Fall 2016 planning (continuation of 2016 Free Dining Watch)

[VACamm]

What crowd calendar? So glad I found you all again. I could not figure out what happened to the thread.

I use EasyWDW every year... he is ALWAYS dead on... and his blog is hilarious!

 

[Hawkeyegirls]

Is there anywhere to post an ISO. I had to switch weeks and couldn't get a BBB or CRT for the same day yet.

 

[CarnesFamily]

I can't find the other posted that needed those dates Nov 15-19)
to PM them!!! I got one and I want them to get one also!!

 

[sahm2two]

Me.

Yes. I have a major Disney shopping problem lol. I have a photo somewhere on my Instagram from last year when I was cleaning out my dresser and folded all of my Disney tshirts. I arranged them all in a giant grid on my bedroom floor. I am going to post it here so that you can see the photo because it is ridiculous. 36 TSHIRTS! And this is not including all of my long sleeve Disney shirts or Disney Hoodies. AND>>>> this also was before our Christmas week trip last December where I bought 3 more Tshirts and 1 more hoodie. I do however wear my Disney shirts and hoodies all the time when I'm not in my professional office... I also wear them to the gym a few times per week.

My tshirt collection includes:
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Epcot Center
Monorail.
Pocahontas
Elsa & Anna
Lion King
Pluto
Olaf
Buzz & Woody
Jasmine & Aladin

So to answer your question... yes.... I do have the same problem as you lol EMBRACE IT GIRL!!! You are NOT alone!

See photo below of my Disney tshirts prior to our last December trip. I now have MORE! haha

Well that makes me feel better.... Guess I can buy those shoes now!

 

[Meeko5]

Is there anywhere to post an ISO. I had to switch weeks and couldn't get a BBB or CRT for the same day yet.

Generally ISOs for dining are a no no. But you can stalk the cancellation threads for your dates and see if anyone posts about cancelling one.

ETA feel free to post here on this thread, we don't mind

 

[VACamm]

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Those are beyond adorable!!! You need those for sure!

My whole family wears Disney Vans... these are mine below. You should check out the Vans website!!

 

[brhodes]

November 15-20 FD dates opened up rooms for POP, CS (standard),and CBR (preferred) right now! I just put a preferred room at CBR on hold to think about FD. I was booked for the 13th-18th (no FD). Now I have to make a decision!!!

 

[VACamm]

I buy too much clothing for our trips as well. However, I buy our shirts from etsy or instagram shops so they're mostly just cute quotes or character names not big photos of characters so I don't mind wearing them while not at Disney. I wear my "There's nothing a little Starbucks and Disney can't fix" shirt all the time and I just got a "This Mama needs a Dole Whip" tank that I will wear when it gets warmer even though there's no chance of me getting a dole whip around here unless I make it myself

I've seen those Starbucks shirts and I LOVE them! They are terrific!

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Those are beyond adorable!!! You need those for sure!

My whole family wears Disney Vans... these are mine below. You should check out the Vans website!!

Those are beyond adorable!!! You need those for sure!

My whole family wears Disney Vans... these are mine below. You should check out the Vans website!!

So cute! Are they comfortable?

 

[RocketGirl3]

We switched our dates from 11/15 to 11/27 and got a standard at CBR with free dining!! So excited I didn't give up checking this morning. . Thanks to all on here who helped

 

[Meeko5]

Those are beyond adorable!!! You need those for sure!

My whole family wears Disney Vans... these are mine below. You should check out the Vans website!!

Omg I need these! I haven't owned vans since high school, are they still as comfortable as they used to be?!

 

[RocketGirl3]

Those are beyond adorable!!! You need those for sure!

My whole family wears Disney Vans... these are mine below. You should check out the Vans website!!

My husband just bought me those for my birthday! I can't wait to wear them to the parks. Are they comfortable?

 

[VACamm]

So cute! Are they comfortable?

Yes , yes, and double yes! To make sure of no blisters, we wear the no show socks... and the shoes themselves are really comfy and squishy. My husband has the Jungle book slide ons, my 20 year old son has the Cheshire Cat lace ups, and my 13 year old son has the same Mickey slide ons as me. We all love them! They are great park shoes and we wore them for a solid week in December in WDW for Christmas... but in the warmer months and when its raining we do tend to wear flip flops every day in the parks.

 

[CandiceF]

Those are beyond adorable!!! You need those for sure!

My whole family wears Disney Vans... these are mine below. You should check out the Vans website!!

I love those! I wasn't just looking at DisneyVans at SportCheck! My DD wants the Belle ones!

 

[SJSloan]

Yay I'm glad I found this thread.
I didn't post much on the last 3, but loved following along.
Life was Boeing having to adult and not have anything to refresh and read lol

I'm still obsessively refreshing Disney site hoping to find CSR or CBR for our stay 11/15-11/19.

I can't find the other posted that needed those dates Nov 15-19)
to PM them!!! I got one and I want them to get one also!!

Here it is @CarnesFamily

Never used PHs before either and honestly may not even use them! Last trip we had two toddlers so the thought of packing the stroller and diaper bag up and loading/unloading and all that wasnt appealing at all. Now they all walk and don't have so much crap so we could park hop.... Just don't know if there's a reason to. We are going to the least crowded park every day! But there's a couple of days that we have wiggle room so if the girls want to do AK again we can and then go to MK after lunch or just do MK for CRT dinner.

We did some of that last November. One day we did AM EMH at AK and rode primeval 2 or 3 times, EE, 2 times on kali, and 1 safari all by 930. Then we did breakfast at tusker and headed out. (We're of the take an afternoon break group even though the adults are the only ones who would nap. Lol)
Then we did evening EMH at MK the same day. We love the late nights the most!
The thing with the fall is that some of the closing times may be earlier at some parks than others. You can always hop to whichever is open the latest. I'm excited to see how making same day fast pass from your phone works now. They recently made that change. As soon as your use your first 3 FP, you could use your phone to pick a fp for the park you plan to hop to. It will be interesting to see what will be available.

Our last trip we didn't use our PH very much because the kids were so little and it took forever to load the kids and the strollers on and off the busses! We did use them for our AK days because it closed early we would hop over to MK or Epcot. With all the construction at HS, that might be a good place to use FP in the morning and then go to another park later.

Thank you for the feedback and ideas. I'm not sure how much we are going to use PH either, but I also feel like I need to use it because we have it. I thought about doing a park in the morning (no FP+) and making our FP for the second park, but I'm not sure that is the best strategy. Maybe just FP the morning park and then leave after we use our FP.

I have not heard good things about getting additional FP's now since they do not require you to visit a kiosk. Don't get me wrong I hated visiting the kiosk but now that it's at the tip of your fingers more people are booking the 4th and 5th. Also as a party of 9 our chances are even smaller.

After free dining I was all excited and telling my DH and DSD(10) that we now have free dining AND PHs. My step-daughter asked what that meant and I told her "It means we can go to a park in the morning and then go to a different park in the evening." Her response: "Who would want to do that?! That's stupid!"

Love easywdw. He also does great reviews of the F & W festival.

Easywdw is my favorite. His crowd calendars have always been dead on and I like that he doesn't sugar coat anything. He usually isn't a big fan of paying extra for stuff but since he said the Early Morning Magic hours are worth it, I've decided that we need to look into it. I mean if Josh says they are worth it, then they are worth it!

And I like that he is one of the few bloggers/sites that is not backed/joined with a TA. As a TA I am able to share is stuff without my client seeing any competitor information.

 

[VACamm]

Omg I need these! I haven't owned vans since high school, are they still as comfortable as they used to be?!

Yessss they are soooo squishy!!! We love them! We walked into a store at the mall and they had 2 different styles... one was Donald Duck! We ended up going home and looking at the Vans website and ordering them because they had a good selection. Here is the website: http://www.vans.com/shop/disney-and-vans

 

[VACamm]

My husband just bought me those for my birthday! I can't wait to wear them to the parks. Are they comfortable?

Yes they are fabulous! Be sure to wear No Show socks!! I had a blister starting when I wore them without socks!!

 

[Amy N]

I can't find the other posted that needed those dates Nov 15-19)
to PM them!!! I got one and I want them to get one also!!

It was me!
I saw a room open but had to bring my girls to school we were already running late.
All I could think of on the drive was noooooo I'm missing our room lol

Our awesome TA saw it too and for it for me while I was out.
Seriously doing the happy dance

 

[brhodes]

We switched our dates from 11/15 to 11/27 and got a standard at CBR with free dining!! So excited I didn't give up checking this morning. . Thanks to all on here who helped

Did you have to call in for the standard room or was it online? I keep checking for a standard but nothing is showing up yet!

 

[vanjust14]

Those are beyond adorable!!! You need those for sure!

My whole family wears Disney Vans... these are mine below. You should check out the Vans website!!

Love these! I have a pair of Vans with Minnie Mouse on them. I bought them at Journey's in case anyone is interested!

I like yours though because they are slip on.