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"What's cookin'?" It's our DIL's birthday! She wanted a pool day and then brunch for dinner. Veggie frittata, sausage & bacon, a knock off Cracker Barrel cheesy hash brown casserole, fruit salad, homemade Belgian waffles, Canadian bacon sliders......

3 min ago by TacMed

.....Italian toast and mimosas too. A Lemon tart, sugar sprinkle cookies and ice cream as desserts. Share your Sunday dinner plans please.

1 min ago by TacMed

We will be taking friends in March who have never been to WDW before. Both are in their fifties and adults only trip. We have DVC and want opinions what hotel you think would wow a first timer the most?

11:49am by TriCircleTrio

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WL or Riviera. Both smaller with excellent food choices.

37 min ago by cdlla

The monrail and epcot resorts, also AKL. But they might like the openness of OKW or SSR too. Really cant go wrong! The new Poly Tower is gorgeous and very chill fireworks viewing

36 min ago by Totsypooh

Wilderness Lodge was our first deluxe many, many years ago, and I'm still awestruck when we visit there. Just gorgeous and detailed and perfectly Disney.

3 min ago by utang44

Rider swap times for Guardians and Tron are way off on touring plans. By like 30+ minutes

2:42pm by burner4444

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I didn't even realize Touring Plans estimated rider swap times. I'm not sure how they'd have the data for that.

35 min ago by utang44

As @youcan says, though, to share a concern with Touring Plans, you'll want to use the Contact link from the home button of this app to reach the TP team. We're just Disney lovers here in chat.

34 min ago by utang44

Are the times too long or short? I know Tron has been experimenting with internal rider swap which makes it WAY faster.

6 min ago by melcort10

Just returned home from 8 amazing WDW days. I don't post often but I've been on Lines for 15 years and this community makes every single trip richer and better. Thanks from my family (pictured) to yours! See you real soon! https://bit.ly/MyDisneyFam

1:12pm by dmwiggins

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Looking good @wigginsFam!

43 min ago by Ali Ababwa

Beautiful pic! Thanks for taking us along :)

39 min ago by cdlla

Awesome !

19 min ago by snelvis

Have you ever been to any animal kingdom level zoos before? What zoo was it and what made it awesome?

11:40am on 7/16/26 by RileysBirthday

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Nahtazu!

11:59am on 7/16/26 by evamarie320

When I travel I often visit the local zoos. One that sticks in my mind (not necessarily in the sense you mean) is Berlin, with historical photos of the zoo during WWII when bombing would free animals to menace the populace.

12:25pm on 7/16/26 by Ali Ababwa

The bear pits in Bern, Switzerland made an impression on me at 7 years old.... as did bullfights in Madrid.

12:27pm on 7/16/26 by Ali Ababwa

For the most attractive tourist destination zoo I'd have to go with San Diego.

12:29pm on 7/16/26 by Ali Ababwa

I love the Cincinnati Zoo.

12:30pm on 7/16/26 by TumbleMonkeys

^what makes it awesome are highly-themed environments, the fact that it's also a botanical garden, and also that it has a train. :-)

12:39pm on 7/16/26 by TumbleMonkeys

Agree with San Diego- had an optional safari type excursion when we went and giraffe feeding. Also love the NC zoo (that's where Dr. Mark is retiring too!) but no safari.

1:05pm on 7/16/26 by Tinkerminnie

I always thought the opening to Three's Company was at the San Diego zoo until I just rewatched it to post this link. Oops! https://youtu.be/OguGKIibA_I?si=qo1VuVgCB5qqvvD0

1:43pm on 7/16/26 by popupcamper

Bronx Zoo is pretty amazing. In addition to San Diego's, I hear there's a great one in Omaha.

2:06pm on 7/16/26 by JERancher

I took my young daughter to Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago every Tuesday for years. Tuesdays were free days. Loved it there!

2:10pm on 7/16/26 by snowdiz

To add to @Snowdiz, Brookfield is also free every day in January and February. It's cold but we have had amazing experiences - once they invited us in for a private dolphin training/reward session. 6 total people, just because we were walking by!

2:19pm on 7/16/26 by allanadale

Bronx Zoo and San Diego zoo are both great. And huge. For a smaller, but still impressive zoo sis say Denver, Washington DC, Philly, and West Palm Beach.

2:26pm on 7/16/26 by evamarie320

Sis say=I'd say

2:26pm on 7/16/26 by evamarie320

Bronx zoo NY

2:29pm on 7/16/26 by WorldTraveler34

The St. Louis Zoo is one of the top in the country. And it's always free admission. There are charges for extras-train, petting zoo,, etc. I like it a lot.

2:54pm on 7/16/26 by BriarRosy

^^^And the surrounding area has some fantastic places to eat and drink

3:09pm on 7/16/26 by MOJoe

Our zoo (Brevard) tends to be rated in the top 10ish. We are fairly small, so I think it's the focus on conservation and rehabilitation. We are the area's manatee, sea turtle, and black bear recovery center.

5:56pm on 7/16/26 by moondance07

Can we switch gears slightly to aquariums because the Georgia Aquarium is one of the most impressive places, I adore it on so many levels!

6:25pm on 7/16/26 by LaurenInWonderland

Big fans of the St Louis Zoo and the Brevard zoo. We have family in St Louis, so always go when we visit. And we did the Brevard zoo on a non-Disney Florida trip and loved it. The kids always ask to go back.

9:28am on 7/17/26 by RememberWhen

NC Zoo in Asheboro is terrific! "The world's largest natural habitat zoo," according to their promo materials.

9:46am on 7/17/26 by ferbtones

Henry Doorly in Omaha is usually at the top of most lists. An indoor jungle, desert dome, huge aquarium with a tunnel and so much more

10:39am on 7/17/26 by fantasiapirate

Natazu. City Museum in St Louis walkable from the Arch was fabulous adventure. Lots of climbing and tunnels to crawl through. Hard to explain but it is really cool. We went on a Saturday that turned into Adults hours later at night

2:08pm on 7/17/26 by Magicalday2011

Grew up going to Cincinnati zoo. Took DD11 there when she was little. Huge variety of animals while having many family friendly experiences.

2:36pm on 7/17/26 by WildernessPixie

High five, @wilderness!

2:47pm on 7/17/26 by TumbleMonkeys

High five back @Tumble! :)

3:12pm on 7/17/26 by WildernessPixie

Love the NC Zoo in Ashboro. It's very spread out tho, so you'll get your steps in:)

3:54pm on 7/17/26 by vmorrison63

Agree @VMorrison! San Diego was cool too!

5:25pm on 7/17/26 by koolaid

I'm in NC, so I kinda have to say Asheboro. We haven't been since 4.5 was 1...might need to go again when it cools down.

6:02pm on 7/17/26 by ejhnstn

@magicalday the City Museum is really hard to explain bc it's not a museum but super fun! We love the STL zoo but the Omaha zoo is next level

7:04pm on 7/17/26 by AreWeThereYeti

Columbus, OH!! Was there for a wedding recently and had time for the zoo. Beautiful habitats for the animals, and the way they have some set up, can get really close (e.g., cougars).

8:16pm on 7/17/26 by WDWJabberwock

Tampa Zoo is amazing

10:38am by Elaine5715

St. Louis has so many incredible things including the zoo. We live there when the kids were little up to age 14. Had a yearly pass to city Museum and I would encourage everyone to visit. Eat on the Hill

11:33am by snelvis

We live in STL and the zoo is superb and FREE! 10 out of 10 we don't even go to other zoos when we are visiting other cities because we tried and none of them are nearly as good

11:46am by TriCircleTrio

Bronx & Sandiego are both really beautiful. I went to Philly zoo as a kid and thought it was great then when I had DD it was just sad. Honolulu Zoo is in process of getting Pandas. Really Enjoyed Corumbin Sancuary in Australia. DD enjoys Central Park zoo.

12:54pm by irenek

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I love my local zoo.She may be tiny but she's mighty! You can ride the train, get a dolewhip, feed the giraffes & watch the monkeys fight. You can walk the boardwalk & play in the splash pad.there are themed areas accd to the animals

3:05pm by newbiemousefan

Weve been members of the bronx zoo (including central park, prospect part, Ny aquarium and queens zoo) for about 13 years now. Im loathe to let it go bec its a legacy membership and the kids loved it. The halloween and Xmas events are fun

38 min ago by Totsypooh

@magicalday My Dad installed the pipe organ in the caves at City Museum so that place is very special to me. :) The creativity and talent of the staff there really blow my mind. Recommend to all. Oh and for the OP, the STL zoo is amazing.

33 min ago by sunshinedaydream

140 days to go. Good morning Liner friends! How many days remain until you are back in the "World"?

6:29am by TacMed

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75 and 299

1:05pm by cobia

153, 245, and 336! Happy Sunday!

2:30pm by MicheleandtheBeast

47!

2:43pm by herri

Advice on hotel before sailing from Port Everglades? We have 1 extra day so a nice pool would be a plus. I have Marriott point to cover Harbor Beach, but traveling with others who do not...

12:50pm by Deviemb

Is that fort lauderdale? We've just booked 2 nights at Hyatt place as DH got a good deal w his membership for a 2 night stay & he's keen to have a day there pre cruise

1:43pm by hodg

The Renaissance is right at the port entrance, has a pool and is a Marriott property.

2:38pm by MOJoe

Is there an updated list from touringplans about which days of the week are best for each park in the summer?

4:37pm on 2/6/26 by Chrissy-T

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I believe that TP also now includes this info on each park page. For example, Hollywood Studios: https://touringplans.com/hollywood-studios It is amazing the data TP is now publishing.

9:43am by PrincipalTinker

I don't like when 3 of the 4 parks have Wed as best day to visit and Sat as day to avoid, lol. Guess I can fill in the blanks in btwn :)

11:12am by cdlla

I just ignore all that days of the week info. Only thing I pay attention to is whether there's an early closure due to an event! And that's so I can go to that park to take advantage of lighter crowds during the day.

2:08pm by utang44

Yesterday we decided we wanted to go to BarRiva (at RR) for dinner. We spent the day at AK so taking a bus there (because we wouldn't be able to drive there because BR is a walk ups only restaurant) wouldn't work because AK closed at 7 & we knew we...

8:54am by irenek

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... wouldn't be able to get back to AK to get our car. Parking at DHS we we wouldn't be able to get back to our car there because park closed at 9. Epcot was out because we wouldn't be able to get back to our car, MK was out because we would have to...

8:56am by irenek

... monorail/ferry from TTC then bus then do reverse to get back to our car. So to resolve all of this we made an ADR at Topo, ate dinner at BR and planned to go to Topo for dessert. When we told CM at Topo we just wanted dessert she said "just sit in...

8:58am by irenek

... the lounge, "we have an abridged menu tonight" (kitchen issues-we thought maybe it was concerns with parasites...) that worked great. BR had plenty of tables Cm said they are getting much fewer guests because of DS bus restrictions. Solution-...

9:01am by irenek

...let AP holders (whose ticket includes free parking) to park at moderate and value resorts because obviously they are there to spend $ and not using resort transportation to get to parks. At 7SL transportation to resorts is simple with Monorail at ...

9:08am by irenek

... BW area resorts parking and walking/boat is easy. If they are really trying to keep people from not paying for parking this would work. Then DS parking wouldn't be filled up all day be off site park guests trying to get free parking

9:12am by irenek

I know, right?! I've been thinking the same thing.

9:29am by FriendsWithTheMonster

That sounds crazy to me. So tons of people were randomly parking at DS and using the busses to go get food at resorts? Like in a countable number? That just would never occur to me, because it seems such an out of the way path to take from point A to B.

9:52am by utang44

I think it could work to allow APs parking access at resorts to dine or visit, as long as there is ample parking for that resort's actual guests.

9:54am by utang44

But as a resort guest (and an AP), I'd hope that allowing that privilege would not create the chaotic mess of people accessing the beignets at FQ that I saw on two visits this year.

9:55am by utang44

I wish they would just install an equivalent outlet for Tiana's Beignets outlet at DS and solve the problem by oversupply.

10:18am by Ali Ababwa

That's why I said "at moderate/value only" because they seem to have (for some reason) far more parking than any of the deluxe resorts (maybe because many deluxe are convention resorts and many rooms/cars are occupied by individuals rather than families)

10:39am by irenek

...plus nearly all deluxe (not all) are accessible by boat(monorail)

10:41am by irenek

@utang, I don't think "tons" are going to Bar Riva but they said there definitely been affected by the change. I was surprised to even get a seat on a Saturday)

10:43am by irenek

@utang Disney's problem is, it doesn't really know how many people getting on a resort bus at Springs are going for food, or to take a different bus to the parks. And yes, apparently this was a measurable problem (I think Len said they counted 20%)

11:15am by allanadale

Setting up a check at every hotel is labor intensive, so best to set the check up at Springs and deal with the lost revenue. And also to do it loudly - a show of force of sorts to warn off anyone who might give it a try.

11:17am by allanadale

I think Magicbands allow Disney to track crowd flows with incredible accuracy and they know within a very few percentage points exactly where people go.

11:18am by Ali Ababwa

I just looked at transcripts of Disney Dish to find what % people on bus not guests that @len counted. Can't find it. But iirc it was 30-40%!! I thought DS parking couldn't possibly be a big strategy. But apparently WDW is right to restrict!

11:31am by evamarie320

I've been blown away by the stories about non paying guests using the facilities (bday parties?!) I had no idea this was such a big issue. I'm pleased by the crack down

12:22pm by VikeQueen

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It was @eva, I believe that 40% was prior to the enforcement and after it was still around 20%. I was stunned!

12:42pm by youcanfly

@allanadale, I was 100% in favor of the DS change, having been unable to use the boats from FQ at least three times on our recent trip due to miles-long lines. I just would think many more people are accessing the parks via that route than resorts.

2:05pm by utang44

@irene, I'll have to try BR sometime. We always just end up eating at PP because we love it so.

2:07pm by utang44

I just read on FB that CR recently started sharing buses with Poly instead of WL due to construction. Does anyone know how long this will be for and who gets picked up/dropped off first/last? TIA!

9:30am by missWishes

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been.

12:21pm by gmcc

So, in the meantime, Poly and CR are still a quick bus ride away. I would prefer NOT sharing busses among those resorts, but the flip side is longer waits and gaps between bus rounds.

12:22pm by gmcc

Until the road construction is finished, there's no other resort closely connected to GF, so it makes sense that they get their own, non-shared bus for a while. I hope they don't link GF to WL: that would be awful.

12:25pm by gmcc

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