babybartione
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2012
- Messages
- 37
A little about the party. Dad 28, Mom 28, Sister BF 19, Sister 18, Daughter 4, Son 5 months.
23 Dec.
Flew into Orlando Saford rented a car and went house hunting north of Tampa. (ended up putting in an offer on a new home build). Checked into an off site establishment that we got through our timeshare company.
24 Dec.
Animal Kingdom. Got there 30 minutes prior to opening time to change our passes to annual since we are moving. From opening till around noon felt like no-one was in the park. Reserved our FP+ for our rides and went straight to Expedition Everest, total wait time 15 minutes. We were able to hit up everyride and show except Nemo and Safari by 2:00 pm when the park started to get very busy. However with the FP+ only waited the 20 minutes there and were able to see a showing for Nemo before we left to wash-up and change for dinner. For dinner had made reservations at Bluezoo at the begining of the month. The food was great but the waiter seamed flustered by the busy night.
25 Dec.
Epcot. Again we decided to be at the park about 30 minutes to opening but it ended up getting out of the car right at opening time. Still were able to go on TestTrack and Mission ride withing the 1st 30 minutes and spent the rest of the day till lunch with very little crowd. We were able to go on all the rides the rest of the day with no issues and no more than a 30 minute wait, except Soarn which was over 2 hours and we all decided that it wasn't worth the wait.
26 Dec.
Hollywood Studios. This time we were able to get to the park ontime. The park was a little busier than the other two had been but we noticed that still practicle no-one was in the park prior to lunch. We were still able to get on Toy Story, Rock-n-Roller (FP), and Tower of Terror (FP before we got onto Rock-n-Roller) within the 1st hour of being in the park. Daughter loved the California Star Tours and we ended up going on it 3 times over the day with only a max wait time of 15 minutes (FP the 2nd and was close to closing time the 3rd). Again we were able to see all the shows and ride all the rides by using FP and going on other rides while waiting for the time to arrive. Asked a cast member about fanastmic who suggested going to the last show of the night where there would be no-body and it was true there was no one till 10 minutes till showtime.
27 Dec.
Magic Kingdom. This must be where everyone went. We were able to use FP smartley but since we had to leave at 1pm to take the teens to the airport we did not get to all the rides. Jungle book 1 hr, and it was too cold for splash mountain, other than that and fantasyland which ended up being a different day for the daughter. Other than that we got onto all the rides in the other lands.
28 Dec.
House hunting day two. We went to the east of Tampa and after we found out it was to expensive discussed where we wanted to go.
29 Dec.
Magic Kingdom specifically Fantasyland. This was a short day of only 3 hours of all Fantasyland before heading back to Tampa to talk with the home builder we liked to decide on a plot of land and the floorplan we wanted.
Lessons Learned.
1. $50/meal for a family of 4.
2. Get there at opening for no lines or wait till 8 for no lines.
3. 5 month old was difficult in carseat/stroller for 5 days. (He was pissed)
4. Ipad was helpful to the few long lines.
5. No Soup Bread Bowls to be found. (Love the ones at DL)
6. Use the FP/FP+ to the max. If FP line is long then comeback later and be nice to the Castmembers.
23 Dec.
Flew into Orlando Saford rented a car and went house hunting north of Tampa. (ended up putting in an offer on a new home build). Checked into an off site establishment that we got through our timeshare company.
24 Dec.
Animal Kingdom. Got there 30 minutes prior to opening time to change our passes to annual since we are moving. From opening till around noon felt like no-one was in the park. Reserved our FP+ for our rides and went straight to Expedition Everest, total wait time 15 minutes. We were able to hit up everyride and show except Nemo and Safari by 2:00 pm when the park started to get very busy. However with the FP+ only waited the 20 minutes there and were able to see a showing for Nemo before we left to wash-up and change for dinner. For dinner had made reservations at Bluezoo at the begining of the month. The food was great but the waiter seamed flustered by the busy night.
25 Dec.
Epcot. Again we decided to be at the park about 30 minutes to opening but it ended up getting out of the car right at opening time. Still were able to go on TestTrack and Mission ride withing the 1st 30 minutes and spent the rest of the day till lunch with very little crowd. We were able to go on all the rides the rest of the day with no issues and no more than a 30 minute wait, except Soarn which was over 2 hours and we all decided that it wasn't worth the wait.
26 Dec.
Hollywood Studios. This time we were able to get to the park ontime. The park was a little busier than the other two had been but we noticed that still practicle no-one was in the park prior to lunch. We were still able to get on Toy Story, Rock-n-Roller (FP), and Tower of Terror (FP before we got onto Rock-n-Roller) within the 1st hour of being in the park. Daughter loved the California Star Tours and we ended up going on it 3 times over the day with only a max wait time of 15 minutes (FP the 2nd and was close to closing time the 3rd). Again we were able to see all the shows and ride all the rides by using FP and going on other rides while waiting for the time to arrive. Asked a cast member about fanastmic who suggested going to the last show of the night where there would be no-body and it was true there was no one till 10 minutes till showtime.
27 Dec.
Magic Kingdom. This must be where everyone went. We were able to use FP smartley but since we had to leave at 1pm to take the teens to the airport we did not get to all the rides. Jungle book 1 hr, and it was too cold for splash mountain, other than that and fantasyland which ended up being a different day for the daughter. Other than that we got onto all the rides in the other lands.
28 Dec.
House hunting day two. We went to the east of Tampa and after we found out it was to expensive discussed where we wanted to go.
29 Dec.
Magic Kingdom specifically Fantasyland. This was a short day of only 3 hours of all Fantasyland before heading back to Tampa to talk with the home builder we liked to decide on a plot of land and the floorplan we wanted.
Lessons Learned.
1. $50/meal for a family of 4.
2. Get there at opening for no lines or wait till 8 for no lines.
3. 5 month old was difficult in carseat/stroller for 5 days. (He was pissed)
4. Ipad was helpful to the few long lines.
5. No Soup Bread Bowls to be found. (Love the ones at DL)
6. Use the FP/FP+ to the max. If FP line is long then comeback later and be nice to the Castmembers.
