ceemike...Mike & Judy

TCD, that is correct. Actually, it was three MK buses that came to the Settlement bus stop. The first one came while I was at the stop, and the other two came and departed while I was getting my car. They all arrived and departed via W Wilderness Road. We figured they had been to WL and then used W Wilderness Rd as a shortcut to the Fort. The buses could have been turning onto Frontier Way to get to the Outpost bus stop, but we couldn't see if they turned or not.

The only color we saw on New Year's Eve was RED!

On New Year's Eve, Judy and I and another couple ate a late dinner at Trail's End, then went down to the beach to watch the MK fireworks at midnight. Afterwards, we took our time heading to the Settlement bus stop, getting there about 12:40 or so. We joined a crowd of well over 100 people waiting for a bus to take us out to the parking lot. A bus was loading when we arrived; someone said it was an express going to the parking lot. After waiting for more than 30 minutes for a bus, and watching two buses come down Fort Wilderness Trail and turn right onto Big Pine Road, I walked over to the c

Going to Epcot on Wednesday for my birthday dinner at Le Cellier. Tried to get FPs for Soarin'. Found out it will be closed for refurb. Me sad.

I took my grandsons to the MK on the 29th. We ate breakfast at Whispering Canyon Cafe at WL and took the boat to MK. As we approached the MK dock, the boat driver told us to be very patient, get & use FPs, and take advantage of the free ice water available from the counter service restaurants. It was about 10AM and the bag check lines were jammed, but we went in thru the no bag entrance. It took us 20 minutes to get back to Buzz Lightyear, our first FP, & we made it with a minute to spare. The standby wait time was close to 60 minutes. Next we rode the people mover until our FPs for 7D

We just renewed our APs with the new Platinum Plus passes. We used to get the DVC discount price, but we sold our membership last year and bought a place in an RV park so now we get the FL resident price, which is the same. We're snowbirds and we go to the parks frequently so the APs are a pretty good deal for us. We like the new free PhotoPass feature.

The guy ahead of me in the bag check line was wearing a Sorcerer Mickey hat. No one checked to see what was under there. He could have been packing a bubble shooter. :-) Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Here's a pic of the new metal detector at Epcot. People are selected for scanning, seemingly at random, by the people in the gold CSC Event Staff shirts after going through the bag check. Also, no toy guns or bubble shooters are permitted in the parks. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

We saw this same rig last week, only now it's been changed over for Christmas. It's a pretty awesome display, complete with live trees.

I think I may have found the 3000 loop near the hitch and unhitch area. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Arrived at the fort about noon, check-in went smoothly, got a site that I had requested, was told it wasn't ready yet and I should go to the overflow parking lot and await a text message telling me when the site was ready. We unloaded the golf cart, drove back to the site, it was clean and unoccupied, so we got the coach and set up on the site. I'm still waiting for my text message telling me the site is ready. :facepalm: I want to thank Jason again for his work in getting our reservation.

When I picked up my cable modem kit at the Meadows TP today, CM Edgardo sort of chuckled when I ask him about WiFi in the CG. He said he has heard the same rumor. Maybe in 2016.

Picked up the rental trailer and some Christmas decorations this afternoon. Just need to finish loading the motor home in the morning and we should be at the Fort by noon, probably in the 1400 loop. I'll post our site number tomorrow. We hope to meet some Fiends this trip.

We get to the Fort tomorrow. I'll see if I can send it to you. How should I send it?

Jason came through :mademyday: and got us the night we were missing for our upcoming visit to the Fort, and he was also able to consolidate the multiple reservations into one, so I won't have to hassle with checking in 5 times in a week :thank-you-smiley3: . We still got the multiple Magic Bands though, so our collections are complete! Now my remaining problem is finding a trailer to use to haul my golf cart to the Fort. :panic: :panic: If only I could drive it down 192 without getting pulled over :popo: :siren: by the law. Can't wait for the 4th.

I'll have to check it other. I have a Galaxy S5 and I also thought it was "clunky". Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

What Jason said. He explained everything to me, & I don't have a problem with it. So far, we have a 1 day, a 4 day, and 2 more 1 day reservations, all for a premium site. The last 3 reservations are continuous, but oddly those days didn't show up as one reservation. This experience has taught me not to wait until the last minute to make reservations, if trying to make December reservations in May can be called last minute. I've already booked a site for Halloween 2016. One upside to this is we get a Magic Band for each reservation, so we'll get to complete our collection quickly. We

What Jason said. He explained everything to me, & I don't have a problem with it. So far, we have a 1 day, a 4 day, and 2 more 1 day reservations, all for a premium site. The last 3 reservations are continuous, but oddly those days didn't show up as one reservation. This experience has taught me not to wait until the last minute to make reservations, if trying to make December reservations in May can be called last minute. I've already booked a site for Halloween 2016. One upside to this is we get a Magic Band for each reservation, so we'll get to complete our collection quickly. We

I don't blame you for ranting. A friend of mine bought a brand new Rockwood travel trailer a few years ago and had numerous problems with it, including a water leak in the bedroom that the dealer couldn't/wouldn't repair. At least you can do this repair yourself so you'll know it was done correctly.

Thanks, Jason.

Well, we have a place in an RV park about 15 miles from the Fort, and we plan to sleep there on Saturday night if we can't get a reservation, but we plan to bring our golf cart too and I thought it would be easier to just move to the parking lot. We also have to pick up our sister-in-law and niece at the Sanford airport on Saturday. I've seen RVs parked in the lot overnight before, so I'm thinking the Fort powers that be would be OK with it for one night. We'll keep our fingers crossed that we can get the extra night.

I apologize for the triple post. :facepalm: I can't find a way to delete them.

The whole concept puzzles me, because I thought anyone, resort guest or not, could make ADRs 180 days out, and if someone wanted to book a FP 60 days out, then just book a resort reservation for any resort, put the one night deposit on a credit card, book your FPs, and then cancel the resort reservation. From what I've read, cancelling the the resort reservation doesn't cancel ADRs or FPs connected with the resort reservation. I may be wrong, though, as it's been known to happen before. I also hope that it's not too hard to book a short stay, as I need one more night for our December trip,

So they book a site and pay for it but never use it? Do they actually check in? I thought Disney would cancel a reservation after one night if the guest didn't check in. What a waste. After they book their ADRs and FP+s, couldn't they cancel their site reservation and still keep their ADRs & FPs? The only thing they'd lose would be the EMH access. They must really want that EMH access.

With Jason's help (thanks, Jason) I've been able to cobble together an 8 night minus one stay, arriving Friday, Dec. 5, and departing Saturday, Dec. 12. It's actually four separate reservations, and the minus one is Saturday night, Dec. 6. We've been checking daily to see if something opens up, but so far no luck. Jason said that night could be a tuffy to get, because they're filming the MK Christmas Day parade that weekend. My question is, if we don't get a ressie for the 6th, and we have to depart the CG on the morning of the 6th, will we be allowed to park the MH in the Outpost parking lo