Florida --the touristy bit

[wolf]

Originally Posted by monster

thanks, that's great..... say, why not come back in Feb?

I don't think I will have paid for the last trip by then ... otherwise, I'd love to.

Oh, and I'm out of vacation time, and you don't accrue any during FMLA

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by Juniper

Get meal plan. Eat at all-you-can-eat places. May not need reservations in Feb., but you can make them so there's no waiting. The food is one of the very best things about Disney! Oooooh, the food! My two favorites were the German place in Epcot and the African place in Animal Kingdom. Yum yum!

Hey Juni, I'm going this July and I purchased the meal plan for me and my husband for 3 nights, but now I am getting cold feet. I'm worried that tying down our day for a dinner reservation is just going to aggravate me. On one hand I want the freedom to be spontaneous and on the other hand I like the cost savings - but of course, thats only if ever meal gets used.

How did you use yours? Did you make the reservations way ahead of time?

[Trilby]

I haven't seen Juni around for a loooooooong time.

she graduated and r u n n o f t.

[Chocolatl]

Pico -- because July is a really busy month at Disney, you might want to consider making those reservations. It can be really hard to get in to some of the better restaurants, otherwise. Another tip is to eat a sit down lunch so you can enjoy the air-conditioning during the hottest part of the day, and leave yourself open for dinner.

[Pico and ME]

Thats a good idea...the lunch one. I suppose if we manage to miss a couple of dinners I could use the credits on a room service breakfast too. Chocolatl, how easy is it to get from one side of the park to the other, say from one of the water parks to the Magic Kingdom? Im concerned that a lot of time will be spent travaling in order to make the dinner reservations.

[Chocolatl]

By car, or by resort transportation like buses? By car it's pretty easy -- you just hop in and go, and it seems that no matter how many wrong turns you take you'll eventually end up in the right place. To get across the resort by car takes less than half an hour even with wrong turns, in my experience. The buses are usually pretty reliable, but it can be complex to get from point A to point B -- like from one hotel to another, you usually have to stop off at a theme park in between.

[ZenGum]

Friend of mine was playing Facebook family feud.

Q: Name something you might do in vacation in Florida?

I suggested "scrub oil off pelicans".

[casimendocina]

Originally Posted by monster

I'm also not Disney. but I still want to see first hand, and so do the kids. So tell us how to do it cheap and kick disney one in the financial nuts!

To kick Disney in the ideological nuts while you're there, organise a photo with an amputee.

[richlevy]

Off to the Miami area soon for some family rec time. We're staying at a beach timeshare. The significant other insisted on a rental car for the entire trip, so we are mobile.

Any recommendations?

I have a lot of restaurant.com credits racked up, so I'm looking for ideas there, too.

I like jazz, blues, and salsa music, but I don't like to dance.