Cortezcapt (Derek)

You could check out the bat house for any activity, I haven't checked in awhile not sure if TCD or anyone else has or not. We used to see the turkeys a lot in the 500 loop but I think they just wander.

Haven't used it for towing the trailer but I have really been liking the Waze app recently. Not sure how much of a data hog it would be on a long trip, but like the traffic updates and other features.

We'll be out in all our winter gear here in Florida! We have to break out the hats, scarfs, and heavy jackets any chance we get.

Oops forgot to add thanks for the great trip report. It's always nice seeing how others spend their time in the resorts and parks. A good way to get new ideas, learn tricks and tips.

Sounds like you had a great trip! All the room changes sound both fun and annoying all at the same time. It would be nice to get to stay in different resorts and experience the different aspects of each, but I do like to just settle in one place myself. Hmm guess that's why I prefer going places I can take my travel trailer. Working on vacation is never fun but if you have to there's no better place then Disney. Sangria should be mandatory for every conference call! That drive home! Ugh that's all I have to say about that.

That's awesome! It's great so many were able to help you out, and a very cool idea.

Very cool. Though I can't imagine that being much cheaper then a Disney wedding package, unless a lot of pixie dust was involved.

I always wondered what they did in that building when we pass it, but have never bothered to look it up. That mystery is solved. It would be cool to get a tour through it, it's a massive place.

How about a Fort Fiend corporate membership?

It sounds like it's going to be a mess if reservations have to be booked through the Disney website and the guest have to get a voucher from the hotel. Both for guest and CMs.

71 forecasted here for Christmas day, so will have to crank the AC down to light the fireplace

We have gone to Ichetucknee springs a few times and always enjoyed floating down the river. There is no campground at the springs but 2 in the area, unfortunately I can't be much help as we haven't stayed at either.

I always just carry my wallet which has photo IDs and my annual pass card in it all the time ( you never know when you might end up at Disney)! I'm used to carrying it so if I didn't have it at Disney I'd be constantly looking for it. If I know someplace has a passholder discount I have it all out and ready at checkout or have it out when I ask for the check, if I'm unsure I ask before they bring the check. I can't ever recall being asked about having an annual pass before a meal or by a server unless I had my MB with the passholder sliders on it, they always ask about dinning plans.

I totally agree with her!

We've gotten the sliders the last few years but have never got a magnet. I did get a nice empty gift card that I could add money to and keep/gift to someone this year, but that may have been a Christmas thing and not necessarily a passholder thing! ?

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Just finished dinner and dessert here, going to do a few dishes then I feel a nap coming on.

Hmmmm Did he happen to mention what drugs he took before seeing these miniature bears? Was it winter, kids in fuzzy sweaters? Racoons? Granted I was a kid last time I was at Discovery Island, but I recall unusual animals or anything following us.

Sounds like a horrible waste of good butter to me!

Great photos as always Gwen. So glad you were able to get away for a few days and so far sounds like you had a blast.

I could buy a lot of Christmas decorations for my house and TT for the 518.00 it would cost for 2 of us to go.

538 and 540 were the sites we always preferred when we stayed in the 500 loop. Both back up to the canal and have some space behind them.

I was excited about this till I read the reviews. May still have to go check it out, maybe they have made some improvements. https://m.lowes.com/pd/Disney-Disney-4-99-ft-Freestanding-Licensed-Lamp-Post-with-Constant-Multicolor-LED-Lights/1000292665

I wonder if they have a work around like maybe that site or say 1 premium site is taken out of the reservation pool all together. Something arranged through Disney or Fort management were it's just a standing reservation.

Was it a slow news day? I don't really get why this article was written, I guess just to quote numbers. Disney never denied there were Gators at the time or that they worked with people to trap them. The way article is written bothers me. For one it seems like it's trying to stir the pot. Then it keeps referring to "the park" and the accident last year so anyone who doesn't know any better could assume that those Gators were all pulled out of Seven Seas Lagoon and not the whole 27,000 + acres Disney owns. I guess growing up in Florida you just know they are there. That didn't stop

Ah I did not know that. To be honest I always knew it was there but never have paid much attention to what it was, if it was open, or who was there. We were waiting in the main guest relations line and my friend said let's check there and see if the can help. So she wandered over then called me over.