November 2012 Code Watch!!

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I check the TA site every morning to see if November hours have been released. I'm thinking they will come out early next week (hopefully Monday).

25 days until I can make our ADR's
Here is what I would like to book although the exact days I want to do each one is still somewhat up in the air:
MBYBBQ
CRT Dinner
O'hana Dinner
Via Napoli Dinner
Teppan Edo Dinner

Tusker House Breakfast
O'hana Breakfast
CP pre-park opening breakfast

We are paying for our meals OOP because I cannot add the dining plan to the discounted room rate we have. So I need to start saving for all these meals!!!!

25 days until ADRs!!!! How exciting!!

I've been watching this thread forever and I guess it's time to join in. We will be there Nov 17-24 with family staying at Kidani Village using our DVC points. However, DH and I are going to arrive on Nov 15 to spend a couple of days on our own. Just booked a Royal Guest room at POR. It has always been our favorite moderate. Those 2 nights are costing me around $535!! I'm hoping for an AP or room only discount. Otherwise I will probably switch to a regular room. DH really wants this room for me since this trip is to celebrate my 60th and my granddaughter's 6th and Mickey's birthday. Yes, all on the same day!

Glad you joined us. This great group of people is really helping to make the wait for our trip bearable.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

I check the TA site every morning to see if November hours have been released. I'm thinking they will come out early next week (hopefully Monday).

Did they make it private now? The link that always used to work for me for the TA site, won't work anymore. Is it public? If so, could I get the link? If not, no problem!

 

[blackdogg]

joining in

 

[TinkPirateMom]

I've been watching this thread forever and I guess it's time to join in. We will be there Nov 17-24 with family staying at Kidani Village using our DVC points. However, DH and I are going to arrive on Nov 15 to spend a couple of days on our own. Just booked a Royal Guest room at POR. It has always been our favorite moderate. Those 2 nights are costing me around $535!! I'm hoping for an AP or room only discount. Otherwise I will probably switch to a regular room. DH really wants this room for me since this trip is to celebrate my 60th and my granddaughter's 6th and Mickey's birthday. Yes, all on the same day!

Welcome! Your trip plans sound wonderful!

25 days until ADRs!!!! How exciting!!

Thanks! I am so gld I have you guys to share my excitement with. My husband just does not get it.

Did they make it private now? The link that always used to work for me for the TA site, won't work anymore. Is it public? If so, could I get the link? If not, no problem!

Hmmmmm...I thought it was public too. I am a TA and have access to the TA site. I just logged out of the site and tried to follow the link without being logged in and it did not work. However, the links to each month work. I'm not sure if I'm making sense, but it seems to me that the public cannot access the page that lists all the hours from April-October that are currently listed. However, if I click on a month and copy that URL the public does have access to the that month's hours. In other words, you wont be able to view the page until the November hours are actually released.

Example:
TA's site for the current list of published park hours (looks like you won't be able to access this):
http://www.disneytravelagents.com/content/e9350b41b1e41310VgnVCM100000d864a8c0RCRD?og=LN

TA's site for October park hours (you should be able to access this though):
http://media.disneywebcontent.com/S.../pdf/ParkHours/WDW_Operating_Calendar_Oct.pdf
So maybe if you take out Oct. from the address listed above and replace it with Nov. you will be able to check for the hours. If not, no worries, I check every morning and will post to this thread with a link as soon as they're up.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Welcome! Your trip plans sound wonderful!


Thanks! I am so gld I have you guys to share my excitement with. My husband just does not get it.



Hmmmmm...I thought it was public too. I am a TA and have access to the TA site. I just logged out of the site and tried to follow the link without being logged in and it did not work. However, the links to each month work. I'm not sure if I'm making sense, but it seems to me that the public cannot access the page that lists all the hours from April-October that are currently listed. However, if I click on a month and copy that URL the public does have access to the that month's hours. In other words, you wont be able to view the page until the November hours are actually released.

Example:
TA's site for the current list of published park hours (looks like you won't be able to access this):
http://www.disneytravelagents.com/content/e9350b41b1e41310VgnVCM100000d864a8c0RCRD?og=LN

TA's site for October park hours (you should be able to access this though):
http://media.disneywebcontent.com/S.../pdf/ParkHours/WDW_Operating_Calendar_Oct.pdf
So maybe if you take out Oct. from the address listed above and replace it with Nov. you will be able to check for the hours. If not, no worries, I check every morning and will post to this thread with a link as soon as they're up.

Yep, they must have changed the main link at some point b/c I had one and I would just take out the Oct. and replace it with whatever month I wanted, but that did work this time. Looks like it does for the 2nd one you posted, so thanks!

 

[TinkPirateMom]

Yep, they must have changed the main link at some point b/c I had one and I would just take out the Oct. and replace it with whatever month I wanted, but that did work this time. Looks like it does for the 2nd one you posted, so thanks!

Glad it worked!

 

[silverhaze269]

Good morning ya'll.

Morning!!!

I got the 2012 vacation planning DVD on Tuesday and I just finished watching it. Well, maybe not exactly that about it, but it did make me more excited about going It's weird...I didn't think I could get more excited about going than I already was November seems too far away (well, I'm there 3 whole days before November, so it's close enough )

 

[mefordis]

I hope you don't mind if I join in on this thread!

Has anyone bought their airfare yet? It is so pricey! Think prices will go down?

 

[Broncobilly83]

I hope you don't mind if I join in on this thread!

Has anyone bought their airfare yet? It is so pricey! Think prices will go down?

Right now, we are looking at JetBlue as they are $95 per person per flight on the days we are looking at arriving and leaving. I am just waiting to book until we have an idea of hours and/or MVMCP nights since we are looking to do 1 party and possibly 2 parties while there

 

[TracyM89]

"We are paying for our meals OOP because I cannot add the dining plan to the discounted room rate we have. So I need to start saving for all these meals!!!!"

So if you get room discounts you can't do the dining plan?

 

[AquaDame]

I hope you don't mind if I join in on this thread!

Has anyone bought their airfare yet? It is so pricey! Think prices will go down?

We went ahead and purchased ours since we found a good deal vs. the rest. It is still almost $200 more pp than we have been used to the last couple of years but I was able to cash in some points and use a voucher I had for an airlines whose times suited us the best. Amazingly and terrifyingly the other airlines were even more (ESPECIALLY jetblue and SW, whats up with that?) and when we looked at various flights between now and then they were all the same price range, so we didn't feel we would gain anything by waiting.

 

[TinkPirateMom]

I hope you don't mind if I join in on this thread!

Has anyone bought their airfare yet? It is so pricey! Think prices will go down?

Hi there! We have not purchased our airfare yet. We could fly out of PHL, ACY. or EWR. Right now the fares are around $370 per ticket not including baggage fees. That is way more than I am willing to spend. I am holding out hope for SW/AT to come out with some cheaper fares (SW should be extending their schedule on May 21st). Otherwise we are considering driving 17 hours from NJ with the kids The only good thing about that is that I could pack a lot more

"We are paying for our meals OOP because I cannot add the dining plan to the discounted room rate we have. So I need to start saving for all these meals!!!!"

So if you get room discounts you can't do the dining plan?

Most general public and PIN code room discounts do allow you to purchase the dining plan with the purchase of park tickets building a package but still allowing you to utilize the discount off the room. However, we are booked with a 50% off TA rate and it cannot be turned into a package. In the end it will work out a lot cheaper for us to book this way, but I just have to save for all the meals we want to do so my DH doesn't freak out with sticker shock over the dining prices.

ETA: I will be tempted to switch to a mod if free dining does come out so I am watching along with everyone else here and then I will have lots of thinking to do in a short amount of time. Mod w/ convenient free dining or Poly with great room discount but paying food OOP. Decisions decisions...

 

[TCups4Me]

I'm all booked!!!! After I got my 30% off pin code several months back, I decided that renting would be my best bet to get what I wanted.

I found some great renters on the Rent/Trade board and I have a BCV studio for 11/10-11/13 and a BLT 2br for 11/13-11/17! Just what I wanted!

Not long until it's time to start playing the airfare game with Southwest. Good luck to everyone on getting what they want!!

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

Waiting also....I'm not worried about ADR's unless we get Free Dining for our dates (11/3 or 11/4 - 11/8).

We're only there 3 or 4 days this trip, and plan to go, go, go, all we can while we're there and just eat CS meals UNLESS free dining rolls around. Then I'm sure we can squeeze some time in for some good food.

So I'm holding off on ADR's until I heard about November codes...not smart I know, but I don't want to hold a reservation until I know for sure I can use it.

 

[natter]

Did they make it private now? The link that always used to work for me for the TA site, won't work anymore. Is it public? If so, could I get the link? If not, no problem!

I have always used a different link... I checked it and the hours are available here:
http://www.disneywebcontent.com/?SiteID=909

 

[pirategirl34]

I have always used a different link... I checked it and the hours are available here:
http://www.disneywebcontent.com/?SiteID=909

I'm not seeing them. All I see is general info about the parks for UK visitors. Am I missing something???

 

[mommyof3princess27]

***These are only a prediction of dates according to TP***
Nov: 6th,9th,11th,13th,16th,25th,27th,28th,30th
Dec:2nd,4th,7th,9h,11th,14th,16th,18th
These dates have them being held on Sundays,Tuesdays and Fridays throughout Nov and Dec and no party the week of Thanksgiving

These are the prediction dates from TP based on the MNSSHP and hours

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Hopefully early next week they will be released. I cant wait! I can tweak everything just a little bit and get ready for booking flights and ADR's. I still have over a month and a half

 

[madaboutMickey]

Might have to call back and see if there is a AAA rate I can get for my 2 nights. I totally forgot that we have it. Every little bit hleps. Then I'll continue to hope for an AP discount.
Looked at flights a couple of months ago and should have booked then. Right now tickets are high $300 - low $400/person. However, it doesn't look like any more tickets have been purchased. At least, there are no less seats available. Holding out that prices will come back down. We could drive to Indianapolis and take SW but they rarely have more than 1 non-stop per day and the times can be really bad. Guess I'll have to wait until May when their new schedule comes out.

 

[Broncobilly83]

***These are only a prediction of dates according to TP***
Nov: 6th,9th,11th,13th,16th,25th,27th,28th,30th
Dec:2nd,4th,7th,9h,11th,14th,16th,18th
These dates have them being held on Sundays,Tuesdays and Fridays throughout Nov and Dec and no party the week of Thanksgiving

These are the prediction dates from TP based on the MNSSHP and hours

Thank you for this. I hope these are in fact subject to change. There have been parties on Thursday nights as well, and I was hoping there would be one the Thursday (8th) we were there.

I have always used a different link... I checked it and the hours are available here:
http://www.disneywebcontent.com/?SiteID=909

I'm not seeing them. All I see is general info about the parks for UK visitors. Am I missing something???

The hours are there under the drop down menu, but they still show through Oct 2012. When you change the link for Nov, it is Nov 2011 still like the other links