***Hey, Hey! Come right in and plan, OFFICIAL OCTOBER 2017 thread!!!***

[lindsayjs]

MAGIC KINGDOM PARK HOURS EXTENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT?! OH YEEEESSSSS!

 

[lindsayjs]

Animal Kingdom 9pm and 9:30pm on my dates!

 

[izzy25]

I'm seeing AK open till 9-9:30 on some nights too!!

 

[izzy25]

I'm seeing AK open till 9-9:30 on some nights too!!

 

[Farro]

Animal Kingdom 9pm and 9:30pm on my dates!

I'm seeing AK open till 9-9:30 on some nights too!!

8:30 for us- but that's actually good as we have an 8:40 reservation for Ohana. We can sneak out at 8:20 and grab an Uber. Otherwise I would feel like I was missing something if it closed at 9!

 

[lindsayjs]

I didn't think I could get more excited! More park time yay!!

 

[momcloud]

I saw some 9 PM AK for early October.

 

[Koopaloop]

I think 11 would work, we can sort out the details in PM. So awesome of you to offer! I'll definitely find some way to pay your kindness forward during my visit.

Yay! I'm just so happy that someone will get to enjoy the cake (and maybe a little sad that it won't be me )!

 

[Shunasee]

Does anyone else hate this "limbo" period? "60 days" mark has passed, plans finalized, final payment made, Magic Bands are still a week from shipping. We leave 35 days from today and every day is now crawling by. Is it too early to start packing?

Yes. This is the brutal time. I went to the store today at lunch and replenished our travel size stuff, and will get that case all together this weekend.

 

[Farro]

Does anyone else hate this "limbo" period? "60 days" mark has passed, plans finalized, final payment made, Magic Bands are still a week from shipping. We leave 35 days from today and every day is now crawling by. Is it too early to start packing?

Not this time for us.

 

[lindsayjs]

Yay! I'm just so happy that someone will get to enjoy the cake (and maybe a little sad that it won't be me )!

I just looked up a review of the cake decorating class, that's so cool! I hope you all have a lot of fun with it!

 

[lindsayjs]

DME tags are here!

 

[Amunet]

Interesting Information for those of us whose reservations were impacted due to Irma:

I checked my FP+ page today and found a general use FP for 7DMT. I had lost this FP due to Irma and changing my reservation to October. It is a 1 use FP for the people who had the original FP and is valid for our length of stay.
I DID NOT REQUEST THIS. I never mentioned my FPs while changing my reservation, nor have I done any sort of follow-up.
These fastpasses popped up out of nowhere. I'm thinking someone at Disney is manually giving people back their FPs due to Irma changes. This is not confirmed, but my own hypothesis.

I have same number and my magic bands show active. Nothing pending. So I take it that the bands I have will work. Thanks for the information!

Yes, they are. I confirmed with a CM when I had to change my reservations too I'm just viewing this as getting my magic bands SUPER early lol

 

[Roxyfire]

I just want to vent a little. So we're 18 days out and I've come down with a case of benign-something-or-other-vertigo. Basically dizziness and tipsiness with 0% of the fun. Apparently caused by some sinus congestion in my inner ears. Fabulous! So I'm hoping I can get this in order before it's time to go on some rollercoasters. Otherwise I'm going to be a real bummed out lady. /vent off

 

[Farro]

I just want to vent a little. So we're 18 days out and I've come down with a case of benign-something-or-other-vertigo. Basically dizziness and tipsiness with 0% of the fun. Apparently caused by some sinus congestion in my inner ears. Fabulous! So I'm hoping I can get this in order before it's time to go on some rollercoasters. Otherwise I'm going to be a real bummed out lady. /vent off

So last year we were going to Dollywood -specifically to go on their insane new coaster. About a month before I woke up and the room was flipping upside down. Scared the crap out of me! It went away after a minute or so. I had BPV - benign positional vertigo. Basically there are little "rocks" in your ear canals, and somehow they got dislodged.
So there is this maneuver you can do, either your doctor can do it or you do it yourself. The Epley. It basically induces vertigo and puts the rocks back in place. You may have to do it more than once.
So we tried it - I got so dizzy it felt like I was falling off the bed while I was just sitting still. Freaked me out so bad that i said forget it! But even though the vertigo lessened a lot, I still had it almost a month later and was sleeping on one side basically sitting up. I could walk fine and only got dizzy with certain head positions. But I still had it.
So one night we tried the Epley again. Bing bang bam - gone! Three days later we left for Dollywood and I went on everything no issues!!!

Now this only works with the type of vertigo I have so you should double check with your doctor - but it's a proven method of treatment. My dad did it also!

Good luck!

 

[Roxyfire]

So last year we were going to Dollywood -specifically to go on their insane new coaster. About a month before I woke up and the room was flipping upside down. Scared the crap out of me! It went away after a minute or so. I had BPV - benign positional vertigo. Basically there are little "rocks" in your ear canals, and somehow they got dislodged.
So there is this maneuver you can do, either your doctor can do it or you do it yourself. The Epley. It basically induces vertigo and puts the rocks back in place. You may have to do it more than once.
So we tried it - I got so dizzy it felt like I was falling off the bed while I was just sitting still. Freaked me out so bad that i said forget it! But even though the vertigo lessened a lot, I still had it almost a month later and was sleeping on one side basically sitting up. I could walk fine and only got dizzy with certain head positions. But I still had it.
So one night we tried the Epley again. Bing bang bam - gone! Three days later we left for Dollywood and I went on everything no issues!!!

Now this only works with the type of vertigo I have so you should double check with your doctor - but it's a proven method of treatment. My dad did it also!

Good luck!

Oh yes thats what it was, I wonder if it has to do with that as well. The immediate care doc said it was pressure but who knows, if it doesn't go away I might look up that method. It was just a clinic down the street in Hanover Park (NW Burbs) so they aren't as familiar with my medical background. Thanks, now I can fall into a youtube hole researching this technique

 

[Farro]

Oh yes thats what it was, I wonder if it has to do with that as well. The immediate care doc said it was pressure but who knows, if it doesn't go away I might look up that method. It was just a clinic down the street in Hanover Park (NW Burbs) so they aren't as familiar with my medical background. Thanks, now I can fall into a youtube hole researching this technique

Just be careful - it's ONLY for the type of vertigo I had, which was brought on by the position my head was in while I was sleeping (I woke up almost upside down hanging off the bed).

 

[Roxyfire]

Just be careful - it's ONLY for the type of vertigo I had, which was brought on by the position my head was in while I was sleeping (I woke up almost upside down hanging off the bed).

Wow how does that even happen! Bodies are weird huh?

 

[Farro]

Wow how does that even happen! Bodies are weird huh?

There may have been some cocktails the evening before.

When I first woke up I just thought I had the spins! Nope, I fell asleep all funky and lost my rocks!

 

[Roxyfire]

There may have been some cocktails the evening before.

When I first woke up I just thought I had the spins! Nope, I fell asleep all funky and lost my rocks!

LOL well, clearly it happens to the best of us. I wish I could stomach some cocktails right about now!