Oh, and I forgot to mention that I haven’t calculated the cost for what we may eat at the booths because I haven’t really polled DD and DH yet. It doesn’t look like I can have anything TBH.
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That makes sense, TBH.
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For hotels, you pay an additional 6% on top of the normal sales tax. “Tourist Development Tax”.
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I also have potentially free kids. Since this is before our actual trip starts I was going to use a fake kid instead of DS10.
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Ohh, yeah. That def works! With the addition of tax, that does make for a sweet convergence.
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I’m pretty sure I wasn’t looking at hotel taxes, but wherever my mind has been, I would not totally put it past me. I still maintain that leaves a nice buffer.
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I only know of the additional tax for hotels (well, I think lodging rentals in general). That comes to 13.5% total tax in one of the two counties, and I think 12.5% in the other. I’ve not seen other things taxed at that rate. Normal sale taxes apply.
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On another but similar topic, those wrist band GC’s, I guess you can’t purchase them with GCs, can you? I want to get each of us one to make it easier to purchase things. I’ll have to budget $45 for that if I can’t.
AI has a real problem distinguishing between the different Disney locations and old/current info. Someone on chat posted a question the other day about tickets expiring 10 days after the actual expiration (based on AI info). I will note AI will also confused Universal Studios Orlando and Magic Kingdom.
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I still remember the time that Gemini was telling me that I had to tip WDW ride attendants based off a spoof website.
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At the restaurants?
You don’t??
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True. I guess I should have put my snarkanimal there. I was being snarky. 
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I cringe when people say “I am just going to create a touring plan with ChatGPT.” Yeah, have fun finding “Harry Potter Land” in MK.
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Florida has a 6% sales tax rate.
Orange County has an additional half-percent tax rate, for a total of 6.5%
Osceola County has an additional 1.5% tax rate, for a total of 7.5%.
To my knowledge, only the All-Star Resorts and the ESPN complex are in Osceola County.
Then there are the additional tourism taxes for hotel stays.
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I do have to say that Copilot was helpful with writing plans around our disabilities. However, I did give it my touring plan. Yes, I had to correct it a lot.
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Yes, but you know what is wrong. So many people would not be able to see those issues.
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True. AI is only good for making things you do or know easier and faster. It’s not a good tool for doing things you know nothing about.
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From my recent Pop! bill.
Florida State Accommodations Tax = 6.0%
Orange County Tourist Development Tax = 6.0%
Orange County Accommodation Tax = 0.5%
Total = 12.5%
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Just saw this:
During the week, booths are opening at 11:30.
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