They will be extended one year from your current expiration date. That's why you get the discount. We usually don't renew and then just get new ones when we're ready to go again. That way we don't waste unused time on the AP's.
We were on a Disney cruise first week of November (right before election) and this little boy says to his mom "look mom, there's Mickey Mouse and Donald Trump" . Every adult within ear shot just bust out laughing.
Plaza is only walk-up now except 12:00-1:00 for lunch. They changed it to walk-up only and no longer take reservations except that lunch hour. So the likelihood depends on crowds in parks but should be doable. Plaza has good food. We love eating there.
I combined a Bounceback (25%) with the $75 gift card for CBR in September, no problem. Originally had it for PORS, but changed it over a couple days ago to CBR and still kept the bounceback discount. Already got my email from Disney about the $75 gift card. So in this case, combining was allowed.
We've never been there that late in May so not sure about the crowds as you get closer to Memorial Day. But I can tell you the May crowds have steadily increased over the years. But as they say, there are no more low-crowd times of year anymore.
We go in May every year and I don't remember ever wearing a pair of pants. I would suggest something long sleeve just for later in the evenings, although I can't remember needing this very often. It can be very hot in May, both day & night.
I believe the loop of cabins closest to boat transportation was the loop of cabins that they removed this past year. We were there in May and they were pulling them all out to make more campsites, I guess. We stayed in the cabins for 2 nights and rented a golf cart and used it a lot for store...
This happened to us on a recent trip at both DHS and Epcot. When we used our first 3, and tried for a 4th we got error message that said you cannot get another Tier 1 until you use your first 3 FP. In both cases we had already used our first 3. The message did not say you could only have one...
Just ate there a few weeks ago and didn't know about the menu change until we got there. I was able to substitute chicken for salmon on the colony salad. But still very disappointed in the change since we had planned on splitting the big pot roast meal and sharing toffee cake. Didn't get either...