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Congrats on the free dining and thanks for the Hershey report. I haven't been to the park in years. I love Hershey though. I do have to admit it is expensive but the last few visits I've taken have been giils only spa weekend. Since we split the cost of the room (Hotel Hershey) it isn't too bad. I'm thinking of going this year at Christmas as I'd love to see the lights, just not sure I'm staying overnight.
Somehow our plan to go spend about 3 days in Hershey last year turned into a trip on the Dream. The prices were insane and at that time my kids couldn't even ride half of what was there. I do see a trip there in the future though.
Ya know, I'm not sure if this would be worth it or not for you guys since you weren't spending a whole day at BB, but when we went to TL off season we got a crazy good deal on a cabana for the day that was way cool. Arnaud saw a sign when we got there in the morning and next thing ya know, we had signed up for one.
Congrats on the FD!!!! That's awesome!!
I thought I had replied earlier in your PTR but I guess I didn't and got far behind!
Thanks for the mini TR about Hershey Park. I've never been but have been wanting to visit for a long time! I'm thinking that the next time I head out to Philly, I might bring the kids along and do a side trip to Hershey...it's about a 2 hour drive, right?
Since it might be a once in a lifetime thing for us, or at least a very rare trip, we'll probably have to bite the bullet and splurge on the Hershey Hotel. That's a great tip about being able to go into the park 2 1/2 hours at the end of the prior day...seems like all we would need then is just a one day ticket to see most of everything.
Great plans so far on your WDW trip!
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Sounds like a fun trip to Hershey. I have been there before, but have not taken the kids yet. It seems like when we price out a short trip anywhere we are always saying we might as well just go to Disney instead for a bit more. We looked into going to the beach this summer, but decided for the price we could do a short trip to Disney instead. Everything always goes back to Disney!!!
I thought I had replied earlier in your PTR but I guess I didn't and got far behind!
Thanks for the mini TR about Hershey Park. I've never been but have been wanting to visit for a long time! I'm thinking that the next time I head out to Philly, I might bring the kids along and do a side trip to Hershey...it's about a 2 hour drive, right?
Since it might be a once in a lifetime thing for us, or at least a very rare trip, we'll probably have to bite the bullet and splurge on the Hershey Hotel. That's a great tip about being able to go into the park 2 1/2 hours at the end of the prior day...seems like all we would need then is just a one day ticket to see most of everything.
Great plans so far on your WDW trip!
on a good day you can make it out in 1 1/2 hour. all deopends on the center city traffic in Philly. The Hotel Hershey is really nice but they have the Hershey Lodge and several other hotels in the area as well. We always do Hotel Hershey when we go for our spa weekend.
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That's fantastic! Great savings, and you're getting more and better perks!
I know! It really worked out great!
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Congrats on free dining! It's always good when you save money!
Thanks! It definitely is!
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Congrats on free dining and saving some money, still keeping my fingers for tomorrow.
Thanks! I hope you were able to get free dining too!
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Congrats!
Thank you!
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Congrats on the free dining and thanks for the Hershey report. I haven't been to the park in years. I love Hershey though. I do have to admit it is expensive but the last few visits I've taken have been giils only spa weekend. Since we split the cost of the room (Hotel Hershey) it isn't too bad. I'm thinking of going this year at Christmas as I'd love to see the lights, just not sure I'm staying overnight.
A girls only spa weekend at the Hotel Hershey sounds wonderful! I think we are going to head back for the Christmas lights this year, the girls were reading about it and were very excited about it! We may just make it a day trip too, though.
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Congrats on free dining!
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Congrats on the free dining !
Thank you both!
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Somehow our plan to go spend about 3 days in Hershey last year turned into a trip on the Dream. The prices were insane and at that time my kids couldn't even ride half of what was there. I do see a trip there in the future though.
Ya know, I'm not sure if this would be worth it or not for you guys since you weren't spending a whole day at BB, but when we went to TL off season we got a crazy good deal on a cabana for the day that was way cool. Arnaud saw a sign when we got there in the morning and next thing ya know, we had signed up for one.
Congrats on the FD!!!! That's awesome!!
You know, I was curious about the cabanas, I wondered if they would be cheaper in the off season. I couldn't find any exact pricing when I Googled it though. It might be worth it just to have a home base for the day, perhaps we'll just wait until the day of and book it if the price is right like you guys
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I thought I had replied earlier in your PTR but I guess I didn't and got far behind!
Thanks for the mini TR about Hershey Park. I've never been but have been wanting to visit for a long time! I'm thinking that the next time I head out to Philly, I might bring the kids along and do a side trip to Hershey...it's about a 2 hour drive, right?
Since it might be a once in a lifetime thing for us, or at least a very rare trip, we'll probably have to bite the bullet and splurge on the Hershey Hotel. That's a great tip about being able to go into the park 2 1/2 hours at the end of the prior day...seems like all we would need then is just a one day ticket to see most of everything.
Great plans so far on your WDW trip!
Thanks!
Most definitely, I would splurge too if it was going to be a rare trip. The Hotel Hershey is really nice! It is definitely possible to see most of everything with a day ticket, but if you want to spend a lot of time in the Boardwalk (the water park section) I would go with a 2 day ticket at least.
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Congrats on free dining! Great savings on the ticket upgrade, too!
Thanks, Cam!
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Sounds like a fun trip to Hershey. I have been there before, but have not taken the kids yet. It seems like when we price out a short trip anywhere we are always saying we might as well just go to Disney instead for a bit more. We looked into going to the beach this summer, but decided for the price we could do a short trip to Disney instead. Everything always goes back to Disney!!!
On Thursday 11/8, I think we are going to spend part of the morning at DHS. The park calendars are showing their hours for the day as 8am - 4pm, which is very strange. Easywdw.com thinks that the shortened hours have something to do with a CM preview of the Osborne Lights that night (which are rumored to be opening on 11/9), but I don't remember that happening last year Anyway, I think we'll use the morning to hit any attractions we missed on Saturday, we have nothing much planned for the afternoon though. I think I will leave it up to the girls, but we will either head back to the pool at POR or use one of our waterpark and more credits to play some mini golf. We'll be heading back over to Epcot tonight, we have a 6:30 ADR at the Garden Grill with my friend's family tonight GG was one of our favorite meals of last trip so we are super excited to share it with our friends! I think that tonight will be the perfect time to finally catch Illuminations. The girls have never seen it, and I haven't seen it since 2001 What are some of the better viewing spots for the show?
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4pm is a VERY early closing time for DHS!! I guess it must be for cast viewing of the Osborn lights-- nice of them to do that, but I don't recall it happening before, either. For Illuminations, there are lots of good spots. Just think of the lagoon as a square, with the area between the two free-standing gift-shops at the entrance from FW as one flat side. The BEST places are looking from a flat side, rather than a "corner". Then look above you. If you have a clear sight-line with no branches you should be fine. I usually watch from between Norway and Mexico. There's a wheelchair-viewing area there and it's a good spot. If you really want to go into it, you can also check the wind direction and choose a spot where the smoke will blow away from you!
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. The prices were insane and at that time my kids couldn't even ride half of what was there. I do see a trip there in the future though
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Anyway, I think we'll use the morning to hit any attractions we missed on Saturday, we have nothing much planned for the afternoon though. I think I will leave it up to the girls, but we will either head back to the pool at POR or use one of our waterpark and more credits to play some mini golf. We'll be heading back over to Epcot tonight, we have a 6:30 ADR at the Garden Grill with my friend's family tonight 
What are some of the better viewing spots for the show?
We usually watch IllumiNations from the Canada/UK/France area! 
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