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  1. mel2014

    Bang for your Buck

    I think it's something like $1.00 for two flour tortillas.
  2. mel2014

    Bang for your Buck

    We do one of the platters at Rancho Del Zocalo and ask for additional tortillas, then use the side of rice and beans to make up additional mini burritos. We also like to do the soup or mac and cheese in a bread bowl from Aunt Cass cafe, ask for the soup in a cup and get lots of extra butter...
  3. mel2014

    Hotel recommendations for DL races

    For how many people and what are the priorities? Just a place to sleep or want some amenities? The hotel rates are insane for that weekend between the combination of Halloweentime and the race. I currently have reservations for both the Clarion and the Comfort Inn because they were within what...
  4. mel2014

    Candy Cane Inn Room Types

    This is probably an unpopular opinion, but the post-renovation prices at Candy Cane Inn are ridiculous to me (for the Halloween RunDisney weekend, it appears they're over $300 per night). It is ultimately still an exterior corridor motel with a continental breakfast. If proximity is a concern...
  5. mel2014

    Hotels with the comfiest beds within 10 min walk?

    It's a little farther away than 10 minutes, but the "Heavenly" beds at the Element were truly great.
  6. mel2014

    Hotel for 6 adults?

    If bunk beds work, the Best Western Raffles has a two-room suite with two queens and full bath in one room and bunk beds and a sofa bed with a second full bath in another room. Even better, the dual sinks for each bathroom are outside of the toilet/shower room, so you can feasibly have 6...
  7. mel2014

    Element Anaheim Convention Center

    We stayed there last September and had a great stay. The breakfast was expansive (my only gripe is that it doesn't start early enough on weekends), beds were very comfortable, room was great overall. The walk was totally manageable and in many ways better than some of the hotels south on Harbor...
  8. mel2014

    CA residents, a question

    We got ours via direct deposit a week or so ago.
  9. mel2014

    Stovall’s vs Element

    How many days total are they staying? Having a separate space where kids can nap and parents can veg (or kids can watch Youtube TV while parents nap :)) would be huge to me. The theme park view rooms are away from I-5 so there shouldn't be any road noise (there are very few rooms directly...
  10. mel2014

    Element Anaheim Resort & Convention Center

    Yes, we stayed there in September in the king/bunk suite. The bunk beds are a standard twin size. My 5'6" daughter had no issue sleeping in one, though both of my kids found the metal ladder uncomfortable to climb up and down. I will point out that there is no door or other divider between the...
  11. mel2014

    OVERWHELMED--1 day with Hopper in Oct.

    I can share a suggested itinerary based on recent visits with a headliner approach (note, it's hard to fill until 1 at DCA): Rope Drop Guardians, try to book a Genie+ for Guardians with a 9:30-10:30 return time Head to Pixar Pier -- do Toy Story, then Incredicoaster (you'll probably be able to...
  12. mel2014

    Hotel with two bathrooms?

    I'm pretty sure the two bedroom suites at Home2Suites have two full bathrooms, plus a living area/kitchenette. But I don't think they have very many, so they're very hard to book.
  13. mel2014

    Time from M&F to park

    We may have hit it at a bad day/time, but the one and only time I've parked in the M&F friends parking structure, it took us over an hour from the time we got in the toll booth line until we were in the park -- the wait to pay took forever (20+ minutes), parking was very quick, security was...
  14. mel2014

    Offsite Fireworks Viewing

    Top level of the Mickey and Friends parking garage has good views. Fun to see the fireworks over Galaxy's Edge from there.
  15. mel2014

    Later Entry Worth It?

    Last Friday my in-laws didn't get into the park until 6:00 pm. We didn't bother with Genie+ based on the time and their interests. Even though they move slowly (herding 10 people is hard), we were still able to ride the omnibus down Main Street, do the castle walkthrough, enjoy a leisurely...
  16. mel2014

    DCA early entry question

    When we were there last Friday, we went to Guardians first. Far more people made Webslingers their first stop. We got off Guardians at 7:43 and headed to Webslingers. We were in the pre-show room almost instantly. We were off the ride by 7:57 and were still able to get ahead of the rope drop...
  17. mel2014

    Magic band plus- confirmed news from Disney.

    So my observation from visiting last weekend is that they recently "upgraded" the LL scanners, presumably in preparation for MB+, and they broke them for those of us using phones to scan multiple tickets. I used to be able to put my phone in the scanner and swipe left after the green light to...
  18. mel2014

    Candy Cane Inn reopening date?

    For us the cancellation proved a blessing in disguise. We really enjoyed our stay at the Element Anaheim this last weekend. The staff were helpful, the rooms were large, our kids were happy to have their own beds, it was great to have two areas in the room, even without a door between them, and...
  19. mel2014

    Early Entry - monorail or main gate?

    We were there for early entry last Friday and Saturday, arriving at the gates around 7:15-20 and were maybe 15-20 people back from our respective gate. They started pre-scanning the first few people around 7:25 and opened up the turnstiles promptly at 7:30. Both days we saw the first monorail...
  20. mel2014

    Need Grand Californian Room details please...

    We were at the Grand Californian last weekend visiting my in-laws who were staying there and I hunted for a microwave to re-heat some pizza. The mousekeeping crew told me the microwaves are only in the ice/vending areas in the main section of the hotel near the lobby. The ice/vending room in the...




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