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    Questions about the railroad!!

    My son and I did the steam train tour probably close to 10 years ago. I have a few notes to share... "The Loop", starting and ending at the same station, takes about 20 minutes. There are four trains, so, depending on how many they have running on any given day, the trains may run every 20...
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    Annual Passes Resume April 13 (DVC) April 20 (General Public)

    Let me explain the out of state AP issue. Years ago, I lived in NY and owned DVC. We would do the “even/odd” plan. Buy an AP in August of the odd year, and use it thru July of the even year. Basically a week long trip at the beginning and at the end of the cycle. Visiting WDW was expensive...
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    Annual Pass expiration.

    Curious, it sounds like you will not be renewing your AP. Would you be willing to share if this is the case, and if so why? I ask because I am an out of state AP holder, and DVC member. We have had AP for years, but my youngest about to start college, it was the last financial straw for us to...
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    Buying at multiple resorts?

    We have 250 points at BLT, which we bought opening year A few years ago, we went on a tour of the Floridian (pre covid). What the salesperson there explained to me: Booking a trip across multiple contracts can be done, but it is not easy. What he said was the easier approach would be to buy...
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    DAS and legal guardian

    My two cents, for what it is worth, we have not changed our procedure at all. We go to GS on our first day to get my son's DAS "Re-activated". We do not need it as much anymore, in part as our touring strategy has also changed to be in the parks first thing, and at the end of the day and skip...
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    Do you preselect your airline seats?

    Actually, this started long before charging for luggage. A lot of this carry-on thing started with airlines losing, misplacing, or just the delay in getting your luggage. I remember times waiting for over an hour for my luggage. Then having two or three flights at the carrousel at the same time...
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    Constant state of borrowing - bad idea?

    We were borrowing for a while, but we had a catchup year when my daughter got married and Disney was just not in the cards. However, now as AP holders, I have to say while we still plan our annual week long DVC trip, we do make quite a few long weekend trips staying off-site. If people are...
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    Do you preselect your airline seats?

    Yeah, I do think it depends on the situation. Yes, I do choose a seat every time. Sometimes, it is included, sometimes it is a small upcharge. Thinking specifically about the last few flights I have flown on American. On some airlines, every seat is an upcharge. I remember a flight on...
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    Is it just me or has attendance been down?

    Yeah, and like I said, I do not want to ignite the religious war on this. Some districts are very tough, some are very easy. Obviously the Pandemic brought about remote learning and many others that had not done it before also switched to home schooling. My concern with the limiting the...
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    Labor Shortage for cruise lines. Article on Reuters

    So, yeah, I have kept my retirement savings the same, but the value of my retirement has dropped. On January 1st of this year, I looked at my retirement accounts. I determined all I needed was for them to double. Should be doable in 7 years, which was my goal date. Especially as I am also...
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    Labor Shortage for cruise lines. Article on Reuters

    So, back in 2008, my neighbor was laid off. Wall Street, six figure job. She was obviously upset, and concerned about the future. I saw her a few months later, asked her how they were doing. She looked at me and said "We are great!" I was surprised. She explained that he husband still had a...
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    Is it just me or has attendance been down?

    There seems to have been a switch that started happening well before covid. The summer crowds did seem to be lessening. Now, yeah, everything is relative, so a 90 minute wait for a ride is certainly less crowded than a 120 minute wait. I "think" that a big part of that was people that were more...
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    Parents Now Protected From Having To Pay Extra To Sit With Their Kids On Flights

    As a parent, and now a grandparent, I can assure you that I do not hate children. When I have flown with my family, I have made sure I reserved our seats so we are all seated together. Here was a lesson for me, when sitting in a three seat row, the child in the car seat must sit in the window...
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    Parents Now Protected From Having To Pay Extra To Sit With Their Kids On Flights

    Curious, did you get a refund of the extra money you paid for the seat? Personally, I cannot think of a time in the past 15 or so years when i did not have a seat reserved when I made the reservation. My last flight back in May, was delayed. Aggravating that they kept delaying it by 10 or 15...
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    Epcot Water Refill?

    Just did refills at the new Connections Cafe (replaced the Electric Umbrella).
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    Are you considering not renewing your Annual Pass?

    Yeah, so, I guess the cheap hotel rates are gone, at least for now. In 2020 I was able to get the new TRU hotel by the convention center for $62 a night. Yes, less than $200 total for three nights. Must have stayed there 5 times between 2020 and 2021. In a brand new hotel (we were there opening...
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    Paid early check in. Will Disney ever consider such?

    What I do not like about this is the only ones to profit are the hotel. And I get that. Extra money to check in early, extra money to check out later. However, from the customer point of view, what do I get if I am arriving late. Recently I did both. I was not scheduled to arrive until 11:00...
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    Are you considering not renewing your Annual Pass?

    Well, since I started this, this was our decision: We renewed, but it was completely an economic decision. We have a family trip planned next spring. So, I did the math: Disney Sorcerer Pass Renewal - $764 plus tax (about $815 total) 5-Day Disney Theme Park Ticket with Park Hopper Option at...
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    Disney is no longer an enjoyable experience

    So, I am an out of state AP holder, DVC member who lives about an 8 hour drive to WDW. For the record, I am also a Carowinds Season Pass holder, and last year was a Six Flags and KSC season pass holder. We go to WDW fairly often. I debated with renewing or not renewing our AP this year...
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    Adult DAS- they didn't take my picture?

    Last week, we activated my son's DAS for our trip. We did this in person, we have not used the advance registration feature. I did not think about it, but they did not take a picture. One one of the rides, I went thru the second scan first, and I saw his picture, He had a mask on, so it was...
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