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    Dining Reservation Rush

    Worth a mention that you can try for Trader Sam's walk-up, but even if you get that with a not-too-long wait, there's slim to no chance of getting inside (which is what most people want because of all the fun interactive stuff and decor). Instead, if there's any availability, you'll be sitting...
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    Dining Reservation Rush

    Oh my god, I got mine at exactly 6am PST and by 6:03 all reservations for the entire day were gone.
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    DCA Food & Wine Festival 2023 Superthread - Read First Post for Updates - Now Updated with Full Menus

    First-timer here. Very disappointed in just about every aspect. The fact that there's all of one cider (guava??) is just adding insult to food injury. Showed this to a California friend and he was shocked at how uninspired the wine selections were, based on what they have readily available in...
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    Mini day trip FROM Anaheim?

    With the train trip on top of the destination, this is a really good idea! Actually his first and only other trip to Southern California was a huge cross-country one in the 60s that he has fond memories of! Thank you, everyone, for the suggestions!
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    Mini day trip FROM Anaheim?

    If someone were skipping a park day and wanted to go solo to something that could be reached via an Uber in (without much traffic) no more than 45 minutes, and not in LA, what would you recommend? I know this puts a lot of beach towns in play, but I'm not familiar with non-LA inland areas. (Solo...
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    Are ANY of the dining packages/desert parties worth it?

    Thank you for this! This is the dining package we're gonna be doing and I'm excited!
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    Where to stay in the LA area, post-DLR

    I was scanning around on the map and suddenly went oh my god I forgot to put Walt Disney Studios on my list! I had been thinking of the others, but that one had escaped me, despite the fact that we'll also be at DL on this trip! 🤦‍♀️
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    Where to stay in the LA area, post-DLR

    I have a friend from LA who's been helping me find hotels for us. One of the areas she recommended in general - in terms of good vibe, walkable to places to eat, safe, etc, was Studio City/Toluca Lake/Burbank, which happens to be where Universal is! Google tells me it's a half hour to LAX...
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    Where to stay in the LA area, post-DLR

    I've found this isn't the case! There are actually tons of places with free or lower-cost self-parking to be had both within the city limits, and just outside in still-convenient areas!
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    Where to stay in the LA area, post-DLR

    The traffic is such a huge factor. I need to start checking Google Maps at random times to get an idea of what it might be like between potential neighborhoods we'd stay in, and places we want to go. Also studying public transportation maps (I'm used to the NYC subway, which is SUCH a huge...
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    Where to stay in the LA area, post-DLR

    I'm in the same boat right now, tho we'll have 5 days and also want to do a day trip somewhere else. I'm just looking at a map of LA going 'huh??'
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    San Diego hidden gems?

    Grownups!
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    San Diego hidden gems?

    I will!
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    San Diego hidden gems?

    We're not music people, but the flower fields look great! Might fill the void left by the fact that we weren't in Holland during tulip season!
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    San Diego hidden gems?

    Don't know yet (yes, the panic is absolutely setting in!)! I kept thinking, oh, I'll nail everything down "after Christmas". Then it was "after New Years". And now it's February!
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    Monument Valley?

    If anyone else is planning a trip to this area, we flew into Phoenix and did Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Scottsdale, AZ; the Grand Canyon; Monument Valley; Mesa Verde in Colorado; down into NM and onto Route 66 to the Petrified Forest; Winslow AZ (cannot rec La Posada more highly!); Sunset...
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    Monument Valley?

    We were so tired from all the driving we had done, we were determined to just eat at the restaurant, which turned out to be a disaster: we were told the wait would be something like 40 minutes, but it ended up more like an hour and a half. I was livid. (Not that the wait was that long, they...
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    San Diego hidden gems?

    We actually rescheduled our trip and are now going in April!
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    Past Food & Wine Festival visitors: last day?

    For people who happen to have been to past F&Ws on the final day, was it more crowded because of that? Also, were there booths or anything that had already been taken down? I've never caught one at WDW, but it just so happens our DCA park day (on my very first DL trip!) is Tuesday April 25th...
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    Monument Valley?

    We stayed at The View Hotel. As someone mentioned, it's the only hotel inside the park. This was one of my dream places to stay - we did a big trip around the Southwest, and I basically tweaked our schedule so we could stay here and be able to book the room I wanted. I 100% recommend it. This...
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