Something About Nothing ... #12

[Lynne G]

Nice MonyK. Glad your DD's visit went so well. My DS is going 1/2 hour from us. He's ready to graduate. 3 finals today. Little one only has one today. She had her phone alarm go off at 5am this morning. I heard it, if she did, she didn't get up. Had to wake her at 6:15. Apparently, neither of my kids are early birds.

KY, sorry to hear of your medicine doing that to ya. Hope everything gets settled before you leave for vacation and you feel good. You'd think your doctor would have warned ya that you'd have to get used to it. Ack.

 

[keishashadow]

Are you going to celebrate your bd at the motherland this August ?

Be sure to get your bd button and card from Mickey

haha no it's GD's BD present. Trip was jr's idea and...he's chipping in some $$$ for the trip. There's a first for everything lol

StL - make sure to get out and walk around a bit before the trip to try & acclimate yourself to the med's affects.

 

[macraven]

Keisha, but it still is your bd month
One of these days gdau will take you on vacation

Think you will top last year on the # of trips in the 12 month period

StL......
Call the doc Friday and ask if you will be to able drive long distances in case your body does not adjust to the new dose level
I have a close relative that gets out of sorts when her insulin dose is adjusted
Think it takes her maybe a week?
But it can be different for each person

Lynne such a cute kitty!

 

[pcstang]

Congrats to all who have kids heading to college! I've got a long way to go before that happens to me.
Looks like OI is saying HHN tickets are on sale now....

 

[Lynne G]

Hey Keisha - I'm doing the Mouse on Thursday, as was cheaper than the Tuesday you mentioned. I'll be at FQ, so if you want to say hi, just text me, and maybe we can have a DISmeet.
I think I remember last year BGT had a great Halloween event.

Wow, that would be good news PC.

 

[macraven]

Congrats to all who have kids heading to college! I've got a long way to go before that happens to me.
Looks like OI is saying HHN tickets are on sale now....

already booked my tour.

the only tickets that UO is selling as of right now are the add on hhn tickets.
i called to check on that.
things are in the system and that other stuff will be released soon.

the only thing i could book was a private rip tour.
iffy thing for me is the system hasn't loaded the ap discount for tours so i had to pay full price.
will adjusted that in a few days.

all i needed was to book and pay for the tour.
tickets can be done later when the ap discount is in the system

 

[marciemi]

How about folks with kids graduating? A couple quick shots of my youngest and DH & I at his MIT graduation Friday - we're done with schools/grads, etc. for the foreseeable future! Not to mention tuitions!!

 

[marciemi]

Okay, and I'm sure this is the place to ask the experts! What's the best way to get the cheapest hotel rates for Universal? I'm just looking for one night for late July when my nephew comes to visit and trying to get the 2 days of express passes for us. If I'm looking at the FL resident rates and APH rates on the Uni/Lowes site, is that going to be the best? No discount codes or other places to book? How early can you realistically check in the first day? Any chance of making the EE park or is that unreasonable? Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!

 

[Lynne G]

Congratulations Marcie! I'd like to be tuition free. Just traded camp payments for college payments. Somehow, the camp payments seem cheap. $$$$

For booking, I'd check the FLA and APH rates. Sometimes Cheaptickets with a code or Orbitz with a code comes in cheaper, but July might be busy enough if you see a good price, take it. Can always cancel or get a lower rate if you see it before 5 days of your date. Good luck. So far, no APH for my October only a SMSM rate that now is crazy compared to when I booked. I keep checking though, including the 2 websites I menitioned. Last year, my cheaptickets code got RPR cheaper than APH, but this year, so far, nada.

 

[macraven]

Okay, and I'm sure this is the place to ask the experts! What's the best way to get the cheapest hotel rates for Universal? I'm just looking for one night for late July when my nephew comes to visit and trying to get the 2 days of express passes for us. If I'm looking at the FL resident rates and APH rates on the Uni/Lowes site, is that going to be the best? No discount codes or other places to book? How early can you realistically check in the first day? Any chance of making the EE park or is that unreasonable? Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!

do FLO rates check on the booking site.
that might be easier to get than the AP rate.
i don't do 3rd party vendors so can't help you with those prices

book now so you can get a room as july will fill up the hotels.
if you can't get a deluxe for the price you want, they do have the value resorts but no ep only ee

every day in July both parks has EE.

you can check in at 6 am with no problem.
earliest i have ever check in was 5:30 am.
the system reloads around 3 am for check in of the day.
well, that was for rpr when i checked in early.

the EE is at 7 am for both parks in july.
you can check in earlier than 6 as i'm sure the systems will be running much earlier due to the crowds and full hotels.

 

[marciemi]

Portofino Bay is considered a Deluxe one, right? Includes the EE & EP? I'm not sure why that is cheaper than RPR for the dates I'm looking at.

 

[macraven]

yes
rpr
pbh
hrh

all deluxes with EE and EP lines

for some reason pbh is cheaper for some summer dates this year.
my guess is that rpr is close to a sell out and pbh has more openings.
with their price lower, they can fill the hotel more.

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, I think you see more convention goers in RPR rather than the Porto and it tends to be the lowest price of the 3. If we could find that price, we'd book it in a minute. My kids and I prefer the Porto over RPR, but I pick whatever hotel is the cheapest of the three deluxe. I guess HRH is always higher than the other 2, as we've never stayed there. LOL

 

[macraven]

lynne many years back hrh did not fill up.
i started staying there the year it was built, 2000
i think that was the date....

first hotel was pbh and it did not fill up the first year i went there.
hrh only has 650 rooms so it does fill up fast.

rpr prices have really gone up for this summer......wow hard to believe what i am used to has changed

i bet you're glad you booked early and got the better room price.
for peeps booking now for rpr for october, those prices are crazy high!

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Foster kitties in them new barn.

 

[macraven]

oh my how beautiful!!

the white kitty has siamese in her/him.

i had siamese kittys years ago.

and the little all curled up in a ball is just as precious!

 

[Lynne G]

lynne many years back hrh did not fill up.
i started staying there the year it was built, 2000
i think that was the date....

first hotel was pbh and it did not fill up the first year i went there.
hrh only has 650 rooms so it does fill up fast.

rpr prices have really gone up for this summer......wow hard to believe what i am used to has changed

i bet you're glad you booked early and got the better room price.
for peeps booking now for rpr for october, those prices are crazy high!

Yes I am. Still somewhat in shock that it's more than last year, hundreds more. Oh well. I will book even earlier, now that I know it's been so much fun to visit during October. And I guess that's why the hotels are filling up. The gig's up. LOL

 

[Lynne G]

Sharky, so sweet kitties. Glad to see they have a nice home.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

HRH is my preferred hotel but we're staying at PBR this year. I wanted to visit the other resorts to see what they're like, plus this year our group is a +1 and it was cheaper to get two rooms at PBR than it was HRH.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

They are sweeties Lynne, the two kittens were some others the Lady took for her barn. Mine are the adult three. We're slowly dwindling our fosters down which is a good thang!