Tour Guide Mike ???

[disneydebi]

First of all, does TGM frequent these boards?

I ordered TGM, and I have to say, I like the information available (as well as Mike's sense of humor), but the one thing that I was hoping for was a simpler way of organizing the information into an actual printable "Planner". His site is so comprehensive, that maybe I'm missing something, but it would be great to be able to check of certain info (like best spots to view Spectro, and the best time of day to ride certain rides, etc) and have them dump into a printable format that you can take with you on your vacation.

As it is right now, you need to weed through a lot of info, and basically cut/paste or retype snapshots of it onto something of your own that you can bring with you.

Mike, if you're out there, does your site provide any easy take along option like that - if not, it would be a great handy addition!

Just a thought

 

[Allison]

First of all, does TGM frequent these boards?

I ordered TGM, and I have to say, I like the information available (as well as Mike's sense of humor), but the one thing that I was hoping for was a simpler way of organizing the information into an actual printable "Planner". His site is so comprehensive, that maybe I'm missing something, but it would be great to be able to check of certain info (like best spots to view Spectro, and the best time of day to ride certain rides, etc) and have them dump into a printable format that you can take with you on your vacation.

As it is right now, you need to weed through a lot of info, and basically cut/paste or retype snapshots of it onto something of your own that you can bring with you.

Mike, if you're out there, does your site provide any easy take along option like that - if not, it would be a great handy addition!

Just a thought

Have you used the printer friendly button that is at the top of each article?

 

[sara74]

I'm with you, I love the info but feel that it is hard to manage. I made all of our ADR's before I found TGM and had already picked our park days. I must have beginner's luck because I was in total agreement with his recommendations all by myself! Now I have a binder with a divider for each day and each day has a summary sheet (hours, parades, ADR #'s), then a must see list and then a touring plan. I am all done with our MK days, and am working on EPCOT, then MGM and AK. Then I bought colored index cards to summarize the finer points on. Old study habits die hard and I always believed that 'writing is remembering' so my thinking is that by doing all this copying ahead of time I will have committed it all to memory by the time we get there!

Anyway, to get back to the point, I think TGM could be better organized, but I'm not sure I know how to do it!

 

[Marseeya]

Check out the forums. There are several people who have consolidated his sample plans and advice into small, portable files to print. There's a guy named Steve (can't remember his screen name... brain fart) and he has a ton of files that he shares with other TGMers. Last year I spent about a month typing up these 3x5 index cards to take with me in the parks, and I know other people have done index cards as well. They're more than happy to share -- just ask around the forums there!

 

[checkwriter]

http://www.tourguidemike.com/stephenscoolstuff/menu.asp

 

[HydroGuy]

Check out the forums. There are several people who have consolidated his sample plans and advice into small, portable files to print. There's a guy named Steve (can't remember his screen name... brain fart)

His handle is really tricky. It is Stephen.