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[aussietravellers]

yes they look lovely!!!
I'm confused about how things work with the dining plan some of the pastas are quite expensive...and then there are the individual pizzas...but then could you get a bigger one between 2???
I'm very confused...

But is does look GREAT. I was a bit hesitant reading the first release of the menu.. but the pizzas look like PIZZAS!!!

Some links for those interested in what we are talking about...lol
http://www.wdwmagic.com/Dining/Via-...-Via-Napoli-opening-day-report-and-photos.htm
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/08/via-napoli-at-epcot-now-thazza-pizza/
http://allears.net/menu/menu_vianap.htm

It's owned/run by the people who have Napoli at Disneyland and they have the best pizzas!
I read somewhere (can't remember where) that one dining credit will cover the individual pizza, the next size up will be two dining credits and the giant pizza will be 4 dining credits. On the WDW dining site it just says lunch one credit and dinner one credit. So don't know how they will work it for the larger pizzas. We are not on the dining plan, we will be using TIW, dining plan doesn't work for us.

I'll update once we've been

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

I am very nervous about how hot it is actually going to be:-

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2525810

 

[queenie82]

I am very nervous about how hot it is actually going to be:-

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2525810

and that is why we go in December

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

and that is why we go in December

Oh absolutely. That is when I want to go too. Hence the "dream ticker" at the bottom of my signature .

But when my DH said yes to this impromptu trip for September, who was I to say no and disappoint him

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

Wow, not long to go now for so many of us. It's going to be awfully quiet in this section through Sept/Oct

 

[kyl]

I know Ms. Shuttergirl, We are counting down the days here. 40 days to go tomorrow! I love the lead up to going on holidays. Wow you are going again next year....how long are you planing on going for? Thats the only problem with disney once you have experienced the magic its hard not to start planing.

 

[kyl]

I am very nervous about how hot it is actually going to be:-

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2525810

Oh no I just read that link Ms. Shuttergirl Although I thought I would post on here that someone on that link suggest for kids in strollers to buy a stroller fan. Since I am going to hire a double stroller I just brought two, from the sounds of things it sounds like money well spent. I got them from gear4baby.com.au if anyone wants to get one. They were only $12.95 each plus p&h. I will be happy if I have wasted my money and we don't need to use them though The cm I talked to on the phone last said that is should cool down a little by the time late Sept is here

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

Oh no I just read that link Ms. Shuttergirl Although I thought I would post on here that someone on that link suggest for kids in strollers to buy a stroller fan. Since I am going to hire a double stroller I just brought two, from the sounds of things it sounds like money well spent. I got them from gear4baby.com.au if anyone wants to get one. They were only $12.95 each plus p&h. I will be happy if I have wasted my money and we don't need to use them though The cm I talked to on the phone last said that is should cool down a little by the time late Sept is here

Gosh I hope so.

 

[Oz-kateer]

I know Ms. Shuttergirl, We are counting down the days here. 40 days to go tomorrow! I love the lead up to going on holidays. Wow you are going again next year....how long are you planing on going for? Thats the only problem with disney once you have experienced the magic its hard not to start planing.

We're about 42 days out now and the kids are super-excited. The youngest has already packed his in-flight bag.

As for the heat - we were there last year at the very end of Sept and the first 10 days of October and it was hot hot hot! In the 90's most days. I was surprised. We were able to swim well into the wee small hours of the morning and the weather was great - very sunny. Only rained once, for about half an hour one afternoon. But if you plan your day carefully, there are a lot of indoors things to do during the heat of the day.

 

[kyl]

We're about 42 days out now and the kids are super-excited. The youngest has already packed his in-flight bag.

As for the heat - we were there last year at the very end of Sept and the first 10 days of October and it was hot hot hot! In the 90's most days. I was surprised. We were able to swim well into the wee small hours of the morning and the weather was great - very sunny. Only rained once, for about half an hour one afternoon. But if you plan your day carefully, there are a lot of indoors things to do during the heat of the day.

Thanks Oz-kateer, its good to know that I brought those stroller fans then sounds like we will need them. I am planning on doing early mornings like when the parks open leaving the resort one hour prior. Then staying until lunch straight after lunch going back to the resort for a swim and sleep for mr three year old. I thought then we can head back into the parks around the 4pm mark or so and stay until closing. This way the main heat of the day we should be either in the pool or in our air-con room. Well thats the plan......

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

Thanks Oz-kateer, its good to know that I brought those stroller fans then sounds like we will need them. I am planning on doing early mornings like when the parks open leaving the resort one hour prior. Then staying until lunch straight after lunch going back to the resort for a swim and sleep for mr three year old. I thought then we can head back into the parks around the 4pm mark or so and stay until closing. This way the main heat of the day we should be either in the pool or in our air-con room. Well thats the plan......

This is pretty much our plan too, although we all plan to nap .

I think we may be leaving the same day as your Oz-kateer, we go 22 Sept

 

[Oz-kateer]

We're flying out early in the morning of 23rd, get to Orlando about 6pm on 23rd. That flying day is like groundhog day, it just goes on and on and on - from when you get up at 5am or whatever on 23rd to get to the airport on time, fly and fly 24 hours, and arrive and it's only just early evening and you still have a whole night ahead of you.... very weird.

Not as bad as Hawaii thought - that really is groundhog day. You get out of bed on, say, Monday morning, go to the airport and fly for 9 hours and arrive in Honolulu and it's Sunday evening, you go to the hotel, have dinner, go to bed, have a full night's sleep and then you wake up again - on Monday morning.

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

Hahahahaha, I love that movie. Bill Murray cracks me up.

Yep, we fly out of Canberra at 6am and arrive NY at 5pm the same day LOL

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

I'm not sure what I was thinking. We hate the heat and humidity. Yikes:-

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2530640

 

[Travel Mum]

Wow, it sounds awful and we'll be there the first two weeks of October next year so the beginning of October sounds just as bad as September! I wasn't really expecting that weather for October However, we are really looking forward to the waterparks and I certainly want it to be hot enough to enjoy them so I guess we can't have it both ways

 

[aussietravellers]

I'm not sure what I was thinking. We hate the heat and humidity. Yikes:-

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2530640

I honestly don't think it's going to be that bad. I have had friends who have been at that time of year and they said that yes, its warm but no worse than here in the summer and it's just like a nice summer day here. June July and August are their hottest months so September I think will be quite bearable. They also have afternoon storms which cool things down.

Remember that a lot of what you are reading from people posting there are from those who live in cooler climates and not be used to humidity, like I have been reading over the months of planning that September in NY is "warm". Well I did some research about a month ago to see exactly how "warm" NY was going to be. I knew Orlando would be "warm/hot" so I was not planning on taking any clothes for cooler weather, I was planning on us all wearing shorts and capris, tshirts/polos in both places. I was only going to take one pair of jeans each for the plane there and back. Well "warm" in NY is a top of 24 degrees with lows of down to about 10 degrees That for me is not warm, that is cool It isn't freezing (well 10 degrees is) but it's certainly not shorts and tshirt weather, it's jeans and a long top, maybe a cardigan or a light jacket in the shade and evenings.

When we last went to Orlando it was May again "warm" and I had heard and read how hot and humid Orlando was. Well about four days we had a TOP of 12 degrees in Orlando. We were FREEZING. We only had shorts other than one pair of jeans and it was miserable.

I just looked on weather underground and average top temp for late september is 28 degrees, maximum recorded for late September has been 32. So it's really not going to be that bad I don't think. We are expecting it to be hot but not unbearable heat. Maybe for those who live in areas where it doesn't even get to 28 degrees in the summer may have a problem but we have summer temps in the 30's and the mid to high 30's in the summer.

It will be great waterpark weather

I am preparing to take a jumper or coat for the buses The aircon on the buses is FREEZING. We would run to the back of the bus because the back seats are warmed by the engine, the buses were SO cold. They do have the aircon on pretty cold around the resorts too, so you will run from the hot outside to the freezing inside

 

[kyl]

I honestly don't think it's going to be that bad. I have had friends who have been at that time of year and they said that yes, its warm but no worse than here in the summer and it's just like a nice summer day here. June July and August are their hottest months so September I think will be quite bearable. They also have afternoon storms which cool things down.

Remember that a lot of what you are reading from people posting there are from those who live in cooler climates and not be used to humidity, like I have been reading over the months of planning that September in NY is "warm". Well I did some research about a month ago to see exactly how "warm" NY was going to be. I knew Orlando would be "warm/hot" so I was not planning on taking any clothes for cooler weather, I was planning on us all wearing shorts and capris, tshirts/polos in both places. I was only going to take one pair of jeans each for the plane there and back. Well "warm" in NY is a top of 24 degrees with lows of down to about 10 degrees That for me is not warm, that is cool It isn't freezing (well 10 degrees is) but it's certainly not shorts and tshirt weather, it's jeans and a long top, maybe a cardigan or a light jacket in the shade and evenings.

When we last went to Orlando it was May again "warm" and I had heard and read how hot and humid Orlando was. Well about four days we had a TOP of 12 degrees in Orlando. We were FREEZING. We only had shorts other than one pair of jeans and it was miserable.

I just looked on weather underground and average top temp for late september is 28 degrees, maximum recorded for late September has been 32. So it's really not going to be that bad I don't think. We are expecting it to be hot but not unbearable heat. Maybe for those who live in areas where it doesn't even get to 28 degrees in the summer may have a problem but we have summer temps in the 30's and the mid to high 30's in the summer.

It will be great waterpark weather

I am preparing to take a jumper or coat for the buses The aircon on the buses is FREEZING. We would run to the back of the bus because the back seats are warmed by the engine, the buses were SO cold. They do have the aircon on pretty cold around the resorts too, so you will run from the hot outside to the freezing inside

Thank you so much for posting this info, you have put my mind at rest. You are right we went to NYC in June last year their summer. It was jeans and t-shirt weather, certainly not shorts for us Aussies. I would of said the temp was around the 24 degree mark. It more that it will be humid from what I have read in orlando that scares meBut like you said it will be great swiming weather, we can't have it all.

 

[Ms. Shuttergirl]

I agree, New York won't be a problem at all. We were there in Oct last year and it was mild weather. 3/4's and t-shirts everyday.

It's the humidity of Orlando I'm nervous about. We don't get humidity here in Canberra but when we have been to the Sunshine coast we have experienced it a little and when I was younger spent a fair bit of time over on the Central coast of WA and felt HUMIDITY .

I don't want to feel like it's so hot and humid that we can't move and do things. That sort of humidity scares me. But yeah, if it's just 30 degrees and sunny I can handle that.

 

[Oz-kateer]

If you live in Australia (maybe except Tassie) then you'll survive Florida no worries.

It's just that going directly from our mild-ish spring straight into the heat can be a bit of a shock for the first couple of days. But Florida is well air-conditioned. And the crowds were not too bad, making it bearable. We had a couple of days where it was 98/98 (degrees, humidity) in early October - I was there the same week as the poster in the other thread and it was mighty hot - but on both these days we went to a water park one day, and on the other it was EMH at Epcot until midnight so we delayed leaving the hotel until about 3pm and that did us just fine. The rest of the time it was hot, but nothing more than summer here gets.

Just drink drink drink and you'll be okay. There are plenty of air-conditioned places to go to escape if things get too much.

One weird thing I did notice though was that the sun doesn't seem to burn you as much or as quickly as it does down here - the heat is definitely there but it doesn't scorch you like it does here. I'm seriously fair skinned and can get burned hanging out the washing - one day in FL I just simply forgot to put sunscreen on myself and all I got was a bit pink around the shoulders. At home I would have been fried.

 

[kyl]

Is the water o.k to drink at WDW? I have seen that a lot of people are ordering water to be delivered to their resort. I have ordered 7 cases now thinking how hot it might be between the six of us for 2wks I think we will go through it. Each case has 24 bottles, so worked it out to be two bottles each day plus our resort mug. Oh and I just ordered the DVDs from Amazon! They look great. I hope they get here soon though, I ordered priority shipping (the second option). Anyone know? It has been great sharing in the excitement with you ladies.