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[teamhayes]

I'm still impatiently waiting for a ton of trip recaps!!!!

Please don't let me down!
I'm working on fp and touring plans now and overwhelmed so pleas share your plans!

[TrudyCampbell]

I will piggyback on this and say I remember nothing about the layout of Disney and would love tips about what rides to do that are near other rides etc

[teamhayes]

Im about to order park maps off of eBay they are @$5 for all the parks

I bought touring plans but it's so all over the place since I have babies toddlers young kids and adults who want to ride
Kids have no fear
We are a go go go family

[teamhayes]

ETA wish touring plans had a 3 day plan for MK not just 2
I'm assuming most people do 2-3 days

[teamhayes]

Trudy you must make adrs soon right? 2-3 more months

Game plan?

[teamhayes]

sandj82110 still wondering if you want to do shirts 

no pressure I'm looking to order off etsy by mid summer if not 

[sandj82110]

May 24, 2017 18:18:51 GMT -5 teamhayes said:

sandj82110 still wondering if you want to do shirts 

no pressure I'm looking to order off etsy by mid summer if not 

I just sent you a pm, I'm more than willing to see what you're looking for. If it's something I think I can do well I'd be happy to do them!

[blane12]

Following. We aren't going until 2019 probably, but I need to start paying attention. It seems soooo overwhelming though so I haven't started.

[racheliz]

We are going next May for my nieces's senior trip (just family-but around 15 people.) My IL's booked a 8br house about 20 min from Disney. I think we will do 6 days in the parks, but I haven't planned anything beyond that . I think me and DD will try and do a princess character breakfast or lunch. Since we are off resort, no meal plan for us.

[puppylove64]

We are going in November with free dining. I just booked my ADR and I'm so nervous that the timing will be wrong or we won't like the food or wish we could hop to another park but stuck with reservation. I don't like planning so much, I want to go, ride, eat when we are hungry.... oh well I'm excited.

[teamhayes]

May 24, 2017 19:52:46 GMT -5 puppylove64 said:

We are going in November with free dining. I just booked my ADR and I'm so nervous that the timing will be wrong or we won't like the food or wish we could hop to another park but stuck with reservation. I don't like planning so much, I want to go, ride, eat when we are hungry.... oh well I'm excited.

shate !!


Share!! We go mid October tell me what you picked

I'm still all over the place

[puppylove64]

May 24, 2017 19:55:32 GMT -5 teamhayes said:

May 24, 2017 19:52:46 GMT -5 puppylove64 said:

We are going in November with free dining. I just booked my ADR and I'm so nervous that the timing will be wrong or we won't like the food or wish we could hop to another park but stuck with reservation. I don't like planning so much, I want to go, ride, eat when we are hungry.... oh well I'm excited.

shate !!


Share!! We go mid October tell me what you picked

I'm still all over the place

We are going 4 days. AK- Tusker house like 3:30 so I'll try to change it to either lunch or dinner, but not loosing what I have for now. Also want to do flame tree for QS. HS - Hollywood and vine fantasmic lunch. EP - Akurshus for dinner. MK- crystal palace 8:30 am before the park opens, want to add BOG for lunch but can't get reservation yet. I had a crystal reef reservation that I was excited about but had to cancel for Akershus. I might try to reschedule and cancel crystal palace if I can get BOG for prepark opening.

[TrudyCampbell]

May 24, 2017 18:17:14 GMT -5 teamhayes said:

Trudy you must make adrs soon right? 2-3 more months

Game plan?

Not until sept 30
I'm basically freaking out, lol. We are going during easter and I'm so afraid we won't get what we want!! I'll actually die if I can't get CRT. I want to eat at so many places.

[TrudyCampbell]

We are planning to arrive late Wednesday night, stay in airport hotel.

Thursday early morning head to animal kingdom lodge, drop off bags, and do AK as our first park day just be we are already over there. Hoping for Sanaa for dinner with my brothers family and my dad who will already be there a few days before us.

Friday- first MK day. I'm hoping for some good ADR this day, hopefully dinner, with something memorable I can do with the extended fam. Thinking HDDR, chef Mickey or BOG but I feel like I won't be able to get any of those.

Saturday will be Ruby's birthday and I'm thinking Epcot for the frozen ever after and then a meal at akershus

After that I have no idea and we are staying until the following Friday. I def want to do probably 2 pool days, but on the pool days I think we will work in dinner and fireworks at a park. I want to do the pool days so we can take advantage of the drop off kids club at the resort.

I'm thinking I'll do our second to last day (last full day before travel day) as BBB and then CRT dinner. Thinking if I book those at the end of my trip I'll have a better chance of getting the reservations.

Need to eat at CRT, BOG, akershus, chef Mickey, Tusker house hopefully ohana, and a dozen others!!

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May 24, 2017 20:13:27 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

May 24, 2017 18:17:14 GMT -5 teamhayes said:

Trudy you must make adrs soon right? 2-3 more months

Game plan?

Not until sept 30
I'm basically freaking out, lol. We are going during easter and I'm so afraid we won't get what we want!! I'll actually die if I can't get CRT. I want to eat at so many places.

I think you'll be fine! If you don't get something use touringplans reservation finder. I switched times like 5 times at BOG with their reservation finder.

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May 24, 2017 18:10:35 GMT -5 teamhayes said:

ETA wish touring plans had a 3 day plan for MK not just 2
I'm assuming most people do 2-3 days

Maybe just take their 2 day and spread it over 3. Their plans can be a little ambitious for young kids and/or longer wait times.

[TrudyCampbell]

When do they release EMH and stuff? Am I going to know which parks have extra hours before I book my ADRs? It's so tough because even if I have park hopper (we plan to) id like to have the restaurants line up to what we are doing that day

[TrudyCampbell]

I'm also debating getting a babysitter and doing an adults only dinner and fireworks somewhere, but will we be too exhausted?

[puppylove64]

TrudyCampbell emh came out a few weeks before my ADR window opened. I would bet that is standard.

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May 24, 2017 21:01:54 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I'm also debating getting a babysitter and doing an adults only dinner and fireworks somewhere, but will we be too exhausted?

Do it.  We left the kids with my ILs one night and did dinner at Epcot and then went to MK for fireworks and to do rides my kids didn't want to do. It was the best 4 hours there!  I want to go back without kids lol

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May 24, 2017 18:09:47 GMT -5 teamhayes said:

Im about to order park maps off of eBay they are @$5 for all the parks

I bought touring plans but it's so all over the place since I have babies toddlers young kids and adults who want to ride
Kids have no fear
We are a go go go family

You can also download maps from the website if you don't want to buy any.  I did that and then highlighted the attractions we wanted to do on the pdf so I could try to limit walking across the park all the time.

[onehitwonder]

This just popped up on my FB feed.
www.parents.com/featured/FourDaysInDisneyMommyShorts?sm_r=uUqHel&null&sr_source=lift_facebook

[bean47]

We are going April 2018, so nothing booked yet, but I've been spending lots of time looking at resorts and restaurants. My dad and step mom started a "Disney fund" for the girls birthday gifts a few years ago and said they would take us at some point. They, unfortunately, want to wait until the girls are much older. They seemed quite shocked when we said recently we wanted to go next year (on our own dime) and it was ackward. We would love for them to come with us but they haven't mentioned it since sooooo, I have no idea what they are thinking.

[TrudyCampbell]

bean47 I think your girls will be great ages!

My ILs are literally going to flip out over us going because we will not be staying in one of their free (to us) off site timeshare properties. We are delaying telling them for as long as possible. I don't feel bad about that because they went to Disney with my SIL and her fam this past fall and didn't even tell us until I saw pics of them on facebook soooo...
Anyway, Disney is a huge deal to me and I refuse to stay off site so there's just going to have to be drama.

[Deleted]

Just because this is a Disney thread. We're probably going to Disneyland next spring and I'm kind of annoyed you can't plan as much there! No dining reservations 180 days out, no FP+, only 2 parks that are basically one, I love to plan vacations!

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May 25, 2017 14:20:21 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

May 25, 2017 14:08:55 GMT -5 @lindy said:

Just because this is a Disney thread. We're probably going to Disneyland next spring and I'm kind of annoyed you can't plan as much there! No dining reservations 180 days out, no FP+, only 2 parks that are basically one, I love to plan vacations!

Lol, you'll love it! Embrace the smaller, easier Disney resort!

But I love to plan lol.  I'm weird.  I know I am going to love the size when it's ends up being a 10 minute walk to the gate.

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May 25, 2017 14:34:30 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

May 25, 2017 14:26:03 GMT -5 @lindy said:

But I love to plan lol.  I'm weird.  I know I am going to love the size when it's ends up being a 10 minute walk to the gate.

Haha definitely. You can always download the app and check ride wait times at different times and days of the week. I mean... what? I don't do that... 😜

Did you guys decide where you're staying?

I want to stay at the new Courtyard with the water park! I think the kids would love the water park, and they have some rooms with a separate area for the kids to sleep with bunkbeds.  It depends their prices for when we end up going, still haven't decided between March and May.  Second option is whichever motel across the street from the gate has any family rooms left where the kids can sleep seperate from us.

[blane12]

What is the 'slowest' time of the year for Disney?

[irishsara]

We are just starting to plan our trip for February 2018. I'm already stressed out

[TrudyCampbell]

May 25, 2017 16:26:05 GMT -5 blane12 said:

What is the 'slowest' time of the year for Disney?

I think September but might be wrong