May 24-31, 2014 thoughts/tips

[DisneyMomma2000]

We haven't been to Disney since 2003. Celebrating our oldest DS graduating. Here's our schedule:

5/24 Saturday - Downtown Disney, meet friends for dinner, and my youngest DS will get to perform with his former guitar teacher at Splitsville. He's pretty excited!
5/25 Sunday - Magic Kingdom with ADR for Cinderella's Royal Table (dinner)
5/26 Monday - Epcot with ADR for Chef's de France (dinner)
5/27 Tuesday - Animal Kingdom with ADR for Yak & Yeti (dinner)
5/28 Wednesday - Free/sleep in/mini golf/water parks ADR at 'Ohana (dinner)
5/29 Thursday - Hollywood Studios with ADR for Sci-Fi Diner (dinner)
5/30 Friday - probably MK again, but family really loves HS
5/31 Saturday - travel home!

With all the hoopla over FP+, Crowds, etc. I have felt the need to really plan this trip out. Family is wanting to go with the flow, so that's what we will probably do once we're in the parks. Any tips for this somewhat newbie....at least that's the way I feel after all the recent changes.

 

[iona]

Our trips overlap, we arrive on the Wednesday (28th).

The main thing I would highlight is this:

5/30 Friday - probably MK again, but family really loves HS

The Friday at DHS is part of Star Wars Weekends so, if you think that you may be overruled and end up there, make sure you take that into account when you make your plans.

With dinner in the parks it sounds like you've got some long days planned so make sure that you take the time to enjoy an air-conditioned attraction or two in the afternoons.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I've no tips for you since I'm in the same boat. Lots of trips but not sure how to navigate the FP+ stuff yet.

We are supposed to be there for a similiar time frame but it all depends on what happens with all the school make up days.
Once I have those I can actually start to plan my days out and book ADR's.

My DD14 is supposed to play her flute with the middle school band at DTD. I don't even know which day it'll be yet since we don't have that meeting until March.

My DS18 graduates High School so if his graduation date changes to when she is scheduled to be in Florida, none of us will be going. She wants to see him walk more than she wants to sweat in her band uniform at Disney (that's what she told me.)

Ugh - I hate uncertainty.

 

[DisneyMomma2000]

The Friday at DHS is part of Star Wars Weekends so, if you think that you may be overruled and end up there, make sure you take that into account when you make your plans.

With dinner in the parks it sounds like you've got some long days planned so make sure that you take the time to enjoy an air-conditioned attraction or two in the afternoons.

Thanks! Totally forgot about SWW. We've never been to Animal Kingdom and have spent very little time in Epcot since our kids were really too young to enjoy the good stuff and it was before the newer stuff. I don't typically view those parks as 2 day visits, but you never know what we may want to visit again.

Yeah...we are a pretty much "go, go, go" type family. In the past, even when the kids were young, we were there from rope drop to park close. We frequently go to amusement parks, but not days in a row...thus the Wednesday as a free day with only Dinner reservations set in stone. I had thought about doing lunch table reservations instead, but wanted to give plenty of space to get enough play time in before we're "locked" into anything.