W minus 614
Oh, wait. Never mind.
The reservations they’re taking are exactly like the “FastPass” lunch we had.
I guess they did like it after all.
March 6, 2015
W minus 607
Toy Story Mania and
Soarin’ rumored to have extra capacity upgrades coming. Can Peter Pan Mark II be far behind?
March 13, 2015
W minus 601
Its official, the
Sorcerer’s Hat is gone, and “Disney Hollywood Studios” is changing its name...eventually.
Told you MGM was coming back!
April 9, 2015
W minus 574
Someone realizes it
isn’t the 80’s anymore and replaces Captain EO “temporarily” with Tomorrowland previews.
May 9, 2015
W minus 544
First documented
statement that is more “we’re going” than “I’d like to go.” Grandma indicates November teachers’
convention is the probable target at Day before Mother’s Day Friendly’s lunch. Looking at the entire mob of us at one
table…I think I may need a “Pre Grid-Grid.”
To document this
decision, the Dinoland Dance-A-Palooza character dance party ends before we
have a remote chance of seeing it.
May 15, 2015
W minus 538
Actually started a “Pre Grid-Grid.” It’s a survey to rank options to let everyone
vote leading to a priority list. I knew
that Customer Needs to Engineering Requirements class would come in handy.
Where
|
Attraction
|
Rank
1-5
|
Notes
|
Animal Kingdom
|
Donald Safari
Character Lunch or dinner
|
Mickey Daisy Goofy,
Donald outside, food excellent, uses time in park we only have one day in,
parade gone though.
|
|
Animal Kingdom
|
Donald safari
Character Breakfast
|
Mickey Daisy Goofy,
Donald outside, gives early entrance
to park/ or wastes extra magic hours
|
|
Downtown
|
Downtown with kids
|
1/2 day out of parks
|
|
Downtown
|
T-Rex Café
|
1/2 day out of park,
includes Downtown with kids
|
|
EPCOT
|
Garden Grill dinner
(rotates)
|
Mickey Chip Dale Pluto,
excellent food, dinner only.
|
|
EPCOT
|
Illuminations
|
Pretty leaving not
quite as insane as Kingdom fireworks
|
|
EPCOT
|
Princess Meal Norway
|
Duh.
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
Be our Guest (Beast's
castle meal)
|
Fancy great
atmosphere, excellent food, crazy hard to book/ time. Sit down Dinner always
full, counter lunch may be too now that fast pass open to everyone.
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
Cinderella's castle
meal
|
Duh.
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
Dwarves Mine Car
|
Snow white themed
roller coaster with animatronics. (more for which of us is going, I know some
definitely are)
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
Electric Light Parade
|
Must be in M.K. on day
it runs, usually more crowded.
Awesome, though.
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
Fireworks in the park?
|
Pretty, but makes
leaving insane
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
First Day in MK
|
Fridays usually are
ok, next good MK day would be Tue-Wed, but farthest from hotel.
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
Night Extra Magic
|
Park closes earlier
this time of year Extra magic extends park till 10pm. Mean 11+ hour day
there.
|
|
Magic Kingdom
|
Plaza Restaurant
|
Good food, fun, best
ice cream in WDW, uses a MK table service.
|
|
MGM
|
Fantasmic
|
Pretty Good show, dark
and late, leaving moderately insane, same time as Dance party which was fun
|
|
MGM
|
Jedi Training (age
4-12)
|
Need to be in MGM when
it opens to sign up, possibly rearrange Fast pass and meals around it
|
|
MGM
|
Play and Dine lunch
|
Excellent food -Sophia
and Doc mcstuffins, might prevent sci
fi
|
|
MGM
|
Sci Fi Dine in theater
|
Old favorite,
reservations fill fast, hard to move for Jedi training etc.
|
|
Non Disney
|
Arrival day sit down
park meal?
|
Plane delay could make
us miss it.
|
|
Non Disney
|
Go To Universal for a
day (Harry Potter)
|
Bus Ride Off Disney
Property-
|
|
Non Disney
|
Pick one universal
park for non-Potter
|
Harry Potter stuff
spread between two parks (connected) should we look at other attractions and
only pick one of them for non potter stuff or pick best attractions in both and
hop?
|
|
Non Disney
|
Take late flight home
|
Guarantees park time
on last day, and exhaustion on first day home
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Alice/Poppins
Breakfast in Floridian
|
Morning out of park,
or very early, Alice, Hatter, Pooh, Tigger, Poppins.
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Chef Mickeys
(Contemporary)
|
Night time out of
park, only meal with Minnie, sets kids on fire.
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Cinderella Dinner in
Floridian
|
Night time out of
park, probably best quality food, Cinderella, Prince, Stepmother and Sisters
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Day pool time
|
Normally can use pool
at night, unless we hit a cold snap again.
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Do MK area hotel
dinner first night?
|
Assumes MK first
night, perfect if closing early, otherwise means leaving park before closed
or very late dinner.
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Electric Water Pageant
|
Have to be near, but
not in Magic Kingdom and finished eating at right time.
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Hoop Dee Do
|
More Night time out of
park than character meals, counts as 2 meals,
|
|
Off Park Time
|
Hotel Character meal
1st night - early MK
|
If Magic Kingdom
Closes early (7pm) Friday, should we go there first anyway and do Cinderella
Floridian or something after? (con- not using
presumably available full days in MK)
|
|
WDW- General
|
Concentrate fast pass
plus on characters
|
Less time on non-interactive
lines- may have to use single rider lines for bigger attractions
|
|
WDW- General
|
Park hopping
|
Allows use of night
extra magic hours if in other park- and electric parade after other park day,
usually can schedule around need.
|
|
WDW- General
|
Water Park
|
Time away from parks,
extra cost, put it on the list to cross it off…I'm traditional
|
|
WDW- General
|
Days per park, does
this look right?
|
Three Magic
Kingdom (allows a short one to do off
park meal) , two EPCOT, one Universal, one Animal, one MGM One floater (extra MGM or Animal) Final day, church, early home.
|
May 30, 2015
W minus 523
It still isn’t the 80’s
–no sign of Captain EO as Inside Out previews replace Tomorrowland.
June 1, 2015
W minus 521
Muppet Vision 3D turns
24. Next year for the Silver Anniversary it will be expanded, the live stage
show will return, and the Park will be named MGM again. (Hey, I can dream, cant I?)
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