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  1. Ralph&Pam

    Spam popups

    I’m seeing the Norton pop-up on my iPad, Safari, iPadOS 17.4.1. Started yesterday.
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    Alamo pre check with another driver

    When you do precheck for skip the counter, you will provide DL information for the extra driver. Then the person at the exit kiosk will verify both licenses, along with the credit card on file.
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    Flying from Miami after PC Cruise

    Rental car pickup after a PC cruise is different from doing an airport pickup. For one thing, they don’t really have any special pickup options for members of their affinity programs, like Alamo Insider or Budget Fastbreak. Cannot speak to Avis or Hertz in this regard, since we’ve only used hose...
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    Holding yor reservation?

    A DVC stay is prepaid in the sense that the points for the entire stay are already charged whether or not you use the room the first night. This is different from booking a hotel stay where you might only be charged for a single night of a no show, with the rest of your rEservation canceled...
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    First Disney Cruise - Tipping?

    We do this every cruise. The GS crew are very familiar with the process, and are glad to help someone increasing the gratuities. It makes a pleasant change from the cruisers coming by to remove gratuities.
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    Character breakfast?

    Our Fantasy 7-night Eastern in January, 2024 included a Pixar character breakfast. Advance reservations, multiple seating times on two of the sea days.
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    Riesling Bottle Pricing Through MDR

    Duplicate post.
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    Riesling Bottle Pricing Through MDR

    I used to get one of the wine packages, but have switched to purchasing individual bottles. The package pricing is such that only the most expensive wines on the package lists save any money. Also, the last time I had a package, when I tried to order one of those, it was out of stock, and the...
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    Palo Dinner Question

    Yes, it was because you did a la carte. The gratuity is included in the $50 prix fixe menu (and also in the $50 brunch pricing), but the 18% autogratuity is added for all items not part of the prix fixe pricing. That includes all alcohol yand bottled water as well as the a la carte food you...
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    Rope Dropping EPCOT - International Gateway

    That would be a nice improvement. In practice, they have reduced parking at the BW during ongoing room renovations, taking up spaces for trailers of materials, etc. When we were there for a week at the end of January/beginning of February, I could not find a parking space for our rental on two...
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    Palo Dinner Question

    I don’t see any problem with this myself, since they have the a la carte menu options. They will add the 18% autogratuity. You may add additional gratuity for your server if you choose to do so. We have always had exemplary service for our Palo meals, and add extra to reflect that fact.
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    Best under seat backpack?

    I like some of the Rick Steves daypacks/backpack options: https://www.ricksteves.com/shop. Just got an email that there’s currently a sale, so some possible savings.
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    Vero Beach before Cruise out of Port Everglades

    We find staying at VB prior to a Port Canaveral cruise is a great way to start a vacation. If we were sailing out of Port Everglades, we would consider doing that as well. It would simply take an earlier departure from the resort to drive down to either the FLL airport or the port, depending on...
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    They are here! (Summer 2025 I mean)

    Sailing distance. There’s a reason they are considered distant foreign ports for purposes of the Passenger Vessel Service Act.
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    Can we "carryon" the DCL transfer?

    This has never been a problem putting carry-on bags under the bus and then retrieving them at the port. In fact, the typical roller-style carry-on may not even fit in the overhead rack or at your feet inside the bus.
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    Rope Dropping EPCOT - International Gateway

    If “that bakery” is the Boardwalk Bakery, be aware that it is now the Boardwalk Deli. The Cake Bake Shop that will (someday) replace the ESPN location is so far behind schedule in its renovation that I would not count on an opening date in 2024.
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    Citricos, Flying Fish, the Boathouse, Narcoosees or other

    Usually hard to to wrong with any of these, although a bad server can make a great restaurant seem quite ordinary. We avoid FF only because they have very limited gluten free choices that are not seafood. DW avoids most seafood by choice and all gluten by necessity. We find all of the others to...
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    Avis Shuttle post Disney Cruise

    Having queued for over an hour to pick up a rental car at one of the port locations in January, that’s probably a good thing😀. We had also waited between 30 and 45 minutes in a queue at the port to catch the shuttle. If you usually use one of the skip-the-line rental affinity programs at...
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    Prepaid gratuities

    We always prepay, then add extra at Guest Services and get reprinted tip slips for the envelopes. I only use cash onboard to tip for room service, since anything else where we would tip an additional amount can be taken care of on the charge slips. I usually increase the 18% autogratuities for...
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    Internet / Ring Doorbell

    I know the Ring app works with the mid-tier internet package, since that’s what DW gets. We only pay for one device. She disconnects and I connect to check email and recorded videos once a day. I don’t know if it works with the base package, since we never get that one. She gets the Ring alerts...
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