WDW Commando Club

[AirGoofy]

I'm just letting everyone know that the people that I received a call from many months ago are back at it again. I just received a call from them saying that my computer was getting excess spam and they needed to correct it. I could tell that he was reading from a form, it was that obvious. I cut him off, stating that I would check into it myself, and hung up on him. DO NOT let these guys near your computer. They disable your antivirus software, and load a ton of spyware/malware/viruses into your computer. And if I'm getting a call, all the way out on the wet coast, there's a good chance you'll be getting a call from them as well. Be aware that they are at it again, so that if you receive the call don't be fooled by them, and if you hit a slicker caller than the one that I got you may get suckered in.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Disney Commando]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

A little back story about itinerary packets:
When we have gone to WDW as a group, there was a lot of standing around figuring out what to do...I hate standing around, especially in 90+ degree temperatures! This is how my commandoing skills came about. When we returned to WDW the next year, I sort of took control of all the planning & no one objected.

This is the first year we are staying on property as a group, the last two trips have just been DH and I and we have become quite the touring professionals because we don't stand around! We are going with DMIL, and DH's aunt, uncle, and cousin. DMIL has never stayed on property, so I wanted to give her as much information as I could: like what is KTTW card, and what it means to have EMH, and how to get to our ADR at Whispering Canyon from Bay Lake Tower. Not to mention the difference between quick-service credits and table-service credits.

Basically, the itinerary packet is a basic plan for each day.

The cover

The welcome letter

Sample itinerary page

Each park day specifically states we will get to the park as early as possible, read: Rope Drop. It also includes the first attraction we will FP and ride. Other than that I really made it a point to include things that they may not have seen before, I also made suggestions on where to use their snack credits..why waste it on a regular pretzel when you can get a Dole Whip, right?

Also in the packet is a chart that shows them how to use their dining plan so that they don't end up with unused credits. Of course, the ADRs are all listed and account for all our table-service credits. That reminds me, I also made everyone a dining punch card to keep track of snack and quick-service credits. Since we're all staying in a 2 bedroom, our credits are pooled so everyone needs to keep track of their own.

When everyone came over for Disney orientation, we served homemade Mickey cookies to get everyone in the mood.

Some people were wondering when they would be sleeping in on this trip, ha! I told them they can sleep when we head to Vero Beach for 2 nights. We'll see how many rope drops we actually make...

Let me know if you have any other questions about the packet. It was so easy to make, I just used Microsoft Word.

Really like those packets they look WDW professional, all the way down to the fancy Disney type writing, another things I like about it is that everyone will be on the same page, and since everyone knows the plan if there are any discrepancies they can be resolved before you arrive, Those cookies look yummy, looks like you made enough for a army, nothing like homemade cookies

I'm just letting everyone know that the people that I received a call from many months ago are back at it again. I just received a call from them saying that my computer was getting excess spam and they needed to correct it. I could tell that he was reading from a form, it was that obvious. I cut him off, stating that I would check into it myself, and hung up on him. DO NOT let these guys near your computer. They disable your antivirus software, and load a ton of spyware/malware/viruses into your computer. And if I'm getting a call, all the way out on the wet coast, there's a good chance you'll be getting a call from them as well. Be aware that they are at it again, so that if you receive the call don't be fooled by them, and if you hit a slicker caller than the one that I got you may get suckered in.

Those guys called again, I would have figured after the last time they called you they would never do it again after the taunting you gave them last time

 

[BELLEDOZER]

I was really surprised they called too, especially after I roasted them over an open fire last time. Goes to show you that they are a sucker for punishment. At least now you are aware, so that others are not suckered in by them. The first guy was pretty convincing, but there were things that he said that raised red flags with me enough to question the validity of the call. And that's why I grilled them over the call to the point where they hung up on me last time. To me it looks like they are using the same call list as last time, but I could be wrong. Let's all hope that no one get's suckered in by their calls. Nasty business all around if you ask me.

 

[AirGoofy]

I was really surprised they called too, especially after I roasted them over an open fire last time. Goes to show you that they are a sucker for punishment. At least now you are aware, so that others are not suckered in by them. The first guy was pretty convincing, but there were things that he said that raised red flags with me enough to question the validity of the call. And that's why I grilled them over the call to the point where they hung up on me last time. To me it looks like they are using the same call list as last time, but I could be wrong. Let's all hope that no one get's suckered in by their calls. Nasty business all around if you ask me.

California gets scams way before we do here in KY. I hear about them and they appear sometimes a little later. But, they don't care. If they call 100K people and get 1 to fall for it, then they've advanced their criminal enterprises.

Lots of people spend most of their time working harder to get out of doing work.

 

[BELLEDOZER]

The last time I got a call from these turkeys they were dumb enough to have their caller ID on my call display. Through a little detective work, I tracked down the call to a company somewhere outside of Buffalo NY if I do recall correctly. They are getting smarter though. This time my caller ID showed private caller and number, so it was untraceable. They may have gotten smarter, but the caller sounded like he was reading for a written form, and could tell that it was probably one of his first calls, because his language was so stilted. I can see after my first call, that if they get a really good con-marketer (telemarketer run amok), they could very easily get someone to give access to their computer to these cons. I contacted a Tekki friend of mine after the first call, who's works with computer programming for a living to get the info on these guys.

 

[juliebug1997]

Commando,
I asked again yesterday for some Transportation Cards. I was shot down by the first two boat captains. I went and asked another later on and he said, "It's your lucky day! I have a whole set minus one or two monorail cards.". I was so excited! We're leaving for our cruise here in a few minutes so we haven't had a chance to look at them yet, but I'll get back to you when we return!

 

[Disney Commando]

Commando,
I asked again yesterday for some Transportation Cards. I was shot down by the first two boat captains. I went and asked another later on and he said, "It's your lucky day! I have a whole set minus one or two monorail cards.". I was so excited! We're leaving for our cruise here in a few minutes so we haven't had a chance to look at them yet, but I'll get back to you when we return!

Nice Score, Glad you didn't give up, they are out there if you keep trying When you come back we will figure out what your missing, I do know a reliable source where you might be able to get the missing cards Nothing like a complete set

 

[AirGoofy]

Nice Score, Glad you didn't give up, they are out there if you keep trying When you come back we will figure out what your missing, I do know a reliable source where you might be able to get the missing cards Nothing like a complete set

I have 4 monorail cards from that one trip. I don't collect them, only pins, but if they're worth millions, I'll sell them to you.

 

[Disney Commando]

I have 4 monorail cards from that one trip. I don't collect them, only pins, but if they're worth millions, I'll sell them to you.

Norm is really trying hard to get into Golden Oaks

 

[ilovejsparrow]

Awesome packets Cinderella! The cookies dont look too bad either

 

[Disney Commando]

After reading WDW news I'm really excited about Be Our Guest will start taking ADR's on August 4th, although it doesn't say when it will be open, just in time for the Holidays, so when in WDW terms is the Holidays

Now I could be wrong but I would think it would be when the Christmas stuff goes up, now from August 4th if they started at a 90 day ADR it would come to the 1st full week in Nov, That is also the week of the 1st MVMCP And I will also be there that week, so I will be looking for the announcement of opening day I already have a full plate (that I'm ready to dig into to) with all the stuff going on during the Nov trip, but if the cards fall into place this could be the icing on the cake

I'm going to add the 1st date you can make a ADR to the #1800 what's new post, and I'll add opening date as soon as they release it.

 

[AirGoofy]

After reading WDW news I'm really excited about Be Our Guest will start taking ADR's on August 4th, although it doesn't say when it will be open, just in time for the Holidays, so when in WDW terms is the Holidays

Now I could be wrong but I would think it would be when the Christmas stuff goes up, now from August 4th if they started at a 90 day ADR it would come to the 1st full week in Nov, That is also the week of the 1st MVMCP And I will also be there that week, so I will be looking for the announcement of opening day I already have a full plate (that I'm ready to dig into to) with all the stuff going on during the Nov trip, but if the cards fall into place this could be the icing on the cake

I'm going to add the 1st date you can make a ADR to the #1800 what's new post, and I'll add opening date as soon as they release it.

Good luck.

 

[Disney Commando]

Just checked the "It's A Disney World After All" site and found a few more things to add to the list

- Tinkerbell's friend Periwinkle will be appearing in the parks this fall
- Casey Jr Splash & Soak area in Storybook Circus is now open
- Winnine the Pooh has a new meet & greet next to the attraction

 

[AirGoofy]

Just checked the "It's A Disney World After All" site and found a few more things to add to the list

- Tinkerbell's friend Periwinkle will be appearing in the parks this fall
- Casey Jr Splash & Soak area in Storybook Circus is now open
- Winnine the Pooh has a new meet & greet next to the attraction

I really enjoyed the line queue at Winnie the Pooh. I had more fun with that than the ride.

 

[Disney Commando]

Got about 45 days till the next WDW trip, and it's sad to say that if I did no more planing on it I'll still be at least 10X ahead of them, Since any info I've I tried to give them fell on deaf ear's , I'm not heartless so I'm going to have to reach out to the kids, I hope if they say I said then they will listen to them:good vibes, My sister is swaying over to my side since she has learned I know what's going on, but talking to her it seems my BIL is the one making the plans So it looks like I'll have to leave it up to the kids and hope they don't fall into the deer in headlights category

 

[Disney Commando]

Just a reminder, when you start planning check the park hours often and print them, I took and compared the hours from 6 months out to now at about 43 days and found they added a PM EMH to MK that would give it a 1am closing, so now I really have to do some thinking of what I'm going to do, I'm staying offsite this time but there are still a lot of things in the park I could do for awhile on the EMH, the main thing I'm looking for is later regular hours, right now MK closes at 10 every night, looking at this week it's all 11pm with one 12

 

[juliebug1997]

Commando,
We've been home for two days now and I was just now able to go through our Transportation Cards. We are missing six: 4, 7, 8, 19, 21 and 23. I do have three duplicates: 5, 6 and 20. They're pretty cool! I'm hoping that I can convince DH to go back to WDW this October and that we can get a few more!

 

[Disney Commando]

Commando,
We've been home for two days now and I was just now able to go through our Transportation Cards. We are missing six: 4, 7, 8, 19, 21 and 23. I do have three duplicates: 5, 6 and 20. They're pretty cool! I'm hoping that I can convince DH to go back to WDW this October and that we can get a few more!

Cool

Is #12 the Grand One Yacht & #25 all the monorails

Trying to figure out if they have redone the 2nd set or have come out with the 3rd set, how many cards complete the set

 

[juliebug1997]

Cool

Is #12 the Grand One Yacht & #25 all the monorails

Trying to figure out if they have redone the 2nd set or have come out with the 3rd set, how many cards complete the set

#12 is the Grand one Yacht, but #25 is the Mark VI Monorail with Sebastian as the character.

 

[Disney Commando]

#12 is the Grand one Yacht, but #25 is the Mark VI Monorail with Sebastian as the character.

This is getting interesting when I went last year these 2 cards were pulled for misprints So I heard they were either going to reprint the cards or come out with a new set, on my #25 card it is Sebastian and it is a Mark VI Monorail card but it has a pic of 11 small pics of the 11 monorails, what does your have on it (maybe I got something rare here)