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I recommend being online right as it opens. Have your credit card out and ready to input into Active. If your mom is computer savvy, you should each sign up individually at the same time--you can't sign up multiple people at the same time. I've read stories of family members registering themselves and the race would fill-up before they could finish registering other members.

I've read somewhere that Walt ran out of money when building and didn't have the resources to make the castle any bigger. Not sure how accurate that account is though.

We had 3 days at DL/DCA back over Labor Day weekend. We thought the quick service food quality was way above FL's standards. We didn't mind paying a little more when everything seemed better. We wondered if the close proximity of the outside locations has encouraged DL to step up their game or risk losing food business to the walkable restaurants outside the gates.

I'm here and ready--we were there Wednesday through Sunday. Great weather!

I'm here and ready--we were there Wednesday through Sunday. Great weather!

The sun was setting, so the lighting was low, and I was walking when I snapped this blurry photo of Miss Piggy and Kermit. Which is too bad, because the costumes were awesome I think they are Princess Peach and Yoshi..

I've also seen rumors about other reasons for no ToT next year...a half in Paris and Star Wars half at WDW are the 2 big ones floating around right now. Wine and Dine also goes through DHS so construction would mess with that too.

The only one I can think of would be Universe of Energy. We haven't experienced it in a few years but I remember them doing a big ordeal about how long the ride was and once you're in the car, you're stuck for ~30 minutes. We won't be taking our 2 year old on that one

The link on active.com lists $40: http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?CHECKSSO=0&EVENT_ID=2130166 I love me some runDisney events but this is insane.

Oh fine, I'll come out of lurking and respond :raspberry: It's been a great report so far! We were on the Freedom this past October. It was our first Royal and have done 4 DCL. We prefer to stick with DCL but still had a nice time! Your balcony is amazing! We usually book last minute and are not able to select our room. Your view and space is really making me want to book our next far in advance and select an aft balcony. Love it!

I have :) --I've done all 5 Florida races--Everest 5K, ToT 10miler, Wine and Dine 1/2, Donald 1/2, and Princess 1/2. The Donald and Princess have the same course. You start by Epcot, run to MK (passing the transportation center and Contemporary resort)--you go through Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, run through the castle, Liberty square, and exit through the back gate by Splash. You go back to Epcot, run through Future World, and finish in the parking lot. The in-park time is very short and most of the race is on main roads. There are some characters and photo-ops along the course. The race s

Haha, I'm still here, just lurking around! You're right, he's 16 months. Sure does keep us on our toes! We would love to plan a Fort visit soon. We were at WL during Princess 1/2 weekend and came over to get a GAG but that's been the extent of our Forting in two years No Gold yet, this was our 4th. I agree, it would be nice to ditch the keycards, especially since the bands are waterproof. It would help eliminate the need to search for your photos on the walls since the facial recognition system isn't 100%. Would also have helped prevent DH from forgetting little man's keycard in the light s

We were on the Dream last month. The kids are now using yellow magic bands instead of the previous style. They have a scanner like the touch-to-pay ones in the parks and the band was scanned on arrival/exit of the clubs. We were told we could keep it at no cost at the end of the trip as a souvenir but they will reuse if you decide not to take. The bands did not serve any other purpose on the ship.

We have a little boy, he's 11 weeks. Being a mom is hard but rewarding! He'll be almost 6 months when we go on the Dream for our 4th anniversary cruise. I can't decide if we are brave or just plain crazy for cruising with an infant! I talked my parents into coming with so we will at least have a back-up babysitter. It's hard to believe I found the fiends while planning our 1st anniversary trip to the Fort--time does fly!

Wonderful report; it's been great seeing your girls grow up over the years! I'm sad y'all won't be back down for a while but it looks like you ended on a good note! Now we just need another cruise TR from you :jumpforjoy

How wonderful for the girls! Whatever they chose will be exciting but I know you will miss them! Hopefully you can continue your trips and continue writing for us. I'm looking forward to a new report--We haven't been to WDW since President's Day weekend last year. We have since had a baby and sold the pop-up we only used 3 times. We will be going back on the Dream in May and visiting in Oct/Nov for the races. No idea when we'll get back to the Fort though And what is going on with those parade floats??

Here's the second show at AP on the Fantasy. These are placed at each seat when you come in for dinner. We had a red and green crayola marker. You have about 5 minutes to draw before the servers come around to pick up the papers. They rush them off to the back and then come to pass out the menus. The menu is a little different--one family appetizer for the table (nothing safe for baby so my server had to arrange for a salad) and you select one main entree. Mickey comes on to explain the show and then cartoons play until the main course. If I remember right, the show started between entree an

Did you dine in AP again and were able to see the second show with the drawings? I don't know if they do that on the Dream. If not, I'll hijack again and post pictures of that.

Yep, you can go to the guest services desk in the atrium and they will put the credit on your account.

Thanks! I haven't been around much during the summer. My days are often filled with eating and naps, I can't complain too much. I took zero notes during our Fantasy cruise and not too many photos, so not much material for a TR. The few tweaks they made from the Dream were great. One of the new adult areas, Satellite Falls, was wonderful. A waterfall comes out from the black seam you see with random intervals. Nice cushy chairs with shade--we stayed out there for 6 hours on our first sea day. This splash pool and covered areas are new too. It's not 18+ OK, you can have your TR back now

Here's my mini TR: Notice the vantage point of my DH taking the picture--still in bed! I came back bragging about just having run 3 miles in straight humidity (while 13 wks pregnant, no less) and he bragged that he made it to the breakfast buffet before they closed... The two CMs organizing the race said they were staying for 45 minutes and then had to leave for other events. I don't know what happens with medals if it takes you longer than that :panic:

I saw the cat in May while walking to the start line for the CC5K. I thought our family pets were spoiled..living in the Bahamas can't be beat!

Ooo, you'll be gold for the next trip! What was the gift in your room? We had a backpack, key chain, and 2 snacks during our May Fantasy trip. I'm glad you were able to take the girls before they turned too old to experience the teen areas. I hope you include their reviews!

Obviously I need to visit the Cruise boards more--I didn't know this thread was here! I'm so glad you and Gail had a wonderful trip. The room looks great and that balcony, wow! I'm still waiting on the photoshopped report

Ok, let's finish this up. Our last full day was a Friday. We had breakfast ADRs at Kona Cafe. This was a new restaurant for us and we give it an A! The Poly was a host resort for the Princess Half Marathon. I'm staying at All Star Sports for my host resort in May At least I can always visit! The french press Kona coffee was very smooth. And now the main event...I blame Dave for setting me up with this idea! Afterwards we headed towards the outlets on I-Drive. 11am wasn't too bad crowd wise and we stayed for about 2 hours before coming back to grill hotdogs. Luckily our local outlets ar