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

[tkbk]

October 29-Nov. 15......yay

 

[Ceryssa]

Minor tweak to our reservation--we are now at POR Oct 25-29 and AoA suite the 29th-Nov 1st

 

[juliebug]

I'm still on the fence. A few months ago my mom gave the go-ahead to us going for my 30th birthday (end of October '14). She's since passed away. Do we go without her?

I think you should still go. I am going with my kids for remembering my husband. We were going to go right before he got sick and had to cancel. So in remembrance of him we will be going in October!

 

[Kathymford]

Hi everyone!! Count us in for October. I am stuggling with dates though. I think we are going to do either Oct 5th - Oct 12th or Oct 19th - Oct 26th. We are DVC and can't book until the 7 month window anyway, but I would still like to know when we're going. Ha. Please chime in on any thoughts you all have!

We are going to do a split stay, 3 days at one resort, one night at universal (2 park days) and then 3 more days at another resort. EXCITED!! I'm hoping for all days at an Epcot DVC, but I know how hard that will be at 7 months!

Our very first trip was in the beginning of October (2011) and it rained 7 inches our fist day there (I was told this was an anomaly for Oct), but by our last day it was absolutely gorgeous!! That's the weather I'm hoping for.

 

[BwoZoo22]

Hi everyone!! Count us in for October. I am stuggling with dates though. I think we are going to do either Oct 5th - Oct 12th or Oct 19th - Oct 26th. We are DVC and can't book until the 7 month window anyway, but I would still like to know when we're going. Ha. Please chime in on any thoughts you all have!

We are going to do a split stay, 3 days at one resort, one night at universal (2 park days) and then 3 more days at another resort. EXCITED!! I'm hoping for all days at an Epcot DVC, but I know how hard that will be at 7 months!

Our very first trip was in the beginning of October (2011) and it rained 7 inches our fist day there (I was told this was an anomaly for Oct), but by our last day it was absolutely gorgeous!! That's the weather I'm hoping for.

Wow, great plans! We will also be doing the EEC May 2-5!

And, we always (13 years in a row) visit the EP F&W in October or November. My favorite time to go is end of October to early November, but this year, due to work, it looks like it will be early October. Guess we will just make do with the second best date...

 

[CAHarwell]

Well, we received our Incredibles vacation pack today Apparently, they replaced the USB drive with a link to a special web page! Still cool and makes me even more excited

 

[amg35]

Posted this on theme parks board, but will put here too: (changed our dates, now 10/21-10/30)

We will be there late October for 9 nights, park hoppers, Beach Club.

After doing some thinking, I think we are going to make our fast pass reservations for early to mid afternoon.
My thoughts are we will still get there for rope-drop and ride the headliners early if we can, then go on the "smaller" rides (we don't mind 30-40 minute waits) and then have our fast passes for the headliners again later in the afternoon.

This way we may have chance to ride them twice in one day and also if we're slower moving one morning, won't matter because I made the reservations later.

Sound good? We won't be using the fast pass for anything other than rides.

And our first day I think we will make a fast pass reservation for Soarin' in the evening...we can check in at Beach Club, hang out there, meander over to EPCOT and ride Spaceship Earth and then get the pressure of riding Soarin' over right away!

Comments, suggestions?

Also, we aren't going to make many ADR's. We are doing the quick service dining plan and only have about 3 restaurants for dinner reservations we want to make, the rest will be whatever is open that day, if anything. We don't mind sitting at the bar or eating late (just the two of us this trip).

 

[BwoZoo22]

Posted this on theme parks board, but will put here too: (changed our dates, now 10/21-10/30)

We will be there late October for 9 nights, park hoppers, Beach Club.

After doing some thinking, I think we are going to make our fast pass reservations for early to mid afternoon.
My thoughts are we will still get there for rope-drop and ride the headliners early if we can, then go on the "smaller" rides (we don't mind 30-40 minute waits) and then have our fast passes for the headliners again later in the afternoon.

This way we may have chance to ride them twice in one day and also if we're slower moving one morning, won't matter because I made the reservations later.

Sound good? We won't be using the fast pass for anything other than rides.

And our first day I think we will make a fast pass reservation for Soarin' in the evening...we can check in at Beach Club, hang out there, meander over to EPCOT and ride Spaceship Earth and then get the pressure of riding Soarin' over right away!

Comments, suggestions?

Also, we aren't going to make many ADR's. We are doing the quick service dining plan and only have about 3 restaurants for dinner reservations we want to make, the rest will be whatever is open that day, if anything. We don't mind sitting at the bar or eating late (just the two of us this trip).

That sounds like an excellent plan! We did something similar last year when we visited the first week of November. Soarin' in the evening was fun, but TT was awesome. Not having to stress about getting the headliners in was great. Will be trying EE at night in May. Don't forget grazing through the F&W Fest at EP!

 

[MagicalPix]

We will be going Oct 1-6, 2014 for a fun fall-break trip and a first time run in the TOT 10-miler!

I'm not sure where we're staying yet

 

[AJ1983]

Anyone know how accurate are the touringplans.com crowd calender? I am asking because it is showing that during my stay in October, there will be TWO nights where MK will be open until 1 or 2 am, which is pretty exciting Anyone here ever been in a park that late? Whats it like?

 

[tofubeast]

Just curious if any of your roll callers will also be on the DCL Dream from 10/27-10/31. I am all alone on the DCL roll call thread.

I also got my booklet and magnet in the mail. I received the USB for our May trip. Was hoping to get another usb! haha.

 

[amw1213]

Add me to the list!

AllStar Sports October 8-13th!

Taking my cousin for his sweet 16!

 

[amg35]

Welcome to all the new people!!

Man, I feel like if I ask a question on the main theme parks page I should disguise it as a complaint about fast pass so it gets answered!

I hope this all dies down soon, I feel like good questions are just getting lost.

 

[amg35]

That sounds like an excellent plan! We did something similar last year when we visited the first week of November. Soarin' in the evening was fun, but TT was awesome. Not having to stress about getting the headliners in was great. Will be trying EE at night in May. Don't forget grazing through the F&W Fest at EP!

Oh yes, we plan to take full advantage of the F&W fest, staying at Beach Club with park hoppers should make that easy!

I can already "feel" it....sitting in the square in Italy, a nice glass of wine, just relaxing the night away...

 

[amg35]

Anyone know how accurate are the touringplans.com crowd calender? I am asking because it is showing that during my stay in October, there will be TWO nights where MK will be open until 1 or 2 am, which is pretty exciting Anyone here ever been in a park that late? Whats it like?

We were there that late all the way back in 2000, crowded when leaving but fun!!

This time we are excited to go to a Halloween party. Our first party there!

 

[Kathymford]

I pretty much avoid most of the DIS now (except for my subscribed threads) because all of the negativity with FP+. Honestly, I used it in Dec and LOVED it. So there.

 

[Chuckers]

I pretty much avoid most of the DIS now (except for my subscribed threads) because all of the negativity with FP+. Honestly, I used it in Dec and LOVED it. So there.

My co-worker used it last October and loved it. Had no problems and was able to rebook FP+ on his phone with no problem. (the crowds were low, too)

 

[MagicalPix]

I pretty much avoid most of the DIS now (except for my subscribed threads) because all of the negativity with FP+. Honestly, I used it in Dec and LOVED it. So there.

We used it in October and LOVE it too!! It's fantastic. No more waking up at 7am on vacation to get fast passes

 

[iheartdisney123]

Count me in!! Staying BWV 10/22-27 with my DH, 2 year old and 6 month old. 2 year old is Mickey OBSESSED and this is his 2nd trip to WDW. I'm excited to stay so close to Epcot for our first F&W and to take part in MNSSHP!! Whoop!

 

[amg35]

Count me in!! Staying BWV 10/22-27 with my DH, 2 year old and 6 month old. 2 year old is Mickey OBSESSED and this is his 2nd trip to WDW. I'm excited to stay so close to Epcot for our first F&W and to take part in MNSSHP!! Whoop!

Welcome!


So having fun planning...... 9 days/nights late October....how much would you guys pack? I don't want to bring a lot. I'll wear jeans and jacket there (leaving from Chicago). Planning on 3 pairs of shoes - gym shoes, flip flops, cute shoes for dresses/skirts.

Shorts, lightweight/breezy tops, a couple cute skirts? A light sweater.

What would you suggest? We are only doing one signature (California Grill), so most of the other places we eat won't have a dress code and will be casual - Via Napoli, Kona, etc....

Do you change every night before you go out for evening, or do you stay in same park clothes?

I just don't want to over pack.