Official October 2020 Thread!

[TEAMJACOB]

39 more days and counting. Has anyone heard any rumors if Remy will be open?

 

[brewhome]

Hi friends-
Does anyone know how many days before your trip magic bands usually arrive?
I need some Mickey Mail to brighten my work week!

@Greta, I’ve always gotten mine around 25 days before our trip date. They are my favorite mail!

 

[Greta]

@Greta, I’ve always gotten mine around 25 days before our trip date. They are my favorite mail!

Thank you!

 

[Disneyfan754321]

Today I got an alert from AA that my flight changed our flight and it messed up most of our plans for arrival day. Is it hard to change your park reservations?

 

[brewhome]

Today I got an alert from AA that my flight changed our flight and it messed up most of our plans for arrival day. Is it hard to change your park reservations?

The same thing happened to us. You need to cancel the one you don’t want and then book a new one, but it’s super easy... just check availability prior to canceling.

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

Just moved our Sept trip to October with the extended AP discount. Excited to go in October again for a change!!!

 

[Wood Nymph]

We were able to apply the 40% annual passholder discount to our existing reservation at the Yacht Club, Oct 25th to 30th.

 

[CalSea12]

Finally figured out our 2020 resort! We found a great reservation at OKW 1400.00... that's what we were going to pay at POP! Anyways super excited!

 

[TEAMJACOB]

36 more days. But the best news of all, called Disney today and got the 30% discount. Saved $1,366.82.

 

[katyringo]

36 more days. But the best news of all, called Disney today and got the 30% discount. Saved $1,366.82.

What discount is this?

 

[katyringo]

What discount is this?

Edit: I was able to call and have the new discount applied to our room. Saved about $150 at our 5 night stay at pop with 4 day tickets and memory maker.

 

[Disneyfan754321]

What discount is this?

Save up to $125 per night on the room portion of a package at select official Walt Disney World resorts for most dates September 4 through December 25, 2020. There is no minimum stay length.

Discounts (just for the room portion) off normal 2020 Disney World room rates:

Get $15 off (plus tax) per night at Fort Wilderness campsitesGet $25 off (plus tax) per night at select Value resortsGet $62.50 (plus tax) off per night at select Moderate resortsGet $125 (plus tax) off per night at select Deluxe & Deluxe Villa resorts
Or
Residents of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia
only can get up to 25% off room rates at official Walt Disney World resorts for most dates September 4 through December 25, 2020. There is no minimum stay length.

 

[SarahC97]

Just booked a trip for October 14-17 at the Swan for my daughter's birthday. What's the consensus about crowds during weeks that have traditionally been very crowded? We did this same week in 2016 and it was an absolute zoo, but I figure with limited attendance it won't be anywhere near what it normally is. Am I right to think this way?

 

[hauntedcity]

Just booked a trip for October 14-17 at the Swan for my daughter's birthday. What's the consensus about crowds during weeks that have traditionally been very crowded? We did this same week in 2016 and it was an absolute zoo, but I figure with limited attendance it won't be anywhere near what it normally is. Am I right to think this way?

We are very worried about this, too. October seems more and more crowded every year. I'm worried about "COVID fatigue" leading too many school families to crowd the parks.

 

[SarahC97]

We are very worried about this, too. October seems more and more crowded every year. I'm worried about "COVID fatigue" leading too many school families to crowd the parks.

But at least we know the capacity isn't what it normally is. Though I'm assuming it's not going to be the low waits and crowds that we've been seeing...I hope I'm wrong.

 

[katyringo]

Mouse dinning notified me today of some additional availabity at beaches and cream on October 23rd. I was able to modify to a better time for our reservation there. Might be worth checking other dates.

 

[Disneyfan754321]

Just booked a trip for October 14-17 at the Swan for my daughter's birthday. What's the consensus about crowds during weeks that have traditionally been very crowded? We did this same week in 2016 and it was an absolute zoo, but I figure with limited attendance it won't be anywhere near what it normally is. Am I right to think this way?

This has been the topic of our house the last few days... we added 5 days to our vacation so were thinking of moving our park days to weekdays.
From what I have found out is at HS it doesnt matter, all res hit capacity every day. The other parks have lower than normal capacity but the nice weather days seem to bring out the AP people mid day. I still think we have no worries.. especially if you have been to the parks during peak season before.
Btw if you have not checked out priceline lately you can get swan for $154 in opeiqe bedding. Check out the priceline forum

 

[AlohaNow]

Typically I’d be posting in the DLR thread for an October trip, but through a strange twist of fate DS14 and I are getting to spend a weekend at WDW! The entire family is going diving in the Keys over fall break and then just the two of us are sneaking up to Orlando, after everyone else goes home, for a weekend of Halloween Disney fun. We just booked this week and I can’t believe it worked out for us to go! He and I were supposed to be on a DCL to Cabo that same week, so I figure this is a consolation prize. We’ll be at Pop Oct 16-19 and we’ll do HS on Saturday and MK on Sunday. We depart late on Monday so I booked horseback riding at Fort Wilderness! We snagged a res at Droid Depot but don’t really do ADRs because I don’t know exactly when we’ll be hungry. QS is fine with us, we don’t need anything fancy. We’ve been traveling a bit this summer and know that flexibility is key!

I still just cannot believe that we get to do a Halloween Disney trip, which is my absolute favorite! I hope everyone has fun planning their trips! Doing the happy dance? Oh yeah!

 

[katyringo]

Typically I’d be posting in the DLR thread for an October trip, but through a strange twist of fate DS14 and I are getting to spend a weekend at WDW! The entire family is going diving in the Keys over fall break and then just the two of us are sneaking up to Orlando, after everyone else goes home, for a weekend of Halloween Disney fun. We just booked this week and I can’t believe it worked out for us to go! He and I were supposed to be on a DCL to Cabo that same week, so I figure this is a consolation prize. We’ll be at Pop Oct 16-19 and we’ll do HS on Saturday and MK on Sunday. We depart late on Monday so I booked horseback riding at Fort Wilderness! We snagged a res at Droid Depot but don’t really do ADRs because I don’t know exactly when we’ll be hungry. QS is fine with us, we don’t need anything fancy. We’ve been traveling a bit this summer and know that flexibility is key!

I still just cannot believe that we get to do a Halloween Disney trip, which is my absolute favorite! I hope everyone has fun planning their trips! Doing the happy dance? Oh yeah!

We are Disneyland folks too. I fact I run the October thread over there even though we aren’t going there in October anymore..

 

[Naomeri]

I’m planning to do a quick trip October 26-30, assuming I can get my planned LASIK done before then (because mask outdoors+glasses=me walking into walls )