Fall 2016 planning (continuation of 2016 Free Dining Watch)

[mfly]

Is the disney site acting up for anyone else? I am trying to make payments on our trip ( I am using giftcards so I have to enter 1 at a time....) and I keep getting the stitch page..? I just wanna pay my trip!

I tend to have better luck with the dedicated Disney gift card website (disneygiftcard.com) than the regular Disney website. You could combine your gift cards there and then you'd have fewer to enter on the WDW site.

 

[Sharongal74]

My girls 15 and 11 have been working on mousekeeping envelopes they have found on Pinterest. They are doing a great job! This trip seems so close but so far away! Finally got my universal tickets and now it's like I have nothing else to do!
Well I do need another dining option. Anyone have a must do?? We are doing BOG, WCC, Biergarten, Sanna, Sci fi, 50's prime time,Ohana.

 

[Hope2016]

So excited, managed to get all of the fastpases we wanted following one another hour by hour for our trip in September. Have also been checking daily for an earlier time slot for beaches and cream (we did have 8.20), and managed to get that today also. Happy days!

 

[ArmyVet80]

8 days until we attempt to get our fastpasses.. 68 days until my 9 y/o niece and 4 y/o nephews first trip.

 

[Elsaalltheway]

I hope it's nothing to serious or to cause you to feel bad during your trip. Sending well wishes your way!! Take care!!

Thank you. I should be ok. Shouldn't be anything that keeps me down.

 

[Elsaalltheway]

How are the Frozen FP+ looking?

Not too bad. That one we got it but we wanted an earlier one but couldn't get one till three.

 

[Elsaalltheway]

If it helps, we usually have great experiences on Frontier. I think their good as long as your expectations are in check. First, their rates are usually very low, but they do charge for basically everything. So if you want a drink, even a coffee, it'll cost you. Same with carry on luggage! Some people hate that, but there are times they offer $60 flights from KC to Orlando, so I feel like I can pay $3 for a coffee.

The seats are fine for me, but my husband is tall and wishes there was more leg room. If you want, you can pay to upgrade your seat to one with more leg room and also get luggage included. I can't remember what the price of that is, but it is an option! My only complaint with Frontier is that they don't guarantee parents will sit next to their little kids. You have to pay for assigned seats to know you'll sit next to your own child. Me, I don't care what seat I sit in, but I don't want my 4 year old on the other end of the plane! I figure no one else wants that either, so I don't know why they charge.

I understand that. I have flown on Spirit and Alligant so I think I've experianced the worst of the worst. We have purchased two checked bags so I think we will be fine. I just heard the seats are not very well designed for sleeping. But then again what one is unless its cross atlantic.

 

[SunnieRN]

My girls 15 and 11 have been working on mousekeeping envelopes they have found on Pinterest. They are doing a great job! This trip seems so close but so far away! Finally got my universal tickets and now it's like I have nothing else to do!
Well I do need another dining option. Anyone have a must do?? We are doing BOG, WCC, Biergarten, Sanna, Sci fi, 50's prime time,Ohana.

Do you think your daughters would enjoy Raglan Road? Another favorite is Le Chefs De France. It's awesome that your girls are helping with your housekeeping envelopes!! I always have fun making those!!

 

[Meeko5]

My girls 15 and 11 have been working on mousekeeping envelopes they have found on Pinterest. They are doing a great job! This trip seems so close but so far away! Finally got my universal tickets and now it's like I have nothing else to do!
Well I do need another dining option. Anyone have a must do?? We are doing BOG, WCC, Biergarten, Sanna, Sci fi, 50's prime time,Ohana.

Looks like you're hitting a lot of great ones - the one I'd add is Boma. We loved it! We also did tusker house but the food was just ok for us. The characters were fun though!

ETA: Now I see Sanaa on your list haha. So scratch Boma. What about another world showcase restaurant like Via Napoli?

 

[BrookieM2001]

Looks like you're hitting a lot of great ones - the one I'd add is Boma. We loved it! We also did tusker house but the food was just ok for us. The characters were fun though!

ETA: Now I see Sanaa on your list haha. So scratch Boma. What about another world showcase restaurant like Via Napoli?

We LOVE the hibachi restaurant in Japan at Epcot! We go every trip, it's tradition. My girls both LOVE the show the chef puts on and we have never had less than delish food! Plus, as soon as we finish, we get a great spot right outside for Illuminations!

 

[BrookieM2001]

Ok, so is anybody else being driven CRAZY by Disney not having their stuff together and trying to plan?! The times schedule still has HS closing at 7:30 when we go, and no SW fireworks schedules whatsoever. And surely they can't have fireworks at 7:30 when that's when the sun has barely gone down?? Same with AK too! No JB or ROL scheduled, and park closing time as of now is also 7:30, so there couldn't be any tree awakenings! How am I supposed to get FP in a week if none of these things are even on the schedule??? GRRRRRR!!!

 

[Elsaalltheway]

Ok, so is anybody else being driven CRAZY by Disney not having their stuff together and trying to plan?! The times schedule still has HS closing at 7:30 when we go, and no SW fireworks schedules whatsoever. And surely they can't have fireworks at 7:30 when that's when the sun has barely gone down?? Same with AK too! No JB or ROL scheduled, and park closing time as of now is also 7:30, so there couldn't be any tree awakenings! How am I supposed to get FP in a week if none of these things are even on the schedule??? GRRRRRR!!!

We are going the second week in Sept and they finally posted the Star Wars fireworks. We are excited because my brother is a huge Star Wars fan. Ours was just updated last week.

 

[Meeko5]

We LOVE the hibachi restaurant in Japan at Epcot! We go every trip, it's tradition. My girls both LOVE the show the chef puts on and we have never had less than delish food! Plus, as soon as we finish, we get a great spot right outside for Illuminations!

Oh good to hear! We have Teppan Edo booked for this fall!

 

[Sharongal74]

Do you think your daughters would enjoy Raglan Road? Another favorite is Le Chefs De France. It's awesome that your girls are helping with your housekeeping envelopes!! I always have fun making those!!

Looks like you're hitting a lot of great ones - the one I'd add is Boma. We loved it! We also did tusker house but the food was just ok for us. The characters were fun though!

ETA: Now I see Sanaa on your list haha. So scratch Boma. What about another world showcase restaurant like Via Napoli?

We LOVE the hibachi restaurant in Japan at Epcot! We go every trip, it's tradition. My girls both LOVE the show the chef puts on and we have never had less than delish food! Plus, as soon as we finish, we get a great spot right outside for Illuminations!

We did Raglan road and we did like it. We will do again I believe. I have 3 Ts credits left. 2 I was going to save for the days off to just pick a place in DS. (But I think it will be raglan rd and rainforest)
I do have tusker house and forgot to add it!
I didn't know about the hibachi place! I am going to look at that!
Via Napoli is on my agenda but I had read to Just pay out of pocket for it. Anyone have opinions on that? Thank you all for your suggestions!

 

[Meeko5]

Via Napoli is on my agenda but I had read to Just pay out of pocket for it. Anyone have opinions on that? Thank you all for your suggestions!

I have read a lot of people saying that too, and probably a great option for those who are set on maximizing their DP credits. I have also read though that the larger pizzas aren't consistently cooked well and that the Individual ones get better reviews overall

We are using a TS credit for it, but only because 1 TS per day is more than enough for us anyway. We eat breakfast in the room, do an early QS lunch then hit up a TS dinner. Last year we were all so stuffed doing this (even sharing meals with the toddler) that we didn't use a lot of snack credits.

 

[Sharongal74]

I have read a lot of people saying that too, and probably a great option for those who are set on maximizing their DP credits. I have also read though that the larger pizzas aren't consistently cooked well and that the Individual ones get better reviews overall

We are using a TS credit for it, but only because 1 TS per day is more than enough for us anyway. We eat breakfast in the room, do an early QS lunch then hit up a TS dinner. Last year we were all so stuffed doing this (even sharing meals with the toddler) that we didn't use a lot of snack credits.

I had not read that about the whole pizzas, thanks! Last time we didn't use a lot of our snacks either. Got stuff for the way home. this year my DD 15 has a list of snacks to get so we will see. I'm going to go look at their menu again!

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

So excited, managed to get all of the fastpases we wanted following one another hour by hour for our trip in September. Have also been checking daily for an earlier time slot for beaches and cream (we did have 8.20), and managed to get that today also. Happy days!

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

Ok, so is anybody else being driven CRAZY by Disney not having their stuff together and trying to plan?! The times schedule still has HS closing at 7:30 when we go, and no SW fireworks schedules whatsoever. And surely they can't have fireworks at 7:30 when that's when the sun has barely gone down?? Same with AK too! No JB or ROL scheduled, and park closing time as of now is also 7:30, so there couldn't be any tree awakenings! How am I supposed to get FP in a week if none of these things are even on the schedule??? GRRRRRR!!!

Yep, right there with you!!! I've had such a hard time planning everything without all the information!

 

[Elsaalltheway]

So I've been looking at wait times this past weekend. The longest wait was only 100 minutes so that has me scared that everybody is going to be going during sept.

 

[Ksskbbsm]

Not too bad. That one we got it but we wanted an earlier one but couldn't get one till three.

I just made fast passes selections this morning at 7am...got everything we wanted back to back to back....... For a party of 10.......no problem getting FEA... got it for 1155...... just looked now at 130 and still had a ton of availability for 1pm and after......I had never used the system before and it was very easy and was also very easy to make initial picks and go back and tweak everything til I had it exactly how I wanted..... hope this helps to alleviate some stress... Good luck to everyone!!!!