I finally finished reading the entire thread. I added stuff to my list obviously and even went shopping for some of the listed stuff. I am starting to feel panicky. we leave in 10 days or so (driving) but I have a week long business trip right before. yup, I was crazy enough to book a trip to Disney to start just a day or so after I return from a convention in San Diego, CA. needless to say I have been driving myself crazy packing both my suitcase for cali and my family's stuff for dwd. I am sure I will pull through and because it is a road trip we can always stop at a walmart along the way should we (gasp) forget something. it was the only week we could fit it in cause I was not ''allowed'' to take vacation time before this business trip and school starts on sept 2. we have our adrs and know which park we will visit each day but I need to finalize the actual touring plans. I figure my long plane rides to and from cali will allow me plenty of time to do that and I will have the unofficial guide with me to help me. we are going in thinking that we will see the must-sees and then whatever else we dont get to see , we can always come back next yeat 
I was feeling a bit anxious too since we had to downsize the trip from 7 to 5 nights because of budget reasons (low season at dh job and he is working less hours than usual) but still very grateful to God that we get to go on our first family trip to the world. anyway so sorry for the long post but somehow typing this is making me feel much better. now I wish I can concentrate on my work and business trip and stop thinking about the disney trip 24/7! i wish all of you have a blessed time in the world.
p.s. no tips this time since I am a newbie, but promise to bring some back when I return!
I was feeling a bit anxious too since we had to downsize the trip from 7 to 5 nights because of budget reasons (low season at dh job and he is working less hours than usual) but still very grateful to God that we get to go on our first family trip to the world. anyway so sorry for the long post but somehow typing this is making me feel much better. now I wish I can concentrate on my work and business trip and stop thinking about the disney trip 24/7! i wish all of you have a blessed time in the world.p.s. no tips this time since I am a newbie, but promise to bring some back when I return!
One of my favorite things there is a touring cheat sheet. Think of it as an Excel Spreadsheet divided into time of day for each park listing which attractions to avoid (long lines), which to ride, and which to fastpass for each time of day. Allows for great flexibility if you arrive at a park midday and don't want to spend hours in line.
There's a cheat sheet for each crowd planner rating, so the sheet for Christmas Day is alot different than, say, December 9th. Disboards is the only place I can openly admit to keeping multiple spreadsheets for my Disneyworld Addiction.
If you really want to plan everything out, you can make personal touring plans complete with a map showing numbered stops for your tour for each park. The site also has a number of "ready made" touring plans for all day, half days, late arrivals, multiple days tailored to adults, kids, seniors.... Oh how I do go on
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Bag free touring is so nice!
