Originally Posted By lahscious I am in the process of planning a WDW trip for Late October. I JUST received a couple of trip planning books from Amazon (Birnbaum's & Passporter). This makes the trip so much more real, somehow. LOL I am filled w/glee & had to share.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN How nice. Now start planning for your true dream vacation to Tokyo Disney!
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I remember my first trip to WDW I bought those same books. I loved reading them over and over, just incase I missed something. Have a blast when you go.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Hey, TDLFAN, will the TSA prevent you from boarding with a full bladder?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Probably not. LOL! And trust me... since these stupid rules took effect, people are still NOT disposing of liquids they purchased after passing security screening before they board. This week alone I had to customers removed and sent back to screening from my flights for having their half-filled Starbucks coffee cups in hand in my plane during pre-departure safety checks. I love to see their faces when they are carted away by the airport police. Hahahaha!!!
Originally Posted By brick74 I'm drifting a bit off-topic here, but this whole beverages purchased after the security screening thing bugs me... So either we can't trust the screeners to find everything; Or we can't guarantee the safety of items sold after the screening point. I'm not sure which option disturbs me more.
Originally Posted By dixielandings lahscious where are you staying and how long? hope you have a good trip
Originally Posted By lahscious You all are too hilarious! We're only going for a week. I think we're gonna stay at one of the value hotels (boo) I wanted to stay at one of the New Orleans but my friend works for the airlines & can get a dirt cheap price for us so I'm not gonna balk. Tho I'm pushing for Port New Orleans, still! We're going for a week. I am beyond thrilled. I've been to Disneyland Paris & loved loved loved it. I know that WDW will surpass all my expectations
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Well... if you have been to DLP, then lower your expectations since DLP is a much nicer park over the MK at WDW. Hopefully the rest of WDW will exceed your expectations... Me? I will be in DLP on the 22nd this coming week and TDR on the 26th, not to mention WDW tomorrow saturday.
Originally Posted By lahscious Since I live in LA, and have an annual pass to DL, I really don't anticipate spending TOOO much time at WDW, since I know there's a lot of the same attractions. But I'm still excited to see the variances & compare the two. I'm actually more excited about AK & Epcot.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I'm actually more excited about AK & Epcot.>> You should be. They are the best parks at WDW by a large margin. Actually, anyone who's been to DL or DLP will find the MK lacking a great deal.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Very true. But for a Californian... MGM is a must as well, if only to laugh at the bad version of Fantasmic! and compare TOTs and do the other stuff not found in DLR. Even though I am honestly beginning to like DCA better than MGM since they planted that eyesore in front of the Chinese Theater.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^I totally concur ... I'd much rather be at DCA than the mish-mash that is Disney-MGM Studios. In my week in Orlando in July I didn't set foot in the studios once.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Well...at least DCA is cleaner than both the MK and MGM conbined so I will give you that much.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 There are more attractions I enjoy at DCA. I also like the vibe there more. The Studios have been carved up more than a Thanksgiving Turkey on Dec. 2nd.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I'm totally with you here. If DCA has LMA and the GMR, no need to go to the Studios.
Originally Posted By ChiMike I too have become to enjoy DCA more and more. It's only natural since they have had additions. Also, I'll take DLR over WDW anyday. BUT It's hard to say I like DCA better than MGM. It has become a tougher decision, no doubt, but what I like about each is so very different. MGM still has the FAR FAR superior ToT, imo, GMR, a handful of better settings thanks to how Disney used to be, and it has better eats. That's about it. It's nice to supplement Disney with DCA where it's trying to be kind of a compliation park. It's not there yet but is improving by leaps and bounds. Still some SERIOUS flaws that are ingrained into the overall design. Not that MGM is innocent in this regard either.
Originally Posted By kpwdwfan Hey Mike I just read your post about ToT at MGM being much better than DCA's version. I haven't been on ToT at DCA so I can't compare them but isn't strange that Disney doesn't improve on attractions when build a duplicate of an attraction instead of making it worse. I know that this isn't always the case but this isn't the first time I've heard of this happening. I think Splash is much better in WDW than DL but on the other hand as I recall POTC is better at DL than WDW. It's probably about the money as usual.
