*** OFFICIAL January 2013 Thread ***

[shalom]

I guess we will focus on meeting Ariel and doing the LIttle Mermaid ride. Are either of these available with FastPasses?

There's a FastPass for the Little Mermaid ride, I believe.

I forgot meeting MErida in the mix.

She's at the top of the MK list for my middle daughter!

 

[ag98]

WOWZA! Our trip is getting here quick....

 

[mickeyplanner]

There's a FastPass for the Little Mermaid ride, I believe.



She's at the top of the MK list for my middle daughter!

I wonder if we should pull fastpasses for the ride after RD while we wait to meet Ariel in her Grotto?

 

[dalgal101]

There's a FastPass for the Little Mermaid ride, I believe.

She's at the top of the MK list for my middle daughter!

The que for LM is supposed to be really neat so you may want to go through it if it isn't to long.

 

[DaveinFallsChurch]

I wonder if we should pull fastpasses for the ride after RD while we wait to meet Ariel in her Grotto?

You may not need a FP to ride Under the Sea if you're planning on going within the first 30 minutes after park opening. The wait times probably will be 10 minutes or less that early in the morning for most January days and you could save your FP for Peter Pan if you're planning on trying that attraction.

 

[lvcourtneyy]

Our flight leaves at 6:45 am tomorrow! So excited- 18 hours to go!

 

[3Paige14]

Leaving Saturday evening. This trip can't come soon enough. Had our last family gettogether yesterday. Now time to start getting ready.

 

[SingingMom]

Leaving Saturday evening. This trip can't come soon enough. Had our last family gettogether yesterday. Now time to start getting ready.

Cleaning up from a party of 50. TOMORROW I start packing!!! :-D

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[mickeyplanner]

The que for LM is supposed to be really neat so you may want to go through it if it isn't to long.

Good point about checking out the que, it does sound like a must do.

You may not need a FP to ride Under the Sea if you're planning on going within the first 30 minutes after park opening. The wait times probably will be 10 minutes or less that early in the morning for most January days and you could save your FP for Peter Pan if you're planning on trying that attraction.

Thanks for the advice, now I am wondering if we should FP Peter Pan, then head over to meet Ariel and then do the Little Mermaid ride?

 

[angie74]

T-minus 9 days until we arrive in Disney World. So many things to do, so little time.

 

[Chocolab23]

She's at the top of the MK list for my middle daughter!

She's the top of my list too, I'll be so disappointed if she's not there!

 

[DaveinFallsChurch]

Good point about checking out the que, it does sound like a must do.

Thanks for the advice, now I am wondering if we should FP Peter Pan, then head over to meet Ariel and then do the Little Mermaid ride?

That sounds like a good plan. If you pull the FPs for PP on your way to New FL at rope drop, you'll be getting a return time window of 9:45-10:45am which will give you plenty of time to do both Grotto and Under the Sea. Are you planning on doing Enchanted Tales with Belle?

 

[forever-maria]

Here now! Very foggy. EMH started at 8am and we were in the park at 7:45 and feeling very early and proud of ourselves, until we got to Enchanted Tales and saw a 120 min posted wait and the CMs said they opened the park at 7am!! Oh dear. Still excited to be here.

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

H & I booked a last minute, adults-only, long weekend in WDW from 1/24 to 1/27! We're going to be there for my 30th birthday

This will be our 2nd trip to the World... our first trip was in November with our 3 girls and we are HOOKED ON DISNEY!

I really wanted to do something special for my 30th and we were looking at going to Mexico for 3 nights, but we had so so so much fun in November that we decided to just go back!

We are doing a more budget friendly trip this time since it's just the two of us. We are staying at Pop (previously stayed at AoA- Nemo) and are doing the DDP (previously did the DxDP -- NEVER AGIAN, toooooo much food!)

Here's our schedule:

Thursday 1/24: Arrive @ MCO from Newark around 4:30p. Check in to hotel and head to DTD for the night. Use 1 counter service meal for dinner.

Friday 1/25: 7:10a Chef Mickey, arrive @ AK for Rope Drop (opens @ 9), ride Expedition Everest and some Dino Land rides, maybe do the safari, then head over to MK for lunch (hoping for BOG!), rides until 4p then we'll head out for out 5:30 dinner @ Cape May Cafe Clam Bake, then off to Epcot for EMH until 11p.

Saturday 1/26 (My 30th birthday!): Breakfast at Pop, 8a EMH @ DHS, ride TSM, RnR & ToT then head over to MK around noon, CS lunch, rides until MSEP at 7p - we'll watch it from the start so we can head out the fron gate as soon as it's over so we can head to Poly for Wishes on the beach @ 8 and 'Ohana birthday dinner at 8:40p. Back to the hotel after dinner to go to bed early.

Sunday 1/27: Our flight leaves @ 8:10a, so we will be up & out early.

We have a jam packed 3 days, but that's what I wanted. Our goal is to hit all of our favorite rides! We were lucky enough to get into the Fantasy Land Expansion during previews in November so we won't be going in there this trip, except to try BOG for lunch (maybe -- depends on the line).

We are also crossing our figners for a bounceback so we can bring our girls back in December next year.

 

[Marshay]

Welcome to all the new January folks! I'll try to update the first page later today...been a little busy packing for my trip in 9 days!!!

 

[TruBlu]

Really getting excited now that the Holidays are over... Makes it a little easier to come to work on a cold January morning knowing I'll be with Mickey in less than 3 weeks!!!

 

[mickeyplanner]

That sounds like a good plan. If you pull the FPs for PP on your way to New FL at rope drop, you'll be getting a return time window of 9:45-10:45am which will give you plenty of time to do both Grotto and Under the Sea. Are you planning on doing Enchanted Tales with Belle?

We were lucky enough to do Enchanted Tales with Belle over Labor Day and DH was picked to be in the story that day with Belle. So we are going to pass on it this trip.

Here now! Very foggy. EMH started at 8am and we were in the park at 7:45 and feeling very early and proud of ourselves, until we got to Enchanted Tales and saw a 120 min posted wait and the CMs said they opened the park at 7am!! Oh dear. Still excited to be here.

I am so glad that Enchanted Tales is not on our list to do twith 120 minute wait. Are you planning on trying to do BOG for lunch? If so will you post about the wait times?

 

[forever-maria]

The wait for enchanted tales was posted as 120 but ended up being 43 min. The animatronics alone were worth seeing! (we are four twenty year olds, two girls and two boys who couldn't stop talking about lumiere). We got in line for be our guest at 10:20 and then left after waiting ten minutes and a CM said we would have a TWO HOUR wait.

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

The wait for enchanted tales was posted as 120 but ended up being 43 min. The animatronics alone were worth seeing! (we are four twenty year olds, two girls and two boys who couldn't stop talking about lumiere). We got in line for be our guest at 10:20 and then left after waiting ten minutes and a CM said we would have a TWO HOUR wait.

Maybe I'll save it for our next trip

 

[Furrybunny]

Getting really excited. Only 21 days left to go! This will be our first trip with my two kids. We are staying at Port Orleans French Quarter January 24th-29th. Can anyone give me any advice on the plane ride as well as good rides and activities to do in the parks? DS is 22 months old and DD is 6 months old. I have been to the parks before and have some ideas, but i wanted feedback from some that have actually done it with kids this age.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

What does everyone think the weather will be like? I hope in the lower to mid 70s during the day!