| # | Author | Message |
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| leemac
Fri 2/16/2007 10:13a | ^^ Your HK scenario is two extremes though. Most people are comfortable enough in the decision to fly coach (and put up with it) but would want a safer and more comfortable hotel experience. That is the reality and that reality does not come cheap when you have a family. I don't have those concerns at all and I appreciate the freedoms that it gives me. |
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| trekkeruss
Fri 2/16/2007 10:20a | Some splurging is good, but personally I don't want to travel first-class exclusively. IMO spending more money just buys you the tourist-eye view of a place. Especially when it comes to food. I want to eat what the locals eat. |
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| trekkeruss
Fri 2/16/2007 10:22a | <<Most people are comfortable enough in the decision to fly coach (and put up with it) but would want a safer and more comfortable hotel experience.>>
There's no denying though that there is little need to worry about safety in Tokyo. |
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| davewasbaloo
Fri 2/16/2007 10:25a | Oh, I do want to try the local stuff too, but Kobe beef is high on the list of priorities and I might try fugu. |
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| SuperDry
Fri 2/16/2007 10:48a | I used the Peninsula to make a point - I've never stayed there and don't really like places like that. My point is that you miss out on things if you set a minimum standard above what you can afford, when there are perfectly viable alternatives. I guess I would put a line of reasoning of "All I can afford is the Palm & Fountain Terrace, but I don't want to see suburbs when I'm on the bus to the resort, so I just won't go" to be along the same lines of "I want to stay at WDW for a week, but all I can afford is the Pop Century, so I just won't go."
Well, maybe such a person might consider staying at WDW for less than a week in exchange for affording a moderate resort, or maybe they decide that Pop isn't so bad after all if the alternative is to sit at home on the sofa and not go at all. But I see many people who claim to be interested in visiting TDR make exactly this sort of decision. |
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| SuperDry
Fri 2/16/2007 10:51a | ^^^ and more to the point, making false assumptions about any number of logistical or cost issues related to a TDR visit, which is what prompts some of us to add our thoughts on the matter. |
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| davewasbaloo
Fri 2/16/2007 11:01a | Ah, but you see, we also do not stay at the Pop resorts currently. I went some time between visits so we could have a deluxe Savannah View at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. |
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| TDLFAN
Sat 2/17/2007 6:56a | >>TDL is more than double for us which means scrimping and going without a trip, or waiting a few years to go when the kids are older.<<
Baloo.. you need to get your priorities in order here... The kids and wifey do NOT have to come... that way it'll be cheaper to do.
>>Those hotels are comparable to All Stars/Pop Century in terms of amenities but they don't have the immersive Disney experience and personally I can't fathom why OLC continues to develop these value offerings.<<
Personally I don't fathom why WDW ever offered them in the first place!!! Talk about a step down in class for a so-called "World" class resort. |
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| Mr X
Sat 2/17/2007 7:41a | >>>Ride the bullet. enjoy a japanese bath, kabuki play, dine on fine meals, and spending 5 days at TDL and at least 3 weeks exploring the rest of the country.<<<
Hear me now and thank me later...
Skip the Kabuki. ;) |
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| davewasbaloo
Sat 2/17/2007 9:53a | "Baloo.. you need to get your priorities in order here... The kids and wifey do NOT have to come... that way it'll be cheaper to do."
The divorce settlement would cost far more than the trip to Japan!
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