Pre-Trip The wait, who is coming and where are we staying PTR Part 2

Rista1313 · Mar 9, 2018

I tried to make my fast passes all one right after the other too!

I can't seem to get fastpasses for Toy Story mania on the 9th. I read it's suppose to be done the 7th... so I keep checking, hoping fast passes will open for the 9th before we go!

Doc Disney · Mar 10, 2018

Rista1313 said:
I tried to make my fast passes all one right after the other too!

I can't seem to get fastpasses for Toy Story mania on the 9th. I read it's suppose to be done the 7th... so I keep checking, hoping fast passes will open for the 9th before we go!

I'm going to keep looking too....just in case!

Songbird76 · Mar 11, 2018

Doc Disney said:
I've definitely done last minute trips with not much planning but I still pick up Fast Passes here and there it makes a difference for sure! I feel like the biggest misconception is that you can't be spontaneous but I have even done days where we just randomly pick a park to go go then picked up Fps as we went. You may not get the best of the best rides but I think people would be surprised how many Fps you can still get!

Totally. The thing is that sometimes you have to be flexible because you can't control everything. When we went in 2016, I had booked fastpasses for Turtle Talk with Crush, but when we got there, it wasn't busy and we didn't need the fastpass at all, so we were able to switch it to something else. And when we were in AK, the weather turned bad, and everything outdoors was closed, which meant the only things open were the shows. We had fastpasses for later in the day for Festival of the Lion King. So we moved up the fastpass for that, saw it right away, then went to lunch, then when we were supposed to have a fastpass for Nemo, it was pouring so hard we canceled it, and waited in Restaurantasaurus until we could at least walk outside with our ponchos and not still be soaked within seconds, and then rebooked fastpasses for Nemo. It all worked out well with the MDE app on our phones. So I'm a planner, but I have also learned to adapt. Spontaneous is all in how you see it. You can absolutely change plans if you need to, but if you want to do the most popular rides, it's best to at least have SOME plan of how to accomplish it.

Doc Disney · Mar 18, 2018

I'm so excited!
We booked 2 new additions to our trip

1. Caring for Giants elephant tour

I really wanted to do an AK tour again since we enjoyed the Trek so much...but we were definitely looking for a cheaper alternative. This is about an hour, has good reviews, is only $25 with the AP discount and is something even my Mom was willing to do :joyfull:

2. Star Wars fireworks dessert party on May 4 (aka May the 4th be with you :joyfull:

) As I told @sheriffwoody and @blgauger I booked this in the middle of the night a few weeks ago when I was on call and I was delusional with lack of sleep. I am actually really excited about it and made sure my Mom and Dad were on board. Last time we tried to do a dessert party with my Dad (Wishes) he left like 2 minutes into it so I am hopeful this one works out better :hilarious:

Captain Barbossa · Mar 18, 2018

I've heard nothing but good things about the Caring for Giants tour. And like you said, it's not very expensive, even without the ap discount. I might have to give it a try in May.

sheriffwoody · Mar 19, 2018

Doc Disney said:
I'm so excited!
We booked 2 new additions to our trip

1. Caring for Giants elephant tour I really wanted to do an AK tour again since we enjoyed the Trek so much...but we were definitely looking for a cheaper alternative. This is about an hour, has good reviews, is only $25 with the AP discount and is something even my Mom was willing to do

2. Star Wars fireworks dessert party on May 4 (aka May the 4th be with you ) As I told @sheriffwoody and @blgauger I booked this in the middle of the night a few weeks ago when I was on call and I was delusional with lack of sleep. I am actually really excited about it and made sure my Mom and Dad were on board. Last time we tried to do a dessert party with my Dad (Wishes) he left like 2 minutes into it so I am hopeful this one works out better

OOOOOH I can't wait to hear about the tour.

Thanks to you and the booze I was drinking, I'll see you at the dessert party :cautious:

We *might* cancel it. I'm keeping it for now because I mean I've paid for it. But it looks like you can cancel and get a refund, so I'm still thinking about it. I do think we would enjoy having a good spot for that show, I just hope the desserts are better than at the Happily Ever After dessert party.

AKemily · Mar 19, 2018

Doc Disney said:
1. Caring for Giants elephant tour I really wanted to do an AK tour again since we enjoyed the Trek so much...but we were definitely looking for a cheaper alternative. This is about an hour, has good reviews, is only $25 with the AP discount and is something even my Mom was willing to do

@krause and I looooved the Caring for Giants tour! It was worth the price even without the AP discount and after the terrible Canadian exchange rate :joyfull:

even just being able to see the backstage CM areas is cool. You’ll have so much fun!

Doc Disney · Mar 20, 2018

Captain Barbossa said:
I've heard nothing but good things about the Caring for Giants tour. And like you said, it's not very expensive, even without the ap discount. I might have to give it a try in May.

I agree every review I have read has been good! Its only $30 without the AP discount which is awesome

Doc Disney · Mar 20, 2018

sheriffwoody said:
OOOOOH I can't wait to hear about the tour.

Thanks to you and the booze I was drinking, I'll see you at the dessert party We *might* cancel it. I'm keeping it for now because I mean I've paid for it. But it looks like you can cancel and get a refund, so I'm still thinking about it. I do think we would enjoy having a good spot for that show, I just hope the desserts are better than at the Happily Ever After dessert party.

LOL. I think I am definitely keeping it. The reviews are actually all good that I have read and they have more savory stuff than HEA (and cocktails!). Plus those Darth Vader cupcakes

Doc Disney · Mar 20, 2018

AKemily said:
@krause and I looooved the Caring for Giants tour! It was worth the price even without the AP discount and after the terrible Canadian exchange rate even just being able to see the backstage CM areas is cool. You’ll have so much fun!

I'm glad to hear it! We are all really excited (well...my Dad I think is a little disappointed its not the Trek but he'll recover :joyfull:

)

sheriffwoody · Mar 20, 2018

Doc Disney said:
LOL. I think I am definitely keeping it. The reviews are actually all good that I have read and they have more savory stuff than HEA (and cocktails!). Plus those Darth Vader cupcakes

WAIT WHAT?! I didn't know they had cocktails. That seals it. That is the main reason we liked the Illuminations one so much better! Cocktails, plus the savory options.

blreinsel · Mar 20, 2018

So the real question is when will our annual meet up be (@sheriffwoody)??

Also... I want to see elephants! I didn't even know that was a thing. And for $25!?

Doc Disney · Mar 24, 2018

sheriffwoody said:
WAIT WHAT?! I didn't know they had cocktails. That seals it. That is the main reason we liked the Illuminations one so much better! Cocktails, plus the savory options.

Yea it looks like there are anywhere between 2-4 cocktails per party

Doc Disney · Mar 24, 2018

blgauger said:
So the real question is when will our annual meet up be (@sheriffwoody)??

Also... I want to see elephants! I didn't even know that was a thing. And for $25!?

You should definitely do the tour!
I feel like we are at biannual (or more) meet ups :joyfull:

Doc Disney · Mar 24, 2018

Ok....any things you can think of that we should pack for a toddler that aren't obvious?

@dryerlintfan or anyone else? :joyfull:

Gurt · Mar 26, 2018

Doc Disney said:
Ok....any things you can think of that we should pack for a toddler that aren't obvious?

Not that iv ever gone to Disney with kids but some helpful tips I picked up for a friend that travelled with children was plenty of zip lock bags for half eaten snacks, take a picture of what they are wearing in the park, (his kids were really bad for seeing something and running off), also something on them with your phone number so if they did run off a CM could easily contact you and finally glow bracelets for evening times.

Sillysidewalker · Mar 26, 2018

Gurt said:
Not that iv ever gone to Disney with kids but some helpful tips I picked up for a friend that travelled with children was plenty of zip lock bags for half eaten snacks, take a picture of what they are wearing in the park, (his kids were really bad for seeing something and running off), also something on them with your phone number so if they did run off a CM could easily contact you and finally glow bracelets for evening times.

I 2nd & 3rd all the safety items. Never in a million years did I think I could lose one of my kids but we did and those were the scariest 10 minutes of my life!!!

Gurt · Mar 27, 2018

Sillysidewalker said:
I 2nd & 3rd all the safety items. Never in a million years did I think I could lose one of my kids but we did and those were the scariest 10 minutes of my life!!!

I remember years ago as I was a child my cousin got separated from our group coming out of the Shamu show, in the sea (no pun intended) of people he just got lost, when we did find him a short time later he got the telling off of his life but only because everyone had been so worried looking for him.

Doc Disney · Mar 27, 2018

Gurt said:
Not that iv ever gone to Disney with kids but some helpful tips I picked up for a friend that travelled with children was plenty of zip lock bags for half eaten snacks, take a picture of what they are wearing in the park, (his kids were really bad for seeing something and running off), also something on them with your phone number so if they did run off a CM could easily contact you and finally glow bracelets for evening times.

Sillysidewalker said:
I 2nd & 3rd all the safety items. Never in a million years did I think I could lose one of my kids but we did and those were the scariest 10 minutes of my life!!!

Thank you guys! My sister got the temporary tattoos to put on Max with her phone number last night! We started panicking a little bit about it haha Last time he went he was only 15 months and not as mobile so I don't think we thought about it much. We also got glow sticks

Thankfully ziplock bags are my speciality I carry like at least 10 everyday :joyfull:

Balki228 · Mar 27, 2018

For my daughter (almost 2) we picked up a Disney Misting fan bottle from Kohls with a coupon and gave it to her now to get use to for the trip. Also I am glad I read this because did not even think of the previous suggestions of picture of what wearing that day and the phone number!!

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