The Disney princess audition, triple hurricane, fueding family, LONG drive , T.R.!

[jelloarms]

Can't wait for you to come back! Looks like you had a stressful start but things seem to be going better. I await your return!

 

[cinderella73]

smarsha ~ Sounds like fun! It will be neat for you to watch them react to seeing everything for the first time. We are going again at the end of Sept. Maybe we will see u there!

mkandjpsmom~ I completly understand. Even though my sister drives me crazy I will miss her if she is not on the trip. Just because I know she loved it so much. My mom ,she just takes so much from everyone . But it was nice to see them "get" why I loved Disney so much. I think as long as you have plenty of time and patience extended family / friend trips can be great. But in certain situations they can be a nightmare. Its just a whole different ballgame when you bring other people along.

SunnieRN ~ Thank you so much for staying with me! I am going to be starting on my new trip report soon before this one is even done at this rate! I promise my next trip report will be done live. Since I am such a insominac I will update everynight when everyone is sleeping. Its getting hard to remember details . I am just glad I found my notebook with my notes!

jelloarms~ I am back! Finally ... lol Thanks for not giving up on me. I will try to get the next few days up a lot sooner. Maybe even get this done before the end of next week. Ahh that would be nice.

Okay so thanks to everyone for your patience. I just finished typing up the next 2 days and I am headed over to photobucket to upload the corresponding photos. As soon as they upload I sould have the next 2 days down.
Wow is it 1 am? lol

 

[cinderella73]

Okay all my pics for the next 2 days are uploaded. I just need to do a test to make sure that they are ok size and that they rotated like they are supposed to have. Why is it on photobucket that when you rotate then hit the replace orginal it shows up as still not rotated?

Well lets see if this worked.. Test pic time..

* By the way this is the girl that used to hate Disney. lol Till I " forced" her to go with me.


Hmm okay so it SHOWS up still unrotated but it is.. okay whatever.. I will be back with the stuff. Now I have to go number them all! I think we took over 1000 pics the 2 weeks we were there. I just uploaded 30 for the one day alone and thats not even half! I will spare you all the pics. Your computer would hate me.

 

[cinderella73]

Day 2 at Windsor Hills
( pics for this day are minimal and I will have them up later tonight)

Okay well where were we?
Second day at Windsor Hills we decided to rest in and recover a bit. My mom had her tragic blister from her " I told you not to wear those kind of flip flops" . My legs were sore as well after being cramped in the car for almost 2 days straight . My husband was just beat down exhausted . Kids were fine of course as kids always are but really couldnt wait to just hit the game room and swimming pool. So we all unanmiousaly ( spelling?) agreed to REST! Wow we all agreed on something! Although I admit I could have and really anted to hit a park anyway. Even if I had to hobble through it like a old lady with leg cramps. lol ( Honestly I have alked the parks 2 weeks straight and never been bothered , but that car ride down.... ugh)

We got up unpacked a bit and got a chance to really check out the house. I have to say it was huge and beautiful. As much as I love onsite Disney doesnt even have anything this nice even at its Deluxe resorts. It was awesome.

That night we sat down and made a game plan. Now my mom loves to have one but if you even think of trying to change anything later on .. Forget it! So I make sure to add " most likely" to everything I say. We decide to do MGM tomorrow. My sister and my mother are most excited about seeing MGM. My mom and sister have never been but have a idea of what its like. They love old Hollywood and my sister being a budding actress and my mom being a stage mom its perfect for them. Did I mention they are not ride people so its even more perfect.

My kids are excited about getting to ride the new Toy Story Mania ride for the first time. We make a plan to get up early and " try" for rope drope. Now I get up early on vacation. At home never happens.. I try but I am to nocturnal. People have tried to change me for years. Its who I am. But at Disney I am up before the sun. So its the joke of my sister and mother that I will be up early . They have never seen this in their life. My mom is always up at 4 am everyday and goes to bed at 7 pm. We are so different in every way. Boy will they be shocked. Lol

We also decide to turn on the news and keep a eye on the hurricane status . Hurricane Hannah passed (within 50 miles I believe) by by going directly up the east coast the day before . No its Gustav we were keeping a eye on at this time. He was MUCH stronger and a cat 5 . He was predicted to be within possible striking distance within 3 days. So if we were going to have to go we would have to decide by tomorrow. Not much we could do yet . Still just having only arrived it was looming over us like a black cloud.

My mom also informs me that my sister would need a bunch of stuff done to get ready for her face character audition at AK in a few days . "What do you mean a bunch of stuff?" My mom " Well she needs her resume retyped and copied . Her headshots updated . And We need to go buy a printer." Me " OMg are you serious? When are we going to do all this? " What she meant was my husband and I would be doing all this... Running all over town. At least it was the town of Celebration! lol More on that fun to come.

We get ready to head to bed but as usual my insomnia keeps me up all night. Dont know how I survive! I am secretly really excited for my normally jaded sister . I know she will love MGM . I dont know why it was so important to me but I really wanted to see her " get it" . After staying up ay past everyone packing everything from ponchos to glowsticks I finally sack out.

Tomorrow MGM!
~~~~~

 

[cinderella73]

day 3 and our first day at MGM

Sunday morning~

My mom and I were the first ones up. She was shocked to see me up and about. Next we woke my sister while we let the kids sleep in a bit.
Everyone knows to get my sister and I first anytime we have to go anywhere because we both take well over a hour just to get ready to go out. That doesnt include getting stuff together . We had a awesome hair straightener because we washed and straightened our hair the night before to save time ( did that every night and it helped a LOT) and it actually stayed nice and smooth . With all the humidity it was a miracle. Of course we hadnt stepped outside yet.

All ready we get the kids up and dressed. Everyone came down the stairs with puffy sleepy eyes. I felt so bad waking them! But they were excited to ride Toy Story so they were far from grouchy with me "yet".

Our first rope drop of the trip. My first ever at MGM . I really loved the director guy they had. Cant remember his name but he was a lot of fun. More on him later. I knew from Dis'ing that our first stop would be the Toy Story Mania fast pass then stand by line.

And boy was there a panic for fastpass. Well at least to me . I was shocked how panicked people were to get their fastpass. Once I saw how fast the fastpasses were filled I understood. But at first I was a bit shocked. Well we got out fast passes and then hit the standby. We only waited maybe maybe 5 minutes . It was sooo much fun. I really loved the smoothness of the ride. It was kind of ( excuse my sophisticated language here) whooshy! I loved how they breeze caught you as you spun from one place to another. The 3d effect was great. And being a family that loves video games we loved challenging each other for high scores. Our fast pass was for a few hours from now and coming out of the ride we saw the standby was already at 45 minutes wait .And it had just literally opened! Crazy!

Ready to go ...

Okay it as our first go.. We did MUCH better next round.

We decided to see when Mc Queen would be out but we had a bit of a wait . e noticed they had a new area for Meet and greets with Woody and Buzz. So we got in line for that. I think we like 8th in line.

Now my little guy LOVES Woody and my older guy LOVES Mc Queen . So they were both totally excited about seeing there heros. We got my little guy into his Woody outfit ( just the shirt and vest and hat , it was so darn hot) .

It was one of those moments you remember you know? We were in line by the window and my little guy was all dressed to see Woody. I kept saying " Honey its to hot , lets take that off for now" But he would have nothing to do with that. Just was I was about to push the issue who comes walking by the window behind us but Woody. He saw my son all dressed up and tapped on the window. My son turns around and gives his shy smile. I wish I had my camera out!

I was able to get this pic right after Woody walked by. You can see him a tiny bit in the left corner.

Now my son is really shy with the characters and you would never know how much he REALLY loved them. But this was his world. His hero. he literally has a box of like ( no lie) 50 plus types of Woody dolls) If its even the slightest different he has to have it. He will carry them everywhere. He doesnt get like that about any other characters .

We waited in the que and it was so adorable. I loved that it was indoors and cool . It was fun to take pictures along the way and kept the kids busy. For only having 8 people ahead of us the line moved really slow. But we didnt mind. Everyone was having fun.

When we got up to Woody and Buzz I heard the boys saying how they characters would remember them from the last trip. I made sure when I ushered the boys foward to say " Buzz , Woody , you remember us!" lol They nodded excitedly and gave the boys big hugs. Woody pointed to my sons costume and then to himself. It was another special moment. Thats why I love this place. ;>

Next up we still had about 20 minutes before MC Queen would roll out. Now they have Luigi's garage . But at that time Mater and Mc Queen were still rolling in from the gates by TSM. I havent seen them at Luigis garage yet but I think kids did like watching Mc Queen and Mater driving down the road. It just kind of made them more alive. KWIM?

Well at this point it was hot and humid and my mom was in meltdown mode. She snapped " what next?" " where are we going?" . I told her we had a 20 minute wait then we would see the Cars characters then we would use our fast passes for TSM again. " What ! Toys Story again?" " We have to go backwards then!"
Yes mom we have to go backwards sometime in the parks to get to places at certain times. My mom HATES that.

So while my mom got herself calmed back down ( which she did rather quickly as she spotted a bench" we waited for the Cars guys. We were second in line and it was HOT in that sun. I love watching my oldest sons face when he first spots Mc Queen. Those are always my favorire pics. He is also a shy guy and he gets that little shy smile . Its adorable.

One thing that makes me a bit sad is the fact that my son cant really talk to his character. I mean he talks to mc Queen and even manages to give him a hug ( hugs the roof , lol) but he cant get MC Queen to talk. It would have been cool if Disney would have had the Cars a bit more interactive. They have the technology but I think it was a oversight. Or maybe they didnt understand how big of a deal it was to kids. Im not complaining . I think the cars are beyond cool. It just would have been the total Disney experience if they had gone all the way with it.

After that the kids spot a booth selling Cars stuff. Nothing good there. A recent thread on the Dis about park merchandise is right on. My son will buy anything Cars and didnt find anything cool. Oh well I got off cheap anyway.

(Continued in next post )

 

[cinderella73]

(Continued from above post)

So we gather up my mom and sister and I hear them talking about how cool the entrance into the park is . I know they will love it once we get back into the park . The area we were in was kind of away from everything and I knew I needed to get them out into the center. Well next we do out TSM fastpasses . then with MC Queen and Woody out of the way we are free to just enjoy the park.

We stop by the Coke area and the kids get sprayed down to cool off . I hate those things . They seem to germy to me! But good luck keeping the kids out. And it was so hot I knew it would keep them cool.

My mom having had her gastric needed to eat small amounts every so often. Dont think the kids ate to much that morning either and everyone was hungry for a early lunch. A early ( or late) lunch is always a good thing because it means avoiding the crowds. It makes a world of difference in how much you will enjoy your meal. We decide to head to Pizza Planet.

We go in and its nice and cool and pretty quiet. Its about 11:20ish I think and we just beat lunch rush. We order and get settled. The kids immediatly eye the machines and games. What I love about here is its so easy to get them to eaty because I wont let them play till they do! They eat really well althought a bit fast. We finished eating just in time as the lunch crowd was coming in. But lucky for us they were mostly eating or ordering. So we had some time on the machines to ourselves.

My son goes to the same claw machine everytime . The one with the little Woody dolls in it. He thinks its one that he doesnthave in his collection. But this year again for the second time we get nothing out of it! It doesnt even grasp. I feel bad because its all he wanted that day and it was our second year trying! Well I go over to a different machine and win a dalmation stuffed animal. Its not Woody but he doesnt complain he just hugs it and agrees to share with his brother.

We discover quickly that rather than waste time trying to win things we have more fun getting stuff out of the gumball style machine on the far end. They have those japanese keychain type Winnie the Poohs that have little outfits on. Kind of like the newer Polly POckets . Anyone know what I mean? They also have Disney figurines and keychains . The figures are so cute! They have Nemo , Monsters Inc , Princess characters , etc. . Some of them are even packed on little cards like action figures and the little Nemo came with a little fish food barrel. So cute ! They were a dollar's worth of quarters each.

Even a tiny mini Buzz action figure on a card!

But beware. We spent about 50 in those machine ( 30 my mom, 20 myself) and there were a few that were put in empty! After our 5th one we told the manager. If this happens to you there is a place you can go right across the street from the resturant ( right when you walk out the doors) and they will give you back your quarters. I am not cheap like that but after the 5th time we got wise to it. It did happen a few more times but we didnt go back for those. * My DD just informed me that its the store directly across from Pizza Planet. She said the guy said it happens a lot .

They had the same Toy Story mugs we had from the year before so we skipped on buying those. Pizza by the way is very good to me. Kids like it as well. My sister didnt care for it but didnt mind it either.

We decided to head over to Jedi Training which we knew would be starting soon. Coming out of Pizza Planet I saw the Dream Team standing under the archway waving me over. They were handing out " Year of a Million Dreams" ears. I called the kids over and we all got a pair. I thought they were really pretty. And you know what?......... I must pause here for this. My mom.... put them on!!!!! Everyone did ! OMG everyone actually got over being moody and wore them! Wow. I was shocked and very happy.

Full bellys and free Mickey ears we headed over to Jedi Training. It was full blast hot now. I was in awe of the Jedo training. I mean wow! We are all Star Wars nerds in this family. Even my sister is a fan. First of all we were lucky to have the guy that does all the Disney promotional work. He is one of the best Jedi knights. Its the first time we saw this show and I was wowed by Darth Vader . The boys could have been chosen easily. There were not even enough kids there. But they got all of a sudden insanely shy. My mom kept yelling at them to go up which I think is what made it so bad. They didnt want to. I think that even thought they wernt scared of Darth Vader ( in fact my boys think hes awesome not evil , lol) they were a bit suprised by the fact that this was a talking walking Darth Vader.I mean it was cool . The storm troopers also awesome. And they are not the kind of kids that like to get up on a stage. ( Although they almost did , and they did Woodys roundup before.)

Well in the short duration of the show everyone was feeling overheated .
We only just left Pizza Planet but the heat was making everyone thirsty and cranky again. We went over and sat down with my mom at some table by the Jedi show ( outside some resturant) .
So now it was decided we would get drinks which somehow also turned into icecream. Well of course they didnt see icecream by where my mom had settled down at. ( The tables over by the Star Wars training) So we have the bright idea ( ok I) to go get the ice cream from Dinosaur Gerties and bring it back to the tables. [Hahahaha... Stupid! Ice cream cannot survive 20 seconds in that weather! We order all 6 cups and before we even walk away its running down our arms! They guy working there was so nice. He tried to help us. But no... Its okay we did this to ourselves. Ready set , RUN!

Back at the table we set down our puddles of chocolate and vanilla soup. Now we had to go wash up. You know ot was one of those days were you just were not going to get a lot done no matter what so you had to resign yourself to it and be happy. I did that and I was ok. The parade had started so we sat and watched it go by. We had no choice we were kinda stuck. So we took some hat photos. No me... No pics of me in 1000 degree heat. I would be on the other end of that camera all day!

After getting all cleaned up and getting situated I wanted to check out the INdiana Jones store. I love the Indy movies. I have a special room dedicated to Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider stuff. I picked up a cool Indiana Jones figure ( the big one with the broken pillar and artifact). He will go so well next to my Lara Crofts!

As we walk out of the store I see my mom sitting on a bench talking to some guy in a white vest. Could it be? OMG it is! A dream team member. Leave it to my mom ... Seriously. She just always has people walk up to her wherever we go . So she introduces me to Chris. He shakes my hand and tells me how he raced my mom down to Rocknrollercoaster and since she beat him she won some fastpasses for us. LMAO

We ended up talking to him for about a hour. I have to say that we really enjoy doing that on our trip just as much as any rides. He made our trip. Not because of the fastpasses but because of his personality and the fact he took time with us. We learned so much about him .

He told us how he used to be a parking lot attendant but the upper management noticed how he had a good attitude and promoted him to a dream team member. he also mentioned how he was one of the guys who handed out nights at the castle. We joked that he better be looking for us then at MK cuz we would be looking for him! lol he also mentioned how much fun it was the he was picked to be the one to give away the trip around the world to all of the Disney resorts . The one where you get a all expense trip to all the Disney parks including hotels , food , spending , airfare , etc. PLUS a check to cover taxes! Really neat.

We told him about my sisters upcoming audition and he told us all about the princesses . We spoke with him about moving down ourselves and working for Disney soon and he gave us lots of advice on what to do we even got a referral from him ( and someone else we met which I will tell you aboutlater). He told us the best areas to live in etc . .

He playfully joked a bit with my mom and told us how she told him we were thrill riders. I had to laugh at that one. " Mom I dont call Thunder Mountain a thrill ride!" . But he said " Oh cmon you are going to Ride Rocknroller coaster 2 times now and handed us another batch of fastpasses again! lol I was like OMG Noooo I cant ride that! Thanks but noooo.. lol Well my husband and daughter were very happy about getting to ride. None of us ever had but I dont do upside down coasters! And I didnt want my little 15year old baby on one! :O Well he said I have other fastpasses but you are going to go ride rocknrollercoaster! lol (EDIT- It seems like that day I was SUPPOSED to ride RNR. I even had a RNR employee offer to take me right to the front of the line on as I was waiting for my daughter and husband to come out! lol Someone up there just wanted me to do it!) I cant believe how many times they rode RNR in a row. They loved it!

So okay after chatting a long time with him I had wished I had those little cards made up ( I saw some here on the dis) that had the link to my trip report so Chris could have followed along. I did tell him about the Dis boards though.

( This was one of the only time my mom let me take a pic of her. She had just had the gastric so she was not wanting any pics yet. She doesnt mind now! Must be nice! She is like less than half her former size. I just have to starve myself and kill myself at the gym! ( Sorry I am bitter.. On a diet and not such a nice person right now... Wait.. Do I smell chocolate? Seriously this stinks... ( Ok ok back on topic)

Cont below ( I gotta go find something gross and crunchy to eat.. carrots yeah... yum)

 

[cinderella73]

Okay day 2 / 1st day at MGM continued

So we get over to Rocknrollercoaster. Everyone including my mom is yelling at me to ride the rollercoaster! I ride coasters people , just not inverted ones. I had a issue with blacking out a few years back for now reason and even though I was fine I didnt want to chance it. But I was no chicken.. I was tempted. My DD15 really wanted to ride. Noooo baby you cant. Its fasy and scary. She gives me that sardonic look. "Mom Im 15!" Okay so we make a deal. let your father go on it and if he comes out and says its ok I will ride with you. ( Hey I ride and love primevil whirl for the record!)

A big sigh and a eyeroll and she says ok. Kids are thirsty. ( I am telling you the heat was insane that day and I am a Florida native!) So her dad goes in and comes out with a dumb smile on his face. I ask " How was it ?" " Ohhh not so bad . Only went upside down 1 maybe 2 times. Let her go on." At this point the guy across from me smiles and says " Oh let her go" . So I laugh at him and say "Excuse me but you arent on it! lol he says "Yeah thats because I am waiting for my 7 year old to get off!" lmao!!!

Okay Okay.... Fine.. I guess. But the heat has me feeling not great and I made the mistake of having caffine so I decide to skip it "this time" . Whil I am waiting I notice its taking a really long time. I decide to go in and look around. As I am waiting I am talking to the guy behind the counter. Now that I am cooling down I am thinking maybe I will give it shot. So I ask him " Hey how scary is it?" . Oh its not bad it inverts 3 times and one time is a spiral. " What! 3 times , a spiral! Thats not what I was told!" . Anyway the guy was really nice and said that anytime I decided I wanted to ride to ask for him and he would cut me through the line. ( He was kinda cute to.. but ahem.. anyway) I go around the corner with my camera out and watch people coming off the ride. You know its the greatest thing to just sit and watch people get off those rides. The faces they make. Its funny! So as I have my camera out sure enough the limo with my baby pulls up and she is smiling so big. I got the pic but she had already stepped out. I dont normally buy ride photos but since this was her first inverted coaster I did. Oh little moments ... The first tooth , first step , first inverted coaster. They grow up so fast!

So my DD says to me... Mom I am going again and proceeds to walk off with her dad. Oh she says " Mom you wont like it!" and smiles.

Wait! I want a pic... MOM.... Geez .. Fine... I am not leaving alone till you smile though... Okay fine here you go.

Oh teenagers. Really you would think I had been being a pain or something.
* No she asnt using her middle fingers! lol We had a good laugh after cuz it looks like she could have meant that. But thats so not her. She yells at me if I say dam. So its definatly not her style. And even though she tries to look like Eyore through the whole trip she was just messing with me. She loves to " not' smile for me when I take her pic. Its her way of antagonizing me. Isnt that sweet?

Okay thats it! I am going on.... about this time the mutiny starts . The boys have been good long enough . I being the mommy must get them out of here . I really wanted to go ... REALLY! This Sept I am so there! ( Watch for my next trip report!) Seriously...

My daughter also made some purchases whilst rollercoastering with her father. She picked up a little black leather looking purse with a guitar pick hanging off of it and I think it had a guitar and said rocknrollercoaster on it. ( I will post a pic later)

I took the boys shopping and my mom and sister really loved the scenery. In the stores we found these little foil pack's of mystery characters that were like 5.00 and they had themes like Halloween, Christmas , villians , princess , etc. They became a addiction. More on that later. We made plans to do so much more when we came back in a few days. If the hurricane stayed away that is!

We had about 3 hours till close but the heat had drained us. We almost stayed but then decided that we would need to get back and get ready for the next day. Kids were hungry and wanted to swim. As a family I gotta say we usually do open to close almost everyday. But when its hot like that to that extreme you gotta be open to just not getting it all done.

We were planning on doing Epcot. I had never been. Well there was once but it was a very bad bad memory from when I was a kid. Not something I want to even remember. I didnt see as much of the park as I did the parking lot that day. So it was to be our first official visit. My mom and sister decided they would skip this one. Thank the Lord! I mean... are you sure?


Day 3 coming up....
What drama will unfold next.. Cuz you know its coming right? Right? Yeah its coming....

 

[cinderella73]

Okay thats it for now... I will work on some more stuff this week. I have to get my HS evaluation in so once thats finally done I can relax a bit again.

Sorry for the gazillion typos that I am seeing. I will go back and fix them all tomorrow. Its 3 am and I guess I should get ready for bed. lol

Update: I just added links to the first post to make things a bit easier .

 

[duffy]

Interesting report.

I've been reading this one, because you travelled with your sister, as I'm planning. Our group will be me, my 14-year old daughter, my sister and her 2 kids, both younger than my teen. I've been interested to see how you all get along!!

No way would I be putting up with your mom, though. (Sorry!) If she needs a printer, I'd be saying, well, you have a car, go get one! Why would she expect you to run her errands?? Sheesh. I can't wait to hear what happens.

 

[smarsha4455]

YAY! Your back! Great updates. I did not know that coaster was an inverted one! My husband and 13 year old son are now even more excited. I just keep my eyes closed and then I don't know that we are upside down.

 

[nutz2notz]

I just found your report and finished reading the whole thing. I have really enjoyed your adventures with your family. Looking forward to reading more.

 

[NurseW2Kiddies]

Fun report!! Love it....Now chop chop!!! I'm hooked, to the end, and now I need MORE!!!!

 

[MagicShell]

I just found your report. It is very entertaining. I love drama, unless I am involved. I can't wait to hear more.

 

[jmskinner]

Just read your TR. You had posted on mine, so thought I would check yours out. I'm really enjoying it. The drama is cracking me up. First trip to WDW involved my DMIL. I love her, but .

Looking forward to more when you get a chance!

 

[hlrababy]

Hey!! I just found your report and I can't wait to hear the rest of it!!

 

[Malibelle]

Hi there, I just found your report. I am enjoying it so far, drama and everything. Thats cool about the mickey ears. I guess that $50 paid off!

 

[jojo0612]

I am so loving your trip report!!!

I can sympathize with you and your mom's blister woes! Last Sept my mother refused to listen to me when I told her not to wear her sandals. Then she can't imagine why, oh why, she has a blister on not one, but BOTH feet!!!

 

[cinderella73]

Hey guys! So glad you are all still here.

I am working on the next installment as we speak. I hope to have the next 2 days up by late tonight.

We were there 14 days so I have tons of stuff . But I think the last few days will ho up much faster as I didnt keep my notes as good toward the end. Good thing I have my pictures to even help me remember everything.

I am going for 17 days the end of Sept into October and there will be some more exciting things going on but I cant start my pre-trip report intill this is done because there would be spoilers. So I better step on it.

Opps forgot I was cooking. Think I ruined another pot by burning water! lol I will just say the Disboards made me do it!

Thanks to all of you that are hanging on! Look for more by tomorrow ( or very late tonight) .

 

[Malibelle]

Wow, 17 days! I wish I could go for that long. We are going the same time as you end of sept/oct.

 

[cinderella73]

Wow, 17 days! I wish I could go for that long. We are going the same time as you end of sept/oct.

And I see u are from PA as well. Have you ever gone at that time of year before? I have but it was over 10 years ago. I normally go in Sept or spring . Last year we were there early September. This will be almost a month later.

I have heard so many things about crowds in October that I dont know what to believe. I cant imagine it will be bad at all . In fact I know free dining lets you book even if you arrive from Oct 2nd or 3rd for the rest of your stay .But most people I talked to (non-Dis'ers) seem to think thats the last day you can get it period. So I am hoping that if everyone thinks that it might be a little quiet in early October. Because I hate crowds !