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Which I think has been a large part of the problem and has caused some of the unneeded panic. There has been a lack of clear information from the CDC which allowed all sorts of conspiracies to break loose. The information is finally starting to come out but it is hard to put the conspiracy genii back in its bottle once it has escaped. There is reason for real concern. The US health system only has hospital beds for 2.8 per 1000 people. This compares to 3.2 per 1000 for Italy and 3.7 per 1000 for China. We aren't even in the ballpark with South Korea's 12.3 per 1000. All three have seen th

Well it's come round again so it's time show a little irrational exuberance for everyone's favorite number. Happy Pi day y'all.

As I posted in another thread one of the rumors my wife is hearing at her school is even if the system shuts down faculty, staff and child nutrition will still be required to come into the schools to prepare lessons for all and food for those on a lunch program. The food and lessons for those without online access would then be delivered via the bus system.

I do not recommend the KOA in Hatteras. We were there this past fall and while the ocean is just over the dune the facilities were in rough shape. Some was due to hurricanes and tropical storms but some was just plain neglect. While we haven't stayed there Camp Hatteras Campground next door looks very nice and is likely where we will stay on our next trip to the outerbanks. The park service also has some campgrounds on the outerbanks which from the road look pretty good and appear to have a bit more room between sites than the private campgrounds have.

For the planner why not just break the trip up so it will fit the number of slots? For example if the planner only supports 10 stops fill and create a new trip to handle the overflow. Some words of warning about going into Canada. They have strict food importation requirements. One example is all meat and poultry must be in packaging that shows the country and potatoes have to be commercially packaged. There are also restrictions on pets, firearms and other items. Keep in mind you can't cross the border anymore on just a regular drivers license so you will need to be sure you and the fami

That happened to us on our last trip. It really takes some of the magic away from the trip.

Being supported by locals has always been the big difference between Disneyland and WDW. Being local really does reduce the feeling that you must get to the park and rush to get everything in. When I lived in SoCal it was very common for friends and myself to decide to go to the park on the spur of the moment. Talking with family that still lives there that type behavior really hasn't changed.

I rarely turn down the $9 beers or any of the other over priced alcoholic drinks. In fact we go out of our way to visit the various WDW establishments that specialize in such libations and appetizers.

I don't consider myself cheap. I consider it the Yankee sensibility I learned living in New England as a kid. If it isn't broken don't fix it, if it is broken but does the job repair it and if neither of those apply throw in the barn someone will buy it someday as an antique.

However it isn't worth replacing my ancient but functional phone so I have a fighting chance at getting a boarding pass.

We've tried his Washington DC restaurant a couple of times and were not impressed on either visit. Unless the Disney Springs location is leaps and bounds above the DC location I would have no regrets skipping the special event.

Of course we all know how well they enforce the rules.

The price increases are giving us second thoughts. We had thought about a trip next year but with the price increases and folks saying how Jan/Feb is no longer the slow time I'm not sure we want to go anymore. We just don't find anything magical about wall to wall people or not being able to get FP's on the same day they open up. They say the only thing certain is death and taxes. I would add "and Disney's annual price increases."

I'm surprised WDW hasn't created a premium line cut pass that allows the holder to jump in before any FP pass holders or standby lines. I'm sure they'd make plenty of money off of it. I could see them doing something like unlimited cuts for $100/day, 5 for $50 or $15/ride.

This won't change as long as more people keep attending the parks and willingly paying the higher prices.

Disney got Congress to create a 3 mile radius of restricted airspace around WDW and Disneyland in 2003. It was hidden in a large spending bill so it would fly under the covers of violating Congress's own rule against doing such a thing. To date Disney is the only amusement park company to have no fly zones over their properties in the US.

Except when it's in the 90's for both temperature and humidity.

I know mileage may vary but we had success getting our previous trailer's warranty work handled locally by using a dealer that sold trailers by the same manufacturer but not the same line. This way it wasn't like we went to the direct competition. We also had the manufacturer grease things a bit by contacting the dealer after I did to also talk about doing the warranty work.

As Jason said Custer State Park is near Mt Rushmore. It is where we stayed on our trip to Montana a couple of years ago. The campground we stayed at, Blue Bell, was electric only but it had an easy to get to water spigot to fill the tank, plenty of room and a nice bathhouse. According to the rangers Custer has more Bison than Yellowstone. Just to the south of Custer State park there is Wind Cave National Park and to the west Jewel Cave National Monument. The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is not too far from the area just off I-90. Due to Rene's work schedule we only had a day

Winnebago is generally rated well. We have a Micro Minnie and the interior and exterior finish was much better than other trailers in its class however it has a higher price point. While we learned a lot from it I would not go with a Palomino PaloMini or its sister line the Real-Lite Mini. It is an entry level trailer and is priced accordingly but it aged quickly due to cheaper construction to keep the low price. While it wasn't falling apart when we traded it in it required a lot of maintenance due to cheap components to keep it rolling and leak free. Other than some of the really high

Thanks for the information about the parks. Gretchen, no rush on the fence height. Thank you for the ideas. While I had planned plenty of walks since we have miles of walking paths all within a few blocks of the house I was still trying to figure out what to do about vigorous exercise. Our current house isn't really laid out well for a fence so I had been leaning to build a 50 - 100 foot covered run but even that would be a lot of work/cost clearing trees when we plan on selling in the next couple of years. One of the criteria for the next house is it has to be easy to fence. Th

We are starting to plan a trip to WDW sometime next year. By that time we will likely have a new family member and I was wondering about a couple of things related to our four legged friends. We are working on getting a Whippet. I'm not concerned so much about when we are away as we are going to crate train the dog. While they are couch potatoes during much of the day they only stay that way with some vigorous exercise each day. My concern is more about exercise for a dog that hits 35 mph before you can blink your eyes. - What is the height of the fence at the Fort Wilderness dog park? Wh

What we really need is a diagram that shows all of the companies that make the various parts for these manufacturers. I think almost everything is made by 2 or 3 companies.

I wonder if it means the Fort will be losing some sites?

We have a smaller trailer at 21 feet and our previous was about 18 feet. We've always stayed in the premium sites as we like the extra room and the privacy of being able to be away from the loop road. Some sites have the utilities closer to the front where others are further back. This can affect where you put a smaller trailer on the site. We've had times where we were able to park the trailer near the back of the site and others where it was closer to the middle so we could reach the hookups (sewer in particular). As to loops we like 1300 a lot. We don't have young ones but there is a p