Yeah, don't go in the summer. It's great for your kids to have perfect attendance and all, but summer is a tough time time to go to Disney World or anywhere in FL for that matter. We have the season pass and can't go back until mid-August and I'm perfectly fine with that.
i have a bit of a rant about all the people in scooters.
First, let me be clear, I want handicapped people to be able to enjoy Disney and I have no problem with enduring some inconvenience so that handicapped people can have access. But holy shit, Magic Kingdom was FULL of motorized scooters driven by people who, as far as I can tell, were simply fat and/or old. There were also several delays on the rides while they stopped them to get people in and out of their scooters. Whenever it would rain, all the scooter people would park their scooters under all the available overhangs and arches and really clog up traffic. The crowds were such that the scooters couldn't maneuver freely even without the rain, so they just sort of push their way through the crowds. One old bastard almost ran my daughter over, and kept pushing his scooter through a huge crowd regardless of anyone around him.
I was thoroughly tired of scooters by the time we left. I don't know a good solution that Disney can implement without getting sued, but it sure would be nice if they could limit the number of scooters in the park on really crowded days or something like that.
Disney really seems to have stepped up their food quality and nutrition in the past few years.
This has been the biggest improvement over the last five years. Epcot is still heads above the rest but Animal Kingdom is catching up.
923, did you do a reservation for Be Our Guest? It was a 90 min wait last time we went.
touringplans.com is great. The guy who runs it is out of Greensboro. I'll post more about it later.
My wife booked the condo directly with the owner, probably through VRBO or something like that. If you google Windsor Hills Resort rentals there's a bunch of hits. Several of the owners have their own websites. I don't think anyone actually lives there, basically all the owners rent them out for Disney tourists and it's totally set up for that. There's a nearby grocery store, a big central pool with a big waterslide in addition to the "personal" pool behind each condo, etc.
Diamond Parking as far as I can tell is just a member benefit of AAA, although maybe you have to buy your Disney tickets through them to get it, I'm not 100% sure. The wife is the Disney nut and has handled 100% of the planning for this voyage.