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Ugh. I feel your pain. I’m supposed to check in in 65 days, and I have good days and bad days. Some days I’m super optimistic that things will be better by then, and other days I’m like FLORIDA IS THE WORST, HOW CAN I GO THERE, I MUST CANCEL. My youngest turned 12 today so we’ll all be...

I’m genuinely curious as to what makes you think the outbreak in FL has peaked and is starting to decline. It’s no secret that FL hospitals are full and are turning away very sick patients. Many of those people are going to die at home. It’s also no secret that it’s near impossible to get a...

My son and niece and nephew have loved Epcot since they were toddlers. It’s not all rides-rides-rides like the Magic Kingdom, but they have a blast anyway and the rides that they do have are ones they would miss a LOT if we skipped Epcot. They loved stopping in all the different countries at the...

I’m surprised I’m the first one singing its praises, but GF. You want grown up lovely, you’ll find it there. A lot of people say it’s overrated (I say it sometimes, too) but it’s still a cut above the other resorts. The best of the best CMs, beautiful expanses of greenery, and an overall...

A 2 BR villa, a family suite at AOA or All Star Music, or 2 connecting rooms at any resort, although connections aren’t guaranteed. In a family suite, one of the adults would have to share a bed with a kid.

I love a split stay and do it every time, even with a big traveling party and small children, and it’s exponentially easier if you don’t have a large party and small kids. The key is organized packing before you leave home. Everything goes in packing cubes or ziploc bags. Everybody’s stuff gets...

You’ve gotten some great advice here. I appreciate it too, and will start doing some of these! I do a few things to save for trips. By no means do these small hacks cover the whole trip, but they help take a chunk out of the overall expense. 1) I keep a separate no-fee bank account just for...

It’s not shimmery, but I’ve been a fan of L’Oreal Revitalift moisturizer with SPF for a few years. I’m 43 now and I used pricey department store face moisturizers in my 30s, then switched to this a few years ago. I LOVE it. I also started using Loreal’s Revitalift serum and hyaluronic acid...

That teal blue isn’t working for me, and I don’t like the pillows with the purple. I know those colors are found in nature, but they seem a little out of place at the Poly. Also, the older rooms had warmer lighting. It could just be the photos, but the lighting looks cooler, almost LED. I like...

Why a gut job of the GF lobby? Genuine question, not a challenge. Just for aesthetics, or is something wrong over there?

I think hints—hints—of Moana sprinkled in can be done subtly, and make a nice little difference. Like the Mary Poppins influence over at GFV, and the Alice splash pad at GF. At one point I know there was character-inspired artwork in the GF rooms as well, and it was done so subtly and tastefully...

Only once that I can remember, GMR. The ride stopped right next to the Ripley AA and we were swiftly evacuated out the nearest emergency exit, which was only 10 or 15 feet away. There was a small fire somewhere in the building.

I’m hoping to go in June 2021, having scrapped our June 2020 trip, but I’m not booking anything yet. I’m hoping that things will be a lot more normal, but I feel more and more that that’s wishful thinking and that these changes will be with us for a long time. As long as masks are mandatory, I...

Eek. Now that I’m thinking about it, I feel like the Contemporary would be the eeriest resort of all when empty like this. And no signature scent?! That’s crazy! Do the other resorts smell how they’re supposed to?

I know that in the past, all you had to do was bring the new guest to the front desk, pay the additional guest fee, and get their Magicband (as long as you were still within occupancy limits). Under the new circumstances and with all the new rules, I would definitely call WDW and find out if...

I got the call last night about changing my June 22-25 stay. I’ve been putting off calling because it’s so depressing, even though deep down I’ve known since April that there’s no way we’re going. Anyway, we had three garden view outer building rooms booked at GF, and they were going to put us...

These look so great! Thank you for sharing them!

Your 8 year old memory is entirely accurate! I have vivid memories of being around that age, and the characters water skiing right up for meet and greets. Matter of fact, my mom had a big poster in her office of me and my waterlogged siblings posing with Pinocchio and Goofy on the Poly beach. I...

We did the one at MK with my niece last fall. If we ever do it again—which we probably will, because it was great—I’d have no problem going to one of the other locations. For one thing, it would be easier to get a more convenient time and date. For another, the MK location was tiny and kind of...

I would hit MK very early or very late that day, to get some extra time there and wrap up anything you didn’t see or do. Still leaves half a day free. For a short trip, I’d probably skip DS entirely and spend that time in a park instead, unless there’s something you really want to do or buy...