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PassPorter Podcast: Episode 41: Signature Dining at Walt Disney World
PassPorter Moms Podcast: Disney & Beyond Episode 41: Signature Dining at Walt Disney World (10-27-2010 11:30 AM)
Podcast Description: Join Jennifer and Sara along with their special guest Cheryl Pendry as they discuss Disney's Signature Dining Restaurants. We also cover a VAST amount of news, answer reader questions, announce our listener celebrations, and reveal the winner of our first weekly podcast! Be sure to listen to see if YOU are our winner -- and be sure to subscribe to our podcast through this link for a chance to win next time!
Special Guest: Cheryl Pendry lives in England with her husband Mark and loves to travel, particularly to Disney. They have made numerous visits to destinations across America and Europe, recently completing their tour of every Disney theme park around the world. Cheryl is a PassPorter Guide, a PassPorter Featured Columnist, and the author of the e-book, PassPorter's Walt Disney World for British Holidaymakers, as well as Co-Author of PassPorter's Disney Vacation Club Guide: For Members and and Members-To-Be.
I really enjoyed hearing about some of the signature dining experiences. We have not done any of these yet due to budget but are anxious to try California Grill on our next triop. I don't know where to send my celebrations but DH and I will be at WDW Dec 4-13 and will be celebrating our 6th anniversary and it will be our very first Disney Christmas. We will also be going to the MVMCP for the first time on Dec 7th. Yeah!!
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Thank You for sharing the Signature Dining with DDP Deluxe.
I wonder if using AP-TIW on same itinerary would show savings as well?
I ask because AP-TIW basically 'pays the tip',
whereas you ordered 'most expensive' to maximize 'savings'.
The wife and I used AP-DDE years ago for long "30yr Anniversary" trip,
maximizing Fine Dining, and DDP was Not an option for Campground.
Now there seems to be, not only DDP for Campground, but DDP for AP???
We wish to Celebrate milestone, still preferring Table to Counter
but not so much for Fine Dining now, more fighting off type 2 diabetes.
Le-Cellier going Signature? ... When? Business Casual Dress, Lunch+Dinner?
note: Wife and I had a bit of friendly banter on boats from campground to GFL
dressed Formal for early sitting at V&A. ie: Gilligan's Island millionaire couple.
When I said it was Dress For Dinner Day at MK, I got a few worried looks :-).
Off topic, but intrinsic, how often does the AP resort discount offered on
Ft. Wilderness Campground, not cabins? AAA seems to be only reliable discount.
I'm having th same problem as others have reported can you try resubmitting it to iTunes with a deferent name like just adding the word repost to the file and episode number to make iTunes think it's a new podcast.
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No luck for me either I even tried deleting my subscription on iTunes and resubscribing, and no luck, it just won't download the last few mins. Here's hoping the old " I'm going to say it's not working, then as soon as I post that it's not work, it will be working" trick.
It's really weird -- when I listen to the version I uploaded again, I could hear all of it. Hmmm. I'm making the audio file again. Here's hoping the third time's the charm!
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I even tried deleting my subscription on iTunes and resubscribing, and no luck, it just won't download the last few mins. Here's hoping the old " I'm going to say it's not working, then as soon as I post that it's not work, it will be working" trick. 
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