January 2013

[letthewookiewin]

We hope to be at Disney again this January for at least 7 days and hopefully more like 10-14.

& added. If you need to change your dates, let me know and I'll update you.

 

[smga1]

Please add me. We are going January 18 - 23 and staying BLT. This is our first family trip. My DH and I went for a couple of days back in 1999. So I feel like it is all brand new. Advice would be appreciate. Can anyone show me how they plan the day and what type of program?


Stacy

 

[crazy4tig]

Please add me to your list. I'm planning my families 6th January Disney trip WooHoo We are staying at POR January 17-28!!!

 

[letthewookiewin]

Please add me. We are going January 18 - 23 and staying BLT. This is our first family trip. My DH and I went for a couple of days back in 1999. So I feel like it is all brand new. Advice would be appreciate. Can anyone show me how they plan the day and what type of program?


Stacy

& added
Congrats on your first family trip. Your little ones are at a great age for a first trip. How adventerous are your children on rides? I would make sure you know their heights and the height requirements for rides, so you don't get them excited about getting on something and then have them turned away for being too short. If you subcribe to the Touring Plans webiste, they have great plans for families with younger children. I didn't actually use the site for the plans, but for some of the other things on it.

Please add me to your list. I'm planning my families 6th January Disney trip WooHoo We are staying at POR January 17-28!!!

& added

 

[DVCMAUREEN]

Please update - I was able to add Jan 8-11 at VWL! Should now read:
DVCMAUREEN 8 - 11 VWL, 11 - 17 BWV
Thank you!

Looking forward to making ADRs in a few days.

 

[ButterflyJen]

Figured out one ADR this morning. Baby steps, lol

 

[letthewookiewin]

Please update - I was able to add Jan 8-11 at VWL! Should now read:
DVCMAUREEN 8 - 11 VWL, 11 - 17 BWV
Thank you!

Looking forward to making ADRs in a few days.

Gotcha updated.

I swear my DH is so sneaky. I thought we had the whole thing settled about going for my birthday. Then last night he says, "well sure, we could go to WDW for your birthday weekend, or we could just take one of those guided trips to London/Paris in the summer.

 

[ButterflyJen]

I swear my DH is so sneaky. I thought we had the whole thing settled about going for my birthday. Then last night he says, "well sure, we could go to WDW for your birthday weekend, or we could just take one of those guided trips to London/Paris in the summer.

That's just mean to tease you like that!!

 

[maman_et_fille]

I am! My first one!! I'll be closer to 3 hours though! Hubby and I are doing it together!

Yay! It's my first too . . . right now 13.1 miles seems so long, but I keep telling myself that January is far away!

I'm running the half as well. Staying at Pop. This will be my 4th or
5th....depends if I find a Dec. half or not. I have half's lined up for Oct., Nov., Feb., and March.

Wow! That's amazing! Go you!

 

[maman_et_fille]

I put you in undecided until you know your specific dates. When you do, let me know and I'll change it.

Okay - we will be there 1/10 through 1/18; staying AKV (Jambo House). Our first time with a 1BR! Thanks!

 

[maman_et_fille]

Please add me. We are going January 18 - 23 and staying BLT. This is our first family trip. My DH and I went for a couple of days back in 1999. So I feel like it is all brand new. Advice would be appreciate. Can anyone show me how they plan the day and what type of program?


Stacy

We use a couple of sites to pick which parks we'll be in for which days: Touring Plans and easywdw. If you want to hit the evening parades/fireworks, be sure to figure out which days they're available during your trip, esp. if you don't get parkhoppers. Then we figure out when we'll eat at our preferred restaurants to make ADRs (we do not do table service meals every day; with our young children it is too much sitting/waiting). Closer to the trip, we'll sit down and make a basic plan for each day based on advice from above sites and our personal preferences. We'll include the attractions we want to experience (in order), when we need to obtain fastpasses, any characters we specifically want to meet, where we think we'll eat lunch & dinner, and any shows/parades/other time specific events we want to include. That gives us a framework to refer to as we go, but we're not slaves to the plan, especially after lunch. We set it out ahead of time to make sure we cover everything over the course of the trip. We use www.tripit.com to organize all our details.

There is a lot of information out there - it can be a little overwhelming, but I think your child(ren)'s age(s) and interests will help guide your planning. You're staying in a great location; there is nothing better than walking "home" from the Magic Kingdom after the fireworks!

 

[mickeyplanner]

Good Morning January Planners,
I made my ADRs this morning and to my surprise I was not able to get into Sanaa on January 10 or 11 for dinner. Did anyone else have any problems with ADRs?

 

[Momto2PrncChrmgs]

Good Morning January Planners,
I made my ADRs this morning and to my surprise I was not able to get into Sanaa on January 10 or 11 for dinner. Did anyone else have any problems with ADRs?

I saw on the restaurant board that someone else couldn't get in earlier in Jan. is it closed for refurb or something?

 

[mickeyplanner]

I saw on the restaurant board that someone else couldn't get in earlier in Jan. is it closed for refurb or something?

That is exactly what I am starting to think because I even tried a lunch reservation and nothing. I did read Cali Grill will a refurb so many Sanaa too.

 

[maman_et_fille]

That is exactly what I am starting to think because I even tried a lunch reservation and nothing. I did read Cali Grill will a refurb so many Sanaa too.

Oh, no! This is our favorite must-do place to eat! It's odd that it would be refurbing when it's only been open a relatively short time.

 

[shpdem]

We will be there either Jan 12th for 7 nights or the 19th for 7 nights depending on fd promo

 

[mickeyplanner]

Oh, no! This is our favorite must-do place to eat! It's odd that it would be refurbing when it's only been open a relatively short time.

I don't know how true this it but there is another thread on Sanaa and January 2013 and someone posted the Sanaa has not opened up for January yet. I am keeping my fingers crossed that is opens this week or sometime soon so we can all book. We have never eaten there and were looking forward to trying something new while we stay at AKL for the first time in January.

 

[DVCMAUREEN]

We use a couple of sites to pick which parks we'll be in for which days: Touring Plans and easywdw. If you want to hit the evening parades/fireworks, be sure to figure out which days they're available during your trip, esp. if you don't get parkhoppers. Then we figure out when we'll eat at our preferred restaurants to make ADRs (we do not do table service meals every day; with our young children it is too much sitting/waiting). Closer to the trip, we'll sit down and make a basic plan for each day based on advice from above sites and our personal preferences. We'll include the attractions we want to experience (in order), when we need to obtain fastpasses, any characters we specifically want to meet, where we think we'll eat lunch & dinner, and any shows/parades/other time specific events we want to include. That gives us a framework to refer to as we go, but we're not slaves to the plan, especially after lunch. We set it out ahead of time to make sure we cover everything over the course of the trip. We use www.tripit.com to organize all our details.

I <3 how organized you are! And I thought I was a planner. I will check out those sites. Thanks for sharing!

 

[maman_et_fille]

I don't know how true this it but there is another thread on Sanaa and January 2013 and someone posted the Sanaa has not opened up for January yet. I am keeping my fingers crossed that is opens this week or sometime soon so we can all book. We have never eaten there and were looking forward to trying something new while we stay at AKL for the first time in January.

I think I saw that thread on the restaurants board! The good thing is you definitely don't need 180 day reservations at Sanaa. We really love it (and AKL), and we hope you do too! One of the best parts is seeing the animals, which is definitely easier at lunch than dinner . . . a few times a week there's a children's activity around 1 pm where the kids make some sort of food treat/enrichment item for the animals and the keepers put them out around 1:30 - makes for quite a show when you're eating lunch b/c all the animals come close to the windows.

 

[SgtsWifeandmommyof4]

Just wanted to post my happiness for the week. Today was our 180 day mark!! That in and of itself is a wonderful milestone but, I also made all of our ADR's this morning. Plus, a reservation for the BBB for my daughter and a reservation for the Harmony barber shop so my baby boy could get his first haircut in Magic Kingdom!!

Makes everything more real that we are finally going. YAY!