Going with NO LL or smartphone!

[slo]

I tip my hat to you OP - I really do and I hope it works out well for you.
I have wonderful memories of days past when I would make an itinerary for each day, and carry that paper around with me - it had parade times, ADR confirmation numbers and more. But in 2026, it's not that simple anymore. To answer your question, we have not tried it, and to be honest, it's not for us to do it that way anymore. We like to see all the ride times, do mobile food orders on our phone and more. Yes, you are on your phone a lot, but we are ok with that - my DD22 and I take turns so we aren't both doing it. My advice, even though I know you aren't looking for advice, is to be open minded to using your phone. Don't be to stubborn about it, because you may end up not having as a delightful of a trip that you are hoping to have. I hope that is not true, and that you have a wonderful time with lots of great memories

 

[lovethattink]

I tip my hat to you OP - I really do and I hope it works out well for you.
I have wonderful memories of days past when I would make an itinerary for each day, and carry that paper around with me - it had parade times, ADR confirmation numbers and more. But in 2026, it's not that simple anymore. To answer your question, we have not tried it, and to be honest, it's not for us to do it that way anymore. We like to see all the ride times, do mobile food orders on our phone and more. Yes, you are on your phone a lot, but we are ok with that - my DD22 and I take turns so we aren't both doing it. My advice, even though I know you aren't looking for advice, is to be open minded to using your phone. Don't be to stubborn about it, because you may end up not having as a delightful of a trip that you are hoping to have. I hope that is not true, and that you have a wonderful time with lots of great memories

OP posted on the previous page that it worked out for their family.

 

[slo]

OP posted on the previous page that it worked out for their family.

Thank you - I didn’t realize this was from last year.

 

[elvispursley]

We to did our trip last August without LL. We did. however. take our phones. We mainly just toured the parks and if we wanted to ride something and the standby time wasn't too bad for by our standards, we hopped in it. If it was too long, we'd circle back to it later. We had family with us who didn't want to do any TS restaurants so we would play meals by ear. It was kind of how it was back in the "old" days, with the exception of not everyone was in the standby queue

For our trip in July, we'll probably end up buying LLs as we don't know how the park crowds will be (arriving right after 4th of July). But for late August/September visits, we'll save our $$ and go sans LLs again.