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  1. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    We almost always fly into TPA, mainly because that’s where our direct flights go. MCO would mean connecting flights, so you lose any time you save by being closer to WDW. But we do a car rental, even if it just sits all week. We always do skip the line, so we never have a wait at the car...
  2. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    We’ve had Uber drivers cancel on us simply because they didn’t want to deal with Epcot closing time traffic. (And once at MIA, a driver pretended he couldn’t find us so he could cancel because of not wanting to deal with arrivals area traffic.) This trip would be way worse for a driver. The...
  3. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    Look into a one-way car rental. One of the hotel locations near Disney Springs for pickup, return to TPA. Might be a little more expensive than an Uber, but way less hassle.
  4. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    Depending on the length of your stay and whether you need round-trip or not, you may just want to get a rental car. DH priced Lyft out at about $100-120 or so each way, and we do relatively short stays, so it’s generally cheaper for us to rent, especially now that hotel parking is free again.
  5. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    Am I the only one who was wowed by the fact that the grandkids, even Abigail who is often very outspoken again Disney, wrote in support of Iger and the current board in the current proxy battle? Like, if Abigail is against you over the Disney management that she regularly slams, how bad are...
  6. bookbabe626

    private jet adventure??

    It’s one of the reasons I like the fact that the final days are at WDW, where we have APs and have done pretty much everything hundreds of times. I won’t feel any pressure to do the majority of the park stuff other than the exclusive and behind the scenes stuff, not like I would if we were at...
  7. bookbabe626

    private jet adventure??

    It’s not. Our guide told me there are a few spaces left on each departure, but that it’s sold enough seats to run, there’s no danger of cancellation.
  8. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    I haven’t seen this mentioned yet, and maybe I’m reading too much into this, but I don’t see any mention of “resort guest with ticket package” - it just keeps saying resort guest. Could that mean that this is a perk we APs will also get? That would be a great perk, especially for out of state...
  9. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    Friends don’t let friends eat at the Italy booth.
  10. bookbabe626

    "STORMIN THE BEACH" BCV Owners- and GROUPIES WELCOME HOME !!

    If your brother picked BC based on Stormalong Bay, he should also be looking elsewhere, especially since if he booked cash he’s likely paying premium prices for a lesser experience.
  11. bookbabe626

    Accessible villa - does this exist?

    Figured as much. Guess it’s cheaper points-wise since we can book hers for a shorter time, so that’s a plus. We’ll just have to hope hers is near ours, since location requests are never 100%.
  12. bookbabe626

    Accessible villa - does this exist?

    Question for those who have stayed in accessible villas… Does a 2 bdrm villa exist at Aulani which has a regular bathroom (non-accessible) for the master/1 bdrm portion and an accessible (not tub) shower in the second bdrm/studio portion? We have an Aulani trip planned for January 2025, and my...
  13. bookbabe626

    Bounceback Information and FAQ Thread - 25-35% off BOUNCEBACKS ARE BACK for 2024!

    We stayed at BCV on points a couple weeks ago, and I was able to book a bounceback for August. They needed the current reservation number to look me up, but they didn’t even question whether a points stay was eligible or not, just booked no problem.
  14. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    We generally fly in and out of Tampa and rent a car, so ME isn’t missed by us nearly as much as Resort Package Delivery. I buy a minuscule fraction of the stuff I used to, because I’m not willing to lug it around all day and I end up second-guessing most of my purchases by the end of the day or...
  15. bookbabe626

    Disney's YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS Information & Questions

    With the cooler weather, anyone know what time SAB has been closing lately?
  16. bookbabe626

    Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

    The DVC website has a (very uninformative) video up as of this morning, with a banner saying the Cabins go on sale as of February 1st.
  17. bookbabe626

    Disney's YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS Information & Questions

    If you don’t care about the balcony, there’s some king rooms right above the lobby, overlooking the valet station, without balconies. Sucky view but super convenient location. 2672, 2664, 2662, 2654
  18. bookbabe626

    New 2024 Room Discounts March 25- October 3

    Saved a total of $700 modifying a 7 night BCV trip in May, but encountered mega weirdness trying to book our August OKW trip. I really hate the algorithms they’re using, they don’t make any sense to me. Didn’t have an OKW room booked because I was waiting for the 7 month mark to book using DVC...
  19. bookbabe626

    Would an all Parks (only) trip be feasible?

    We have it booked, and personally we’re hoping at least the Egypt part gets canceled. I’d happily spend longer at one or more of the parks and skip both Egypt and India.
  20. bookbabe626

    Disney's YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS Information & Questions

    SAB likely closes at 10pm, especially since the weather has been iffy. However, the quiet pools are open much later, so you still have a swim option even if you get there after SAB has closed.
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