September 2011 - The Planning Has Started!!!

[Millermom0606]

holy cow I missed a LOT...... darn household duties..... sheesh....

I need to figure out must dos and how they'll fit into our ADRs and when the street shows are at Epcot and all the parades and fireworks and OMGosh.........

Time to pull out the planning sheets!!!

 

[peachydreamyxx]

The buttons sound fun!!!


I'm so excited everyone is getting all of their ADR's....come on 13 days...go by faster!!! Ha!!!

I have 13 days to go too and I am dying! Cant wait to offically make my ADR's that I know I am going to change every week.. even though this year I promised myself I wouldnt

 

[seadd67]

9 days untill we can make our ADR's,waiting,waiting

 

[basketkat]

I have 13 days to go too and I am dying! Cant wait to offically make my ADR's that I know I am going to change every week.. even though this year I promised myself I wouldnt

Hey we're staying at CSR too!! Maybe we will run into each other!

 

[sue Z]

9/28-10/4 WDW's 40th anniversary!!!
POP Century for the 5th time!!!

 

[jbmom]

I have 13 days to go too and I am dying! Cant wait to offically make my ADR's that I know I am going to change every week.. even though this year I promised myself I wouldnt

Yeah, I told myself I wouldn't change ADRs this year too. Didn't work!

 

[L-Harper]

9/28-10/4 WDW's 40th anniversary!!!
POP Century for the 5th time!!!

to our group! I have you added to our first post!

 

[StitchyPoo81]

WooHoo I got my Ohana dinner. So everyone can make their ADRs for Ohana now. I got very aggravated at 1st. I woke up a little earlier to make the ressies and I could not get it to confirm so after cursing at the stupid website, I took a breather and went to my moms house to drop off the kids and I tried it again on her computer and BAM it worked. WooHoo.
Now the wait for September 10th grr

 

[dizzydrop]

We made another reservation change, just to confuse ourselves. We'll be staying in a Treehouse Villa from the 19th-28th. Sorry for all the changes. 9 days til ADR's, can't wait.

 

[KELLY]

Wow, I've been doing alot reading on DIS! Thanks to all the DIS family for all the helpful info!

Change in plans, here's the deal, we are now booked at Pop Century. Still staying on property September 4-16.

We are also doing the QS dining plan. This we be our 1st time trying a dining plan (1st for everything @ WDW). I thought I'd start slow & easy. Besides I don't know how to time & plan ADRs so that I wouldn't be stressed out about making/missing our reservations.

Btw, I'd be interested in buying a button too. It sounds like a fun idea. Oh, I also read a little on another thread about decorating the window, out side door, & interior of your room. I thought that might be fun for the kids since we're celebrating birthdays. Does anyone know if Pop would care as long as I'm careful?

We did the QSDp last year free and loved it after doing the regular plan several times it was nice. We do make 2 or 3 adr's and still come out cheaper than the upgrade would cost us. We added the qsdp to our kids play free promo. Pop has a awesome food court my girls love there loaded nachos. I love the turkey cabbita. I told myself the nights they have the mom's nite out meals I'm going for the Turkey one. I just want to try it.

 

[MamaJessie]

I checked and no one has an arrival date later than Sept 29th so we are ALL under 200 days now

 

[L-Harper]

We made another reservation change, just to confuse ourselves. We'll be staying in a Treehouse Villa from the 19th-28th. Sorry for all the changes. 9 days til ADR's, can't wait.

Yay for you! The Treehouse Villas look like so much fun and it also looks like you added 2 days onto your trip! I updated you on the first post!

I checked and no one has an arrival date later than Sept 29th so we are ALL under 200 days now

 

[LibrarianBecky]

What a great thread! Thank you LHarper for referring me to this thread!

I thought I would introduce myself and my family. I'm Becky (a librarian, in case you couldn't tell). My husband (computer techie guy) and my son (four years old now, but will be five when we go on our trip) will be going on our first WDW family vacation in September! Our dates are Sept. 17 through the 24th. We're staying at Port Orleans, French Quarter. We've booked during free dining, so we are on the DDP. I am super excited about our trip!!!

 

[heatherbynum]

I was wondering the same thing....how much an upgrade to deluxe would be if you booked the free dining. If anyone knows, please share your knowledge!

You can find the upgrade costs right here. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2534992

 

[L-Harper]

What a great thread! Thank you LHarper for referring me to this thread!

I thought I would introduce myself and my family. I'm Becky (a librarian, in case you couldn't tell). My husband (computer techie guy) and my son (four years old now, but will be five when we go on our trip) will be going on our first WDW family vacation in September! Our dates are Sept. 17 through the 24th. We're staying at Port Orleans, French Quarter. We've booked during free dining, so we are on the DDP. I am super excited about our trip!!!

Hey! to the thread! Weren't you on the chat? I have you added to the first post.

 

[SydandPaige'sMom]

I really need to get over here and start posting more! I read all the time, but am a little shy, even over the internet

gah is anyone else constantly going back and forth? Changing their dining and resort reservations in their head?? I don't know if I will ever be happy

I have 15 days until I make my ADRs and I just feel like I'm wasting the ones we are doing with our dining plan (only have it for 4 nights of our 9 night stay).

We are staying 4 nights POP, 5 nights Poly and this is our tentative plan.

Sept 28th-DTD, T-Rex Dinner (OOP)
Sept 29th-DHS, '50's Prime Time Diner dinner (TS credit)...what a waste..but we love it, and we are doing Fantasmic so being at DHS makes the most sense.
Sept 30th-MNSHP, 1900 Park Fare dinner (worth the TS credit..our dinner was almost $300 if we had to pay out of pocket in Nov)
October 1st-AK, Tusker House Breakfast (TS credit) again feels like a bit of a waste...a breakfast. Character one, but still a breakfast.
October 2nd-Epcot, snacking around the world for the F&W festival, using our snack credits, moving to the Poly, dinner at 'Ohana (seems worth the TS credit).

For the rest of the trip I want to try Kona for dinner, and DD really wants to go to Chef Mickey's. So these will be OOP.

Do you have any other recommendations for our DHS day or AK? I don't mind paying OOP for tusker house or 50's Prime time (we could do lunch), but when what for dinner...with still making it in time for Fantasmic?

lol this has been such a nightmare that I've been considering getting rid of the Poly part of our stay and just remaining at POP to get the dining plan.

 

[youcansmellit]

You know your family best, but the only real problem I would have is my kids would never last that long until dinner. We tried pushing dinners back when we went in 06 and my son kept falling asleep during dinner.

Are the repeats your favorite restaurants?

Deluxe sounds fun. How much is the upgrade when you get free dining (if you don't mind me asking)

My girls are crazy. They would never go to bed if we didn't make them. We got free dining and I think it was about about $600-$700 to make it deluxe for the 10 days. We booked it so long ago now I forget.

 

[youcansmellit]

It is a lot of food but if you like to eat as much as our family does, your plan looks great! We're on the DxDP too and we have 2 days where we have 3 meals planned.

Have you ever done the Deluxe dining before? This will be our first time. We always here about how much food it is. I love to eat so I don't think it will be a problem.

 

[youcansmellit]

We are doing the DxDP also and the F&W Festival and I told DH I thought maybe we should change to the DDP instead but it just will not work since DH wants to go to Breakfast (TS) each morning plus eat at quite a few of the Epcot Restaurants we have never tried plus a few favorites. We are not "Signature Restaurant" type people so right now I only have two planned - Brown Derby and Le Cellier

My perfect Dining Plan would be 2 TS with App or dessert & 2Snacks & refillable mug, but for now I have to settle for the DxDP

I wouldn't consider self a Signature Restaurant person ether. But we did the regular DDP last year and I felt like we wanted to do more meals. I think I would go for your new plan. Sounds good.

 

[MikellaCinderella]

September 10-16 at the WL. Second trip. Celebrating our 15 year wedding anniversary with our 6 (soon to be 7) year old DD. SHE HAS NO IDEA! I booked all reservations for dining and events this morning. I CANNOT STOP SMILING!!

Cool! My DD-6 and I will be at WL for 1 night on Sept. 11th!