Fantasmic! viewing vs. WoC viewing?

StarWarsGirl

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raven24 said:
You guys plan way too much for the DLR, LOL. I know it's hard not to plan, coming from a WDW perspective, but it's really not necessary for Disneyland. That's why schedules are released only days in advance.
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Yeah, we do plan a lot, lol. We're very used to planning, considering DVC members book 11-7 months out (we've had this trip booked for 7 months) and then dining 180 days out and the park hours are released MONTHS in advance. I'm sure you've heard about Be Our Guest being impossible to get otherwise. So we kind of plan for Disneyland. We're used to having to be in a particular area at a particular time and planning a single park each day (maybe two, three is too many) so we kind of transfer it over to Disneyland. On the up side, planning does allow us to get a lot done in one day. But there's no way we're planning which park on which day in Disneyland except we are getting dining reservations because it makes us feel better. We'll probably plan for World of Color too.
 
englanddg

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
Yeah, we do plan a lot, lol. We're very used to planning, considering DVC members book 11-7 months out (we've had this trip booked for 7 months) and then dining 180 days out and the park hours are released MONTHS in advance. I'm sure you've heard about Be Our Guest being impossible to get otherwise. So we kind of plan for Disneyland. We're used to having to be in a particular area at a particular time and planning a single park each day (maybe two, three is too many) so we kind of transfer it over to Disneyland. On the up side, planning does allow us to get a lot done in one day. But there's no way we're planning which park on which day in Disneyland except we are getting dining reservations because it makes us feel better. We'll probably plan for World of Color too.
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Something I learned...it's much better to NOT plan for DLC. It's not WDW at all. It's completely different (but still Disney, and still a heck of a lot of fun).

While I prefer my home parks (WDW), DLC is certainly worth a visit. While there, I'd recommend looking into the tour of the Disney Studios. (I'm way off topic now, aren't I)...
 
StarWarsGirl

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englanddg said:
Something I learned...it's much better to NOT plan for DLC. It's not WDW at all. It's completely different (but still Disney, and still a heck of a lot of fun).

While I prefer my home parks (WDW), DLC is certainly worth a visit. While there, I'd recommend looking into the tour of the Disney Studios. (I'm way off topic now, aren't I)...
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I have been there, it's just been a while. I went before Carmagedon. So am I familiar with both parks; I'm just getting some of my facts straight. We aren't planning too much, just dining and when to see World of Color basically. I'm trying to get the info though so I'm not there and suddenly go, "Uh, oh no, what now?" We did look into touring the studios, but the tour we originally booked got cancelled, so we just decided to spend an extra day in the parks. We're going to Aulani right after Disneyland, so we'll probably just do the parks and plan for a longer California trip in a few years.
 
Californian Elitist

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
Yeah, we do plan a lot, lol. We're very used to planning, considering DVC members book 11-7 months out (we've had this trip booked for 7 months) and then dining 180 days out and the park hours are released MONTHS in advance. I'm sure you've heard about Be Our Guest being impossible to get otherwise. So we kind of plan for Disneyland. We're used to having to be in a particular area at a particular time and planning a single park each day (maybe two, three is too many) so we kind of transfer it over to Disneyland. On the up side, planning does allow us to get a lot done in one day. But there's no way we're planning which park on which day in Disneyland except we are getting dining reservations because it makes us feel better. We'll probably plan for World of Color too.
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DON'T PLAN. LOL, I dare you guys to just go to Disneyland without any planning. I would love to see that in person hahaha.

The only time the DLR may require planning is Halloween and Christmas, especially Christmas.
 
englanddg

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raven24 said:
I wish the Studios was open to the general public. It's a great place and you can feel the Disney history. I've visited many, many times.
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They have a paid tour that I really wanted to do...starts off with pickup at the Disneyland Hotel.

But, alas, it wasn't running when I visited.
 
StarWarsGirl

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raven24 said:
DON'T PLAN. LOL, I dare you guys to just go to Disneyland without any planning. I would love to see that in person hahaha.

The only time the DLR may require planning is Halloween and Christmas, especially Christmas.
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I figured, but in this case my father is insisting. We're not much for waiting either, lol. We want to get in as quickly as possible. We really don't mind. He and my mother have been making dining reservations since before they were even really needed at WDW. Force of habit I guess. We don't plan day by day (like, "First, we will do Haunted Mansion. Second, we will do Pirates") until we get in, then it's kind of like, "Oh, where are there Fastpasses? Which ride do you wanna hit first?" That sort of thing. We mentally plan once we get in the parks. This whole My Magic+ thing with planning your entire day out is just nuts. We'll probably use it for Toy Story Mania and that's it. In Florida we do have to plan for the unexpected because of thunderstorms. Then all of the sudden, "Oops, guess there's no Fantasmic" or "Great. Now we have to use our Big Thunder Mountain Fastpasses for later." So there's no sense in planning the entire day months in advance. But we found by preparing and planning for Disneyland, as well as familiarizing ourselves before we go, we were able to have a much better time. Even the unofficial guidebook for DL recommends some planning as you enter the park. We did do the, "Oh, this looks interesting and the line isn't too long. Let's do it!" I also have a rule about waiting more than 30 minutes...

There are people recently who have posted about how they plan their outfits months in advance. While I love these members and they are great, this makes no sense to me. In the winter, the weather is so unpredictable that you don't know if it will be 80 or 40 until a few days in advance. Sure, you need to make sure that you have a bathing suit, comfortable walking shoes, some shorts and clothes that you know you're comfortable in for the parks, as well as something nicer if you have a reservation for a restaurant with a dress code (few and far between), but day by day outfit planning is a little ridiculous. I can understand if you were like me and you had an MK or WDW shirt that you wanted to wear in DL your first day or vice versa or if you have an attraction shirt you'd like to wear in the park. I definitely understand not wearing white on travel days (I learned that lesson about six years ago when I was first learning the meaning of what it is to be female). But the rule that teens and college age kids have of "It's clean? Wear it!" works well on vacation.
 
StarWarsGirl

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raven24 said:
Of course! There's something very interesting in helping WDW vets. Before I came to this site to learn all about WDW, I had no clue what ADRs stood for, and I was shocked to hear about dining reservations and how they worked.
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I have to laugh when I see DL vets in WDW. So much shocks them! Like how much walking it is or how huge it is or the fact that everything is indoors (lines and all are undercover, thank you Florida weather). I think it's almost like a culture shock, though if they planned (haha) better they'd have a better time.
 
englanddg

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
I have to laugh when I see DL vets in WDW. So much shocks them! Like how much walking it is or how huge it is or the fact that everything is indoors (lines and all are undercover, thank you Florida weather). I think it's almost like a culture shock, though if they planned (haha) better they'd have a better time.
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Vice versa, I'm sure they'd laugh at us. And maybe even be insulted (my first comment when walking into Main Street USA to the friend I went with, who also was a WDW vet, was "It's so small" And my first comment about walking through the Castle was "That's it?")...
 
StarWarsGirl

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englanddg said:
Vice versa, I'm sure they'd laugh at us. And maybe even be insulted (my first comment when walking into Main Street USA to the friend I went with, who also was a WDW vet, was "It's so small" And my first comment about walking through the Castle was "That's it?")...
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Rotfl, that was our thought too! They would also be insulted over what I have to say about their Splash Mountain...
 
englanddg

englanddg

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Well, laugh at me too...it freaked me out as well! I'm like...wait, you can't tell me showtimes? I can't know park hours?

<lack of information overload!>
 
Californian Elitist

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englanddg said:
Vice versa, I'm sure they'd laugh at us. And maybe even be insulted (my first comment when walking into Main Street USA to the friend I went with, who also was a WDW vet, was "It's so small" And my first comment about walking through the Castle was "That's it?")...
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I'm not insulted at all by the castle comments. Sleeping Beauty Castle is the way Walt intended it to be. Not to mention a taller castle would completely make Main Street and the rest of the park very awkward and it would impose on Matterhorn, which is supposed to be taller than the castle. It all works out.
 

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