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    Park hours - both parks closing early?

    I hear what you’re saying but by the time I caught the park hour deal it just wasn’t an option. I do put this on me because I strive to be aware and I did plan this the best I could back when I planned it. Kind of makes me wonder how many people were in the parks and actually surprised by...
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    Park hours - both parks closing early?

    This was about IoA closing at 6 tonight, on an HHN night. Not about UO closing early.
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    Park hours - both parks closing early?

    No doubt Disney does it as well. The difference is we have multiple choices. I don’t go enough to know if they close all of their parks early simultaneously or not but maybe they do. This is kind of funny at this point though: My wife, ‘let’s go get a hurricane at pat o’brien’s’ Closed for a...
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    Park hours - both parks closing early?

    Yeah I’m sure there’s a great reason for it but doesn’t really make it any better for us. We booked this trip several months back so really no way of planning around something like this. Thursdays during this time of year are typically 8pm close on the IoA side. Universal should just simply not...
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    Hollywood Studios… Rope Drop RoR or Slinky?

    We were one of the first to RoR yesterday and of course it was down. Really tough to say if it going down is a terrible call if you are at the front of the pack. We got an anytime LL for any attraction and then waited in a slinky standby that was only about 30 mins. So you do have some risk rope...
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    Park hours - both parks closing early?

    Just a mini rant on what I would consider to be one of the biggest weaknesses between universal and Disney. We just arrived today. The boat driver guy from Portofino mentioned Hhn closes universal down early so they can prep but no worries IoA is open until 8. Just looked at park hours on the...
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    "STORMIN THE BEACH" BCV Owners- and GROUPIES WELCOME HOME !!

    We’ve seen some level of work on the lower levels this week. I know something was happening on either the 2nd or 3rd when we arrived. There is definitely something happening on the 1st right now. Just checked and nothing happening at the pool as of now. Also this definitely happened last night...
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    So it appears the crowds are very high right now even though some sites predicted low crowds. Is there a reason why the uptick?

    Amazing the difference a couple of days make. We’re on our second day and the crowds have been so light. DHS was a breeze (with G+) yesterday afternoon as our arrival park. Basically knocked out all of MK by around 10 this morning. In olden times we’d be hopping from MK already. Alas we’re on...
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    Extended Evening Hours Questions and Answers

    Thanks. I’m thinking we won’t even stay. I’m shocked by how awesome G+ was for us today. Basically took care of everything. It is kind of crazy they would do EEH and not have that ride open but it is what it is I guess.
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    "STORMIN THE BEACH" BCV Owners- and GROUPIES WELCOME HOME !!

    So we got the alert of our room being ready right as we were being dropped off. 4th floor? Sweet. We got a renovated studio!! Nope, we walked into a renovated 1BR. I’ll take it!
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    Extended Evening Hours Questions and Answers

    We're arriving tomorrow and our plan is to just do DHS. We're going to Genie+ and stack for the afternoon. The debate I have right now is whether to target a late evening ILL for Rise or if there is some advantage to the EEH that might make that a dumb decision. Will EEH really help with this...
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    Rain Tips

    Good timing on the thread necro. We arrive on Sat and I was just thinking about this.
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    "STORMIN THE BEACH" BCV Owners- and GROUPIES WELCOME HOME !!

    This is probably a more general DVC question but thought I'd ask here since we're actually checking in to BCV on Saturday (can't wait!). So what's the coffee situation like in the room these days? Is that still on the amenity list? Do we need to bring our own coffee? Our last few visits we also...
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    Fastest route to RotR at HS

    Got it. I remember back in our last trip, Oct 2019, rise wasn’t even open yet and they still walked us back there for smugglers run. Would be nice if we’re not getting herded. I’ll let runners pass but most people aren’t going to our walk us (or run if we decided to go that route hah).
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    Fastest route to RotR at HS

    A couple of questions here: We'll be walking to DHS from BCV so no need to queue up for transportation. Should we target arriving at the gate around 60 minutes before posted open time in order to beat normal transportation? @Nick6300, I thought they basically herded everyone. Are you saying...
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    Is trip planning the MAIN reason you watch/listen to the DIS Unplugged?

    I listen more for news and general discussion. Learning to trip plan via a podcast (or video) is not really the most efficient method for that. If I hear something on the podcast I want to learn more about I just come to the forums and research in detail from there.
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    Will the Tuesday Show Return?

    What about the podcast? Will it hit the same feed as well?
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    Visit or not on a party day?

    Kind of an add on question to this. We'll be in the parks next week and have 2 reservations for MK on party days specifically because we heard the crowds are much better. We also have hoppers so will go somewhere else in the evening. Are the crowds so low that we could basically use G+ as a way...
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    PORTOFINO BAY HOTEL INFO...FAQ`s and more.......

    Anyone with recent AMEX Fine Resorts + Hotels data points? We're a couple checking in about two weeks from today. Upgrades: We're in a 1 King Garden View. I'm not really expecting much here but if we get an upgrade then that's great. Breakfast: Any thoughts on the offered breakfast? I'm...
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    Ticketing Question

    Hi all. Apologies in advance for what is probably something very simple to most. I'm probably making this far more complicated than I need to but just wanted to double check some stuff. - We're staying at Portofino Bay so I know we'll have Express and that will be managed with our room key. -...




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