Episode 1061 - Listener Questions

Tuesday, July 17 2012 @ 09:44 PM CDT

Episode 1061 is now available for download and instant listening.

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Questions can be emailed to questions@wdwtoday.com or use this form

Hosts: Matt Hochberg, Mike Scopa Len Testa, Annette Owens & Mike Newell

Topics:

Listener Questions
James comments on the usefulness of the Dining Plan with Young children.
Frank from New Jersey talks about loud attractions at WDW.
Jamie from Rhode Island asks about modifying ticket package selections after one purchases them.
Brett from New Hampshire asks a question about Fantasmic.
Jean in Maryland asks the panel to envision good places to “camp out” at WDW.
Megan from New Jersey asks about November crowds. She also requests restaurant Recommendations.
Dominick from Illinois requests Disneyland advice.
Mark from Tennessee asks Scopa for the best resorts for Running.
Dirk from Michigan asks about ADR strategies and ethics.
Donna from Indiana asks about the Fort Wilderness cabins.
Nick from Florida asks the panel for its opinion on Jon Favreau’s new film project.
Sonia from Texas shares a positive Trip Report from a recent solo trip to WDW.
Claire from England shares a Trip Report that proves Scopa is “unfortunately right” sometimes.

Running Time: 30:00

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Authored by: Brian on Wednesday, July 18 2012 @ 08:28 AM CDT

Wow--Len hasn't seen Iron Man, Iron Man 2 *or* Swingers--all 3? Inconceivable! :)

I'd expect all of those to be right in his wheelhouse. I think he'd especially like Swingers--and it's on Netflix streaming if you want to check it out. Great movie.

BTW, here's Favreau's IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269463/

Episode 1061 - Listener Questions - Authored by: TiggerRay on Sunday, July 22 2012 @ 12:26 AM CDT

Ticket Upgrades

Authored by: cigar95 on Wednesday, July 18 2012 @ 11:29 AM CDT

A clarification about Jamie's question about upgrading tickets - what she wants to do CAN be done. As long as the upgraded ticket is more expensive than the one she currently holds, AND as long as the water park portion hasn't been used at all, the upgrade that remove the water park option is permitted. It appears that both of those requirements are met by Jamie.

The important part of any upgrade - be sure to *use* the ticket at least once to enter a park before doing the upgrade. For most types of tickets, this will magically make your ticket worth what its current price is, rather than the price you might have paid for it in advance, so that you can keep any price discount you may have gotten, and also you'll take less of a hit for the recent price increases. (A recent policy change makes this not the case, but only for a fairly narrow group of tickets.)

Authored by: alagille on Wednesday, July 18 2012 @ 10:48 PM CDT

Oh how right Matt and Len were about the cabins and "slumming" it! I won't ever stay there again. I do wish I had known about the golf carts. Any travel within FWC took twice as long as any other resort. We stayed last September shortly after writing the email. Another mistake I made was preceding my stay with 4 nights at GF sugarloaf. There's a reason Scopa says to stay at a lower tier hotel and move up during the vacation. Pluses of the resort were the pool, playground and movie by the campfire. We were picked as family to "wake up" Chip & Dale before the show and had a private meet, pic with them. The boys had a blast. Donna P. Indiana

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