**Official** Sept 20-27th Support Group Thread!

[AmberI]

Any one at CRT Sept 28th around 8:30, or the aloha show on the 26th?

 

[tggrrstarr]

So close! Doing the Aloha show on the 27th.

 

[weesignlanguage]

We (me, dh and ds who will be turning 4 the week after we return from WDW...we are celebrating his b'day ALL week!!) are going to be at WDW Sept. 19-28. We are staying at the ASMovies!! First time staying here...we've only stayed at CSR beforeback in Jan. 07 and 08. We got Free DDP and upgraded to deluxe! Here are our ADRs so far...still toying with changing a few but we'll see!

18th-drive halfway to Jacksonville, Fl and spend the night
19th-drive to Orlando and arrive by 11am...check in and hop over to MK for a few rides...TEA CUPS...my ds fave ride!! Then go to Epcot for EMH and eat at Garden Grill for dinner.
20th- B-Ohana
L-Plaza
D-Crystal Palace (my dh's fave so we are eating there alot)
21st-B-CP (again)
L-CRT
D-Tony's Town Square
22nd-B-Askershus Princess B'fast
L-Le Cellier
D-Hoop Dee Doo review
23rd-B-CP (again)
L-Liberty Tree
D-1900 Park Fare and then off to MNSSHP
24th-B-H and V
L-Sci Fi
D-Mama Melrose
25th-B-1900 Park Fare
L-Yak and Yeti
D-Ohana (hope to get a b'day wish for ds by getting a window seat for Wishes view and water parade...our ressie is at 7:45 and wishes is at 9pm...we will eat slow...lol)
26th-B-Kona
L-Teppan Edo
D-Coral Reef (booked diver and menus for this night to suprise ds and dh) then off to watch Illuminations b/c it's last night at Epcot
27th-B-Chef Mickey's
L-CP (one more time)
D- LTT then off to watch SpectroMagic and Wishes b/c it's last night at MK...

 

[sunnyday123]

I really don't think I am a) going to be able to keep this a secret from my daughter till 9/18 and b) going to make it to 9/18 ---I am too excited to sleep now!!!


and I really like posting so I can watch my ticker go down!

 

[missj1975]

Anyone going to the Halloween parties? I bought tickets for the 23th and the 26th. I can't wait!!!

 

[sunnyday123]

We'll be there the 23rd.....IF I ever get my tickts!!!!

 

[missj1975]

My tickets for the 23rd MNSSHP came in today but not the 26th yet. One ticket has Cinderella and her prince on it. The other ticket has Mickey, Goofy, and Donald riding the teacups. I already have the teacup design from a pirate and princess party that I went to in January. I was hoping they would come up with new designs. Oh well, they are still cute tickets.

 

[ohwell329]

Hi guys Im fairly new to the DIS..but love it already!
My hubby and son (3) will be at walt disney on Sept 20-27th!! Im so excited I can hardly contain myself, this is our first trip.
We are staying at pop and I have all of our ADR's set. Im a planner by nature and am driving my husband crazy!!!
our plans are:
Sat arrival-downtown disney
Sun Liberty tree tavern late lunch
Mon AK-Whispering canyon dinner
Tues MGM-Brown derby fantasmic pck
Wed the beach!
Thurs Crystal palace breakfast, Tonys town square dinner
Fri Chef Mickey
Sat headed home!

Maybe Ill see ya there!!

 

[oregonmommyof2]

My family and I will be there the 17th to the 26th... I am driving everyone crazy with the planning, but dh is driving me crazy about which new camera to buy, so I say we are even... lol...

Our ADR's
Liberty Tree Tavern -dinner
Akershus -breakfast
Garden Grill -Dinner
Whispering Canyon -dinner
Donald's Safari Breakfast
Rainforest Cafe -dinner
Ohana -breakfast
Planet Hollywood -lunch
Chef Mickey's -breakfast
1900 Park Fare -dinner
Crystal Palace -dinner
50's Prime Time -dinner

We have tickets for MNSSHP for the 23rd, my DD has an appointment for BBB that afternoon also...
I made reservations at Simba's Cubhouse for the kids, anybody ever use them before? Would love to hear feed back...
We are staying at ASMovies

 

[disneymom727]

We are staying at POR that week. We are taking our daughter for the first time. She will be celebrating her first birthday on the 20th. We got all the ADR's we wanted though we had to be flexible with times and dates. The only bummer with that was that we wanted to go to Chef Mickey's for our daugters actual b-day dinner but they didn't have anything available. So we're going later in the week which will be fine. This is the first time we will be park hopping so that should be interesting too. It helped with being able to get the restaurants we wanted. We haven't been to WDW in two years so we're REALLY excited already. Our baby gets excited about everything so she should be a lot of fun (we're hoping she'll stay that way). My husband has started listening to Disney Podcasts (not something he normally does)to help with the planning. We got something in the mail yesterday and my son (5) was showing his baby sister the maps this morning and telling her which rides she could and could not ride. It was so cute!!

 

[sunnyday123]

My tickets for the 23rd MNSSHP came in today but not the 26th yet. One ticket has Cinderella and her prince on it. The other ticket has Mickey, Goofy, and Donald riding the teacups. I already have the teacup design from a pirate and princess party that I went to in January. I was hoping they would come up with new designs. Oh well, they are still cute tickets.

Yay! I finally got my tickets last week!! They are too cute. I have the Cindy/Prince and teacup ones too. Now, I am confused about the party. Do we have to leave at 4 and come back in? ( If I stay, I am trying to tell myself to go back to the hotel for r&r!) does the party start at 4 or 7? And what time do the non-partiers have to leave??

 

[missj1975]

Yay! I finally got my tickets last week!! They are too cute. I have the Cindy/Prince and teacup ones too. Now, I am confused about the party. Do we have to leave at 4 and come back in? ( If I stay, I am trying to tell myself to go back to the hotel for r&r!) does the party start at 4 or 7? And what time do the non-partiers have to leave??

No you don't have to leave at 4 and come back in. There will be a check point inside the park to get your wristband and trick or treat bag. Last time is was near the castle. Any CM should be able to tell you where the check point is. Or you can go back to the front to get your wristbands but you won't have to exit the park.

The party technically starts at 7 but Disney starts letting party guests use their tickets at 4pm. This is good for people who don't want to use a regular ticket to get into the park. They can maximize the value of their party ticket by using it to get in at 4 (essentially 3 free hours of Magic Kingdom time).

The non-party ticket holders are suppose to leave at 7pm. Two years ago they would close the park completely at six to get rid of the party goers. Disney changed that practice and now they just leave the park open and tell people to leave by posting party signs and having CM's check for wristbands. The CM's are very good about checking the wristbands and won't let non-ticket holders ride any rides or even stand in line for a character greeting.

I highly suggest getting to the party before seven because the front can get quite crowded around 7 with people arriving and leaving at the same time.

 

[sunnyday123]

No you don't have to leave at 4 and come back in. There will be a check point inside the park to get your wristband and trick or treat bag. Last time is was near the castle. Any CM should be able to tell you where the check point is. Or you can go back to the front to get your wristbands but you won't have to exit the park.

The party technically starts at 7 but Disney starts letting party guests use their tickets at 4pm. This is good for people who don't want to use a regular ticket to get into the park. They can maximize the value of their party ticket by using it to get in at 4 (essentially 3 free hours of Magic Kingdom time).

The non-party ticket holders are suppose to leave at 7pm. Two years ago they would close the park completely at six to get rid of the party goers. Disney changed that practice and now they just leave the park open and tell people to leave by posting party signs and having CM's check for wristbands. The CM's are very good about checking the wristbands and won't let non-ticket holders ride any rides or even stand in line for a character greeting.

I highly suggest getting to the party before seven because the front can get quite crowded around 7 with people arriving and leaving at the same time.

Hmmm.....I forsee a call to the dining # in my immediate future.....

 

[MickeyFan84]

The only bummer with that was that we wanted to go to Chef Mickey's for our daugters actual b-day dinner but they didn't have anything available.

Keep checking back with Dining - people cancel ressies all the time so your date might open up. I've already been able to get some times that I couldn't get right after the free dining packages were announced.

 

[FanOfStitch]

We are staying at POR that week. We are taking our daughter for the first time. She will be celebrating her first birthday on the 20th. We got all the ADR's we wanted though we had to be flexible with times and dates. The only bummer with that was that we wanted to go to Chef Mickey's for our daugters actual b-day dinner but they didn't have anything available. So we're going later in the week which will be fine. This is the first time we will be park hopping so that should be interesting too. It helped with being able to get the restaurants we wanted. We haven't been to WDW in two years so we're REALLY excited already. Our baby gets excited about everything so she should be a lot of fun (we're hoping she'll stay that way). My husband has started listening to Disney Podcasts (not something he normally does)to help with the planning. We got something in the mail yesterday and my son (5) was showing his baby sister the maps this morning and telling her which rides she could and could not ride. It was so cute!!

Your daughter has an awesome birthday (mine is the same day) and she's cutie! This is the first time I get to celebrate my actual birthday at the World too. Normally I hate my birthday, but this year I can't wait!

 

[disneymom727]

Thanks. That must be a popular day we know 2 other people born on that same day as well. A very, very early happy birthday to you!!

 

[tmfranlk]

I'm joining in at the last minute too! Just changed our dates to Sept 19-28.

 

[Katiebell]

I'm joining in at the last minute too! Just changed our dates to Sept 19-28.

Yay, welcome to the club! And I see from your sig that your husband is going with you for the first time? How cool!

 

[tmfranlk]

Yay, welcome to the club! And I see from your sig that your husband is going with you for the first time? How cool!

Yes he is and we're so excited! Since we've been married, I've been at least 8 times and DD has been 5 times and he's never gone along. He's said he would for at least 3 of those trips, but always backs out along the way. This time, though, he has promised DD and talks to her about it regularly so I know it's really a go! He'll probably only do 4 days at the parks with us, but we've both got our fingers crossed that help love it at least enough to go again. (He's kind of a loner by nature and by mental necessity so crowds, and even just the 2 of us around is a "crowd" sometimes , and lots of togetherness is a little more than he can handle sometimes.)

 

[Katiebell]

Yes he is and we're so excited! Since we've been married, I've been at least 8 times and DD has been 5 times and he's never gone along. He's said he would for at least 3 of those trips, but always backs out along the way. This time, though, he has promised DD and talks to her about it regularly so I know it's really a go! He'll probably only do 4 days at the parks with us, but we've both got our fingers crossed that help love it at least enough to go again. (He's kind of a loner by nature and by mental necessity so crowds, and even just the 2 of us around is a "crowd" sometimes , and lots of togetherness is a little more than he can handle sometimes.)

Yep, my DH is similar, and hates crowds, but he definitely loves Disney. Pixie dust to you that it's a magical vacation and your DH has a wonderful time with you and your DD