Conference koolit::disney

    Unfortunately, the dates you mention coincide with the spring school
    vacations.  It is just about impossible to find a room anywhere near
    Disneyworld on such short notice.  I don't know how airlines are from
    Brazil but I do know that it is impossible now to get a reserved seat
    from the Norteast, in or out of Florida for those dates.
    
    Phil

Sarita,  if you need help finding a place to stay outside the park,
send me a note by e-mail and I'll try to help.  I have a book with
many hotels and rates and I could call a few to see if they have a room.

I'm afraid Phil is right about hotels inside the park...it's one of the
busiest times of the year for them.

(Phil:  that's the best decnet node name in the network!)

Bill Abrams

CERC::ABRAMS
or Bill Abrams @FPT

    Hi guys,
    
    Thank you for the help. I had no idea about that spring vacations you
    have during this period. Here we have just 3 days (easter hollidays on
    friday, saturday and sunday) and thats all.
                
    Concerning air tickets I'll have no problems as I have already my
    reservatios. We have now special offers to flight to Miami/Orlando. It
    will cost me Us$ 640 per person round trip when usually it is about Us$
    1,200 per person . The company I'll flight is a Brazilian company
    called "Transbrasil". 
    
    I send a mail to Bill accepting his kind offer to help me with some
    hotels outside Disney. It will not be so bad as I always stayed outside.
    (And in that way I already have a reason to come back to Disney next
    time).
    
    If you have any other hint, please write here in this note.
    
    Thanks again.
    
           Sarita.

    Sarita,  I called WDW yesterday and was told I could reserve 5 nights
    at the Y&B club for that week only $215 + tax/-MKC.
    
    So try again, maybe someone cancelled and you'll get lucky.
    
    Tony
    

    We recently stayed at the Marriott on International Drive for $99 per
    night.  It's about a 15 minute drive to WDW; they may even run a
    shuttle, I forget.  I highly recommend this place if you cannot stay in
    the park.
    
    gk

    Sarita,
    
    Do not give up hope yet! You might still be able to stay on property.
    
    There was a small chance that we would have to go to Florida for 
    April 11, so of course I called the CRO last night to see about a 
    last minute reservation to extend the trip. They were able to find 
    three nights at CBR (4/11-4/13), someone else's last minute cancellation. 
    Unfortunately, our trip fell through so I will be cancelling mine, 
    but someone else will have the chance to get a room at the last minute.
    
    Keep trying. 
    
    LInda

    With the help of Bill Abrams I finally have my reservation confirmed at
    the Radison Resort at the Intl. Drive where We'll stay for Us$ 45 per
    night.
    
    I want to say thanks to all of you who kindelly helped me. 
    
    Now there are just 3 weeks before I go and it makes me very happy.
    
    As soon as I come back I'll make a report of my trip to all of you.
    
    Thanks again,
    
    Sarita.

    Here I am again.
    
    As you can read in mail previus notes, last time I went to Disney I
    tried hardelly to stay in any of the Disney's resort but at the end it
    wasn't possible as they were all full.
    
    So, now I'm planning to go next January and, as this time I would like
    to stay inside the propoerty, I begun to plan my trip earlier.
    
    In that way, I will ask your kind help again. As I told you before,
    here in Brazil we can't get the reservations at Disney easylly . So if
    some of you colud just call the 1-800 number at reservation and check
    for me wich hotels have rooms available for the period between January
    26 and February 5 would be great.
    
    We will need a room with two double beds, to acomodate two adults and
    two children (7 and 4 years old).
    
    Also I would like to know the price for them.The 4 of us are anual passports
    holders, so maybe they have a special price for this period.
    
    I was also told that as a DEC employee, I could get special rates at
    Disney. Is that true?
    
    Thank you very much again,
    
    Sarita

    Sarita,
    
    I think you could make one phone call and get everything settled. Can
    you use the 1-800-MICKEY-1 (TOLL FREE) number from Brazil (one of my
    favorite countries)? Use that number to get the info and/or book at the
    same time.
    
    Mike
    (Brazil's #1 Fan and Tour Guide)

    Hi Mike,
    
    Thanks for the answer but I'm sorry to say that from Brazil we can not
    reach any 1-800 number. As it is considered a long distance call and
    has to be charged , it must be a billable (does this word
    exists?) number, what will make the information very expensive....
    
    Sarita
    

    Sarita,
    
    Don't feel bad about not being able to dial 1-800 numbers from Brazil.
    This is also the case from the UK, and probably most places outside of
    the USA.
    
    Sometimes Mickey and his friends can forget the practicalities that
    apply to his visitors from outside the USA! Funny really, I would have
    expected better from Walt Disney's organisation. (Note, it's also
    difficult to dial M I C K E Y when your phone doesn't have letters on
    it, as is often the case in Europe!)
    
    Can I suggest you try (407) 824-4321
    
    John