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    Official 2018 Star Wars Dark Side Weekend

    First time disney runner, hitting expo after we land Friday AM. Any tips or items I should not miss. Starting to get concerned about this half marathon did Hot Choclate 15K 2 Saturdays ago and strained calf, have not ran once since, but calf feels great. Hoping to run on Saturday am for 2...
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    Official 2018 Star Wars Dark Side Weekend

    Good evening, Also sorry for your loss to you both. So here is my question can I take magical express to ESPN to go straight to packet pickup from airport. We are coming in Orlando around lunch on Friday and figured it would be easier as we are staying at Polynesian? First time Disney runner...
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    Official 2018 Star Wars Dark Side Weekend

    Awesome thanks everyone for the information
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    Official 2018 Star Wars Dark Side Weekend

    I am signed up for the half on Sunday, I am staying at the Polynesian, if when the race course is announced the starting line is at the transportation center could I arrive a little later since I would be walking over maybe leave hotel at 5am? Also when is race course usually announced? This...
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    Official 2018 Star Wars Dark Side Weekend

    First time doing a Disney half, I feel biggest challenge is getting to corral. When do they officially announce race course? I am currently booked at Polynesian figuring I could walk to start point if it's at TTC. Also how is transportation back to resorts after, buses, or monorail. Thanks...
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    Nothing compares to Disney

    We got back from Disney World yesterday as always a great trip. The last day we went to Universal Studios. Both of my kids (13 girl,10 boy) get gift cards throughout year to save for our yearly trip. Well I hold onto the gift cards and keep track of the balances. This year I dropped the...
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    Wilderness Lodge or SSR Treehouse Villa

    VWL it is!!! Thanks everyone
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    Wilderness Lodge or SSR Treehouse Villa

    Thanks all for input. Tough, tough decision. Jim
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    Wilderness Lodge or SSR Treehouse Villa

    So we a re going for a split trip at end of August. Me, wife, two kids (13,10) and two other adults. Right now we are booked Wed-Sun at 2-bedroom Wilderness Lodge. Thinking of switching over to SSR Treehouse Villa due to construction. For the last three years we stayed at BLT, so we were up...
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    Extra Pixie Dust for the kids....Any ideas?

    All very good thoughts. I did go to Disney land for work a few years ago and got my daughter a necklace that she still wears to this day. Thanks
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    Extra Pixie Dust for the kids....Any ideas?

    Although going to Disney each year is great for my kids I also like to surprise them with a little extra pixie dust when we can. We will be going the end of September and staying at BLT, as long as we can get out of Philly with the Pope in town. So my daughter is 12, My son is 9 and so far we...
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    Talk to me about carrying a DSLR around in parks!

    Every years I bring my DSLR, you can't beat the pics. I love taking 1000 of pics and being able to take pics rapidly. Of course I think you need the right camera bag, I use a lowepro which makes getting to camera easy when needed. It holds some lens, memory cards, and extra batteries. I...
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    DVC Grand Floridian vs. Poly

    Thanks for everyone's input. VGF it is. I don't want to deal with all the construction right now, since me ad wife looking for a nice relaxing vacation.
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    DVC Grand Floridian vs. Poly

    See me and wife are going for a few days in May (no kids). We always wanted to stay at GF but now that Poly is open temped to jump ship and stay there. We will be staying in a studio. I never thought we get a chance to stay at GF but right now it is booked. But on the other hand Poly is...
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    Small things make disney special

    So tonight we did the Illuminations cruise with our kids. Our big challenge was getting home from Yacht Club to Bay Lake Tower at 10pm. We waited for a bus and the driver said the park closes in ten minutes you sure you want to go there. We stated yes our plan was to get to MK and walk back...
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    Annual Pass and magic bands

    I have been a DVC member for the last few years and this is the first year we got annual passes. So I got a few questions. I got cards in mail and activated on computer to get magicbands. We just received bands So here are my questions: Does the one year start after we enter first park...
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    Illuminations Cruise

    Thanks Everyone sounds like I will stick with it right now we have 4 kids and 4 adults. Jim
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    Illuminations Cruise

    Hello All, In November we will be staying at BLT for a week. Me, wife, daughter (11) and son (8). Every year I try to do something special while in Disney, last year we made a trip to Legoland, the year before the kids did the mermaid and pirate make up at MKpixiedust:. Anyhow this year...
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    pap +dvc+giftcards

    finally found someone to accept gift cards :cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:
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    pap +dvc+giftcards

    So I have been a dvc member for about two years. This year we decided to buy the premium annual passes. We called dvc member services they tell us they can only accept two gift cards for purchases of pap. They tell us to call ticket services and they will help us out. We call ticket services...




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