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Has anyone taking an Uber from resort to orlando airport? Just trying to figure out how much to put aside for Uber transportation. We are doing 4 days at the park. ... See MoreSee Less

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70-80 round trip

I pre-arranged a car for about that price and paid another 1/2 for the same company to take me back to the airport at the end of the trip. The price included a stop at a very nice Publix! If you are interested I will try to find the name of the car service.

$41

Depending on day of the week and time of the day and size of vehicle! You can use Uber and Lyft estimate. I usually spend $30-$35 each way.

4 weeks ago
@Yacht Club about to check out. Room 1053 Pirate booty, kids protein shake, distilled water paper towel, bottled water Any takers!?!? Come before 11!^^

@Yacht Club about to check out. Room 1053

Pirate booty, kids protein shake, distilled water paper towel, bottled water

Any takers!?!? Come before 11!^^
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Unrelated: do the kids protein shakes taste good?

4 weeks ago

Is there somewhere besides the Disney website that you can reserve restaurant reservations? ... See MoreSee Less

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The app

That's the only official one. However, some restaurants are not owned by Disney. Many of those you can call directly as they don't release all availability to WDWโ˜บ๏ธ

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4 weeks ago
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๐Ÿ‘€ Do you see what I see? A rainbow ๐ŸŒˆ of new MagicBand colors available to order with your Walt Disney World Resort ๐Ÿจ reservation!

Which colors do you need?? ๐Ÿ˜

๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Favorite Grampy Travels

#magicbands #magicband #favoritegrampytravels #waltdisneyworldresort #waltdisneyworld
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LOVE the Raspberry!

Are these now all available in the app?? I looked 2 weeks ago and it was limited.

Just ordered the raspberry!!!

Raspberry ๐Ÿ˜

Krystal Dawn Adams here are the colors

There’s a mint one too, I think.

I"m getting the soft yellow!!

Light yellow

Judy Mullins

How do i find these?

I love the dark purple!!

So when I book a room at one of the resorts will an option for these pop up or is this something different? Purchasing tickets superset as we are going to MK

So many great new colors! I can’t wait to get some!

๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ˜ซ I just ordered ours

These are such pretty colors! My husband has olive and the 2 teenage girls picked grey lol! I opened our box and thought wow! Very basic! ๐Ÿคฃ

I LOVE the blush pink but I’m going to use mine until it dies!

Olive green๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

Nikki Hendrix
4 weeks ago
Nikki Hendrix
Were off!!! Best $20 Ive ever spent ๐Ÿคฃ Hold on Mickey ยฐoยฐ! We will see ya soon! (And yes, Pie was mid sip๐Ÿฅค when I told her to smile ๐Ÿ˜Š) ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Favorite Grampy Travels

We're off!!! Best $20 I've ever spent ๐Ÿคฃ

Hold on Mickey ยฐoยฐ! We will see ya soon!

(And yes, Pie was mid sip๐Ÿฅค when I told her to smile ๐Ÿ˜Š)

๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Favorite Grampy Travels
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Is that Ben all the way next to grammy? Have fun

Have a great trip!! Safe travels! โœˆ๏ธ

Have fun !!! Show us pics !! โค๏ธ

have a magical time๐Ÿ˜Š

Are you staying at the riviera

$20 tickets!!?! Where at?!?

Where’s Sam?!

Yay have fun!

Oh my gosh how fun

$20 for what!? Have fun Nikki Hendrix!

Again? It's almost as though you like it there

Your eyes pop in this picture! Such a great picture, everyones happy.

ohhh have fun!!!

And here I thought our flight for next weekend for $24 was a good deal!๐Ÿคช

There's so many people on this flight that are doing the Friday to Monday jump for 20 bucks ๐Ÿ™‚ We've all bonded °o°

Very pretty i like it photo

Is there still time to tip? I need to send you money

Think we paid 17 a ticket to fly from Latrobe -orlando (last week ) buy your tickets at the airport people you save big

Have a great time!

Have a great time!!!

Have fun!!!! B was like "Aw they didnt say goodbye." I'm like dude, going to Disney for them is like you going to grandmas house. ๐Ÿ˜‚

So wish they hadn’t closed Frontier at our airport ๐Ÿ˜ญ

How long are these super cheap flights supposed to last?? I need a trip. My kids need a trip. Have fun

Wow!!

4 weeks ago
Hereโ€™s a super secret woodcarving trick... promise not to tell anyone? Tiggerโ€™s whiskers are made out of a wire coat hanger from my closet. Itโ€™s true. I hand carved this mahogany sign for Disneyland back in 2004 and when it came time to carve Tiggerโ€™s face I was baffled. Wooden whiskers wouldnโ€™t last an hour before they would break off. My 9 year old son suggested the coat hanger idea and it worked.Image attachment

Hereโ€™s a super secret woodcarving trick... promise not to tell anyone?

Tiggerโ€™s whiskers are made out of a wire coat hanger from my closet.

Itโ€™s true.

I hand carved this mahogany sign for Disneyland back in 2004 and when it came time to carve Tiggerโ€™s face I was baffled. Wooden whiskers wouldnโ€™t last an hour before they would break off.

My 9 year old son suggested the coat hanger idea and it worked.
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This is amazing!! ๐Ÿ˜

That’s so cool!!! Beautiful craftsmanship in that carving. You are talented.

What a cool bit of trivia!

1. Incredible piece of trivia and 2. How LUCKY are we that you are in our group ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

Love this! โค๏ธ

Leave it to imaginative kids to find great solutions!

This is awesome!!!

Wow it’s beautiful!

What a really fun bit of trivia! Thanks for sharing ๐Ÿ’—.

I love to work with wood. But mostly I work with paper. I do a ton of book art and lay paper floors that look like leather. Your work is absolutely beautiful. I’m in awe. โค๏ธ

4 weeks ago

Is February 20th thru the 28th typically laid back and not so crowded? ... See MoreSee Less

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In a normal year I would say you are in the midst of Spring Break and the start of Spring Training, so expect crowds. With COVID, it may not be as crowded but I would still anticipate lines and moderate crowds, and guests behaving badly.

We have gone several times including last year during that week and we have had great experiences. Low crowds and short wait times!

I'll be there that week. I'm hoping with Spring Break starting March 5th in Florida and people not wanting to travel from afar as much, it'll be less crowded.

January and February really are my favorite times to go to Disney! The Festival of the Arts is going on in EPCOT and it is such a fun festival to experience! I do find the crowds tend to be slightly lower and the weather to me is absolutely perfect!

It’s actually one of my favorite times to go! Particularly because of the weather, but also for the Festival of the Arts. I find that while there are still a lot of people there, it’s far less than in the Fall.

We will be there that week too.. during the week so I’m hoping it’s fairly low key.

Yes!! And weather is great too

We are there from the 20th to 28th as well. The key indicator is how much Disney has increased park hours for the week. Before this week they have added 2 or more hours a day to the parks. This week with the exception of Sat/Sun they only added 1 hour. Disney knows how many people will be there and in which parks due to the reservation system. Another indicator is room availability of which every resort on property has. Dinning is not as good an indicator as they have reduced capacity but even with that except for very popular restaurants you can still find reservations two weeks out. I am not expecting large crowds though with social distancing it may feel like a lot of people.

Yes but just know the weather is up and down. You may have 70 degrees one day and wake up to 40 the next.

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1st CUPCAKE of the trip!

Cotton Candy Cupcake from the Confectionary on Main Street USA, Magic Kingdom โœจ๐Ÿฐโœจ
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Breakfast of champions right there๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ

Looks like ice cream ๐Ÿฆ

lol

Yum! We had it in AK! It was yummy!

Omggggggg the kids are destroying that cupcake ๐Ÿคฃ

I love when Favorite Grampy has to fight the kids for a bite.๐Ÿ˜†

Your family so adorable! I’m cupcaking vicariously...

Lindsey Proksha

Love love love. Your family is the Best!!! I love the love for DISNEY. You guys are great.thanks for sharing

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4 weeks ago

Do you think it's worth it to try to take an uber/lyft to the disney warehouse or Walmart etc for souvenirs and/or getting our own groceries vs delivery? Thinking renting a car and parking fees are not worth it just for that or skipping the magical express but open to opinions/suggestions ... See MoreSee Less

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Delivery for groceries will be cheaper from Walmart then a Uber

We used the dumpling app for groceries to be delivered the day we got to resort

Dumpling app? Never heard of thatโ€ผ๏ธ

Oh heck yeah.

4 weeks ago

Anyone have any insider info on if Disney is planning to have the Halloween bash? Or open the Bippity boppity Boutique before September? ... See MoreSee Less

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Good morning! Right now we don’t have any information from Disney on when BBB will reopen or if Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party will be returning in some way. Magic Kingdom will be celebrating its 50th on 10/1/21 so I fully expect we will see some celebrations planned for that. Stay tuned on this page we always announce as soon as we get confirmation from Disney!

I have a close friend who is a Fairy Godmother in Training (those are the BBB ones who do the makeup and hair). She’s still furloughed with no end in sight right now.

With Universal having a modified Mardi Gras I’m hoping it may mean some sort of version is things to come at Universal and Disney.

My girls loved it

I had read on the Ear for Eachother facebook group (the group of furloughed and layed off CM's) that some of the furloughed fairy godmothers were doing makeovers that were princess themed. I think they can come to your room or you arrange to go to their home, I'm not positive of the details. Maybe you can look in that group and see if you can work something out with one of them. Its a great way to support these out of work CM's and get a magical experience for your daughter!

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