blackjackdelta
<font color=darkorchid>Uncle had an "in" with Walt
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This was taken at 1015 on a Wed with an 0800 opening.

Love these pictures, Jack!! Thanks! Much appreciated!!
Glad things worked out in your favor!The finger/toe/eye crossing stuff must have worked because our trip is a-go! Vacations were approved all around and we managed to get our flights.August 22-29... look out California, here we come!
Getting the flights was no small ordeal... DH had enough Skymiles for 2 flights, I had enough for 1 flight, and our friends had enough for 1, but decided to pay cash for all 3 instead and save their miles. Thank goodness for the helpful Delta customer service rep we talked to. She tipped me off to being able to hold a rewards flight for 2 days without having to commit and Delta's 24 hour cancellation policy on purchased tickets. We were afraid we'd get one reward flight booked and then the miles would go up for the other ones. It involved lots of logging in and out, but we got it all set and were able to do it from our computer without having to pay to do it over the phone!
We're thinking we'll do two nights in San Diego (deciding what we want to do... Sea World? San Diego Zoo? Tidal pools?) On Friday we'll head up to Anaheim, then Saturday we'll do the YES class at DCA with the kids, Sunday head to the beach/Hollywood, then Monday and Tuesday back to DL/DCA, and then head home on Wednesday. A nice variety of things to do!
Now to get our hotels figured out...I'm so excited for this vacation!!
Glad things worked out in your favor!Oddly enough we are going the 22nd and doing 2 days at San Diego then 5 days in DLR!
I am curious, do you have any ideas for SD hotels? We are trying to narrow down a hotel for that portion of the trip and just cannot decide. We stayed at The Dana on Mission Bay a few years ago, but want to try something less than $200/nt. Have fun with planning your trip!
Starting to look at dining choices. Already getting ready for my 60-Day Mark.
Got a few questions.
Do we make reservations 60 days out or 2 months out? When I called and asked, I was told 2 months out. But I'm reading 60 here.
I know Carnation Cafe is currently closed and supposed to open back up some time this summer. Do we know when exactly? What's the earliest time you can make a reservation for this place? Is it like WDW and make an early reservation to get in before the park opens?
TM you will get a much better response if you pose your questions as a new thread. If the res system does not show up on the CM's screen nothing can be done until it does. Nothing is like WDW........
Minnies is the only place I know where you can get into eat at a CB(this takes place during a MM) before the park officially opens.
Jack
Like Jack wrote, don't hesitate to start a new thread. More people will see your questions if you start a new thread.Starting to look at dining choices. Already getting ready for my 60-Day Mark.
Got a few questions.
Do we make reservations 60 days out or 2 months out? When I called and asked, I was told 2 months out. But I'm reading 60 here.
I know Carnation Cafe is currently closed and supposed to open back up some time this summer. Do we know when exactly? What's the earliest time you can make a reservation for this place? Is it like WDW and make an early reservation to get in before the park opens?
Right after 0800 opening as eveyone heads to their first attraction of the morning.
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Jack