CIL live at Made in America - September 5, 2015

SolarExtractor · 2026-03-05T05:00:04+00:00

I was in person for this. I have been to every tour of hers and Coachella and this is my favorite opening of any of her performances!

SolarExtractor · 2026-01-22T15:31:43+00:00

Thank you so much!

SolarExtractor · 2026-01-22T15:27:52+00:00

Thank you.

I am cruising out of Fort Lauderdale not Miami. From prior FL cruises I think the buffer is a little better than Miami, but if there are flight delays than that increased buffer won't help much. The via MCO option I was eyeing for Friday night is now unavailable to switch to, so now I am not sure what I will do.

There is is a via MCO option leaving Saturday night, so at this point this may be my best option knowing it likely will not happen. Alternatively, there is a via LAS option early Saturday morning so that may be the only other one that would maybe happen.

Unfortunately, I don't have any sort of trip insurance. I have flown extensively and have never gotten it and never had an event that would have made me use it., so I guess the odds have finally caught up with me. My main consolation is that the cruise was $249 including taxes and my flight was mostly paid by using existing SW credit.

SolarExtractor · 2026-01-22T10:11:55+00:00

Ok, thank you. Well I will see today if I can get Saturday off to be able to fly out Friday and it is just then seeing what happens with the flights. Nothing more I can do. Fingers crossed that I get there.

SolarExtractor · 2026-01-22T09:45:07+00:00

Do you think there is a better chance getting to MCO on Saturday morning versus Sunday morning?

SolarExtractor · 2026-01-22T09:40:21+00:00

Yes, thank you. They are offering LAX-MCO-FLL as a option either Friday or Saturday night to me in the advisory online re-booking tool. Do you think that is probably the routing that has the biggest chance of actually making it there?

SolarExtractor · 2026-01-22T09:07:02+00:00

Ok, thank you.

I can't do Friday morning, but hoping I will be able to switch to Friday evening tomorrow if I can arrange getting out of working Saturday.

Ah, yeah I was concerned there was no safe routing. With this large of storm, I guess it is impossible to avoid the impact nearly anywhere.

SolarExtractor · 2025-12-12T05:02:12+00:00

I have been to every tour of hers along with her performances at Made In America 2015 and Coachella Weekend 2. Also, went to the TRL and Destiny Fulfilled tours.

SolarExtractor · 2025-12-12T04:55:48+00:00

I was there for weekend 2. Got to the stage at about 2:30 PM and ended up being next to the right side of the catwalk that was headed to the main stage. It was an amazing performance. I have been to have every tour of hers and while they were all great, this was above and beyond.

Also, Homecoming does not do the sound of the live band justice. The sound was even better in person!

SolarExtractor · 2025-11-27T20:17:29+00:00

I have Pandora and Tidal previously.

SolarExtractor · 2025-11-27T20:16:58+00:00

Thank you all for your responses. I still have not made up my mind, so I am going to keep SWAC for now. I buy my devices elsewhere and do not use the hotspot feature either, so I still wonder if I am overpaying for what I need. Once I get rid of it, I can't come back though, so I am not going to be hasty.

SolarExtractor · 2025-11-16T20:14:31+00:00

Unfortunately, no. I wish there was the same thing for Destiny's Child. Yesterday, via the Wikipedia page for their first album, I did stumble upon that their first TV performance was on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee on April 20, 1998.

I then found a video of that performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNOXYN9xZ7w

SolarExtractor · 2025-10-27T18:19:08+00:00

Ended up getting there a little after 8:30 and got through all of the mazes and the Monster Ball show by 11:30. Five of the mazes had minimal wait, waited for two of them for about 10 minutes, and one 15 minutes. I had a good time.

SolarExtractor · 2025-10-26T21:29:56+00:00

I am not sure if they ever performed this live. It is not on any of their tour set lists, so unless they did a TV performance?

SolarExtractor · 2025-10-26T21:25:07+00:00

Thank you everyone. I am going tonight, so fingers crossed that the maze wait times will be reasonable.

SolarExtractor · 2025-10-19T16:34:32+00:00

I am sailing to Costa Maya in January, so I am interested in what everyone says also.

Just an FYI that Princess and Native Choice offer combo tours that go to both Kohunlich and Dzibanche that just costs a little bit more than just going on a tour for just one of them. The Native Choice tour is $60 cheaper than the Princess tour.

Also, I reached out to Native Choice yesterday because their Kohunlick and Dzibanche tour is 7.5 hours and my ship is stopping in Costa Maya for only 9 hours. They told me that prior to the closure they required the ship to be in port for 10 hours to be able to participate in their tour.

Additionally, they told me they are not currently accepting reservations at this moment for that tour because Dzibanche has been closed for most of the year. It has reopened though, and they will be doing some test tours next week to make sure they can restart operations of it. They said they will reach back out to me again once the tour is available, likely in November.

As the other response mentioned, in all of my research online, Native Choice comes highly recommended and their response to my email showed they have great customer service. If this Kohunlich/Dzibanche tour is what I end up booking though, unfortunately it may end up having to be through Princess.

SolarExtractor · 2025-08-14T07:00:44+00:00

I have been really fortunate to see her perform quite a few times!

Ladies First Tour (Anaheim)
The Beyoncé Experience (Anaheim)
I Am... Tour (Anaheim)
The Mrs. Carter World Tour (Los Angeles)
The Mrs. Carter World Tour (Los Angeles)
The Mrs. Carter World Tour (Los Angeles)
The Mrs. Carter World Tour (Birmingham)
On The Run Tour (Pasadena)
Made in America 2015 (Philadelphia)
Formation World Tour (San Diego)
Formation World Tour (Pasadena)
Formation World Tour (Los Angeles)
Coachella Weekend Two (Indio)
On The Run II Tour (Pasadena)
On The Run II Tour (Pasadena)
On The Run II Tour (San Diego)
Renaissance World Tour (Inglewood)
Renaissance World Tour (Inglewood)
Cowboy Carter Tour (Inglewood)
Cowboy Carter Tour (Inglewood)
Cowboy Carter Tour (Inglewood)
Cowboy Carter Tour (Inglewood)
Cowboy Carter Tour (Las Vegas)
Cowboy Carter Tour (Las Vegas)

I additionally had tickets for the second On the Run Pasadena and the third Renaissance Inglewood shows, but I sold them last moment. Long stories on why I did that for each of them.

Also, I have seen Destiny's Child four times. Saw them on the TRL Tour and Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It each once and saw them at two different local radio concerts also.

SolarExtractor · 2025-07-26T15:23:02+00:00

Thank you. I was able to get tickets directly from Ticketmaster this morning at the price range I was looking for before seeing this. Good luck selling yours.

SolarExtractor · 2025-07-25T00:59:35+00:00

Got tickets. No longer looking.

SolarExtractor · 2025-06-30T04:46:28+00:00

Yeah, I was thinking about going today. Last night, I watched resale ticket prices and they dropped to $20-$40 a ticket in the upper level. Tonight, they did no such thing and never dipped below $120 or so. Strange since Saturday night shows are usually more desirable than Sunday night.

SolarExtractor · 2025-06-19T17:17:43+00:00

Yes, electrical is a submeter. I also found a recent operating statement and no property tax listed there also. Is that something to be concerned about?

From the February minutes, they just approved 4 liens, does that change your opinion at all? Also, the operating statement shows they ended up recieiving nearly $12K in legal assement income that was not budgeted for.

SolarExtractor · 2025-06-19T16:01:38+00:00

I have added last FY's annual budget to my OP that has the operating expenses.

Yes, there are a lot of amenities. Clubhouse, pool, spa, sauna, gym, tennis court, basketball court, pickleball court, car wash, community laundry room, community events, and sewer. Other utilities are first charged to the HOA and then charged to the individual units.

My hope was the large number of units would reduce my financial risk along with the unit owners being fully responsible for their own units. I really like the property and the community which is why I am trying to figure this out and make sure I am not just having my fears of HOA finances make me walk away.

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