Official September 2012 planning thread! List on page 30!

[KELLY]

Exactly why we're getting it. Plus it's our first time, so I want every cheesy photo. We'll be there for 8 days, so that is plenty of pictures to rack up, plus MNSSHP as well.

That is so true. The photos add up quick.

 

[Natalie's Mommy]

Today was my day for ADRs, i got up at 6:10 to book them and of course it wouldn't reconize my reservation so i had to wait until 7 to call. thank goodness for caffene or i'd be dead right now anyways here is what we have

11th whispering cannon 5:25 dinner
12th tusker house 9:30am
13th mama melrose F! 5:00&5:15
14th askershus 1:20
15th hoop dee do review 5:00
16th shutters 5:55&6:00
18th Ohana 7:00
19th 1900 park fare 4:30

i'm already starting to question the later time of the askershus. that is going to be our lunch but i figured if we push it back a little bit we would have more time to see the characters around the world and do sourin

We'll be at POFQ from Sept 18-25th!!! I can't wait to make my ADR's next Thursday!!! One less thing to think about!


A friend of mine posted about the new Photopass princing on Facebook. I will definately be purchasing mine this week. We always buy the photo cd. We typically have about 200 photos taken in a week and once I'm done editing them, we have almost 500-600!!! (I can't resist the borders and all the little extras) We stop at every single photographer that we see...drives my family nuts...but I love having everyone together in the pictures. It shows that I actually exist and I'm not just the trip photographer.

im the same way with the photopass people, my family is fine with it but it drives my mom batty!

i pre-ordered the CD today too for the photopass share im running on facebook disney isnt getting any more of my money than possible!

 

[basketkat]

Today was my day for ADRs, i got up at 6:10 to book them and of course it wouldn't reconize my reservation so i had to wait until 7 to call. thank goodness for caffene or i'd be dead right now anyways here is what we have

11th whispering cannon 5:25 dinner
12th tusker house 9:30am
13th mama melrose F! 5:00&5:15
14th askershus 1:20
15th hoop dee do review 5:00
16th shutters 5:55&6:00
18th Ohana 7:00
19th 1900 park fare 4:30

i'm already starting to question the later time of the askershus. that is going to be our lunch but i figured if we push it back a little bit we would have more time to see the characters around the world and do sourin




im the same way with the photopass people, my family is fine with it but it drives my mom batty!

i pre-ordered the CD today too for the photopass share im running on facebook disney isnt getting any more of my money than possible!

1900 Park Fare is SO fun! Your girls will love it!

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

Woohoo! I just made my one lonely ADR. Liberty Tree for dinner!

 

[masim]

Was on the computer by 6 AM today to make my ressies and of course it would not recognize my reservation as well. That's probably because I changed it about 6 times before free dining came out! Anyway made the following for our group of 4 adults and one 3 q/2 year old:
Wed 9/12 arrival day T-Rex 6:30 pm (had to call restaurant directly)
Fri 9/14 Akershus 8:05 am
Fri 9/14 Garden Grill 6:30 pm
Sat 9/15 Tusker House 8:00 am
Sat 9/15 Mickey's BBQ 6:30
Mon 9/17 50's Prime Time 5:15
I know we have a lot of character meals but it's DGD's 1st trip, so we think she'll love it, and we are hopeing to leave the park each day for some rest--not sure how that will work. Do you see any real flaws? TIA

 

[jimandami]

Can I join? We just cancelled our Sept DCL cruise but booked 8 nights at CSR with free dining instead. We will be there the 22nd-30th and are very excited to do MNSSHP for the first time. We are also finally going to do a water park and Mickey's Backyard BBQ. We sat down the other night and planned out our ADRs so now just have to wait for the 22nd!

 

[MsHershey]

Just booked our trip for 9/22 - 9/28/12! We are staying at Pop Century. I am so excited! This is a trip of a lifetime for my 25yo daughter and myself. We have both worked very hard and have lost 90 pounds each. I promised her if we lose weight that I would reward us with a trip to Disney. Also I will be turning 50 on 9/7 and have never been to Disney. I can't wait!

I didn't see the option to purchase the photopass. Where do I do that?

Scouring the site for all helpful tips.

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

Can I join? We just cancelled our Sept DCL cruise but booked 8 nights at CSR with free dining instead. We will be there the 22nd-30th and are very excited to do MNSSHP for the first time. We are also finally going to do a water park and Mickey's Backyard BBQ. We sat down the other night and planned out our ADRs so now just have to wait for the 22nd!

Bummer about the cruise, but CSR and free dining sound like a great vacation to me!

Just booked our trip for 9/22 - 9/28/12! We are staying at Pop Century. I am so excited! This is a trip of a lifetime for my 25yo daughter and myself. We have both worked very hard and have lost 90 pounds each. I promised her if we lose weight that I would reward us with a trip to Disney. Also I will be turning 50 on 9/7 and have never been to Disney. I can't wait!

I didn't see the option to purchase the photopass. Where do I do that?

Scouring the site for all helpful tips.

Congrats on the weight loss, your upcoming birthday, and first trip milestones! Here's the link for photopass:

http://www.disneyphotopass.com/previsitoffer.aspx

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Congrats on the weight loss. I am 35 pounds down and have completed 2 half marthons I still about about 23 pounds to go.

May I join? I am going to WDW 9/12-9/18 just made my ADR's today
staying CBR.

Were are doing MBYBBQ also, has anyone done that? and I booked the pirates and pals firework curise

 

[tiggergirlsmom]

We are staying at POFQ from 9/7-9/12 for our first family trip to WDW. I have been a couple of times as a child but DH and DDs 10 and 7 have never been. We have these ADRs:
9/7 T-Rex at 7:00
9/8 Chef Mickey's at 6:30
9/9 Crystal Palace at 8:05
9/10 Akerhaus at 7:00
9/11 FDP - Mama Melrose at 5:10

A question for anyone who has been in September before. We will have a long day at Epcot on 9/10 and would like to sleep in a little before going to DHS on 9/11. If we don't arrive until 10:00-10:30 what will the wait for TSM be like? For what I have read about getting fastpasses at that time I am afraid that the return time may already be late enough to interfere with our ADR. I don't want to spend forever waiting for one ride but I also don't want to drag grumpy children around all day long and ruin our last day in the parks by getting up too early.

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

A question for anyone who has been in September before. We will have a long day at Epcot on 9/10 and would like to sleep in a little before going to DHS on 9/11. If we don't arrive until 10:00-10:30 what will the wait for TSM be like? For what I have read about getting fastpasses at that time I am afraid that the return time may already be late enough to interfere with our ADR. I don't want to spend forever waiting for one ride but I also don't want to drag grumpy children around all day long and ruin our last day in the parks by getting up too early.

Others may have different opinions, but we haven't done TSM in ages because it's not worth the hassle. The wait time is always long without a fastpass, and in our case, it was completely inaccurrate. We waited for way longer than the stated time, and I think it ended up being almost 2 hours during a December low-crowd trip (sorry if my bad experience has exaggerated the wait time in my head!). TSM also has an extremely deceptive wait line, in that just when you think you are getting close, there is another staircase or bend. Generally speaking, if you don't get a fastpass at rope drop, not only will your fastpass time be much later in the day, but chances are the fastpasses will actually sell out.

So I would think about how crucial TSM is to your overall plans. If it's crucial, then plan to get there at rope drop and go back to your hotel for a mid-day nap or break. If it's not crucial, then sleep in and know that either you'll see the ride or move on to another attraction!

 

[KittyKat1978]

I have been there for rope drop at HS for TSM in Sept and it's crazy!! But yes, If you want to get FP for TSM then go at rope drop. Send one person, with all KTTW cards and wait in another area for them. Hopefully that way you can get a decent return time.

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Can I join? We just cancelled our Sept DCL cruise but booked 8 nights at CSR with free dining instead. We will be there the 22nd-30th and are very excited to do MNSSHP for the first time. We are also finally going to do a water park and Mickey's Backyard BBQ. We sat down the other night and planned out our ADRs so now just have to wait for the 22nd!

Look we left the same cruise to a be at Disney the same week. We couldn't not go to Disney all together, so after cancelling a few weeks later this came out, so it saved tons and we moved our cruise till Dec 2013...so excited!!

 

[basketkat]

Can I join? We just cancelled our Sept DCL cruise but booked 8 nights at CSR with free dining instead. We will be there the 22nd-30th and are very excited to do MNSSHP for the first time. We are also finally going to do a water park and Mickey's Backyard BBQ. We sat down the other night and planned out our ADRs so now just have to wait for the 22nd!

Just booked our trip for 9/22 - 9/28/12! We are staying at Pop Century. I am so excited! This is a trip of a lifetime for my 25yo daughter and myself. We have both worked very hard and have lost 90 pounds each. I promised her if we lose weight that I would reward us with a trip to Disney. Also I will be turning 50 on 9/7 and have never been to Disney. I can't wait!

I didn't see the option to purchase the photopass. Where do I do that?

Scouring the site for all helpful tips.

Congrats on the weight loss. I am 35 pounds down and have completed 2 half marthons I still about about 23 pounds to go.

May I join? I am going to WDW 9/12-9/18 just made my ADR's today
staying CBR.

Were are doing MBYBBQ also, has anyone done that? and I booked the pirates and pals firework curise

We are staying at POFQ from 9/7-9/12 for our first family trip to WDW. I have been a couple of times as a child but DH and DDs 10 and 7 have never been. We have these ADRs:
9/7 T-Rex at 7:00
9/8 Chef Mickey's at 6:30
9/9 Crystal Palace at 8:05
9/10 Akerhaus at 7:00
9/11 FDP - Mama Melrose at 5:10

A question for anyone who has been in September before. We will have a long day at Epcot on 9/10 and would like to sleep in a little before going to DHS on 9/11. If we don't arrive until 10:00-10:30 what will the wait for TSM be like? For what I have read about getting fastpasses at that time I am afraid that the return time may already be late enough to interfere with our ADR. I don't want to spend forever waiting for one ride but I also don't want to drag grumpy children around all day long and ruin our last day in the parks by getting up too early.

Welcome everyone! How exciting to have more September travelers with us!!! I will get you added to our list on page 30

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Thanks for adding me to the list

I see I am the only one at CBR, something I should know about that place?
We stayed there in 2009 and the pool won us over.

I made my ADR's today, I too had to call in at 7 (my 6AM)
I was ready on the computer at 6am (my 5)
I am VERY HAPPY I got all the ADR's I wanted

We are doing delux dinning this time, I wante do to CRT and MBYBBQ
We have a few day were we have 2 sitdowns a day, I heard not to do that but my kids are 7 & 5 and I want to get as much stuff in while they are still into it.

 

[MrsKreamer]

So I had to revise my Itinerary. Dh pointed out that I broke my own rule of never bringing kids to the MK on the first day of longer trip! LOL I was so tickled he remembered me saying that 3 years ago!

OK so here is what I have:

Sept 20th Thurs-Arrival day
DI at PLanet Hollywood or TS DTD

Sept 21 Fri-EPCOT all day
BK on the go
LU at Le Cellier
DI at CS in WS or TS in Japan or Norway

Sept 22 Sat-AK
BK on the go
LU at AK CS or food court at hotel
DI at Luau Dinner Show

Sept 23rd Sun-sleep late, then MK
BK on the go or late CP
LU at CS, maybe grab a Casey's hot dog on the way out
Head over to HS after break
DI CS while waiting for Fantasmic

Sept 24th Mon-US/IOA day
Start at Harry Potter area of IOA
BK on the go
LU at 3 broomsticks or Hog's Head
Head to Universal
DI at US CS

Sept 25th Tues-MK
BK on the go or CP (if not done yet)
LU at CS
DI at HDDR Dinner Show (thinking the 7pm show)

Sept 26th Wed-sleep in, MK
BK on the go
LU at CS
DI at Tony's or CM or Ohana????
Head to Epcot for EMH

Sept 27th Thurs-HS
BK on the go
LU at 50's Prime Time
Head to Epcot
DI at Rose and Crown or Teppon Edo????

Sept 28th Fri-MK
BK on the go or CM
Head to Epcot
LU snacking around the world
DI CR or snacking around the world

Sept 29th departure day
BK I was originally thinking on the go, but maybe a Resort Character BK????
Shopping DTD
LU DTD CS on the way out!


What do yall think?

 

[MrsKreamer]

Can I join? We just cancelled our Sept DCL cruise but booked 8 nights at CSR with free dining instead. We will be there the 22nd-30th and are very excited to do MNSSHP for the first time. We are also finally going to do a water park and Mickey's Backyard BBQ. We sat down the other night and planned out our ADRs so now just have to wait for the 22nd!

Just booked our trip for 9/22 - 9/28/12! We are staying at Pop Century. I am so excited! This is a trip of a lifetime for my 25yo daughter and myself. We have both worked very hard and have lost 90 pounds each. I promised her if we lose weight that I would reward us with a trip to Disney. Also I will be turning 50 on 9/7 and have never been to Disney. I can't wait!

I didn't see the option to purchase the photopass. Where do I do that?

Scouring the site for all helpful tips.

For the weight loss!!!! My DH just lost 85lbs and I am up to 17lbs. You and your DD are going to have so much fun!!!

Congrats on the weight loss. I am 35 pounds down and have completed 2 half marthons I still about about 23 pounds to go.

May I join? I am going to WDW 9/12-9/18 just made my ADR's today
staying CBR.

Were are doing MBYBBQ also, has anyone done that? and I booked the pirates and pals firework curise

on your weight loss and 1/2 marathons too!
I have never been to MBYBBQ, but it sounds like fun.

Thanks for adding me to the list

I see I am the only one at CBR, something I should know about that place?
We stayed there in 2009 and the pool won us over.

I made my ADR's today, I too had to call in at 7 (my 6AM)
I was ready on the computer at 6am (my 5)
I am VERY HAPPY I got all the ADR's I wanted

We are doing delux dinning this time, I wante do to CRT and MBYBBQ
We have a few day were we have 2 sitdowns a day, I heard not to do that but my kids are 7 & 5 and I want to get as much stuff in while they are still into it.

I would love to stay at CBR, but with little ones, we want to stay somewhere a little more whimsical.

 

[laura_<3]

DBF and I are leaving on 20th Sept for 2 weeks. It's our first time at POR Can't wait!

 

[basketkat]

DBF and I are leaving on 20th Sept for 2 weeks. It's our first time at POR Can't wait!

How awesome! I have you added to the list!

 

[basketkat]

Thanks for adding me to the list

I see I am the only one at CBR, something I should know about that place?
We stayed there in 2009 and the pool won us over.

I made my ADR's today, I too had to call in at 7 (my 6AM)
I was ready on the computer at 6am (my 5)
I am VERY HAPPY I got all the ADR's I wanted

We are doing delux dinning this time, I wante do to CRT and MBYBBQ
We have a few day were we have 2 sitdowns a day, I heard not to do that but my kids are 7 & 5 and I want to get as much stuff in while they are still into it.

It looks like there are 5 families in our group staying at CBR. I think a lot of people have families of 5 which pushes them to POR if they're a family of 5, so that probably has a lot to do with it. I know a lot of people who have stayed at CBR! And the pool does look SO fun!!!

Boo to having to call in to get your ADRs, but that's awesome you got everything you wanted!