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[Nabas]

Do you happen to know if it is also 60 days out if you have a DVC resort reservation? I would think so?

Dan

We have a DVC stay booked from May 15 to May 19. This is how it appears when searching for a dining reservation (note the 15-19 are greyed):

 

[DisneyFive]

Yes, DVC too. But it has to be linked in your Plans in My Disney Experience.

Yes, both reservations are linked. (We are doing a split stay, seven nights at boardwalk villas, three nights at the Polynesian)

Dan

 

[Nabas]

Yes, both reservations are linked. (We are doing a split stay, seven nights at boardwalk villas, three nights at the Polynesian)

Dan

I've had problems with split stays in the past.

The Disney Dining Reservation system might not recognize what you have booked as 10 consecutive nights. If you encounter the problem that I ran into, the system will treat these as 2 separate trips.

 

[DL1WDW2]

This is the first time I have noticed the MDE telling me the first day my dining window opens. It is in small print , I guess that is why I have never noticed it before now.

 

[GBRforWDW]

I've had problems with split stays in the past.

The Disney Dining Reservation system might not recognize what you have booked as 10 consecutive nights. If you encounter the problem that I ran into, the system will treat these as 2 separate trips.

I think this is how it's supposed to work, at least in my experience and everyone else I've talked to. Since they're different stays, you have 2 different 60 day marks.

 

[VAtink]

I think this is how it's supposed to work, at least in my experience and everyone else I've talked to. Since they're different stays, you have 2 different 60 day marks.

Yup, exactly this. We learned the hard way for our first split stay, planned all the hard to get ADRs for the end of the trip (thinking we were soooo smart ), only to learn that we couldn't book those days until 60 days out from our second resort stay. Went from being 60+7 to 60+2 for those hard to get ones. Oops!

 

[flipflopmom]

When I was there in January, I checked at the front desk. Hotels are not shipping home. Only Disney stores are right now. If you buy something at a Disney owned shop, you can ship it at any other Disney owned shop - I had 2 custom built droids from droid depot that I shipped from AoA gift shop. However, if you have something not purchased onsite, there's not really a way to ship it from Disney property

Thank you! Do you happen to know if you purchase throughout trip can you take it all to hotel gift shop to be shipped at once?

 

[scrappinginontario]

In the days of dining plans when we bought a DP only for the first part of our trip, we always needed to remember that our dining credits ended at midnight the night we swapped resorts!

 

[auntlynne]

@loves to dive I agree but I guess I am just someone that wants proof to back up a complaint.

I want to draw my own conclusions from someone else's information, I really do not want much subjectivity from them. When I do trip reports I try to have minimal subjectivity, so people can just look at the details and decide if "they" think that experience would work for them.

At first, I thought you were making an interesting observation.

After your second quote, I wondered what you were trying to say. Or what you are looking for.

So, are you saying you don’t really want to read trip reports about the Experiences people had - but really just want to see numbers?

I read the reports to share in the stories of vacations. Brings back memories of my trips. When they mention a ride, I see the area around it, can imagine the line (ouch, little feet), and get a feeling of excitement (sometimes nausea). I live vicariously through others’ experiences. I will ask you what you had for dinner.

And learn things for my next trip. If the posts are not Information that affects me, I skim or skip them.

After reading through these threads, I get an overall feeling of how the parks are changing over time. My visits in September and November were different, as will by next one in May. I don’t know how long the lines will be, but I have a better idea of what May await me. And even that may change when the reports from post Spring Break get written.

I truly hope you can find what you are looking for.

Thanks everyone who shared their vacation stories here.

 

[soup23]

Sorry if this has been answered before but what attractions are generally operating at MK before the opening time. Going down next week and looking at the wait times has seen Splash be higher than 7DMT late in the afternoon so if Splash is open before the park open, we may head there.

 

[GBRforWDW]

Thank you! Do you happen to know if you purchase throughout trip can you take it all to hotel gift shop to be shipped at once?

Yes, and since they have tiered rates it's probably better to do it this way. See shipping rates in the shipping and handling section:
https://help.shopdisney.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015826788-Shipping-DeliveryIf you are shipping a lot, I'd recommend taking receipts with so it's easier to get everything situated.

 

[auntlynne]

Sorry if this has been answered before but what attractions are generally operating at MK before the opening time. Going down next week and looking at the wait times has seen Splash be higher than 7DMT late in the afternoon so if Splash is open before the park open, we may head there.

A lot of reports about Splash not running at gates open.

 

[HikingFam]

Anyone been to Ghiradelli recently? Are they still doing a virtual queue for ice cream (they were in December)?

 

[hereforthechurros]

Sorry if this has been answered before but what attractions are generally operating at MK before the opening time. Going down next week and looking at the wait times has seen Splash be higher than 7DMT late in the afternoon so if Splash is open before the park open, we may head there.

There doesn’t seem to be a guarantee from one day to the next. I know one of the mods was working to put together a list of pre-open MK attractions but haven’t seen it yet.

On our MK day in February Splash, BTMR and Pirates were all down to start the day. By the time we realized that, the 7DMT line was already 45 minutes but didn’t seem to be running ahead of park opening. We quickly hit HM and Peter Pan instead. Lines grow quickly, it doesn’t feel like the advantage it used to be. Without FP everyone knows to be there early.

 

[Evita_W]

How did you walk on to everything? No waiting? I have two friends in wdw this week and they definitely were not walking onto anything.

You pick the right order to do things. Touring Plans helps a lot with this on a normal basis and right now with a hard cap on capacity, it means there are only so many people on the parks spread out to the rides. Human nature dictates that a majority of people will go to certain attractions first, skip those initially and go others first and then go to those.

 

[Evita_W]

A lot of reports about Splash not running at gates open.

When we were there in Feb it wasn't, but went on Thunder instead and it was open by the time we were done.

 

[auntlynne]

When we were there in Feb it wasn't, but went on Thunder instead and it was open by the time we were done.

Yours seems to be what I keep reading.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Thanks for the reminder @hereforthechurros.

This is what I’ve gathered so far of what MAY be open at Rope Drop in the parks. No guarantees and also attractions seem to open at different times during the time between Rope Drop and official park opening time. (Can’t find my AK info. Will add that soon)

ROPE DROP RIDES THAT MAY BE OPEN:

DHS
Alien Swirling Saucers
MMRR
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
Slinky Dog Dash
Toy Story Mania!
Tower of Terror

Epcot
Awesome Planet
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along
Canada Far and Wide
Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival
Frozen Ever After
Gran Fiesta Tour
Journey Into Imagination with Figment
Living with the Land
Mission SPACE: Green
Mission SPACE: Orange
Reflections of China
The Seas Main Tank Exhibits
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
Soarin'
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
Walt Disney Imagineering presents the EPCOT Experience

Magic Kingdom
Big Thunder Mountain
Carousel
Dumbo
Magic Carpets of Aladdin
Peter Pan
Pirates of the Caribbean
Seven Dwarfs
Small World
Space Mountain
Teacups
Winnie the Pooh

This info will also be added to the first post of the Rope Drop thread soon.

 

[disneyfan150]

Yup, exactly this. We learned the hard way for our first split stay, planned all the hard to get ADRs for the end of the trip (thinking we were soooo smart ), only to learn that we couldn't book those days until 60 days out from our second resort stay. Went from being 60+7 to 60+2 for those hard to get ones. Oops!

Did you have any luck at all getting ADRs? We have a split stay. 60 + 2 and 60 + 4 I was hoping for Narccoossee's for the first stay and Cali for the second. I am so bummed about this situation.

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

For anyone that has used the Skyline to hop between HS and Epcot these last couple weeks...has there been long lines for transfers to Epcot at CBR mid-day? Safe to say we can get from park to park in less than 30mins using the Skyline, mid-afternoon on a weekday?

Just back last night. No lines mid-day on skyliner. walk on