GillianP1301
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What is this? Is this related to the Minnie seasonal dine dinner or are they changing the Disney Junior characters for Breakfast? We have an ADR for breakfast in August. Will this effect us?New character meal at H&V in HS
It is the Minnie Seasonal Dine Dinner. We usually do Mama Melrose for the Fantasmic package dinner but this year we are going to try it with Minnie's Seasonal Dine.What is this? Is this related to the Minnie seasonal dine dinner or are they changing the Disney Junior characters for Breakfast? We have an ADR for breakfast in August. Will this effect us?
Actually in 2014 it started Sept 1 and that is why everyone had high hopes last year. Easywdw has a longer explanation on the inconsistency.
Ahhh, OK you have already been bitten on this. All very good points, thanks for the detailed reporting.Yes i know we went last year end of August and were caught up in this frenzy on DIS regarding MNSSHP based on same scenerio with park calendar indicating all these dates that MK was closing at 7 and why else would that be other than the party.
2014 Labor Day was Sept 1st and the party was held thereafter
Last year Labor Day was Sept 7thand the party began again after Labor Day just as it did in 2014.
This year Labor Day is Sept 5th and that's why I said there won't be a party Sept 2nd because they are historically held after Labor Day.
My friend who is a Disney travel agent tried to quell my party excitement last year telling me not til after Labor Day but I still held out hope.
This year we're going the same time and I am not going to buy into the DIS speculation again and am planning accordingly.
It definitely is a "flux" year. I wonder how many repeat visitors will choose to skip this year (or at least the first half of this year) opting to wait until at least Frozen, Rivers of Light and Soaring open up.
But for you , what about just doing it like the good old days? Pack up the family ... go to Disney World .. wake up and go to the parks and "wing it!" with some highlights in mind. If those things are open when you are there .. then GO to them. If not, there are still plenty of things to do, see and eat.
I guess I don't see the issue, I like to have a few things in mind per day, but have plenty of room to be flexible (I've learned if you plan too much you just get disapponited because you "miss" some things (due to inevitable delays) or you are stressed are you feel constantly rushed getting from one thing to another).
Understood. I guess I don't mean totally "wing" it with zero plan .. but just have alternatives to change at the last minute if things aren't there anymore.If we could go anytime of the year other than the summer (wife is a teacher) and we were not traveling with our four year old, I think we could just wing it. We currently show up at rope drop each day and do what we can in the morning including a few M&G's in each park then we do our ADR and fast passes at night after returning from a rest/swim in the afternoon. We look at it as less time in line equals a much happier four year old in the summer heat so we try to plan as much as we can ahead of time. Every change means that plans keep changing. As another poster suggested, before we had children we would spend all day at the park and wing it and we will likely do that again one day but most people at the park are bringing along children and usually more planning equals less tantrums.
To each his own I guess!
This is how we approached things when the kids were younger. For DS, it made all the difference in the world to take a midday break and ensure he got a nap and some A/C. He wouldn't nap reliably in the stroller and in the heat. Being "rigid" about this aspect of our schedule (RD, midday break), we felt we had the energy and mood to allow flexibility during the rest of the day (outside of ADRs).If we could go anytime of the year other than the summer (wife is a teacher) and we were not traveling with our four year old, I think we could just wing it. We currently show up at rope drop each day and do what we can in the morning including a few M&G's in each park then we do our ADR and fast passes at night after returning from a rest/swim in the afternoon. We look at it as less time in line equals a much happier four year old in the summer heat so we try to plan as much as we can ahead of time. Every change means that plans keep changing. As another poster suggested, before we had children we would spend all day at the park and wing it and we will likely do that again one day but most people at the park are bringing along children and usually more planning equals less tantrums.
To each his own I guess!