Mrs.TN22

2 hours ago, twiceblessed....nacole said:

Awesome!!  Thanks for posting this!!  When do guys get into town?  It will be nice to see you again...let's see, the time we met at the Green Egg, was that 2 or 3 years ago??

it would be awesome to see you guys again too - we get there 10/15 - we are driving down after this years Egg Fest

Thanks for posting this, TCD!  This will be our first time at the Fort for Halloween.

1 minute ago, CCIntrigue...aka Gwen said:

Thanks for the list!  Unfortunately most of the restaurants we'll be visiting on our upcoming trip are only 10% off.  Guess we'll be buying Tables in Wonderland again.  

you are welcome!  that is a bummer that the ones you needed are only 10%.  We have reservations at Tiffins and Hollywood Brown Derby (first time for both) and I was excited to see that they were both 20%

40 minutes ago, CCIntrigue...aka Gwen said:

Does anyone have a list of the 45 restaurants?  We haven't bought our new APs yet, so I don't have access to the list.  Thanks!

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/passholder-program/passholder-benefits-and-discounts/

this should take you to the list - I couldn't find one that would copy/paste well

I wasn't signed in, so you should be able to see as well.

New! 45th Anniversary Benefits

late, but here!  I love trip reports!

I'm in!

 Great report!  Love seeing the sign every time.  Love the Tinkle Tower - I'll have to remember that one.  

2 weeks at Disney = Awesome!

has he ever had his gallbladder checked?  gallbladder issues can cause severe pain and nausea.

15 hours ago, Cortezcapt (Derek) said:

Sounds like a good book, I'll have to look into getting it. 

 

I have a series of books (that I have read multiple times) by Eugenia Price. They are historical fiction but largely based on real people and events with some of the fill in day to day things (all historically correct for the time periods) and a couple of characters added to pull things or groups together more. 

Maria- is the first book in the Florida trilogy and is about the oldest house in St. Augustine, you can still go tour the house. 

Don Juan McQueen - is the second

Margaret's story- is the third. 

There is a website that list the order you should read them in which is the order I listed them in, you can't go by print date she wrote some of them out of order. The Florida trilogy then ties into the Georgia quartet, Savannah trilogy, and St Simons Trilogy. They are all at least in my opinion great books, they draw you in and make you feel like you really know the families and see them through generations. The thing I like most as a history buff is you can go to a lot of the places in the books, wander the cemetery on St Simons and see the headstones of the people you've read about. They start pre revolution and go right through the civil war. You don't have to read them all but the do tie into each other through extended families or friends. My grandmother had purchased and read them all, I wasn't much of a reader but wanted to go to St Augustine so my mother told me to read them first, once I started I couldn't put them down. I find it makes me appreciate the places the stories take place more, like a connection to the place, "oh look we are in this street, remember in the book this happened here" sort of thing. 

 I have read the Savannah Quartet - 4 wonderful books.  When we went to Savannah I made my family go to the small cemetery and hunt head stones with me.  ( loved them so much that I found all 4 i hardback at local book sale and have them in hardback and paperback)

I will have to look into the Florida Trilogy - as the Savannah books are some of my favorite.

double post - sorry please delete

Is this the only thread for Halloween week this year or is there one with a list somewhere?  

reading along.

We resort hopped to POFQ and POR on our last trip - we were really impressed with the QS at French Quarter - the only negative we saw was that they didn't have pomegranate lemonade at the mug refill stations.  Therefore, DH said we couldn't stay there.  priorities

yay!  I'm in - love to read another TCD trip report!

I'm in!!  another trip report - yay!!!!

How wonderful!!! 

We arrived at 10:00 last Saturday and the guy told us what sites were available, we picked one, and were all set-up and headed to the parks by 11:30.  The first time we've ever gotten a choice.

We will be there!!  Along with Humphrey Bear!

Can't wait!

We've stayed in 500, 1400, and 600

500 was ok and our first time at the fort.

We really liked 1400 (we had site 1431) as it was close to the meadows/pool - this has been our favorite so far.

We disliked 600 - 

We were there 2 weeks ago(right after Matthew), and they were horrible.  I have not ever had a problem with mosquitoes there, but this time they were bad.

17 minutes ago, Tri-Circle-D said:

Did you ever order your "free" Passholder Magic Band?

The slider is usually enclosed in the box they ship your Passholder Magic Band in.

TCD

Nope - we just upgraded last week, so we already had bands - I will go order those "free" ones - thanks for the tip!

We actually purchased Annual Passes this year.

I was wondering about the AP magic band slide, and the the magnets - I see the magnets a lot, and the magic band slide I saw while we were there, and wondered if that was something we could purchase, or do they send it to us?

And, can you buy the passholder merchandise online or do you have to purchase it at Disney in one of the stores? 

Sorry - new to all of this..

1 hour ago, LONE-STAR said:

Just got back from the Fort spoke to Ken. He said it will not reopen today he can guarantee it. He said it will reopen tomorrow but did not know what time.

Good to know - at least we didn't change our check-in date for nothing!  Thanks for the update.

4 minutes ago, Humphrey Bear…Rob said:

If you can, let us know if any problems. Saw Orlando Mayor on TV saying that damage was minimal, but I know they have to wait and see.

I just spoke with Guest Services - they are planning on having the Fort reopen sometime tomorrow (Saturday 10/8) but he said that is still not definite as they are still under a warning until 8 tonight. 

1 minute ago, twiceblessed....nacole said:

Hmmm... might be possible.  I think the storm has left (or is leaving) the area today.  Better chance is probably tomorrow but, again, my guess is it's current a moment-by-moment thing.

Safe travels and enjoy the trip when you get down there!!!  :) 

thanks!!!  We plan on enjoying it very much - even though I've lost some fast passes - maybe I can convince a CM to give me a couple for the safari ride at AK :) it has been a rough month for us, and we are so looking forward to this.