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I enjoyed staying at POP in Feb. We stayed in a 50s building. The themeing is just great, we took lots of pics, the shadow boxes in the lobby, by our birthyear signs along memory lane, it was a lot of fun. (I just didn't like the crowds, and it was hard going from the Beach Club to POP) But otherwise it is a great resort!
Can't wait to read all about your adventures!
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First I have to say that I can't say the word "ridiculous" anymore without yelling it Harry Potter style...thus why it's all caps up there...
So really, what's the deal with the title? A couple weeks ago, after having a few FABs, we thought it would be a brilliant idea to put the movies from the Great Movie Ride in our Netflix Queue since we haven't seen most of them before... shameful I'm sure. The plan is to watch them before we go. We need to get cracking. The first one, Footlight Parade, arrived yesterday so I think we're going to get started tonight. Since I'm married to Indy Andy (anybody remember that reference?) we own all of the Indiana Jones movies so we can watch it whenever. And we've seen the Wizard of Oz enough times that I think we can count it. If we have time at the end, we'll have at it. Perhaps our little pretrip research will make the Great Movie Ride more enlightening. Not that I don't love that ride. That's why we're doing this
I guess I can blabber on a little bit about the plannings of the trip. It is Friday after all. I like to dub at least one Friday a month "I don't care Friday". I've got a few minutes to kill before my PreK kids come to visit.
We booked at Pop back right after Christmas I think. We of course booked at a full rate and crossed our fingers, toes, and eyes that an AP rate would come out...but I had a feeling it wouldn't because of Easter. Not long after we booked AP rates did come out for our time frame, but after making Andy call b/c I was at work, we learned that our week was blacked out. Boo to that. Since I am overly obsessive, I continued to check the AP website weekly to see if anything changed. Lo and behold, a few weeks ago, it did We scored a great AP rate and I'm telling you, it helps to pull it up on the web before you call. The web showed me getting the AP rate every night of our stay but the lady on the phone quoted me a cost that had our Friday night still at full price. So after telling her nicely "No, I'm looking at it right now" she magically was able to find it under a different code... Sometimes I wonder...
Getting the AP rate for our stay really helped us feel better about our trip b/c now we'd have extra $$ to take with us, which is always a good thing!
Because Disney went back to the 180 day thing, I had to plan our ADRs back in like October! That makes me want to yell RIDICULOUS again. I'm not into the 180. I liked the 90 days and I was happy when it went back for a bit. I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow, much less 6 months from now. Anyhoo, I booked two pivotal ADRs and then lazied around to make a couple more once planning kicked into full gear.
Great start. We loved Pop! Can't wait to see what ADR's you have lined up. I think it's so cool that you are going to try and watch all the Great Movie Ride movies. Let us know how you like them. Have a great trip!
another TR...sweet! You guys will LURV POP. We stayed in the 70's building & it is soooo close to the 60's (& the smaller, quiter pool) you'll love it there!
Thanks...I will be hearing HP spells in my head all day now
YAY!!! Another TR! Can't wait to hear more...Did you happen to channel surf some Harry PPPPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban last night? On ABC-Family which I think is ...Is Disney trying to send people to Universal for the HP opening??? I would like to see it but that is many, many years down the road...by then it may be sometthing else....GOLLY have I gone off topic here...Can't wait to read about your ADR's!
YAY!!! Another TR! Can't wait to hear more...Did you happen to channel surf some Harry PPPPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban last night? !
Of course I did! DH and I have become OBSESSED with HP. I finally read all the books. Started the first one back when the school year started. I figured as a librarian I should probably read them.... And then I got SUCKED IN. I finished the last one about a month ago. I would read one, then we'd watch the movie. DH got so hooked that he actually read the last one as well so he'd know what happened. And he's an official uber dork b/c he owns a Slytherin scarf because he's got some man love for Snape. And trust me, this summer when we go for my bday, we are totally hitting up some HP World. Mickey will just have to suck it up. I'm gonna cheat on him for a day.
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That's just the first thing that popped into my head when I read that 
Boo to that. Since I am overly obsessive, I continued to check the AP website weekly to see if anything changed. Lo and behold, a few weeks ago, it did 
We scored a great AP rate and I'm telling you, it helps to pull it up on the web before you call. The web showed me getting the AP rate every night of our stay but the lady on the phone quoted me a cost that had our Friday night still at full price. So after telling her nicely "No, I'm looking at it right now" she magically was able to find it under a different code... Sometimes I wonder...
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...Is Disney trying to send people to Universal for the HP opening???
I would like to see it but that is many, many years down the road...by then it may be sometthing else....GOLLY have I gone off topic here...Can't wait to read about your ADR's!
Our 3 princesses LOVE the RED SOX!!!!
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And trust me, this summer when we go for my bday, we are totally hitting up some HP World. Mickey will just have to suck it up. I'm gonna cheat on him for a day.
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