Bringing Mom to WDW for MY bday, Sept '09! Day 4 Part 1..AK and Tusker House 12/30!

[racefanof88]

For more credit. I never have that kind of luck. I called Disney last week to see if my APs would get me a better deal for our September trip and the CM told me, "You got the best deal you can get"................ I am happy I guess, I just thought the AP would get me more discounts .

 

[disneygirlinnj]

For more credit. I never have that kind of luck. I called Disney last week to see if my APs would get me a better deal for our September trip and the CM told me, "You got the best deal you can get"................ I am happy I guess, I just thought the AP would get me more discounts .

ha great minds think alike... i've definitely called them a few times about the AP discount!

 

[MyMuse]

Here's a thread that might help with the hopping part of your stay:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2086955

It has advice, satellite maps, the works!

 

[disneyfav4ever]

POFQ to the Boardwalk: here's where I'm a little lost.... bus it over to Epcot and then..? Someone mentioned a boat from Epcot to Boardwalk? Where do I get the boat? I can't walk through the park b/c it's 8am. Bus?
DHS to Boardwalk: bus directly?

To get to the Boardwalk from POFQ before park opening I'd go to DHS and walk or take the boat from there. Walking is probably faster unless the boat is right there when you get there.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

To get to the Boardwalk from POFQ before park opening I'd go to DHS and walk or take the boat from there. Walking is probably faster unless the boat is right there when you get there.

Yes, this is what I was going to say. They do run early... I know that MK bus starts 6:15-6:45AM for character breakfasts so I wouldn't doubt that one runs to DHS early also for H&V and Cape May, a lot of the time the bus driver will drop you off at what ever resort you have an early ADR for.

 

[Lynn5700]

WOOHOOOOO!! Everyone do the happy dance with me!

I got EVERYTHING I wanted! All 17 ADRs! Some of the times aren't picture perfect but hey...we'll deal with it! The one I'm the most bummed about is my birthday breakfast at Crystal Palace. I wanted as close to 8am as possible but had to take 9am. I'll check again tomorrow morning on the actual 90 day mark for 9/27.

I made sure to NOT be logged on before 6am. At 6am, I logged on using my email and password that I created. Searched for my first restaurant, when it came up, clicked book a reservation. Then clicked 'associate with a vacation reservation' (or whatever the wording is). Put in my vacation confirmation # and phone number, and it said that I'm staying at POFQ from 9/26-10/3 and all the dates on the calendar were unlocked.

The shopping cart only holds 10 reservations at a time so I had to check out after the first 10, and slowly input my bday celebration into each one (the only annoying part!). After I did it for all of them, I instantly got an email confirmation. I then went ahead and booked the remaining 7 ADRs and did the same thing with the bday.

I was done with all 17 ADRs by 6:35am. Not too shabby.

Oh..not sure if it matters but I normally use Firefox as my browser but read a few posts saying that it was REALLLY slow. I used Safari on my Mac this morning and it was QUICK! I did get a little nervous after I clicked check out for the first 10 ADRs. It took at least a minute for the confirmation page to come up. But it finally did!

Right now I'm on hold with Disney Dining just trying to book the GF Tea for my mom and I on the day we arrive. Can they PLEASE change the song?!??!! I know it's 7am but... if I hear the Main Street song or the Train Conductor ONE MORE TIME!! I've only been on hold with them for 14 mins so far and I've heard both at least 5 times... oh..make that 6. The Main St song just started again

So here is everything I got... In parenthesis I'll put what time I tried for.


Port Orleans French Quarter
2 8-Day Park Hopper Passes
Deluxe Dining Upgrade
September 26, 2009 - October 3, 2009

* helpful key:
Crowd: estimated crowd level
BP: best park
WP: worst park

I also included the hours for ALL the parks that day in case we want to hop. And if there's night parades (we dont do the day parades), wishes, or fantasmic, I put that too. Illuminations is every night at closing time of Epcot. The October dates I just took from the prior week in September so those will probably change.


September 26, 2009 (Saturday)
Crowd: 7 BP: EP WP: HS
Park: ? maybe MK
ADRs: Lunch: GF Tea 2:20pm (wanted 2:30pm)
Dinner: Citricos 6:20pm (wanted 6:30pm)
MK: 9am-10pm
8pm Spectro
9pm Wishes
Ep: 9am-9pm
HS: 8am-7pm (EMH Morning included)
AK: 9am-5pm

September 27, 2009 (Sunday) aka MY BIRTHDAY!
Crowd: 4 BP: AK/MK WP: EP
Park: MK
ADRs: Breakfast: Crystal Palace 9am (wanted 8am)
Lunch: Tonys 1pm (wanted 1pm)
Dinner: Kona 6:35pm (wanted 6:30pm)
MK: 9am-11pm (EMH evening included)
8pm Wishes
Ep: 9am-9pm
HS: 9am-7pm
AK: 9am-5pm

September 28, 2009 (Monday)
Crowd: 5 BP: HS WP: MK/AK
Park: Epcot
ADRs: Breakfast: Wave 8am (wanted 8am)
Lunch: Tutto Italia 1pm (wanted 1pm)
Dinner: Teppan Edo 7:50pm (wanted 7pm)
MK: 9am-9pm
9pm Wishes
Ep: 9am-12am (EMH evening included)
HS: 9am-7pm
AK: 8am-5pm (EMH morning included)

September 29, 2009 (Tuesday)
Crowd: 4 BP: AK WP: EP
Park: AK
**Possibly MNSSHP tonight?**
ADRs: Breakfast: Tusker House 8am (wanted 8am)
Lunch: Pizzafari or CS
Dinner: Yak & Yeti 4:45pm (wanted 5pm)
Extra: Carriage Ride at POR?
MK: 9am-7pm (MNSSHP tonight)
no parade/fireworks
Ep: 9am-9pm
HS: 8am-8pm (EMH Morning included)
8pm Fantasmic
AK: 9am-5pm

September 30, 2009 (Wednesday)
Crowd: 5 BP: EP WP: AK
Park: EP
ADRs: Breakfast: POFQ
Lunch: Chefs 1pm (wanted 1pm)
Dinner: Tutto 7pm (wanted 7pm)
MK: 9am-9pm
9pm Wishes
Ep: 9am-9pm
HS: 9am-10pm (EMH Evening included)
AK: 9am-5pm

October 1, 2009 (Thursday) (tentative)
Crowd: 4 BP: AK WP: MK/EP
Park: HS
ADRs: Breakfast: POFQ
Lunch: SciFi 11:30am (wanted 12pm)
Dinner: Mama Melrose 5:45pm (wanted 6:30pm)
MK: 8am-9pm (EMH morning included)
8pm Spectro
9pm Wishes
Ep: 9am-9pm
HS: 9am-7pm
AK: 9am-5pm

October 2, 2009 (Friday) (tentative)
Crowd: 4 BP: HS WP: EP
Park: MK
**possibly MNSSHP tonight?**
ADRs: Breakfast: Kona 8am (wanted 8am)
Lunch: Plaza 1pm (wanted 1pm)
Dinner: Tonys 6:30pm (wanted 6:30pm)
MK: 9am-7pm (MNSSHP tonight)
no parade/fireworks
Ep: 9am-8pm
HS: 9am-8pm
8pm Fantasmic
AK: 9am-8pm (EMH Evening included)

October 3, 2009 (Saturday) (tentative)
Crowd: 5 BP: EP WP: HS
Park: EP?
ADRs: Breakfast: Wave 8:25am (wanted 8am)
Lunch: F&W?
MK: 9am-7pm (MNSSHP tonight)
Ep: 9am-9pm
HS: 8am-7pm (EMH Morning included)
AK: 9am-5pm


* and fyi... it's 7:24am (10 mins after I started writing this post...still on hold and I heard the Main Street song TWO MORE TIMES ON HOLD!!!! AHHHH!!!! I really did used to like this song. Now I might run down Main St holding my ears when we go..hahahaha! (jk)

OK this is as far as I got!!!

Love the picture of you and your mom. Both of you are gorgeous!

Your friend's baby is adorable!!!

I love that you are doing DxDDP, we are going to try it in Jan! You have awesome ADRS!! I love almost every place you are going to!!! Are you going to do a dining review??

 

[jmkford4]

Yay for credits!

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Here's a thread that might help with the hopping part of your stay:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2086955

It has advice, satellite maps, the works!

Ohhh awesome...thank you!

To get to the Boardwalk from POFQ before park opening I'd go to DHS and walk or take the boat from there. Walking is probably faster unless the boat is right there when you get there.

Awesome idea too...thank you! I think it'll be either cab or the DHS route (actually those are the only two options... lol)

Yes, this is what I was going to say. They do run early... I know that MK bus starts 6:15-6:45AM for character breakfasts so I wouldn't doubt that one runs to DHS early also for H&V and Cape May, a lot of the time the bus driver will drop you off at what ever resort you have an early ADR for.

Ohhh..here's hoping for awesome bus drivers every morning!

OK this is as far as I got!!!

Love the picture of you and your mom. Both of you are gorgeous!

Your friend's baby is adorable!!!

I love that you are doing DxDDP, we are going to try it in Jan! You have awesome ADRS!! I love almost every place you are going to!!! Are you going to do a dining review??

Aww thank you so much! So are you and your hubby! You guys make such a beautiful couple, and I'm totally jealous of your hair. I know I know..it's a lot of work, still jealous And I need to figure out how to put french braids in my hair. Yes I'm almost 30 and I still haven't figured it out. Ugh!

Joshua's christening is at the end of August and I can't wait to see him again. I wish I could be with them when they bring him to Disney for the first time in December!

Of course I'm doing a dining review! Wait...did you already sub to it in the dining boards? It's so hard to keep track of three pre-trip reports all at the same time! If not, the link is in my signature. However, I'm honestly just going to probably be writing the whole review over here in one big trip report and then pasting just the dining portions into the dining board review. Different audiences

Yay for credits!

woohoo!

 

[racefanof88]

I think we need to have a Dis meet. There is going to be a lot of us there the week we go and I think it would be great to meet up somewhere.

I know I have all of my ADRs made, but now that Dale is going to have to adjust his diet we may have to change up where we eat. He may just have to eat the fish and chicken ever where we go.........

 

[jordanyosh]

DHS to Boardwalk and POFQ to Boardwalk...you can always go to DHS first and then take the boat over or like someone else said walk. We use the ferries all the time when we stay at the Beach Club.....

 

[disneygirlinnj]

I think we need to have a Dis meet. There is going to be a lot of us there the week we go and I think it would be great to meet up somewhere.

I know I have all of my ADRs made, but now that Dale is going to have to adjust his diet we may have to change up where we eat. He may just have to eat the fish and chicken ever where we go.........

Agreed! Even if it is for just a quick hello! I have to go through all the pre-trips I'm reading and jot down everyone that will be there that week!

DHS to Boardwalk and POFQ to Boardwalk...you can always go to DHS first and then take the boat over or like someone else said walk. We use the ferries all the time when we stay at the Beach Club.....

Thanks Jordan! I think that's what we're going to do

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

I'd be down for a DIS meet!

 

[Chelley00]

Followed your link from my pretrip report. You have great ADRs! I'm hoping we have such good luck when we do ours!

 

[tarak]

Enjoy your trip with your mom! Your ADRs look great. I've been considering trying to get an ADR for Kouzzina - it would be perfect for the night we're going to Epcot and have no plans. Might be better to wait until the next year when my husband is there, though.
We're going to be at Epcot on the 30th as well - if you see someone toting along two henna-dyed children, it's probably me!

 

[disneygirlinnj]

So we're one man down for part of the trip.

My bf who lives in FL was going to come and join us for his first Disney experience but today we just decided to end our relationship and just stay friends. It was too hard with the distance and everything and now that we're both going back to school (eventually going to get my MBA...hopefully soon!)...theres no time or money to allow us to see each other regularly. He still might come for a day or two when we're there but not for as long as originally planned.

All in all I'm pretty ok with everything. We both agreed it was hard and we didn't have a huge blow out fight to end things. It was pretty mutual and for good reason. Oh well... anyone wanna join us for our ADRs? lol we have an extra spot at the tables! (I swear that's not meant to sound mean... just trying to make the best of it lol)

 

[racefanof88]

OK, coming over to a brighter PTR . Did you get a chance to jot down dates? I agree even if it is just a quick "hello" Dis meets are so much fun. I need to post a few pictures from the May Dis meet we had at Epcot. It was so awesome. Let me know and we can start a thread for a meet and have a blast.

 

[jenny105]

Sorry to hear you guys broke up but at least it was amicable.

 

[MyMuse]

So we're one man down for part of the trip.

My bf who lives in FL was going to come and join us for his first Disney experience but today we just decided to end our relationship and just stay friends. It was too hard with the distance and everything and now that we're both going back to school (eventually going to get my MBA...hopefully soon!)...theres no time or money to allow us to see each other regularly. He still might come for a day or two when we're there but not for as long as originally planned.

All in all I'm pretty ok with everything. We both agreed it was hard and we didn't have a huge blow out fight to end things. It was pretty mutual and for good reason. Oh well... anyone wanna join us for our ADRs? lol we have an extra spot at the tables! (I swear that's not meant to sound mean... just trying to make the best of it lol)

Aww, I'm sorry.

I'll join ya!!

 

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

Aww I'm sorry about you and your bf breaking up but it seems like it was the best decision. Um if you would be willing to fly me down and pay for my room I'll be happy to join you guys for dinner!!

 

[KatGarcia]

I'm sorry to hear you guys broke up, but you sound ok about it and besides planning a trip is a great distraction!