I don't like FP+ either. But I don't think it'll be AS bad as you think it will be.
Our touring plans make fp+ at MK a night mare. We'll spend 4, possibly five days in MK as it's our favorite park.
My goodness, with 4 or 5 days in one park, surely you'll hit everything you wanted to hit and more? MK is actually our least fave park (we just keep subconsciously expecting it to be
Disneyland, and it's not, and we haven't been able to stop our minds from expecting it) so I can't imagine that many days, but I'm sure you'll get everything done.
IMHO, FP+ is a much better system for those who like to have a relaxing trip. You get to select your own times, PLUS you can shift them around. If you have your time come up and the standby is relatively short, you can use the FP for something else.
Oh if only I actually *could* have done that! Last minute (bumped flights) half day at Epcot, got 3 FPs worked out before heading out from the hotel, got there...5 minute wait for the first thing I'd FP+d. Tried to change it..."no other times available for this experience". Tried to change the experience "no other experiences for this time frame. Tried to change the other two, hoping it would open up...nothing nothing nothing big fat nothing.
This was Superbowl Sunday at Epcot, it was NOT busy. While waiting out the next FP+ which I could not change, I got a big ol' beer in Canada, and, well, I missed the next two FP+s b/c I was busy chatting with CMs and moseying around.
If only changing was absolutely something that would happen. But just because it CAN be done in general, doesn't mean you WILL be able to do it in a specific case.
I think the OP has every right to have negative feelings about his upcoming trip, without being given such a hard time about it. ...
In any case, it's silly to pretend a decision like canceling a trip is simple.
Agree and agree!
Though I do like the alternative plans of beach days and Universal.
I am of the opinion that if you go into anything expecting the worst, you are going to experience the worst. A positive attitude does wonders...
I have never once found this to be true in my life. For me, setting expectations is key, and if I set them too high, things will seem lower. If I set them low, things will feel better. Regardless, I want to know the facts. I want to hear experiences. I want to know before I go.
I went into our January trip with perfectly good expectations and a lot of excitement. I got sick, really sick, 2 days into it. Few days later DS got it, too. We had an absolutely junky first 3 weeks of our 4 week "last big because-we-homeschool-we-can-take-this-time" trip. Regardless of our attitude going into it. My son doesn't even want to go to WDW for at least a year because of our trip. He does want to visit Universal, and we had the same number of days at Universal as at WDW (ended up in parks for 3 partial days at each place), because Uni is so easy, and WDW with FP+ is just not for us. Even the 9 year old could figure out the difference between past FP trips and recent FP+ trips. We ride almost nothing with FP+. We can't even figure out why.
I've also had experiences where I have a lousy attitude going into it and have a perfectly nice time.
I don't tell myself what I should or should not feel...I feel what I feel, and like to have correct expectations for things.