*** The Official August 2018 Thread*** - let's have some fun....

[leebee]

DD24 and I will be at All Stars Music 8/22-8/28 (although I have a sweet offer at AKL that is very hard to turn down...). Now my fingers are crossed for snagging free dining!

ETA: I don't find a roll call anywhere... did I miss it?

 

[MamaJessie]

I will add you to roll call right away.

I know there must have been one.....

ETA: I don't find a roll call anywhere... did I miss it?

But I can't find it either lol

Good luck with FD, hopefully early next week!

 

[DisneyObsessed87]

I get that. I LOVE AK and think it is so underrated and totally worth an extra day.

We love AK too. It has become our favorite park. My family could easily spend two days there.

 

[TotallyMinnie83]

Just booked 8/27-8/31 at AKV. Doing MNSSHP on 8/28. So excited! 128 days!

 

[Tink-aholic]

Please add me to the roll call! August 2-6 at AKV!

 

[ariane37]

I've read about the Epcot Passport Kit on WDWInfo but have not yet been able to confirm that it is still available. If it is, I can see us shelling out the $ for it.

Hi there, they do still have the passport kits

 

[disneyjr77]

Do you guys think Toy Story Land will decrease the crowds in Pandora?

 

[Ds4angels]

Do you guys think Toy Story Land will decrease the crowds in Pandora?

Most people seem to think not. Pandora is very imersive and new technology. TSL is a spinning ride and a rollercoaster. While it will be busy, not to the extent Pandora was (seems to be the general thinking)

 

[DaniMoon]

So with FD coming out today, I snagged a different room category, so I was able to save $200 with the room discount.

I'm a Disney Visa card holder, so I could get FD for my dates. Right now the POP rooms have sold out. I'm going to keep an eye out and see if I can snag one in the coming weeks, but we will be OK if I don't get it. It would be $500 more than I'm paying now for thirteen nights, so if I can get it, I will. We don't want to change resorts, so unless something opens up for POP we will just pay OOP, which is ok, we split a lot of meals and bring breakfast food along. The only thing the kids will miss is we do MUCH less snacks when we don't have the plan

 

[Aladora]

Now that the August dates for Star Wars Dessert Party have opened up, I was finally able to get tickets for the Aug 27th party. I had to move around my already-moved-a-zillion-times ADR plans and it took jumping back and forth between multiple browsers but I did it!

The one and only ADR that I have not managed to get is the Wednesday wine tasting at Jiko on the 22nd, there is only one spot available for that and I need two. Not a huge deal if we don't get it but it would be nice if I could.

 

[crazedprincess]

Ahhhhhhhhhh I'm getting so excited and it's only April! I get caught between wanting August to be here but then I don't want summer to be almost over. Sooooooo.... I try to enjoy living in the moment! Luckily the snow is gone here in MN and the weather is smooth sailing now. It was a lo-o-o-ong winter.

 

[DrFacilier]

Ahhhhhhhhhh I'm getting so excited and it's only April! I get caught between wanting August to be here but then I don't want summer to be almost over. Sooooooo.... I try to enjoy living in the moment! Luckily the snow is gone here in MN and the weather is smooth sailing now. It was a lo-o-o-ong winter.

Yeah. DW and I were just talking about this last night. We don't want to rush the summer but are so excited about our trip.

 

[amy1115]

Joining in on the August fun! We were originally planning an October off-site stay for our anniversary, but when Free Dining dropped we were able to book our first ever on-site stay at ASM for Aug 25-Sept 1. MY BIRTHDAY WEEK!! Can you tell I'm excited!? We were planning to drive from Oklahoma - 18 hours - but then the next day Southwest lowered fares and we snagged round trip flights from Dallas to MCO for $211 total for both of us! We are so excited to just be in the Disney bubble completely for this trip!

Any idea about how long it takes from the time your flight lands, to getting to the resort via Magical Express? I know this can vary due to many factors probably, but assuming the flight is on time, and there are no other mishaps, what can we expect?

 

[SgtTibbs]

My ADR window opened weeks ago and there are still BOG breakfast ADR's available. I'm going to take that as a sign crowds won't be at their worst during my trip.

 

[MamaJessie]

So with FD coming out today, I snagged a different room category, so I was able to save $200 with the room discount.

I'm a Disney Visa card holder, so I could get FD for my dates. Right now the POP rooms have sold out. I'm going to keep an eye out and see if I can snag one in the coming weeks, but we will be OK if I don't get it. It would be $500 more than I'm paying now for thirteen nights, so if I can get it, I will. We don't want to change resorts, so unless something opens up for POP we will just pay OOP, which is ok, we split a lot of meals and bring breakfast food along. The only thing the kids will miss is we do MUCH less snacks when we don't have the plan

Definitely keep checking, I have had availability open up later.

 

[Ds4angels]

@amy1115 that's so exciting!!! Enjoy your trip

 

[hoperunner]

Was not planning on an August trip this year, but got sucked in by free dinning. Will be at CBR Aug 6-11.

 

[OurLaughingPlace]

Any idea about how long it takes from the time your flight lands, to getting to the resort via Magical Express? I know this can vary due to many factors probably, but assuming the flight is on time, and there are no other mishaps, what can we expect?

We love Southwest! Great flight prices you ended up with We find that it takes about an hour from the time we land to the time we arrive at our Disney resort. Of course, it depends on if your Magical Express bus is almost full or empty when you get on, traffic/time of day and what order you get dropped off in (usually 3-4 different resorts per bus). We allow for 1.5 - 2 hours, but it's usually closer to 1 hour. Love riding the Magical Express - it's when our 'Disney Bubble' begins.

 

[DaniMoon]

Definitely keep checking, I have had availability open up later.

We switched resorts. When I priced the FD package at All Star sports, it was $242 more than we were paying at POP (we already had hoppers), so it was kind of a no brainer. $242 for 13 days of FD. I'm surprised, my kids are super excited to be going to a different resort.

 

[OurLaughingPlace]

We switched resorts. When I priced the FD package at All Star sports, it was $242 more than we were paying at POP (we already had hoppers), so it was kind of a no brainer. $242 for 13 days of FD. I'm surprised, my kids are super excited to be going to a different resort.

We have great memories of our stay at AS Sports. We had a room near the baseball pool. It was much quieter than the main pool - some days we had the baseball pool all to ourselves (even though our trips are almost always in August). I keep thinking that we're going to stay there again sometime, but I love PO resorts, POP and BC, as well as trying new resorts ... never enough time in Disney! Congrats on the great FD package.