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Just got the January issue and it has their annual T+L 500 - The World's Best Hotels 2013. Only 2 hotels in the Orlando area made the cut: Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes and Disney's Yacht Club Resort.

This year for our anniversary we decided to use some points to try out the Hilton Bonnet Creek rather than drop a load of money on a Disney resort. I just wanted to share my thoughts for anyone considering this resort. This is a really beautiful resort. It is elegant and polished at every...

I don't know much about pins and pin trading, but recently got into buying pins to remember each visit and each resort we go to. One event we missed was a pin for the 2009 Food & Wine Fest. I don't know how easy or hard it would be to obtain one, as I have checked online with no luck, and the...

I haven't seen this poll yet. What area do you like better overall and why? Do you prefer the MK Resort Area...boat service to MK, the monorail service giving you access to two parks and three top-notch resorts, or perhaps you are just a huge fan of Wilderness Lodge and don't even care about...

You buy a certain amount of points for a certain initial cost, and with a yearly maintenance fee. Got it. Here is what I don't get...the number of points required to stay in a certain type of room goes up every year?? I was just looking at a chart, and it costs something like 10 points for a...

This is probably a dumb question, but want to make sure I know what I am doing. I am staying at the Contemporary and want to dine at the Grand Floridian. I have never stayed at a resort on the monorail so I am just curious how that works. Can the round trip be done completely on the monorail...

Looking for a place with good shellfish, lobster, etc to spend for an Anniversary dinner. I have pretty much ruled out Fulton's due to a lot of mixed reviews. Narcoossee's and bluezoo are both rated as two of the best restaurants on the property according to Yelp. They are very close in price...

This was one of my favorite kiddy rides ever...it went from room to room spinning wildly. Now, it is not even worth riding. It barely spins at all, leaving you to stare at the decent but not overwhelming theming throughout the ride. Apparently some kid freaked out, crawled under the lap bar and...

(This review is spoiler-free) While I live here in Orlando, I have been avoiding the crowds at Universal and waiting for a weekday that I could get over there to check out the new land. I finally got that opportunity Friday. Entering the main gate and seeing Hogsmeade, I realized just how much...

Several weeks back I heard they were routing people all the way over to Jurassic Park to enter WWOHP as a means of crowd control. This is never the case anymore, correct? You can just go through the entrance by Lost Continent?

This is just a curiosity of mine. Everyone around here refers to the addition of a 5th gate, as in "gated park". In reality, WDW technically already has 6 gates, not including WWOS. I just saw in Screamscape SF Darien Lake referring to their new water park as a 2nd gate. Why are WDWs water parks...

After a lackluster stay at a non-renovated room at Coronado Springs early last year, my wife and I tried POFQ this time due to the great reviews. Unfortunately, I was not able to get us a king-sized room, so we were stuck with double beds, which would end up being our only complaint about the...

Staying at POFQ for the first time...how is the food court? We stayed at Coronado Springs last time and the food court was pretty lousy. It looked very exciting with all the choices, but the flavor was not there and it was $15 per person regardless of what you ate.

What is the best way to spend the least amount of money on wine tastings, and get to sample a decent amount of different wines? I have never been to this event before. Is it all separate kiosks where you need to pay per taste? Or are there any areas that have like, wine flights? How much do they...

I read a review on TripAdvisor that said they were renovating rooms at the Yacht Club while they were there, and there was noise above their rooms. I couldn't find any info on this anywhere. I know the pool was refurbed...was anything done with the rooms or is this person simply misinformed?

Here we go, more announcements from Universal (well, unofficial announcement). So, what do we have...Harry Potter and Rip Ride Rockit coming to Orlando; Transformers and now Kong coming to Hollywood. That's 4 major BRAND NEW attractions coming to Universal parks in the next 3 years. At Disney we...

I have only been to DLR once, and plan to go again in a few years after the DCA overhaul is complete. In looking at the lodging options at DLR, I am really surprised that there are no plans for another big, themed resort over there. The Grand Californian is clearly a true Disney resort, but the...

I don't know about you guys, but the roboarm technology with HD 3D projectors featuring Transformers gets me as giddy as a school girl. That ride could be totally insane. It sounds like Universal Hollywood is going to get this after Singapore. I wonder if it will make it to Orlando? Seems like a...

Wasn't this ride just refurbed like what, a couple years ago? The scene with the cannons is weak! The visual blast from the cannons isn't synced with the sound, and the splashes have no accompanying sound. I don't know...this scene could be so much better. I seem to remember it being better than...

Took my wife to CSR this weekend for her birthday. We live just north of downtown Orlando, but I had some Disney points saved up and we decided to take a weekend away from the house. The room ended up being $240 per night after tax for Easter weekend. My impressions of CSR are mixed. The usual...