we will be eating at is Hurricane Hannah's. Beyond that I do want to try CHH, maybe Flame Tree (or do the Picnic in the Park), maybe WPE if we don't eat at Paradiso 37...who knows! With the heat and hopping I need to be flexible so just plan to have a list of the top places in my book and we will pull from that, it's what we did last time and it worked well.
Lots of chat about the Happiest Place on Earth. There was one other "Disney Family" there, working the opposite side of the arena. 
I hope it works out and you guys can settle on your dates before FD. 
