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  1. DisneyDoug85

    Travel from Philly area to NYC port

    Hi everyone, Does anybody have experience traveling from the Philly area to NYC for a cruise? I am booked on NYC-San Juan for this fall, starting to feel like it may happen after all so I'm trying to put things together. Originally I was planning on getting a hotel nearby the night before...
  2. DisneyDoug85

    Renting a car for a day

    Hi everyone. We'll be in Disney world toward the end of May, we'll be staying at Old Key West. My son wants to do a day in Lego Land, in order to do that I think I'll rent a car. My question is, what's the best way to do that? Does the rental place pick us up at the resort and take us back...
  3. DisneyDoug85

    Lego Land

    Hi all! We'll be in WDW in May. My son is a huge lego fanatic so we want to check out Lego Land for a day. I want to know what your thoughts are as far as best way to get to and from our resort (old key west) to lego land? Uber etc, rent a car? How long of a ride is it and is 6-8 hours good...
  4. DisneyDoug85

    Verandahs on Magic

    Can anyone help me with finding oversized verandahs on Magic? I’ve been trying to do my own research but for some reason having trouble finding anything specific. I appreciate the help!!
  5. DisneyDoug85

    Large verandahs on The Magic?

    Hi! So we're between our first and second cruises, first being this past november a 4 night bahamian on the Dream. It was a Make A Wish vacation for our daughter, we had such a great time! We had a deck 2 oceanview room. I did book a placeholder and pretty much immediately jumped at the...
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    NYC waters, as rough as I’ve heard?

    Hi all, I’ll try and make this as short as possible...Just got back from our first cruise last week (4 night Bahamian from PC) and we loved it! Booked a placeholder and immediately started looking into what our next cruise should be. I jumped on a great stateroom for a 7 night eastern...
  7. DisneyDoug85

    Dream Room 2052, thoughts?

    Hi all, I just received word that we'll be staying in room 2052 on the Dream this November for a 4 night cruise to the Bahamas. This is a Make A Wish trip for my daughter who had leukemia last year and battled for the better part of 7-8 months. Key word there being HAD, as she's now cancer...
  8. DisneyDoug85

    Thoughts on these plans?

    So we’ll be in WDW for 4 nights in November, staying at Wilderness Lodge. We’ll be coming off of a 4 night cruise so our first day will be cut a bit short after traveling from port. As of now we have a 3 day park hopper, my goal is to get 1 full day at MK, then split the remaining 2 days...
  9. DisneyDoug85

    just looking for opinions

    so we've got our first cruise(!!!) coming up in November, followed by 4 nights in WDW. I know I know, the cruise should be after WDW, but we have our reasons so we'll have to make the best of it... I know this is beaten to death all the time but I'm just curious as to what peoples thoughts are...
  10. DisneyDoug85

    Thoughts on trip plans (cruise+WDW)

    We have our first disney cruise planned for november 12th 2018, we're also going to stay 3-4 nights in WDW. At first I was planning on staying in WDW prior to the cruise based on most peoples suggestions, now I'm considering staying after instead. Reasons being- 1) My sons 4th bday is the...
  11. DisneyDoug85

    Need opinions please!!! Old thread renewed, dead center aft Fantasy deck 7 or 9?

    As the title says, we just booked our first cruise a few days ago. We booked room 8596 on the Dream which is a Deluxe family verandah room. I'm doing some research and just found in a few spots that some rooms have what looks to be a cosmetic piece of metal running vertically between two...
  12. DisneyDoug85

    Animal Kingdom Hours Extended

    been keeping an eye on the Animal Kingdom hours for my trip next month. Great news! They have just been extended from 730 to 830 pm through October!! Just wanted to pass it along
  13. DisneyDoug85

    Just looking for thoughts/experiences at these restaurants

    Ill be going to disney in about 50 days!!! I'm traveling with my family, wife and two kids (ages 5 and almost 2). As well as my sister, her husband and daughter (also almost 2) and my other sister. Because of the young kids and their unpredictable schedules we didn't want to push it with...
  14. DisneyDoug85

    Animal Kingdom Lodge Room Location

    i have a pool view room with a request to be connected to my sister and her family (8 people total) booked. Now making my online check in room requests, i selected Near lobby first and ground level second. The reason for those two choices is that we will have 3 young kids ages 5 and two at just...
  15. DisneyDoug85

    Question about setting up fast passes for 2 separate parties

    So i need to book fast passes for my group as well as my sisters group next tuesday. Long story short, i had a BUNCH of complications with my disney login which led to having to create a new account and re-connecting all of our reservations, tickets, friends etc. It was a pain. Now i want to...
  16. DisneyDoug85

    Advice with first Cruise.

    Hi all, I'm looking for advice/help with planning our first family cruise. We're heading to Disney this october for 7 nights, so this cruise will be for next fall preferably in november so that we can enjoy christmas decor. (i assume they decorate around the same time as the parks do?) At first...
  17. DisneyDoug85

    Columbus day, how bad?

    Planning a trip for later this year with 10 people. 3 seperate families, 3 separate sets of issues in relation to scheduling. The one week that works is the week surrounding columbus day. We're thinking oct 8th-14th or 15th. Columbus day is the 10th. What can we expect? i know there aren't any...
  18. DisneyDoug85

    Advice on resort for party of 10

    So I'll be staying in Disney this fall (oct 8th-15th) with a group of 10 people. This includes a 5 year old and two at just under 2. We love wilderness lodge but figure nows a good time to try elsewhere with the work being done etc. We're leaning towards Animal Kingdom but have a few worries...
  19. DisneyDoug85

    Room Availability

    My family and i have just selected the dates for our next trip, we're thinking October 15th-22nd. We are still in the process of selecting a hotel. Just browsing disney's site and have come across numerous hotels that have next to no accommodations available for that week. I've looked at Beach...
  20. DisneyDoug85

    Hello All,

    Just wanted to say hi, I'm a new member but have been browsing the site for a while. As you can see my name is Doug, i'm married with 2 young kids (daughter almost 5, son 15 months). I live just outside Philly. Been to disney world 7 times, the last being in September 2013. I'm looking to go...
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