IT'S OFFICIAL!!!****OCTOBER 2014****...ROLL CALL!! Join the party!

[AJ1983]

Managed to get all my FP booked today, even though the screen would go blank after each day. I had to keep closing my browser and logging in again...however, they were all confirmed so I'm happy.

I am unable to check in online,however. I go through all the steps and then the screen does not proceed to the confirmation screen. If I login again, it still says I can check in,but it doesn't confirm it.

 

[4kidsandadog]

I am unable to check in online,however. I go through all the steps and then the screen does not proceed to the confirmation screen. If I login again, it still says I can check in,but it doesn't confirm it.

I haven't been able to get through online check-in, either. I keep getting a message that there are errors on the page, but no clue as to what/where they might be.

Karen

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[Tink NY]

I guess it's time I join in. We'll be there Oct. 14 through the 21st! It's been almost 4 years since our last visit and now there are so many new things. New Fantasyland, FP+, magic bands...I spent days trying to catch up on it all and I'm still not sure I've figured it all out.

This vacation can't come soon enough!

 

[HeatherLassell]

I guess it's time I join in. We'll be there Oct. 14 through the 21st! It's been almost 4 years since our last visit and now there are so many new things. New Fantasyland, FP+, magic bands...I spent days trying to catch up on it all and I'm still not sure I've figured it all out.

This vacation can't come soon enough!

Ask any questions you haven't figured out yet. I'm sure one of us can help you with the answers!

 

[Alimarie12]

What are people booking for their PF+ ressies? I am so curious and have read tons of stuff, but not getting a huge consensus on what to book and when.

 

[AJ1983]

What are people booking for their PF+ ressies? I am so curious and have read tons of stuff, but not getting a huge consensus on what to book and when.

Happy to share my plan! Now that the FP ressies are made, my plan feels more finalized. We will be checking in early on the 19th and leaving early on the 28th, and have FP for the following:

EPCOT (19th)
Spaceship Earth 12:30
Meet Disney Pals 1:50
Test Track 3:10

DHS (21st)
Star Tours 9:25
Toy Story 11:00
ToT 12:40

EPCOT (22nd)
Spaceship Earth 5:00
Soarin' 6:05
Mission:Space 7:10

MK (23rd)
Space Mountain 9:30
Mine Train 11:05
Splash Mountain 1:05

MK (24th)
BTMRR 2:45
Splash 3:45
Mine Train 5:45

MK (25th)
Space 5:30
Mine Train 7:05
Peter Pan 8:20

DHS (26th)
T oT 9:25
Toy Story 11:20
Star Tours 12:55

MK(27th)
Mine Train 4:00
BOG Dinner 5:50
Meet Cinderella 7:30
MSEP viewing 8:40

 

[cramtoer]

The right FP choices depend on your family and interests. We have DD6 and DS 1.5, and the adults like to ride too! Here's what we did:

HS:
TSMM
Star Tours
ToT

MK:
ETWB
PP
7DMT

AK:
KS
EE
KRR

MK:
BTMRR
7DMT
A&E

HS:
RNR
Disney Jr live
Star Tours

AK:
EE
KS
Dinosaur

EP:
Soarin
Turtle Talk
Spaceship Earth

MK:
Space Mtn
Buzz
7DMT

 

[Cluelyss]

Happy to share ours as well! I have DD6 and DS3, who is just barely 40". No big thrill seekers in our family. Most are scheduled late morning / early afternoon.

HS
TSMM
Muppet Vision
(3rd will probably go unused)

MK
Meet Ariel
7DMT
Peter Pan

EP
The Seas
Test Track
Spaceship Earth

MK
ETWB
BTMR
Splash Mountain

AK
Lion King
Kilimanjaro Safari
Kali River Rapids

MK
Peter Pan
7DMT
A&E

 

[Grand Admiral]

Rapidly approaching our 60-day FP reservations.

We are doing a special Preservation of Parental Sanity trip, and throwing some extra money at convenience. Everything is designed to minimize boring waits for our almost-3-year-old. We want to prevent meltdowns.

I have always wanted to stay at the Contemporary since I was a young lad, so we decided to make dad's childhood dream come true and put ourselves within walking distance of MK at the same time.

This will be a short trip, because DS won't be big enough for a lot of the bigger rides. He loves Mickey and Friends, as well as Pixar characters, so we will primarily be spending time at MK.

We have a list of stuff that I have run through touringplans.com, but this trip is for DS, so we will take things at his pace. If he wants to stop and look at something, we will. This trip is for him. No stress!

Sunday, Oct. 26:
Fly from Atlanta to Orlando (No 7.5 hour car ride)
Towncar to CR (No waiting for Magical Express)
Check into Contemporary Resort Atrium Club Theme Park View Room
Go for a ride on the Monorail
Swim
5:30 Dinner with Chef Mickey
Wishes on the balcony

Monday, Oct. 27:
MK day
Breakfast in the Atrium Club Lounge
Monorail (or walk) to MK for rope drop
Midday break back at CR, some swimming and a nap
Afternoon back at MK
Dinner at 5:30 at the California Grill
Wishes on the balcony

Tuesday, Oct. 28:
Typhoon Lagoon day!
We will get off our feet for a day of relaxing and swimming.
We are planning to meet up with some dear friends from Canada who we haven't seen for several years.
I have a date with an inner tube on Castaway Creek.
Back to CR for a relaxed evening and casual dinner
Wishes on the balcony

Wednesday, Oct. 27
MK day with possible DHS park hop
My son loves both Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Depending on how eager he is to see them and how much we saw at MK on Monday, we might decide to spend the day at DHS, or at least park hop there for a half day. I know DS would enjoy seeing the Disney Junior stage show, as well as meeting Jake and the various Pixar characters around DHS.
Dinner at Narcoosee's
Wishes on the balcony

Thursday, Oct. 28
Breakfast in the Club Lounge
Morning Swim
Towncar to the airport
Fly back home to Atlanta

Getting really excited and reading all the Disney news I can find!

 

[crazy4wdw]

What are people booking for their PF+ ressies? I am so curious and have read tons of stuff, but not getting a huge consensus on what to book and when.

These are the FastPass+ ressies I made early Tuesday morning. I not planning on using all of them. My strategy was to book popular attractions such as Soarin, Test Track, Mine Train, etc. I'm hoping that by getting at the parks at rope drop, I'll be able to see most attractions with little wait. One of the many things I do not like about this new system is that you can't chose more than one fast pass per day for the same attraction. I'd love to have two passes for either Haunted Mansion and/or Pirates.

Epcot
Spaceship Earth
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Soarin'
Test Track

Magic Kingdom
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Haunted Mansion
Pirates of the Caribbean
Main Street Electrical Parade

Disney's Hollywood Studios Park
Toy Story Midway Mania
Star Tours
Voyage of The Little Mermaid

 

[Cluelyss]

If I have a FP+ scheduled for an attraction, and when I show up during my return window there is little to no standby wait, do I have the option of riding SB and changing my FP for something else later in the day? Or would I have had to make the change before my return window opened up? I have a few attractions scheduled that probably don't need a FP, but we wanted to do them at a specific time, so wasn't sure if I could change them if the SB wait ended up being short?

 

[Cluelyss]

If I have a FP+ scheduled for an attraction, and when I show up during my return window there is little to no standby wait, do I have the option of riding SB and changing my FP for something else later in the day? Or would I have had to make the change before my return window opened up? I have a few attractions scheduled that probably don't need a FP, but we wanted to do them at a specific time, so wasn't sure if I could change them if the SB wait ended up being short?

Sorry, posted this on the wrong thread! All this FP talk and I forgot where I was! Lol! But if anyone knows the answer.....

 

[kat17d]

Sorry, posted this on the wrong thread! All this FP talk and I forgot where I was! Lol! But if anyone knows the answer.....

As long as your window has not closed you can change it! I have gone to use a fast pass and have a cast member tell me to use stand by line and change fast pass. hope this helps

 

[spoonfulofdole]

This is what I picked:

Epcot:
Soarin'
Spaceship Earth
Mickey & Friends
(TT had a single rider line, and I wasn't worried about getting on the other rides without a FP, so I figured why not say hi to Mickey!)

MK:
SDMT
Splash Mountain
Winnie The Pooh
(Missed Pooh last visit, so it won over PPF)

HS:
Tower of Terror
TSMM
Star Tours
(will do single rider line at RR)

AK:
Kilimanjaro Safari
Everest
Dinosaur

Then for my last day, I got a few for Magic Kingdom, though I'm not sure that's where I'll end up! All depends on what I get done on other days.

MK:
Space Mountain
Thunder Mountain
Jungle Cruise

 

[agavegirl1]

Here's what I ended up with Sunday night and Monday Morning:
The A&E FP+ for 7:10PM on the 25th are being released to a DISer on Monday and I'm not sure what I will substitute yet. Days with Epcot evening FP+ are those where we will be doing RD at a different park, usually with EMH mornings. And yes, I really do like Mission Space that much

Friday October 17
SE 3:15
Mission Space 4:30
Test Track 5:30

Saturday October 18
RnRC 9:45
Star Tours 10:45
ToT 12:20

Sunday October 19
Mine Train 9:55
ETWB 12:20
BTMRR 2:55

Monday October 20
SE 4:15
Soarin 5:15
Mission Space 6:15

Tuesday October 21
Space Mtn 2:05
Mine Train 3:05
Pirates 4:05

Wednesday Oct 22
Nemo 4:05
Mission Space 5:15
Test Track 6:15

Thursday Oct 23 Everest 9:30
Dinosaur 10:30
Kali 1:10

Friday October 24 NONE (Going to Busch Gardens Tampa)

Saturday October 25
Haunted Mansion 5:00
A&E 7:10
Mine Train 8:10

Sunday October 26
BTMRR 9:05
Mine Train 10:10
A&E 11:20
Watch Football

 

[Wackdawg]

Been Following this thread and figured I should join in with the bunch. Went earlier this year in May and took my dad along for some very good times and as a thank you for all the past trips he took me on as well. Now I'm taking the girlfriend this October 27th thru November 4th to enjoy MNSSHP and F&W Festival and looking forward to creating even more magical and fond memories. I just can't wait. One week from tonight I get to stay up and start making FP's. Heck we are already starting to plan next years trip. I know...we are sick.

 

[jmlaw]

I'm so excited, our trip is officially paid in full and FP+ reservations are done!!!! Can't way for 12 days of Disney with my DS. We leave the day after his 23rd birthday - going back to Epcot Food and Wine (we went two years ago for his 21st), MNSSHP, a day of Harry Potter and some much needed R&R!

 

[Lillian Gracey]

DFi and I chose the most popular attractions and decided to get them at times that might be busy. We avoided fastpasses during rope drop and prime time lunch and dinner time because we figured it would be easy to hop on rides during those times. We eat lunch and dinner at odd times (We both work jobs with odd schedules) so we're taking advantage of that.

 

[ninarobin]

I just paid off my October trip! It'll be my first Food and Wine and MNSSHP! So excited!

 

[BigMommaMouse]

As long as your window has not closed you can change it! I have gone to use a fast pass and have a cast member tell me to use stand by line and change fast pass. hope this helps

That really helped me thanks.