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The cheapest price we've ever paid for Poly in the past several years (this was about two or three years ago) was just under $300 a night in late October. We also paid slightly over $300 in August. That's the lowest we've ever seen and if I ever see that price again, construction or not, I'd do...

Also keep in mind that S&D are part of the Starwood chain of hotels which means you can use Starwood points to get discount stays. Coupled with the Starwood category rating for these properties, it'd be reasonably easy to earn quite a few free nights heres. As nice as the extra amenities are at...

To be precise, I meant exactly 180 days as opposed to 180+10 if you're staying on property. And as far as the times, unless this is the effects of DST, I was definitely able to book at 5AM EDT for 180 days out.

The rule is 180 days for ADR bookings if you're not staying at a Disney property. What I'm confused by is what time of day the system is supposed to roll over to each new "day". I had thought the rule was 6AM Eastern to book online and 7AM to call reservations. In fact this is what I was told by...

This happens way too often, but people who walk straight out of the bathrooms without washing their hands really bother me. At the parks, I just stare at them in contempt before I wash my hands an extra time just to make up for it. I tend to trust Disney's cleanliness ethic far more than that of...

The only feedback I'd give you is that you might consider ADR's for something other than the dinner meal. We used to strictly be a dinner ADR sort of family (esp when on the Dining plan). Then we discovered how great it was to eat at Tusker House for Breakfast, or some of the other popular spots...

Good luck and keep trying if you don't get it initially. Here's my take: the queue is pretty good, but not so great that you'll forget that you've been in line for 45, 60, 90 minutes or whatever the standby wait happens to be. If you DON'T get an FP+, I'd go to the park at rope drop and make...

We just got back from a trip where we had done FP+ for 7DMT exclusively until one of the final days of the trip. The standby queue was nice, day lots of fans to keep cool and was nicely themed and had some interesting interactive elements (including the search for hidden mickeys as well as other...

For whatever reason, we completely skipped Morocco last time we went through Epcot and totally missed Tangierine Cafe and Spice Road Table. For next time, what's the expected wait to be seated? What would be a good time to show up? Seems like folks got to sit for Illuminations 20 minutes before...

I've thought about the same thing a number of times and tried a few different approaches last trip. Assuming your goal is absolute maximization of the number of attractions you get to do, and presuming that you use FP+ as a mechanism to skip lines (as opposed to guarantee a seat in shows), I...

We went during the middle of the summer in 2014 and the buses weren't like anything you describe. Generally, we managed to get onto first bus to the park from the resort within 15-20 minutes time. The wait to get BACK to AoA could be longer and I remember at least once when we had to wait for a...

Keep in mind that daylight savings time occurs in march. In the first part of the month, the sun will set sometime around 6:30pm (earlier than August) while after DST kicks in, it's back an hour 7:30pm. See here: http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/orlando?month=3&year=2015

Out in the real world, I believe that there's a rational explanation for everything. But within the confines of Disney World, I reject reality and believe that everything is powered by magic.

Each of the parks have lots of different tours that you might try. We did Wild Africa Trek for the first time after coming to the parks with our kids for the past seven years or so and it was fantastic. On the slightly cheaper side, I've always wanted to do the Behind the Seeds greenhouse tour...

Thanks! The sky writer guy was interesting. I'm not exactly sure what he was trying to accomplish but his messages were certainly amusing.

I've never been paid for any of my photographs but generally, whenever I post images, I make it well known that I am freely giving permission for people to use them for non-commercial purposes (e.g. the creative commons non-commercial license). Generally, I'd be so flattered that anyone were...

Thank you! Yeah, despite the brutal heat and humidity, what our family keeps talking about are all of the delightful things that happened. As I predict, we'll probably completely forget about the heat before too long and go back again in the summer, and then wonder why we went back in the summer :-)

Hi there! Thanks! Yes, as far as FastPasses go, you can make your three FastPass+ reservations ahead of time, online either via the MDE website or app (you can also change reservations that way). Afterwards, once you are in the park, after you've used your three reserved FastPasses, you can add...

Our family really enjoyed the Cake Cups from Cheshire Cafe near the Mad Hatter's Tea Cups attraction. It's definitely a lesser-known snack, but oh so good. Plus because it's in a cup, it's way less messy than cupcakes. Here's a review...

As I agree, everything I've heard tells me you can't room charge using your magic band to your room at S&D. Within S&D, you can pay for meals at any of the restaurants via room charge. What I wonder is if you have a credit card on file in MDE, if you can charge to that card via magic band...