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The trip is coming together now. I will be in WDW Nov. 17-27. I looked into AoA and Port Orleans but I ended up booking POP Century for this extended trip. It was much cheaper (less points) than AoA or Port Orleans. For some reason the only rooms available to book with points were the suites at AoA. Flights are booked, all dining reservations are made (I'm sure I will drop a few of them in final planning stages) and now I am just counting down the days to book Fast Pass Plus. I am very excited! I really value your input and wanted to post an update. I welcome any tips or suggestions from you or other Disney veterans.

Official restaurant?

Thank you so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions.

I have considered Art of Animation but not Port Orleans. I guess price drove me to Pop. I looked and it isn't too much more for Art of Animation and Port Orleans is pretty reasonable too. Would French Quarter or Riverside be best in your opinion? Thanks for the suggestion though. I definitely trust your opinion so I will for sure go with Art of Animation over Pop now if I don't go the Port Orleans route.

Elissa, Thank you for your quick response! I had a feeling the downtime suggestion would come up. I do want the trip to be fun for them and not exhausting. I guess the main reason I would buy that ticket is the difference in price isn't that much (in Disney terms) and if we wanted to go to Epcot one evening or to MK for a few hours after hanging at the hotel or Downtown all day we would have that option. Is that foolish of me to think it is that easy to do?

I am planning to take my two daughters (7 and 9) to Disney World and stay onsite for around 8 days. Most likely my wife will not be going with us. I have not been since I was a child. I have done a lot of research on various planning sites as well as read trip reports and posts here. Here is the plan I have come up with so far, I am asking for critiques and suggestions: Travel to: Flight that arrives at MCO around noon, take Magical Express to resort Resort: Pop Century (fits budget and I like the fact that it has dedicated busses) Length of Stay: Arrive on a Wednesday and stay eight nights. So check out would be the following Thursday. Tickets: 8 or 9 day tickets with park hopper Travel from: Magical Express to MCO on Thursday on late evening flight If I have to take them when they are on a school break (which is most likely), what is the best time of year to do that? Spring break? Summer? Thanksgiving? Christmas? Any tips or suggestions (even on something I didn't specifically ask about) would be much appreciated.

I also received a survey. Mine didn't have anything regarding new rides. It was all questions related to the accident and if it affects my desire to come to the park and to ride rides.

Thanks! Yeah, I noticed them when I went back a few pages after posting. I am new to viewing the forum in this app and I had skipped to the last page to submit my test post. Looks like even though it gave me the error, my post edit did work. I only see one photo now. Initially it was showing me two.

In my previous test post I accidentally posted the image twice. When I tried to edit within Tapatalk, I got this error: Not sure if that is a problem on my end but figured I would share if it helps in any way.

I like this for keeping up on the forum from my iPhone. Thanks for the work you put into the site. This is the only coaster related image on my phone. My daughter during the interview for the Texas Giant Insane Coaster Wars shoot. That was a fun day!

I wish they would keep summer hours all year!

Yes please! Who would not want to be surprised by a werewolf Flanders jumping out of the bushes? "Rooooar... snort... snarl... diddley"

www.travelchannel.com/interests/outdoors-and-adventure/articles/top-5-killer-coasters Speaking of Texas Giant, look what Travel Channel listed as one of the "Top Five Killer Coasters" I'm surprised they did not remove the article since they did remove all instances of the Insane Coaster Wars: World Domination, Texas Giant clips from the site.

Thanks for the replies everyone! Something else came up so I won't be going this week after all. But I definitely need to get down there soon. I really want to ride iRat and I've heard mostly great things about the park.

I've never been to SFFT but I am thinking of going July 4 or 5. Does anyone know if either of those days would be better as far as crowd levels/wait times? My plan was to drive down and be there at opening (I have the Gold Pass for early entry) and ride everything without purchasing a Flash Pass. I know the Flash Pass would save time but is it absolutely necessary to hit all of the coasters in a day. I would love to ride iRat at least twice if not more. What would be an optimum plan of attack?

Thinking of Powersauce bars also made me think of Homer climbing Mount Murderhorn. Which made me think of how awesome it would be if Universal made a coaster themed to the Murderhorn. It could be like Expedition Everest except with Sherpas and the train could be themed to look like the frozen dead guy that Homer rode down the mountain. Oh well, a guy can dream I guess.

Do they sell Powersauce bars in the Springfield foodcourt?

New Texas Giant

At my most recent trip to Six Flags Over Texas, I overheard a guy in line telling all his friends about the "best coaster in the world." He says it is called Kingda Ka. According to him, it decapitated 15 people when it first opened because the "rafters" were too low so they had to go back and fix it. He then proceeded to point to the new Texas Skyscreamer and proclaim that it is, "like 100 feet tall and we have to ride it." Needless to say it was very amusing waiting in line behind that group.

Just downloaded. Very nice app!

Insane Coaster Wars: World Domination Premieres Sunday, June 9 at 8:30 pm ET/PT [youtu_be]http://youtu.be/-ExO6nlxx9Q[/youtu_be]

My two little girls got me into roller coasters. For as long as I can remember I desperately wanted to like roller coasters but I had a serious fear of them. Just being in a park that had coasters gave me anxiety. Before we had kids my only coaster experience as an adult was when my wife pressured me into riding the Steel Eel at Sea World San Antonio. Needless to say it didn't go well. We bought the on-ride photo because it was too hilarious to pass up. I looked like I was being tortured while her expression was pure joy. (I'm sure mostly from laughing at my pain more than the fun of the coaster) Fast forward to a few years ago. My oldest daughter who was in Kindergarten at the time received a free ticket to Six Flags over Texas. I did what any good dad would do and took the family to SFOT. My wife took her to ride everything she was tall enough to ride at the time (Shock Wave, Pandemonium, etc.) and I took our youngest to ride teacups, kiddy rides and the carousel. I knew I was in trouble when I finally built up the courage to take the little one on the Runaway Mine Train. While standing in line I decided to play a trick on her. Thinking she would share my fear of coasters I pointed to Mr. Freeze and told her that we were waiting to ride that. Well that backfired on me. Instead of being apprehensive she was overcome with excitement and then I had to explain that I was teasing her. She wasn't happy about that. She really wanted to ride Mr. Freeze. Even though I only rode the Mine Train that day it made me realize that I didn't want to miss out on all the fun of riding coasters and rides with my family. The next summer I bought season passes and began watching tons of POV videos (thanks TPR) and mentally preparing myself to conquer my fear. The first ride I conquered was Pandemonium, then the Shock Wave with my oldest daughter. Now we go all the time and I've ridden every coaster and ride in the park many times over and plan on taking coaster trips to ride as much as I can. My wife still can't believe that I am now the one pressuring her into riding coasters.

I was watching an Iron Rattler construction update on YouTube going through the comments and this one jumped out at me. "Oh... This is disappointing- I thought it was a brand new rollercoaster, but they just replaced an already awesome rollercoaster with another."

Rode Shock Wave at SFoT this past Friday.

I received a response within an hour or so of sending the email. Maybe I just got lucky. If you haven't received a response yet send another friendly email to inquire.