I can't really see it having to much of an impact that it changes the crowds too much on which park they head to. Superhero land is cool the Spiderman ride is great went on that a few times while we were there.
I'm really looking forward to Harry Potter land, we are lucky at having alreay done the 2 parks before I know we can do it all in once day again & still spend more time in Disney.
I know we are lucky to be doing 2 & half weeks this time, I will let you know once I start a trp report, just waiting on my hubby to get his dates confirmed at work then I will know the def dates we are going & I can strt to book it all
. I just hope my expectations are not too high. Every time I see Hogwarts in the movies I just want to be there.
I didnt really find it to be that useful to me though.
We already know what resort we are staying at and what table service meals we want. We know the attractions we will do and those we will skip, so I guess if I buy one every 10 years I should be OK. 
The most useful part of the guide so far was the Universal Studios sections. However, I was disappointed to see that they put Hollywood Studios, Universal Studios and Seaworld all in the same section. I can see lumping Universal and Seaworld together, but I would have preferred that Hollywood got its own section, like MK, AK and Epcot. Still it did give me more info on the rides at Universal and an approximation of the size of the parks. I still didnt find anything new I wanted to ride over there though. 
I'm just wondering if the fact that Potterland is the big new thing will draw people toward the Islands first. It's been so long since we were last at US that this will be our test trip to see how long it will take us to see the attractions that really interest us. Then we can plan better for future trips.
I also am really looking forward to Harry Potter
Zig
It could pull people there first, one thing I am going to do closer to the time is look at what reports of what type of crowds there are & when they are going there hopefully that will help out.
I ma to but like you I am really hoping that it won't let me down
Do you have a specific site you access for US info? So far I haven't found one that is particualrly helpful.
Zig
I wish I was going with her. I can't help thinking that if we had not changed our plans we would be in Disney right now. But then we would not have had that great trip last spring. I have to just keep reminding myself: This time next year. This time next year.
How can we get all our planning done in one year? OK, transportation: We are going to drive, 
yes drive from just south of Chicago all the way to Florida . We have done the flying thing, (Sep 08) and decided it was not for us. Just not enough room in the suitcase for all the stuff we want to take and bring back. And lets not talk about airfares, airlines, or the lack of customer service there right now. 
Not to mention the fact I hate waiting around in airports. Or being cooped up in the plane. So its driving for us. 
We drove down to Orlando in 1992 for MagiCon (and went to WDW then). I think we took 2 days that time. We actually drove down this past March, made remarkably good time and were fairly comfortable along the way. We took 2½ days to drive in March, but for this trip we are planning only 2 days (one sleep along the way). So its "get up early and get on the road, kiddies" for us.
We usually stop over in Kentucky . Ha, when we went in March, we stopped in Louisville . (Acutally, it was Elizabethtown ). Believe me, you do not want to be trying to get a room in a college town during March Madness.
We will be marking that on our calendars now, even though we are not college basketball fans. This time I think we will be trying to make it to Chattanooga or thereabouts, ( Murfreesboro is our halfway point) which would only leave driving through Georgia and the little of Florida to Orlando . It made the last trip so much easier and quicker. I would actually like to make it past Atlanta the first day. But that is a long haul for me. By the time we hit the Georgia line I am starting to go stir crazy and need to be out of the car.
We are actually taking it to Maryland the first weekend in November to Faeriecon, so we will see whether it has enough room. (In case you couldnt tell from her siggy, Zig is very much into faeries.)
(And pirates.)
It started out as just a stiff knee and escalated into being unable to bend the knee or put weight on it. Oddly, I cant remember any injury or popping of the knee, no sharp pains or redness or swelling, so I have no idea what I did. The knee is slowly getting better, Im keeping it wrapped up, using ice if I feel it needs it and now I can bend it again, but I still cant put a lot of weight on it. Thank goodness the Faeriecon is all at one hotel so I wont be doing too much walking around. At least we are not going to Disney otherwise I would have to get an ECV and I have no idea how to drive one of those. I can just see me tooling around Epcot and ending up in the lagoon. Im ok to drive (a car, since its my turn to drive), its just one of those things that doesnt hurt until you try to walk around. Weird. 
) That would mean 9 days of dining plan. We are probably going to arrive later in the afternoon on Sunday, and then Monday and Tuesday are Universal days. How will we work this out? Zig and I were trying to figure out what table service meals we would want. Remember, we feel that counter service is a better choice for us, since we dont like sitting down to tables in the middle of the day. Actually, Di is the one who prefers not to do so many table services meals. I dont mind having a little break in the middle of the day.
(Well, Im usually just wanting to get on to the next attraction 
and I eat fast anyway). 
and Breakfast with Cindy and werent actually planning on doing these again this time. If we get free dining, we will have to add 5 more tables to our plans. I would do the Princess again, but not the others, not this time and certainly not SciFi. Does anyone else think they need to moderate the temperature in there? We have eaten there twice that I can remember and both times it was below arctic in there. 
How can anyone enjoy a meal if they are shivering so badly? And we went in September so it wasnt totally hot outside either. SciFi is the only restaurant that I find intolerable as to temperature.
They require 2 dining credits so if we did a couple of those we would have less table meals to plan for. I have taken a very quick look at the menu for several of the restaurants and have to say I am not finding much appealing. I dont eat any kind of seafood and am not a big steak person. Weed out anything really spicy as well and thats not leaving a lot to choose from. I really wish there were more pasta dishes without seafood accompaniment. And just because I find something I would like doesnt mean Di will. See now, I like spicy food, and steak, but no seafood, unless its fish and chips. So while I would have a wider range than Zig, we need to be together on this. Does anyone have any suggestions? This is going to require further thought and consideration. Stay tuned
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I guess the hard part will be deciding which ones we want to try this time.and all her faerie friends there. We will try to have some Faeriecon pictures or even Disney Faerie pictures for you when we get back.
