Premium Plan for One Night Just for the Tours, LaNouba, etc.??

[2ofUs]

I want to do the premium plan for one night at Port Orleans French Quarter then move to the Poly for the rest of the trip with room only discount. We will be arriving early Tuesday morning and want to do parasailing, Fulton's Early dinner and 6:00 La Nouba that day. Where is parasailing and what would be a good lunch option?

Just a suggestion: Not sure if you are driving or flying, but either way if you are arriving 'early Tuesday morning' you will still be getting a later-than-normal start on your Premium Pkg use.

Depending on what other activities you have planned, you might consider adding a room-only at POFQ for the first night, then do the Pkg Wed night and move to Poly after that.

Yes it would cut out one night at the Poly, but that would also save you $$ for room cost. It also allows a good night sleep before the 2 day package which WILL be busy. Again, just a thought.

If you were including park passes in your Prem Pkg, know that you should be able to pick up your passes a day early. We tested this out last September - took a few minutes at the GS window of Epcot, but it CAN be done.

 

[Granfan]

2ofUS:
Thank you! I was needing a way to make the most of it from someone who's done this. We will do the premium the 2nd day not the arrival day. And good to know about the passes a day early. We usually need a half day and then a whole day later in the trip at Epcot anyway. So excited about doing Premium Plan for the first time!

 

[Sugarglider]

2ofUS:
Thank you! I was needing a way to make the most of it from someone who's done this. We will do the premium the 2nd day not the arrival day. And good to know about the passes a day early. We usually need a half day and then a whole day later in the trip at Epcot anyway. So excited about doing Premium Plan for the first time!

I am pretty sure I have not interpreted your post correctly. Remember you have 2 days / 1 night access to the premium plan options. So you seem to be suggesting that you have an arrival night (Monday?) somewhere, and then Tuesday morning you head over to POFQ, check in on Premium and start activities. And I am assuming you mean early Fulton dinner and 9:00pm La Nouba (not 6:00pm as per post) - and then the wednesday do more premium activities, and sometime during the day transfer over to the Poly, and keep doing premium activities until you fall asleep wednesday night at the Poly.
have I got that correct? It was only the La Nouba time that was out?

 

[Granfan]

We would drive all day and sleep about an hour away. We usually check in by 8:30 or 9 and pick up online check in pkg and start days activities. I saw on Disney Dining App that Fulton's begins dinner at 4pm which I thought would give us time to be at La Nouba by 6:00. If not I would just do lunch I guess. I really didn't want to do the 9 o'clock because of trying to get back to resort so late.

 

[Sugarglider]

We would drive all day and sleep about an hour away. We usually check in by 8:30 or 9 and pick up online check in pkg and start days activities. I saw on Disney Dining App that Fulton's begins dinner at 4pm which I thought would give us time to be at La Nouba by 6:00. If not I would just do lunch I guess. I really didn't want to do the 9 o'clock because of trying to get back to resort so late.

Oh wow! I didn't realise one could get dinner that early. I just assumed they started at 5:30pm. I've not done it, but there is boat back from DTD to POFQ isn't there? I would imagine that would be a nice ride after a lovely meal and show!

 

[cricketgirl]

Okay, I have read all 99 pages. Goodness gracious.

We are doing a platinum plan for 3 nights 4 days
We are staying at Pop Sept 19 and 20. We are getting a 9 day park hopper ticket but no dinning at this point
Getting tickets for Halloween Party On the 20th.
19th Give hubby a night at ESPN for Monday night football (if they have it this year)

Checking into the AKL (Arusha view) Platinum Plan September 21, 22, 23, Wishes Cruise booked
Victoria and Alberts booked
Fantasmic Prefered seating booked
Golf Lessons
Dolphins in Depth
Aqua Seas Tour
Spa treatments
Backtrail adv. Segway
Parasailing
Richard Petty Driving Exp. DH only
Carriage ride
Around the world Segway tour
Guided fishing excusion
LA Nouba (unfortunately blacked out) through whole stay

Check into Carabean Beach Resort 24, 25, 26, 27 With Free dining upgraded to Deluxe dining.

Still trying to figure out all the times and dining. Have quite a few reservations booked for dining but may change a couple.
This is like a full time job trying to figure all of this out. Gesh!!!

I'm starting to get times and stuff, unfortunately alot of people I talk to at Disney have no idea what I am talking about. My IPO was some help, but Don, the first guy I talked to seemed to know the most.

I'm gonna call Monday and see what else I can get set.

Wow only 170 days left.

Disney here I come for my once in a lifetime trip. Yee Haw

 

[gigi1313]

we are going to be at the World for the week before Thanksgiving... leaving Thxgiving day and driving to spend the day/night w/family

we are undecided if we will fly out of airport near them or come back to WDW and fly out of MCO... i'm thinking we should go w/the MCO option and grab Premium for the final night... however, it would be super-busy days (fri/sat after Thxgiving), would that impact the ability to accomplish all that the PrPlan has to offer?

the things we would enjoy the most:
CRT
HDDR
fishing (can we do more than one? like one each day?)
la nouba
mini golf
AK tour
fireworks (cruise included?)

is dolphins in depth included?

would we get a decent bang for our buck? (oh, we'd stay at ASMuFS)

 

[Dizney73]

We would drive all day and sleep about an hour away. We usually check in by 8:30 or 9 and pick up online check in pkg and start days activities. I saw on Disney Dining App that Fulton's begins dinner at 4pm which I thought would give us time to be at La Nouba by 6:00. If not I would just do lunch I guess. I really didn't want to do the 9 o'clock because of trying to get back to resort so late.

We did eat "dinner" at Fulton's at 4 pm when we did the Premium Plan last July. There were only about 3 other tables with people at them at this time. We didn't feel rushed. Then we went to La Nouba for the 6 pm show. We probably arrived at 5:40 or so and picked up our tickets before the show. After Cirque we drove to the Grand Floridian and had Dinner at Narcoossee's at 9 pm. We watched the 10 pm Wishes show between our entree and dessert from the boat dock when they dimmed the lights. It was a perfect and enjoyable evening.
*** we used the valet parking at GF. We ordered drinks with our Narcoossee's dinner so parking was free with our Tables in Wonderland Card!

 

[Granfan]

Dizney73
That sounds so nice! So it IS possible to eat at 4 and make the 6 pm show if we follow that plan. Thanks so much!

 

[disneyyes]

Dizney73
That sounds so nice! So it IS possible to eat at 4 and make the 6 pm show if we follow that plan. Thanks so much!

Yes it is possible! - I was part of the Disney73 Trio that ate at Fulton's last July, followed up by Cirque. And the chocolate chip cookie sundae was delicious (everything was!)!!! Just a reminder . . . take along your confirmation numbers for the Cirque - our confirmation info had somehow 'disappeared' and they ended up assigning us different seats (still good seats, but a stressful few minutes nonetheless)

 

[beautifultomorrow]

we are going to be at the World for the week before Thanksgiving... leaving Thxgiving day and driving to spend the day/night w/family

we are undecided if we will fly out of airport near them or come back to WDW and fly out of MCO... i'm thinking we should go w/the MCO option and grab Premium for the final night... however, it would be super-busy days (fri/sat after Thxgiving), would that impact the ability to accomplish all that the PrPlan has to offer?

the things we would enjoy the most:
CRT
HDDR
fishing (can we do more than one? like one each day?)
la nouba
mini golf
AK tour
fireworks (cruise included?)

is dolphins in depth included?

would we get a decent bang for our buck? (oh, we'd stay at ASMuFS)

I don't think the super-crowdedness of the parks/resorts will really affect you negatively, especially if you know what you want and reserve everything at the 180-day mark (or as soon as its available.)

You can probably do more than one fishing excursion -- I believe recreation is supposed to be unlimited. Some in our party enjoyed parasailing so much that they did it again the second day and we ran into no problems.

On the premium plan fireworks cruises are not included and neither is dolphins in depth (both of those are platinum only.) There is a reserved fireworks viewing area for premium plan people but I am not sure how much of a perk that is.

Its usually not to hard to get a decent bang for your buck on the 1-night premium/platinum plans, you can look up the prices for those activities and see the exact savings/cost. Are you devoting two full days to the plan? That will make a big difference in "getting your money's worth."

 

[beautifultomorrow]

Okay, I have read all 99 pages. Goodness gracious.

We are doing a platinum plan for 3 nights 4 days
We are staying at Pop Sept 19 and 20. We are getting a 9 day park hopper ticket but no dinning at this point
Getting tickets for Halloween Party On the 20th.
19th Give hubby a night at ESPN for Monday night football (if they have it this year)

Checking into the AKL (Arusha view) Platinum Plan September 21, 22, 23, Wishes Cruise booked
Victoria and Alberts booked
Fantasmic Prefered seating booked
Golf Lessons
Dolphins in Depth
Aqua Seas Tour
Spa treatments
Backtrail adv. Segway
Parasailing
Richard Petty Driving Exp. DH only
Carriage ride
Around the world Segway tour
Guided fishing excusion
LA Nouba (unfortunately blacked out) through whole stay

Check into Carabean Beach Resort 24, 25, 26, 27 With Free dining upgraded to Deluxe dining.

Still trying to figure out all the times and dining. Have quite a few reservations booked for dining but may change a couple.
This is like a full time job trying to figure all of this out. Gesh!!!

I'm starting to get times and stuff, unfortunately alot of people I talk to at Disney have no idea what I am talking about. My IPO was some help, but Don, the first guy I talked to seemed to know the most.

I'm gonna call Monday and see what else I can get set.

Wow only 170 days left.

Disney here I come for my once in a lifetime trip. Yee Haw

Wow! Sounds fantastic! My only advice for you is to be sure to allow plenty of time between activities -- you never know when something will run long or there will be an issue getting from place to place (even if you have a car.)

Have you read Mary from Mousesavers' review of her 1-night platinum plan? It sounds like she had some real issues with the IPO and they scheduled some activities way too close together. Sounds like they were not nearly as much help as they should have been.

For anyone who hasn't read it, her very informative trip report is here: http://www.mousesavers.com/trplatinumplan.html

 

[cricketgirl]

Wow! Sounds fantastic! My only advice for you is to be sure to allow plenty of time between activities -- you never know when something will run long or there will be an issue getting from place to place (even if you have a car.)

Have you read Mary from Mousesavers' review of her 1-night platinum plan? It sounds like she had some real issues with the IPO and they scheduled some activities way too close together. Sounds like they were not nearly as much help as they should have been.

For anyone who hasn't read it, her very informative trip report is here: http://www.mousesavers.com/trplatinumplan.html

Thanks for the response was afraid I killed the thread.

I won't pack things in to close. DH is a take it easy kinda guy that why we are doing 3 nights and 4 days. I would never let anyone else plan our stuff. I know his limitations and what pushes his buttons. Rushing to things is a big no no if you want to have fun with him. So we are kinda reading everything we can and getting a general idea of times and lenghts of tours etc..
I used IPO to book the Wishes cruise, Fantasmic seating (not dining) and vIctoria and Alberts. I'll most likely do the rest.
DH doesn't really care that much about Disney, it is all about what makes me happy. Isn't that sweet so I will plan things for him, like the golf, Richard Petty and ESPN club. He hasn't really showed any interest in anything else besides the horseback riding and maybe dolphins in depth. So well see.
Thanks again. Any suggestion on different tours would be great morning or afternoon.
I have all of the books. However most don't really say anything about the platinum plan. Oh well, live and learn right.

Thanks,

 

[kungaloosh22]

Cricketgirl, do you know the details about the Fantasmic! seating? Is it the same reserved section as the dinner package seating?

 

[Granfan]

Ok. Thank you for posting
Mary's Report. I now believe the 1 night plan is not for me. I don't fit many of the requirements. I definitely am interested in the elements of the plan but don't see myself getting much enjoyment out of trying to pack so much in such a short time with so many potential snags/frustrations. However I thank everyone on this thread for opening my eyes to so many other options besides the parks!

 

[cricketgirl]

Cricketgirl, do you know the details about the Fantasmic! seating? Is it the same reserved section as the dinner package seating?

My IPO said I didn't need Dinning with it there was a reserved section for Platinum people and I would just show up. I will find out more when I can talk to DOn. He seems to know what is really going on. The other 2 I have talked to not so much.
I din't want to do any of the dinning places they had, but I so wanted to see Fantasmic again. Last time I was to busy videoing it that I missed most of it.

 

[PatriciaH]

Is lunch with an Imagineer included in the plans? Thanks!

 

[cricketgirl]

Is lunch with an Imagineer included in the plans? Thanks!

Not that I can find in any of the information. Sorry, I'd probally do it if i could find it as one of the Platinum perks.

 

[gigi1313]

I don't think the super-crowdedness of the parks/resorts will really affect you negatively, especially if you know what you want and reserve everything at the 180-day mark (or as soon as its available.)

You can probably do more than one fishing excursion -- I believe recreation is supposed to be unlimited. Some in our party enjoyed parasailing so much that they did it again the second day and we ran into no problems.

On the premium plan fireworks cruises are not included and neither is dolphins in depth (both of those are platinum only.) There is a reserved fireworks viewing area for premium plan people but I am not sure how much of a perk that is.

Its usually not to hard to get a decent bang for your buck on the 1-night premium/platinum plans, you can look up the prices for those activities and see the exact savings/cost. Are you devoting two full days to the plan? That will make a big difference in "getting your money's worth."

thanks for your response... we would not be devoting two full days... i think our agenda would look like this:

arrive around noon on our first day and do the fishing excursion at 1pm (or whatever time the afternoon one is offered) or boat rental...
mini golf
dinner (DTD? any suggestions for best bang?)
Cirque...
maybe a carriage ride if it's available (thinking we'll stay at POR instead of ASMu)

2nd day we'd do fishing in the a.m....
b'fast at CRT...
MK tour for some of the family...
HDDR...
back to MK for fireworks viewing...

to reduce costs, i think we will only get a one day park ticket... we won't need more than that (and likely won't even use it as we will have tix from the first half of our trip)

i guess i should do the math on these options and see if it's worth it... anyone know the prices of Cirque, etc?

 

[TinkOhio]

Thanks to all who have shared on this thread.

We returned from our trip last night and are so glad that we tried the premium plan for one night! We saved quite a bit it. We did have to cancel a few of the activities that we reserved due to a death in the family, but we were still able to try many new things. Our favorites included the chartered fishing excursion, parasailing, horseback riding and La Nouba. We also enjoyed Kona, HDDR, Fulton's and the Illuminations viewing. We did enjoy using the free mugs, but we didn't have time to use the arcade pass.

Guess we'll have to save the tubing and jet ski tour for next time. And there definitely be a next time!