I've been following this thread along for a while and it's been SO helpful!
We purchased out tickets the night we booked our trip in May! Then I went about my planning and set ADR's etc. Well in early Sept I scored my ADR for BOG on the Friday night of our trip...then a few weeks later I was able to book the Dessert party for the same night. This was/is our first day in the parks this trip and I was so looking forward to it!
THEN...after reading here, and there and everywhere I realized that the Friday night...Dec was a party night. Silly me! A quick phone call confirmed this and the fact that I'd need to either pony up for more party tickets or skip the dessert party.
Guess what I choose?
More tickets! We actually rearranged a few things and are returning our rental car a little early to cover the cost
So we're going twice now. And really the more reading I'm doing the better I like this plan. Our daughter is only 2 and we're night people anyways so I'm not too worried about her being up late or being able to keep her entertained.
I think thought based on my research I've got a good plan of attack and wanted to run other experts and see what people thought.
Night 1:
BOG: 4:35
Around 5:30-5:45 head to line up for the 7 Dwarf M & G. My husband and I will probably switch off waiting so we keep our daughter entertained.
After that...we'll make the rounds to see other characters, the parade and cocoa and maybe one of those nifty popcorn buckets if I can find one.
At 8:45 we're supposed to head to the Tommorowland Terrace for our party.
Afterwards, depending on my daughter we'll make more rounds for characters and maybe a ride or two.
I think the nicest thing about going with a two year old is that she has no level of expectation so if something is too long of a wait we'll move on!
Night 2:
We've got a breakfast ADR at Crystal Palace and will spend some time in the parks that morning, then a really light lunch at the GF Cafe (more to check out the decorations and gingerbread than to eat as we're having a giant breakfast). Then back to the hotel for a nice long rest.
Since we got our characters and parade viewing in the night before we'll go ahead and plan to arrive around 6pm I think. And take it from there. My husband and I would like to focus on rides and also go to the dance party with my daughter. I'd like to catch the parade at least once this night too.
I'm planning on watching Wishes this night from Fantasyland for something different. Plan B, if it looks like she's a little short on patience will be watching Wishes from the train station so a quick exit can be made.
I know it seems like a waste to go to the parks for such a short time the morning of a party we have tickets to, but we're on the military tickets and our departure day is the only other day we'd be able to use the ticket-but we've got off site plans that day since it's a partial day in Orlando anyways.
