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I didn't know that about not making payments directly to the travel agency. Good info. When we had DD's dance trip last year, all payments were made to the travel agency and had to be by check (no credit cards accepted), and the final payment was due 5 months in advance of the trip. I was very uncomfortable writing those checks, knowing that we had no recourse if they turned out to be scammers, and hoping beyond hope that the dance studio had done their research before signing on with them! Luckily it all turned out fine for us. I was nervous right up until check-in though, wondering if e

Can't wait to hear about your time there. We waved as we drove by, headed to Maine and PEI this summer. We wore sweatshirts on that trip, too...toward the end of July!

Granted, I skimmed through in a hurry, but I didn't see the American Dream on that list. How can that be?! That baby is heaven in a cup! I do love LeFou's Brew, too.

Aw, fun! We haven't been back to the nature center in ages, but it looks just the same. They do good work. We took two super tiny baby bunnies there once when our dogs "borrowed" them from their nest. We searched but couldn't find the nest anywhere, and the dogs had never left our fenced yard, so the nest had to have been somewhere in on our property. I also call them whenever I see an animal doing something odd...we had a very young raccoon wandering around our front yard (we're in the city) in the middle of the day in early spring, and they were great with info.

We liked the sandwiches and cupcakes at Starring Rolls and didn't mind the pizza and salad at Pizza Planet. I haven't had a pretzel dog at DHS, but we had them at one of the waterparks (no mustard for DD or me), and they were good.

FYI...the author of that book, Julee Meltzer, runs a great facebook group called Camping & RVing with Pets. I've been a member for awhile now, and it's a nice group of people who share some good info :)

Totally worth it IMO! DD was older when she went (10) so we just did the hair/nails/makeup. She loved all of the attention. She ended up with two fairy godmothers in training, because her hair is super long and it took the first one a long time to get it done, so another stepped in to do the nails and makeup. I won't tell you how long I let her leave her hair up...an embarrassingly long time, LOL! There seemed to be a dedicated photopass photographer for every 2 kids, so if you do photopass, you'll get tons of photos; or you can take a bajillion yourself, like I did. The BBB is one of ou

So happy for you! We love mid-November at the Fort! Our last trip was just last year, but we won't be back again until 2015....it's going to be a long wait! Hope you have a great time :)

I'm so glad for the allergy info! I had to go gluten free for medical reasons a couple of months ago (and this bread lover went kicking and screaming, let me tell ya!) It will be so great to be able to plan out safe meals ahead of time. I generally don't pay attention to nutrition info as far as fat and calories and such, but I'm kind of gobsmacked at the amount of sodium in some of those meals!

The steak sandwich was really......chewy. And unlike any steak I've ever had, lol! The roast beef has to be better!

DD did this once. It was fun and it turned out ok. When we did it, they only had shirts in kids sizes, and I wanted an adult size so she could make it for me (because I knew she'd never wear it.) So she ended up making a kids XL, and I think she proved me wrong by wearing it exactly once. It's not any different from any other tie-dye experience, so if you've done it before, it's no great shakes. It was the first time we had ever done it though, and we had fun. If you do it, make sure you wear old clothes, because the people around you might not be so careful when squirting their dyes! T

That is a fun experiment....we may try that, too!

Absolutely! We don't have a huge garden, just a couple of beds in the side yard. We love to go pick a salad....we usually grow a few varieties of leaf lettuce, some cucumbers, some tomatoes....yum! 13.1......we didn't make any advance reservations for the tour....just walked up to the reservation desk in the Land when we arrived at Epcot that morning and asked what they had available for tours that day. It turned out they had 3 spots left on the next tour that morning, so we bought our tickets and asked for the Disney Visa discount right then...no problems at all. I bet your DD will absolu

Carol---loved the Legoland photos! It will be many years before we make it back to FL, but that will definitely be on our to-do list when we return. It was nice meeting you, too!

The under-the-sea scene with all of the creatures playing instruments will more than make up for any not-so-interesting parts...make 'em go on it :)