September 2011 - The Planning Has Started!!!

[Caretames1]

:Now, I'm trying to figure out if we want to do Les Chefs de France or The Garden Grill on one of our nights in Epcot. Right now I have a reservation for both. I'm going to decide within the next few days and cancel one of them. Opinions? We have 3 character meals not including Garden Grill... I just don't know!

We did the Garden Grill in Jan, and it was awesome! The food was excellent! It was beef tenderlion(very tender and juicy) Turkey breast w/ stuffing & gravt,(not dry at all) and fresh tililapia w/spring mix veggies(crumbcovered and baked) YUM! The fresh salad was mixed greens with eggs, tomato, bacon bits, and ranch dressing. Desert was warm apple crisp with fresh made vanillia ice cream. I'm making myself sooo hungry!

I noticed that it said photo package, what comes with that? Is it multiple pictures? Do you get one pp or per table?

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You get one phot per group, but like someone esle said, it's a photo pass. I also took my own photos as well.

 

[pinkle]

I'm in the GTA area of Ontario and we are on the same time zone as WDW.

It's 6 AM for ONLINE reservations. And 7 AM for phone reservations. Good luck!

Thanks!!!! We mustn't live to far apart....I am just south of Hamilton!!!!

 

[TinyDancer]

It's funny, I'm sitting here dreaming about our next WDW vacation. I'm looking at different resorts to imagine where we might stay. Who knows if we'll get to stay in a deluxe resort for a whole week or more for awhile, but it sure is fun to dream about it. I would LOVE to have a 4 day {or so} trip for just me and the hubby. Gosh, that sure would be absolutely awesome!

Me too! Actually, I am going back for a girls' only Marathon trip in '13.. but in 2014 we'll take our next family trip, and I may have DH convinced of a cruise/WDW combo trip!!

 

[TinyDancer]

We did the Garden Grill in Jan, and it was awesome! The food was excellent! It was beef tenderlion(very tender and juicy) Turkey breast w/ stuffing & gravt,(not dry at all) and fresh tililapia w/spring mix veggies(crumbcovered and baked) YUM! The fresh salad was mixed greens with eggs, tomato, bacon bits, and ranch dressing. Desert was warm apple crisp with fresh made vanillia ice cream. I'm making myself sooo hungry!

OK, I am starving now!

Garden Grill is on my list! I'm excited!

 

[TinyDancer]

Thanks!!!! We mustn't live to far apart....I am just south of Hamilton!!!!

I'm in Southern Ohio!

 

[DaniB]

Thanks!!!! We mustn't live to far apart....I am just south of Hamilton!!!!

You're welcome! I'm just east of Toronto, in Clarington area.

 

[L-Harper]

So, I've been thinking today about surprising my DH with a cruise in early 2012! Right now I'm getting some quotes from my Disney agent for the Dream for 3-4 nights. I already talked to my mom and she'd stay here with our boys. Neither of us have cruised before. I'm REALLY hoping all of this works out!!!!!

 

[ShhhQ]

Soooo... we've decided on the dates for our trip, but unfortunately, nothing else!

We're staying off-site, and have the condo from Sun 9/4 to Fri 9/9.

Our initial thoughts were to get 3 day tickets with Park Hopper, and use Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to tour all 4 parks. Since Monday is a holiday, we figured we'd stay away from the parks (i.e., the crowds). But after looking at EasyWDW.com it looks like the crowds won't be as bad as we thought.

Which leads to the question, should we do 4 days instead of 3? And if so, then should we just get base tickets and spend one day at each park? I've done both... we had Park Hopper passes for our '07 trip, but did not for our 2010 trip. I can see the benefits of both options... but this time, I just don't know!

I am sure you will get different opinions on this, but I am gonna speak from my personal experience. In 2007, we did exactly what you are thinking of doing.... 3 days, 4 parks.... our thought was that split the 2 smaller parks into 1 day and a full day for the others. So, we went MGM in the am and AK in the afternoon (we did it this way because AK had evening EMHs). We only had time to do ToT, Little Mermaid, GMR, and Backlot before it was time to head to AK. At AK we grabbed a late lunch that seemed to take forever then rode the safari and went down one animal trail... before we knew it, the park was into EMH and we had barely done a thing! We have since returned twice (this year will be the 3rd) and we refuse to do the park hoppers. Each park has their own day...
While we are going a week later this time... the last 2 times we went, we started in the parks on labor day. While it is a little crowded, we still got to do everything we wanted to do (the crowds got smaller the very next day). For some reason it seems that DHS is always our 1st park.. maybe because of evening EMH is usually on Monday. The only reason we aren't going the same time this year is because I had a work scare last year (they denied my day off for labor day, stating too busy.... and I had to convince them to give it to me)... so we are going a week later.

So I would suggest doing 4 days in the parks, each on their own day (unless of course you like hopping).

 

[pinkle]

I'm in Southern Ohio!

where abouts??????? do you fly out of Buffalo or TO....we usually do Buffalo

 

[L-Harper]

Soooo... we've decided on the dates for our trip, but unfortunately, nothing else!

We're staying off-site, and have the condo from Sun 9/4 to Fri 9/9.

Our initial thoughts were to get 3 day tickets with Park Hopper, and use Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to tour all 4 parks. Since Monday is a holiday, we figured we'd stay away from the parks (i.e., the crowds). But after looking at EasyWDW.com it looks like the crowds won't be as bad as we thought.

Which leads to the question, should we do 4 days instead of 3? And if so, then should we just get base tickets and spend one day at each park? I've done both... we had Park Hopper passes for our '07 trip, but did not for our 2010 trip. I can see the benefits of both options... but this time, I just don't know!

Although I've never been to WDW before, from what I read everywhere it is very hard to do 2 parks in 1 day. There is just SO much to do! Either way, I have your dates on the first post. Just let me know if I need to change them!

 

[peachydreamyxx]

So, I've been thinking today about surprising my DH with a cruise in early 2012! Right now I'm getting some quotes from my Disney agent for the Dream for 3-4 nights. I already talked to my mom and she'd stay here with our boys. Neither of us have cruised before. I'm REALLY hoping all of this works out!!!!!

That sounds awesome! DH and I have NEVER been on any trip alone! Shocking, I know, so I would love to be able to get away just the two of us for even just a weekend at this point! As much as Id love a quick getaway, I think I would go into DS withdrawl after two days. We've got a trip planned in two weeks, then our Disney trip in September and im already looking at Disney for the end of 2012, so I dont see a getaway in our future anytime soon Either way I hope it works out for you two and that you have a great time!

 

[TinyDancer]

where abouts??????? do you fly out of Buffalo or TO....we usually do Buffalo

I'm actually closer to WV and KY.. So we were planning on flying out of Charleston, WV. But we are really considering driving.. we are figuring we could save about $200 by doing so!

Now, I've been through Buffalo many times.

 

[PixieMama]

I am sure you will get different opinions on this, but I am gonna speak from my personal experience. In 2007, we did exactly what you are thinking of doing.... 3 days, 4 parks.... our thought was that split the 2 smaller parks into 1 day and a full day for the others. So, we went MGM in the am and AK in the afternoon (we did it this way because AK had evening EMHs). We only had time to do ToT, Little Mermaid, GMR, and Backlot before it was time to head to AK. At AK we grabbed a late lunch that seemed to take forever then rode the safari and went down one animal trail... before we knew it, the park was into EMH and we had barely done a thing! We have since returned twice (this year will be the 3rd) and we refuse to do the park hoppers. Each park has their own day...
While we are going a week later this time... the last 2 times we went, we started in the parks on labor day. While it is a little crowded, we still got to do everything we wanted to do (the crowds got smaller the very next day). For some reason it seems that DHS is always our 1st park.. maybe because of evening EMH is usually on Monday. The only reason we aren't going the same time this year is because I had a work scare last year (they denied my day off for labor day, stating too busy.... and I had to convince them to give it to me)... so we are going a week later.

So I would suggest doing 4 days in the parks, each on their own day (unless of course you like hopping).

Good point! I definitely don't want to be rushed. This is an adults-only trip, so there are a few things we're going to skip since we don't have kids with us... it will be me, my mom, my sister, and my sister's BFF for this trip. The BFF has NEVER been to WDW before, so even though there are some things we'll skip we also want to be sure to do all the stuff she wants to do.

I think we're leaning towards 4 days, one park each day. If we were doing a 5 or 6 day (or longer) trip, I could see the benefit of park hopping.

 

[PixieMama]

Although I've never been to WDW before, from what I read everywhere it is very hard to do 2 parks in 1 day. There is just SO much to do! Either way, I have your dates on the first post. Just let me know if I need to change them!

Thanks!

And I think we're going to go with 4 days, one park each day. You're right, there is a LOT to do and I don't want to be rushed or miss out!

 

[PixieMama]

Although I've never been to WDW before, from what I read everywhere it is very hard to do 2 parks in 1 day. There is just SO much to do! Either way, I have your dates on the first post. Just let me know if I need to change them!

Thanks!

And I think we're going to go with 4 days, one day at each park. You're right... there is a LOT to do, and I don't want to be rushed or miss out!

 

[L-Harper]

I have pin samples! I have pin samples!!!

Even though these pics are rather big, they will only be 1 inch buttons. We can change anything we want on them. She also said that none of the black will show, its just a guide for her. Thoughts?

 

[heathere3]

Found this one from the other Sept 2011 thread, so I'm going to post in both!

Back at Pop Century for us Sept 6-11th, and I can't wait. We currently have the QSP, but I'm going to upgrade us to the DXP and surprise hubby with it I already managed a lunch reservation for Le Cellier to totally make his trip. 170 days and counting!

 

[Millermom0606]

those are cute buttons!!! Maybe I could just get "Miller" on mine since my SN is so long..

 

[disneydreamin247]

I love the pins!!! They're super adorable.

I sent my questionnaire to IPO last night. Thursday is my ADR day. I hope they get all of them!

 

[L-Harper]

those are cute buttons!!! Maybe I could just get "Miller" on mine since my SN is so long..

She said that she can wrap all of them or make the font smaller. It could look like this:

Miller
mom0606