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  1. FrankieWinthrop

    Apple Watch and Magic Band, Question

    I'm glad to read this! It's exactly what I was searching for! We're former APs that have been away from Disney for 2 1/2 years and are coming back in February. My husband tried the Apple Watch as MB thing when it first came out and it did not work well. It sounds like it's working now...
  2. FrankieWinthrop

    What’s your Disney Parks Re-Opening Wish List?!

    Of course characters and fireworks, but I'm praying Nemo comes back before our passes end on July 12. I know it's unlikely, but that's our family's 'thing.' My son (5) sings the songs daily and has watched the show online countless times in the last year. We've even seen this group of several...
  3. FrankieWinthrop

    News Round Up 2021

    Man! I was really hoping this article was going to be about more bottle filling fountains being added like the ones in Galaxy’s Edge and the EPCOT Experience.
  4. FrankieWinthrop

    Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

    The correct answer to ? is South America! Turn Dinosaur into Indiana Jones so they can turn the lights up enough to actually SEE what animatronics and such are inside. You can keep the Boneyard as an "active dig sight." Get rid of the failed carnival theme. Restaurantasaurus can stay as is, too
  5. FrankieWinthrop

    Birthday at Disney

    My daughter is only 7 1/2, but she's already told me that she wants to do a backstage tour when she turns 13! She reminds me often that we will need to do whichever tour at the time is showing backstage at The Haunted Mansion. She LOVES watching behind the scenes videos and learning how the...
  6. FrankieWinthrop

    News Round Up 2021

    We love it, too, but it's SUCH a hassle to get over to Rafiki's! I wish they'd put it somewhere else, too. I'm fine with any park - just make it where it's not a line - train ride - and mile walk to make it for a specific time with limited space. And if you miss it, you have to pet goats for...
  7. FrankieWinthrop

    Ticket Price Increase?

    I think we’re “priced out” of APs once ours expire in July. Right now, renewal price at 15% off is $100 more than we paid for our current APs bought before the last two price hikes. I can’t justify the increase for my family of 4 with all that’s NOT there and only 3 guaranteed days. We’ll...
  8. FrankieWinthrop

    Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

    I totally agree. I only saw Wishes a few times, including once in it's last year when DD was 2 (aka our first adult, family trip to Disney). Since then, we've become APs, so HEA is what has the sentimental value for us. I'll NEVER forget when DD was 5 and we surprised her and her little...
  9. FrankieWinthrop

    News Round Up 2021

    I think it was almost more of a news and what's currently happening discussion thread. It definitely kept this thread cleaner and ONLY for real news as intended. Ryan would post the same thing in the other thread and we could talk about it. I can say I read or skimmed all 3000+ pages! I've...
  10. FrankieWinthrop

    News Round Up 2021

    Does “Disney owned and operated merchandise locations” include Disney Stores? I didn’t see that clarified anywhere.
  11. FrankieWinthrop

    Dual Enrollment in High School

    Hey - I haven't read all the posts above, but I wanted to give my feedback. I now work at the system office, but was a Transfer Credit evaluator at a college for many years prior. If your student is able to take dual enrollment courses, I would highly suggest that over AP. Getting AP credit...
  12. FrankieWinthrop

    Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

    I don't know how lucrative selling APs right now would be anyway. If my renewal price is 15% off, that means a full priced AP would be $1270. $1270 for limited time in the park and only 3 guaranteed days unless staying on property. That's $300 more than we paid for the current APs we're using...
  13. FrankieWinthrop

    Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

    Yes, at Universal, you can take masks off for pictures. Not at Disney.
  14. FrankieWinthrop

    Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

    It’d be nice if platinum got more. If you’re in state and willing to pay the higher price, great, but I’d suspect a majority of platinum holders are out of staters like us who only have that option. We can’t just hop in to make a YouTube video or grab lunch. We have to make hotel...
  15. FrankieWinthrop

    Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

    Man, if I lived near Orlando now, I'd start building myself a business with a nice, large SUV and a load of car seats and booster seats. Pay some money to have it wrapped in some kind of fun color (a la polka dots or something else not licensed). Magical Motion - Moving YOU to the place of...
  16. FrankieWinthrop

    News Round Up 2021

    I think this stinks. For off-property folks like us, that means rope drop is no more. With early riser little kids, we'd get there and knock out several things before others woke up. Now, what's the use? Just another reason why our current APs will be the last ones we have for a while.
  17. FrankieWinthrop

    News Round Up 2021

    Be ready to wait for Astro Orbiter! With only one party per elevator up and down, that line is taking FOREVER right now.
  18. FrankieWinthrop

    Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

    Agreed! It's nice that everyone can do Disney differently and *gasp* have a different opinion on how to do Disney, yet still get along nicely and talk about it without attacking each other! I'm with you, though. We rarely park hop. With kids and a stroller, it's more hassle than help and I...
  19. FrankieWinthrop

    How to pay for AP over the phone (using different payments sources)

    I had to ask the chat people! If you click on My Disney Experience on the top right, look at the very bottom and it says Annual Passes and something else in blue. I’m not at my computer or I’d tell you exactly what it says.
  20. FrankieWinthrop

    How to pay for AP over the phone (using different payments sources)

    What’s crazy is that we paid less than this for the original AP back before the last two price hikes. If this is the 15% discount, it would mean a new AP is currently $1270! And for only 3 guaranteed days per trip.




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