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An avid-Road tripper here -- CT to CA is about a 6 day trip if you don't mind 500 mile days (10 hours on the road). That would be I-84 to I-80, to I-76, to I-70, to I-15, and then CA-91 to CA-57 to I-5. Spread out, it could make for a wonderful 3-4 week vacation. My husband and I drove from...

Thanks so much for all this information! That restaurant sounds similar to the prices we found in a place in Epcot, in the France area, that we enjoyed in 2012. We'll keep that in mind. Active and retired military who have access to a base with an MWR ticket office, can purchase the 3-day park...

We are toying with an idea for next summer (late June or late July) -- spending 4 nights at DL's Grand Californian, while doing DLR and DCA. We usually stay at one of the hotels outside the park, but hubby was interested in the GC for several reasons. He'd like to be able to watch World of Color...

Rain woke me around 4 am down here in San Diego County. Wonderful! Wish we'd get more -- a lot more -- but please, not all at once. We don't need mud-slides (except the drink variety). We've been to DLR in a good rain -- before DCA. It was the Day After Thanksgiving (AKA Black Friday). The...

A friend of ours has been taking her daughter since she was a baby. The little girl is now 4 and knows all the characters, has a favorite ride, and has become a Disney-fiend/friend like her mom. Our friend's advice was to be flexible, enjoy Fantasyland through your child's eyes, take lots of...

I'd rather go back to the Carousel of Progress or America Sings, than Innoventions. Just don't like Innoventions for the most part! Donna

If this sticks around, I'd be happy to buy them at a low price. That $20 rate was just too expensive! We did that ONCE, on our first ride on Splash Mountain about 20 years ago, and I still have it. I tried taking a picture of the screenshot like others, on our trip last summer, but that wasn't...

We were at DL one year on the day after Thanksgiving (typically a crowded day), and it was raining. The crowds were (amazingly) light until later in the afternoon when the sun finally did come out. By then, we were almost done. Donna

You can request a waterfront table when you make your reservation. Show up a little early and then re-request it, but be prepared to wait. And, as mentioned above, if you want a monte cristo, be sure to go for lunch, as she's right, they don't have them for dinner. Donna

I'll do the stationary gondolas, but not the swinging ones. Yet I rode PrimeEvil at DAK, no problems. Go figure! Donna

You might want to check out this thread, if you haven't already found and read it: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/guide-to-dlr-for-wdw-veterans.875596/ Donna

This thread, DL for WDW regulars, is one you'll find helpful if you haven't found it already: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/guide-to-dlr-for-wdw-veterans.875596/ Donna

Yes, you can cut through the Grand Californian to get to the parks. I'm not sure whether you can get into CA that way, but I'm SURE you can get to Downtown Disney and then to either park. (Getting into DCA from GC may have to do with the room card you hold, that I'm not sure of. But I've cut...

When we decided to make our first (and only, so far) trip to WDW, two summers ago, we were in shock. Dining reservations??? For something besides the Blue Bayou??? Then to get there and see that there weren't nearly as many walk-up fast-food places at MK as there were at our DL, was another...

I always check my work, the military base (we are retired military), and AAA and compare prices. Donna

My Son-in-law, about 350 lbs, was able to ride Matterhorn (at least, before the changes) but by himself. He also got on every other ride, too. He did not try to ride CS, Fun Wheel, or the swings in DCA. Contrast that to the county fair, where they wouldn't allow him on a lot of the "cool"...

I posted our Marceline trip report in its own thread, but here are a couple of comments: YES, the staff at the museum is friendly and helpful. You can't get in the school these days, even as a teacher from another school with my school ID along. So we didn't even try. The theatre marquee is...

The model for IASW:

This is actually in the Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline, but I thought of it when I saw the photo above: June 19 to 21 047

My husband and I, along with other family members, just visited Marceline, MO -- Walt's Hometown. I posted the Trip Report in the Walt Disney: The Man Behind the Mouse forum on this site. If you are interested, here's the start of that thread...