Trip Report Cycling through Celebration, a cream cheese covered remote and the Closed Wallet Rebellion of 2016.

So last week we spent seven nights in a one-bedroom at Saratoga Springs Resort in the Congress Park section. We like Congress Park and have stayed in that section before. The walk over to Disney Springs is fun and since the new section just opened with several new shops and restaurants, we walked over several times during the week.
I think the first evening there is when I declared the wallet closed and decided to try to save a dollar or two this trip. What started it was sticker shock at some of the prices I was seeing.
But let's start at the beginning and I'll go into more detail later.
We got an early start and arrived to WDW via the 535 entrance to Hotel Plaza Blvd.:

 

[epcotisbest]

I wholeheartedly enjoyed your park free vacation! Thank you so much for sharing all of the wonderful pictures and ideas for me to share w/ my DH for our next trip.

Thank you for coming along for the ride!

 

[Skibum1970]

She is in Ventura, CA after doing the Hollywood and Beverly Hills tour yesterday. Today, she and a co-worker drove from Ventura down the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu and had lunch. She said the drive along the ocean was wonderfully scenic. Then, they had to be back for the beginning of her conference, so not a lot of time to explore Malibu.
She said the seafood place was wonderful and extremely fresh. She asked what I had for lunch and I told her I had some extremely fresh Vienna sausages right from the can.

First off, I apologize for bumping this thread. Someone else had attached a reference to it in the resort forums. You're comments about the "constipated tourist" had me howling. Then, you mentioned Vienna sausages and I wondered if you had them with some Ritz crackers. The absolute best way to eat them.

This report is probably my all-time favorite due to the pictures and your dialog. Thank you so much.

 

[epcotisbest]

First off, I apologize for bumping this thread. Someone else had attached a reference to it in the resort forums. You're comments about the "constipated tourist" had me howling. Then, you mentioned Vienna sausages and I wondered if you had them with some Ritz crackers. The absolute best way to eat them.

This report is probably my all-time favorite due to the pictures and your dialog. Thank you so much.

Thank you. That is quite a compliment. I think Ritz crackers might have been too upscale for this simple county boy. Probably had some saltines instead if I remember correctly.