Calling all Sept DISers...

[EeyoreFan5]

We are going in September for our first grand gathering and first MNSSHP. Can't wait. Our ressie's will be....Whispering Canyon Cafe, 1900 Park Fare- cinderella dinner, Akershus breakfast, Chef Mickey's dinner, Mama Melroses and for my 10 y/o birthday Ohana with Lilo & Stitch. She is so excited for this meal. Hope I get it! I have one more day up in the air and a little undecided at this time. Thankfully I have a couple of months yet to decide. But always planning!

 

[neatokimmo]

Whoever said that this thread is like finding a bunch of long lost OCD planning sisters, you are so right! I'm here and I think I'll be driving DH crazy until 6/22/09, when we can start calling those ADRs in!

I switched from excel to word. I set up a page for each day we'll be there. This is my format:

Day X, Sept X, 2009 Park X
Lunch - Location
(the entire lunch menu)
any lunch notes needed, like extras the baby might like
Dinner - Location
(the entire menu again with as many pictures as I can find from the food porn threads)
any dinner notes needed, like where not to sit and what sort of fun things can happen at that particular location.
Then I have general park notes and extras like the campfire.

Once park hours post I'll add those along with any parades/firework shows. I'll then divide the park into two and we will at least hit those parts. Since my 2yr is going anything over half a park is just a bonus.

How do you all set up your planning sheets?

 

[JoePa4Ever]

where I can I get info on when MNSSHP is actually happening? Do they have the dates out yet?

Thanks.

MNSSHP dates: http://www.wdwinfo.com/holidays/halloween.htm

 

[stephie1012]

well after debating looks like we are going in sept! sept 26-oct 3. DD's bday is sept 30th. its a surprise trip for her, shes turning 4!
cant wait to make ADRs...when we went the beginning of this month it was a last min trip so i didnt plan like i will be this time! dang how do i stand waiting lol..last time i booked 20days before we went!

 

[GottaLuvMickey]

We are going Sept 12-19 for DDs first birthday! My sister is meeting us down there so we're going to split up the table service meals by letting her pick two, I pick two, DH picks two, and I'm sure theres one that we'll all 3 agree on! That's the best way we could think of.... Unless we all 3 happen to agree on 7 TS meals together!

 

[ktbug103]

I'm definetely obsessing already. We will be going to 1900 Park Fare again for sure. We will most likely also do Coral Reef again. That leaves three ressies I have no idea about yet.

 

[julezdisney]

Hi everybody! I'm Julia and this is my first foray into Free Dining! Yayyy!!! Also our first time to Epcot and staying On-Property!!! Wooo-HOooo!

Today I printed out all the verified snack credit snacks from the thread regarding that. I'll be studying up!

 

[inkedupmomma]

Idk how I missed this thread, but we are another september diser family!! I have had all my adr's done since before Christmas! Nothing is set in complete stone, as we do not know the park hours yet, but we will fix the adr's if need be! We will be there from Sept 12-Sept 21,2009!! Free dining from a bounceback and upgraded to Deluxe dining! I of course have a spread sheet of all my adr's and how much tip they may need!

 

[wvdislover]

We're bouncing back, too! We'll be there 9/17-27. Our planned ADR's/ TS are as follows: Sci-Fi, Coral Reef, Akershus b-fast, CRT (?), Tutto Italia, Le Cellier, H&V character meal, O'hana's, T-Rex, Big River Grille, 50's PT! Can't wait!!!

 

[mom2rtk]

Count me in for September planners. It's killing me to wait around while everyone else lines up to make ADR's!

Anyone hear any rumors about the ADR system changing? I keep hearing about online ADR's or maybe other changes because of the problems. I'm afraid if I make my list and put it out of my mind for the next 2 months that something will change while I'm not looking!

I'm pretty obsessed about getting CRT on my daughter's birthday, but it's only at 90 + 2 from our check-in, so I feel at a disadvantage.

Do you all think MORE people book CRT during free dining, or maybe not since it requires 2 credits?

I just need this part of the planning wrapped up already!

 

[mom2rtk]

well after debating looks like we are going in sept! sept 26-oct 3. DD's bday is sept 30th. its a surprise trip for her, shes turning 4!
cant wait to make ADRs...when we went the beginning of this month it was a last min trip so i didnt plan like i will be this time! dang how do i stand waiting lol..last time i booked 20days before we went!

We'll be there the exact same dates with my DD's birthday sept 28th. You'll bet to book ADRs for the birthday at 90 + 4 days, but I'll only be at 90 + 2 days. I'm really wishing I had picked different days, with check-in a ways further in advance of the birthday! What do you have planned for the birthday?

 

[BreezysMom]

I have to say that it is frustrating not having hours and the 90 day ADR thing. Our last two trips once I got it all "scheduled" and locked in it was just a matter of tweaking things. Oh well, I am happy to be going back.

We are staying Poly CL so our ADR plans are

Spirit of Aloha (This will be our third stay at the Poly and have not tried this so we figured with free dining we would check it out)
CRT Breakfast
LeCellier for lunch
Kona Cafe Dinner
O'Hana Breakfast

We are planning to do MNSSHP on 9/22.

Happy Planning everyone!

 

[KSBelle]

DH and I will be at the Poly from Sept 20-27.
I may tweak those dates when SW opens up airfares.
Planning on:
Kona Cafe-Breakfast
Crystal Palace-Dinner
Whispering Canyon-Dinner
Marrakesh-Dinner
EPCOT Food & Wine Festival
MNSSHP on 9/22, MK Train Tour, and AK Backstage Safari

Good Luck with everyone getting the ADR's they want!!!

 

[TiggerD]

We are counting the days till we can make the ADR. Going in September from the 10-19th. We have eaten at Le Cellier each time so decided to Try Raglan Road and Teppen Edo this trip along with Biergarten, Rose and Crown, Coral Seas, Cyrstal Palace is a fav and we are doing a breakfast at Tusker House also. DH and I have been looking at the menus and our mouths are watering already. Have fun planning...

 

[heather214]

So how are the crowds in September? I was thinking of going the second week of September and was concerned about crowds and heat. Any opinions??

 

[3goofyboys]

Um ok, you people are making me look crazy. You are saying how obsessed you are but when you explain why it's nothing compared to me...

So we check-in Sept 18, our 90 day is June 20th. I do plan on calling beginning at 3:57AM (PST).

I have a spreadsheet set up already.

Each row with a date,
day,
EMH park (estimated off lest year's EMH),
if there is MNSSHP,
breakfast, ideal time, why that time,
lunch, ideal time, why that time,
dinner, ideal time, why that time.

I have all the restaurants planned out for our 14 night trip with the added in Eexpedition Everest Challenge date, F&WF begin date (and the soft opening), the date we will be going to MNSSHP and the morning of KTTK tour.

All that is left is to call and compete with you all for ADRs,



Oh yes, and we already have our flights booked! Red-eye from Portland with layover in LA, we will arrive at 6AM giving us plently of time to rest before MNSSHP on 9/18. We plan on hitting up Captain Cook's before 3PM to be ready to enter MK at 4PM then grab some Casey's Corner just before Hallowishes to watch it and eat!

I have this spreadsheet too (well actually it's written out long-hand b/c my excel is giving me fits), but I also have 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choices for dining each day in case I need a back-up, can we say OCD?

This thread should be called 'The Sisterhood of the Obsessive Planners'-- I feel like I've found long-lost family! The wait has been making me crazy (I actually started planning last September) and when they changed the ADRs to 180 days out, I nearly cried. I WANNA DO THIS NOW!!!

I agree! My DH does not understand, it's nice to find some kindred planners. I've been planning since April 2008, so I've had some time to think about things!


So far my 1st choice ADRs look like this:

1st Day: T-rex cafe OOP (Reservation already made)
2nd Day: Chef Mickey's
3rd Day: Tepan-Edo
4th Day: Sci-Fi
5th Day: Mickey's Backyard BBQ
6th Day: Boma
7th Day: Crystal Palace
8th Day: Whispering Canyon
9th Day: Biergarten

We were planning on doing most of these for lunch before heading back to the resort for a break, but we'll see how it works out.

 

[DisSept09]

we just booked for sept 13th - 20th, can't wait!!

i haven't been to WDW since i was a kid, so am looking forward to all the "new" things and sharing the magic with my kids.

i've already been second guessing myself trying to figure out which ADRs to make. lol

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Dear 'Sisterhood of the Obsessive Planners,'

Oh man, I am going crazy... and I think I am driving the WDW dining line crazy. I have called them for so many reasons this week, asking about various things such as confirming that my 90 day mark was the same as the one they have and asking about the actual rules of the 90+10. Now I wonder if the CMs get mad about dumb people calling and asking questions... hm.

Since you all are the only ones I feel like I can talk to about this since everyone thinks I am kind of nuts!... I think I have it narrowed down with only a few ifs.

We are going for 2 weeks on the free DDP with some stuff OOP... well, a lot actually

Spoodles-dinner (assuming it's still open, we'd like to eat there one last time)
Sanaa-dinner
Flying Fish Cafe-dinner
Chef Mickey's-breakfast
The Wave-dinner
Kona Cafe-breakfast
Citricos-dinner (birthday)
Whispering Canyon Cafe-dinner
Crystal Palace-breakfast
California Grill-dinner
Donald's Safari Breakfast
Hoop-dee-doo-Revue- 7:15 show
Cinderella's Royal Table-breakfast
Rose & Crown-dinner (not 100% sure on this one b/c I kind of want to go back to Les Chefs de France or Coral Reef... or try Tokyo Dining)
'Ohana-dinner
Yak & Yeti- very early dinner
Narcoossee's- dinner (on our last day always)

I think we might die in WDW with overeating. I have a race to run while in WDW and the San Francisco Half Marathon just over 2 weeks after we get back... they may have to roll me into the finish line.




I am so glad I am not the only one planning like crazy! Most people don't understand... I love that you all do

 

[JoePa4Ever]

So how are the crowds in September? I was thinking of going the second week of September and was concerned about crowds and heat. Any opinions??

crowds not so bad, but the heat/humidity can be pretty bad

 

[Nermel9]

I'm going in September, from 9/26-10/3 and I'm obsessing about my ADR's already! This is my first time with Free Dining and even making ADR's so I'm pretty nervous! There are so many restaurants I want to try, I definitely want to do Chef Mickey's, Le Cellier, and Chef's de France! As for the rest, I can't make up my mind! I also want to try to do the Fantasmic dinner package, but I'm not 100% on that! I wish June would just get here already so I could stop worrying about it!