POP CENTURY ... LAST WEEK of SEPT. 07 MEET

[keliblue]

Becky.. are you renting a car?

 

[binkyj826]

WOW !! you have been busy.. we are going to go to MNSSHP on the same night

Your picks all sound wonderful.. I wish I was going for that long

I am still up in the air about MNSSHP on the 28th. I just feel like it is going to turn into that one day last year that was a DISASTER. I think that was the infamous 9/29 party (someone correct me if I am wrong) because of the free dining.

I am already taking off the park hopping part of my tickets and that will save me $120 which I will justify in using to pay for MNSSHP but I am still worried.

BUT I am DYING to see the headless horseman and the cool looking parade

 

[keliblue]

I am still up in the air about MNSSHP on the 28th. I just feel like it is going to turn into that one day last year that was a DISASTER. I think that was the infamous 9/29 party (someone correct me if I am wrong) because of the free dining.

I am already taking off the park hopping part of my tickets and that will save me $120 which I will justify in using to pay for MNSSHP but I am still worried.

BUT I am DYING to see the headless horseman and the cool looking parade

The Headless horseman is AWESOME !! But the coolest thing is the haunted lighting and the Villian fireworks ... oooooooooow and being a 40ish year old woman running around trick or treating with DH

 

[becky_AK]

Becky.. are you renting a car?

We are thinking about it but we haven't made ressies yet. Do you think we should?

 

[becky_AK]

The Headless horseman is AWESOME !! But the coolest thing is the haunted lighting and the Villian fireworks ... oooooooooow and being a 40ish year old woman running around trick or treating with DH

We went to MNSSHP 2 years ago & loved it. The fireworks were awesome & I just loved the whole theme of the park that night. Definitely worth going to.

 

[keliblue]

We are thinking about it but we haven't made ressies yet. Do you think we should?

I guess that would be a personal preference.. we book a car for part of our trip.. but only because we are going to the beach and alot of water park time.. my kids are teenagers remember always wanting to go go go

 

[tinaluis]

We'll be at POP from 9/16 - 9/29 -- me, DH, DDs 11, 10 and 6 and DS4 weeks! Don't quite know how smoothly things will go with our baby. Hoping he's like the other three and we'll be able to join the party 9/22. We'll see!

 

[binkyj826]

I think you guys are talking me into it!
I don't want to miss the headless horseman

 

[binkyj826]

We'll be at POP from 9/16 - 9/29 -- me, DH, DDs 11, 10 and 6 and DS4 weeks! Don't quite know how smoothly things will go with our baby. Hoping he's like the other three and we'll be able to join the party 9/22. We'll see!

Welcome tinaluis!

 

[becky_AK]

I guess that would be a personal preference.. we book a car for part of our trip.. but only because we are going to the beach and alot of water park time.. my kids are teenagers remember always wanting to go go go

The main reason we were considering it is because there are a couple days we plan on going to the water park & then have dinner reservations at night & don't want to deal with the bus schedule trying to get from the water park to the resort to the other resort for dinner. My DH also likes to go to Downtown Disney quite a bit & since we'll have family to babysit at night we thought it would be fun to have a couple "date" nights & go over there. I guess I'll just check rates & compare the cost for the time we are there. Am I correct, do resort guests get free parking at all of the parks?

 

[AButrcup1]

My dd13 will be happy to hear this! She was convinced there were no 13 yo girls who would be at Pop, since everyone posting seems to have little boys! LOL
We will have a 6 yo boy also.

See you there!

My daughter will be happy too,last year there was no one her age at POFQ.My son will be glad to have a playmate..can't wait to see everyone.
We are doing MNSSHP on the 21,I have changed my ADRs a million times,hopefully I'm all set.The only day I have nothing planned is for the 22
fate I guess!
Andrea

 

[keliblue]

We'll be at POP from 9/16 - 9/29 -- me, DH, DDs 11, 10 and 6 and DS4 weeks! Don't quite know how smoothly things will go with our baby. Hoping he's like the other three and we'll be able to join the party 9/22. We'll see!

We hope you can join us too.. Until then we can all plan together to get thru the next few months

 

[ericm078]

Our group keeps growing

I've been working on getting our park schedules finalized. My husband hates when I do this because he is totally a go with the flow type of guy & I like everything planned.

Here are our ADR's. We are there for 16 nights. Any advice/comment/personal experiences, please let me know

Our 2 days at Coronado Springs:
20th Kona Cafe 5:30pm
21st Tony's 5:20pm (still not sure about this one...)

Pop...& the rest of our family gets to town to join us for son's 1st birthday trip:
22nd Ohana Character breakfast 9:10am (Pay out of pocket)
23rd Crystal Palace 5pm
24th Sci-Fi Diner 7:25pm
25th Coral Reef 6:50pm
26th Lunch-Rainforest Cafe (Pay out of pocket)
27th Breakfast-Chef Mickey's 9:50an
Dinner-Cap 'n Jacks 7:45pm
28th We are just going to do a C/S for dinner before MNSSHP
29th Ohana 7pm
30th California Grill 7pm (2 TS)
1st Boma 5:40pm
2nd Le Cellier 4:40pm
3rd Playhouse Disney at Hollywood & Vine 11:40am
4th Spoodles 5pm
5th Narcoosee's 5:30pm (2TS)

Ive got most of my ADR's done, but need help from everyone with one....

I have a DD2 who love mickey and also JoJo....Right now I have the Playhouse Disney Charcter lunch planned for lunch, and 50's cafe for dinner on 9/25.....We really want to go to the Hoop De Du Review or Mickeys Backyard BBQ which I know are 2 TS. Would anyone recommend canceling the lunch and dinner, and doing the either Hoop De Du or BBQ????

 

[binkyj826]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

Ive got most of my ADR's done, but need help from everyone with one....

I have a DD2 who love mickey and also JoJo....Right now I have the Playhouse Disney Charcter lunch planned for lunch, and 50's cafe for dinner on 9/25.....We really want to go to the Hoop De Doo Review or Mickeys Backyard BBQ which I know are 2 TS. Would anyone recommend canceling the lunch and dinner, and doing the either Hoop De Du or BBQ????

I did the Hoop De Doo about 6 months ago and had a GREAT time BUT most of it was geared to older kids and adults. If you were going to choose between the two I would do the Mickey's Backyard BBQ. I haven't been but I have read reviews and it seems like it would be more fun the little ones.

 

[DisneyMom5]

I don't think I've posted my plans on this thread yet. I am in charge of all the details for everything.

Did I mention we're having a Grand Gathering with 16 people?

Here is the crew:
DH (37) and I (39) and our 7 kids previously mentioned
(this is our 3rd trip as a family, baby's first trip!)
DBIL (Ummm...around 33, I think) and DSIL (34?)
and their two kids dniece 10 and dneph 8
(DSIL was there as a child, maybe 25 years ago, I think before Epcot, rest of the family's first trip)
Both of DH's parents (Mid 50s) (MIL was there 25 years ago also, FIL's first trip)
My Mom (68)
(First Trip! Can't believe we talked her into it. My dad said NO, so we will go without him. )

My mom is travelling down with us in our 15 passenger, and the ILs are going together in another van. ILs are staying the 16th-22nd. We will stay until the 27th.

So are Grand Gathering ADRs are:

9/17 Epcot - 8:30 am Princess Story book breakfast (1st. time)
4:10 Le Cellier Dinner

9/18 MK - 4:30 LTT (1st.)

9/19 MGM - 11:40 H & V Lunch (1st.)

9/20 AK - 6:40 pm Chef Mickey's Dinner

9/21 MK/EP 10:40 Crystal Palace Breakfast

***Inlaws leave

9/22 DTD 10:40 Chef Mickey's Breakfast (1st. for breakfast)
[Scheduling in the Glow in the Dark Inflatable Monkey Pop Pool Party. LOL]

9/23 MGM?/EP 5 pm Coral Reef (1st.)

9/24 AK 10:10 Donald's Breakfast

9/25 EP 4:40 Rose and Crown (1st.)

9/26 MK 3:50 (Didn't know they seated so early!) Crystal Palace Dinner (1st. for Dinner)

My best friend says I am making a mistake about Coral Reef, but she hated Le Cellier, so I am hoping she is wrong. LOL

We figured out it has taken me over seven hours of phone time to plan and book this trip. It will be worth it IF they all have a good time. No pressure there, right? LOL

Anyway, it feels good to get that all out there in front of people who understand.

I'm Sarah, and I am a Disney Planning Addict....

 

[keliblue]

Hi Sarah

I am a Disney planning addict too aren't you glad your not alone . I have to add, your friend is... shall we say.... WRONG . We love Coral Reef just for beautiful fish tanks.. food ain't bad either.. Blackened Catfish to die for

 

[MarmiteOnToast]

Woopsie, posted this in the wrong place, meant to put it here with you fine people. Will try harder next time...thanks for pointing out KeliBlue...crikey, if I can't navigate around a DISboard how am I going to handle the Magic Kingdom...it's a worry

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Greetings from Australia - the only place with more sunburnt Poms than Orlando .

Looking forward to joining you on 22nd - our arrival date! However, not sure if I'll still be able to stand upright as we arrive at about 7pm after 30 hours travel from Perth in Western Australia (11 hours to Tokyo, 11 hours to Detroit, 3 hours to Orlando ).

I know, I know - I must be a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic - but don't fret gentle readers, I have a positive mental attitude, a BIG bag of teeny-tiny distractions/activities (my goal is 30 - one an hour) and the Australian Travelling Mother's Last Resort - a big bag of antihistimines... there I'll be, drooling, snoring and probably worse - but hey, I'll be in another place, a far better place....the other two can fend for themselves...(only kidding... or am I...)

Anyway, I have had to machinate, plot, cajole and bully rest of my small family consisting of DH - or I refer to him as NIITSDH (Not-Interested-In-The-Slightest-DH) and 9 year old TrampolineLegoGoGoGoBoy DS Rory. Sooo, the RESPONSIBILITY is crushing dear SepPoFo's - what happens if we don't have a good time - - or, or it rains - or someone gets sick , or everyone hates it - and it was ALL MY IDEA !!!!

Blimey - I feel much better now....it's all vented and handed over - gosh you gals are GOOD!!

Anway, background here - we're originally from the UK so I went with my family as a teenager in the 80's and in 1992 I took DH on a 4 day whirlwind tour with very early and very skinny edition of the Unofficial Guide (it worked, even back then, we saw everything, but it did stress DH out as I wouldn't allow him to eat - I was FOCUSSED - no time to eat - chop, chop you SLACKER!.

But now of course, I am mature and wise in man-ways, so we have 14 days and plentyplenty rests aka TGM. There will be NO stress, no late rushing around, all will be calm and serene grasshopper...we will be as butterfly wafted on gentle breeze, as we glide effortlessly from rope drop to strategic FP to scheduled siesta to cunningly planned ADR. It is all in "The Schedule" (oh yes, it's in colour) and there will be absotively, posalutley NO real life interfering in my shiny happy plan.

Anyway, have blathered on and not managed to give dates - we're at POP from 22nd Sept to 7th Oct.

And mines a Sea Breeze (1/3 vodka, 1/3 cranberry juice, 1/3 pink grapefruit juice) or I make a mean Rose Martini...not to mention my Margarita Ice Cream (it's what angels eat on their hen/does nights ).

 

[binkyj826]

Woopsie, posted this in the wrong place, meant to put it here with you fine people. Will try harder next time...thanks for pointing out KeliBlue...crikey, if I can't navigate around a DISboard how am I going to handle the Magic Kingdom...it's a worry

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Greetings from Australia - the only place with more sunburnt Poms than Orlando .

Looking forward to joining you on 22nd - our arrival date! However, not sure if I'll still be able to stand upright as we arrive at about 7pm after 30 hours travel from Perth in Western Australia (11 hours to Tokyo, 11 hours to Detroit, 3 hours to Orlando ).

I know, I know - I must be a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic - but don't fret gentle readers, I have a positive mental attitude, a BIG bag of teeny-tiny distractions/activities (my goal is 30 - one an hour) and the Australian Travelling Mother's Last Resort - a big bag of antihistimines... there I'll be, drooling, snoring and probably worse - but hey, I'll be in another place, a far better place....the other two can fend for themselves...(only kidding... or am I...)

Anyway, I have had to machinate, plot, cajole and bully rest of my small family consisting of DH - or I refer to him as NIITSDH (Not-Interested-In-The-Slightest-DH) and 9 year old TrampolineLegoGoGoGoBoy DS Rory. Sooo, the RESPONSIBILITY is crushing dear SepPoFo's - what happens if we don't have a good time - - or, or it rains - or someone gets sick , or everyone hates it - and it was ALL MY IDEA !!!!

Blimey - I feel much better now....it's all vented and handed over - gosh you gals are GOOD!!

Anway, background here - we're originally from the UK so I went with my family as a teenager in the 80's and in 1992 I took DH on a 4 day whirlwind tour with very early and very skinny edition of the Unofficial Guide (it worked, even back then, we saw everything, but it did stress DH out as I wouldn't allow him to eat - I was FOCUSSED - no time to eat - chop, chop you SLACKER!.

But now of course, I am mature and wise in man-ways, so we have 14 days and plentyplenty rests aka TGM. There will be NO stress, no late rushing around, all will be calm and serene grasshopper...we will be as butterfly wafted on gentle breeze, as we glide effortlessly from rope drop to strategic FP to scheduled siesta to cunningly planned ADR. It is all in "The Schedule" (oh yes, it's in colour) and there will be absotively, posalutley NO real life interfering in my shiny happy plan.

Anyway, have blathered on and not managed to give dates - we're at POP from 22nd Sept to 7th Oct.

And mines a Sea Breeze (1/3 vodka, 1/3 cranberry juice, 1/3 pink grapefruit juice) or I make a mean Rose Martini...not to mention my Margarita Ice Cream (it's what angels eat on their hen/does nights ).

Your going to be a fun one, aren't ya?
I love your style and I really hope your the type to write trip reports cause I LOVE to read them and your good

My drink of choice is anything with coconut rum in it and I have been getting into the flavored martini's like chocolate and almond joy.....yum!

 

[binkyj826]

I don't think I've posted my plans on this thread yet. I am in charge of all the details for everything.

Did I mention we're having a Grand Gathering with 16 people?

Here is the crew:
DH (37) and I (39) and our 7 kids previously mentioned
(this is our 3rd trip as a family, baby's first trip!)
DBIL (Ummm...around 33, I think) and DSIL (34?)
and their two kids dniece 10 and dneph 8
(DSIL was there as a child, maybe 25 years ago, I think before Epcot, rest of the family's first trip)
Both of DH's parents (Mid 50s) (MIL was there 25 years ago also, FIL's first trip)
My Mom (68)
(First Trip! Can't believe we talked her into it. My dad said NO, so we will go without him. )

My mom is travelling down with us in our 15 passenger, and the ILs are going together in another van. ILs are staying the 16th-22nd. We will stay until the 27th.

So are Grand Gathering ADRs are:

9/17 Epcot - 8:30 am Princess Story book breakfast (1st. time)
4:10 Le Cellier Dinner

9/18 MK - 4:30 LTT (1st.)

9/19 MGM - 11:40 H & V Lunch (1st.)

9/20 AK - 6:40 pm Chef Mickey's Dinner

9/21 MK/EP 10:40 Crystal Palace Breakfast

***Inlaws leave

9/22 DTD 10:40 Chef Mickey's Breakfast (1st. for breakfast)
[Scheduling in the Glow in the Dark Inflatable Monkey Pop Pool Party. LOL]

9/23 MGM?/EP 5 pm Coral Reef (1st.)

9/24 AK 10:10 Donald's Breakfast

9/25 EP 4:40 Rose and Crown (1st.)

9/26 MK 3:50 (Didn't know they seated so early!) Crystal Palace Dinner (1st. for Dinner)

My best friend says I am making a mistake about Coral Reef, but she hated Le Cellier, so I am hoping she is wrong. LOL

We figured out it has taken me over seven hours of phone time to plan and book this trip. It will be worth it IF they all have a good time. No pressure there, right? LOL

Anyway, it feels good to get that all out there in front of people who understand.

I'm Sarah, and I am a Disney Planning Addict....

Hi Sarah...My name is Tammie, a.k.a BINKYJ, and I am an addict too. I had my schedule done 2 months ago and made all of my ADR's at 180 days out before I even booked my package (just picked the week that everyone said free dining was ending and kept my fingers crossed, lol) and before I asked DH or got the okay from my DSD's Mom to take her out of school on her 4th week of classes

I LOVE to plan trips but for 16 people??
I would be intimidated. I commend you for it and KNOW that it will go well!
My backup plan if things aren't going my way is to come back to the resort, throw DSD in the pool, hand 2 beers to DH (one for each hand, of course) and get me something frosty to drink and start over later.

 

[becky_AK]

Hi Sarah

I am a Disney planning addict too aren't you glad your not alone . I have to add, your friend is... shall we say.... WRONG . We love Coral Reef just for beautiful fish tanks.. food ain't bad either.. Blackened Catfish to die for

I am too! Glad we are all in the same boat!

We made ADR's for Coral Reef too. I've never been there but I'm really looking forward to it. I've heard a lot of negative reviews on here, but figured the only way we'll know if we like it or not is to try it ourselves.