The Goat Pen

eCat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:24 am back to Disney

I've stayed on site, rented a condo and rented a house with a pool

I think the Condo option was the best - the condo we rented was part of the Marriott hotel chain, the complex was massive, so it had swimming pools and a food court with the standard fare of fast food options. It was so big we rented a golf cart to get around - no loofahs hanging off the mirror. Of course staying onsite at Disney was more convenient but I liked leaving the park and being able to eat at restaurants. I think we went to Medieval Times one night.

The last trip we went on, I bought a book on making the most out of your Disneyworld vacation. It was worth whatever I paid for it many times over. The first thing we did was devise a strategy on how to spend the day in each park. For the main park, essentially you'd start at the back of the park and work your way to the front using fast pass on rides. It also walked you thru when to make reservations. I'm not kidding when I say this, we picked the least busiest time of the year, on the least busiest day of the week and with that park strategy, we had ridden every ride we wanted to by 2PM that day. That was a year where I invited 3 of my wife's sisters to go with us and they were giving me shit about my schedule but in the end they were amazed at how much we did.

I think Cinderellas castle you had to get on the phone the day reservations opened, like 6 months before to book, so I was calling at 8am 6 months to the day when we were arriving. Similar with character breakfast at Animal Kingdom. Also the book told you about the best restaurants and when to eat. I remember one that had a view of its a small world that not many people knew about. It was so long ago I don't really remember the details of it. At Epcot, we got a table next to the aquarium wall at the Coral Reef restaurant - all because that book walked us thru what to do.

eCat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:42 am they have given me shit for years about how ADD I am about scheduling vacations down to the minute

so I was like @8:15 we'll ride its a small world, at @ 8:35 we'll ride cups and saucers

and then one would want to stop at a gift shop and I'd be like THERES NO TIME FOR THAT DAMMIT!

sardis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:01 pm I wish we could only remember you through pictures.

Jungle Rat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:06 pm

sardis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:01 pm I wish we could only remember you through pictures.

You still have those naked ones right?

eCat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:41 pm two things I won't do anymore

amusement parks and beaches

I've gone on mountain vacations every year for the past 12 years or so


Going on a weekend getaway in Bryson City a few weeks from now

hedge wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:16 pm "We went to Medieval times when my parents took me for my sixth birthday."

Y'all should go again, the other customers will get a kick out of thinking it's part of the medieval experience to have an ogre walk thru the door...