Recent content by slappy magoo

It's like paying for a Lighning Lane meet and greet that also has food. If you have kids who want to meet the characters, and you don't want to use your time in parks waiting on line? Worth it. If you're going for the food? No.

So, with the intense heat this summer, I didn't expect hell to have partially frozen over, but here we are... First back story - last trip we took 5 years ago, my wife first applied for an Amtrak mastercard. The introductory offer included so many bonus points, it paid for us to take Auto Train...

My wife is not very mysterious, but the first time we ever drove down (our second trip, the first trip we flew down but drove back in a rental car due to a hurricane closing the airport and parks), we decided to stop at SOtB. We allowed ourselves plenty of time to stop and lounge along the way...

Thanks celluloid. We've done the AutoTrain 2x, once round trip when Slapperina was a baby, and once 5 years ago, just southbound. First trip we had our own private room with a bathroom. They still allowed smoking on the train back then and our car was by the lounge so it stunk all night. Plus...

Thanks. Don't know if you noticed the co-ink-a- but I posted that the Wawa in Fredericksburg is now one of my intended stops. I had no idea how big it was, but gasbuddy says it's clean and well-lit, so for the time of night we'll be there, that's what we need. Based on my current plans, we'd...

Thanks cell. I have been low key to the point of no key for awhile. Haven't been going to WDW for a few years, got sidetracked with everything else. Things...could be better, I ranted about it elsewhere. But hoping to take the family's minds off of things for at least a short while with this...

A simple enough workaround for MK resorts is to make reservations at one of the restaurants in GF, Poly or Contemporary. Even if it's one of the "lesser" restaurants, like Kona or GF Cafe (both of them are great, just less expensive than the other restaurants), you can let security know you have...

Hey there hi there ho there... I know I'm describing this poorly. But is there a feature in any of the Android based driving apps where, after you type in your destination and choosing your route, you can then specify something like "I want to take 'x' breaks along the way" and then the app...

I remember that one, just didn't know if that was still a thing. Also at Hollywood and Vine & Crystal Palace. I know 1900 Park Fare is currently closed but they had one as well.

Not Disney related but...when my sister in law got married in Key West, my wife and I would take walks in the morning and pick up these breakfast sandwiches in a little hole in the wall and they were the most amazing sandwiches I ever tasted. I assumed the ingredients were fresh because of all...

Thanks all for the advice and concern and well wishes. Should probably add some key context... Slapperina's foot injury is not a recent break or fracture, though even her surgeon thought that it was up until the point he operated on her! She experienced a freak injury in 2019...and by "freak" I...

A small price to pay for the illusion of health

Hey there hi there ho there... A companion to my "tron lightcycle in a boot" thread. Slapperina's still recovering from foot surgery, will be in a boot. When she goes swimming at home, she takes it off, so I'm sure she can do that at disney pools. But the slides! Didn't even think about the...

If the buffet includes an omelet station (assuming any still do, it's been a while since I've gone) you can request an egg white omelet. I do it all the time. It really balances out all the pastries! #badumbump

We did the dining plan in 05. I think(?) it was like 30 or 35 per night and the sit down meal included appetizer dessert and tip. Mug wasn't included. Still phenomenal value even at significantly lower meal prices. In the 2010s, with 2 younger kids, the deluxe plan actually made sense because we...