Recent content by Kate Alan

Nine days left and it can’t fly by soon enough!

Fantastic, that’s very helpful. Thanks!

Does the park opening referred to mean the standard opening time, or the “early entry” opening time for on site guests? Want to make sure I’m calculating the two hour window from the right start point!

Most places we book for overall atmosphere, rather than specific dishes, but there are a few cases: We stopped going to Flying Fish when they pulled the potato wrapped red snapper from the menu. We immediately booked it for our upcoming trip when we realized it’s back on the menu. We book...

Fantastic. Didn’t think we would, but wanted to confirm! Thanks!

Might be a silly question but it’s been long enough I don’t recall offhand. We are booked at the Dolphin and have since made our dining reservations, etc. for our trip in late May. A better rate at the Dolphin has come up. If we cancel and rebook our room, will the system remove our dining...

Between other travel and then the pandemic, it's been a long while since we've set foot in WDW (2017 to be exact). We're now contemplating a trip for this year to get back into the swing of things. We're debating between Pop and the Swan for our hotel. Have some questions regarding the...

I could almost understand that myself (although honestly - any decent server should be able to keep straight what drinks are going to what tables, and have some sort of system in place to indicate if a drink is alcoholic or not, so even that doesn't really wash). But to refuse to let us pay full...

I would be very curious as to whether they will do this now (and I hope that they do). When I was last at Sam's, at the end of 2015, there was a BIG issue when I made that request (I'm allergic to alcohol). It turned into a very bizarre evening, with the management not only refusing to put a...

You start off with three. Once those three are used up, you get an additional one (and once you use that, you get one more, etc.). Truthfully, short of using your initial three first thing in the day (which I don't recommend), by the time you are eligible to use the additional one, you'll find...

It can be a lot of fun, but you absolutely HAVE to plan if you go between Christmas and New Year's. My family did it two years ago and I warned them to expect early mornings and the crowd levels. Book dining for everything, including restaurants you'd typically attempt as a walk-up. The parks...

Wasn't planning on another WDW trip until January, but now I'm thinking of tossing in a weekend at the end of September for MNSSHP and Food & Wine. Figure I'll get the most out of my AP while I have it, as I'm likely not renewing it.

Did the tour last year and it was fantastic. Definitely worth the cost.

Dumbo. Was my first ride ever at WDW, and I'll ride it every time I go the parks no matter how old I get. And I will always visit Figment, even though his ride is meh.

That's exactly it - I want to give the parks their due, but when I'm making this trip it's to see the countries and their offerings, not just Disney. There is so much to experience, and I want the time to enjoy it, not just be ticking boxes off a checklist of landmarks as I rush from place to...