bookbabe626
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Okay, Golden Week is bad, I know that. But how are the few days leading up to the start of Golden Week?
If the first official holiday day of Golden Week is a Thursday, for example, will TDR (and everywhere else) still be packed on Mon-Wed of that week?
Due to unavoidable timings, we have a week in Tokyo between two cruises, Sat to the following Mon, where Thursday is the first holiday of Golden Week. We have a cruiseline pre-stay for the second cruise that will cover the Sat-Mon where it’s the actual Golden Week. But our plan was Tokyo Disneyland for the first part of that week.
Given that I know it will be busy, we are trying to figure out options to still have a good experience. Which of these is going to give you a better chance for our party of 2 to get on every ride at least once…?
- The unlimited rides vacation package, with only those two days in the parks (and hoping to get a pre and post night in the same room type, at DLH) and buying the Fantasy Springs attraction add-ons, but we could add a third park day and additional hotel nights if needed
- a Grand Chateau room at FSH for four nights, which should result in 32 (thus 16 each) attraction tickets over three park days (and buying whatever extra attraction tickets they will let you buy)
The GC room would be about double the total cost of the package combo, but it’s way less stressful. Either option is within our budget, but hubby of course would rather spend less than more. With it being the lead-in week to Golden Week, I’m a little worried about the vacation park and hotel booking drop day madness, and being able to get the same room category for the whole stay so we could stay in the same room. The GC room would be easier to book and would guarantee getting one room for the whole stay.
We have been to TDR once before, but it was with Adventures by Disney so we didn’t have to do any of our own planning. The logistics of buying packages and hotel rooms on release day is kind of daunting, and our bank is very fraud adverse so we often have issues with purchases going through, so there’s a good chance we will have to make the reservation twice for it to work.
Am I missing any downsides to the GC rooms? Or misunderstanding how the unlimited VP works? Specific pros/cons to either that I might not be thinking of? Thoughts?
If the first official holiday day of Golden Week is a Thursday, for example, will TDR (and everywhere else) still be packed on Mon-Wed of that week?
Due to unavoidable timings, we have a week in Tokyo between two cruises, Sat to the following Mon, where Thursday is the first holiday of Golden Week. We have a cruiseline pre-stay for the second cruise that will cover the Sat-Mon where it’s the actual Golden Week. But our plan was Tokyo Disneyland for the first part of that week.
Given that I know it will be busy, we are trying to figure out options to still have a good experience. Which of these is going to give you a better chance for our party of 2 to get on every ride at least once…?
- The unlimited rides vacation package, with only those two days in the parks (and hoping to get a pre and post night in the same room type, at DLH) and buying the Fantasy Springs attraction add-ons, but we could add a third park day and additional hotel nights if needed
- a Grand Chateau room at FSH for four nights, which should result in 32 (thus 16 each) attraction tickets over three park days (and buying whatever extra attraction tickets they will let you buy)
The GC room would be about double the total cost of the package combo, but it’s way less stressful. Either option is within our budget, but hubby of course would rather spend less than more. With it being the lead-in week to Golden Week, I’m a little worried about the vacation park and hotel booking drop day madness, and being able to get the same room category for the whole stay so we could stay in the same room. The GC room would be easier to book and would guarantee getting one room for the whole stay.
We have been to TDR once before, but it was with Adventures by Disney so we didn’t have to do any of our own planning. The logistics of buying packages and hotel rooms on release day is kind of daunting, and our bank is very fraud adverse so we often have issues with purchases going through, so there’s a good chance we will have to make the reservation twice for it to work.
Am I missing any downsides to the GC rooms? Or misunderstanding how the unlimited VP works? Specific pros/cons to either that I might not be thinking of? Thoughts?