If you had just one more trip, what would your plan be?

[NaptownMVP]

You have only one more trip before WDW closes forever. You are staying for six days/five nights on site during the holidays with only three days in parks, but with PH+. You're also on the 2nd tier DDP.

Questions:

What are your plans on things to do, including what would you do on days not in the parks?
What ADRs would you make?
What FP+s would you make in advance?

 

[M1ckeyM0use]

If WDW closes forever, then I would assume the whole Disney company is closing so I would have to see Aladdin on Broadway several more times (I've seen it three times now and I'm not one to see something multiple times unless its that good and yes, it is that good!!). So start in NYC and see Aladdin and then fly to WDW.
When at WDW, I would do a split stay at POR (1st resort we stayed at during our first trip) and then another resort that I would feel home at. I would probably recreate our first Disney trip and do the things that were most memorable. We didn't do fastpasses the first time we went but we rode Peter Pan, the Safari in Animal Kingdom, and POTC. We took our picture in front of the Castle, at Hoop De Doo, and met so many characters! We ate at Coral Reef, Hoop De Doo, and a lot of resort pizza so those would be the ADRs. We would take more family time then park time, meaning, we wouldn;t ride so many rides or do so many things but just walk around and take in that Disney is closing forever and create as many memories as possible.

 

[Stacy's a freak]

I would stay at Wilderness Lodge since I have always wanted to stay there and it's gorgeous during the holidays. I would spend most of my time in the parks so the question about "not in park" days would not be an issue for me. The parks are my favorite part of WDW so I would not waste time anywhere else when the parks are open. With that said, it might seem silly to stay at a deluxe resort if not planning to spend much time there, but it's a bucket list thing.

ADRs - Narcooses, Brown Derby, BOG and likely the italian plane in Epcot. I haven't been since they changed it over many years ago but I imagine it to be awesome.

FPs - I would make sure to do the things that I haven't done yet or new from my last visit. Mine Train ... actually, that's the only one I am very interesting in seeing. Must-do rides would be my old favorites like Splash, HM, Space, Pirates, SW, Soarin', ToT, RRC, GMT, Dumbo, CoP... In general, I would ride the rides that are sentimental to me.

 

[Babsy]

Stay TPV GF RPC. MK, Epcot and AK for one day each. Eat dinner at V & A's, Boma, O'hanas and Flying Fish. Book a VIP guide for each day so FP everything!

 

[Newsies]

Ooh, this is a fun one.

I'd split-stay at the Boardwalk and the Sugar Loaf Club at Grand Floridian.

I'd have a character breakfast every morning since that's one of my favorite parts of going to WDW, and on the second to last night I'd have dinner at V&As. On the last night, I'd have dinner at CRT. I'd spend that whole day at Magic Kingdom, with FP+ for 7DMT, PPF, and Splash. I'd make my very last ride Peter Pan's Flight, grab some extravagant souvenir like a Disney D&B, then say goodbye to Mickey Mouse at the Town Square before saying goodbye to Magic Kingdom/WDW forever.

 

[Dis703]

I might resort hop and stay at a couple of the monorail resorts since I never have before. I'd have to do Biergarten one last time. Definitely take a couple of the tours I've always wanted do try. At least one tour at AK.

 

[loves to dive]

I would do a split stay between GF and YC. With just 3 days in the parks I'd spend the rest of the time touring the other resorts to see the decorations.

I probably wouldn't make any special FPs in advance, with PHs I can always just hop between all the parks and if there is a ride I'd just have to ride one last time, I'd stand in line for it. If the place were closing down, I'd really just want to spend time walking around the parks and taking in all that there is to see.

As far as ADRs, I'd do Brown Derby since that is the only TS we have to eat at every single time we go. I'd probably try to get V&A's since we have never eaten there and I can't think of another one I'd do advance ADRs on. We are seat of the pants type people and don't do advance ADRs but do them day of. I'm guessing it would give us the opportunity to try somewhere new to us. We would most like spend one of those non park days, touring bars and lounges.

 

[johnsonet]

2 nights at AKL
- spend my days and nights at Animal Kingdom
- dinner one night at Jiko

1 night Contemporary Atrium Club
- walk to and from MK
- relax in the club level lounge
- have one of Contempo Cafe's yummy salads; enjoy watching the monorails pass through from the Concourse

2 nights Polynesian
- breakfast at Kona Cafe (Tonga Toast and a French press pot of Kona coffee, of course)
- boat to MK
- walk all around the grounds, soaking up the atmosphere.

Sob all the way home.

(Great topic!)

 

[pitpat]

I would do more than 3 park days.

 

[~AristoCat~]

I would definitely book my Resort Reservation at the Polynesian Resort and also 1 night have dinner at 'Ohana. As for the parks I would dedicate most of the time at the Magic Kingdom definitely riding Splash Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Space Mountain, seeing Mickey's Philharmagic, Jungle Cruise, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin, Carousel of Progress, Seven Dwarfs Mine Ride, Little Mermaid Ride. While at the Magic Kingdom I would have Dinner at Be Our Guest. I would end the evening with Happily Ever After which I have never seen I then would dedicated some time to the Animal Kingdom going on at least the Safari, Kali River Rapids, Everest, and Flights of Passage and Na'vi River Journey which I have never done. I would also fit in Rivers of Light which I have also never seen. Now for the meal I would have breakfast the morning at the Animal Kingdom Lodge at Boma. As for the 3rd Day it would start with Hollywood Studios where I would do Toy Story Mania, Rock N Roller Coaster, and Tower of Terror and then hop over to Epcot. I would then do Soarin, Test Track, and Frozen Ever After and head back to Hollywood Studios for a dinner at Mama Melrose and then finish it all off with Fantasmic.

 

[Pmlocke]

I would immediately go to church and ask for forgiveness with the Good Lord because if WDW ever closes it means we have reached the end of the world. And as far as I am concerned, if WDW ever closed down, it would be the end of the world for me. My wife and I are in our 60's and we go down every February for the sole purpose of getting our youth back and feeling young once again. Without that feeling, without Walt Disney Wolrd, there is no reason to live.

 

[NaptownMVP]

Thanks for all the replies!

 

[VAfamily1998]

You have only one more trip before WDW closes forever. You are staying for six days/five nights on site during the holidays with only three days in parks, but with PH+. You're also on the 2nd tier DDP.

Questions:

What are your plans on things to do, including what would you do on days not in the parks?
What ADRs would you make?
What FP+s would you make in advance?

Days not in parks:
One evening, I would go to Hoop de Doo review for dinner, then watch the Fireworks and electric Light pagent from the beach
Another evening, I would go to Disney Springs for dinner and watch the dancers at Raglan Road.

I think I would want to stay at the Grand Floridian. That and Beach Club are the only Deluxes I haven't stayed at yet--but I've stayed at YC and that's right next to Beach Club, so it makes more sense to stay at GF.

If I only have 3 park days, I would make FP at:

HS: Tower of Terror and RocknRoller Coaster are my favorite rides EVER...so those and Star Tours
MK: Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain and Peter Pan
AK: Expedition Everest, Festival of the Lion King, and....well, you usually don't need a FP for it, but I love "It's tough to be a bug."

I would also want ADRs at Le Cellier (I've never been, and I'd like to try it some day!), Hollywood Brown Derby (one of my favorites!) and BOG for dinner.

 

[mdinme]

Questions:

What are your plans on things to do, including what would you do on days not in the parks?
What ADRs would you make?
What FP+s would you make in advance?[/QUOTE]


Tough call. What I would want w/o consulting wife and kids would be likely different. I'll assume we're doing a final family trip and I have to book it w/o consulting the family. I'll ask DW later what she would book.

So, w/o thinking too too much...

Stay at Floridian (never have and need to, but family is going to make me book Beach Club).
Hoop-de-doo, Garden Tea Room, Ohana (can't spend too much time sitting in restaurants)
Epcot: Soarin, Spaceship Earth, Meet Disney Pals; MK: Splash, Space, Pan (boring, I know); AK: FOP, Safari, Everest