*** The Official August 2019 thread ***

[DISNEY1975]

I am from Boston as well and grew up saying supper, but somewhere along the line I’ve transitioned to dinner. I like hearing others refer to it as supper - it’s nostalgic Go Sox!

I still say supper, but have to admit, my cellar is now a basement! One thing Ill never understand is where "Wicked Pissah" came from. Ive never said nor heard it, but I see it on Tshirts!

 

[TinkerTracy]

Our MagicBands arrived on Friday, and we are SO SO SO excited. We are starting to lay things out to pack. I also went to the outlets with my Fiance, and we went to the Disney Store and scored 4 adult shirts for under $40. I even found a super cute one to wear to our Villains After Hours Event.

Also I LOVE creeping on everyone's plans on here! So cool to see what you all have planned!

 

[22Tink]

26 days for us. DD has a week of summer camp next week and when she gets back the real Disney packing will begin. I've thrown a few things together, cooling towels, ponchos etc that we don't currently need but nothing too major yet. Since we're sharing plans...

August 9-Arrival day, flight lands at 10pm

Aug 10- FP Peter Pan, SDMT, Splash
Lunch ADR at BOG
Star Wars Dessert Party

Aug 11- FP Figment (I know, but DD loves him!), Test Track, Spaceship Earth
FEA Dessert Party

Aug 12- 1900 PF late breakfast and relax/swim for the day
Head to AK for DAH, dinner at Yak and Yeti
Pre event FP Kilimanjaro Safari, Expedition Everest, Na'vi River

Aug 13- FP Haunted Mansion, SDMT, Big Thunder
Lunch at BOG (may change this but we love BOG!)
Break at resort before heading to Epcot for evening EMH

Aug 14- Universal Studios this day

Aug 15- FP Rockin' Roller Coaster, Slinky, plan to book our 3rd at MK
Early 'Ohana dinner and off to MK

Aug 16- PPO breakfast at Garden Grill and then some standby Epcot rides
Head to AK-FP Festival of the Lion King, Flight of Passage, Everest
Pizzafari ADR for dinner

Aug 17 Home fly out at 1:30.

 

[TinkerTracy]

Trying to do some last minute dining reservations today!

 

[Shir Kahn]

I was just looking at various reservation possibilities and found a BoG lunch on the 6th, but we'll be in Epcot that day with a reservation for Teppan Edo around that time! So many open reservations too, Le Cellier has tons of open slots, I've never seen that happen this close to a trip! I ended up changing our Hollywood and Vine reservation to Sci-Fi and I added the Plaza restaurant for breakfast on our last day. It's for before park opening, so we're going to try to get into MK around 08:30 to take some low crowd pictures!

 

[Sanda Thorne]

Yay! Magic Bands arrived! We had two premium bands and two solid colors. DD was disappointed that she couldn't get the Stitch band, so I've ordered her a decal to go over her band that looks similar to the design she wanted. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can get it on smoothly and it holds up for her.
Anyone else checking the park hours to double check on EMH and other changes to the schedules?

When you get the decal use a hair dryer on hot to smooth it out. It worked like a charm!

 

[Sanda Thorne]

Package. But I read a lot of us who got in the first round of upgraded Magibands didn't get them. It's fine. Would have just been a nice keepsake.

That stinks!! I've heard that they sometimes have them at the front desk.

 

[Ferrentinos]

I added the Plaza restaurant for breakfast on our last day. It's for before park opening, so we're going to try to get into MK around 08:30 to take some low crowd pictures!

Great job on the last minute ADR's! I always find that things open up the closer the trip approaches.
Just a word of caution - I'm not sure what time your Plaza breakfast is but MK has been opening the front gates at 7:45am to let people wonder around Main Street and up to the castle until a 9:00am park opening. It is hard to get low crowd pictures on Main Street in the morning now because of that. By 8:30am there may be a crowd already coming together. Since The Plaza is on Main Street you won't really get in earlier than anyone else. I just don't want you to be surprised to see the crowd on Main Street when you arrive at 8:30am.

We have an 8:00am ADR at the Plaza on a 9:00am opening and that is mainly so we can have a nice full breakfast before the rest of the park really opens - maybe even being done before the 8:55am stage show!

 

[skysmom99]

Aug 15- FP Rockin' Roller Coaster, Slinky, plan to book our 3rd at MK
Early 'Ohana dinner and off to MK

Aug 16- PPO breakfast at Garden Grill and then some standby Epcot rides
Head to AK-FP Festival of the Lion King, Flight of Passage, Everest
Pizzafari ADR for dinner

We will be at MK on the 15th and AK on the 16th, too!

 

[Lakegirl]

Update: We will be staying at OKW!!

We are too.

 

[MyView]

Hello, we are late to join in because we are going to WDW totally unexpectedly. We booked our trip on Friday and our stay will be August 20 -24. We normally stay on site but this trip we will be at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista. So we are on the fast planning track, lol. We did out FP process yesterday and then today I checked MDE and was able to grab AVATAR!!! So Excited. We also have a 6:30 PM Safari and mid afternoon Kali River Rapids while it is hot and we can dry off. We have also decided to attend the SWGSDP, thought it would be a nice end to our day and it is also closing soon. Another fun fact, we have a water park pass from 2000, never used so due to hot weather we shall finally use it. Can you tell I am excited, what's nicer than an unexpected trip to WDW and an AVATAR FP.

 

[krd315]

30 days until we leave for Disney. We are driving from Texas and stopping 1/2 way. Then a surprise stop at Clearwater Acquarium for my granddaughters before checking into Disney. Ears and MNSSHP costumes are done and packed. Now we just have to finish school clothes shopping and a few other small errands.

 

[YesterDark]

Have any of you had good luck using touring plans reservation finder? I've got it searching for a reservation at Sci-Fi Dine In.

I loved it 2 years ago when I last used it. I have it running now for two reservations, and there just isn't anything to get right now. We've got 25 days to go so I'm still hopeful. It's a good tool.

 

[winnieofpooh]

I'll share my plans! Also share my daily countdown I seem to be posting here, 31 days now!

Aug 15 - land at 8:30am. Disney Springs and dinner res at Narcoossee's at 8pm to watch fireworks!
Aug 16 - MK. BOG lunch res
Aug 17 - Hollywood Studios. Hopping to Epcot for Via Napoli res
Aug 18 - Animal Kingdom
Aug 19 - Epcot. Garden Grill PPO that I'm still trying to move up. San Angel dinner. AK after hours at night!
Aug 20 - Rest day. V&A dinner
Aug 21 - MK. Liberty Tree lunch res
Aug 22 - Hollywood Studios. MK after hours!
Aug 23 - Epcot in morning. Flight home at 9pm

So we managed to squeeze 2 days for each park and a rest day! The after hours events are saving us a full park day as we can squeeze all the rides in that day, and use the other full day to do the other smaller things.

 

[v.t.]

We are 1 month away! Just me and my 2 older boys before they return to college. Youngest does not enjoy Disney as much so did not want to go.

This will be our first time in August, first time staying at Pop, first time ordering groceries (Instacart or Prime Now? Would love suggestions) and thinking of adding MNSSHP (first time) but concerned because of the heat and crowds since we can only attend on the 16th.

So excited to find the group, love all the suggestions to deal with the heat, which is the one thing I am not looking forward to.

 

[TI double-GUH ER]

When you get the decal use a hair dryer on hot to smooth it out. It worked like a charm!

Ooh! THANK you for this tip! I've never tried these before and I have a feeling I am going to need all the help I can get. DD is not only a Stitch fan, she's a mini 626 herself most of the time...

 

[TinkerTracy]

I have to get my plans together to share with you all! We usually fly to WDW, but we wanted to try something a little different this time and we are taking the train down! We book a room on the train, and my fiance and I are super excited about this little adventure before the adventure haha!

 

[TinkerTracy]

Looks like I might need to double check the hours for the 9 days we are there! Might have to make some adjustments!

 

[BlueLion]

Have any of you had good luck using touring plans reservation finder? I've got it searching for a reservation at Sci-Fi Dine In.

Yes, it worked for me to get a slightly earlier time on a BOG lunch reservation. I did see the text as it arrived and went immediately in to modify the reservation.

 

[DISNEY1975]

My plans!

Best Western Lake Buena Vista
Tue - Dinner Raglan Rd

Wed - Discovery Cove (DD will be a trainer for the day!)

Thu - Sea World

Fri - Aquatica Water Park (Hoping to Score a late lunch /dinner at Beaches & Cream)

Disney's Poly Resort
Sat - Lunch - GF Cafe, unpack, shop, pool & beverage time, H2O Glow party at Typhoon Lagoon

Sun - Lunch - LTT, FP - Splash Mt, BTM, PoC, Dinner Artist Point

Mon - Breakfast 1900 PF, 1/2 day Cabana Rental, DHS FP Frozen Sing Along, TSM, Alien Saucers, Dinner Fantasmic Package @ HBD

Tue - Breakfast - TH (ROL package), FP - NRJ, Kali River Rapids, Safari, Dinner - Le Cellier, ROL show at AK (crazy day, not planned well..we'll be running for sure, thus the late breakfast at resort the next day and water park!)

Wed- Breakfast Kona Cafe, Blizzard Beach, FP Soarin', Dinner - San Angel Inn - Illuminations

Thu - Breakfast Crystal Palace, FP - Haunted Mansion, Space Mt, 7DMT, Spirit of Aloha dinner show

Fri - Breakfast Akershus, FP - Test Track, Spaceship Earth, Journey...Figment -Lunch Beirgarten - Dinner The Plaza - MNSSHP

Sat - Breakfast Bon Voyage - Typhoon Lagoon, FP Frozen Ever After, Dinner - Chefs de France

Sun - Brunch Cali Grill - FP - FOP, Kali River Rapids, Primeval Whirl, Dinner - Via Napoli

Mon - Breakfast - Ohana - Go home