Disney Trip
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dancerjodiWe'll be going to Disney in mid-May (for the first time ever) for a Star Wars Weekend. We're staying at the Port Orleans Hotel and will be there for a long weekend to explore with friends. A couple of NEGers are going, and chose that place because the Sandweasel and his fiance were given the weekend there as a holiday gift. Thus, our hotel decision was made.
I really wanted to get back to NOLA this year with the Tiggerette and Developer for Mardi Gras. Given this trip and one to CA for a day at Skywalker Ranch in "the spring" (time TBD) and DragonCon in the fall, we figured doing NOLA in February would be tough. So, we'll kind of get there via our Disney hotel. Or something.
I need to buy a 3 day park hopper pass, where do you folks usually get yours? AAA sells 5 day ones at a discount, but that's overkill. There are a bunch of sites that pop up via google as selling the 3 day passes, but I'm not sure who is reputable (I know they sell them from the Disney site too, but I figure I can find somewhere cheaper). I saw some on Ebay, but if I can just buy one for a travel site for similar price I'd prefer to do that.
Thanks in advance!
I really wanted to get back to NOLA this year with the Tiggerette and Developer for Mardi Gras. Given this trip and one to CA for a day at Skywalker Ranch in "the spring" (time TBD) and DragonCon in the fall, we figured doing NOLA in February would be tough. So, we'll kind of get there via our Disney hotel. Or something.
I need to buy a 3 day park hopper pass, where do you folks usually get yours? AAA sells 5 day ones at a discount, but that's overkill. There are a bunch of sites that pop up via google as selling the 3 day passes, but I'm not sure who is reputable (I know they sell them from the Disney site too, but I figure I can find somewhere cheaper). I saw some on Ebay, but if I can just buy one for a travel site for similar price I'd prefer to do that.
Thanks in advance!
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Date: 2006-01-05 04:08 pm (UTC)"No, thank you. I did not appreciate being shot at."
You may find that the five day ticket is only a couple bucks more than the three-day. We tried to get five-day tickets for our six-day trip to cut costs; total cost savings getting a 5-day instead of a 7 day pass ended up being around $8 total for the five of us--yeah, not even $2 each.
Port Orleans is nice; we were in Coronado Springs, which is the same level. Disney staff really go waaaaay out of their way to make sure you have a good time, though it gets a bit Big-Brothery sometimes. Food tends to be a bit on the expensive side, but not movie-theater expensive or (in my experience) even on the level of a state fair. We tried a couple of different options--I recommend the German buffet in Epcot, and the pastries in the Norwegian bakery are outstanding. The Maelstrom ride is definitely good for a laugh--in two short minutes you go from trolls to oil, and then you're finished.
So far as price goes, I'd use the Disney site as a price check and go from there. We ended up getting a package deal from their site that was comparable to anything we found elsewhere.
Have fun!