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I would like to add one other contributing factor to the apparent lack of staff during the "slow" seasons. My daughter is going to be working at WDW as part of the Disney College Program (DCP) in August. DCP traditionally brings in and transitions out the DCP participants in May, August and...

Thanks all for the help!! How come I can't see all the offers? I click the arrow to advance the offers but it doesn't go anywhere. Is this just more of the system being flaky today?

So I bought my annual pass today in hopes of snagging an annual pass room only rate. When I check on-line for rates it tells me I can see AP Rates, says I have 6 offers for my September dates, but then it will only show 4 offers! What am I doing wrong??

If I buy an AP now, but don't plan to go till early September, can I book my resort with an AP discount if my AP hasn't been activated? We haven't had an AP in many, many years but my DD was accepted into the Disney College Program for the fall, so I'm guessing we will be going a lot! I seem...

Thanks for the reply! I am planning to ride down with her and then fly home once she is settled in. Will she be able to drive me to the airport after move in or do activities begin right away? Thanks also for the help regarding the Professional Internships. She initially was going to apply...

My DD got accepted into the Fall 2018 DCP. It was actually quite a whirlwind experience. She put in her application, immediately - seriously, less than 1 hour - got set up for the 2nd part of the online application and within 2 days was notified that she was selected for a phone interview...

Thank you all for the help! We are paying cash, so would get daily service. That said, eating cereal out of paper bowls can get dicey. I think I will just bring 4 bowls from home and wash them. I will certainly request the 12 cup coffee maker - that is more our size!!! I was already...

We have a Deluxe Studio at Beach Club Villas for our Dec 17-21 visit. I've been looking at pictures of the "kitchen" and I can't tell if the plates/bowls they provide are paper or washable/reusable. If paper, are they re-stocked daily? We plan to have breakfast in the room each morning and I...

HEA is still listed as 9 pm on December 20th.

In checking the hours I noticed that they have added an 8:30 ROL at AK on 12/18 - but the park is listed as closing at 8 pm. Do you think they will extend the hours now that there is an 8:30 ROL? Fingers crossed!!

And they added Extra Magic Hours to Dec 20th for MK - now open till 1 am!

I am using the Touring Plans Reservation finder - and it has found it for me 3 times. Twice I wasn't fast enough and the third time I thought I had it but then my phone froze and I lost it. I keep resetting the search on Touring Plan, but no alerts since I lost the one. I am also using the...

This is a very interesting thread. Thanks to all who have shared their secrets! This very much appeals to my competitive, obsessive nature... I'm beginning to re-think my FP plans. We will be park hopping so I had planned to arrive early and just wait in lines first thing in the morning -...

We will be celebrating my daughter's 21st birthday at California Grill. I plan on ordering a cake - I can follow the directions in the cake chatter thread for that, but I would like to arrange for a gift of WDW champagne glasses, a bottle of champagne and perhaps some balloons to be delivered...

So after a lot of frustration I finally did manage to get everything except FoP. Guess we will just wait the 90 minutes if we feel we have to ride that. We don't have any other wait times for the rest of the afternoon/evening (according to TP), so I guess we will just do all of our waiting for...

Ugh. This did not go well. For my first day it has me already signed up for ALL of the MK fast passes - except 7DMT (which is the one I wanted) and it won't let me make any reservations! I'm on hold with Disney but chances are we won't get anything decent for our first day. I'm so bummed...

I need a little hand holding - and someone to tell me that everything will work out. Starting when my daughter was 3 years old we went to Disney multiple times a year - till she was 13. Then we took a break and traveled the world a while. When I ask what she wanted for her 21st birthday, she...

We just arrived this afternoon and based on this thread I was really worried. We walked into Epcot at 5;30. We were able to ride Spaceship Earth, sum of all Thrills and Mission Space all before boarding a bus for AK at 6:55! That's not bad at all! We walked onto each ride with zero wait...

Thank you all so much for your kind replies. I knew that the sleeping child bit would touch a tender nerve with many of us here. I had drafted these thoughts while we were still at WDW with the help of my family. Then I had a big surprise when last night, after our flight home from Orlando was...

We just returned home from WDW late last night. These boards have always been so helpful to me, so I just wanted to share a few things that we learned this past trip – I hope it helps someone else… 1) Labor Day really isn't too crowded at WDW. The day after is even better, and the day...