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That is great advice. Thanks! I did the math and it's still cheaper to get three APs and use the AP rate than to pay rack rate for two of the rooms.

Just talked to a different CM. She said that, yes, three rooms can be booked on one annual pass. I hope she's right. Don't want any surprises when we arrive in December.

Are you sure? The CM on the phone told me I could book three rooms with the annual pass. I have to call back again today (another hour on hold listening to "it's a small world." Yay!) so I'll doublecheck.

So it's been, like, 7 months since I've been on WDWmagic. And what's one of the first things I see? This awesome, stupendous, tremendous trip report. It really made me smile. Congrats, Holly and Bret! May your future hold nothing but happiness.

You're right. I guess it's also atmosphere. I didn't find GF to be stuffy, but Poly is far more laid back.

I suspect a lot of it also has to do with expectations. When you're paying that much money for a hotel room, you expect something amazing. In reality, you merely get a nice hotel room. You're bound to feel let down. We stayed at Grand Floridian once. It was nice, but we won't be staying there...

Yes, the reviews have been great, which is pretty cool. As for the trip, we're chalking it up to bad luck. The next one will be much better! Thanks for the nice comments about the pictures. I took tons this trip, mostly because I had a lot of time on my hands. :o So you got to experience...

I've been away from this site for months now. I finally come back and I see this fantastic news! Congratulations to both of you! May you lead a long, happy (and Disney-filled) life together! P.S. Holly, your pics are awesome, as usual.

Long story short: It's been a crazy six months. My first novel was released (It's very unDisney-like, but here's the Amazon link nonetheless: http://tinyurl.com/2dkj6eh.) and the book tour was exhausting. Since my boyfriend, Mike, had a conference scheduled at the Swan & Dolphin, we decided that...

Stayed there many times, including the holidays. The Christmas tree in the lobby is enormous and quite beautiful. As for staying in the resort, I strongly recommend a savannah view. Yes, you can see the animals from public spots, but there's nothing like sitting out on your balacony in the...

But there's the rub. They're raising prices. So visitors to AK will be paying more than they would have three years ago while getting slightly less. I go out of my way to defend Disney whenever possible, but it does disappoint me that they're constantly raising the price of everything (tickets...

While I don't miss the canoes as an attraction at WDW (I went on them once, in 1992, and it was pretty tiring by the end) it was pretty neat to see them still paddling away at DL last year. I agree with everyone else who mentioned the river used to feel more alive. Those canoes and keelboats did...

Thanks for the compliment! I just use a Kodak EasyShare point and shoot. It works like gangbusters in bright sunlight, which is why my Florida photos always come out better than pictures I take at other places. I also do a lot of cleanup work using Photoshop. So it's all done in the editing, I...

Yes, a similar thing happened with Pluto a few years back. I really like meeting the characters. Mike just gets embarassed. I have some great pictures of him at a character breakfast in Disneyland. (He agreed to go because it was the only place to have a sit-down breakfast in our hotel.) He just...

The villas building at Beach Club has a ridiculously long hallway. So you might want to see if you can get a room close to the elevator and main entrance to the building. If not, you'll be walking a very long way to get to the Beach Club lobby and Stormalong Bay. If you'll be using a rental...