I forgot how to schedule a trip. lol

[leebee]

@Chili327 I feel your pain. I used to be a pro at this and now, I pretty much roll the dice. I don't think the crowd calendars are very accurate anymore; it all went out the window with Covid. About the only reliable "crowd" recommendation I can make is to go to MK on a party day, if it's an option. It's shocking how empty that park can be, and you can get a full day's experience before the party crowds flood in (like by 6pm). Other than that, although I will look at crowd calendars, I don't have much faith in them anymore. Mostly, after considering the crowd calendar I book my restaurants and hope it was a smart decision.

 

[Chili327]

10/13 is showing but that is 60 days out. Are you going after that day?
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/c...ingdom,hollywood-studios,epcot,magic-kingdom/

Try changing the number to your day "2025-10-13" and it might work

Yea, that's what i was going by, but our dates are Oct 26 - Nov 2, so hopefully they'll stay the same.

Typically our trip planning is based off crowd calendar average predictions. However, those are becoming much more inaccurate than they once were. We generally go Sunday through Thursday, do park hopper and use the crowd calendars to guestimate where we'll be and when. We'll schedule basics and go from there as time gets closer. We always do at least one breakfast at Boma so we schedule that, often on our day of departure as it's a great way to kill time between checking out and heading to the airport. Typically we end up arriving Orlando around 2pm, and we've kind of started going to MK after getting our room since it's open later. We go to Liberty Tree Tavern for dinner since we've been traveling and we're hungry. then we hit up MK until close.

so, for us, that's two "given ADR's" first night and last morning.

Yes, I need to just fill in the the ones that I know I will be near, & just wing it the rest.
Definitely need to try Boma this trip!!

 

[Chili327]

@Chili327 I feel your pain. I used to be a pro at this and now, I pretty much roll the dice. I don't think the crowd calendars are very accurate anymore; it all went out the window with Covid. About the only reliable "crowd" recommendation I can make is to go to MK on a party day, if it's an option. It's shocking how empty that park can be, and you can get a full day's experience before the party crowds flood in (like by 6pm). Other than that, although I will look at crowd calendars, I don't have much faith in them anymore. Mostly, after considering the crowd calendar I book my restaurants and hope it was a smart decision.

Yea, that was my plan, but the crowd calendar said MK was a no go on a party day, so it threw me off. I agree, I'm pretty sure MK is a great option on a Party day & I do have it scheduled already.

 

[sndral]

Yea, that's what i was going by, but our dates are Oct 26 - Nov 2, so hopefully they'll stay the same.



Yes, I need to just fill in the the ones that I know I will be near, & just wing it the rest.
Definitely need to try Boma this trip!!

I’m planning an early Oct. stay & discovered that you’ll get several days further out w/ park hours on the MDE app than you will on the WDW site. Right now I can see 65 days out on the WDW site to 10/17, yet on the MDE app I can see park hours through 10/23.
By this Sunday you’ll probably be able to check park hours for your first day - 10/26 & by the following Sunday you’ll be able to see all your dates on MDE - which will still be a couple of days before your 60 day window opens.
How I plan - first I list all of the places I want to eat.
Then I look at my best guess on park hours & pencil in where I want to be when & adjust a couple of days ahead of time if there are any park hour surprises.
Then I slot the ADRs in where they fit - putting the hardest to get ADRs later in the stay & going for them first at 60 days out because there’s less competition for ADRs on days 7, 8, 9, & 10.

 

[Chili327]

I’m planning an early Oct. stay & discovered that you’ll get several days further out w/ park hours on the MDE app than you will on the WDW site. Right now I can see 65 days out on the WDW site to 10/17, yet on the MDE app I can see park hours through 10/23.
By this Sunday you’ll probably be able to check park hours for your first day - 10/26 & by the following Sunday you’ll be able to see all your dates on MDE - which will still be a couple of days before your 60 day window opens.
How I plan - first I list all of the places I want to eat.
Then I look at my best guess on park hours & pencil in where I want to be when & adjust a couple of days ahead of time if there are any park hour surprises.
Then I slot the ADRs in where they fit - putting the hardest to get ADRs later in the stay & going for them first at 60 days out because there’s less competition for ADRs on days 7, 8, 9, & 10.

Awesome!!

The MDE app pro tip is amazing, but I think I get screwed on booking dining for the whole trip because it’s split stay, so I can only book the first half.?