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Checking in to BLT today! Is an ADR required to visit another resort? Is eating at the resort's counter service reason enough?

8:51am by danemall

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If you place a mobile order at Captain Cooks, the security guard will allow you to park.

12 min ago by NYGIANTMickeyFan

Thank you! We have an ADR for Whispering Canyon but would prefer to spend less at Roaring Fork or the new place by the water. Will the guards let us park at WL without the WC ADR?

8 min ago by danemall

No definitive answer. The rules are that you must have a reservation in order to be allowed in. The Poly gate guard was more flexible (but we had the order placed for CC). Yesterday we went to WC, on a ressie made an hour prior. He checked our id &

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What time to arrive at HS with a 10am open to avoid some of MMRR wait? Assume that's best one to line up for to avoid wait later?

10:38pm on 8/10/20 by goldenkah2

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How are you getting there? And where are you staying? The parking lot opens between 9:10-9:15. They've been letting cars line up starting at 9:00 I believe. I think skyliner starts up around 9:00 too.

11:43pm on 8/10/20 by sixarfun

The park is opening before 10:00 so that arriving guests aren't massing up while waiting for tapstiles to open.

12:03am by sixarfun

Driving/parking.

7:02am by goldenkah2

We Uber'd to HS...in the park by 9:30. went to ToT family rode ToT while I waited to get boarding pass. BG 7. Did MMRR 2x that day actual wait time posted on lines app very accurate. Don't get tied into MMRR 1st lots of people headed that way early...

7:20am by TWAndre

If I can get to park for arriving at 930, any reason to NOT go to MMRR first? Would assume that's shortest wait if leaving in afternoon.

7:45am by goldenkah2

IMHO if ur leaving early, go straight to MMRR. We were in park till close. Our first ride on MMRR was after lunch. posted WT was over 60 min. Actual WT was 35min.

7:51am by TWAndre

Opening week, we rode MMRR 7 times in our two days. We rode in the afternoons. Longest wait was the first time at 34 minutes, with a posted of 75. If afternoons are not possible, I would try to maybe mid morning unless there earlier.

8:14am by nerdycool

We arrived HS at 9:15 by resort bus. We were held at temp check until park open and went straight to MMRR and we were on the 2nd car. On and off by 9:50. Rode 2nd time in afternoon with 45min wait. If there early ride MMRR 1st, otherwise try mid morning.

8:27am by Pixie_Dusted

Is being inside MMRR a bad idea when trying to get BG? Planning to be in parking lot in about 15 minutes. But can't risk losing BG.

8:44am by goldenkah2

So plan at moment is MMRR immediately and hopefully off ride before 10, but if we don't.....does that hose ROTR

8:45am by goldenkah2

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I chose to not ride ToT to insure my connection was strong and not risk the building blocking signal. Flexibility is the key. Be 100% sure you can be off MMRR before 10am. that tip from 3 CMs last Friday. got to ride MMRR with no trouble and got BG7.

38 min ago by TWAndre

If your main goal is MMRR with less wait, i would say go later in the day. We are considering another day this week and would just go at 1:30 (to try for BG at 2) and hit rides with lower waits in afternoon / evening. Going at open we were cooked by 2

17 min ago by Neverlandian

Good info! Thanks

8 min ago by colodisneylover

The new Mickey Corelle is available today on the Corelle website!!

8 min ago by Time2gobackagain

Can someone give me a quick lesson on renting DVC? I'm planning a trip for next year/June. How does it work? What's a good point price? Resort suggestion for 8/9 people? We can do 2 rooms.

48 min ago by DZYVLN

**You can use agent, who acts as a middle man btw you and owner, or go to an individual owner and they will book it for you- disboards offers lots of rentals. More risk by going thru individual owner, but price is way less. Also, you can check

20 min ago by rapunzelRN

**confirmed reservations thru agencies for stays that have already been booked by an owner who can't go, so they're renting out that confirmed stay and it's usually a steal. May be last min and pay in full. Lots of deals to be had. To me, anything less

17 min ago by rapunzelRN

**than $18/p is a good deal bc agency's charge usually $19-22 to book for you at a specific resort. But you can find confirmed stays for as low as $8 like @Bozni did!! For 8-9 ppl, I'd choose the resort that has space. OKW may be good option.

13 min ago by rapunzelRN

https://dvcrequest.com/ ......... https://dvcrentalstore.com/discounted-points-confirmed-reservations/

12 min ago by rapunzelRN

Driving to Hilton Head and considering a stop in North Carolina- do you know if NC is requiring folks from NJ to quarantine? Not sure if I want to drive 12 hours (closer to 16 probably when you factor in stops and traffic...)

11:58pm on 8/10/20 by Totsypooh

"As of Aug. 4, there were no statewide (travel) restrictions in North Carolina" per the google.

12:05am by julie1218

In NC here...I do not believe that there is a quarantine for any out of state visitors here but you will want to crosscheck NJ regulations for quarantine when returning home for sure.

12:06am by ndnarchitect

We just went to Bald Head Island (in NC) and came from out of state. No quarantine was required.

12:19am by NapTownMom

Thanks very much! Yes I know there's a quarantine on the way back which is not a problem. We are still technically quarantining anyway. So staying home after won't be too big a difference

15 min ago by Totsypooh

Well obviously I missed the MM main attraction release this morning : (

20 min ago by 321itsme

Can you all enlighten me about Kimonos at the Swan? Can I takeout sushi there? Staying at the Boardwalk with a 4yo and it looks a little too fancy for us to eat at. Thanks!

2:22pm on 8/10/20 by melcort10

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We were there last week. Nice, but not as fancy as it looks! Plenty of kids there- a bunch of them did karaoke. Been a couple times and sushi is pretty good. Servers are great. We also saw them preparing several to-go sushi boxes!

5:54pm on 8/10/20 by JNDLTOT

Thanks, @Silly. Great food. They will definitely do carryout, and it is not fancy at all. Kid friendly.

7:30pm on 8/10/20 by cheftodd55

Make sure to report back & let us know what you thought of it. Hope you enjoy!

30 min ago by Fatty McButterpants

Am I missing something??? Isn't the new option of converting SW travel funds into points a huge benefit? Or am I misreading the no expiration and can be used for anyone part of points vs travel funds?

7:47am on 8/10/20 by Erinaadyn

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Did you get an email about this?

7:56am on 8/10/20 by I_LikeWarmHugs

This was announced in April for people with vouchers set to expire bw Mar 1 and mid-Sept. Travel funds got 2 year extension on expire date. Or convert to points. But the question is what is the conversion ratio? How many points will you get?

8:01am on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

And yes, you are correct, points do not expire and can be used to buy a ticket for anyone. I love using SW points. But using travel funds earns you points, which is nice.

8:04am on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

I wanna know too!

8:07am on 8/10/20 by satterleemary

There's a link on my SW account to transfer funds into points. For $184 I'm getting a little over 14,000 points

8:36am on 8/10/20 by Erinaadyn

Erinaadyn, I prefer points. For my last trip I bought points to use for flight, just in case I couldn't go- that way, Very Easy to get back into account and not worried about travel fund use by date

8:43am on 8/10/20 by 42 Wallaby Way

Oh my goodness, take the offer! A point is worth 1.5 cents. (Google thepointsguy.com for any/all info relating to SW points). So you are getting over $200 worth of points. Once you start using SW points, there's no going back.

9:12am on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

Best part of travel with points is that if you buy a ticket for someone else, then cancel, the points come back to you! If you pay cash then cancel, the credit is in their name, which is useless if they wind up never travelling.

9:14am on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

Is transferring funds to points available now?

9:26am on 8/10/20 by MarioMom

I was refunded EB In the form of a luv voucher . Can I transfer this to points ?

9:37am on 8/10/20 by bzdisney14

I don't know but it's worth a phone call to SW.

9:41am on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

@MarioMom yes, it looks like starting today you can convert eligible travel funds to a decent number of points. I took advantage quickly!

10:07am on 8/10/20 by jedichick

Hmm I'm seeing the same offer. My travel funds are good into 2022. Is the points benefit that you get a bit better value?

10:31am on 8/10/20 by LaurenInWonderland

Good SW info Thx!

10:43am on 8/10/20 by aem541

Points are refundable if canceled within half hour of flight. Allows you to continue to bargain shop for other flights on other airlines without worry of losing money.

10:54am on 8/10/20 by JackOfAll

So if you canceled in February or made changes to flights before the March date that gives you until 9/7/22 to use the funds, you can book a new flight and cancel in order to get the 2022 expiration date. The SW CS just helped me do this. She said it will

12:29pm on 8/10/20 by aem541

take 48 hrs to show 2022. This was the only way to save the money from my son's flight that was set to expire next month since I changed flights in February, before their new COVID-19 rules went into effect.

12:30pm on 8/10/20 by aem541

Thank you for posting. I just converted my funds to points.

1:23pm on 8/10/20 by pdes70

Here's a quick explainer: https://thepointsguy.com/news/southwest-introduces-funds-to-points-conversion/

1:36pm on 8/10/20 by Fatty McButterpants

Sfl

1:56pm on 8/10/20 by bargerstock

Be aware though, that if you keep the travel voucher with the expire date of 2022, if you USE that voucher to book travel that you later cancel again, the new cancel date will be one year from booking.

2:00pm on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

To be clear, you have travel funds with the new, lovely Sept 2022 expire date. You use that voucher on 12/1/20 to book travel. But you have to cancel that too. New expire is 12/1/2021. It does not reset to 2022.

2:02pm on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

Also, if the funds you are converting are in your child's name, the points will be in your child's name. But you can use child's points to book travel for anyone. I've used DD's points to get myself a ticket, not her.

2:06pm on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

Sfl

2:17pm on 8/10/20 by mitchell3m

Do my kids need a rapid rewards number to convert funds to points?

3:30pm on 8/10/20 by penguinmom98

Yes you would need to set up rapid rewards accounts for your kids in order to convert to points.

8:30pm on 8/10/20 by jks23

Perhaps not tech savvy, but all my kids' accounts have same password and easy user names. Easier for me. When they are older, they can change it. They also downloaded apps on their phones (once they had one) to be in charge of their own boarding passes.

8:54pm on 8/10/20 by Jennyhirsch

Sfl

8:55pm on 8/10/20 by vickiwaffles

Good info. Thanks.

10:17pm on 8/10/20 by gmcc

Thank you! I just transferred my travel funds to points. So much easier to manage.

12:43am by TxStitch

For those interested, the conversion is $1 of travel vouchers = 78 ff points. That's better than I would have gotten by cashing them in and getting the actual miles flown. Plus I can use them for my kids. Travel vouchers are only good for named traveler.

12:55am by JuniperMB

Just did the transfer to points as well-this was another liner pro tip that this was now an option-thanks!!

6:27am by pixiemama

Thank you for letting us know. Now I have over 50,000 points. Thursday I can get my next travel flights.

7:01am by Mickey020352

Can you do this online ? Or do I need to call ?

7:48am by bzdisney14

Online or app works

8:35am by pixiemama

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8:39am by SCHACmom

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53 min ago by hakunalafata

Thanks!

31 min ago by saving4disney

So, through David's dedicated reservations I scored a 2BR at AKL for $8/pt for Labor Day week. Came out to ~$250/nt and includes parking. Thought I'd let you all know there are some amazing deals during these uncertain times.

54 min ago by Bozni

Holy moly!

53 min ago by LZog

That is amazing!!!

44 min ago by rapunzelRN

Cool!

40 min ago by Fatty McButterpants

Wow, that is crazy! Enjoy!

31 min ago by saving4disney

Good morning Liner friends everywhere! So what would your RD plan be for an Epcot morning? Do you have a different breakfast strategy? How long til you put that plan into action?

5:27am by DumbosPal

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Good morning and have a magical day! 320 usually Mickey waffles from QS.

5:33am by disneydreams4

Good morning! EP day usually starts at IG with the walk to Soarin. Brekkie in hotel or on line at RD. On a lazier morning, tho, it's Les Halles for brekkie. Wouldn't mind that this morning. Happy Shmursday!

6:05am by WeHave2GoBack

Good morning @WeHave, I could go for a Les Halles brekkie myself this morning.

6:19am by DumbosPal

82 days. Good morning @Timmy and Liner friends! I would rope drop Les Halle's with @WeHave and @Timmy! Have a great day everyone.

6:25am by TacMed

Good Morning 9 to go! EPCOT RD will now consist of Garden grove breakfast and hitting all the food booths starting @ 11am!

6:52am by YCPrincess07mn

We RDed Soarin & the Land. It's so nice to ride everything in one area & then move on! Went to the countries next to get lunch and ended over by TT. But, TT was down by the end of the day and we didn't get to ride it so not sure that was a good strategy

7:00am by luvadole

123. I usually wake before 7 am. I may bring cereal. Epcot open in time for lunch. Poutine.

7:06am by gabmom

51, and being adults only going to wander world showcase and snack...maybe Remy will be open?

7:19am by gogonzogo

Morning all, 25 till we hit Epcot unless we decide to go sooner. We'll hit TT first due to reliability issues. Soarin second. Not huge breakfast people but an early Sunshine Seasons lunch is my favorite.

7:32am by luke35whelan

Good morning friends! We like to head straight to FEA!

7:34am by pod4christ

13. Epcot is definitely a little different now with the later opening. Being an early riser, breakfast is long complete by the time we head to the park. We will head to TT or Soarin and enjoy FW before WS. The lower crowds keep things easy.

7:48am by nerdycool

Morning, 342!!! Bkft in room, snack in Les Halles. Always start at Soarin....

8:12am by jbreen25

Morning! 278. Last trip there was a Chickfila next to our off site hotel. We stopped every morning and got a chicken biscuit and coffee to have while waiting for rope drop. Had Les Halles bfast planned for our cancelled trip and GG PPO is on bucket list

8:25am by jenc45

17! We will grab something small at boardwalk bakery and stroll crescent lake. Then head into IG and hit up all the food booths til we are stuffed silly.

8:27am by rapunzelRN

Morning! 3. I'm thinking F&W booths for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

8:28am by DuchessandBerlioz

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Good morning liners! We do pretty much the same as @rapunzel. Sometimes hit BW bakery the night before and save a pastry for breakfast so we can head straight to IG.

8:47am by mimimouse48

72 days. Maybe. Usually we'd eat breakfast at 9 in France. But with these hours I'd do breakfast on my balcony.

55 min ago by evamarie320

Good morning Liners.17 & 24 until our stays.10 until we go to EP. Touring EP can be one of multiple plans. We can run in in am, break, go back. Those days we like a stop after a few rides at LH. Or we can go in later (either late afternoon or evening).

37 min ago by NYGIANTMickeyFan

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