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I wonder why alcohol is in quotation marks!? All meals included (3 a day, with select “alcohol”) I'm usually immune to Disney schemes but I have to say if I had $2000 to spare (going with 5 other people) this would be a fun way to spend a special day.

I look forward to buying a set on my next trip (hopefully this year!). Shopping at Sam's Club and Aldi I use a lot of reusable bags and anything that makes it a little more pleasant is a good thing.

I'm guessing she told her husband she was going to a boring work conference in Omaha.

I always chime in when a thread jumps to Dollywood. It's such a great park. While my kids hit the roller coasters, I walk around (those hills are great exercise), eat kettle corn, ride the train several times (usually while eating kettle corn), see the shows - sometimes more than once (the Kingdom Heirs!), have lunch with Miss Lillian, window shop, people watch, and eat more kettle corn. And it's a such a relaxing and fun day. Gold season pass (free parking and 20% off food) to park and water park (they have a great water coaster) is only $244 this year and if you get a season pass in

I'd been to Aldi's a few times over the past few years but there wasn't one convenient until one opened on my route home from work last summer and now I'm a big fan. Since there aren't a lot of choices I don't do the impulse shopping I do in regular grocery stores and I can get in and out pretty quickly. My grocery bill is definitely lower even on things I need to buy. Store brands are good if carrying amusing names. My son loves Cheezits -- at Aldi they're Savoritz cheese baked crackers. I make him say that when he wants me to buy Cheezits. They also carry some good German chocolate bar

You have willpower. I would be hearing those Mickey Bars calling me from the freezer day and night. Who am I kidding, I doubt they would have survived the ride home.

We are going to be at a hotel for Christmas this year and I actually was thinking about getting a charlie brown tree. I saw one advertised at BB&B for $19.99, then there is also one at Amazon for $7.99 which looks exactly the same as that one and the Amazon one you posted https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CZ7ZTGJ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

The first time I get hit in the backside by that Millenium Falcon there will be trouble. Can you imagine several of these in the same area. They must be huge, because the children shown in them are quite old. They're not designed for really young children. However, as always, I admire the genius of whoever came up with them. They will be rented. Some kids will demand them and some parents will insist their child be seen in one. And I totally could see renting them for children with actual issues that prevent them from being able to walk around for the day or need the convert to a bed

My older son's Instagram bio link is similar to the final end credit scene, so we particularly got a good laugh at that.

Continuing our family tradition of seeing the latest Disney movie on Thanksgiving (and I am thankful my pretty much grown children are still enthusiastic about continuing this tradition) we went to see Ralph Breaks the Internet. And really liked it. It's about 15 minutes too long IMHO but lots of laughs about online sites and video games. A lot of humorous things worked into the background, signs, etc. And a good bit of funny Disney stuff, especially for Kristen Bell and others complaining about Disney princesses. Interestingly our family and the 60 something aged couples in front of us were

Totally guessing: entrance to Safari?

I'm not particularly a Halloween person, but the creativity in many of those pictures is amazing. And now I want to see it in person. Someday!

Germany - the place where you get the caramels?

Wow! Some of those are really creative. Thanks for posting!

This is a great sentence! Sounds like you're packing in the fun.

Toy Story 4 is due out next year!

We've left parks and gone to the closest quick service restaurant to eat lunch just to use our refillable mugs, including the chipped ones. Yes, we've carried 5 mugs in a backpack/drawstring bag to do this. But 5 x $drinkprices adds up and I need my jolt of caffeine at lunch time. Plus it provides a nice break from the park. You used to be able to use it at the bakery on the Boardwalk too. But my experience is 2 years old at this point.

There's a lot of re-themeing and enhancing potential of the train ride and the area without losing the educational component, which I think is pretty neat. I like behind the scenes areas of zoos and aquariums. However the line "rework the area’s offerings to appeal more to today’s guests" worries me. I'm thinking stare at your phone apps are coming there too.

Personally, I've perfected the art of one hand scrolling while the other hand gives belly rubs. I've also perfected the art of working on my laptop on a table with a dog lying on my lap. And when I'm reading, the dog on the lap becomes a book prop. No depression here!

Regular coffee is now $3.29, up from $2.79 Hot Tea is now $3.29 up from $2.79 Getting closer to those Starbucks prices!

I have a reservation for a tent/pop up site for weekday nights next October for $69 + taxes per night. Planning to sleep in my tent (or my minivan if there's a thunderstorm) if it all works out. So I'll argue it's still a good deal for camping like God intended it to be. (LOL -- if I could afford the Poly and still go to parks and eat where I wanted you know I'd be staying there! ) We don't live close and I've always opted for stay onsite and go less often rather than stay off site and go more often.

I'd love to have a poster of this image. What was the verdict on the pancake milkshakes?

See this is where I just wonder about me. I know a lot of people will do this and increase Disney's $$$. But I'm just thinking (based on when my children were young enough to do these attractions -- and Small World, Little Mermaid, Tea Party -- are these high demand anyway?) you're getting the kids up extra early to get there by 7:45 at the latest so they're cranky, they either eat breakfast before so they're cranky from having to get up even earlier or you wait for breakfast until after 9 and they're extra cranky from hunger. Therefore I'm super cranky having to deal with them. I might as we

Families who have the increasingly larger amounts of money needed for a Disney vacation, but families none the less... Edited to add: This is me doubting that the lowest cost tickets under the new system are going to be any less than the current lowest cost tickets, but we'll see.

Wow this sounds incredibly complicated. More planning, planning, planning. And what does it do to buying tickets from places like Undercover Tourist? Are they going to have the ability to have specific start dates for tickets. Should I be buying tickets from them now for a vacation next year? Or if buying from Disney should I wait until the last possible moment in case I change my plans? ------------------------------------------------ This approach to pricing tickets by date is modeled off of consumer demand and is part of our effort to better distribute attendance throughout th