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

[Talby]

Love this! This is also what I'm doing so in lieu of resort hopping, it's more like a meal at each resort! Great way of seeing all the xmas decorations too!

Exactly!! So excited about this part of the trip! Well, I'm so excited about everything; just depends on what I'm fixating on at any given moment! lol

We'll all have to have to do another plan share again soon. Sounds like people are trying to finalize and/or have switched things up somewhat. It's so fun to see what others are doing!

 

[rasadkowski]

Thank you all so much for these thoughts!! I think I'll keep the LTt dinner reservation. But, I also keep going back to the wave dining page! I agree that the only hesitation is the lack of a disneyish "theme." I also really just want to try some quick service places. So that's always an option dinner too. I was looking up snack options for the dining plan, and there are so many cool "snacks" offered around the world at Epcot. I'm thinking of doing lunch that way, and using our snack credits to try a few in each country.

 

[areno79]

Yes @Lisa F that was me that loves the Vineyard!

I am hesitant about LTT, although I considered it for dinner for my MVMCP day. Just because it seems like food we eat up here all the time in the winter, KWIM? Plus Thanksgiving is only the week before our trip so I don't think I'll want the typical New England dinner. But, it does get decent reviews, so I don't know.
Tempted to try Tony's, just because we've never been there. Still hoping for an HDDR res!!

 

[Candycane83]

Ok, so let me be the first one to re-post my plans... I'm still a little confused if this is good or not but let me know your thoughts?? I can't seem to decide on parks on the latter part of my stay and not sure if 1 day at AK is enough but with all the night stuff on hold, not sure what to do...

Dec 3- move day from Universal to AKL
(D)- Biergarten 3:05pm
Hoping for Star Wars dessert party

Dec 4- AK
(L)- Yak and Yeti 11:15am
(D)- Tusker House 5:45pm

Dec 5- DHS (take a break and go to EPCOT for lunch)
(L) Garden Grill 11:30am
(D) H&V F! 4:30pm

Dec 6- move day to CR
(B) Kona?? (not sure about this)
(L)- Skippers 12:50pm
(D)- Boathouse 6:30pm

Dec 7- EP/ MK
(L) Coral Reef 11:40am
(D) Narcoosee's 5:25pm

Dec 8- MVMCP
(B)- Wave??/ room service
(D)- Ohana 3:30pm

Dec 9- DS/ EP or DHS?
(L) Homecoming Kitchen 11:30am
(D) Flying Fish 5:30pm

Dec 10- MK/ ??
(B) Crystal Palace 8:40am
(D) Artist Point 5:30pm

Dec 11- MK/ ??
(Brunch) California Grill 10:05am
(D) BOG 4:05pm

Dec 12- home, flight at 11:55am
(B) room service/ Wave/ Chef Mickeys at 7am if I can find an ADR

 

[Lisa F]

Yes @Lisa F that was me that loves the Vineyard!

I am hesitant about LTT, although I considered it for dinner for my MVMCP day. Just because it seems like food we eat up here all the time in the winter, KWIM? Plus Thanksgiving is only the week before our trip so I don't think I'll want the typical New England dinner. But, it does get decent reviews, so I don't know.
Tempted to try Tony's, just because we've never been there. Still hoping for an HDDR res!!

yes it's true, it's a week after thanksgiving. but they have ham and pot roast too so I dunno lol. I do love that place but like I said I always go for lunch.

 

[mstephen87]

Ok, so let me be the first one to re-post my plans... I'm still a little confused if this is good or not but let me know your thoughts?? I can't seem to decide on parks on the latter part of my stay and not sure if 1 day at AK is enough but with all the night stuff on hold, not sure what to do...

Dec 3- move day from Universal to AKL
(D)- Biergarten 3:05pm
Hoping for Star Wars dessert party

Dec 4- AK
(L)- Yak and Yeti 11:15am
(D)- Tusker House 5:45pm

Dec 5- DHS (take a break and go to EPCOT for lunch)
(L) Garden Grill 11:30am
(D) H&V F! 4:30pm

Dec 6- move day to CR
(B) Kona?? (not sure about this)
(L)- Skippers 12:50pm
(D)- Boathouse 6:30pm

Dec 7- EP/ MK
(L) Coral Reef 11:40am
(D) Narcoosee's 5:25pm

Dec 8- MVMCP
(B)- Wave??/ room service
(D)- Ohana 3:30pm

Dec 9- DS/ EP or DHS?
(L) Homecoming Kitchen 11:30am
(D) Flying Fish 5:30pm

Dec 10- MK/ ??
(B) Crystal Palace 8:40am
(D) Artist Point 5:30pm

Dec 11- MK/ ??
(Brunch) California Grill 10:05am
(D) BOG 4:05pm

Dec 12- home, flight at 11:55am
(B) room service/ Wave/ Chef Mickeys at 7am if I can find an ADR

You have a couple meals that will happen close together after a buffet. (especially the 5th) That is a lot of food! In our past experience we were running into our dinner ADRs not hungry at all. Especially 2 buffets on the same day, so close together. I would day at least space them out more. (Like an 8:00 and 5:00 or 10:00 and 7:00) That was just our past experience. We make a point now if we do a later brunch/earlier lunch TS we don't book another ADR. We just split a QS in the evening.

 

[Talby]

@Candycane83 I think you have a great balance of parks so far! It's so difficult to decide where to spend the ?s because I think so much depends on what happens with all the things that are still hanging!! (Stars Wars, ROL, EMM). Once all the unknowns become knowns, I think it will really help finalize those decisions because you can see for sure where the real gaps are in terms of time in each park. I think your restaurant choices are exceptional! We have the same AK day on 12/4 but are doing ADRs in reverse with a Tusker House lunch and Yak and Yeti dinner! You have great taste! lol We'll just miss each other at Boathouse too! We have Cirque that night which ends at 7:30, so a late dinner there for us. I wish we all got paid for all this time spent planning! Can you imagine?!

ETA: I will post my revised plans soon!

 

[Candycane83]

You have a couple meals that will happen close together after a buffet. (especially the 5th) That is a lot of food! In our past experience we were running into our dinner ADRs not hungry at all. Especially 2 buffets on the same day, so close together. I would day at least space them out more. (Like an 8:00 and 5:00 or 10:00 and 7:00) That was just our past experience. We make a point now if we do a later brunch/earlier lunch TS we don't book another ADR. We just split a QS in the evening.

Yes, I was thinking of eating at semi-regular times for my DS2... I think the one on the 5th is the closest one I have with 2 buffets/ AYCE. I'm thinking about making GG into breakfast but it doesn't work for touring. I was also thinking of switching to 50s but prefer the food at GG. So am not entirely sure how to rearrange that one...

@Candycane83 I think you have a great balance of parks so far! It's so difficult to decide where to spend the ?s because I think so much depends on what happens with all the things that are still hanging!! (Stars Wars, ROL, EMM). Once all the unknowns become knowns, I think it will really help finalize those decisions because you can see for sure where the real gaps are in terms of time in each park. I think your restaurant choices are exceptional! We have the same AK day on 12/4 but are doing ADRs in reverse with a Tusker House lunch and Yak and Yeti dinner! You have great taste! lol We'll just miss each other at Boathouse too! We have Cirque that night which ends at 7:30, so a late dinner there for us. I wish we all got paid for all this time spent planning! Can you imagine?!

ETA: I will post my revised plans soon!

Thanks @Talby I wasn't too sure about lunch at Y&Y and dinner at Tusker. Right now, that's what I'm planning (switch and rearrange a lot) and decided on dropping Tiffins. Sad we'll be missing each other but I think if we all get the 3rd for SW dessert party (fingers crossed and impatiently, very impatiently waiting), we'll all get to meet up! You're right about a lot of things being up in the air. It's fun to plan but turning a little frustrating to plan so far ahead without the proper information (my indecision is hard enough on me, hehe!)

If we got paid for planning our vacations, I would say we would all get enough to pay for our vacations! LOL

 

[BDFmom]

I'm bored and inspired....
Here are my plans so far (subject to change on a whim)
11/26 Arrive 3pm
Dinner maybe DS or QS at monorail resort
8:30 arrive a CR dock for Wishes Cruise
11/27 MK Am 11:30 BOG
PM either AK TH 5:55
Or. Epcot 7:30 Tokyo
11/28 HS day. 12pm MM with F!
Possibly head to MK after F! for Wishes or Poly beach
11/29 AM Epcot
Dinner at Sanna 8:15
Twilight Safari check-in 9:45
11/30 MK probably all day ... late start
4pm Skipper
Wishes Dessert party
12/1 am rest..pool/DS
head to GF for 2pm Spa for me and hair updo for DD (only alternative to BBB as she is 17)
Head to MK for MVMCP
7:15 CRT dinner ( yes, I know it will cut into party time but this is a must)
12/2 am ???
Pm 5pm BOG or 7pm Chef de France
12/3 AM AK
12 Yak &Yeti
PM SW dessert!!! (Yes, I'm counting on it). Backup Illuminations for evening
12/4 AM MK if we get EMM or Epcot
Holding a BOG at 6:15pm or France at 7:30 ... this day is a flip-flop of 12/2
12/5 our last day.... no ADRs (looking for CP dinner)
Play it by ear in the morning see which park the kids felt like they wanted more.... PM MK for Wishes
12/6.... 7:15 flight home.... price watching the 6pm flight

Possible changes --- adding another MVMCP on 11/27 or 12/4 ... or EMM on those days

Have I missed anything... can I add more?!? Terrible questions to keep asking myself. It all just means more $$$$

I know we are heavy on MK but that's Disney to my kids.

 

[Wood Nymph]

I was wondering, have any of you been to Liberty Tree Tavern? I've heard good things about it, but I'm not sure. Trying to think of more dinner options. My family likes to eat at restaurants for breakfast and dinner usually on trips. We'll do a quick service lunch I think. I;m having trouble thinking of a few dinners. (Not like it'll be easy to get them at this point!) But, I was wondering about Liberty Tree Tavern. Being from Boston, I'm not sure if the Thanksgiving meal will be all that unique/special? @LisaF have you been there ?

We love Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch and right now it is the only ADR I have for our Dec trip. The nice thing about that restaurant is that they tend to serve your food rather quickly and we have gotten in and out in 45 minutes. It is also more delicious than any of MK's counter service restaurants. And with the TiW discount, the cost isn't bad, either.

I'm hoping to keep our LTT lunch ADR. I really want that Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake!

That dessert is the number one reason we keep going back here every trip.

Right now I am struggling with what restaurants we want to eat at for this trip. We will be there Dec 3rd to 7th, staying at GF, so it isn't a very long trip. Right now I just have lunch at LTT on Sunday. I want to add dinner at Yak & Yeti but Disney hasn't released ADR's for the dinner hour. I think they are waiting for the park schedule to be finalized. We are also thinking of eating dinner at the Wave. We ate here back in Dec 2013 and really liked the food. I'm also interested in the breakfast buffet, only because I have heard raves about it and I've heard some negative comments about Gasparilla's at GF. I'd love to go to Trail's End for breakfast, too. It is our favorite breakfast buffet and we always eat there when we stay at WL.

We had originally booked BC for this Dec trip, but we switched to GF with the magical free upgrade. I really like the many restaurant options in walking distance of the Beach Club, so a switch to a monorail resort with limited options is making this trip planning a little tricky. We are eating at Narcoossee's for the first time during our October trip, so if we absolutely love it then we might book another ADR there. I'd also like to get over to Disney Springs for lunch at Wolfgang Puck's Express. I have fallen in love with their cheesecake and if we don't eat at Narcoosse's on this trip then we might go over there.

 

[areno79]

We love Liberty Tree Tavern for lunch and right now it is the only ADR I have for our Dec trip. The nice thing about that restaurant is that they tend to serve your food rather quickly and we have gotten in and out in 45 minutes. It is also more delicious than any of MK's counter service restaurants. And with the TiW discount, the cost isn't bad, either.

That dessert is the number one reason we keep going back here every trip.

Right now I am struggling with what restaurants we want to eat at for this trip. We will be there Dec 3rd to 7th, staying at GF, so it isn't a very long trip. Right now I just have lunch at LTT on Sunday. I want to add dinner at Yak & Yeti but Disney hasn't released ADR's for the dinner hour. I think they are waiting for the park schedule to be finalized. We are also thinking of eating dinner at the Wave. We ate here back in Dec 2013 and really liked the food. I'm also interested in the breakfast buffet, only because I have heard raves about it and I've heard some negative comments about Gasparilla's at GF. I'd love to go to Trail's End for breakfast, too. It is our favorite breakfast buffet and we always eat there when we stay at WL.

We had originally booked BC for this Dec trip, but we switched to GF with the magical free upgrade. I really like the many restaurant options in walking distance of the Beach Club, so a switch to a monorail resort with limited options is making this trip planning a little tricky. We are eating at Narcoossee's for the first time during our October trip, so if we absolutely love it then we might book another ADR there. I'd also like to get over to Disney Springs for lunch at Wolfgang Puck's Express. I have fallen in love with their cheesecake and if we don't eat at Narcoosse's on this trip then we might go over there.

Wolfgang Puck Express is a must for us on every trip as well. Also, Earl of Sandwich!

 

[Lisa F]

here are my plans with some FP+ info in it too. I'm thinking as I go lol. I've color coded green for meals, blue for made in advance FP+ and purple for SDFP. This will go in my spreadsheet this way. Which I will print out and maybe laminate into cards to keep in my bag! because I'm crazy.

12/2 arrive 5:10 airport, check into AKL Kidani, Sanaa dinner 6:45

12/3 check out AKL, check in BWV
ummm did not realize there were EMH at AK this morning. that is a MAJOR BONUS for me so here we go:
head to dinoland. he loves primevial whirl and dinosaur and triceratops spin. Ride those for 45 minutes or so. then head to
9am Safari (FP+ 9-10am)
right after safari check into TH (early)
9:45am Tusker House breakfast
11:30am - 12:00 flights of wonder
wander africa until 12:30
1:00pm - 1:30pm Festival of the Lion King (FP+ 12:30)
1:45ish It's tough to be a Bug (SDFP 1:30-2:30)
2:15ish Everest (FP+ 2-3pm)
wander asia
3:00pm Y&Y

IF we have time between dinner and SW fireworks drive to BWV and get the room and settle in and take the boat to HS
if not, drive directly to HS

Star Wars Fireworks w/dessert party

12/4
morning EMH HS
show up at 7:30
let in at 7:45
sign up for 2:40pm Jedi Training Academy show
head to TSMM and ride that a few times. Make SDFP after that. Great Movie ride after that.
9am Star Tour (SDFP 9-10)
10ish am Muppets 3d (SDFP 10-11)
11:15am Sci Fi Dine in
1:15-1:45pm Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular (SDFP 12:45)
2:10pm show up for Jedi Training Academy
2:40 Jedi Training Academy
depart HS for BWV
freshen up for Dinner
5:00pm CA Grill dinner
8:00pm (speculative) ROL with FP+
OR
Epcot and Illuminations

12/5
RD Epcot
9:00am Test Track
9:15am (?) Soarin (depends on wait)
hit up SDFP Kiosk after the land pavilion OR if Soarin' has too much of a wait.
10:00am The seas with Nemo (FP+ Tier 2 10:00-11am)
10:30am Turtle Talk with Crush (SDFP 10:30-11:30)
11:15am arrive to request tank table for
11:35am Coral Reef Lunch w/CP package
1pm Spaceship Earth (SDFP Tier 2 12:30-1:30pm)
1:30pm Mission Space (FP+ Tier 2 1:30-2:30)
make our way to American Pavilion via Canada/UK/France/Morocco/Japan
3:15pm grab a seat for Voices of Liberty
3:30pm Voices of Liberty
3:45pm American Adventure
4:15pm get in line for Candlelight Processional
5:00pm - 5:45pm Candlelight Processional
5:45 Italy, Germany
6:20pm Biergarten Dinner
7:30 China/Norway
8pm Frozen Ever After (FP+ Tier 1 7:30-8:30pm)
8:30pm Mexico Ride and buy Margarita for mama
9:30pm Illuminations (SDFP Tier 1 9:00pm)

12/6
rest day
9:35am Ohana breakfast
Disney Springs & pokemon hunting
Pool
2:30pm back to room to shower, change, out the door by 3:30 for
4:30pm H&V Minnie's holiday Dine w/ F! package
6:00ish TSMM (FP+ Tier 1 5:30-6:30)
6:30pm line up for F!
7:00pm F!
if we feel like it Illuminations after (probably will just go there and stake out a spot at international gateway bridge and chill out with a grownup beverage and ice cream from france and play pokemon go while we wait for the fireworks).

12/7 - check out BWV/check in Poly
RD Epcot
9:00am Soarin x 2 (FP+ Tier 1 9-10am)
10:00am Garden Grill
11:15am Livin' with the Land if we can't do it before breakfast
make 2 FP+ for MK later on MDE app, probably aiming for Space Mountain and Peter Pan
Hit up SDFP kiosk
12:00pm Journey into Imagination with Figment
12:30pm check out DVC member lounge in Journey into Imagination
1:15pm Universe of energy if it's still running
2:00pm Spaceship Earth (SDFP 1:45-2:45)
make our way back to BWV via international gateway
grab car, drive to the Poly. hope to have room by now
Check in at Poly to get leis and try to get 3rd floor room if not assigned
chill at the poly for a while,
4pm (at latest) get to room at Poly, call for luggage, freshen up for dinner
4:30pm leave for dinner at GF (I might actually leave more like 5pm and just uber over rather than worrying about disney transport issues and allowing time for it. Is that trip too short? anyone know?)
5:35pm Narcoossees
after dinner head to magic kingdom and see what we can get for SDFP, probably will focus in tomorrowland aiming for buzz and tomorrowland speedway for the SDFPs
stay til midnight for extra magic hours
COLLAPSE

12/8
rest day (hallelujah!)
10:00am Boma
Swim, relax, chill, shower, get dressed
3:30pm Ohana dinner
5pm or so MVMCP!
will book 3 FP+ from 4-5, 5-6, 6-7 with being ok with it if we miss the 4-5 window one. I also am going to look into transferring my MVMCP entitlements to my SDFP bands but it might be too late to do that at this point? I'll see

12/9
9:50 CP breakfast
MK Day, not sure of FP+
5:15pm leave MK for HDDR
6:15pm HDDR

12/10 departure day
drop luggage with southwest counter in poly
8:00am Kona Cafe
9:30 depart for airport for 12:20 flight

So I am mostly planned. sorry so long I haven't really given much thought to my MK days but have to the first few days obviously.

 

[mstephen87]

Y'alls plans look good. I am getting so excited. I am curious how Disney feels about these same day fast passes. It seems to me like cheating the system and I am not comfortable with that... I think I am going to talk to Disney about the repercussions and their feelings on it before I decide if it it is something I would do. We are always pretty happy with the three we get. I feel if everyone would stick to their three and enjoy them it would not back up the FP line and make the waits longer.

 

[Talby]

...editing...

 

[Lisa F]

Y'alls plans look good. I am getting so excited. I am curious how Disney feels about these same day fast passes. It seems to me like cheating the system and I am not comfortable with that... I think I am going to talk to Disney about the repercussions and their feelings on it before I decide if it it is something I would do. We are always pretty happy with the three we get. I feel if everyone would stick to their three and enjoy them it would not back up the FP line and make the waits longer.

the FP line doesn't get backed up because of that. There are a limited number of FPs that are distributed for each window and once they are gone they are gone. If you are at anything below maximum FP capacity in a FP line then it is luck, not an expectation of the program. If the FP line gets backed up it is usually because of wheelchair loading or having to stop the line for some reason. Not because people are in it. They are designed to go at a certain rate.

Really what you are getting on the same day fastpasses are what's leftover after everyone else has a chance to get what they want. Also SDFPs are pretty complicated to get right which I think limits the people who use them to die hard disney fans. Most people don't care enough. I have reason to care enough.

My son is in the spectrum and has ADHD and waiting is difficult for him. So if this can make both of our trip a little more pleasant by turning a 40 minute wait into a 10 minute one, I am going to take advantage of it. I'm sorry if that is offensive to anyone but it is just the way it is.

You are welcome to talk to Disney about it but honestly whatever cast member you get on the phone is not going to know what you are talking about. They are notoriously uninformed about what actually goes on at the parks. I'd be shocked if you found someone who even believed it was possible but let us know. Even if they did somehow understand what you were talking about and believed it was possible, they are not really in a position to speak about how Disney as a company feels about it. Disney, of course, knows about the loophole but it is not worth it for them to close it so they haven't. I figure as long as they don't spend the money to close the loophole they don't care that much about it. I don't think it is really impacting anyone's experience at the parks to be honest, so few people use it.

 

[Wood Nymph]

2/2 arrive 5:10 airport, check into AKL Kidani, Sanaa dinner 6:45

You may be cutting this a little close, especially if your flight doesn't land on time.

3:00pm Y&Y

IF we have time between dinner and SW fireworks drive to BWV and get the room and settle in and take the boat to HS
if not, drive directly to HS

Star Wars Fireworks w/dessert party

I think that you would have plenty of time to go from a 3pm Yak & Yeti ADR to HS for fireworks. I would think that the earliest the fireworks would be is 7:45pm. We just have to hope that they are showing them every night.

8:00pm (speculative) ROL with FP+

We are hoping to book the fourth fp via the app for ROL. Not too many people take advantage of the chance to book another fp.

4:30pm leave for dinner at GF (I might actually leave more like 5pm and just uber over rather than worrying about disney transport issues and allowing time for it. Is that trip too short? anyone know?)

The two resorts are a fifteen minute walk from each other. They are really close. I would say two minutes apart when driving, at the most.

after dinner head to magic kingdom and see what we can get for SDFP, probably will focus in tomorrowland aiming for buzz and tomorrowland speedway for the SDFPs
stay til midnight for extra magic hours

When we were at Ohana in June I was able to get a fourth fp for both 7DMT and for Space Mountain. It was for two separate groups of people, but both rides had fp availability. So my sister, son and grandsons headed over there via the monorail. It was a big surprise to see that the rides were available at night. I think I checked around 7pm and the fp's were for 8:15 and 8:45 or something like that.

 

[Talby]

Thank you all so much for these thoughts!! I think I'll keep the LTt dinner reservation. But, I also keep going back to the wave dining page! I agree that the only hesitation is the lack of a disneyish "theme." I also really just want to try some quick service places. So that's always an option dinner too. I was looking up snack options for the dining plan, and there are so many cool "snacks" offered around the world at Epcot. I'm thinking of doing lunch that way, and using our snack credits to try a few in each country.

I think "eating around the world" is such a great idea!! We've got several QS we would like to try as well. It really is a struggle to decide, but what a "problem" to have! lol

 

[Lisa F]

You may be cutting this a little close, especially if your flight doesn't land on time.

I think that you would have plenty of time to go from a 3pm Yak & Yeti ADR to HS for fireworks. I would think that the earliest the fireworks would be would be 7:45pm. We just have to hope that they are showing them every night.

We are hoping to book the fourth fp via the app for ROL. Not too many people take advantage of the chance to book another fp.

The two resorts are a fifteen minute walk from each other. They are really close. I would say two minutes about when driving, at the most.

When we were at Ohana in June I was able to get a fourth fp for both 7DMT and for Space Mountain. It was for two separate groups of people, but both rides had fp availability. So my sister, son and grandsons headed over there via the monorail. It was a big surprise to see that the rides were available at night. I think I checked around 7pm and the fp's were for 8:15 and 8:45 or something like that.

yeah I am willing to take the chance on $20 if our flight is late. if it isn't we should have plenty of time and should not have to wait around for dinner. If our plane is late but the restaurant is still open I can ask them if they will waive the fee since I am eating there anyway. If not, oh well.

I want to do the dessert party which starts 75 minutes before. Right now F! is at 7pm and they are right now having fireworks go off at 15 minutes before F! so I think the earliest it could be is 6:45 pm which means showing up at 5:30 for the dessert party. It's cutting it a little closer than I'd like but if I go directly from AK to HS it should be ok.

IF RoL is happening I would prefer to use my FP+ for it and guarantee it just because with extra magic hours I don't have much need for FP+ in HS that day. I am not hopeful it will even open.

Is there a walkway from Poly to GF? that would take a lot of the unknowns out of it for me! I just googled and found it is so. I didn't want to have to give it an hour between waiting for the monorail and everything. I'm not sure I realized they were so close, lol. it is .9 mile from Kona Cafe (which is kind of on the side the DVC longhouses are on, closer to the T&TC) to Narcoosses. That is entirely doable and looks like a beautiful walk!

 

[BDFmom]

Transportation question.......

I've never used the buses to get around Disney, in the past we've stayed at Poly or CR and only gone to MK. This trip will be a first for all the other parks, except Epcot when I was a child.
Everyday to allow 90 minutes to change parks for ADRs. That seems like a verrrrry long time to me. I wonder if it would just be easier to budget for Uber and not worry about the buses, except for going to MK.

I'm already planing to Uber to MCO departure day as we have a 7:15 flight.

Any thoughts?

 

[PolyRob]

yeah I am willing to take the chance on $20 if our flight is late. if it isn't we should have plenty of time and should not have to wait around for dinner. If our plane is late but the restaurant is still open I can ask them if they will waive the fee since I am eating there anyway. If not, oh well.

I want to do the dessert party which starts 75 minutes before. Right now F! is at 7pm and they are right now having fireworks go off at 15 minutes before F! so I think the earliest it could be is 6:45 pm which means showing up at 5:30 for the dessert party. It's cutting it a little closer than I'd like but if I go directly from AK to HS it should be ok.

IF RoL is happening I would prefer to use my FP+ for it and guarantee it just because with extra magic hours I don't have much need for FP+ in HS that day. I am not hopeful it will even open.

Is there a walkway from Poly to GF? that would take a lot of the unknowns out of it for me! I just googled and found it is so. I didn't want to have to give it an hour between waiting for the monorail and everything. I'm not sure I realized they were so close, lol. it is .9 mile from Kona Cafe (which is kind of on the side the DVC longhouses are on, closer to the T&TC) to Narcoosses. That is entirely doable and looks like a beautiful walk!

I believe the path is suggested for all Poly resort guests to use the Grand Floridian's fitness center! I stayed in Aotearoa which is one of the closer longhouses to the path. The walk did not seem too bad. The Grand Floridian is very close in sight! When I needed to make an ADR, I did however utilize the monorail. Being the first stop from the Poly, I do not foresee too many delays, unless that is a day the resort line is down for testing, or if the express is down because it will be flooded with TTC monorail goers! Narcoossee's is also tucked into the very back by the boat dock so there will also be a walk from either the fitness center path or the main building.