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4-Day Park Hopper Pass Special Purchase Get them for $10.00 less than Disney charges at their site! It comes with all the bells and whistles of a normal 4-Day Park Hopper, but it expires 14 days from its first use. However, for people who plan on going just 4 days, it's a great deal. This pass is only available for advance order purchasing. 4-Day Park Hopper Plus Pass Our ticket agent writes: "I have acquired the new Disney 4-Day Park Hopper Plus Pass. It is not sold at the gate or AAA. You get 1 "plus" day for the Water Parks or Pleasure Island. It has no expiration date." You must purchase this pass in advance. So order early! Our agent also has great prices on tickets to other popular attractions in Florida. "I thought I knew all the tips for saving money at WDW, even being a member of the Magic Kingdom Club for over 15 years, but just learning about [your ticket agent] saved our family over $300!!! Thanks." Janet Handy, Bel Air, MD Details on how to purchase these special passes will be provided with your Disney access codes as soon as you join our Disney family.
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News From Around The "World" Walt Disney World, Florida "Effective immediately, Government Taxes and Fees paid to Port Canaveral have increased $.78 for all sailings departing from Port Canaveral on and after Jan. 1, 2005. ... Effective immediately, the Government Taxes and Fees paid to Costa Maya are increasing $.33 for all new and existing alternate Western Itinerary reservations." (Source: Promotional email from Disney Cruise Line®, 10/26/04) New attractions coming to WDW:
Soarin' at Epcot Stitch's Great Escape opens November 16, but Disney will allow the public to see the new attraction before then. "Stitch's Great Escape is really a reworking of the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, which opened in 1995 and closed last October. Stitch has a nearly identical story line -- an alien gets loose and seems to clamber through the audience -- and will use many of the same sets and special effects as the earlier attraction." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 10/25/04) For the rest of the story, click here. Stitch explores the Magic Kingdom in Stitch’s Escape Game. Windows users can download it for free here. -------------------------------- Disneyland, California Cary Sharp, an attorney from Baton Rouge, La., bid $37,400 to have a tombstone bear his name at the Haunted Mansion. "On Oct. 28, Sharp and a guest will be spirited away from Baton Rouge to Disneyland® park in time for a midnight "wake" and "burial" ceremony, officially placing the tombstone in the graveyard of the Haunted Mansion." (Source: Promotional email from Disneyland® Resort, 10/26/04) "Guests visiting the popular Innoventions attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California now have the opportunity to experience the TiVo® service first-hand by participating in a live demonstration. It was designed to give visitors to the Disneyland Resort a closer look at some of the features unique to the TiVo service, as well as explain how it changes the way people watch TV and enjoy digital entertainment... Visitors will be shown how specific features work, including the ability to pause and rewind live TV, set-up Season Pass(TM) recordings, and locate future programming using powerful TiVo search capabilities." (Source: TiVo Inc., 10/26/04)
Are You Suffering Withdrawal From WDW? You know ... that empty feeling you get when you arrive back home from your vacation at WDW and realize it may be a while before you experience that Disney magic again? We have had that feeling ourselves many times. Yet, we always seem to feel better when we read about the experiences of others who share their trip reports with us. It's almost like being there again. We invite you, our readers, to send us some feedback about your experiences during your latest vacation at WDW. Reports on Disney weddings, honeymoons, cruises, and resort vacations on and off Disney property are all welcome. Send your email to: johngross@affordabledisney.com . Thanks!
Beth, our travel agent, sent us her Halloween trip report: Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party "None of us (three adults and two children, ages 5 and 6) had done this event before and really didn't know what to expect. First of all, the Magic Kingdom was really all decked out for this. They even had orange spot lights on the trees as you approached the Magic Kingdom, and a thick blanket of "fog" creeping into the area. Inside the gates, pumpkins and haystacks and Halloween balloons were everywhere, and the park music for the evening was Halloween-appropriate. We arrived right about 7:00 as the party officially started, and we were all given small black and orange trick-or-treat bags as we entered. The candy locations were clearly marked with giant green balloon-like things, and there were plenty of these stations all over the park, but for the most part the candy was pretty disappointing. We got a lot of Jolly Ranchers and Starburst Fruit Chews. Tweedle Dum took a liking to my daughter and showered her with tiny boxes of Junior Mints and bite-sized Nestle chocolate bars, but that's about as good as it got. In other words, don't bill this as an alternative to trick-or-treating at home. The vast majority of children were in costume, and a good number of adults were as well (although adults not in costume were numerous enough that you couldn't really go wrong either way). HINT: Don't bring hand-held props (like magic wands or light sabers) because you need your hands for other things, and because children tend to flail their props around, making them a potential safety hazard. Also, be sure costumes fit loosely enough so as not to hamper getting on and off attractions. The parade was done twice, but we only watched the first one. We grabbed a great spot on the wall in Frontierland about ten minutes before the starting time of the parade - and then we waited, and waited, and waited. The Headless Horseman rode through as the parade began at the foot of Main Street - and that was REALLY a wondrous thing to behold, given that the rider can't see a thing and it's up to the horse to get through the parade route at a gallop - but then it took a long time for the rest of the parade to catch up. It was worth the wait, though, despite it's shorter-than-normal length. Every costume and float that I saw was unique to what I've seen in other Disney parades. By the time we saw the 8:00 parade, it was time to go find a spot for the 9:15 fireworks. We raced through the square and then toward the Crystal Palace, cutting across Main Street and heading up to my favorite terrace for watching fireworks. If you go during the day you can see the wire that Tinkerbell flies on and it goes right over the tables and chairs of the Plaza Pavilion, but the terrace was closed and roped off! So we turned around and ran back a few steps to the outdoor seating area of Main Street's Plaza Restaurant. The dining terrace along the water is normally closed off for VIP fireworks viewing, but this night it wasn't and so we ran down and grabbed a table and five chairs. We were in place by 9:05, but the 9:15 fireworks didn't start until 9:20 so we found ourselves entertaining the children yet again. Finally, the fireworks started and they didn't disappoint. Tink didn't make her usual flight, but a witch decked out in green lights took her place, and the fireworks surrounding the MK were - as always - a sight to behold. Finally, we went back to doing attractions. The longest line of the evening was about 20 minutes at the Speedway, but otherwise the lines ranged from nonexistent to minimal. We accomplished six things in 90 minutes. We'd knocked out a few attractions prior to the parade as well, and out little darlings were beginning to get pooped. So, while there was still a good hour of party time to go, we headed for the exit. Apparently, other people had the same idea because there was a mass exodus heading down Main Street. It must have been WONDERFUL doing attractions that last hour, because almost everyone was gone by then! In short, I think this is a really fun thing to do if you're at WDW in October on one of the designated nights. If you've been to the Magic Kingdom numerous times then you can probably make this your one and only MK visit, and since the ticket costs just $32 for adults and $26 for kids (plus tax) if purchased in advance, it's a bargain compared to using a park hopper day to get in. If you've never been to the MK before or your children are small and will have a hard time with the 7 PM-midnight timing of the party, then you might still want to go because it's fun to see the characters in Halloween costumes, but you'll probably still need to go back for a half day or so at some point in your trip to finish up anything you didn't get to."
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