Disney Vacations

rick1zoo2 wrote:

Black Diamond wrote:

rick1zoo2 wrote:

one time we went, the ex (wife at the time) was pregnant with #3 and we got to the front a few times that way.

So not worth it

marrying her? true, definately not worth it, worst decision ever. she made even Disney miserable

Damn, thats pretty scary.

:fp: This was just on MSN homepage:

Are the rich cutting in line at Disney World?

One report says wealthy Manhattanites hire disabled guides to speed through the park. Really? More evidence would help.
By Jason Notte 23 hours ago

Rich people using disabled guides to duck the lines at Walt Disney World? Kid-loving mega-corporation Disney doing nothing about this play for privilege? Could anything make this story more evil?

Maybe a little more evidence.

The New York Post uncorked such a story Tuesday when it declared that wealthy Manhattan mothers were hiring a disabled tour guide for $130 an hour, or $1,040 per eight-hour day, to help their kids cut to the front of ride lines. The lead source on the matter is social anthropologist Wednesday Martin, who's writing a book called "Primates of Park Avenue" that she says goes into all of the sordid details of the Manhattanites' exploits.

None of the mothers are named. And the black-market tour group that's supposedly behind the whole thing -- Dream Tours Florida -- denies it uses a tour guide's disability to bypass lines. But the man who runs it notes that its guide has an autoimmune disorder and has to use a scooter on the job.

That basically makes it the word of an author quoting anonymous sources against that of a tour guide who fits a profile and offers the service and a ride pass that undercuts Disney's price of $310 to $380 per hour for its own VIP service.

Unfortunately for Disney, park policy favors Martin's story. The park allows each visitor using a wheelchair or motorized scooter to take up to six guests to a "more convenient entrance."

One of the sources Martin quoted claims she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a "handicapped" sign on it. Their group was then waved past the line at each ride to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.

Believable? Absolutely. All the elements are in place to allow such a scheme to unfold. Does it get increasingly believable, given one's disposition to think little of the Manhattan elite? Absolutely.

The problem is that the folks who grease co-op boards for residences with a view of the park, convert SoHo and TriBeCa lofts into family-friendly dream homes and shell out for prep schools that beat paths to Ivy League institutions aren't exactly bargain hunters. Even at roughly 66% off, taking the low road through Disney has too many downsides for the reputations of folks who have to face their peers over brunch at Bubby's every weekend.

Again, that's not saying they couldn't take advantage of a scheme like the one described above. Without hard evidence, however, it all just seems a little bit too tailored to an audience that's not only critical of the rich but thinks wealthy mothers speak in the made-for-TV dialogue excerpted from Martin's book:
"You can't go to Disney without a tour concierge," she sniffed. "This is how the 1 percent does Disney."

Maybe.

LloydXmas wrote:

Changed the date to November (week before thanksgiving until thanksgiving day)

Have 5 days to cancel the trip with no penalties.

My wife and I are insane

The weather should be good. Wdwmagic and Wdwinfo are great sites for info.

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

80 more days.

Jealous.

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

jamminpearls wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

80 more days.

Jealous.

We are in the process of booking all are dinners.

And the places we are eating at, changes hourly!

This time around we are hitting Fultons in Downtown Disney.
That's the 0ne place I am truly looking forward to.

If you want a great steak book be our guest in fantasyland. Also Via Napoli in Epcot's Pizza's are amazing.

For some pre-Disney knowledge, everyone should read Team Rodent by Carl Hiaasen.

http://www.amazon.com/Team-Rodent-Disne ... 0345422805

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

jamminpearls wrote:

If you want a great steak book be our guest in fantasyland. Also Via Napoli in Epcot's Pizza's are amazing.

I always hit The Yachtsman's for my steak. We were also thinking of doing the Canada Steakhouse in Epcot.
I think we are hitting up Be Our Guest for a lunch.
We tried booking Oahna, but that fucker is booked for the week.

Japan, Mexico, and France are taken care of. We have early dinners in each, then its off to whatever late night park is open that night.

Espn and it's many beer's is always a great place to waste a few hours. A gem is whispering canyons at the wilderness lodge as well. I love the countries but there's many other great places to eat at.

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

PJ88 wrote:

We always book Japan for late at night. When dinner is over you can walk through the park when it is closed and just enjoy the night with not being mobbed by people. Also, I don't know if Germany closes really late, or never closes!, but you can get a great beer to drink while you are taking the walk around while the park is closing/closed. My wife and I have been able to do that a few times. Enjoy!

We did Germany last year.
It was easily the worst place we had dinner.
Wont ever go back.
We are also looking in to The Brown Derby.

Never had anything to eat from there (Germany), but the beer is great!

What did you eat?

So, I know they added Johnny Depp to Pirates Ride, but please tell me the Country Bears are the same as they were in 1979. I love those bears.

That about sums it up from everyone I have ever asked what they have served there.