Recent content by ThwompChomp

I did this tour when I visited in December '16, and thought it was well-worth the money. Since it was our last day of the trip, and my mom's first time visiting WDW at all, I didn't want to go for something as long as Keys to the Kingdom. Aside from the general walk-and-talk portions, we also...

We'll be staying at OKW with a car, and will be driving ourselves to all the parks. For our Animal Kingdom day, I'd like to visit either The Mara or check out Sanaa's new quick service options. Since you don't actually make reservations for these places, will we still be able to park at the...

I rented points from Dave's for our December trip to OKW. It was pretty painless, the worst part is just waiting for them to find a match with your requested resort and dates, and hoping something comes through.

Thanks for the info! Getting scrapper pins is definitely another worry of mine. The seller has an extremely high positive feedback rate, but since that's just based on the eBay transactions themselves, it doesn't tell me anything about the validity of the pins. Maybe I'll just stick to my...

I'm thinking about buying a bundle of pins off eBay for my upcoming trip. One of the listings I'm looking at has pins that it says are "100% tradeable at any of the Disney Parks." What has me wondering, though, is that it says "The posts are protected with the black rubber Mickey ears." I...

Ahh, true. Right now our reservation is for lunch at Biergarten, so I may shop around and see if there's other table services I'd rather use the credits at. Or I might not even get the dining package and the question will be moot! :)

I'm running through my info on the Disney Dining Plan calculator to see if it would be worth it to get a dining package when I'm there later this year. I was surprised to see that the Candlelight Processional package takes two table credits when you're on the standard dining plan. Is there...

Oh man, I'm so looking forward to getting a boatload of smashed pennies when I'm down there later this year! I've been collecting since I was a kid. One of my folders has four spots for what I'm assuming are pressed quarters, so I might try to get one of those at each of the parks. I also...

I never rode Maelstrom, so I can't speak to the quality of the physical experience of the ride itself, but the Frozen ride is mostly just a collection of dioramas with characters from the movie. It doesn't tell the story like The Little Mermaid ride does, so to get the most out of it you'd...

47 square miles, not acres ;) 47 acres is less than a tenth of a square mile! I don't think anything should be closed unless it's unsafe or they already have plans set for something better to take its place.

Seems like they've opened up some more times, now. Yesterday I booked a 2:25 lunch at Mama Melrose's for Dec 4th.

I'll be there the 1st through the 7th! Also attending the party on the 6th like so many others in this thread are.

Thanks for the tip about giving them a call; I'll do that tomorrow if they're open, and on Monday if they're not. I'll be sure to ask about the Candlelight Processional, too. Luckily I've already got the Biergarten reservation, so hopefully turning that into the CP dining package won't be too...

Thanks for the great feedback, everyone! I really appreciate it and it's definitely helped clarify some things for me. Today is my 180-day mark, so I got up early and got as many of the reservations I could that I wanted to. Now that the schedule is falling into place, here's what I've got...

Hello all! My mom is retiring at the end of the school year, so she and I are heading down to Orlando after Thanksgiving to check out WWoHP and WDW. This will be her first trip there, and my second, though I was there for only one day a decade ago. I'm having a great time planning on details...