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Join Chris and AJ as they discuss Chris’s most Recent trip to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. The Conversation will range form Travel, Hotel accommodations and Dining.

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Ep014 ~ What Will You Celebrate

Nov 3, 2008 | permalink | (0)Comments

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This week we discuss the new Mega promotion the Disney parks are putting on called “What Will You Celebrate?“.

Make sure you sign up for your birthday so you can get in the Disneyland and Walt Disney World parks for free! Disney’s “What Will You Celebrate?“ website

Have the Time of your Life at the Disney Parks and Celebrate Triumphs, Love, Reunions, Birthdays, your first visit or what ever you like!

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Ep013 ~ Disneyland Dinning Plan

Oct 27, 2008 | permalink | (1)Comments

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We discuss the trials of a Dinning Plan at the Disneyland Resort.

The Disneyland Resort began testing their own version of the Disney Dining Plan in mid October for a limited trial until December until just before 2008 Christmas. This is being offered to some visitors who book trips through the Disney Travel Company. The trial version of this plan offers two different options – a Quick Service Meal Plan, and the Dining Meal Plan.

* Visitors who choose the Quick Service Meal Plan will receive two (2) Quick Service meal vouchers and one (1) Snack voucher per person (ages 3 and up), per night of their stay.
* Visitors who choose the Dining Meal Plan will receive one (1) Table Service voucher, one (1) Quick Service voucher and one (1) Snack voucher per person (ages 3 and up), per night of their stay.
* Both the Table Service and Quick Service vouchers are valid for one (1) entree, one (1) dessert and one (1) nonalcoholic beverage at a participating location. Gratuity (where applicable) is not included, and children ages 3-9 must order from the children’s menu where offered.
* “Signature restaurants” and select Character meals require two Table Service vouchers per person.
* Snack vouchers may be redeemed for a regular popcorn, churro, fresh fruit, ice cream, 20-oz drink or cotton candy from a participating location.
* Table service vouchers are valid at: Cafe Orleans, Carnation Cafe, PCH Grill (dinner), Hook’s Pointe, Storyteller’s Cafe (lunch / dinner), Wine Country Trattoria, Yamakbuki, Lost Bar and the Surfside Lounge, as well as the character breakfasts at PCH Grill and Storytellers Cafe, and the character breakfast and lunch at Goofy’s Kitchen.
* Signature Restaurants include Steakhouse 55 (dinner only), Blue Bayou, Napa Rose and the Napa Rose Bar, plus the “Signature” Character meals at Ariel’s Grotto (lunch and dinner) and Goofy’s Kitchen (dinner).
* About 30 Quick Service restaurants locations are participating in this program, and we’ll post the list as soon as we have it.

One reader who was invited to participate in the trial reported receiveing the offer via a postcard that contained a unique PIN. Other readers who called Disney to inquire about the offer were told that they must have a PIN in order to add the program to their reservation. Pricing and availability details were not include in the information distributed to most CMs over the weekend, but one reader was quoted $39.99 per day for adults and $11.99 per day for children for the Dining Meal Plan. A cast member tells us the Quick Service Meal Plan should be about $30 per day for adults and $10 per day for children. Disney may also test customer reaction by offering different packages and prices to different visitors.

It appears that the Resort will use paper vouchers during this trial period, instead of allowing guests to use their Resort Hotel keys as is the practice in Walt Disney World. If you have an opportunity to take advantage of this program at Disneyland, please let us a know if you had the opportunity to experince this trial and let us know what your thoughts about the plan are.

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New feature! Trip Reports

Oct 23, 2008 | permalink | (0)Comments

I have been working real hard this week trying to get a Trip Reports feature for The Travelears. It will be very BETA for the first little while but I think will be a great feature and awesome resource for travel info and plans. ( sssshhhhh! I have some thing else in the works but it’s not ready yet to help with your Disneyland travel planning ) I will be doing my best to update the trip reports as often as possible in the up coming week so check it out I should have the site navigation set buy Thursday (Oct 23 ) evening. So start writing your past trip reports to ad to the site. there will be review’s and comments for all reports and more. I am very excited about this addition to the Travelears Website hopefully this will be a great place to come and find out information for your next trip.

Chris

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Ep012 ~ Listener Emails

Oct 20, 2008 | permalink | (0)Comments

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Join us as we answer a few listener questions covering Disney World’s Mickey’s Not So Scary Party, good hotel values in California, and ways for International Guests to save some money.

Have your questions answer by sending them to

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Ep011 ~ WDW Veterans Advice for DLR

Oct 13, 2008 | permalink | (1)Comments

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What does the WDW veteran and first time traveler to the Disneyland Resort need to know that WDW (younger sister) cannot teach you about the older hotter Sister Disneyland?

Chris and Ryan Bring on some friends of the show Matt FromPA and the “Tweens” Will & Shannon from the Magic Never Ends Podcast http://www.magicneverends.com.

We talk about some of the things that differ between the two Resorts and give you some insight for the trip. We cover Accommodations, Park Touring, Shopping and Dinning.

Enjoy the longest Travelears to date .... not a surprise Will is all hopped up on the Rockstar.

apologies about the mic quality on my end all has bee rectified.

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Ep010 ~ Evenings Outside the Parks

Oct 6, 2008 | permalink | (0)Comments

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This episode we answer listener Christi’s email question and talk about what to do on a night Disneyland closes early.

Tuesday the 21st is ROUGH! All events, even Downtown Disney, don’t start until Wednesday the 22nd.
Check out how dead the park events are: http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/calendar/daily/daily?name=CalendarDailyPage&date=20081021

Some ideas:

Medieval Times

- http://www.medievaltimes.com/home.aspx
Oct 21st - Showtime is 7:00PM
Pricing
Adult - $53.95 (+tax)
Children 12 and under - $36.95 (+tax)

Pirate’s Adventure Dinner Show

- http://www.piratesdinneradventure.com/
Oct. 21st - Showtime is 7:00PM
Pricing
Adult - $54.95 (+tax)
Children 11 and under - $35.95 (+tax)
Infants are free

Anaheim Gardenwalk

Approx. 15 restaurants and eateries including P.F. Chang’s, Bubba Gump’s Shrimp Co. and the Cheesecake Factory
300 Anaheim Bowling and Entertainment Center (with dining options) - http://www.3hundred.com
The Movie Experience 14 including IMAX a.k.a CinemaFusion - seriously… just look at the site. Movie + Alcohol? Mmmhmm http://cinemafusionanaheim.com/

Then of course, there’s always just a classic DTD night with some dining and a movie

Just as extra options for that questions: Main street in Huntington Beach is cool because you have access to the pier, bonfire pits, a bunch of restaurants and a movie theater http://www.stockteam.com/hbpier.html. It probably takes about 20-30 minutes to get there from the local Anaheim area (we could post a Mapquest map on the Wiki to illustrate it). I love the Queen Mary but the freeway travel can be REALLY crappy during the week. Not only that but there are no events at the Queen Mary on Tuesday either… the Paranormal Shipwalk and Investigation Tours only run Thursday, Friday and Sunday nights. Great as an option most nights though

So a list of options pertaining to activities outside of the park in the local area:

Huntington Beach (Pier off of Main Street) - http://www.stockteam.com/hbpier.html
The Grove of Anaheim - http://www.thegroveofanaheim.com/
The Orange County Performing Arts Center - http://www.ocpac.org/home/
The Queen Mary - http://www.queenmary.com

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