For the first time in forever - I have 2 active tickers!! A Sept and Dec 2014 Trip

Welcome back!!! So sad that your trip is over but so excited that you can make FP selections for your Dec trip in just 14 days. At least that is one way to kill the Post Disney Blues. :)

Looking forward to hearing all about your trip!!! :goodvibes
 
Welcome back! I'm so glad to hear the trip was awesome.

I can't wait to read the trip report (and read more about your planning for the December trip)!

Thanks! The trip report is now ready and I have some updates to do on December later this week!!

Welcome back!!! So sad that your trip is over but so excited that you can make FP selections for your Dec trip in just 14 days. At least that is one way to kill the Post Disney Blues. :)

To be honest I think it may be the best way to cure Disney blues!!:rotfl2:

Looking forward to hearing all about your trip!!! :goodvibes

Report coming right up!
 
Hi everyone!

So tonight is my fastpass night, I am excited but at the same time really wishing I could go to bed early :faint: that will not be happening though. Since we did not see Anna and Elsa they will be my main focus, after that I will get some Mine Train, Pooh, Peter Pan, and a meet and greet with Mickey (at Town Square) For the other parks there aren't really any must do's except Toy Story Mania, Soarin and Test Track.

So overall fastpass selections should go easy and hopefully I will have plenty of options of Anna and Elsa.

Okay so as of tonight at midnight only 60 more days!!!!!!:banana:

I will update in the next week sometime as to what fastpasses I got and begin on our day to day plans. :woohoo:
 

Hi everyone!

So tonight is my fastpass night, I am excited but at the same time really wishing I could go to bed early :faint: that will not be happening though. Since we did not see Anna and Elsa they will be my main focus, after that I will get some Mine Train, Pooh, Peter Pan, and a meet and greet with Mickey (at Town Square) For the other parks there aren't really any must do's except Toy Story Mania, Soarin and Test Track.

So overall fastpass selections should go easy and hopefully I will have plenty of options of Anna and Elsa.

Okay so as of tonight at midnight only 60 more days!!!!!!:banana:

I will update in the next week sometime as to what fastpasses I got and begin on our day to day plans. :woohoo:

Yay! I hope you get everything you want.
Just remember that Anna and Elsa go fast, so don't be surprised if they're not available every day, even if you log on at midnight. You're more likely to be able to get them closer to the end of the trip - so start there.

Try to have things planned out as much as you can - it'll make things easier if you don't have to think too much while you're making the selections.

Good luck!
 
Yay! I hope you get everything you want.
Just remember that Anna and Elsa go fast, so don't be surprised if they're not available every day, even if you log on at midnight. You're more likely to be able to get them closer to the end of the trip - so start there.

Thank you! That is what I did and it worked :cool1:

Try to have things planned out as much as you can - it'll make things easier if you don't have to think too much while you're making the selections.

:thumbsup2

Good luck!

Hoping you got all the FP you wanted, and skipping over to your TR now!

We had very good luck (it is a lot nicer (less stressful) staying onsite pixiedust:)
 
I am so sorry I have been MIA, I am currently in college and stay at home with the girls so finding time to keep up with this PTR and my TR is just hard.

So we (well I) did it!! I got Anna and Elsa:cool1: This made my night, I was up late trying to get all the passes done (went to bed at 1:30 so the next day I pretty much just felt like doing this :surfweb:

Also we changed some plans around



So after our experience with the pirates league in September we decided that we wanted to surprise the girls with it again! Now this will be new for Becky as she has always gone to BBB but I think she will still like it.

Okay so here is our day 1 plans:

Our flight leaves from Logan at 9am and I am thinking we will land in Orlando by 12:30 Hopefully we can be out of the airport by 1:30 and head to Saratoga Springs to check in. (I already did online check in)

If our room isn't ready we will drop off our bags and then head to HS

Our first fastpass for the day is for VOTLM



It is from 1:50 to 2:05 if we miss this it will not be a big deal as I think waiting in line is doubable.

Our next pass is to:



This is from 2:45 to 3:45 and since expirencing this in September I must say I see why it is a must do!

Next up is



Funny enough but this is a must do as we did not do this Last month, our passes are from 4:15 to 5:15

After this we have Dinner scheduled at 5:15 at:



We ate here in September and I must say I thought it was good, so I am looking forward to it!

After dinner we are going to catch the Obsorne Lights as this will be our third Christmas there and we did have never seen it! :faint:

The rest of the night is free and we will just see what we want to do.

Day 2:

Okay this is our MK day!

We are beginning it with breakfast with this fun loving bear:

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And enjoying some of this:



We have a pre rope drop reservation at 8:20. :cheer2:

After breakfast we are free until 12:40 when we have a fastpass for:



After we ride this our next passes are to see some royalty:



This is at 1:50 to 2:50.

Then at 2:55 to 3:55 we are staying in the area and going on:



The rest of the day is free and I think I may try to get into Be Our Guest for lunch. I am also hoping to get a 4th fastpass once all 3 are up.

The park closes at 7 this night so wishes is out :rolleyes2 but I swear I will see it this trip!

Next up Day 3
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Yay for getting Anna & Elsa!

Toy Story Mania is really fun, right? It's one of those things that really does live up to the hype! Although I might be a little biased ... I spent a few hours this morning playing it on Xbox.

Days 1 and 2 look good. From what I can see right now, BOG lunch is kinda up in the air (I'm looking at trying to get into BOG for lunch for November - some people are reporting that you can't get in standby, others are saying standby is certain hours only, and apparently you can't get a FP+ for lunch, even if you get an email invitation). I hope everything's working smoothly again by December and you can get in!

I'm looking forward to seeing what you have planned for day 3.
 
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: for getting Anna and Elsa.

You've been to Disney three times in December and EVER seen Osborne Lights? You really cannot miss these...the girls will love it.

Plans are sounding great so far.
 
Yay for getting Anna & Elsa!

I am so happy and relieved that I got the fastpass!

Toy Story Mania is really fun, right? It's one of those things that really does live up to the hype! Although I might be a little biased ... I spent a few hours this morning playing it on Xbox.

I would love to be able to play it at home, that sounds like so much fun. The only problem is I am not sure anything else would get done:rotfl2:

Days 1 and 2 look good. From what I can see right now, BOG lunch is kinda up in the air (I'm looking at trying to get into BOG for lunch for November - some people are reporting that you can't get in standby, others are saying standby is certain hours only, and apparently you can't get a FP+ for lunch, even if you get an email invitation). I hope everything's working smoothly again by December and you can get in!


I was able to get a fastpass!!!! :woohoo:So I will be eating at BOG :banana:
I'm looking forward to seeing what you have planned for day 3.

Coming up!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: for getting Anna and Elsa.

It is so nice to know that I do not have to wait in a long line just so y girls can see them. Plus the other day Faith informed me that we did not see then in September :lmao:

You've been to Disney three times in December and EVER seen Osborne Lights? You really cannot miss these...the girls will love it.

:blush::rolleyes1 At least I get to see them for the first time!

Plans are sounding great so far.

:goodvibes
 
Okay I am back, again. Lets get on with these plans!

Day 3:

This day we are heading to

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Epcot! Now I made all our fastpasses for later in the day because I am hoping to hop to MK to see Wishes :goodvibes

So our first fastpass is for Space Ship but I know if we do not want to be there for it we will be. This is at 1:40 to 2:40.

Next up we will see some very important people:

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After our very important meeting we do not have our next fastpass until 4:10 we will probably go to see Nemo and Figment then head over to the showcase and walk around a bit. Then once the time hits we will head to:



If we head to this toward the end of the fastpass then we should be able to go right from there to our ADR for the day! The Garden Grill. I love this restaurant I think the food is so yummy and the characters are great. Actually Becky has been asking when the next time we are going to moving restaurant! So I think is it easy to say we are all looking forward to this.

After dinner we are going to head over to MK to catch the Electric Parade and Wishes. All our MK days are party days so it is necessary to hop one night. Now I have a surprise my dad is coming down :eek: My mother has no idea and let me tell you it has been a pain to try to get him the same fatspasses. But our plan is to have him walk by while we are waiting on Main st and see if anyone notices :lmao: After wishes we will head back to our room and go to sleep! At least thats the plan. :rolleyes1

Day 4:

This is our MVMCP day!! So in the morning we are heading to AK!



Our first fastpass isn't until 10:15 to 11:15 so we do not have to rush and it is for the Safari. Okay now is where it gets hard. Since my dad just decided to come down I had to try to get him on our reservations but there was no mare available! So he has an ADR at 11:30 at Yak and Yeti and then we have one at 12:00 I am hoping that they can just sit us together if we all arrive at 11:30 but we will see. At least I made him the ADR.

After lunch our next fastpass is at 1:30 and that is for Festival of the Lion King, I am excited to see this as in September I only spent 1 hour at AK

Then at 2:50 we are going to go see Its Tough to be a Bug!

We will most likely go back to the room after and relax before we need to head out to the party!

Okay at the party they just (well a couple of weeks ago) announced that Jack Skellington will be there! Faith loves Jack it was the best part of eptmeber for her seeing him. So I want to line up at 5 or 5:15 to see him. Now I need to talk to my parents about this because I hope they can take the girls and just meet me at 7 in line. That will be the easiest thing. (Or maybe I can get dad to wait :rolleyes1)

We have no plans for the party except to see the parade and of course Holiday Wishes other than that I would like to see the castle show and enjoy some rides and cookies!

So Disney has not shipped out magic bands yet so I have not been able to decorate them. I hope they will come soon as I need some time to work on it, but oh well If I have to stay up at night to do it not a loss.

By the way 19 Days!!
 
Megan, the plans sound great.

That's wonderful that your Dad is coming down and the girls will be surprised, but I bet that was a pain trying to adjust FP+ times.

Can't miss with seeing Mickey, Minnie and Goofy, and I loved the character interaction at Garden Grill (the food not so much).

Your trip will be here before you know it.
 
Day 3 & Day 4 plans look great!

In terms of Soarin' - I don't know if you've done it with FP+ before, but there's always a bit of a wait (I think on our last trip it was about 10-15 minutes, but the time before it was closer to 30 minutes), so take that into account when you decide what time to do it - you don't want to do it too close to the start of your ADR and risk being late for dinner!

I love the idea of having your dad just walk by and see if anyone notices ... I hope someone does!

That's so exciting that you guys will get to see Jack Skellington again! That's the major reason I'd consider going to the party if I was ever there when it was going on - the chance to see characters that you don't normally see. I hope you don't have to wait too long to see Jack!

I decorated my MagicBand in less than a week ... but I didn't do anything to intricate (just changed the color - 7 or 8 coats of nail polish, 1 or 2 each day). Hopefully you'll get the MBs soon so that you can decorate!

Yay for 19 days!!
 
Your plans sound great, I love the plan to meet all the characters and later hop to MK for Wishes. And so awesome that your dad is coming to surprise everyone!
 
Megan, the plans sound great.

That's wonderful that your Dad is coming down and the girls will be surprised, but I bet that was a pain trying to adjust FP+ times.

It was horrible and I had to adjust the ADR's to. I will say that I lucked out with the Dining because I was at least able to find table of 1 around the same time as the original reservations. The fastpasses weren't to bad most of them I was able to copy, but still it would have been nice to have known this 60 days out instead of 30

Can't miss with seeing Mickey, Minnie and Goofy, and I loved the character interaction at Garden Grill (the food not so much).

The character interaction is great plus we like the food :goodvibes

Your trip will be here before you know it.

I am so excited just 13 more days! (And one paper to write :rolleyes1)

Day 3 & Day 4 plans look great!

In terms of Soarin' - I don't know if you've done it with FP+ before, but there's always a bit of a wait (I think on our last trip it was about 10-15 minutes, but the time before it was closer to 30 minutes), so take that into account when you decide what time to do it - you don't want to do it too close to the start of your ADR and risk being late for dinner!

Yeah we have done the fastpass before with it I will make sure we have plenty of time! Thanks for the reminder though :thumbsup2

I love the idea of having your dad just walk by and see if anyone notices ... I hope someone does!

I hope so too!

That's so exciting that you guys will get to see Jack Skellington again! That's the major reason I'd consider going to the party if I was ever there when it was going on - the chance to see characters that you don't normally see. I hope you don't have to wait too long to see Jack!

The girls will love it, from what I read if I line up at 5 then I should see him shortly after the party starts (really 2 hours for Jack isn't that bad I will just bring a book)

I decorated my MagicBand in less than a week ... but I didn't do anything to intricate (just changed the color - 7 or 8 coats of nail polish, 1 or 2 each day). Hopefully you'll get the MBs soon so that you can decorate!

I got the bands and 4 out of 5 are all decorated. I hand painted them and am very happy with how they are coming out, I will post pictures on here when they are done!
Yay for 19 days!!

13 days now!!! :cool1::yay:

Similar dates and similar names! :thumbsup2 That just means I HAVE to follow along

:welcome: Thanks for joining us! I love Disney at Christmas time :santa:

Your plans sound great, I love the plan to meet all the characters and later hop to MK for Wishes. And so awesome that your dad is coming to surprise everyone!

I like the way we set up our schedule this time around, way more relax time so we have the ability to hop to different parks! I can't wait to see how the girls react to my dad showing up!
 
Okay so now I am 13 days away from Disney! I am also very stressed, I have a very big paper due while I am gone so I am trying to finish it now. As it stands today I have half of it done and I am going to be crazy trying to finish off the rest before I leave :surfweb:

Okay on to day 5:

When we arrive back at the Resort on night 4 I will have them add my Dad to the room reservation so I can hopefully score him a BOG fastpass for Sunday.

Day 5 we wake up and the park of the day is:

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Magic Kingdom!! Now this can be a laid back morning for us as our first reservation for the day is not until lunch at LTT and that is for 12:50 (for dad) and 1:00 for us.

My mom loves the food here but the main reason we go: The Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake. Yes we go to this restaurant for dessert :goodvibes

After lunch we have a fastpass for



This is from 2:05 to 3:05 and I was able to get my dad a fastpass for the same time :cool1:

Our next fastpass is:



This is from 3:05 to 4:04. Now I was not able to get a fastpass for my dad by Becky does not want to go on this. When we tried it in September she got off the ride crying so it was not a good expirence. So we will get a child swap so my dad can still go on it.

Our last fastpass of the day is for:



This is from 4:35 to 5:35. I went on this in Sept and I really enjoyed it (not as much as TSM) But still it was really fun.

The park closes at 7 this night so we will hang around do some rides that have reasonable waits and then when it closes (or close to it) head back to the resort maybe even get a swim in!

Day 6:

This day we are in:

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Epcot (please excuse the big star my sister in law does not want pictures of my nephews on the internet)

We again do not have any early morning fast passes but our first one is:



This is from 11:45 to 12:45 and one we are all looking forward to. Again I had no issue getting a fastpass for dad :cool1:

This day we are eating somewhere completly new for me:



I am so excited for this meal as I have heard great reviews for it!

Our reservation is for 1:00 and my dad's is for 1:30. Hopefully they can sit us together. :confused3

After that we have our next fastpass at 3:45 and it is to visit a favorite of mine:



Then at 5:10 to 6:10 we go under the sea and search for Nemo!

This night the park closes as 9:30 and after seeing Illuminations in September I might see if my parents want to stay and see it popcorn:: I know the girls would love it too!

Okay next up is our last day at the park :sad2: and then our travel day.
 
Love these two day plans. I hope you can get dad the BOG FP and I hope you can all sit together at Chefs de France (we love it there).

Sorry Becky didn't like the Mine Ride.

:yay::yay::yay: another Figment lover.
 
Yay for 13 days!!!

Days 5 & 6 look great. I like the idea of not having any early fastpasses - then you don't have to worry about showing up early or being somewhere early, you can just take the morning as it comes.

I agree that Buzz is not as fun as TSM, but I still like it a lot. I wish they had more rides like those two!

I hope they can seat you guys together for all of your ADRs!
 







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