Pre-Trip (Im)patiently Waiting For My Early Fall Trip

EDITED 07.07.17 - Photobucket has updated their policies so my photos aren't displaying. I'll try to switch them all over to Flickr eventually!

How early is too early for a pre-trip report? I’m pretty new here still. Sorry if I’m committing a forum faux pas.

Who am I kidding, I’m not sorry. I just want to spend more time thinking about my upcoming trip! My husband claims I spend about 60% of my free time thinking about or reading about Disney. He’s probably right, but I don’t see that as a bad thing! Speaking of my husband, he’s my travel buddy and fellow Disney fan, R. Our first trip was our honeymoon in 2012, and we got hooked.

Our 2015 trip is booked, and I’ve been counting down the days! It will come after a ridiculously busy wedding season (which has already begun), and will be a very welcome break for me.

From our honeymoon:
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Who: Me (K) and R. Photographer and Engineer
(you can tell from our careers how different we are)
When: September 28 – October 3
Where: Bay Lake Tower studio room, lake view
ADRs: Artist Point, California Grill (
early anniversary dinner), San Angel

I’m still trying to get BOG for lunch one of the days that we’ll be in MK. I try two or three times a day, but no luck yet. If I don’t get it, I won’t be crushed, but I’d love to try it out. We’re also eating at Big River Grill one night, though it looked like they didn’t take ADRs. Rhett thought it sounded good, so we’re giving it a shot.

Transportation: Driving from Tennessee! I shoot a wedding the 26th, and we’ll leave the next morning. We will stay in an Orlando hotel the 27th then probably go to MK until our room is ready the 28th.

Tickets: We’ll get those later. Probably 5 day park hopper for R, and maybe an AP for me. I might take a girls trip in January, so I’m waiting to see if that is going to work out.

Other plans: MNSSHP

We try to be really easy-going with our trips because neither of us would have a good time if we rushed around everywhere. We make plans, but they are loose plans. The dining reservations are set, obviously, because we don’t want to be charged for a no-show, but when we make FPs, we don’t always use them. We’ve never ridden TSMM because I never wanted to get there at rope drop and rush back there. Then last year, we had FPs and the dang thing was closed during our window. By the time it was back, we’d left the park. So will 2015 be the year we ride TSMM? Maybe! We have done the one at DL, so we’re not desperate to do it.

I may post a few photos from our December trip last year. I didn’t know about the forums at that point to do a report. It was a fun trip! The weather during that one was AMAZING.

Ok, done rambling. Now I’ll get back to reading everyone else’s trip reports and pre-trip posts!
 
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FlaggNL

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Love the picture!! Plans look great, you are a bit earlier in the World than we are.... also joining a MNSSHP! Great! Enjoy the pre feelings!!
 

Andy_0410

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Love what you have planned sounds like it will be an amazing trip
You'll soon be able to book FP :)
I'm excited now and my trip isn't until October 31
 

PMC0849

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Hey you're going to be there the same time as my wife and I! October 3rd is Dapper Day, if you aren't leaving first thing in the morning I highly suggest checking the quasi-official event out. (it is not put on by disney, but is supported by them)
 

sheriffwoody

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Oooo tell me more! Or I'll look it up...haha.

We drive down, so we can mosey back whenever. Just gotta be out of the room by check-out time. I've been trying to talk R into staying one more day and going to Universal, but he's not going for it. He tells me we're not made of money. I guess he has a point :joyfull:
 
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PMC0849

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Oooo tell me more! Or I'll look it up...haha.

We drive down, so we can mosey back whenever. Just gotta be out of the room by check-out time. I've been trying to talk Rhett into staying one more day and going to Universal, but he's not going for it. He tells me we're not made of money. I guess he has a point :joyfull:

You can check out their website: http://dapperday.com/ for some more information. If you want you can also check out the first day of my trip report from last year's fall event: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/a-very-dapper-not-so-scary-sept-oct-trip-report.891476/ we had a blast.
 

ColoradoEquestrian

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Love it, can't wait to read your trip report. My sister's name is Kristi, too -- same spelling (rare)! We were at Dapper Day last year, but didn't participate. It was so fun seeing the park filled with amazing old timey outfits :D
 

sheriffwoody

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You can check out their website: http://dapperday.com/ for some more information. If you want you can also check out the first day of my trip report from last year's fall event: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/a-very-dapper-not-so-scary-sept-oct-trip-report.891476/ we had a blast.
I'm reading your trip report now! Dapper Day looks awesome. I mentioned it to Rhett, but I don't know if we'll end up doing it. I doubt we'd stay past noon that day, so I don't know if it would be worth trying. Maybe though! I'd have to get him some more dapper clothes. I think his only tie is the one he bought for our wedding! haha
 

sheriffwoody

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Love it, can't wait to read your trip report. My sister's name is Kristi, too -- same spelling (rare)! We were at Dapper Day last year, but didn't participate. It was so fun seeing the park filled with amazing old timey outfits :D

Oh nice! I rarely see that spelling, so that's neat. I think even if we don't dress up, I want to stroll around that morning to see people dressed up.
 

DizneyPryncess

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Cute pic! Great pre-trip report! It's never too early for a pre-trip report. :)

I'm going to be there the same time as you! We'll be at POFQ. I had no idea about Dapper Dan day, but that sounds like so much fun. We have an off day from the parks scheduled for that day, with afternoon tea at GF. I think that might be the perfect place to be dressed up though. :D

Good luck with TSMM, I hope you get to ride it this time! Happy early Anniversary!
 

sheriffwoody

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Cute pic! Great pre-trip report! It's never too early for a pre-trip report. :)

I'm going to be there the same time as you! We'll be at POFQ. I had no idea about Dapper Dan day, but that sounds like so much fun. We have an off day from the parks scheduled for that day, with afternoon tea at GF. I think that might be the perfect place to be dressed up though. :D

Good luck with TSMM, I hope you get to ride it this time! Happy early Anniversary!

Awesome! I love POFQ so much. Of the 3 places we've stayed, it's still my favorite. Afternoon tea sounds lovely. Is that something for your little girl's birthday? (saw that in your signature...I'm not a creeper. haha). I still haven't gone over to look around GF, but I think since we're at a monorail resort this time, we might hop over there and look around one day when we need a park break. It's looks so pretty from outside.
 

DizneyPryncess

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Awesome! I love POFQ so much. Of the 3 places we've stayed, it's still my favorite. Afternoon tea sounds lovely. Is that something for your little girl's birthday? (saw that in your signature...I'm not a creeper. haha). I still haven't gone over to look around GF, but I think since we're at a monorail resort this time, we might hop over there and look around one day when we need a park break. It's looks so pretty from outside.

The afternoon tea is a lot of fun, I've done it once before with just my mom. My daughter's birthday celebration is going to be the Pirate & Pals Voyage, but I think her birthday is noted on all the reservations. The tea is just a nice off day activity, and it's enough food to be a late lunch. It's relaxing, and the GF is definitely beautiful to visit if you get a chance to visit! :)

Did you get your BOG reservation yet? I had a tough time with that week, at 180 days out. I was aiming for day 5, but nothing. I got one for the very last day of our trip & rearranged. I hope you were able to snag one!
 

sheriffwoody

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Did you get your BOG reservation yet? I had a tough time with that week, at 180 days out. I was aiming for day 5, but nothing. I got one for the very last day of our trip & rearranged. I hope you were able to snag one!

I haven't yet. I didn't try at 180 days, so that was my problem. I just decided a couple of weeks ago that I want to try it for lunch (after reading about it in a bunch of trip reports). I'm going to try all day at the 60 day mark. I am thinking maybe some folks will be canceling/rearranging when they start making FP selections. If we don't get it, I'll try next trip!
 

DisneyMorgan

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I'll be there around the same time you are! We go 9/26-10/5! I am also impatiently waiting I am soooo ready! Split stay between WDW, DCL, and then one day back for MNSSHP! Funny, I am also from TN, and honeymooned at WDW in 2012 :)
 

sheriffwoody

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I'll be there around the same time you are! We go 9/26-10/5! I am also impatiently waiting I am soooo ready! Split stay between WDW, DCL, and then one day back for MNSSHP! Funny, I am also from TN, and honeymooned at WDW in 2012 :)

WOW, that's a lot of coincidences! Haha. What part of Tennessee are you from? We're in West, kind of between Memphis and Nashville. I think I've just about got Rhett convinced to do a cruise next time we book a trip after this one, hopefully in 2016. He's not keen on being stuck on a boat, but I think we'd have fun!
 

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