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SteveBrickNJ

SteveBrickNJ

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Cesar R M said:
You should keep trying over and over and over and over, every day and specially at late night.

Thats how I got my reservation on California Grill.

I honestly would prefer to go back to California Grill than to go Be Our Guest :p
but thats imho.

As for sliding, I don't think you can do that...
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No sliding :D:D:D:D:D
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Farther down the page you'll read that I learned a thing or two.
I'll take your advice and check again....day after day on My Disney Experience.
Thanks ;)
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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figmentfan423 said:
Call and check the app every day you never know what will show up. 45 days out, 3 and 24 hours are the best times as this is when people tend to cancel. Just a little FYI CANCEL Tony's ASAP! :hungover::hungover::hungover::hungover::hungover::hungover: I've heard the new chef is making improvements slowly but nothing concrete as of yet. I hear Skipper's is good. we like CP for celebration meals, the characters always make a fuss. Paging @Songbird76
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I wouldn't do Tony's again if I had it to do over. It was disappointing the last 2 times we ate there, and I am a huge Lady and the Tramp fan. I'd say get rid of that and keep trying for BOG. Stuff opens up all the time.
Isn't there a service though, that will keep an eye on cancellations and it will send you an alert if something opens up? I remember reading about it in a TR....but I don't remember what it's called. I think it might be through touringplans.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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21stamps

21stamps

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Songbird76 said:
It's kind of sad to see the beautiful abandoned homes all uncared for and delapidated. I wonder how much work would have to be done to get them back into a condition that they would be livable. Thanks for sharing the pics!!
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Oh it gets worse.. we went to so many towns and stopped in most of them. Although silly me wasn’t thinking about it being Sunday, so all Amish businesses were closed 🤦‍♀️

We found some aborable towns, but so much rot and decay inbetween the beauty. Towns with their “Main Street” and downtown areas with abandoned stores and broken glass. :(

I’ll post more later. Off to meet the teacher then soccer now.
 
SteveBrickNJ

SteveBrickNJ

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Songbird76 said:
I wouldn't do Tony's again if I had it to do over. It was disappointing the last 2 times we ate there, and I am a huge Lady and the Tramp fan. I'd say get rid of that and keep trying for BOG. Stuff opens up all the time.
Isn't there a service though, that will keep an eye on cancellations and it will send you an alert if something opens up? I remember reading about it in a TR....but I don't remember what it's called. I think it might be through touringplans.
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Yes you are correct. I learned that just moments ago on the Trip Planning forum. Thank you for your help :)
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This is it.....
https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/reservation-finder
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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SteveBrickNJ said:
Yes you are correct. I learned that just moments ago on the Trip Planning forum. Thank you for your help :)
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This is it.....
https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/reservation-finder
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You're welcome! And thank you for the link! That might be quite helpful when I get to that point in our planning. I'm almost a year out, though, so I have a while. I hope you manage to book BOG. It makes me so sad that Tony's isn't great anymore. We went there on our honeymoon, just because it's Lady and the Tramp themed, which is my favorite Disney movie. (our baby nursery was also Lady and the Tramp themed) It was fantastic then....then we went back when the kids were 2 and 4...my daughter stole my Lady plush when she was just 8 months old and Lady has been her favorite since then, so we went to Tony's on our first trip with the kids. It was less than stellar. Then we went back again on our last trip, in 2016, and it was pretty bad. I really want to love it, but I can't. There are so few Lady and the Tramp things available and then the one thing at Disney is just...disappointing. It could be so much better. It made me sad to put on the "definitely not" for our 2019 trip.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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DH is driving me nuts!! We have such different planning styles. The Harry Potter package JUST opened up for 2019 dates on the Universal site...I've been keeping an eye out, because that's the one we wanted to do. So I checked today, and it was up. So I price it out, send it to DH and tell him what it includes, and tell him we need to figure out what dates exactly we want. And now our whole plan is wonky again. He doesn't want to splurge on staying at the Poly, even for a night, and he thinks there's got to be a way to get Magical express to the airport without having a flight so we can rent a car there instead of at Disney, so we wouldn't need to go back to Disney after Universal Studios.
And he doesn't think the photo package is worth it for the HP package, so we're not doing the HP package. And he doesn't want to pay much for a hotel between our Disney and Universal stays...we're taking a few rest days. So now he's looking at cheap hotels. Last time he did this, we ended up in the carp hotel in Cologne. But this will be 4 nights instead of just one, and if the place he picks isn't decent, there won't be anything else available last minute, so we'll be stuck there.
The thing about hubby is that he has a really high IQ...he's very smart and logical. But he's also much more of an "efficiency" planner, where I'm more emotionally motivated...I choose things because they MEAN something to me, or because I want a certain experience. HE chooses things because of how inexpensive and convenient they are. So now my carefully researched and thought out plan to cover all the bases has been thrown into the wind in favor of saving some extra money. But at what emotional cost? We PROMISED the kids we were going to stay at the Poly for one night....now he's decided that staying at Universal's version of the Poly is an acceptable replacement. So now -I- get to tell the kids in the morning that we don't get to do that after all. I think I might actually make HIM break that promise himself. It's his decision, he can deal with the consequences.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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SteveBrickNJ said:
We've done Crystal Palace twice and Cinderella's Castle once. I'm not gonna cancel Tony's unless I get Be Our Guest.
Thank you very much for the 45 days out, 3 and 24 hours stuff. :)
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If you are willing, please read what I posted just above in response to CorenovaWar
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If you do wind up keeping Tony's the new items on the menu are much better than what's left of the old menu from what I've heard.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Songbird76 said:
DH is driving me nuts!! We have such different planning styles. The Harry Potter package JUST opened up for 2019 dates on the Universal site...I've been keeping an eye out, because that's the one we wanted to do. So I checked today, and it was up. So I price it out, send it to DH and tell him what it includes, and tell him we need to figure out what dates exactly we want. And now our whole plan is wonky again. He doesn't want to splurge on staying at the Poly, even for a night, and he thinks there's got to be a way to get Magical express to the airport without having a flight so we can rent a car there instead of at Disney, so we wouldn't need to go back to Disney after Universal Studios.
And he doesn't think the photo package is worth it for the HP package, so we're not doing the HP package. And he doesn't want to pay much for a hotel between our Disney and Universal stays...we're taking a few rest days. So now he's looking at cheap hotels. Last time he did this, we ended up in the carp hotel in Cologne. But this will be 4 nights instead of just one, and if the place he picks isn't decent, there won't be anything else available last minute, so we'll be stuck there.
The thing about hubby is that he has a really high IQ...he's very smart and logical. But he's also much more of an "efficiency" planner, where I'm more emotionally motivated...I choose things because they MEAN something to me, or because I want a certain experience. HE chooses things because of how inexpensive and convenient they are. So now my carefully researched and thought out plan to cover all the bases has been thrown into the wind in favor of saving some extra money. But at what emotional cost? We PROMISED the kids we were going to stay at the Poly for one night....now he's decided that staying at Universal's version of the Poly is an acceptable replacement. So now -I- get to tell the kids in the morning that we don't get to do that after all. I think I might actually make HIM break that promise himself. It's his decision, he can deal with the consequences.
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{{HUGS}} he broke it he can fix it with the kids. Don't fret over not doing the package it's a waste of money. They don't have photographers all over the place like Disney. Their dining plan is a giant PITA and not every place takes it. Here's where you need to put your foot down. Stay onsite at UNI!!!!!!!!!! Between morning EMH and DAS card you'll be able to do everything. If he wants to go cheap make sure it's one of their hotels. It may not have the theme you want but it will be a nice hotel with wi-fi and such. I say go Royal Pacific but Cabana Bay has a nice cheesy retro theme. If insists on super cheap make him spring for a suite at one of their hotels so you have some extra room;) BTW do you need a loaner frying pan?:angelic:
 
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Figgy1

Figgy1

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Songbird76 said:
I wouldn't do Tony's again if I had it to do over. It was disappointing the last 2 times we ate there, and I am a huge Lady and the Tramp fan. I'd say get rid of that and keep trying for BOG. Stuff opens up all the time.
Isn't there a service though, that will keep an eye on cancellations and it will send you an alert if something opens up? I remember reading about it in a TR....but I don't remember what it's called. I think it might be through touringplans.
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Sympathy like. That meal deserved several!
 

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