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| Wed, 09-15-2010 - 10:00am |
I think we need a little fluff :)
1. Have you/Will you decorate(d) for the fall?
2. Have you started any Holiday shopping yet?
3. What is one food (or drink) that you look forward to when the weather gets cooler?
Bonus (it was a discussion at work yesterday and wondered others opinions):
4. If you were able to have an inheritance for your children (or maybe you have already experienced this with your own family), and you were able to live comfortably and was not relying on that money to survive, would you rather spend the money while you are alive and watch your children enjoy the money now or would you rather have it given to them when you died?
Edited 9/15/2010 10:24 am ET by harvardgrad

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"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl Sagan
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl S
And you had to eat Disney food to save money.
Somehow you are not seeing that she *wanted* to do what she did, and saving money was a side effect, just like you inexplicably want to eat a week's worth of Disney food, and save money as a side effect.
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl Sagan
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl S
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl Sagan
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl S
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl Sagan
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl S
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl Sagan
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl S
I thought this was too good to be true, so I had to look it up.
A 3 night package with no dining plan for 2011 costs $1359.
A 3 night package with dining like the one you mentioned (for 2011) costs $1809.
This means the dining is not free, it costs $450. You have to add up all of your meals and subtract that to see how much you saved.
Here's my source, if you care.
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/vacation-packages/compare/
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl Sagan
"It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of men."
-Carl S
“Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
Scratching my head here. I've traveled a lot. We usually do a summer and winter vacation with my family of five.
I don't think I've ever spent $900 for food for a week's vacation, never mind saving that amount. (Well, maybe, if you include alcohol that last trip with 2 teens...)
In her defense, Disney offered several packages over the last year where the dining plan *was* thrown in free. Like everyone else, Disney is having a hard time finding customers with money, so they've offered a lot of upgrades and no-cost add ons to sweeten the deal.
Now, there's no way in hell I'm saying Disney lost money on these packages. But you won't make ANY money if you can't get people in the parks.
We had a great time last winter, but there are clear signs even in "The Happiest Place on Earth" that times are tough.
First and foremost--we were able to get a 2 bedroom condo at Saratoga Springs for only $100 more per person (8 of us for 9 nights) compared to the same length of stay at Port Orleans. Translation: Disney's trying to fill rooms--offer a major upgrade to customer at a moderate resort, then offer the moderate resort at a big discount to people at the discount resorts, and then offer the discount resorts at a big discount to the general public. Cruise lines do the same thing (which is why John and DIL got a $200 upgrade from a veranda cabin to a veranda suite on their cruise next month).
Secondly--and I say this as someone who has ALWAYS gone to Disney in the off-seasons--better than half the gift shops and quick-stop food stands were closed in every single park we visited. And if there hadn't been at least 10 different tour groups of students from South America the entire time we were there, the parks would have been all but deserted. (Seriously, the students made up about 25% of the park attendees on every day except weekends).
It got to the point where we were not only able to recognize 2 separate and distinct groups of students because we'd seen them so often/visited the same attractions simultaneously, but *they* recognized *us* (And a couple of them took time out of some boring line waiting to amuse my DSGS when he began to get a bit fractious.) Again, I say this as someone who has always visited the parks in the off-season--when attendance is down enough that unrelated bunches of tourists begin to bond, it's significant.
Kitty
"Jackie Kennedy would not have camel toe"--Tim Gunn
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"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .
Interesting.
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