Official September 2012 planning thread! List on page 30!

[julirina]

Did a little shopping for myself this weekend. . Got a bikini for around the pool and a couple of tankinis for the water parks.. I always bring 3 bathing suits I hate wearing a wet suit.

Good for you! And thank you for the motivation. I have no delusions of being able to wear a bikini, but it would be nice to at least not look like one of the Jungle Cruise elephants when I put on a bathing suit. I think I'd better head over to the WISH board and get to work!

 

[MsHershey]

I was able to upgrade to CBR. I'm so excited! Made my ADRs this morning as well.

Sun 9/23 - (B) CRT
Mon 9/24 - (D) Akershus
Tue 9/25 - (L) Whispering Canyon
Wed 9/26 - (D) Mama Melrose Fantasmic Pkg
Thu 9/27 - (D) O'Hana
Fri 9/28 - (D) Chef Mickey

It's beginning to seem real now. Time to make some concrete plans.

 

[jimandami]

Made our ADRs today and got everything we wanted!

9/22 Mickey's Backyard BBQ
9/23 Garden Grill (D)
9/24 Universal day for DS8 and I; Akershus Breakfast for DH and DD3
9/25 MNSSHP with BBB for DD and PL for DS, 1900 PF dinner
9/26 Water park-no ADRs
9/27 Hollywood and Vine (B); Ohana (D)
9/28 San Angel Inn (D)
9/29 Planet Hollywood (D)

 

[KELLY]

We moved our dates up by a month, so unfortunately we are no longer September bound, we're August bound. We're still at the Poly from August 25th-Sept 1st.

I figure the heat will be the same, but hopeully we'll escape the love bugs by going month earlier than usual.

That is the plus side. We went the same week last year and no love bugs.

 

[Wendy31]

We're going in Sept too (21st-30th)!! It's DH, me, DD (her first trip and she'll turn 2 while we're there), and SIL and we're staying at Port Riverside.

We get to make our ADR's on Sunday morning and I can't wait! Here's what we're hoping to get:

9/21 – (D) Rainforest Café DTD
9/22 – (B) Chef Mickey’s
9/23 – (D) Boma
9/24 – (D) Mama Melorse/Fantasmic Pkg
9/25 – (D) Tony’s
9/26 – (D) Ohana
9/27 – (B) Akershus Princess B’fast, (L) Le Cellier
9/28 – (D) 50’s Prime Time
9/29 – (B) Crystal Palace

We're also having breakfast at Chef Mickey's on 9/22! Our ADR is for 9:30 am.

 

[LJD2143]

Well, after 2 1/2 painful hours this morning, I was finally able to book my ADRs!......

Woke up at 5am and tried to book online but dining system would not recognize my resort reservation #.
Waited until 6am to call.
Waited on hold for over 60 minutes.
Finally spoke with a CM and made all ADRs in about 12 minutes.

9/22 - Chef Mickeys (D)
9/23 - O'Hana (D)
9/24 - LeCellier (L)
9/25 - Via Napoli (L)
9/26 - TeppanEdo (D)
9/27 - Cape May Cafe (D)

 

[Dancegrl624]

Has anyone had experience with T-Rex? Have reservations there but am reconsidering as I've read that it is so load that many kids are very afraid, and also that the meal ends up beingless than enjoyable because of the noise. Appreiate any info. Thanks

We ate at TRex in January 2009 and are eating there again this Sept. We liked it; more for the atmosphere than the food. The food is just ok (in my opinion), but our DD loved the dinosaurs. They also have Build-A-Dino....just like Build-A-Bear...in the gift shop. Very cute little stuffed dinos!

Well, after 2 1/2 painful hours this morning, I was finally able to book my ADRs!......

Woke up at 5am and tried to book online but dining system would not recognize my resort reservation #.
Waited until 6am to call.
Waited on hold for over 60 minutes.
Finally spoke with a CM and made all ADRs in about 12 minutes.

Just to let you know...online dining opens at 6am and the reservation center opens at 7am. That's probably why you were on hold for an hour. Just wanted to let you know for future reference!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Can I ask how much your SUV rental was, and with whom?
We need a minivan, and the 700 rental cost scares me. I'm sure we'll find a code at some point, but the sooner I can get everything booked, the better.
We did our ressies as well.
20st - Chef Mickey for dinner 6:25, then watch fireworks from the hotel
21st - Crystal Palace 8:25am
23-Hollywood & Vine 8am
24 - Cape May Cafe 8:10am (this one is new to us)

National and its $266 for 7 days, Search Dis for codes.
We cant take the Disney ME beacuse my DD gets sick on the bus.
Its not pretty.

Also, to all of you who are there Over the 27-29th of Septemeber, this is a 10 mile race in Disney that will drive up your crowds
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ 10-Miler Weekend
September 28–29, 2012

We double-dare you to brave dark and ghostly streets haunted by Disney villains. Your commemorative medal announces your towering triumph as you ride thrilling Disney's Hollywood Studios attractions till 3:00 a.m.!

 

[ShhhQ]

We moved our dates up by a month, so unfortunately we are no longer September bound, we're August bound. We're still at the Poly from August 25th-Sept 1st.

I figure the heat will be the same, but hopeully we'll escape the love bugs by going month earlier than usual.

You can technically stay in the sept group... as your dates still has some in it We have been there the same dates and no love bugs so that should be good... however I think the pre-labor day is a bit busier, but still good.

 

[chimilady]

Good for you! And thank you for the motivation. I have no delusions of being able to wear a bikini, but it would be nice to at least not look like one of the Jungle Cruise elephants when I put on a bathing suit. I think I'd better head over to the WISH board and get to work!

Please direct me to said board!

 

[chimilady]

Well, after 2 1/2 painful hours this morning, I was finally able to book my ADRs!......

Woke up at 5am and tried to book online but dining system would not recognize my resort reservation #.
Waited until 6am to call.
Waited on hold for over 60 minutes.
Finally spoke with a CM and made all ADRs in about 12 minutes.

9/22 - Chef Mickeys (D)
9/23 - O'Hana (D)
9/24 - LeCellier (L)
9/25 - Via Napoli (L)
9/26 - TeppanEdo (D)
9/27 - Cape May Cafe (D)

I'm also at Chef Mickeys on 9/22. What time is your ADR?

 

[JAMIESMITH]

Can you add us? We'll be at The Polynesian Sept 9-14th. This will be my family's first time at Disney World!

Sunday 9th- Lunch at Coral Reef
Monday 10th- Dinner at Grand Floridian Cafe
Tuesday 11th- Lunch at Crystal Palace
Wednesday 12th- Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
Thursday 13th- Breakfast at Akershus with the Princesses
Friday 14th- Lunch at 50s Prime Time

Hi everyone! I just made my final decisions on our ADRs last night and nailed down the fantasmic package, which we were on the fence about. So our ADR's are as follows:

Sat 9/8 Via Napoli - 7:00pm
Sun 9/9 O'hana - 6:55pm
Mon 9/10 Tusker House Character Bfast - 10:30am
Wed 9/12 Crystal Palace Character Bfast - 8:20am
Thur 9/13 Cape May Char Bfast - 7:30am
Thur 9/13 Teppan Edo - 7:00pm
Fri 9/14 Hollywood Brown Derby w/Fantasmic Pkg - 5:30pm
Sat 9/15 Le Cellier - 12:00pm

Anyone care to share an opinion?

We'll be in Animal Kingdom Park on the 10th and Magic Kingdom Park on the 11th and 12th, as well We are also going to Crystal Palace, but for lunch on Tuesday.

Hi all!

Yipee! Booked all of our ADR's this morning and we are excited!
We booked

12 - arrive at Poly, 'Ohana dinner
13 - chef mickey's dinner
14 - mama melrose's F!
15 - Boma dinner
16 - Le Cellier Lunch
17 - CRT dinner
18 - no ressies (MNSSHP)
19 - Teppan Edo dinner
20 - 50's Primetime dinner
21 - Go home BOO!

Just wanted to share with all the September peeps! This is our 3rd trip in three years, and our girls still have no idea you can actually go inside and eat at the castle so we are so looking forward to surprising them with that!

Our days at the Poly overlap a little. We'll be at Hollywood Studios on the same day as well!

 

[basketkat]

You can edit my name on the main list, please -- we're no longer unsure of our dates. We're confirmed for 9/29 - 10/6. And I am soooooo glad we weren't holding out for free dining. I was really surprised/disappointed to see that the family suites weren't included at all, not even for QSDP, but fortunately we had decided to do a different kind of trip this time anyway. It will be the 6 of us plus DH's parents, staying offsite (Terra Verde townhouse with pool), 2 dd's are doing YES programs (yay for the discount tickets!), and we're even pondering the possibility of taking the Auto Train. I'm really excited to try some new things.

I'm a little worried about getting the couple of ADR's we want to do OOP, since we have to do 180 days and everyone with FD will have already done their 180+10. I really want an 8am CP breakfast on 9/30! Not holding my breath for that one.



Marblies -- can you (or anyone else) tell me more about the Afternoon Tea? It sounds like something my MIL would love! I'm off to stalk the dining boards to see what I can find out.

I was able to upgrade to CBR. I'm so excited! Made my ADRs this morning as well.

Sun 9/23 - (B) CRT
Mon 9/24 - (D) Akershus
Tue 9/25 - (L) Whispering Canyon
Wed 9/26 - (D) Mama Melrose Fantasmic Pkg
Thu 9/27 - (D) O'Hana
Fri 9/28 - (D) Chef Mickey

It's beginning to seem real now. Time to make some concrete plans.

Can you add us? We'll be at The Polynesian Sept 9-14th. This will be my family's first time at Disney World!

Sunday 9th- Lunch at Coral Reef
Monday 10th- Dinner at Grand Floridian Cafe
Tuesday 11th- Lunch at Crystal Palace
Wednesday 12th- Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
Thursday 13th- Breakfast at Akershus with the Princesses
Friday 14th- Lunch at 50s Prime Time



We'll be in Animal Kingdom Park on the 10th and Magic Kingdom Park on the 11th and 12th, as well We are also going to Crystal Palace, but for lunch on Tuesday.




Our days at the Poly overlap a little. We'll be at Hollywood Studios on the same day as well!

Everyone is updated on page 30!

**I just wanted to say if its a few days and I haven't updated don't worry...I haven't abandoned you...my daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed on Friday, and she's having some complications. I hopped on for some Disney magic while she was napping- **

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

**I just wanted to say if its a few days and I haven't updated don't worry...I haven't abandoned you...my daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed on Friday, and she's having some complications. I hopped on for some Disney magic while she was napping- **

Oh, I hope she gets better soon! I'm glad to hear she's getting some rest. Thankfully, kids are really resilient!

 

[poppypetal]

Oh, I hope she gets better soon! I'm glad to hear she's getting some rest. Thankfully, kids are really resilient!

I 2nd all of that. Hope she is fully recovered in no time.

 

[julirina]

**I just wanted to say if its a few days and I haven't updated don't worry...I haven't abandoned you...my daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed on Friday, and she's having some complications. I hopped on for some Disney magic while she was napping- **

I hope they're the kind of complications that can be fixed with rest, meds and lots of popsicles. Best wishes to her!

 

[LJD2143]

Just to let you know...online dining opens at 6am and the reservation center opens at 7am. That's probably why you were on hold for an hour. Just wanted to let you know for future reference!

6am and 7am Eastern - However I'm in Central time zone, so for me its 5am and 6am respectively.

I'm also at Chef Mickeys on 9/22. What time is your ADR?

5:20pm - and you?
We have a party of 7 and a party of 6. We love Chef Mickey's on our arrival day - it really gets us in the Disney-mood!

...my daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed on Friday, and she's having some complications. I hopped on for some Disney magic while she was napping- **

Hope your daughter feels better soon!

 

[Funfire240]

I did it! I got (almost) all of the ADR's that I wanted. I was thrown for a loop when I couldn't get CRT on the evening I originally wanted but everything worked out.

9/25 - Tusker House breakfast
9/26 - BBB a.m. (DS)
9/27 - Akershus lunch
9/28 - Hollywood & Vine breakfast/Pirate's League late p.m. (DS & me)/CRT dinner (then MNSSHP!!)

It's so cool because TH, BBB and Akershus are dates and times almost identical to what we had last year (within 5 minutes!) so I have a good idea for schedules during the day when we'll get started with everything.
Now to break it to DH that I booked DS for the new Courtyard package at BBB which is double what we spent last year....

FYI - I booked all dinner ressies online with no problem this a.m.

 

[KELLY]

Everyone is updated on page 30!

**I just wanted to say if its a few days and I haven't updated don't worry...I haven't abandoned you...my daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed on Friday, and she's having some complications. I hopped on for some Disney magic while she was napping- **

Hope she gets well quick!!

 

[Dancegrl624]

6am and 7am Eastern - However I'm in Central time zone, so for me its 5am and 6am respectively.

Sorry!!! I should have checked your location first before posting. That's what happens when I Dis with a 9 month old little boy on my lap! I have to type fast before he destroys my whole desk!!!!