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demonR6 posted:Passed away at 101 three months ago.. which makes it more devastating to the family. Sorry for both your losses, similar thing happened to my friend's mom's house on the Jersey shore during Superstorm Sandy.
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Sorry demon, I know how lovely that can be 
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I hope the insurance was good and up to date. It won't bring back the memories for your family, but hopefully help deal with the aftermath of the storm. Glad you all are safe.
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Oct 8, 2016 03:52
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We're headed there tomorrow
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How nuts is thanksgiving week? My wife and her cousin are trying to plan a thanksgiving 2018 WDW trip and I think they're crazy. Texas spring break week this year was busy but not miserable for reference. We worked around the crowds and still had a good time. I think it's a terrible idea, but they'll probably win. Best part of proposed trip is plane tickets are stupid expensive so they want to drive from Baton Rouge to WDW in a 12 passenger van 
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skipdogg posted:How nuts is thanksgiving week? My wife and her cousin are trying to plan a thanksgiving 2018 WDW trip and I think they're crazy. Texas spring break week this year was busy but not miserable for reference. We worked around the crowds and still had a good time. We do that trip from 40 miles west of Baton Rouge to Orlando with three kids and two adults in a minivan. Honestly, it's not that bad. Last time, we left at 3 in the morning, had a nice breakfast and lunch (and all the usual pee breaks), and pulled in to Orlando around 6 EST, I think. Our kids might be used to long van trips, but Orlando is an easy drive from BR.
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Oct 9, 2016 07:55
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Are the Hollywood Studios Star Wars fireworks going away at the end of October? That seems to be what I see online but I wanted to make sure.
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skipdogg posted:How nuts is thanksgiving week? My wife and her cousin are trying to plan a thanksgiving 2018 WDW trip and I think they're crazy. Texas spring break week this year was busy but not miserable for reference. We worked around the crowds and still had a good time. It'll be crowded for sure. It wouldn't be my preferred time to go, but it'd be doable with good planning. And like Silly Burrito said, driving from Baton Rouge isn't that bad. It's certainly not as convenient as flying but it's not the worst thing in the world. BlueBayou posted:Are the Hollywood Studios Star Wars fireworks going away at the end of October? That seems to be what I see online but I wanted to make sure. Everything I can find says that they do end in October. Braksgirl fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Oct 9, 2016 |
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Oct 9, 2016 18:21
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Well, St. Augustine has not fared well. Even on a three foot elevated foundation we have 3 inches of water above the ground floor. The ground floor will have to be gutted to the studs. This is a 1910 bungalow in the historic district and the damage is extensive. The A/C unit was completely submerged and done for and it looks like the foundation will need help soon, the salt water is not playing well with the brick and mortar and it's already de-stabilized. They have to get it shored up ASAP or the house will be coming down..
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Oct 9, 2016 18:27
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I'm really sorry. That sounds horrible.
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Is it still worth it to fast pass Toy Story? Or does the new track alleviate lines enough that its worth it to pick RnR instead?
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Silly Burrito posted:We do that trip from 40 miles west of Baton Rouge to Orlando with three kids and two adults in a minivan. Honestly, it's not that bad. Last time, we left at 3 in the morning, had a nice breakfast and lunch (and all the usual pee breaks), and pulled in to Orlando around 6 EST, I think. Our kids might be used to long van trips, but Orlando is an easy drive from BR. Yeah, the kids are good road trippers, but we'd be meeting family in BR after an 7-9 hour drive from San Antonio the day before, so 2 days and 20+ hours in a car will wear on anyone. 4 adults and 4 kids in a 12 passenger rental van doesn't get me excited, but hey making family memories right? Semi-Comedy option: Megabus from NOLA to Orlando, 40 bucks a person, and someone else does the driving.
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BlueBayou posted:Is it still worth it to fast pass Toy Story? Or does the new track alleviate lines enough that its worth it to pick RnR instead? RnR has a single rider line if that works for you. I think it slightly favors RnR for the fastpass selection, last I saw.
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BlueBayou posted:Is it still worth it to fast pass Toy Story? Or does the new track alleviate lines enough that its worth it to pick RnR instead? Josh over at Easywdw prefers RnR these days. The logic is explained behind the link, but it basically boils down to "third track, lovely queue for RnR, and single rider at RnR." I think TSM is worth the FP if you know you only want to ride it once (or, to flip it, if you know you want to ride the thrill rides multiple times). Then you can safely spend your morning on Sunset Boulevard bouncing between RnR and Tower of Terror before cashing in the FP at Toy Story when the queues get obnoxious. Boxman fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Oct 10, 2016 |
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Oct 10, 2016 18:49
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Is there no way to sort pictures on photopass website, or I'm I just not seeing it. Went to download my MNSSHP pics and realized I have 1K+ photos, most of which I had bulked downloaded from my last trip and only want the most recent ones without having to scroll several times to the bottom as it loads.
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Oct 11, 2016 02:52
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It's been awhile since I checked but I'm pretty sure you can download by date?
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Nope! One at a time, or all at once. Generally, the parts end up mostly chronological (they're sorted by unique photo id, which is *mostly* assigned sequentially in order uploaded) so you can usually grab the last few parts and call it a day. Disneyland's web site does let you choose which photos to download.
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Quixotic1 posted:Is there no way to sort pictures on photopass website, or I'm I just not seeing it. Went to download my MNSSHP pics and realized I have 1K+ photos, most of which I had bulked downloaded from my last trip and only want the most recent ones without having to scroll several times to the bottom as it loads. From this page, I have buttons on the right saying something to the effect of "Download All" or "Download photos." Give the system a couple hours to process, then go to the download page, where there should be a series of big rear end zip files for you to grab, as well as the all important rights release.
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I'm sorry to hear about your loss Demon. Sending prayers your way.
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What times do fastpass reservations open? Want to gun for a Frozen one.
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Empress Brosephine posted:What times do fastpass reservations open? Want to gun for a Frozen one. 7am eastern its the worst
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ugh yeah that sucks. luckily i've never really had trouble getting fastpasses for 2 people so hopefully i'll luck out waiting a hour 
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I wrote a primer about FastPass+. It's lengthy but I feel like FP selections were the single most important part of my trip aside from, you know, getting there and getting tickets.quote:Fastpass+ (frequently just referred to as FP) is the "virtual queue" system in use at Walt Disney World. Booking these is extremely important. Smart use of the system can literally save hours in queues guaranteed to result in your family murdering each other before you get to the front. Scattershot usage will have you walking past an empty standby line or, worse yet, wasting precious time dashing around a park to hit your timing windows. Feel free to link to it from the OP, or integrate it, or yell at me for something obvious I missed. Boxman fucked around with this message at 11:57 on Oct 14, 2016 |
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Yeah form my experience last year the best fastpass tips are: get fast passes for the middle of the day don't put yourself on two sides of the park within 10 minutes of each other dont fast pass splash mountain because the queue is great and it's also a better ride at night when it rarely goes above 5 minutes in wait time
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Always always always FP Peter Pan unless you have three hours to kill.
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I took my girlfriend to Disney for the first time, for her 30th birthday, nearly 3 years ago. I had a big grin on my face a couple of weeks back when she suggested we go back next year. I had en even bigger grin on my face yesterday when we booked POFQ for 10 nights  We're going in October so a literal years wait will be hell  Last time we went Disney Springs was in the middle of an upgrade and was mostly a building site, so it will be good seeing that finished. Also it looks like Pandora will be open in Animal Kingdom so that's more to see! I know Hollywood Studios is getting major work done but are there any other notable absentees or newcomers around for October next year?
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My wife and three of her coworkers stayed at Coronado Springs this weekend working a charity event for our company and they booked a room there since it was on property and I have to say it was nicer than I expected.
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How early from my trip should I receive the yellow tags for MDE? It wasn't a part of my original reservation but I called to add it back in early August. Just not sure if it arrives closer to the trip like the Magic Bands, or if I should have gotten it and need to call
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I'm in line right now for Trader Sam's, it's easily the most chill line ever. It goes around the terrace and people are just pulling up chairs and sitting down.
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It had better be a chill line it's not a ride at a theme park. :/
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demonR6 posted:My wife and three of her coworkers stayed at Coronado Springs ... and I have to say it was nicer than I expected. I stayed there last time and absolutely loved it, I could not fault it. I was really torn about not staying there next time but I have heard so many great things about POFQ here, and other places.
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We found some super cheap airfare (207 bucks) from Austin to LAX over MLK weekend next year, so we booked a 5 day/4 night trip to DisneyLand and are going to surprise the kids on Christmas with the news. We only bought 3 days worth of park tickets, figure we'll find something to do on the travel days and everyone says 3 days is plenty of time for the 2 parks. I really just want my Cars/Lightning McQueen crazy 4 year old son to see Cars Land while it will still be 'magical' for him. My wife will get her Disney fix for a while as well, as we're not going back to WDW until Nov 2018. This wasn't really a planned trip, more of a spur of the moment thing when we saw the cheap airfare, so we're staying off property across the street at the Fairfield. On property would have been 1K more and just wasn't in the budget, and I'm not sure if it would be worth it. We booked through Costco, they had an offer for free Photopass and 50 dollar gift card, but it looks like everything routed through Disney's travel system anyway. Not thrilled with the process as we don't get to pick our airplane seats, can't see our upcoming trip on the Disney website, and basically fly blind until we get a document delivery in late December. Probably would have been better to book things separately but cest la vie
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demonR6 posted:It had better be a chill line it's not a ride at a theme park. :/ I was worried that because it involved something with a limited run it would be awful (I've been to Comic-Con, I've seen the worst of humanity in that respect.). Nah, they gave us a bracelet at like 3:15 and we chilled out in the lobby until we got called, and I enjoyed my Fogcutter that I just finished the last of! I'm finishing my Disney World tiki collection today, with that and a Hippopota-Mai-Tai. Trader Sam's is dope.
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Yoshifan823 posted:I was worried that because it involved something with a limited run it would be awful (I've been to Comic-Con, I've seen the worst of humanity in that respect.). Nah, they gave us a bracelet at like 3:15 and we chilled out in the lobby until we got called, and I enjoyed my Fogcutter that I just finished the last of! It really is. I'll be upset I can't get one of the mugs when we get there at the end of the month, but I'll be totally happy to be getting blitzed there Halloween night
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Sad to see my Dinosaur FP has been changed for next month, I was looking forward to that again. And thank you WDW, for thinking the hell that is Primeval Whirl was a good sub (changed to meet Mickey instead). 23 days!
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Boxman posted:I wrote a primer about FastPass+. It's lengthy but I feel like FP selections were the single most important part of my trip aside from, you know, getting there and getting tickets. That looks good! I would just say that Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is still the top priority for Magic Kingdom.
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Anya posted:Sad to see my Dinosaur FP has been changed for next month, I was looking forward to that again. And thank you WDW, for thinking the hell that is Primeval Whirl was a good sub (changed to meet Mickey instead). 23 days! They didn't even change mine- I read about the renovation and changed to Mickey as well. Otherwise I would have had a wasted FP.
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