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That's what we were told back in December/ January. They discontinued the Magical Express (I'm sure due to covid- lol) but had partnered w/ Mears. That was my understanding at least- though to be clear I did not book. My wife did. I have no idea about today.

Family and I flew down last January (3 months ago.) Our plane left at 9.15am Sunday, and it was marathon weekend. So we scheduled a Mears pickup for 6am from the Grand Floridian. I was worried about the marathon, but was told by CM- no worries. Mears does this all the time. We got to the...

Yep- eating outside at EPCOT at the Chinese restaurant. Guy starts cursing very loudly into his phone- so he had a twofer of bad manners going. 1) Phone screaming 2) Lots of cursing. It was a while ago- maybe 15 years ago. So not recent.

My family and I saw it in the Drive-in in 1973 in California. (4 kids plus mom and dad. I was 9.) My dad has told us about the bull goring scene in advance so each of us 4 kids asked him every 2 minutes "is this the part with the bull?" WEll- the bull goring incident doesn't happen until the...

I'm not in favor at all-

My first trip was actually to Disney LAND. I was 7, we had just moved to Northern CA. I thought it was so special- from the trams in the parking area to the flowers/ hedges shaped like Mickey. (I was easily impressed.) My family and I started going to DL every 2 years. Our first visit to...

Dinosaur for my family and I. We did it once and HATED it. Never again. As a kid I did Swiss family tree house. (I was under 10, so 40+ years ago.) I never did it again so that's a one-and-done.

It wasn't on my first trip, but I had no idea how great it was to stay inside the park. We stayed outside until 08, and just drove in each day. We saved $, a lot of $, but the experience was so much better once we bit the bullet and stayed at PO. Good decision- taking my 75+ year old momma to...

We were at Disney in December 2015 and we got both heat and cold in one trip. It reached the upper 80s at one point- not what we expected or wanted in December! And it wasn't ideal weather. But then a cold front came in and dropped the lows to the 40s and highs to the low 60s. It took the fun...

A terribly crowded day at Disney brings out the worst in people. And some people's worst is a train wreck, to be kind.

Funny story about Mr. Toad. Took the family to DW in 96- including my oldest-almost 10, and the youngest, almost 3. We went to MK in the AM, which included riding Mr. Toad. It was nothing special to oldest, but it scared youngest to death. We were all so excited about DW that it never...

I was able to take my 75+ year old parents in early March for 4 nights. We had a savannah view room at AKL. Best part- especially for my mom- was the afternoon tea service at the Grand Floridian. We got a wide variety of incredible British teas. My mom has always been crazy about hot tea, so...

Great question! Soarin California was my favorite ride at Disney and it prompted me to begin to plan to take my 75+ year old parents to Disney. (Who had not been since 03 and who lived in CA for 9 years.) This ride esp was Disney at its best. However, by the time we actually got to Disney 2...

We tried on the first day available- 60 days prior. Nothing. Then we checked back from time-to-time. Still nothing. But we are now back. To give everyone a report. We arrived at the entrance at 7.15 and were through the gates at 7.35? We went straight to the line but we didn't run or...

I would add that your FP window is an hour. So if you allotted an hour for Chef Mickey's, 15 minutes to walk/ wait for the bus, 30 minutes for the bus ride (it's more like 20), that would put you there at 9.30. But you should allow 30 minutes as a buffer, so that is 10:00. You could do a FP at...