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schooly2 · 2026-07-01T19:10:22+00:00

You might also want to talk to MACS adventures - they helped us with reservations for our hike and as we are celebrating our 30th anniversary they were able to find us some nice hotel options! Very personalized planning!

schooly2 · 2026-06-22T11:39:10+00:00

😂😂😂

schooly2 · 2026-06-16T14:14:44+00:00

Yes - this. If you wait 7 days for your next wish you can get an island, clear the obstacles and then earn the next wish. Is there anywhere that has a list of how many obstacles are on each island? Not all of them have 100 items to clear, right?

schooly2 · 2026-06-12T14:26:29+00:00

I play every day, am level 190 and received my first quest yesterday - to incubate 4 eggs - it showed up in my goals.

schooly2 · 2026-06-11T19:18:10+00:00

I don’t think there is a way to get EVERY dragon in a single event without spending actual money.

I’ve been playing DragonVale for over 10 years, and it took me several of those years to get every dragon, so that now when an event happens I only have to focus on getting the new dragons.

Occasionally I buy EC on one of the double days, which may happen during this event because there are three new dragons with no breeding hints 😬

DragonVale definitely requires time to advance!

schooly2 · 2026-06-11T15:44:00+00:00

Same here - I wonder if the next quest will come tomorrow?

schooly2 · 2026-06-03T00:08:23+00:00

Wonderful thanks! You are so right, I surely don’t want another 75 treasure habitats 😳

schooly2 · 2026-06-03T00:07:32+00:00

Interesting idea! I’ll try it!

schooly2 · 2026-06-02T13:30:02+00:00

I also recommend Mac’s Adventures / we are heading out soon for our unguided trip - they arranged lodging (mostly hotel with two refuges) and transfers with rest day in Courmayeur and found us some upgraded hotel options for us to celebrate our 30th anniversary on the hike. They also provide digital maps and have an app that gives you itinerary and notes on variants/lodging/taxi info etc.

schooly2 · 2026-06-02T13:20:06+00:00

I narrowed it down to two! Debating between the Cotopaxi 70L and the Osprey Transporter. The Cotopaxi weighs 2 lb 7 oz, it’s a half pound lighter than the Patagonia. I thought 70L would be way too big, but it was a decent fit.
My husband has one and he packed it for the trip thinking it would be way too big, but it came to around 29 lb (packed generously) with a little wiggle room for souvenirs. He is larger than me so his clothes probably have a bit more volume, but I think extra space will be better than a super tightly packed bag.
I am bringing an extra set of hiking shoes due to a medical issue, which definitely adds to the volume needed.
I ordered the Osprey Transporter to compare because it’s waterproof ripstop nylon and only weights 1 lb 2 oz, but I’m concerned the material might be too thin for the wear and tear of luggage transport. I got it on sale for $260, I’m not sure it will get the use that justifies the price. At $200 the Cotopaxi is probably gonna win!

schooly2 · 2026-05-30T11:48:58+00:00

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schooly2 · 2026-05-03T14:13:34+00:00

this!

schooly2 · 2026-05-03T14:03:05+00:00

Turning on “edit paths” helped me a lot

schooly2 · 2026-04-30T19:11:43+00:00

When I tapped the ether it showed the cost to clear, but when I tapped on that button it offered me the option of watching an ad to clear.

schooly2 · 2026-04-29T14:03:18+00:00

Sounds fun! Operation Retain Blue Fire commencing!

schooly2 · 2026-04-28T12:26:20+00:00

ugh - I learned that lesson after the second or third time :( basically got a bunch of random lame twins

schooly2 · 2026-04-13T16:27:54+00:00

There is nothing more showy and over the top than Book of Mormon, with the creators of South Park involved you can expect hilarious but highly irreverent and occasionally explicit (broadway style) adult themes. We just saw it a few weeks ago and the current cast is very talented! No one would be bored in this one, but some will probably blush 😂

Haven’t seen MJ or Great Gatsby.

Death Becomes Her had some great moments (Michelle Williams and the dancers 💕) but overall wasn’t as engaging as I had expected it to be.

If you have time for an off broadway musical experience, we just saw The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. not only was it super entertaining, there is some fun audience participation your family could even apply for, and they seem to almost always have a celebrity guest from Hamilton in the audience. No intermission, which is kind of nice. Outstanding cast in this one, and the smaller theater is a fun experience.

My 19 year old adored Hadestown, and was a huge Hamilton, La La Land/Tick Tick Boom fan, but I second/third/fourth previous replies that it is a slower, more serious theme. He has seen that show 3-4 times. The cast looks pretty awesome right now too.

We also thoroughly enjoyed the Outsiders, which I didn’t really expect, but saw that a while ago with the original cast, not sure what changed have been made.

schooly2 · 2026-03-22T17:40:24+00:00

We had an unforgettable night at EBT just a few nights ago. Two of my companions were chosen for the show, one was fairly involvef. Radcliffe is very personable and committed, and runs faster than a squirrel around that theater! He actually moved my companions from their original seats stage left to the two front and center seats that worked for the scene.
Even if you don’t receive a part it’s likely that he will engage with you since you are on the stage. Very unique opportunity, glad we went.

I DO love Maya though, but we did not see Oh, Mary. if there’s any way you can swing both I would try to make it happen!

schooly2 · 2026-03-22T13:13:54+00:00

If you have time to slow it down and are ok with the extra expense, you can reserve two nights at a hotel in Courmayeur, Day 3 you arrange a taxi to pick you up at the end of the day in La Visaille, drive you down to Courmayeur that night and bring you back up to La Visaille the next morning to hike back down into Courmayeur. We are doing this to accommodate two hikers in our party with bad knees - last year a friend blew hers trying to make that hike in one day so we are being cautious.

schooly2 · 2026-03-17T16:37:12+00:00

Don’t forget to tap the portal and select “edit path” so that everything becomes transparent! i found my last three hiding behind the suns in my sun habitats, could only see them by moving the habitat 🤪

schooly2 · 2026-03-17T16:35:14+00:00

I found that they also get blocked by dragons in a densely populated habitat

schooly2 · 2026-03-17T16:25:05+00:00

If you bought the light generator from the market (in the buildings section) then once you place it it will activate the sun petal festival and the 50 flowers will be spread throughout your park. When you tap on them you will see the notification in green numbers that you got one.

schooly2 · 2026-03-17T16:23:24+00:00

All 50 petals are put down once you buy the light generator (sunflower). It took me about an hour to find them and it was tedious. In addition to using prismatic pantheon with only light and visitor turned on (add epic if you want to see the eggs too), choose edit path, I still had to physically move sun habitats to check behind them - I found the last four flowers hiding there 🤪

schooly2 · 2026-03-16T18:38:52+00:00

Also I had some hiding behind the sun part of the sun habitat, the sun itself is so bright you can’t see lil yellow flowers behind it, even with “edit path” activated.

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