Rocking Horse Ranch review - Spring 2013

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:29:24 +0000

My family and I went to Rocking Horse Ranch in Highland, NY from Sunday 3/31/13 to Tuesday, 4/2/13. Overall we had a great time and would definitely go back again. I was a little apprehensive about going, since a friend had gone and complained that it was “boring and old,” but that wasn’t our experience at all.

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We left Long Island around 11 AM and arrived at the ranch around 1 PM. Check-in was scheduled for 4 PM, but we got our room number around 2 PM. It’s important to keep in mind that on your check-in day, breakfast and lunch are not included, but dinner is. We were aware of this (RHR states this plainly) but when we were eating lunch on our check-out day, we saw lots of people who had just checked in trying to get in for lunch and acting shocked that they couldn’t (on your check-out day you have breakfast and lunch, but not dinner, so you get all the meals you’ve “paid” for).

My first trip to Walt Disney World - March 2011

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:25:24 +0000

Last week I returned from my first trip to Walt Disney World. We had a great time, and I figured it might be helpful to relay some of the things that helped make the trip better.

Walt Disney World with Kids 2011 - I had my doubts about this book but it had lots of good info for someone who’s never been to Disney World before, like which rides are best for kids. If you’ve never been to Disney World, this is worth reading. I didn’t know Fastpass existed until I read this.- Disney World Wait Times Free iPhone App - GPS-integrated iPhone app with wait times reported by other app users. Very helpful.
- Disney’s own mobile phone site - Disney’s smartphone page. They have wait times here, but I found them to be pretty inaccurate. E.g. the page may say a wait time is “see now” (i.e. no wait) but there’s actually a 15 minute wait. However, this page was very useful for finding character locations and Fastpass availability.

The best tip for maximizing park enjoyment is to get there as early as possible. We got to Magic Kingdom at 8:30 AM, which was already kind of late compared to the book’s suggestion of arriving 30 minutes before the park opens, but the lines were pretty moderate and we got almost everything we wanted to do (Dumbo, race cars, Philharmagic, Buzz, a few others) done by noon and spent the rest of the day walking around exploring.

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Rocking Horse Ranch review - Spring 2013

My first trip to Walt Disney World - March 2011