NO Hours yet on the TA site. Just checked. So weird to actually look at it "legally" now as a TA! lol!
We went to Galveston yesterday and it was SO WINDY. We all got a good sandblasting!
This really isn't the best time to go, because this is the time of year a lot of seaweed washes up on the beach. But at other times of year I really enjoy the beaches there and they're only an hour away. I never do more than sit in the waves or put my feet in anyway, and the beaches are sandy so it works for us.
South Padre Island has beautiful sandy beaches and clear water. It's comparable to beaches in Mexico, but without the International travel. I totally love it there!
I love Padre too. I've been a few times, but didn't spend much time at the beach......met DH there back in 1993 on Spring Break. I know, i met my husband on spring break in padre- crazy huh? friend of friend thing. But most of our time was spent um, in the clubs and bars. LOL! That was almost 20 years ago though.
I am ready for serious planning to commence! I've merged both of my planning sheets & am ready for November hours to finalize. I have two planning sheets because of working on different computers at different times...never took the time to update. Ok, bring on the November hours!!
Me too- going crazy waiting here!!!!!
What happened was the cast member offered me a pin that might not have been on my account, not valid yet, etc, but the guest services cast members honored the quote and the discount since I had numbers. So basically, I got a 35% discount on the Standard Room Club Level rate which took what would have been a new trip cost of $4486 down to $3332 and that price was only a $57 increase over what I had planned originally without any pin ($3275), so instead of saving money with the pin, we upgraded with the pin
While I might not take full advantage of the concierge service as I like to plan my trips out well in advance, thinking about it, it never hurts to have a back up, plus if they can help locate my "Holy Grail" of characters for pictures, it is worth the increase. The extra food is a plus, and we asked for a North Wing, MK view room, so I hope this helps increase the odds in our favor
Now all I need is HOURS!! LOL
Congrats on the great deal. good idea to write it all down and even better if you ask the CM's name that you are speaking with, so they can trace it back too. So glad you got a great deal!!!!
every time i see your name, i laugh. My husband uses BroncoJohnny as a screen name on some of his message boards (for racing/mustangs). So I saw your screen name and immediately was like what is my hubby doing on here?
Would you pretty pretty please with lots and lots of pixie dust on top post the hours as soon as their posted?!?!?!
TIA!!!
Nothing yet. Will keep checking throughout the day. I think if they were going to post them today, they would have already done so.
When the hours are released for the month do they stay the same or can they change? More curious about EMH, do they ever change after being released?
TIA
They can change. Last year we did October, the prior two years, we did early December. When hours were released, they changed all three years. Usually was EMH or additional hours added. They will usually not take away hours, but they might add some on if crowds are looking big (bookings). They might add more Fantasmic showings etc. They are also known to change an EMH or two- switch around nights etc. I also had a case where we booked Crystal Palace breakfast for 8am before the park opened at 9am. This way we could get in early, take some pics, eat and be ready to go at 9am for rides. Well about 3 weeks before, they changed the hours- this was a Saturday- they changed opening from 9am to 8am. So my whole plan of getting in the park early backfired. And instead of being first to Peter Pan or Dumbo, we were eating. So that sucked. So just be aware. Usually the dates I see them add an hour to opening is on a Saturday. so just be careful if you are booking a pre park opening breakfast on a saturday, they could change the opening time on you!
iv been rethinking my dining choices....yes again!!!! I can decide what our last meal will be! I keep thinking it will be Chef Mickey breakfast but then I want Via Napoli! And my dear hubby says now that he enjoyed dinner at Chef Mickeys. i have to see how many places we will have mickey waffles at. we may be switching a few. I am hoping for mark hours to be released.
lol- tough call! Chef Mickey's is fun because of the character interaction and you could always head to the deck to watch WISHES after dinner too. We do love VN too though- treating my parents to dinner there this trip. We've done it the last three trips!
Great thread everyone...Looking for some help...We have been twice before both end of Sept and took in
MNSSHP and know we want to experience Christmas and the decor and
MVMCP...so we are flexible and would like the least crowded of the month and can also go into Dec...I know avoid thanksgiving and I was thinking Nov. 25th for 10 days we come from Canada so we go a little longer to make it worth while...
Thoughts would be great from you experienced disers also if FD is announced that will determine times to go...thanks in advance
Sorry any help?
Christmas decor goes up right after Thanksgiving in the parks, with the exception of the tree at Magic Kingdom. I believe that tree goes up the weekend of the filming of the Christmas parade (first weekend of Dec usually). The resorts decor usually goes up in like the first/second week of November/mid Novemberish. Yeah, i just made that a word.
First MVMCP is rumored to start on like November 7th. Osborne Lights should be running as well. So if you go week before Thanksgiving like we are, then you should be good to see just about everything with the exception of like the Candlelight processional, storytellers in Epcot and the tree in MK. We are booked Nov 8-17th. We will also be hitting the last weekend of Food and Wine festival, which ends Nov 11th.
Avoid Thanksgiving week. I hear week after Thanksgiving is typically nice too. We've done first and second week of December before too- and enjoyed both, although we got a really cold vacation in 2010- freezing! You can experience all the holiday stuff in December. Keep in mind POP Warner is there usually early December- last year was Dec 3-10. So you have to keep that in mind. They don't effect the parks all that much, but if you are staying at one of the values or moderates they are at, it is torture. I know, we had to call security on them twice back in 2009 when we stayed at POR and many were there, running around at 1am on the second/third floors playing chase, screaming etc. If you stay deluxe, you don't have to worry about them much. Just know what resorts they stay at and avoid those if you go at the same time! Otherwise, we love that time of year! It is a popular time of year for DVCers though- low points and great weather/crowds.
I think your list of main uses is a good one. I hope you enjoy your CL experience. I would love to stay CL one day. I originally booked CL at Poly but couldn't justify the extra thousand to DH so we downgraded, but if we were in your shoes where there wasn't much price difference we would go for it for sure.
I need ALL of November! NEVERMIND. I actually clicked on Nov 6th and it said all of the refurbishments
I would def book those places 
