My wife and I just returned from a terrific adult trip to Walt Disney World, staying at the Beach Club Resort. Our Magic For Less agent gave us terrific service and helped us out once again with great advice and a good deal. It was nice to be so close to two major parks - we were able to walk to Epcot all weekend, and our Sunday morning began with a nice stroll along the waterfront to the Hollywood Studios.

Here are a couple key points and tips that we'd like to share with your clients and friends:

1. Find a way to do the Segway Tour Around the World at Epcot's World Showcase. The Segways are easy to learn, and the tour spends the first hour on training and practice. After that, we were given a round trip tour of the World Showcase before it was open to the general public. It was a great opportunity to see some areas without traffic while learning some cool tips along the way.

2. We ate at the new Wave Restaurant in the Contemporary Resort. The food stacks up against the California Grille (although the menu doesn't seem as extensive). Our server, Jorge, did a great job of informing and serving us. We recommend it highly. We were able to use a single table service credit to eat there on the Disney Dining Plan, but I'll bet it goes to two-credit status some time in the future!

2a. Our strategy was to make our Wave reservations for 8pm, which is when the Magic Kingdom closed for Extra Magic Hours. We dined until 9:30 and then went back to the park to experience Extra Magic Hours until 11. This worked out well, because the crowd had spread out and thinned a bit before we got back in the park. The first hour of Magic Kingdom Extra Magic Hours is always a bit crowded and crazy. We were able to avoid this with a late dinner.

3. We spent a day hanging out at the Beach Club, and it was wonderful and relaxing. Stormalong Bay is a great atmosphere, and we spent plenty of time sunning, swimming, and grabbing tropical drinks from Hurricane Hanna's. We also spent a relaxing hour lounging and reading in the Solarium, which is a quiet sitting parlor with plenty of glass to let in natural light. The Beach Club is a great place to "recharge the batteries."

4. If you do the Orange line of Mission Space, I recommend that you only do it one time in a row. Trust me on that one.

Thanks, again, to our agent and to the Magic For Less Travel! We're always ready to re-book by the time we get back home!

John G.
Madison, Wisconsin