~~*Official July 2013 Thread!*~~Our Month has Arrived!

[RHMH]

Yay! My favorite! Hope you guys enjoy it! [/QUOTE]

Yes, I do remember AKL is your favorite. With the GP discounts I could not pass it up, only a 250.00 difference between CBR Preferred and AKL Standard.

Maybe get some Birthday and get up graded.

 

[lmoores]

We added an ADR for Via Napoli on Friday, August 2 at 7; hope it's as good as we have heard as this will be our "last supper" at Disney for a long time!

 

[anjalee6]

Yay! My favorite! Hope you guys enjoy it!

Yes, I do remember AKL is your favorite. With the GP discounts I could not pass it up, only a 250.00 difference between CBR Preferred and AKL Standard.

Maybe get some Birthday and get up graded.[/QUOTE]

That was my temptation with the POLY this time around. I really thought I wanted to try something new and the discount is awesome, but I feel like we are going to miss AKL. Sigh! Maybe this fall when we go for MNSSHP.

We added an ADR for Via Napoli on Friday, August 2 at 7; hope it's as good as we have heard as this will be our "last supper" at Disney for a long time!

Got it! We love Via Napoli. I love the pizza and they have some yummy desserts. We haven't had a disappointing meal yet. It's one of our new must do retaurants.

 

[anjalee6]

Question of the day... Dining plan or OOP?

 

[anjalee6]

Question of the day... Dining plan or OOP?

We enjoy using the deluxe dining plan. It's not truly a real money saver, but we don't waste money either. Found that we really try to maximize using the plan by doing signature meals for dinner. We really enjoy trying new restaurants and new dishes. We love eating on vacation so it works well for us.

 

[RHMH]

Question of the day... Dining plan or OOP?

For DD and I, I don't think dining plans would work for us since we snack and eat all day, everyday.

Never have tried it, but I think we would use all of our credits by the third day.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

We added an ADR for Via Napoli on Friday, August 2 at 7; hope it's as good as we have heard as this will be our "last supper" at Disney for a long time!

We've been there twice. The last time was last week we had the pizza it was amazing!!!

We didn't even have an ADR and were able to be seated in 10 min. It was fantastic!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

We enjoy using the deluxe dining plan. It's not truly a real money saver, but we don't waste money either. Found that we really try to maximize using the plan by doing signature meals for dinner. We really enjoy trying new restaurants and new dishes. We love eating on vacation so it works well for us.

We used the deluxe plan for our anniversary trip. It was well worth it b/c like you said we used it mainly to eat at Signatures. It worked out great for the 2 of us.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Question of the day... Dining plan or OOP?

We did the DDP once with our kids and found it just doesn't save us money. My kids and myself just don't eat a whole lot.

So we are an OOP family.

And now since we have the condo we really don't have a choice so I'm glad we're not missing anything.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

This will be my first year going to F&W in October. Does anyone know when they announce the dates and how much are the tickets??

Thanks

 

[anjalee6]

This will be my first year going to F&W in October. Does anyone know when they announce the dates and how much are the tickets??

Thanks

The dates for 2013 are September 27- November 11. However, it's not a hard ticket event. All you need to attend is your regular park ticket. We love it, simply to try all the food items.

 

[RHMH]

I was going through my external hard drive and found these pictures. WOW, I miss the younger days.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

The dates for 2013 are September 27- November 11. However, it's not a hard ticket event. All you need to attend is your regular park ticket. We love it, simply to try all the food items.

I'm so excited!! Thanks so glad it's just regular park ticket Yay!!!

 

[anjalee6]

I'm so excited!! Thanks so glad it's just regular park ticket Yay!!!

The only thing that will cost extra are any of the specific classes or seminars that they have during that time period. LIke special food tastings, seminars on cooking with specific chefs, things like that. But to just walk around and enjoy the food and wine, you will just need your park ticket and of course, money to buy whatever food and beverages you want (unless you use your snack credit on the meal plan). We usually just use a gift card wrist band. Easy to swipe and pay for food and no need to keep taking out your wallet to pay.

The special events will usually be announced in July/August timeframe.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

The only thing that will cost extra are any of the specific classes or seminars that they have during that time period. LIke special food tastings, seminars on cooking with specific chefs, things like that. But to just walk around and enjoy the food and wine, you will just need your park ticket and of course, money to buy whatever food and beverages you want (unless you use your snack credit on the meal plan). We usually just use a gift card wrist band. Easy to swipe and pay for food and no need to keep taking out your wallet to pay.

The special events will usually be announced in July/August timeframe.

Thanks for the gift card idea!!! Sounds like a plan.

I should have asked this before too. We will also be hitting MNSSHP. Now I do know this is an extra ticket (I have been to MVMCP). Have they said dates for this yet?? Or when will they?

 

[SMWfamily]

I have a hint for those going to the Food and Wine fest. that most of you all ready know... I walked in the door in the am the day I visited, and went straight over to the left to guest services. We were with a park employee on his day off, so he got us to the front of the line ( the guy knows everyone who works at Dis. it's very cool and creepy at the same time!) They have these little cards on springy wristbands you can wear. We got our "food passports" lots of cool literature, maps, etc. and stuff for the scrap book. We loaded up our wristband cards with about 120 dollars each, and then just spent the day swiping them and trying everything in our path... delish! What ever money was left over at the end of our wonderful day we used to get souvenirs. The wrist band swiper thing is so incredibly convienient... we often got to move to the front of the line when paying, ahead of people paying cash.

ok just read back and saw that the post before me mentioned the wrist bands... still a good enough hint to mention twice lol

 

[ddluvsdisney]

I have a hint for those going to the Food and Wine fest. that most of you all ready know... I walked in the door in the am the day I visited, and went straight over to the left to guest services. We were with a park employee on his day off, so he got us to the front of the line ( the guy knows everyone who works at Dis. it's very cool and creepy at the same time!) They have these little cards on springy wristbands you can wear. We got our "food passports" lots of cool literature, maps, etc. and stuff for the scrap book. We loaded up our wristband cards with about 120 dollars each, and then just spent the day swiping them and trying everything in our path... delish! What ever money was left over at the end of our wonderful day we used to get souvenirs. The wrist band swiper thing is so incredibly convienient... we often got to move to the front of the line when paying, ahead of people paying cash.

ok just read back and saw that the post before me mentioned the wrist bands... still a good enough hint to mention twice lol

Thanks it was good info. And will definately be doing that.

 

[lisatav]

Question of the day... Dining plan or OOP?

We are using the regular dining plan. For us 3 adults and a child it works great! We have ARDs for 2 character meals and the fantasmic dinner package so for us it make sense. We like the convenience of the dining plan.

 

[anjalee6]

Thanks for the gift card idea!!! Sounds like a plan.

I should have asked this before too. We will also be hitting MNSSHP. Now I do know this is an extra ticket (I have been to MVMCP). Have they said dates for this yet?? Or when will they?

From what I have heard (we are planning on going this year again also), the annoucement of dates will be made on May 1. I believe that is also when the tickets go on sale.

We are getting our tickets for Halloween. It is crowded, but the kids love it and it is a lot of fun especially for the parades, candy, and of course, Hallowishes. I also love the decorations that time of year. Can't wait!

 

[MaestroTK]

To the tune of 76 Trombones...

Seventy-six more sleeps 'til we hit the road.
With my wife and two kids, we'll be on our way.
With exactly a thousand miles 'til we are all smiles,
At the Lodge, where we will spend our stay.

Seventy-six more sleeps 'til we're out of here.
Can't wait to enjoy some precious family time.
We'll visit the parks all day, ('til our feet give way!),
And we know, its worth every single dime!