Tentative Outline for October and Questions About ToonTown Morning Madness?

[fayt19]

Hey, guys. So my family's going to DLR in October and we're thinking the first week, hoping for lower crowds. We'd really like to see Fantasmic!, but we're going to get Annual Passes at the end of this trip, so we can always see it another time. Our tentative schedule is(edit: We definitely don't want to go over gay days, so this is the new tentative schedule):

October 5th(Monday): Arrive in the afternoon, check out Downtown Disney and take it easy this night.
October 6th(Tuesday): Go to Disneyland MM.
October 7th(Wednesday): Go to ToonTown Morning Madness. If we couldn't get those tickets, we'd go to CA early this morning.
October 8th(Thursday): TOT Party this night. Possibly head to ToonTown first thing if we don't end up getting the special tickets.
October 9th(Friday): Either wake up early and hit the rides depending upon how we're feeling, or sleep in this day. Main objective of this day is to see Fantasmic.
October 10th(Saturday): Head home.

Does this seem like a good, realistic plan? This is our first trip in several years, and we're hoping it'll be a great one! Also, we really liked Fantasmic! last time we went and want to see it again this first trip, but we're wondering if we should just head home on Friday.

My other question is the best deal on getting tickets. We'll need four day parkhoppers. We want to get the best deal possible, and we're going to upgrade to Annual Passes on this trip. Do we upgrade them on our last morning going to the parks, October 8th? And then head into the park like usual? Do they allow this? Where should we buy the tickets? The perks I'm interested in are getting are Magic Morning, and ToonTown Madness. Can we get that by just buying tickets? We also have AAA. Do they sell tickets? On the Disneyland website it says you can only get ToonTown Morning Madness by buying a complete package. I also see you can buy ToonTown Morning Madness tickets on eBay. Are those legal? I wouldn't mind buying them, if they were legal and would work.

We're probably going to stay at the Fairfield Inn. How long is the walk, on average, from this hotel to the gates of Disneyland?

Also, does anyone know how long it takes to get the Disneyland Planning DVD? We're going to be moving around a bit these next few months, and are wondering which address we'll need to send it to. Four to six weeks? Four to eight weeks?

Thanks so much, you guys, for putting up with all my silly questions. I really appreciate it!

[3Minnies1Mickey]

Originally Posted by fayt19

Hey, guys. So my family's going to DLR in October and we're thinking the first week, hoping for lower crowds. We'd really like to see Fantasmic!, but we're going to get Annual Passes at the end of this trip, so we can always see it another time. Our tentative schedule is:

October 4th(Sunday): Arrive in the afternoon, clean up and go to Downtown Disney, then head to Disneyland to go see Fantasmic. (We'd probably get reservations for the special seating and hope to get in line an hour early for the show so we could get first row)
October 5th(Monday): Wake up early and go to CA to get to Soarin' and TSMM.
October 6th(Tuesday): Go to Disneyland MM.
October 7th(Wednesday): Go to ToonTown Morning Madness. If we couldn't get those tickets, we'd go to Disneyland this morning, I suppose.
October 8th(Thursday): Take it easy this day. Possibly head to ToonTown first thing if we don't end up getting the special tickets.
October 9th(Friday): Go home.

Does this seem like a good, realistic plan? This is our first trip in several years, and we're hoping it'll be a great one! I'm really curious if Fantasmic! will be playing every day of the weekends in October?

My other question is the best deal on getting tickets. We'll need four day parkhoppers. We want to get the best deal possible, and we're going to upgrade to Annual Passes on this trip. Do we upgrade them on our last morning going to the parks, October 8th? And then head into the park like usual? Do they allow this? Where should we buy the tickets? The perks I'm interested in are getting are Magic Morning, and ToonTown Madness. Can we get that by just buying tickets? We also have AAA. Do they sell tickets? On the Disneyland website it says you can only get ToonTown Morning Madness by buying a complete package. I also see you can buy ToonTown Morning Madness tickets on eBay. Are those legal? I wouldn't mind buying them, if they were legal and would work.

We're probably going to stay at the Fairfield Inn. How long is the walk, on average, from this hotel to the gates of Disneyland?

Also, does anyone know how long it takes to get the Disneyland Planning DVD? We're going to be moving around a bit these next few months, and are wondering which address we'll need to send it to. Four to six weeks? Four to eight weeks?

Thanks so much, you guys, for putting up with all my silly questions. I really appreciate it!

1) Oct. 4 is the last day of Gay Days (just so you know) and it'll be pretty crowded.

2) F! historically will be shown Fri-Sun, Fireworks Fri-Sat.

3) AAA does have good deals and their tickets include Free Parking. Next best site would be Disneyland's, they give a price break if you purchase ahead of time and not at the gate.

4) You can upgrade at any time of your trip, but I'd do it after MM (you don't get MM w/the AP unless you are onsite). I'd do it the day of MM, so you can get your AP discounts as soon as possible.

5) I ordered my DVD a couple of weeks ago and just got it.

6) My understanding Fairfield Inn is really close, but I've never stayed there. Check the Hotel thread (the last or 2nd to last page has pics).

[fayt19]

Originally Posted by 3Minnies1Mickey

1) Oct. 4 is the last day of Gay Days (just so you know) and it'll be pretty crowded.

2) F! historically will be shown Fri-Sun, Fireworks Fri-Sat.

3) AAA does have good deals and their tickets include Free Parking. Next best site would be Disneyland's, they give a price break if you purchase ahead of time and not at the gate.

4) You can upgrade at any time of your trip, but I'd do it after MM (you don't get MM w/the AP unless you are onsite). I'd do it the day of MM, so you can get your AP discounts as soon as possible.

5) I ordered my DVD a couple of weeks ago and just got it.

6) My understanding Fairfield Inn is really close, but I've never stayed there. Check the Hotel thread (the last or 2nd to last page has pics).

Oh, no, you're right about Gay Days. I knew there was something wrong with my perfect plan. But thanks for all the info!