Few Last minute questions PLEASE help

[ms.ojo]

We will be at Disney in less than a week! So excited. Have a couple last minute questions I am hoping you "in the know" Disers can help me with:

- Now that Fantasmic is a FP+ oppty how is the regular seating? Is an hour before the 1st show ample time to get a seat or do we need to get there even earlier? What section is reserved for FP+? (ie. Left, center, right) and is there still a reserved seating area for the Fantasmic dinner pkg people? Starting to feel if you don't have FP+ or dinner pkg there will be limited seating left for walk-ins.

- At the water parks. Use to be you could purchase a refillable mug at one, and then bring it with you to a water park on another day and get a sticker on it for I think $5 and use it there versus buying another refillable mug. Is that still an option? We are doing WPFM and expect to be hitting water parks on multiple days and am hoping this is still possible.

- Given the changes at DTD transportation there seems to be a mess. If I understand correctly after 2pm all buses from TL ONLY go to EPCOT and from there you catch a bus to your resort...but does EP also have buses direct to DTD? We wanted to go to DTD after TL.

Thanks so much! Can't believe we will be there in 6 days!

 

[Robo]

We will be at Disney in less than a week! So excited. Have a couple last minute questions I am hoping you "in the know" Disers can help me with:

- Now that Fantasmic is a FP+ oppty how is the regular seating?

1- Is an hour before the 1st show ample time to get a seat

2- or do we need to get there even earlier?

3- What section is reserved for FP+? (ie. Left, center, right) and

4- is there still a reserved seating area for the Fantasmic dinner pkg people? Starting to feel if you don't have FP+ or dinner pkg there will be limited seating left for walk-ins.

- At the water parks.

Use to be you could purchase a refillable mug at one, and then bring it with you to a water park on another day and get a sticker on it for I think $5 and use it there versus buying another refillable mug.

5- Is that still an option? We are doing WPFM and expect to be hitting water parks on multiple days and am hoping this is still possible.

6- Given the changes at DTD transportation there seems to be a mess.

7- If I understand correctly after 2pm all buses from TL ONLY go to EPCOT and from there you catch a bus to your resort…

8- but does EP also have buses direct to DTD?

9- We wanted to go to DTD after TL.

Thanks so much!

10- Can't believe we will be there in 6 days!

1- This time of year, yes.
2- Nope (unless there's an unforeseen RUSH on the place.)
3- Everything to the LEFT (audience-left) of center.
4- One or two of the dead-center sections.
5- Yes. (although I'm not sure of the exact price, now.)
6- Yup. But, DTD buses were always about the worst of any route.
7- Yup.
8- Nope. None of the Theme Parks offer direct buses to/from DTD.
9- Ask any bus driver her/his best idea for that.
10- Have a magical time!

 

[Malibustyle23]

(Oops so sorry) Robo, when we visited last September they were testing out a bus from AK to DTD. I assume the testing is over at this point? Was it not successful enough to make it a full time route?

 

[ms.ojo]

Thank you Robo!!!

I guess we will not do DTD after TL. I was thinking geographically they were sort of closer together (we are staying at AoA) but really no easy way to get to DTD from TL (r EP) so I think we will just enjoy a longer full day at TL and head to DTD on a diff't day directly from the hotel.

So many changes this trip from our previous ones w/ FP+, magic bands, new attractions, etc. While it's been nice reserving a few key rides in advance, i feel like we are going to do less. My son is old enough this trip he thought I was going to be passing the baton to him to be FP runner. At least he got to do some of that with me on previous trips. But he was eager to take over the responsibility. I just feel like now, we'll get our 1 ride in on RnR and TSMM (for example) but it will be difficult to get to ride them each 2x, or MORE like we use to do. ah well must accept the changes.

 

[Robo]

(Oops so sorry) Robo,

1- when we visited last September they were testing out a bus from AK to DTD.

2- I assume the testing is over at this point?

3- Was it not successful enough to make it a full time route?

1- Yes.

2- Yes.

3- I don't know the true purpose of the test, so I don't know what constituted "being successful."
(I don't know what they were attempting to sample, prove, or disprove.)