A Halloween Adventure in Autism (11/12) New Thread Begun on TR Board!

[KathyRN137]

I noticed that that Samantha Brown Special is on at least twice that day. 8-9am (central time) and 3:00-4:00pm (again central time)

Aww, shoot, I won't be able to watch the show. Oh, wait! I will be in the Magic Kingdom on that day

Nyyah Nyyah Nyyah!

Yay! Congrats on all your ADRs!!! Sorry bout that dingleberry CM!

ADRs always make a trip "seem" more real! Woo-hoo!!

Sara

Thanks, we do what we have to!

Kathy, November hours are up on the link that Heidi gave you! Just make sure to refresh, I am off to plan!!

Yay!!


Kathy

 

[KatGarcia]

Thank god for those Nov hours! I have left the last 2 days of my trip hanging because they were in Nov!

 

[MRYPPNS]

... thanks, MRYPPNS!!


http://www.disneytravelagents.com/S.../pdf/ParkHours/WDW_Operating_Calendar_Nov.pdf


Kathy

You're welcome! I just hope they don't change them too much on you...I'm there for 5 days in October and they changed 3 out of the 5 on me.

 

[Stacie96]

Hi Kathy,

I have been lurking for a long time and wanted to say HI and that I am loving all your trip reports and pretrip reports.

I have a 12 year old daughter and can totally relate to trying to give them more freedom but also keeping them safe as well as dealing with certain mood swings sometimes!!!!

Your October/November trip sounds like it is going to be a great time and I wish my kids would have some time off in the fall so we could visit at Halloween time, we always seem to go in late May or early June and would love to try another time of year.

Stacie

 

[KathyRN137]

Thank god for those Nov hours! I have left the last 2 days of my trip hanging because they were in Nov!

It was so frustrating not to get them Saturday, wasn't it?? Hey, we still haven't received them "officially!"

You're welcome! I just hope they don't change them too much on you...I'm there for 5 days in October and they changed 3 out of the 5 on me.

Thanks again!

Oh, I'm sure they will make changes... I'm already noticing that they didn't really take Daylight Savings into consideration. We "fall back" on November 1st... a 6:30 Fantasmic just seems awfully early to me.

I've gone twice during Jersey week and they've always been 7:30 - 8:00

Kathy

 

[KathyRN137]

Hi Kathy,
...Your October/November trip sounds like it is going to be a great time and I wish my kids would have some time off in the fall so we could visit at Halloween time, we always seem to go in late May or early June and would love to try another time of year.

Stacie

Hi Stacie! Thanks for De-Lurking!!

So far we've made out pretty well twice with "Jersey Week," and I simplly lucked out the it's early this year and we get to experience the MSSSHP.

When the kids were younger we went at different times because it didn't matter if they missed a week of Kindergarten or 2nd grade.... that's how we went in early December one year and were able to do the MVMCP!

I'm worried about next year, though. Tricia will be in High School so even missing half of a week is difficult to make up.

We may wind up going in April again... I'm simply not interested in going during the summer. April may work, however...

Billy goes to a private school and he has Spring Break the week after Easter, but Tricia goes to public school and in our town they give them Spring Break the week before Easter. Last year Billy missed a week of school, but Tricia didn't miss any. His teachers and therapists don't give us any trouble because he actually makes tremendous social and verbal progress after his trips to WDW!!

So, as our family situations change, so will the opportunities to visit The World during different seasons.
Yours will, too!


Kathy

 

[mousescrapper]

glad you got your hours Kathy....

I printed them off mrsksomeday's PTR as a reference for next yr...not taking much stock in them, but gives me something to toy w/

hope they don't up any of your plans thus far....

Scrappie

 

[Charleston Princess]

Hurray for November hours!!!

 

[DisneyMomLiz]

Wow! I mean, WOW!! I can't believe you slogged through this entire report!!

Thanks for all the lovely compliments. You should definitely consider writing a PTR... it's lots of fun and a great way to channel your DFI (and keep your family from going crazy listening to you all the time!)

I sent you a PM about SSR... what little I can remember about our stay there. Too bad it was pre-DIS and I never got a chance to write about it...

(I think your user name would be so cute if you changed it to DizMomLiz!!)

Kathy

Thanks for the welcome it was a fun read, you really do have some great readers and it gave me lots of ideas for our upcoming trip! I'm fortunate the my DH loves Disney as much as I do so we share DFI, but I will seriously think about a TR after this trip, if I can figure out photobucket?!

Will be responding to your PM momentarily, but just wanted to say thanks for all the help!

Love the DizMomLiz, too cute do you know what it would entail to change the username? would I lose all my subscriptions, etc?

... thanks, MRYPPNS!!


http://www.disneytravelagents.com/S.../pdf/ParkHours/WDW_Operating_Calendar_Nov.pdf


Kathy

Oh and congrats on your Nov hours. I seem to remember using the TA hours for September back when I was waiting for those and I think they were pretty close to what Disney subsequently posted.

 

[cjackearl]

Woo-hoo for November hours!

 

[HoneyLSU]

Hey Kathy,

The legit November hours have been posted!!

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/calendar/

 

[KathyRN137]

Hey Kathy,
The legit November hours have been posted!!

Legit?? Why, whatever can you be referring to??


Kathy

 

[KathyRN137]

Well, the November Park Hours and Entertainment Schedules are finally out... and so naturally I've been busy "tweaking" things.

Itinerary to be posted soon... let's just say that getting Park Hoppers is now a necessity!

The Bad News: Only two showings of Spectro and Fantasmic during our stay! (I'm still stubbornly insisting that more will be added... but I planned our evening around one of the shows currently listed... at 6:30 pm!!) I've never seen Fantasmic scheduled that early, even in January... And, I may have to sacrifice seeing Spectro to fit that in.

The Good News: A few of my ADRs may have changed dates and times... but we still got all the restaurants we originally wanted. And I still have plenty of resort time scheduled for Ed.

Sigh... if only Billy didn't have his set on Fantasmic this year!!


Kathy

 

[DearDaisyinDurham]

The good news is pretty good!!!

 

[joy13]

Yeah, the entertainment is really scaled back this year. Makes things a bit harder to schedule for sure. I still wonder if we will see Wishes, I'm thinking they might show Hallowishes on the 30th instead.

 

[All7OfUs]

Woohoo for you! It must be so great to have those hours out, so you can do some real, SOLID planning! I feel like without any idea of what the hours will be you can hardly schedule ANYTHING.

I wonder, truly, if holding off putting the hours out until folks have made their ADR's is a way of kyping more $$$ out of the helpless public by semi-forcing them to get PH's? Seriousy, HOW can anyone make and ADR- it's like a stab in the dark? Who would know if you want to eat dinner in a park that may or may not have a parade you've been wiating to see for a year?? It just plain old makes me mad! Even Dollywood has their hours out a YEAR ahead of time!! (Sorry, rant and hijack over! )

Anyhow, I"m glad you're on your way to getting things worked out, and doubly glad you could still get the ADRs you wanted ! And I would hold out hope that more things will be added...Let's keep our fingers crossed for you!

 

[KathyRN137]

The good news is pretty good!!!

Yup, keep thinking positive thoughts!

Yeah, the entertainment is really scaled back this year. Makes things a bit harder to schedule for sure. I still wonder if we will see Wishes, I'm thinking they might show Hallowishes on the 30th instead.

Perhaps.

The limited entertainment just means that the particular park will be mobbed that night. Yuck!

Woohoo for you! It must be so great to have those hours out, so you can do some real, SOLID planning! I feel like without any idea of what the hours will be you can hardly schedule ANYTHING.

I wonder, truly, if holding off putting the hours out until folks have made their ADR's is a way of kyping more $$$ out of the helpless public by semi-forcing them to get PH's? Seriousy, HOW can anyone make and ADR- it's like a stab in the dark? Who would know if you want to eat dinner in a park that may or may not have a parade you've been wiating to see for a year?? It just plain old makes me mad! Even Dollywood has their hours out a YEAR ahead of time!! (Sorry, rant and hijack over! )

Anyhow, I"m glad you're on your way to getting things worked out, and doubly glad you could still get the ADRs you wanted ! And I would hold out hope that more things will be added...Let's keep our fingers crossed for you!

It's funny, but I feel like Disney is doing the same thing.... keeping their fingers crossed and hoping that more folks will make resort ressies and buy park tickets!

It's too bad that the loyal WDW vacationers... the ones who really spend $$ at Disney over and over... are the ones who are suffering because of lower attendance.


Kathy

 

[All7OfUs]

So, totally agree! All this nonsense makes me less enthused about planning ANY extras- At. ALL! F! Dinner Pack.: meh! Who would do that now with so much uncertainty (I know you're thinking about this, but with Billy needing less line and all that, I do understand) but for the rest of us, we don't even know squat about really how long before to line up, etc...

It's like that with everything. I am just hoping that before we go next year, things will be more certain.

 

[mrsksomeday]

Ok, I am getting loopy from the high of knowing I get to make ADR's in the morning (and a McDonalds sweet tea ), I read your installment title and now I have that song "Too Legit to quit" stuck in my head, even though I haven't heard it since the late 90's. HELP ME!!

 

[joy13]

Ok, I am getting loopy from the high of knowing I get to make ADR's in the morning (and a McDonalds sweet tea ), I read your installment title and now I have that song "Too Legit to quit" stuck in my head, even though I haven't heard it since the late 90's. HELP ME!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdk1gwWH-Cg