*****Official October 2011 Thread*****

[sjs314]

You ladies are saints! I love my in-laws, don't get me wrong! But I just returned from a trip to Mexico with them that they planned. First of all, I don't like relinquishing control over plans. Also they just drove my FI and I crazy.. We like to do things just the two of us... We're excited to be our own family finally! So yeah, never again!

Here are my ADRs finally! I actually made them the morning before I left on that trip to Mexico. I was a bit busy... I think that these are pretty much as I want them. I will point out any problems I'm having though!

Remember that we have the Regular Dining Plan. Also if you can answer any of my Qs, you totally rock!!!

Saturday, October 1st: Wedding Day!!

Sunday, October 2nd: Fly to WDW
Brunch
Drive to the airport
Magical Express! When I see the CMs with the Mickey hands, I start jumping!
Here's my first issue: the only night we have free to see F! is Sunday night. I'm afraid we'll miss it, because we still have to do the post wedding brunch, then the whole airport then, and then provided airline tickets weren't too expensive for the earliest, fastest flight and the flight itself isn't delayed, and ME is fast enough, and Disney transportation isn't running behind...... You get the idea! FI is in love with the idea of F! I'm stressing.. What do I do Dissers?!

Monday, October 3rd: Hollywood Studios Day
See I was really hoping F! would be today!
Lunch at Toy Story Pizza Planet
Sci-Fi Dine-In 6:35 pm (Because to quote FI, "Its more of a dinner place" I think he might be referring to the ceiling....)

Tuesday, October 4th: EPCOT Day
My fave!
F&W/Drinking Around the World
Ohana 6:35 pm
I'm feeling the crunch on getting from EPCOT, to the Poly, and then back this day, but there are EMH that night...

Wednesday, October 5th: Animal Kingdom Day
Lunch at Flame Tree
Boma 7:00 pm
I have a feeling the buses might be a pain this night, because AK will be closed. What will be the easiest way to get back to CSR? The quickest and easiest way would be to take a taxi, but you could take a bus to DTD or one of the parks that is open later that night then catch a bus to CSR.Thursday, October 6th: Magic Kingdom/MNSSHP (Yeah, still hoping!) Day
1900 Park Fare 8:05 am
Dinner in the park/CSR pre-party
Is 8 am too early on the day of MNSSHP? Keep in mind that we are college students that are used to fairly crazy schedules. We do "go out" and the next day, we'll get it pretty relaxed..

Friday, October 7th: Chillax/What did we miss?/DTD Day
Lunch wherever we happen to be (Hopefully by the pool!)
Raglan Road 7:00pm

Saturday, October 8th: Back to MK/What did we miss? Day 2
Romantical dinner at Artist Point 6:00pm
We'll be able to make it over for Wishes, right? Provided service is good, I guess.. Should not be a problem since you can take the water taxi over to MKSunday, October 9th: Fly Home Day
No ADRs this day. Just playing it by ear..

Thanks loves!

Congratulations on the upcoming wedding !

 

[sjs314]

If anyone is waiting on flights from JB for after 10/29 they will be extending their schedule to Jan 3 Tomorrow Wed 4/27!

 

[stephielela]

Well after 20 minutes of going back and forth between my desk top, laptop and phone, I finally got my ADR's done by 5:30 (I live in the midwest).

10/24 11:35 am Le Cellier
10/26 10:20 am Tusker House
10/27 11 am Kona Cafe

I couldn't find anything perfect for our MNSSHP day...

Also I called PL and they don't have the extended hours out yet, so I will have to wait on that.

 

[Family Loves Disney]

WOW! You all are some chatty Cathys. lol. I am working on updating the list now.

No, I have a total of seven. There always seem to be people searching for one though so I'm not a big rush to find the other three. Mainly I would like it to be a group of three so we equal exactly ten. When you call they will ask for the names and ages of all the children. I don't think they asked for the adult's names but I definitely remember the children. She also made a point of saying no outside food or drink. Well, DD is diabetic and we don't go anywhere without our emergency stash in her bag so I hope they overlook it. I mentioned it to the CM but she kind of glossed over it mentioning that they would have chips and soda on the boat. Unless they have 100% apple juice that will do me no good.

My family will be spending the day at DHS so we will have 50's Prime Time for dinner before heading out just before park closing to take a boat to the YC.

Do you need my info or do you want to wait or did I give it to you already? Can't remember, having a blond or senior moment can't tell. lol. As for your daughter, I will bring some glucose tablets with me just in case she needs them. I got your back girl!

It seems not everyone is a planner such as we are I like to have as much scheduled way ahead of time. My rental car is reserved, plane tickets paid, photo pass CD pre-ordered, already working on costume idea, have a box where all my disney trip stuff goes into well you get the idea. I am already planning our June vacation to disney with my kiddos. My 12 yr. old son wants to stay at AK, and I need to convince DD since she graduates high school next year. What time did they tell you to show up for the cruise? You are doing the Illuminations or Wishes? I will wait and see what you thought of the cruise since you travel before us.

You got your photo pass CD pre ordered already? Wow, you are efficient! I usually don't get my pin for that till right before we leave for WDW.

We have a list with our trip dates and ADR's. What if we added MNSSHP and Wishes Dessert dates to the list? I would love to meet up with my fellow October planners to at least say "hi" and chat for a bit.

great... I'll wait for Shannon's opinion since she initially started the thread.

Thanks.. I need to make early dining reservations then.

I think that is a great idea! Do you want to do it or do you want me to do it? Let me know, I am easy (shhh, don't tell dh, lol)

Has anyone had any problems with booking a lunch reservation for LeCellier in October?

I was hoping to get a 1pm ADR for late October. But whenever I "practice" my reservations online, LeCellier is never available. Granted, when I "practice", I am using dates that are 180 or less. But when when I actually book, I'll be trying for a date at 186 days, so I hope that will help?

I got Le Cellier for 11:30 on the 18th. I am sure you will be able to get the time you want. Good Luck.

 

[Family Loves Disney]

newbies to the thread and our little family .

The list is up to date as of now, please check to see if everything is correct. ilovepete and Mommison, as soon as you have your vacation dates and resort info, I will add you to the list.

 

[Catira]

Thanks Shannon for all the time and effort you put into this thread

You got your photo pass CD pre ordered already? Wow, you are efficient! I usually don't get my pin for that till right before we leave for WDW.
I found a $99 preorder code and went ahead and took care of that.


I think that is a great idea! Do you want to do it or do you want me to do it? Let me know, I am easy (shhh, don't tell dh, lol)
Shannon, if I am not burdening you with another task I will let you add the MNSSHP info. Maybe you can add it to the beginning of the thread where it's easier to find? After all the time I am here seeking advice, suggestions, and sharing with others our October trips it would be nice to have a dismeet. [/QUOTE

 

[Family Loves Disney]

Thanks Shannon for all the time and effort you put into this thread

You got your photo pass CD pre ordered already? Wow, you are efficient! I usually don't get my pin for that till right before we leave for WDW.
I found a $99 preorder code and went ahead and took care of that.


I think that is a great idea! Do you want to do it or do you want me to do it? Let me know, I am easy (shhh, don't tell dh, lol)
Shannon, if I am not burdening you with another task I will let you add the MNSSHP info. Maybe you can add it to the beginning of the thread where it's easier to find? After all the time I am here seeking advice, suggestions, and sharing with others our October trips it would be nice to have a dismeet. [/QUOTE

I would love to have DISmeets with everyone. I can do it. And I will have to find my pin number from last year and check if it still works. Thanks for the info.

 

[Family Loves Disney]

You have asked and I will provide. I will add MNSSHP and the Wishes Dessert Party to the list on the first post.

My only request is that you PM me the info. I don't have the time to go through all the posts to find your MNSSHP/WDP day. Love you all!

 

[Catira]

You have asked and I will provide. I will add MNSSHP and the Wishes Dessert Party to the list on the first post.

My only request is that you PM me the info. I don't have the time to go through all the posts to find your MNSSHP/WDP day. Love you all!

Shannon here is the link I found for the $99 preorder. http://www.disneyphotopass.com/previsitoffer.aspx

 

[Family Loves Disney]

Shannon here is the link I found for the $99 preorder. http://www.disneyphotopass.com/previsitoffer.aspx

Thanks! I appreciate it.

 

[LJD2143]

WOW! You all are some chatty Cathys. lol.

That's exactly why I love this thread so much!

 

[Family Loves Disney]

That's exactly why I love this thread so much!

Me too. I feel like we are all family now, instead of new friends.

 

[LJD2143]

Thanks Shannon for all the time and effort you put into this thread

Ditto!

After all the time I am here seeking advice, suggestions, and sharing with others our October trips it would be nice to have a dismeet.

Exactly!

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Oct 23 - CRT - party of 3 - 10:25A
Oct 25 - LTT - party of 3 - 4:30P
Oct 26 - Wonderland Tea Party - party of 1 - 2:00P
Oct 27 - Tusker House - party of 3 - 8:30A
Oct 28 - Pirate's League - party of 3 - 3:10 & 3:30

OK, after 20 minutes of trying online (I was using IE to start) I decided to wait and call. My DD is battling a cold and was cranky again this morning, which would've been her first day back to day care since getting her on Thursday with a fever, so I kept her home again. Luckily I can work from home so I'm not missing any time, but I'm still fairly new to the job so I don't like doing it that much. My husband was already 45 minutes into his trip to work so there was no turning around at that point.

Anyway, phone reservations worked great, as usual, and the only minor adjustment was our first reservation at CP. I wanted closer to 5:30 but it was 4:50 or 5:50 and earlier is better here since we'll be cranky from travel, I'm sure. Here we go:

10/23 - Crystal Palace, 4:50 PM
10/24 - Tony's, 5:30 PM
10/25 - Akershus breakfast, 8:30 AM
10/26 - Tusker House breakfast with Donald, 8:40
- 1900 PF, 5:00 PM
10/27 - CS day, no TS reservations
10/28 - Kona Cafe, 5:30 PM

That's it! All at the times we wanted except CP, but I'm fine with that reservation since every time I've gone we've had at least a 20 minute wait to be seated anyway. It's all good.

Hope everyone else had good luck!!

Woo hoo! Logged in this morning at 6:20am and had no problems what so ever, got everything we wanted!

10/25-Crystal Palace 8:35am. So excited to be in the MK before it opens! I have never done that before.

10/26-Yachtsman Steakhouse for our 8th wedding anniversary dinner at 7:30pm. Excited to try a new restaurant.

10/28-Biergarten @ 6:30pm. Sooo glad they fixed the glitch in the system and we could get to eat here. It's my DH's favorite and would have been super disappointed if we had to choose some where else!


Congrats to everyone else who got what they wanted! Now the waiting begins!

Well all my ADR's and activities are booked (except for Golf which is 90 days)

10/21 - Lilo & Stich Breakfast - 8:55
Whispering Canyon 5:25
10/22 Ohana 5:00
10/23 Captain Grill 6:45
10/24 1900 7:00
10/25 Tony's 2:35/5:15
Pirate Cruise for dd 9:30
Pirate League 2:25 (I want a later time for lunch at Tony's but since at this time, we couldnt get an earlier time and have us for a Dinner reservation but will keep trying for a later Pirate League time)
10/26 Akershaus 9:30
Whispering Canyon 9:15 p.m.
10/27 Mama Melrose/Fanstamic 3:30
Wonderland tea party 2:00
10/28 - no table service
10/29 - Crystal Palace 8:05 than home

I am pretty happy with my times except for the pirate League. But will work on that throughout the months.

I've got a little downtime here at work, so I figured "why not add my info to the October thread?" So that is what I am going to do. Those in charge of the thread, do what you want with the information. My girlfriend and I will be staying at AKL from 10/21-10/29 We booked right after NYE so we are 1/3 of the way through our waiting.

We booked our ADR's on Sunday and got the following:

10/21- Wanyama Safari
10/22- Cali Grill- 7:50
10/23- The Plaza- 4:25 (MNSSHP hopefully)
10/24- Chef's Tasting Wine Dinner @ Flying Fish- 5:45
10/25- La Hacienda- 6:30
10/26- 50's PTC- 12:05 and Citricos- 9:50
10/28- Shula's- 7:00
10/29- Chef Mickey's Breakfast- 9:30

My girlfriend and I decided to go all out this time around since we don't know when we will make it back (I might also be proposing at some point on the trip).

Ok I made my ADRs this morning. I wasn't quite as excited about getting up and getting them done this morning as I normally would have been b/c my DD2 has been sick since Sunday and NOT sleeping well--which is very usual for her even when she is sick. So I was SO tired when the alarm went off at 4:45 am....but I'm done complaining now

Sunday, Oct 23
Rose & Crown 6:30pm I was really hoping for later b/c this is our arrival day....we are driving and probably won't get to our resort until 4:30 but it will do. I was really hoping for 7:30-8:00 time, but I know Rose & Crown can be popular that late b/c of patio seating during Illuminations.

Mon, Oct 24
Boma 7:00pm First time trying Boma!

Tues, Oct 25
counter service meals

Wed, Oct 26
Crystal Palace 12:45 pm

Thurs, Oct 27
Akershus 1:20pm First time here!!

Fri, Oct 28
CRT 10:00am
MNSSHP

You ladies are saints! I love my in-laws, don't get me wrong! But I just returned from a trip to Mexico with them that they planned. First of all, I don't like relinquishing control over plans. Also they just drove my FI and I crazy.. We like to do things just the two of us... We're excited to be our own family finally! So yeah, never again!

Here are my ADRs finally! I actually made them the morning before I left on that trip to Mexico. I was a bit busy... I think that these are pretty much as I want them. I will point out any problems I'm having though!

Remember that we have the Regular Dining Plan. Also if you can answer any of my Qs, you totally rock!!!

Saturday, October 1st: Wedding Day!!

Sunday, October 2nd: Fly to WDW
Brunch
Drive to the airport
Magical Express! When I see the CMs with the Mickey hands, I start jumping!
Here's my first issue: the only night we have free to see F! is Sunday night. I'm afraid we'll miss it, because we still have to do the post wedding brunch, then the whole airport then, and then provided airline tickets weren't too expensive for the earliest, fastest flight and the flight itself isn't delayed, and ME is fast enough, and Disney transportation isn't running behind...... You get the idea! FI is in love with the idea of F! I'm stressing.. What do I do Dissers?!

Monday, October 3rd: Hollywood Studios Day
See I was really hoping F! would be today!
Lunch at Toy Story Pizza Planet
Sci-Fi Dine-In 6:35 pm (Because to quote FI, "Its more of a dinner place" I think he might be referring to the ceiling....)

Tuesday, October 4th: EPCOT Day
My fave!
F&W/Drinking Around the World
Ohana 6:35 pm
I'm feeling the crunch on getting from EPCOT, to the Poly, and then back this day, but there are EMH that night...

Wednesday, October 5th: Animal Kingdom Day
Lunch at Flame Tree
Boma 7:00 pm
I have a feeling the buses might be a pain this night, because AK will be closed. What will be the easiest way to get back to CSR?

Thursday, October 6th: Magic Kingdom/MNSSHP (Yeah, still hoping!) Day
1900 Park Fare 8:05 am
Dinner in the park/CSR pre-party
Is 8 am too early on the day of MNSSHP? Keep in mind that we are college students that are used to fairly crazy schedules. We do "go out" and the next day, we'll get it pretty relaxed..

Friday, October 7th: Chillax/What did we miss?/DTD Day
Lunch wherever we happen to be (Hopefully by the pool!)
Raglan Road 7:00pm

Saturday, October 8th: Back to MK/What did we miss? Day 2
Romantical dinner at Artist Point 6:00pm
We'll be able to make it over for Wishes, right? Provided service is good, I guess..

Sunday, October 9th: Fly Home Day
No ADRs this day. Just playing it by ear..

Thanks loves!

Here's where we are right now.

10/14
Plaza 7pm
10/15
Le Cellier 12:20PM
Rose and Crown 8:40pm
10/16
T-rex 5pm
10/17
Sci-Fi 6pm
10/18
Nothing yet
10/19
Wishes Dessert Party (when booked i'll let you know the time)


That's it for now.

Well after 20 minutes of going back and forth between my desk top, laptop and phone, I finally got my ADR's done by 5:30 (I live in the midwest).

10/24 11:35 am Le Cellier
10/26 10:20 am Tusker House
10/27 11 am Kona Cafe

I couldn't find anything perfect for our MNSSHP day...

Also I called PL and they don't have the extended hours out yet, so I will have to wait on that.

WOW!! Another busy day of ADR making!! I've added everyone's to the list on the top of page 30! I will repost the list shortly. Let me know if there are any mistakes and I will be sure to fix them!

 

[KEPE]

Congrats to everyone on getting your ADR's. I was playing today and was still could have booked things (I didn't change but could have, lol). There was availability at some of the popular places. I wonder if that is a good sign for us that maybe the crowds will be lighter during Oct??

 

[stephielela]

Nikki~ I added an ADR! 10/23 5:10 pm Chef Mickey's! Thanks for keeping up on this!

 

[tlenzendorf]

I will be keeping track in this post of all who are doing a YES program. PM me your date and what class you are doing and I will keep it updated.

October 17
Ocean Discoveries
Peanut1

October 21
ociana-? Class

October 25
Wild by Design
tlenzendorf
LJD2143

 

[FutureMrs.Incredible]

Congratulations on the upcoming wedding !

Thanks so much - for the advice and the well wishes!!

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Nikki~ I added an ADR! 10/23 5:10 pm Chef Mickey's! Thanks for keeping up on this!

Got it!

 

[Rorey]

ok ladies, someone on another board I frequent received an Oct. PIN to their name today (they called and asked), so they are starting to pop up. Unfortunately for us we found out we have a FD PIN attached to our name right now, but it's only goo until August, so it does us no good. I'm really hoping we get another one for the Oct. trip.