LLMP / park hopper strategy - 2 Days!! Work conference complexities. Need HELP!

[disneylover0415]

2 day trip coming up. 9/27 &9/28. Here with husband's work. 2 kids love thrill rides but son is only 47". Here is my proposed agenda but need advice on LLMP and park days! Feel free to poke holes in my approach including LLMP & park days!!!! We have been to DW & DL before and will likely do this same trip with his work in 2 years so fortunately this isn't a 1 and done DW trip for us. Need to book LLMP this Thurs!!

Fri
AM - rope drop MK (me + 2 kids) party day so light crowds. Do all the big rides hoping for Tiana, space mountain, big thunder mountain, 7 dawrf mine train. Was NOT going to do LLMP for the am and would save it for PM at HS when husband joins us (he has work in the am)

3 PM??? - meet husband at Yacht club. Regroup/quick meal at "hospitality suite" (husband here for work) then skyliner to HS

Be at HS by 4 PM ??? Try to have HS rides stacked for us on LLMP!

Ride all the LLMP at HS: slinky dog, tower of terror, rock and roll (single rider, my son is too short to go)

Sat
HS - rope drop and do all the HS rides again with LLMP. OR should we rope drop MK bc husband will be with us????

At some point on Sat we will park hop to Ecpot. Fingers crossed for getting a Remy ride on LLMP

Regroup at Yacht club in afternoon for a quick break.

Ecpot - 4 PM?
Pre book LL on Guardians of Galaxy for 4 or 5 PM


Work event and fireworks at Epcot starting at 630. Hoping we can also fit in Soarin etc

thoughts on my park days knowing husband can only join us Fri at 3 or 4 PM. And Sat having the work/fireworks at ecpot Sat pm.

 

[Kalamazoo2]

Just saw this post. So sorry that no one chimed in to help. You may have already booked your rides, but here are my thoughts:

- I feel like your Friday plan for first using LLMP so late in the day is a waste. The only benefit in doing so is that you will definitely get a LL for Slinky. You won't be able to prebook both Slinky and RnR since they are both Tier 1 rides. It almost turns your LLMP into a LLSP if those are the only rides you care to ride.
- The stacking hack that used to exist under Genie+ is no more since the 2 hour rule is gone.
- You could use your LLMP at MK in the morning and, once you use one of the LLs (still pretty early in the morning), try to book Slinky or TOT for later.
- If you don't get a LL for Tiana, you will have to join the VQ, otherwise you cannot ride at all.

- For Saturday - HS or MK are totally a personal choice. Just remember (repeating myself, I know) that you can book a LL for a ride in another park once you use your first prebooked one. You might want to try and snag Remy with your first freed up LL.

 

[disneylover0415]

Thanks for chiming in. So i did get some similar feedback and was able to do what you suggested (book some MK rides in the morning) and hope to convert to slinky or something at HS later in the day.

I ran into a mega glitch tho. Credit card issue this morning when trying to check out for the LLMP. Took 15 min to resolve and by then of course Tiana which had been available at 1 isn't available now till 4 !!!! Which we were trying to be at HS by then. Yes I can keep looking and try for VQ but I'm so frustrated bc I have spent hours doing research, spent thousands on this trip (like you all) only to have the Disney app backfire on me when I feel like I have been putting in the legwork and doing everything right.

Sigh! So frustrated!

 

[Mouse Tracker]

The stacking hack that used to exist under Genie+ is no more since the 2 hour rule is gone.

Was NOT going to do LLMP for the am and would save it for PM

Tiana, space mountain, big thunder mountain, 7 dawrf mine train

Waste of purchase. You have Park Hoppers, buy it for MK day- try to pre book Tiana's or Big Thunder ( then pre book 2 other tier two rides ) Purchase LLSP for 7 Dwarfs. Once you tap into the first LL try to book Slinky or ToT for HS later.

Rope drop Space, head over to Big Thunder, Tiana's with a pre book LL, 7 Dwarfs with the LLSP. Your probably gonna have to do standby for something in MK.

Once in HS you can add another LL after tapping in to the pre booked LL (hopefully Slinky)

Saturday, rope drop HS and do what you couldn't Fri. Again pre book 3 rides there ( Slinky and ToT, rope drop RnR ). Again after tapping in to first ride try to grab a Remy. Guardians can be done with a VQ or LLSP.

 

[Mouse Tracker]

Tiana which had been available at 1 isn't available now till 4 !!!!

Don't let one ride throw off the whole trip. Worst case would be that you "Hop" Saturday after Epcot to MK and do Tiana's ( monorail, grab a snack and enjoy in standby )

 

[Kalamazoo2]

Thanks for chiming in. So i did get some similar feedback and was able to do what you suggested (book some MK rides in the morning) and hope to convert to slinky or something at HS later in the day.

I ran into a mega glitch tho. Credit card issue this morning when trying to check out for the LLMP. Took 15 min to resolve and by then of course Tiana which had been available at 1 isn't available now till 4 !!!! Which we were trying to be at HS by then. Yes I can keep looking and try for VQ but I'm so frustrated bc I have spent hours doing research, spent thousands on this trip (like you all) only to have the Disney app backfire on me when I feel like I have been putting in the legwork and doing everything right.

Sigh! So frustrated!

Oh! That was you? I replied to that post too. I can so sympathize - have been the victim of the 7am glitch more than a couple of times. You can do everything right and still have it not work out the way you planned. But Mouse Tracker has the right idea - don't let it keep you down. If, in the end, riding Tiana is really not going to work out this trip, then you have something to look forward to next time. Personally, I would not make a special trip over to MK just to ride Tiana, but during downtime, I would, however, make a little game of periodically checking for a new time through the modify feature. You'd be surprised at how successful that can be.

 

[disneylover0415]

Oh! That was you? I replied to that post too. I can so sympathize - have been the victim of the 7am glitch more than a couple of times. You can do everything right and still have it not work out the way you planned. But Mouse Tracker has the right idea - don't let it keep you down. If, in the end, riding Tiana is really not going to work out this trip, then you have something to look forward to next time. Personally, I would not make a special trip over to MK just to ride Tiana, but during downtime, I would, however, make a little game of periodically checking for a new time through the modify feature. You'd be surprised at how successful that can be.

Thanks for your kind words. It is sad to admit that I cried over this (I was just so darn frustrated!!!) And while we are fortunate to have been to DW and DL before, this is the first time going with husband's work and while the resort is covered, the tickets are on your own and we usually don't do park hopper or only 2 park days (bc of pulling kids out of school etc) so I'm spending a heck of a lot for those 2 days!!! AND I have been doing an insane amount of research to make this a great trip

I know... champagne problems maybe I can get VQ for Tianas if not I may just drop our 4 pm res of Tiana to be able to head to HS to be there at 4ish.

So here's my "plan"

Rope drop space, buzz
LLMP for mad hatter at 8. Try to turn that into either slinky or ToT (then have to update husband's or try to coordinate with his 7 pm slinky or 4 pm ToT -- I may move his ToT back to 5 now tongive a little more time)
Try to turn other LLMP to another HS
Go to big thunder/ pirates/haunted Mansion whole over there

My kids LOVE the bigger rides so we may try to do thunder 2 or 3x in a row while lines are short.

10:30 LL for 7DMT. Then hit up rest of the little rides /fantasy lands. Maybe space again if lines low (during a park day)

The type A+ hates this lack of a plan and I will try to be go with the flow. We are more of a "do our favorite rides a few times" and okay with missing some of the others (like Peter pan and jungle cruise, been there done that)

So appreciate the kind words. Honestly was just SO stressed about this which is ridiculous bc it's supposed to be fun!

Sat we will rope drplop RnR with a rider swap so my daughter can go twice. Then try to do whatever else we can before tower at 10, TSM at noon and slinky at 2. Heading over to ecpot in evening for the work event (VIP FIREWORKS!! which will be amazing and guatdiand of Galaxy at 6. )

 

[erinch]

There are some reports that checking day of right at 7 might let you modify to Tiana LL if someone gets a Tiana VQ and drops their Tiana LL. Can you check on that while your DH tries for the VQ?

 

[disneylover0415]

There are some reports that checking day of right at 7 might let you modify to Tiana LL if someone gets a Tiana VQ and drops their Tiana LL. Can you check on that while your DH tries for the VQ?

Ah great idea! So I'll try to modify the LL and can try for VQ for the 3 of us.

 

[Kalamazoo2]

Thanks for your kind words. It is sad to admit that I cried over this (I was just so darn frustrated!!!) And while we are fortunate to have been to DW and DL before, this is the first time going with husband's work and while the resort is covered, the tickets are on your own and we usually don't do park hopper or only 2 park days (bc of pulling kids out of school etc) so I'm spending a heck of a lot for those 2 days!!! AND I have been doing an insane amount of research to make this a great trip

I know... champagne problems maybe I can get VQ for Tianas if not I may just drop our 4 pm res of Tiana to be able to head to HS to be there at 4ish.

So here's my "plan"

Rope drop space, buzz
LLMP for mad hatter at 8. Try to turn that into either slinky or ToT (then have to update husband's or try to coordinate with his 7 pm slinky or 4 pm ToT -- I may move his ToT back to 5 now tongive a little more time)
Try to turn other LLMP to another HS
Go to big thunder/ pirates/haunted Mansion whole over there

My kids LOVE the bigger rides so we may try to do thunder 2 or 3x in a row while lines are short.

10:30 LL for 7DMT. Then hit up rest of the little rides /fantasy lands. Maybe space again if lines low (during a park day)

The type A+ hates this lack of a plan and I will try to be go with the flow. We are more of a "do our favorite rides a few times" and okay with missing some of the others (like Peter pan and jungle cruise, been there done that)

So appreciate the kind words. Honestly was just SO stressed about this which is ridiculous bc it's supposed to be fun!

Sat we will rope drplop RnR with a rider swap so my daughter can go twice. Then try to do whatever else we can before tower at 10, TSM at noon and slinky at 2. Heading over to ecpot in evening for the work event (VIP FIREWORKS!! which will be amazing and guatdiand of Galaxy at 6. )

I completely understand and have experienced everything that you have said about your angst and frustration. Sometimes I think the park hoppers are a curse because they complicate things so much, but I can't bring myself to go without that feature. That being said, here is what I have learned over countless trip (long and short). All these LL systems and chat board advice give an illusion that you have control when, really, anything can happen. You would think that short trips like this require precision planning, but I have learned that the opposite is true. Yes, have a plan, but you have to be so ready to be flexible and, if you do so, you will have a wonderful time even if you don't do everything on your list.

The massive expense of the park tickets makes it so hard to swallow the idea of not riding everything you want but there is so much more to WDW than the rides. I wish it was more affordable, but really, when I break it down - thinking of all the staff required to run the place, and the overall sense of security and cleanliness, and attention to detail... I recently went with a friend who had never been to WDW. I warned them of the ticket sticker shock. They compared the price per day for a WDW ticket to the price of a day's lift ticket for downhill skiing. I think WDW was a little more expensive but not much, and look at all that you get...

One last thing... Having travelled with all manner of people and group sizes (well, not a mega group, but pretty much everything else), I have come to realize that, sometimes, what you think is important to people is not always that important. As planners, we knock ourselves out trying to please everyone with every little thing, only to have those ungrateful so-and-so's want to go back to the resort to go swimming, or aren't hungry for that hard won restaurant reservation, or someone's not feeling good, etc. So relax, you've done your due diligence and more - go have fun, and remember, it's your vacation too.