***1st Week of December Thread ADR Plans, Park Hours, and dealing with Pop Warner***

Yes I booked flights ages ago when I booked my hotel. Now I'm kicking myself as there are better deals and times available. Unfortunately my tickets are non refundable :(
I see. Which airline are you flying with? I'm looking at prices and it's expensive! Air canada is much cheaper but I like the time of westjet better, which is currently $500 more expensive ! :(
 
Opinions please :) I am typing on my phone in the car, listening to my kids complain, so forgive me if this sounds choppy :)

We have an 8:00 pm ressie for Ohana on our world showcase day. Should I cancel the ressie and eat at Epcot or keep the ressie? I would hate to have to leave the world showcase if we are having a good time and we did Ohana on our last trip.
 
Opinions please :) I am typing on my phone in the car, listening to my kids complain, so forgive me if this sounds choppy :)

We have an 8:00 pm ressie for Ohana on our world showcase day. Should I cancel the ressie and eat at Epcot or keep the ressie? I would hate to have to leave the world showcase if we are having a good time and we did Ohana on our last trip.


I think look for a better time? If you are in the world showcase, I think you will find plenty to eat there :)
 

You guys...dh and I were talking over plans and we are leaning strongly towards not doing the Christmas party. It's almost $400 canadian for our family aND after watching a video of the parade and shows we are pretty sure my daughter would not be into it. This also means I may have to switch my flow back to early evening/early morning touring style.

I know it's contrary to what most peeps on the boards are saying but knowing our kid I really can't justify it.

Thinking about the alice in Wonderland tea at gf maybe tho.
Every family is different. You have to do what you think is going to work for you personally.

This. There are so many choices and options at disney, even if you do NOTHING extra it will be a great vacation. Do what is best for you! Only you really know :)
 
Agree but unfortunately that's how it's going for everyone nowadays... I'm not even sure what I would do if Saturday does not work... I guess I now have to think about it...
well right now they ARE doing saturday so let's keep up hope. They are doing 3 days that correspond with the days that MK is open late and only one that corresponds with a party day (there are 4 party days and 3 non party days at the MK most weeks). So this says to me that rather than trying to provide alternate entertainment for the nights when MK closes early for the party, they are trying to alleviate crowds at the MK on non party nights. As long as they keep up with that goal I think we should be fine in December.
 
Not to be all grumpy, but it doesn't necessarily scream magical to give a mere 30 days advance notice.
Agree. What grinds my gears is we are forced to make adrs 180 days in advance and fp 60 days out (if onsite) and then you can still get messed up by disney changing their schedule!
we are in good company. have been reading the star wars thread for a while, back to july where people in august were stressing. We are members of the club now. I really hope it happens on saturday and even though I can make it work, it is so disruptive to my flow i may not even bother if it's another night. Was looking forward to meeting my lovely DIS peeps as much as anything at this point!
 
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I'm wondering if this is some sort of sign that they're expecting light crowds through October. That, or they're trying to force all the non-free dining people (since most of October was blacked out) to purchase hoppers. Or they're just taking penny pinching to a whole new level. I'm just so bummed about this development. :(
it's not a sign because September/October/November before tgivign and first two weeks of december are typically lighter crowds. Typically VERY light crowds january, february (except for february break week in the northeast) and first week of march. then lighter crowds through the middle of june except for spring break/easter time (like the fall). highest crowds are typically summer, spring break, tgiving/xmas/new year's. any time kids are out of school.
 
well right now they ARE doing saturday so let's keep up hope. They are doing 3 days that correspond with the days that MK is open late and only one that corresponds with a party day (there are 4 party days and 3 non party days at the MK most weeks). So this says to me that rather than trying to provide alternate entertainment for the nights when MK closes early for the party, they are trying to alleviate crowds at the MK on non party nights. As long as they keep up with that goal I think we should be fine in December.

Yup I thought about that. Most likely they are expecting the largest crowds to be on Friday and Saturday. I think if ever Saturday does not work out, I would need to move my flying fish reservation or just give it up all together. I'm pretty confident they will continue on Saturday since it should be really busy that day. By with Disney, you never know I guess...

The good news is they extended AK evening hours too! Just no show yet... Really hoping those rumours of light would open by the end of October! Hahaha
 
we are in good company. have been reading the star wars thread for a while, back to july where people in august were stressing. We are members of the club now. I really hope it happens on saturday and even though I can make it work, it is so disruptive to my flow i may not even bother if it's another night. Was looking forward to meeting my lovely DIS peeps as much as anything at this point!

Not even pretending to be an expert on any of this...I'm just following along on the SW thread with a continued hope that Saturdays will remain a SW Party night in December. But let's just say they are a no go for 12/3--completely HYPOTHETICALLY of course. Will everyone be in HS anyway for other things (ADRs or whatever)? I wonder if we could coordinate a mini dessert party at Starring Rolls or something in the event our 12/3 SW party doesn't pan out?
 
Yup I thought about that. Most likely they are expecting the largest crowds to be on Friday and Saturday. I think if ever Saturday does not work out, I would need to move my flying fish reservation or just give it up all together. I'm pretty confident they will continue on Saturday since it should be really busy that day. By with Disney, you never know I guess...

The good news is they extended AK evening hours too! Just no show yet... Really hoping those rumours of light would open by the end of October! Hahaha

hahaha...I've taken to calling it rumors of light myself! :) And that is great news about the extended AK evening hours! Another step in the right direction is how I'm looking at it. :-)
 
Not even pretending to be an expert on any of this...I'm just following along on the SW thread with a continued hope that Saturdays will remain a SW Party night in December. But let's just say they are a no go for 12/3--completely HYPOTHETICALLY of course. Will everyone be in HS anyway for other things (ADRs or whatever)? I wonder if we could coordinate a mini dessert party at Starring Rolls or something in the event our 12/3 SW party doesn't pan out?
I'll be in AK that day but had been planning to go over for fireworks.
 
hahaha...I've taken to calling it rumors of light myself! :) And that is great news about the extended AK evening hours! Another step in the right direction is how I'm looking at it. :-)
what time did they extend to? i could look it up lol @Candycane83 but you might be faster

eta you mean for october.
 
Yup I thought about that. Most likely they are expecting the largest crowds to be on Friday and Saturday. I think if ever Saturday does not work out, I would need to move my flying fish reservation or just give it up all together. I'm pretty confident they will continue on Saturday since it should be really busy that day. By with Disney, you never know I guess...

The good news is they extended AK evening hours too! Just no show yet... Really hoping those rumours of light would open by the end of October! Hahaha
I just looked up the pdf travel agent hours updated back in august and yes many days at AK were 7pm, some 7:30 now they are all 8:30. hoping at least 8pm in December, that would give me flexibility wrt rumors of light :)
 
Not even pretending to be an expert on any of this...I'm just following along on the SW thread with a continued hope that Saturdays will remain a SW Party night in December. But let's just say they are a no go for 12/3--completely HYPOTHETICALLY of course. Will everyone be in HS anyway for other things (ADRs or whatever)? I wonder if we could coordinate a mini dessert party at Starring Rolls or something in the event our 12/3 SW party doesn't pan out?
I'm going to be at hs that day for sure :)
 
Not even pretending to be an expert on any of this...I'm just following along on the SW thread with a continued hope that Saturdays will remain a SW Party night in December. But let's just say they are a no go for 12/3--completely HYPOTHETICALLY of course. Will everyone be in HS anyway for other things (ADRs or whatever)? I wonder if we could coordinate a mini dessert party at Starring Rolls or something in the event our 12/3 SW party doesn't pan out?
Like this idea!! :)
 
Ok well we basically talked to dd and let her make the call (after showing her a video of highlights of the party). We gave her the choice. She said she would rather have an extra kids club night. I think we will be tired enough and a relaxing low key evening will work for us all. Dh and I will have date night in epcot! Maybe have some qs at morocco as we both like middle eastern but dd does not.

I also impulsively booked a reservation on our first epcot day for Tokyo dining so we can watch illuminations from there.
 













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