Crazy planners join in! The Unofficial January 2012 Thread!

[jewels4488]

In for January 2012! 1/14-1/21, have been planning this trip since August 2010 with in-laws! All-Star Sports and will probably do dxl dining so we can do a couple 2 credit meals and have dinner on arrival night and breakfast on departure day. Tentatively made schedule and possible ADR's....was so fun planning. Now just waiting for January hours and 180 day mark for ressies...getting so excited! 209 days to go!!

We are going the exact time. All Star Music. We normally visit in the fall, Halloween week, so this will be different. I'm so nervous about the weather, and the crowds. We are use to the hot weather, but cold, not so much. When I was a child we visited the week of Christmas and froze! Who knows.... I'm sure we will have a blast no matter what the weather. This is our 6th visit with our kids. We love the parks!
Can anyone speak to the crowds during MLK WEEK? I assume the weekend and holiday are very busy, but Tuesday-Friday? I've checked the crowd calendars, 3's and 2's. That sounds great. We are so excited!!!!

 

[dizneechic]

Can anyone speak to the crowds during MLK WEEK? I assume the weekend and holiday are very busy, but Tuesday-Friday? I've checked the crowd calendars, 3's and 2's. That sounds great. We are so excited!!!!

We did MLK week last year and are going again this year. The crowd calendars are spot on with 2's & 3's. I recall Wed and Thurs being slower than Tue & Fri, and yes it was semi busy the actual weekend and Monday but nothing compared to regular busy times (ie school vaca weeks/holidays).

We love this time of year because the parks close earlier (non EMH) which means nighttime shows are earlier as well (Wishes etc). With the weather a little cooler you don't get as wiped out by spending a full day in the park, you can stay for the night shows, and still make it to bed at a reasonable time frame.

 

[Colleen27]

Well, if crazy is in the thread title I think I've found the right place for me...

I'm calling in the morning to change our Aug-turned-Nov trip to January now (darned work always getting in the way of things) so of course the first thing I thought of is popping over to find some other Jan peeps to count down with! I'm the crazy master-planner of our Disney adventures, and along for the ride will be my DH/enabler, DS13, DD10, DD3, my mother, and maybe my brother. DS and DB both have mid-January birthdays, so of course I'm already pondering the options for a birthday surprise or two.

We'll be there Jan 21 to 29, won't know exactly where until tomorrow when I call to change our dates because it'll all depend on which moderates are available with free dining. I'm hoping for POR or POFQ, in that order. DH, the kids, and I are also going to be taking advantage of the YES open enrollment and saving our package tix as a handy-dandy excuse for a future trip.

We're upgrading to deluxe dining so I've already made a ridiculous number of ADRs, and I am taking the ease of doing so as a very good sign of low crowds. I even got Ohana, for 7ppl, and had a choice of times!

So I'll join y'all in hoping for a mild winter in Orlando and reprieve between blizzards for those of us trying to escape the frozen north. Only 116 days and counting...

 

[dizneechic]

Well, if crazy is in the thread title I think I've found the right place for me...

I'm calling in the morning to change our Aug-turned-Nov trip to January now (darned work always getting in the way of things) so of course the first thing I thought of is popping over to find some other Jan peeps to count down with! I'm the crazy master-planner of our Disney adventures, and along for the ride will be my DH/enabler, DS13, DD10, DD3, my mother, and maybe my brother. DS and DB both have mid-January birthdays, so of course I'm already pondering the options for a birthday surprise or two.

We'll be there Jan 21 to 29, won't know exactly where until tomorrow when I call to change our dates because it'll all depend on which moderates are available with free dining. I'm hoping for POR or POFQ, in that order. DH, the kids, and I are also going to be taking advantage of the YES open enrollment and saving our package tix as a handy-dandy excuse for a future trip.

We're upgrading to deluxe dining so I've already made a ridiculous number of ADRs, and I am taking the ease of doing so as a very good sign of low crowds. I even got Ohana, for 7ppl, and had a choice of times!

So I'll join y'all in hoping for a mild winter in Orlando and reprieve between blizzards for those of us trying to escape the frozen north. Only 116 days and counting...

Welcome!!

We just signed up for the YES Individual Enrollment for Jan 17th. My ds who LOVES everything art will get to do the Animation Magic program... I can't wait to tell him when we finally tell the kids about the trip. We did the 7 day premium tix via the program and it saved us $888 for our family of 5 - amazing!

Love the idea of saving your package tickets for another trip.

 

[nokaoi5]

I am so excited to be going down in January of 2012! The plan is to run the 5k and the full marathon... I'm not Goofy yet! Anyone else planning to run?

Jennifer Ginn
Hyperion Travel Company

 

[lauren_elizabeth]

WE WILL BE THERE IN JANUARY!!!!

We just booked today. I need to get on the ball with making ADRs!

Jan 29 - Feb 4, 2012

 

[sparks19]

AH HA I have been looking for this thread

We just officially booked a studio at OKW yesterday for Jan 22nd-27th

HOORAY

 

[dizneechic]

T minus 100 days!

 

[cathymailme]

100 days today!

 

[Mickeyfan333]

Where is everybody? We are at 18 days! Lets hope the warm weather continues!!

 

[dizneechic]

We're here and arriving the same day as you. Finally told the kids on xmas so I feel like we can come out of the closet and talk about the trip. Made and hung a countdown chain so they will stop asking "how many more days" (hence why we didn't tell them in MAY when we booked ).

Is anyone else planning on sneaking over to Legoland while there? Kinda bummed its closed Tue/Wed as Wed is our "free" day so it would have worked out great but may rearrange plans a bit to go on Thurs. It all depends on what the weather does and if it cooperates with out schedule.

 

[smangham]

My sweet husband gave me a trip to WDW for Christmas! He is not a big WDW fan (but I plan on converting him this trip)...so it must be love! He has never booked a WDW trip before, so he just went to a travel agent and "went for it". Staying at the CR with a MK view for the first time! I'm so excited! I was a little freaked out that there was no free dining, though. Anybody have an secret info regarding free dining? Going Jan 18-23.

Any other good info regarding those date would be much appreciated, too. I usually plan my trips a year out....I've got 3 weeks as of today!!!

 

[Colleen27]

Where is everybody? We are at 18 days! Lets hope the warm weather continues!!

The other Jan thread has been more active, and there's a Facebook group too.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2663156

We're 27 days out so it is way too soon for weather forecasts but that doesn't stop me from stalking Accuweather's long range forecast. We're shaping up to have 23 of 31 days warmer than average for Dec here in Michigan, and I'm hoping to take some of that warm weather luck to FL with us!

 

[jseargent]

I'm going to be there 1/25 - 1/29, solo trip! I am attending a conference, staying at the Contemporary and scoping out things for the family trip in the fall. It's been 4 years since we've been to WDW.

 

[Mickeyfan333]

The other Jan thread has been more active, and there's a Facebook group too.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2663156

We're 27 days out so it is way too soon for weather forecasts but that doesn't stop me from stalking Accuweather's long range forecast. We're shaping up to have 23 of 31 days warmer than average for Dec here in Michigan, and I'm hoping to take some of that warm weather luck to FL with us!

Thanks for the link, I have had trouble finding that thread! I have been checking the 10 day forecast every day even though I am not within 10days yet! Have a great vacation

 

[goofybabe]

6 days to Poly woohoo

 

[GrammyJudy]

Accuweather is driving me nuts! I check everyday for my hometown, Hartford CT where we are flying from and Orlando and it keeps changing! Hoping there will not be snow and ice next FRi and Sat when we drive to CT and then fly to Orlando. Also one day it shows rain in Orlando and then the next day it will say sun for the same day.

 

[Colleen27]

Accuweather is driving me nuts! I check everyday for my hometown, Hartford CT where we are flying from and Orlando and it keeps changing! Hoping there will not be snow and ice next FRi and Sat when we drive to CT and then fly to Orlando. Also one day it shows rain in Orlando and then the next day it will say sun for the same day.

Long range forecasting is like throwing darts blindfolded, I think. From yesterday to today the temperature forecast for our first two days changed by 15° and went from sun to rain, and now it is looking like freezing rain here the night we fly out. Every morning I check and I tell myself I'm going to ignore it for another week until it is less guesswork, but I just can't seem to stay away.

 

[DARuss]

I have to agree. I have been checking Accuweather for the last several days and it changes EVERYday.