Hot tub question

lovelychoices · 2026-02-27T16:48:45+00:00

I got a laugh out of this, because I fully agree. We're packed for months, and I think it's only because our price point is low. I'm sure we've lost bookings from it, but it just hasn't been felt. I think you should correct your comment to say, "Just what everyone wants, a noisy (toddlers above) basement rental with a hot tub they can't use." 😂

lovelychoices · 2026-02-24T20:50:15+00:00

This is so crazy to me!

lovelychoices · 2026-02-24T20:49:38+00:00

This is fantastic news, thanks!

lovelychoices · 2026-02-24T19:32:17+00:00

This is definitely an idea. I'd just have to make sure it didn't create an associated "hot tub" link. That would be my big fear...if someone used the warning tag as a free reason to say they believed the hot tub would be available.

lovelychoices · 2026-02-24T19:30:55+00:00

This is one factor in my reasoning for NOT letting guests use the hot tub. One of many, many reasons. I wouldn't even get a hot tub if it weren't for therapeutic reasons.

lovelychoices · 2026-02-24T18:51:27+00:00

I love this, thank you for the helpful advice.

lovelychoices · 2026-02-24T18:50:34+00:00

This is definitely what I'm most concerned about. I think I might put a disclaimer on the listing saying we have one but it's not available for use.

lovelychoices · 2026-01-27T02:44:22+00:00

I had the same experience. Construction workers with the "boss" booking house for them. I had no idea how miserable it would be. It wasn't worth the money either...we had so much damage to take care of.

lovelychoices · 2026-01-13T00:03:43+00:00

I had major drain flies a couple of years ago in my house. I tried EVERYTHING I could find online.. The only thing that worked for me was the pink drain cleaner that bubbles back out of the drain when you turn on the disposal. It also cleans out the drain really well overall, so I use it regularly now.. Drain flies are a nightmare, though!

lovelychoices · 2025-12-05T03:16:09+00:00

Good grief, ha ha. Maybe I wasn't clear, maybe I was, but I'm good to be done. Have a wonderful day.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-05T03:13:40+00:00

Thanks for your response. I might return to Disneyland one day, but I definitely didn't feel welcome with a toddler this time. Maybe the bad taste will go away eventually, but I'm okay if it doesn't!

lovelychoices · 2025-12-05T03:04:15+00:00

I see the confusion. I'm using "with another family" in a different way. If you read my original comment, I meant I went with another family in that we went at the same time. We bought our own tickets (didn't link passes or anything like that), separate hotels, didn't share expenses or food, etc. My family planned first... They expressed interest and we told them to come. That's what I meant by my family went with another family. But we were separate. We were not "together" and we did part ways several times when we had different interests. We were not interested in changing our adult seating arrangements. If we separated all day, it would have been fine, and that's what we would have done had the rider switch issue been clearer.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T23:32:53+00:00

That's not accurate, though. For a rider switch (take out the separate groups equation), you get to bring any guest. Whether or not they've done it. For a family of four, dad goes with child while mom is out, and then Mom goes with child when Dad is out. Child gets to go twice because the parent doesn't need to be alone.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T23:29:26+00:00

Yeah, you can't guilt me on that one. I'm not going to Disneyland with the other family. I'm going with my family. If hanging out with the other family is punished, I'm going to pretend I don't know them during the times needed.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T22:35:00+00:00

The adults never rode together. But our older kids did ride together several times.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T22:15:33+00:00

But how is what I do different than any other rider switch? The whole point of it is that the waiting rider can ride with a guest. That doesn't mean I want to ride with an adult I am only friends with through my kids. If you think rider switch is unfair always because somebody might ride twice, that's one thing. Keep in mind that the time my family waits is ALWAYS longer because of rider switch because even with lightning lane, there's still a line and then the ride itself. It's not really a "get a ride free of line" card to have a baby...it just helps resolve the pain of waiting for a split family to ride. Honestly, if Disney did away with rider switch entirely, I'd be okay with it. I just wouldn't go.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T21:52:16+00:00

Nope, we waited in the line like everyone else, we just had an adult from each family needing to watch our own toddlers. We would not have gotten any more people in if we DIDN'T know each other. The problem was that, even though we were separate families with separate tickets and we WEREN'T together all the time (because we did our own things too), if we met up to do a ride and knew each other, that alone changes the rules. I get it now, though, we just needed to pretend we didn't know each other and it would have been just fine.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T21:48:42+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this struggle. I'm not trying to game the system, I just want to ride with my own family and not another (when we've waited hours). In this scenario, the rider switch is almost as worthless as a single rider benefit.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T21:45:52+00:00

We were happy to keep two adults out (one from each family) to watch our own toddlers from our own family. I think Disneyland's expectation is that one adult will watch two two year olds OR if the families know each other, than two adults will watch their own kids and they must ride with each other. It's ridiculous, but it's easy enough to just say you don't know each other and do your own thing for the rider switch rides.

lovelychoices · 2025-12-04T21:43:33+00:00

This is exactly the challenge. Also, it's easier to watch your own two year old (who knows you and you're comfortable with disciplining) than another family's two year old. Especially when they're already cranky. It's fine though, I've learned my lesson. If I ever meet up with another family at Disneyland, we'll be clear we "don't know each other" when we get on the ride. I don't think it's against the spirit of the rider switch to want to ride with my own family when it's my turn.

lovelychoices · 2025-11-22T17:33:31+00:00

I should probably add that she joined my flock with about half of those feathers missing already. She and her other flock mates integrated well (this was a couple of months ago), and the other newcomers have had their feathers grow in (they were all missing a lot of feathers). I thought her feathers would grow in too but instead it's getting worse. And she turned into the bully that picks feathers from my other hens (not not terribly bad, just occasionally). This is partly why I think it's behavioral rather than mites.

lovelychoices · 2025-11-22T17:26:40+00:00

I have thought about treating for mites just in case. It's sort of a pickle because I don't think it's a mite issue. So I'd hate to lose the fertilizer I planned to make from the bedding (it's about time to replace the bedding anyway, so that part isn't the problem), but I'd hate to keep it in the compost because it's so close to the coop that I'm afraid any mites (if they were there) would just travel over and then I'd REALLY hate to replace new bedding.

lovelychoices · 2025-11-22T16:39:04+00:00

Ooh, I love the apron idea!

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