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

[Candycane83]

Alcoholic?

No! Little ones can take part!

 

[pigletgirl]

No! Little ones can take part!

DD1 will love that! When we were in Colorado this past July, she learned that she loved Hot Chocolate. I assume its something similar? Regardless, that'll be tasty, especially on a cool evening!

 

[rasadkowski]

Yes, let's split off food! That gives me 3 full slots for 1 and 3 full for the other.

What are the 3 meals/snacks/items/food related experiences you are most looking forward to on your trip?

this might take me awhile...let me take a sec to double check the 38 page print out I've got of all the parks counted snack items on the dining plan,,,,i'll get back to you all on this~!

 

[Mintycake]

Hmm... I've never thought to try anything there but tea... Is there anything in particular you want there?

Caramel ginger ice cream, the pockets, egg rolls and tea slush!

 

[DisneyBelle27]

So there's a 6:50pm H&V hanging out there for 12/9. Do you think it would be too frowned upon to book it and show up probably 10 minutes late when the jibjab is over?

Okay slightly scratch that!

Now there's a 6:55pm H&V so I would only really be 5 minutes late. Frowned upon? Think they would understand?

I think maybe you're getting the times confused? Unless you're talking about the JBJB Dessert Party and not the actual JBJB show?

The Dessert Party is at 5:45. The actual JBJB show doesn't start until 6:45.

EDIT: or wait, I'm having a stupid moment, lol. You mean book it over to the reservation immediately after the show ends, lol. And it's a all a moot point now, since you got your original reservation!

 

[Mal6586]

Could you start heading that way as the show is ending?

Y'all are not gonna believe this. So I get to playing with the reservations, and I am using my phone app and the computer at the same time trying to trick it into giving me something after 7:00pm (which it will for parties bigger than my party of 2, grrr), but anyway... I digress. I then pull up my full list of reservations, and lo and behold my 4:35pm F! H&V that I canceled in an effort to un-Fantasmic it and lost it yesterday... IS STILL THERE! WHAT???

So basically I've been stressing over rebooking this restaurant all day yesterday and this morning for nothing. And I just successfully un-Fantasmic-ed it, so now I'm good to go, with plenty of time to spare to get a good jibjab viewing spot.

EDIT: And I'm still dumb because when I tell it to pick a time at 7pm instead of selecting Dinner, it gave me boocoodles of times from 7pm and on. So now I have the 4:35pm and a 7:15pm. Now I just need to talk to roomie and see if she wants to do dinner before or after the jibjab. What even is this day???

 

[pigletgirl]

Ya'll.....

Has anyone thought about doing a cupcake crawl?!?!?!?!

 

[DisneyBelle27]

Ok, food highlights, hmmm.

- all the holiday snacks! I'm realizing from reading these other posts that I need to research all the options! Does anyone know of a list with all the seasonal holiday treats?

- Boma for breakfast - only been once before, for dinner, can't wait to try their breakfast!

- JBJB Dessert Party!

- Tiffins for lunch - always excited to try new places!

 

[Candycane83]

Y'all are not gonna believe this. So I get to playing with the reservations, and I am using my phone app and the computer at the same time trying to trick it into giving me something after 7:00pm (which it will for parties bigger than my party of 2, grrr), but anyway... I digress. I then pull up my full list of reservations, and lo and behold my 4:35pm F! H&V that I canceled in an effort to un-Fantasmic it and lost it yesterday... IS STILL THERE! WHAT???

So basically I've been stressing over rebooking this restaurant all day yesterday and this morning for nothing. And I just successfully un-Fantasmic-ed it, so now I'm good to go, with plenty of time to spare to get a good jibjab viewing spot.

EDIT: And I'm still dumb because when I tell it to pick a time at 7pm instead of selecting Dinner, it gave me boocoodles of times from 7pm and on. So now I have the 4:35pm and a 7:15pm. Now I just need to talk to roomie and see if she wants to do dinner before or after the jibjab. What even is this day???

That's great your reservation is still there!!!! and glad you have more of a choice now

 

[Candycane83]

Ya'll.....

Has anyone thought about doing a cupcake crawl?!?!?!?!

I've thought of picking up a cupcake or two but not a crawl

 

[Mal6586]

That's great your reservation is still there!!!! and glad you have more of a choice now

I think this ordeal is definitely a sign that I should probably step away from the Disney planning for the rest of today.

 

[rasadkowski]

Ya'll.....

Has anyone thought about doing a cupcake crawl?!?!?!?!

that's a great idea we love cupcakes (who doesn't!?!)...if I cancel the holiday wishes dessert party, I would definitely do this.
I am pretty sure we are keeping it , and I just think the girls will be overloaded that night with desserts! It will be plenty enough for them.....plus I know we'll be trying the different things in the different countries, etc...
but, I think it's an awesome idea!

 

[Mal6586]

Alright, we're going with after jibjab for dinner. Does anybody here need a 4:35pm H&V before I post it to the cancellations board later?

 

[Candycane83]

Alright, we're going with after jibjab for dinner. Does anybody here need a 4:35pm H&V before I post it to the cancellations board later?

I will say that since they extended the hours, I'm wondering if they would add a second show of something- F or JBJB... if you would like the chance to see both, I'd say hang on to your reservation for now.

 

[Lisa F]

So there's a 6:50pm H&V hanging out there for 12/9. Do you think it would be too frowned upon to book it and show up probably 10 minutes late when the jibjab is over?

Okay slightly scratch that!

Now there's a 6:55pm H&V so I would only really be 5 minutes late. Frowned upon? Think they would understand?

i think there is a 15 minute grace period for your ADRs. unpublished of course. You would probably be more like 10 minutes late at 6:55 at least, fighting the crowds etc

 

[Mintycake]

I've thought of picking up a cupcake or two but not a crawl

Same. They have peanut butter chocolate ones at hs I think. Yum!

 

[areno79]

Oh I hear this is really fun. But not so much for kids? Hmm!

I looked at it, but $129 per person is just too expensive with all of the other extras we're doing. It looks cool, but DH would not be into it, especially if he knew the price!

Y'all are not gonna believe this. So I get to playing with the reservations, and I am using my phone app and the computer at the same time trying to trick it into giving me something after 7:00pm (which it will for parties bigger than my party of 2, grrr), but anyway... I digress. I then pull up my full list of reservations, and lo and behold my 4:35pm F! H&V that I canceled in an effort to un-Fantasmic it and lost it yesterday... IS STILL THERE! WHAT???

So basically I've been stressing over rebooking this restaurant all day yesterday and this morning for nothing. And I just successfully un-Fantasmic-ed it, so now I'm good to go, with plenty of time to spare to get a good jibjab viewing spot.

EDIT: And I'm still dumb because when I tell it to pick a time at 7pm instead of selecting Dinner, it gave me boocoodles of times from 7pm and on. So now I have the 4:35pm and a 7:15pm. Now I just need to talk to roomie and see if she wants to do dinner before or after the jibjab. What even is this day???

Yeah...that's been happening to me with H&V ADR's too. It only happens if I cancel one to pick up another...it doesn't actually cancel the H&V ADR. I didn't even think about it when you mentioned it yesterday...sorry! But glad you didn't actually lose it!!

 

[JamieOak]

...and I booked Club Villian for 12/2 @ 8:15pm.

I thought about it for a while and read many reviews. BTW good luck finding any bad reviews out there on it! I'm an introvert and DH is more of an extrovert. I think he will enjoy it more than me, but we'll see! Since we're only a party of 2, we'll be seated with 2 strangers. So hopefully they are fun to talk to.

I might have to put a temporary restraint on my rule of no dancing in public. Though in truth that rule is there to protect the innocent bystanders.

 

[areno79]

The 3 things I'm looking forward to the most:
1) Seeing all of the Christmas decorations, especially the ones at the resorts. I've been obsessed ever since I saw a Samantha Brown show years ago about Disney at Christmas.

2) EMM...I can't wait to ride 7DMT and not have to deal with too much craziness first thing in the AM.

3) MVMCP! I've never been and can't wait to see the festivite atmosphere!!

 

[Wood Nymph]

Question of the day:
now that we are all mostly booked, what are the 3 things (in no particular order) you are most looking forward to in your trip? Can be anything, a ride, a restaurant, resort, event, whatever is making you most excited about your trip. Love to hear what other people are looking forward to. I will post my own later

1. Number 1 for us is staying at the Grand Floridian for the first time since the resort opened back in 1988-89. We stayed here when they were still building the separate buildings. It will be like the first time for us since so much time has past since then. We are especially thrilled to be at the Grand at Christmas time, since that resort has the best holiday stuff. And our free upgrade from the BC to GF was unexpected pixie dust. It is always fun to stay at a new resort.

2. Christmas stuff at Epcot - This was the reason we booked a December trip and the reason we had initially booked a stay at the BC. We wanted to spend more time at Epcot.

3. Relaxing on this trip, taking full advantage of the gorgeous GF resort with its views of MK and easy travel via the monorail

4 - rides - looking forward to riding Soarin'. I loved it so much the first time I saw the new version that I booked two fp's for it this trip.

Yes, let's split off food! That gives me 3 full slots for 1 and 3 full for the other.

What are the 3 meals/snacks/items/food related experiences you are most looking forward to on your trip?

1. Lounge crawl - Mizner's (first time), Traders Sam's (first time) and back to Territory Lounge where the waitress knows my name It is an old favorite.
2. Trail's End breakfast buffet - we usually only eat here when we stay at the WL, since we like to walk there via the nature trail. But this time it should be relatively easy to go to our favorite breakfast buffet.
3. Ooey Gooey toffee sundae at Liberty Tree Tavern - it is a favorite and usually the only dessert we order

SOTMK game question - hoping this big smart group has an answer

We played last year, trip will be 13 months past. I've read games are active for 18 months. BUT this trip is booked on a different MDE account, and We will be using last years MB's for SDFP.

Anyone know if the games are tied to the band itself, or the MDE? Do the card packs have to be tied to park tickets? I'm finding conflicting info. I'd like to pick up where we left off playing but don't know how it works. Anyone know??

We play the SOTMK game and restarted our game after a long layoff - at least six months or more. The key card, or game, is tied to the exact same band that you used when you first registered. It is not tied to your MDE account, which means you can't use a different band if you want to pick up where you left off. At least that is what we were told. We've never had any luck using a band for the game. We've just used our key card and it remembers where we were. In fact, we just picked up the game again in October after not having played it since February.

But there was a time when we had to start from the beginning again. Our game seemed to have gotten lost somehow.

The card packs are not tied to tickets.