January 2010. . . Anyone else going???

[Northern Disney Girl]

Very nice, laid back plans. I thought I was the only one working on day-by-day plans this far out!

As far as your character breakfast, Ohana was the best character meal we've ever done but we are Stitch fans and he was the highlight. He's so very Stitch-like in person, you know? Cape May would be a nice choice since you're planning on World Showcase for the afternoon. You'd have to transfer at DTD to get there, but after breakfast you'd just have a short, pretty walk to the back gate at Epcot.

Thanks for your feedback! I too would be interested in trying 'Ohana, it sounds great! We'll be telling the kids in a few weeks so they will ultimately help with the decision. We aren't telling them right away as we want them to get through the first few weeks of school without any distractions!

 

[BreTyPres87]

LOL so glad i'm not the only one working on plans heres mine:
Date Breakfast Lunch Dinner
10-Arrival & Epcot - Kona Café Around the World Showcase or Tutto Italia
11-Magic Kingdom Opening ceremony CS-Park Crystal Palace character meal Chef Mickey’s character buffet (Tyler’s birthday dinner with cake)
12-Hollywood Studios Hollywood & Vine Character breakfast CS O’hana
13-Animal Kingdom Tusker house character breakfast CS Sanaa or Jiko
14-Epcot CS Park–Opening ceremony at park CS-Around the world showcase Chefs De France or Tutto Italia
15-Magic kingdom CS- Resort & Pirate excursion cruise 9:30-11:30 * 31.95* (Tyler) Cinderella’s Royal Table (2 credits) Mommy’s spa day
Citrico’s & back to Magic Kingdom for night
16-Hollywood Studios CS-Resort-Opening ceremony at park Sci-Fi Dine In Brown Derby (2 credits)(Fantasmic Package)
17-Downtown Disney T-rex (Out of pocket) & Wolfgang Puck express and Goofy’s Candy Company
18--Departure day Ohana character breakfast

Its a table but when I paste it here the lines go away so it looks kinda funky

 

[Monny2AE]

Alright ladies...let's lay off the day to day detailed planning for a while, you're throwing me into a panic! I haven't had much time to DIS lately, let alone get planning like that done.

Here goes...updating the list!

January 2010 Snowbirds


Grammyjudy Jan ??? CBR
Disney_mommy Jan ??? POP
Boomnleon Jan ??? AKL
Dancingdisneygirl Jan ??? AKL
Campbellscot Jan ??? ???
Princessbride6205 Jan ??? CBR

Lala3291 Dec 26-Jan 2 GF
Mdinme Dec 31-Jan 9 ???
Krissy04 Dec 31-Jan 9 THV/BLT
BTDTGB Jan 1-6 ASMu
Baj0505 Jan 1-7 SSR/BCV
PrincessDreamer Jan 2-6 POR
Bellasoleil Jan 2-8 POFQ
Ericandus Jan 2-12 ASMu
Tmb1203 Jan 3-7 BLT
Lesliedpb Jan 3-8 Poly
Kanderson 89 Jan 3-10 WL
Willonlyflytodisney Jan 3-10 BLT
Vroomagain Jan 3-13 CSR
Meriface11 Jan 4-9 AKV
Wvjules Jan 5-10 ???
QTnursestudent Jan 5-11 POR
Tinamcteer Jan 5-12 POP
Modeltrf Jan 5-?? AKV/OKW/BWV
Targsmom Jan 6-11 ???
Jo Jan 6-13 WL
Motherofaballerina Jan 10-15 GF
Crystalcastle Jan 6-13 ???
Mermaid02 Jan 6-14 CBR
KarlaG4Kids Jan 7-16 ASSp
Mickeymit Jan 8-10 ???
MelXThree Jan 8-11 SSR
Hmbbears Jan 8-13 WL
RebeccaDreamsDisney Jan 8-15 Poly
Weluvdisny Jan 8-15 BWV
Disney Freak Jan 8-15 BLT
Letthewookiewin Jan 8-16 CR
Bubsmoljo Jan 8-17 ???
Greewe Jan 9-13 THV
Peanut1 Jan 9-15 THV
Meandmytwogirls Jan 9-16 CBR
Alecam Jan 9-16 Offsite
Tmkinney Jan 9-16 ???
Sweetpee_1993 jan 9-17 AKL
Mickeyfollowers Jan 10-16 AKV/POP
Coltink Jan 10-16 BWV
BreTyPres87 Jan 10-18 Poly
Daleandmia Jan 10-18 CBR/AKL
Girlsn980103 Jan 11-15 SSR
Jeanylaser Jan 14-17 POFQ
Minniemair Jan 14-18 ???
Loracekim Jan 15-22 Offsite
Disneydaisyndonald Jan 15-24 Pop/WL
OC_stacylace Jan 16-23 AKV
Carmell226 Jan 16-23 BCV
Lacrosse_lady72 Jan 17-22 AKV
Robinbutterfly Jan 17-23 BLT
Skywaywaver Jan 17-22 BLT & Jan 22-24 WL
Katiebugsmom Jan 16-26 SSR/THV
Wannagotodisney Jan 18-28 Pop
Disney4nonah Jan 19-26 Pop
Kazooie01 Jan 20-27 CSR
Hkeller27 Jan 21-27 BLT
Hebbynan Jan 21-30 ASMo
Bc_butterfly Jan 21-31
Pianoronni37 Jan 22-29 WL
Christa112 Jan 22-30 AKV
PeterPansGirl Jan 22-30 Pop
Djr0129 Jan 23-30 ???
Boog's Mommy Jan 22-30 CSR
Bunkkinsmom Jan 23-29 OKW
Brobrosmom Jan 23-30 CBR
Mvansear Jan 23-30 CR
Sueh Jan 23-30 POFQ
Monny2AE Jan 23-30 CBR
Momto2prncchrmgs Jan 23-30 POP
Drakes Jan 23-31 Pop
Colleen27 Jan 23-31
Hroyale Jan 24-31 BCV/AKV-K
Overburnzz Jan 24-30 POP
Lizziejane Jan 24-Feb 1 BWV
Golden Eagle426 Jan 24-?? ASSp
Hoosiermom Jan 25-30 WL
FancyBrat Jan 27- Feb 10 POR
Dawn68PA Jan 29-Feb 6 ASSp
MusicMouse Jan 30-Feb 6 CBR
Momof2J’s Jan 30-Feb 6 ???

 

[Colleen27]

Well, since we're sharing, this is what I have so far:

Jan 23
Land MCO mid-day
Check in Beach Club (most likely, but the Poly is still in the running)
Dinner at Captains Grill
Putt-putt golf at Fantasia Gardens

Jan 24
Magic Kingdom
Early breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table
Play until around 1ish
Break at resort, big kids swim, little one sleep
Narcoosees dinner, 5:30
Spectro/Wishes
Evening EMH at MK

Jan 25:
Slow start
Animal Kingdom
Lunch at Yak & Yeti, noon-ish
Dinner at Jiko, 5:30
Disney Quest after dinner

Jan 26
Free day
Breakfast at Captains Grill
Waterpark, Downtown Disney, or pool, depending on weather & mood
Dinner at Flying Fish, 6ish

Jan 27
Epcot, rope drop
Lunch at Teppan Edo, noon-ish
Break if DD1 needs it
Dinner at Le Cellier, 6ish

Jan 28
Hollywood Studios
Lunch at Brown Derby, 1ish
Dinner at Kouzzina, 7ish

Jan 29
Free day
Room service brunch
Pool/resort day
Dinner at Tutto Italia
Illuminations
Epcot evening EMH

Jan 30
Magic Kingdom
Late start
Breakfast at Chef Mickey, 10ish
Dinner at California Grill, 6:30ish

Jan 31
Departure day
Lunch at Beaches & Cream
Late afternoon flight home

Obviously some of the dates will change if the EMH schedule is different than what I projected, because we do want to take advantage of evening EMH at MK & Epcot. We also want to avoid morning EMH because we're not early enough risers to take advantage, and we're avoiding Fantasmic days this trip because we don't want to see it badly enough to deal with the crowds now that it is showing so infrequently. But I think I've got a good start considering that park hours aren't even out yet. Of course, any feedback is appreciated!

 

[MelXThree]

Oooh Oooh me too me too I wanna share my plans...

Well I am only there for 2 days but I am still going to plan as much as I can

Jan 8th arrive a midnight So I am doing nothing but sleeping.

Jan 9th 7:15ish breakfast at Chef Mickey's
MK for EMH Pick up marathon package
Back to MK
Dinner at Tony's at 5:30ish

Jan 10th
Run the WDW Marathon
If we are able to walk EP
Dinner at 'Ohana's at 6:00ish
Then DTD until close

We leave really early the next morning so that's it

Anybody have any suggestions? Has anybody picked up a marathon package before? Do you have a good time to go?

 

[Dawn68PA]

Seeing everyone's plans gets me excited for January! I think our biggest trick will be where to fit in a Discovery Cove day...

 

[Monny2AE]

I'm having a hard time making my day to day plans. I wish Disney would release the times for parades and park hours- that sure would help!

 

[BreTyPres87]

I'm gonna have to change back to park hopper if they dont release the park info soon because I want stuff a certain way and if I don't get my way i'll be a Disneyzilla but i'm gonna try to relax! We were gonna do mini golf on our Downtown day but I can't see that working out very well with my youngest son so maybe we'll do Disneyquest or just a relaxing day at the resort until the mid afternoon.. what other fireworks shows are there besides Fantasmic and Spectro and where are they??

I think i've gone into planning overload now

 

[Colleen27]

Seeing everyone's plans gets me excited for January! I think our biggest trick will be where to fit in a Discovery Cove day...

You could always take my approach to that - we're taking a separate, non-Disney trip next fall (assuming the Harry Potter attractions are open by then) to do Discovery Cove, Sea World, Universal and Islands of Adventure, and if the timing works out, Universal's Halloween Horror Nights. I couldn't figure out how to fit any of it into a Disney trip, so I decided it all deserved a whole 'nother trip!

 

[Northern Disney Girl]

I'm having a hard time making my day to day plans. I wish Disney would release the times for parades and park hours- that sure would help!

I'm gonna have to change back to park hopper if they dont release the park info soon because I want stuff a certain way and if I don't get my way i'll be a Disneyzilla but i'm gonna try to relax! We were gonna do mini golf on our Downtown day but I can't see that working out very well with my youngest son so maybe we'll do Disneyquest or just a relaxing day at the resort until the mid afternoon.. what other fireworks shows are there besides Fantasmic and Spectro and where are they??

I think i've gone into planning overload now

I am, for now, going by THIS YEAR'S hours etc. I rely more on the UG's recommended days to plan out my park days. Sure, I realize that it could change once park hours do come out, but not by much I don't think. The winter park hours during the non-holiday, non special event times are fairly predictable actually! As follows -

MK 9am-8pm (with Wishes @ 8pm)
EPCOT - FW 9am-7pm, WS 11am-9pm (with Illuminations @ 9pm)
DHS - 9am-7pm (Fantasmic on occasional nights @ 7pm)
AK - 9am-5pm (no evening entertainment)

I schedule our meals for our "Normal" meal times and plan our days around that!

 

[RebeccaDreamsDisney]

That's what I do as well. You can find sites that have 2009 park schedules up still so I'm just going from January 2009 and although I know it may not be exact they're usually pretty similar. I've done this on my last three Disney vaca's and it's worked out well.

 

[Monny2AE]

Good idea The only thing I really need to know is which night is Fantasmic since it's probably limited again. I'll just go by last year's park hours until then!

 

[Eganclan]

Sign us up! We will be at POP 12/31-1/9 celebrating our 25th Anniversary and our ds's 17th B'Day If 4/3 comes out again I will be crazed that I booked our return for the 9th instead of the 10th oh well who cares it's been 4 years since we have all visited WDW together!

 

[Colleen27]

For those anxious for hours, this is the official Disney travel agent hours listing. You'll see that right now it has 2009's hours, but when 2010 hours become available, Disney will upload it to the same web address. So if you bookmark the page and start checking back/refreshing the page around the end of Sept/beginning of Oct, at some point it will update. And in the mean time, it is an easy to read listing of this year's hours to give us all a starting point!

http://www.disneytravelagents.com/S.../pdf/ParkHours/WDW_Operating_Calendar_Jan.pdf

 

[sillyyankee]

Hello all -
I am getting so excited reading everyone's speculation about the discounts for January that I just got off the phone with reservations. I have updated our reservations to 2 weeks, so that when the discounts come out we can pick exactly when we want to stay (is that a nasty thing to do?). Also, this can enable us to search for better airfare.
Long story short, they confirmed for the second time that the Parks schedule is to be updated by October 10th, extended hours, parades, shows, etc. This is good for mid january trips (bad for early jan) planning purposes since we can now only make dining reservations 90 days out (at least i think it's good ).

Any suggestions for clear consise info for dining? I am finding "Unofficial" a little overwhealming and have not yet started my "passporters". Any suggestions are gratefully taken. Thank you!!

 

[jodilinton]

My husband and I made plans for Caribbean Beach Resort (this is the first time we have stayed here) for January 23rd thru Feb 1st!! No kids just us

 

[Mndisneygirl]

For those anxious for hours, this is the official Disney travel agent hours listing. You'll see that right now it has 2009's hours, but when 2010 hours become available, Disney will upload it to the same web address. So if you bookmark the page and start checking back/refreshing the page around the end of Sept/beginning of Oct, at some point it will update. And in the mean time, it is an easy to read listing of this year's hours to give us all a starting point!

http://www.disneytravelagents.com/S.../pdf/ParkHours/WDW_Operating_Calendar_Jan.pdf

That's cool! Somewhere on the DIS there are last year's hours too. I'm trying to be patient for December hours. I just hope they're up before the 7th when I make my ADRs.

 

[MelXThree]

My husband and I made plans for Caribbean Beach Resort (this is the first time we have stayed here) for January 23rd thru Feb 1st!! No kids just us

I think CBR would be a great place with no kids We stayed there in Jan and we lved walking the pathway to the food court and at night we sat out in the center court at the patio tables and just relaxed. It was a very laid back hotel...I have wanted my DH and I to go to WDW alone forever and he never takes me up on the offer You are so lucky!!

 

[sillyyankee]

Wondering if anyone ever had their 9 year old, age 9 for more than one year...if you konw what i mean. We have a child, literally on the cusp of being 10 and the agent today told me to just call up and have the age changed on another call...anyone ever tried to do this??

We are considering a dining plan and this "age difference" could be $50 per day, especially since he is a pizza and hamburger eater anyway.

Thoughts? Thankyou!!

 

[Pixieflip]

We're at AKV from January 3 to 8! We actually begin our trip off property on December 26. Can't wait.