DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club IX - The Fastest Moving Thread Around

[Wolfpacklegion]

Wow 18 hours and 24 pages looks like this thread will be closed in a week
edit 25 pages and page ownage

 

[theduck619]

Wow 18 hours and 24 pages looks like this thread will be closed in a week
edit 25 pages and page ownage

If it closes while Don is on vacation, what will we do?????

 

[afwdwfan]

Orange box is only $20

Ah, yes, I forgot that was mentioned yesterday. Thanks.

Not that I am aware of. I just jumped in a few weeks ago and started getting my tail kicked while I learn. I used to be really good at these games, but I can not seem to get the hang of this one. My bullets spray like a sawed-off shotgun.

I might just have to jump in and bite the bullet... literally and figuratively!

 

[IamTrike]

Where are the poofy vests and Huey Lewis music when we need them

when vests were popular a couple years ago my BIL loved walking up to people wearing them and exclaiming "Dork thinks he's gonna drown." and then walking off.

 

[Mipatn]

Peanut Butter Hamburger or this?

The venerable Jackson Coney Island took a bold step a couple months back by creating 10 "specialty dogs" that, for the most part, are like nothing most Jacksonians ever tasted or imagined tasting.


Boldest of all is the hot dog they call the Monty Christo. That's right, they spell it Monty, as in Python.


A Monty Christo dog is a sliced hot dog on a toasted bun topped with Swiss cheese and — brace yourself — strawberry jelly.?????????????

 

[afwdwfan]

when vests were popular a couple years ago my BIL loved walking up to people wearing them and exclaiming "Dork thinks he's gonna drown." and then walking off.

 

[billybobblockhead]

I'd like to join DisDads!!

I have two great kids (DS 4 and DD 7) and a wonderful wife.
Birthday is January 15.

Been to the World over 100 times since August 1972.

We are DVC members at BWV and BLT.

Our last trip was August 2010 and this year we are going in August 2011 and November/December 2011 staying both times at BLT.

My wife and I used to be the crazy ones getting to the park at opening and staying til they kick us out of the Emporium at night. Now, we relish the times just watching our kids having fun, taking breaks, and planning what they want to do next.

Favorite Thrill Attraction is definitely Expedition Everest and my favorite ride to do with the kids is the Teacups!!

Looking forward to the next trip since this will be the first one with kids Without a carseat(s) in tow. Woohoo!!

Will need to learn about signatures and stuff like that. Love the icons that some of you guys have.

Thanks.

Welcome to the nuthouse. But, the way this is moving, you probably won't see this as we will be on to the next thread by then.

While my current milestone of 100 posts is nothing compared to many of you, it is pretty big for me. As mainly a lurker on the Dis, I have learned a lot from everyone, and had many laughs. Heck I even got a side job that I know I am going to love from being in the Dis and posting every so often.

I am happy to share so many beliefs, such as the importance of family, with so many gentleman that call the DisDads club home. It have been a pleasure reading along with every one in the club.

There have been so many tragedies in the past years and the support that each and every dad offers to each other, in the form of prayers and support for each other is so overwhelming. I know that there is a place that I can go where no matter what my opinion is each and everyone of you will listen and offer insights without attacking anyone. Having such a diverse group of dads and to be able to have this amount of understanding and support is amazing.

It is amazing to read and share in what everyone has to share and I feel blessed to have a place to go where everyone genuinely cares for each other. It is an honor to be apart of this group and I look forward to many more years of sharing the love of family and Disney with you.

James

Very well said.


Question. I'm trying to line something up for DW and I to go to WDW in November to have a couple of days to ourselves for our anniversary. I have an ultra cheap flight to Sanford, but was wondering if it would be cheaper to get a taxi to WDW or to rent a car?? Looking at a rental, it would be around $100 for the long weekend, but a taxi for about 50 minutes would be about what??? Any help appreciated, as always.

ETA: well, taxi is out of the question at about $150 for one way. Oh well, it was a thought..........

 

[prattpak]

Nope - you need to go through the training course. All it entails is taking what you know about your clients and putting it into a spreadsheet/database of some kind so when they call you, you already have them listed and know how to best suit their needs. How many kids, what are the kids' ages, how do they like to travel, what was their last vacation, how long do they like to stay, etc.

I have people working on this already

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

If it closes while Don is on vacation, what will we do?????

Jump back onto the old DDC VI.V transition thread and race to close that one down as well.

 

[AJRitz]

A good web presence should handle most of it - oh, and the following:

1) Need a federal tax id # (easy enough)

2) Someone (or a group of people) to "own" the company. I'm an employee, not an owner. I suck at ownership.

3) IATA (International Air Transportation Association) membership ID (details here)

4) CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) membership ID (details here)

5) some sort of web presence with a form generating system that will dump the user's info to a database to enable profiling of clients and to enable multiple associates (fancy, schmancy) to handle repeat clients if the original associate is unavailable.

6) As I'm already part of a web-based business (current job #3 for me), defining roles is key. We'd need someone to operate as the "heavy" some sort of head management role to handle specific client questions. We'd also need an expediter who would transfer specific quote requests as they come in to different associates. In our business we have 4 designers who take jobs in a round-robin process. Whatever comes in goes first to our manager who delegates the job to us after an initial meeting, then we handle the client contact and manage through to completion. We have a google spreadsheet that tracks all current jobs and maintains all past jobs incase something comes up and we need to support one of those clients. There would also need to be one very trusted person to handle the books (and distribution of commission) or a couple to handle this role.

You know, if people were serious about this.

Just my 2 cents here but . . .
My suggestion is that, with a bunch of us all just getting our feet wet with this, it would be best to wait about a year. Let's see how it develops - who really gets into it, who decides it's just too much to have another iron in the fire, etc - and most of all to give us all a chance to learn how do this efficiently.

The costs of entry are not terrible compared to many businesses, but they're not insignificant either. IIRC, an agency CLIA license and an IATA license run about $665 combined. IATAN also requires an agent with five years of experience, which I don't think any of us yet have; as well as one of a number of different certification programs which are not free.

I guess what I'm saying is, the concept is intriguing. But I don't think we're quite ready for that step just yet.

 

[stopher1]

Wow 18 hours and 24 pages looks like this thread will be closed in a week
edit 25 pages and page ownage

If it closes while Don is on vacation, what will we do?????

Jump back onto the old DDC VI.V transition thread and race to close that one down as well.

1/10th of the way there in just about 14 hours. I think we'll be into a new one by early next week, since the race is already on to close this one.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

A Monty Christo dog is a sliced hot dog on a toasted bun topped with Swiss cheese and — brace yourself — strawberry jelly.?????????????

Ummmmm... No.

 

[ClearScreen]

All we have to do is get to the 88mph mark

and you're gonna see some serious s---.

 

[trennr]

Peanut Butter Hamburger or this?

The venerable Jackson Coney Island took a bold step a couple months back by creating 10 "specialty dogs" that, for the most part, are like nothing most Jacksonians ever tasted or imagined tasting.


Boldest of all is the hot dog they call the Monty Christo. That's right, they spell it Monty, as in Python.


A Monty Christo dog is a sliced hot dog on a toasted bun topped with Swiss cheese and — brace yourself — strawberry jelly.?????????????

Saw that on "Hot Dog Paradise" and I think "Man vs Food"... I'd try it.

 

[prattpak]

Not that I am aware of. I just jumped in a few weeks ago and started getting my tail kicked while I learn. I used to be really good at these games, but I can not seem to get the hang of this one. My bullets spray like a sawed-off shotgun.

Need to learn how to use your crouch and prone buttons quickly so your aim is on. Its not like Call of Duty where you can "run and gun" you actually have to aim in this game.

 

[DNSYFRK]

Just my 2 cents here but . . .
My suggestion is that, with a bunch of us all just getting our feet wet with this, it would be best to wait about a year. Let's see how it develops - who really gets into it, who decides it's just too much to have another iron in the fire, etc - and most of all to give us all a chance to learn how do this efficiently.

The costs of entry are not terrible compared to many businesses, but they're not insignificant either. IIRC, an agency CLIA license and an IATA license run about $665 combined. IATAN also requires an agent with five years of experience, which I don't think any of us yet have; as well as one of a number of different certification programs which are not free.

I guess what I'm saying is, the concept is intriguing. But I don't think we're quite ready for that step just yet.

Agreed, lets enjoy some time under someone elses umbrella get our feet wet and trained and build a good client base then think about taking a leap. Well said.

Heck the individual agent certification for the CLIA license is a lot of work too, much less going throught the agency certification.

WOW my first ownage and I did not even try.

 

[trennr]

1st post Ownage...

Beverly!!!

 

[Rental01]

A few of us have already started a web page as a travel agent site, have not published it yet, but it is on its way. We also started a facebook page you can join us just search disdads and something about fairytales and journeys. I think i read you are doing some of the training, so feel free to come on over

Please link me via PM - I can't get to that from work.

Thank you

Anytime!

Ah, yes, I forgot that was mentioned yesterday. Thanks.

Sure!

Fwiw, I've got a free copy of Portal (came with Portal2) to anyone with a steam account who doesn't have it yet.

I have people working on this already

Oh... /me thought he was helping

Just my 2 cents here but . . .
My suggestion is that, with a bunch of us all just getting our feet wet with this, it would be best to wait about a year. Let's see how it develops - who really gets into it, who decides it's just too much to have another iron in the fire, etc - and most of all to give us all a chance to learn how do this efficiently.

The costs of entry are not terrible compared to many businesses, but they're not insignificant either. IIRC, an agency CLIA license and an IATA license run about $665 combined. IATAN also requires an agent with five years of experience, which I don't think any of us yet have; as well as one of a number of different certification programs which are not free.

I guess what I'm saying is, the concept is intriguing. But I don't think we're quite ready for that step just yet.

I was just throwing up framework. If people are interested, here's the basic roadmap, and if it moves forward, we'd need to consider these things and fill it in with more detail as things progress. The thing with the logo was just simply because I made it last and it's sitting out there doing nothing.

For what it's worth, I'd like to finish my training with my wife and get some sort of idea of what it's like as well before committing to anything. I've just got a bit of experience in this as I'm part of a start-up web-based company and we've just gone through these steps.

 

[afwdwfan]

Everybody keeps talking about getting their feet wet... If you really want to be a good Disney Travel Agent, one of the first things you need to know is that wet feet are very, very bad when you're going to walk that much!

 

[prattpak]

just my 2 cents here but . . .
My suggestion is that, with a bunch of us all just getting our feet wet with this, it would be best to wait about a year. Let's see how it develops - who really gets into it, who decides it's just too much to have another iron in the fire, etc - and most of all to give us all a chance to learn how do this efficiently.

The costs of entry are not terrible compared to many businesses, but they're not insignificant either. Iirc, an agency clia license and an iata license run about $665 combined. Iatan also requires an agent with five years of experience, which i don't think any of us yet have; as well as one of a number of different certification programs which are not free.

I guess what i'm saying is, the concept is intriguing. But i don't think we're quite ready for that step just yet.

curse you voice of reason!!!!