Recent content by clareita

Thanks for the replies. Assuming he wants to, I'll take my son on the green version. I've never been on M:S, but just the descriptions of the orange one makes me queasy. The other ride I'm on the fence about is EE. We watched one of the travel channel shows about Disney, and there was a...

I think my tall (45 in) 4 year old would like Mission Space, but I'm not sure if it will be too much for him. I would definitely do the easier version. We went to DL when he was almost 3 and he loved BTMRR, Splash Mtn, Space Mtn, and the Matterhorn. Does anyone have any experience of going on...

Can you save seats for Fantasmic? I'm concerned that my 4 year old won't be able to wait 45 minutes (we'll be there in late April so I hope 45 minutes is early enough). Can my husband take him out while I stay with the other kids?

When I was a high school teacher I was working at school from 6:45 until 4pm just about every day at which point I would take papers home to grade. I also worked several hours on Sunday or Saturday afternoon. In addition to teaching I was busy planning lessons, helping students, writing exams...

You are lucky. Most school districts have rules that say you are not allowed to use your one or two personal days consectutively and not before school vacations.

What we're talking about is taking your kids out of school to go to Disney and that justifying it as an educational trip is a little crazy. Taking you around the world as your parents did is unquestionably educational. However, as wonderful as those experiences would be for a child, it doesn't...

As many people have noted, there is a huge difference between taking elementary age kids out of school for a few days and taking high school kids out. Most elementary school students can miss a few days without any problems. High school kids who miss a week of math are potentially going to...

I have a question about the live entertainment schedule for this week at MGM posted at http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/. The times for the Indiana Jones show are 11:30, 12:45, 2, 4, and 5:15. The times for Beauty and the Beast are 10:45, 12, 1:45, 3:45, and 5. Are these standard times...

I don't think there is ever a time you can go to Florida and not find a lot of members of Red Sox Nation. Have you ever seen a Sox-DRays game at Tampa? The place is so packed with Sox fans, we call it Fenway South.

It could be a typo, but there are a bunch of dates in Jan, Feb, March and now April with closing times of 7. So far, as far as I know, they haven't released any dates for the P&P parties. I really hope that is the answer, since I'm sure my kids would love it.

The April hours are out now, which means I can really start planning what we're going to be doing on our April 20-27 trip (woohoo!) I made a tentative plan based on April 07 hours, and while they are similar there is a big difference on two Wednesdays at the MK. April 16 and 23 both have hours...

I'm a total dork... because when I saw that Len Testa responded to my message I actually clapped. My family likes to make fun of me for going through the UG with a a fine tooth comb and planning the trip 12-6 months ahead of time, but they are more than happy to have a relaxed and fun trip...

I'm planning our April 21-27 trip for our extended family of 8. I'm putting the schedule of which parks we go to on which days and it is not easy. Even though we are staying onsite, I want to avoid the EMH days on the theory that it makes that park more crowded. Also, I have young kids...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm sure we'll have no problem keeping everyone happy for the evening. My kids will know that we will be back all day (with a break in the middle of course) on Wed. to ride all the big rides.

I'm also a former high school teacher and that is why I am comfortable letting some 14 year olds babysit my kids. I know from experience that they can be incredibly mature and responsible.