The Sorcerer's Apprentice Season 4: Homecoming Edition - Discussion Thread

Voxel

Voxel

President of Progress City
@D Hindley I’m in the process to start hotel hunting (it looks like I can make reservation and pay when I get there on booking). Do you have any chains you would recommend or avoid like APA? Where did you stay. I’m finding Tokyo and koyasan the most expensive if you wanna stay in a good area. But I think I was doing good finding Shibuya station hotel for about $500 for 4 days. The cost is made up by finding hotels in Okayama for like 118 for 2 nights.
 
spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
Voxel said:
@D Hindley I’m in the process to start hotel hunting (it looks like I can make reservation and pay when I get there on booking). Do you have any chains you would recommend or avoid like APA? Where did you stay. I’m finding Tokyo and koyasan the most expensive if you wanna stay in a good area. But I think I was doing good finding Shibuya station hotel for about $500 for 4 days. The cost is made up by finding hotels in Okayama for like 118 for 2 nights.
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It's too late -- I read Okayama as Oklahoma.
 
D Hulk

D Hulk

Well-Known Member
Voxel said:
@D Hindley I’m in the process to start hotel hunting (it looks like I can make reservation and pay when I get there on booking). Do you have any chains you would recommend or avoid like APA? Where did you stay. I’m finding Tokyo and koyasan the most expensive if you wanna stay in a good area. But I think I was doing good finding Shibuya station hotel for about $500 for 4 days. The cost is made up by finding hotels in Okayama for like 118 for 2 nights.
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Written while in line at Tokyo Disneyland.

There’s no hotel chain I avoid. Recently I’ve been using Ibis, which is a budget priced three star chain. In Tokyo in the past I’ve traveled inexpensively with a combination of well-located hostels, riokans and a capsule hotel near Shibuya. All capsule hotels, BTW, are men only I believe, and hostels can often have single gender rooms or floors.

For my present “planned in 3 days” Tokyo impulse trip, I’m doing Air BnBs which are ranging around $30-$40 a night. The problem there is working around the host’s schedule, and staying off the beaten path (my current place is a 20 minute walk to Tokyo Disneyland through an industrial zone.

Lastly, if you’re considering splurging on Hotel MiraCosta at DisneySea, reservations open up 4 or 6 months in advance (I forget) and sell out very fast. The Portofino side has in-room Fantasmic views, and is recommended.

Gotta go, time for Hunny Hunt!
 
spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
D Hindley said:
Written while in line at Tokyo Disneyland.

There’s no hotel chain I avoid. Recently I’ve been using Ibis, which is a budget priced three star chain. In Tokyo in the past I’ve traveled inexpensively with a combination of well-located hostels, riokans and a capsule hotel near Shibuya. All capsule hotels, BTW, are men only I believe, and hostels can often have single gender rooms or floors.

For my present “planned in 3 days” Tokyo impulse trip, I’m doing Air BnBs which are ranging around $30-$40 a night. The problem there is working around the host’s schedule, and staying off the beaten path (my current place is a 20 minute walk to Tokyo Disneyland through an industrial zone.

Lastly, if you’re considering splurging on Hotel MiraCosta at DisneySea, reservations open up 4 or 6 months in advance (I forget) and sell out very fast. The Portofino side has in-room Fantasmic views, and is recommended.

Gotta go, time for Hunny Hunt!
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Looks at clock ...11:44 PM Hunny Hunt... Oh that's right you're in Japan:p
 
D Hulk

D Hulk

Well-Known Member
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This will likely be my fondest memory from this trip. The weather today is absolutely wretched, but rather than seek shelter I embraced the storm and rode the canoes solo. The cast members are just fantastic and we had a lot of goofy rain-soaked fun!
 
Voxel

Voxel

President of Progress City
D Hindley said:
Written while in line at Tokyo Disneyland.

There’s no hotel chain I avoid. Recently I’ve been using Ibis, which is a budget priced three star chain. In Tokyo in the past I’ve traveled inexpensively with a combination of well-located hostels, riokans and a capsule hotel near Shibuya. All capsule hotels, BTW, are men only I believe, and hostels can often have single gender rooms or floors.

For my present “planned in 3 days” Tokyo impulse trip, I’m doing Air BnBs which are ranging around $30-$40 a night. The problem there is working around the host’s schedule, and staying off the beaten path (my current place is a 20 minute walk to Tokyo Disneyland through an industrial zone.

Lastly, if you’re considering splurging on Hotel MiraCosta at DisneySea, reservations open up 4 or 6 months in advance (I forget) and sell out very fast. The Portofino side has in-room Fantasmic views, and is recommended.

Gotta go, time for Hunny Hunt!
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Im not sure how I feel about an Air BnB esp with my first trip. I think I'm gonna stick to well known areas and hotels for my first trip and move around from that later.

I was looking at a capsule hotel, but I'm not sure if I wanna do one for multiple night durations. It's perfect for one night crashes but for multiple days it doesn't seem convenient. Overall I'm kinda shocked on Hotel Prices for a decent hotel in Japan.

Sadly I don't think I'm gonna do the MiraCosta anymore. I found a good deal on the Hilton at TDR that I think I'm gonna take.
 
Disney Dad 3000

Disney Dad 3000

Well-Known Member
spacemt354 said:
I don't have any off the top of my head, I've had the same dell laptop since 2011
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Lol. Mine is '10 I think and if it didn't always cause so many headaches i'd keep it. Use iPad or phone most of time, but would be nice to have some thing nice I could count on. Losing access to the video I did for sywtbai and a GMR2 promo video I'd spent a ton of time working on was the last straw.
Maybe Ralph is inside of it.

Btw, I know you'll appreciate this, I think doing Biergarten on trip in June.
 
spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
Disney Dad 3000 said:
Lol. Mine is '10 I think and if it didn't always cause so many headaches i'd keep it. Use iPad or phone most of time, but would be nice to have some thing nice I could count on. Losing access to the video I did for sywtbai and a GMR2 promo video I'd spent a ton of time working on was the last straw.
Maybe Ralph is inside of it.

Btw, I know you'll appreciate this, I think doing Biergarten on trip in June.
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Excellent! I know @Pionmycake swears by that place too -- by far my favorite buffet. Our waiter even let us take some coasters as souvenirs last time
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spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
Also with everyone's trip planning it inspired me to make one -- going back May 28th-31st at Coronado Springs! Got it on the final day of a fun in the sun discount. I made one dining so far, but without consulting @MonorailRed which was risky...but apparently I did okay with the Grand Floridian Cafe:p. I wonder if Toy Story Land will soft open? Naturally, the Wonders of Life is not used the one year I can go down for Flower and Garden.

Either way @Voxel letting you know!
 
Voxel

Voxel

President of Progress City
spacemt354 said:
Also with everyone's trip planning it inspired me to make one -- going back May 28th-31st at Coronado Springs! Got it on the final day of a fun in the sun discount. I made one dining so far, but without consulting @MonorailRed which was risky...but apparently I did okay with the Grand Floridian Cafe:p. I wonder if Toy Story Land will soft open? Naturally, the Wonders of Life is not used the one year I can go down for Flower and Garden.

Either way @Voxel letting you know!
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Do you leave on the 31st?
 

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