***The Official June 2016 Thread***

[MinnieF]

Magic Bands came on Saturday!!! Woot Woot!!

 

[ksueboo]

12 days until my oldest son's graduation open house!
19 days until his actual graduation
20 days until we leave for Disney!

There's a lot of good stuff going on around here!!!

We didn't make a count down calendar this year. Did anyone else? I would love to see pics!

 

[ArielSRL]

12 days until my oldest son's graduation open house!
19 days until his actual graduation
20 days until we leave for Disney!

There's a lot of good stuff going on around here!!!

We didn't make a count down calendar this year. Did anyone else? I would love to see pics!

2 more weeks of work then Summer Break! 18 days til we leave, 19 days til we are at Disney! I bought a countdown off Etsy:
Obviously it's an older photo as we are way past 84 days!

 

[Avery&Todd]

Here's the only countdown I could come up with for us until our WDW trip....

17 more school days - then I'll have 2 boys in high school!!
16 more work days for me!! (not including today b/c it's almost over!! )

3 more weekends!!

1 holiday...

I've been waiting 4 years for this trip!!

 

[nilla]

We didn't make a count down calendar this year. Did anyone else? I would love to see pics!

This is a photo from last year, but the countdown mechanism is the same. Unfortunately, we're not yet at the 23 day mark

 

[ArielSRL]

This is a photo from last year, but the countdown mechanism is the same. Unfortunately, we're not yet at the 23 day mark

Hey I recognize this!! Yes I finally started your report! It's great! I started Saturday and Sunday but haven't finished yet!

 

[ArielSRL]

DHS hours extended to 9 and 10. STar Wars FW scheduled just Sun, Wed, Fri right now. And apparently it's the current ones...not the new ones. Only one F! Scheduled per night.

 

[bluezy]

DHS hours extended to 9 and 10. STar Wars FW scheduled just Sun, Wed, Fri right now. And apparently it's the current ones...not the new ones. Only one F! Scheduled per night.

UGH! I hope this gets updated again in a few weeks. I was really hoping to see the Star Wars fireworks even if it was the old/current ones but we don't currently have plans to be in DHS on Sun, Wed, or Friday. And our plans for Wed & Fri. evenings can't even be changed. I guess I might be changing things for Sunday night and we'll have to break with tradition and spend our final night of vacation at DHS instead of MK. <sigh> Not changing any plans yet....

 

[ArielSRL]

UGH! I hope this gets updated again in a few weeks. I was really hoping to see the Star Wars fireworks even if it was the old/current ones but we don't currently have plans to be in DHS on Sun, Wed, or Friday. And our plans for Wed & Fri. evenings can't even be changed. I guess I might be changing things for Sunday night and we'll have to break with tradition and spend our final night of vacation at DHS instead of MK. <sigh> Not changing any plans yet....

 

[bluezy]

Well, the good thing is that our final FP at MK on Sunday night is 8:10-9:10 for 7DMT. In theory, we could get in line for that at 8:05 and hopefully be off of it and walking out of the park by 8:30. We might be able to make it to DHS in time for the 9:45 fireworks. Or we could skip 7DMT and head to DHS by 7:30. We have a FP for 7DMT earlier in the week and we'll also be doing the EMH night at MK another night, so we might get on it again that night. And while I enjoy that ride, I think I'd rather get to DHS and see the Star Wars fireworks. <sigh> Again, I'm not changing any plans yet. I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed that they'll update the schedule again before we get there and they'll have the fireworks every night...or at least on Saturday night when we plan to be there.

 

[ArielSRL]

Well, the good thing is that our final FP at MK on Sunday night is 8:10-9:10 for 7DMT. In theory, we could get in line for that at 8:05 and hopefully be off of it and walking out of the park by 8:30. We might be able to make it to DHS in time for the 9:45 fireworks. Or we could skip 7DMT and head to DHS by 7:30. We have a FP for 7DMT earlier in the week and we'll also be doing the EMH night at MK another night, so we might get on it again that night. And while I enjoy that ride, I think I'd rather get to DHS and see the Star Wars fireworks. <sigh> Again, I'm not changing any plans yet. I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed that they'll update the schedule again before we get there and they'll have the fireworks every night...or at least on Saturday night when we plan to be there.

We are at DHS on Friday 6/10 but I really think the crowds are going to be outrageous bc it's fireworks night and PM EMH. We have plans to do F! And then SW FW. But I'm wondering if we should come over to DHS on our Disney Springs night (Wed 6/8) to see the fireworks then.

 

[TexasPrincess1]

End of June waterpark hours have changed, too!

I like the idea of the parks being open longer, but I made plans around the water parks being open 10am - 7pm. I guess I have to be flexible and adapt.

 

[bewelch83]

Magic Bands ready to go! 20 days!

 

[ElaineB55]

DHS hours extended to 9 and 10. STar Wars FW scheduled just Sun, Wed, Fri right now. And apparently it's the current ones...not the new ones. Only one F! Scheduled per night.

This works for us. Skipping Fantasmic this time around and we will leave MK on Wednesday night & head over to see the Star Wars Fireworks. Even if they are the "old" ones, they are new for us!

 

[bluezy]

We are at DHS on Friday 6/10 but I really think the crowds are going to be outrageous bc it's fireworks night and PM EMH. We have plans to do F! And then SW FW. But I'm wondering if we should come over to DHS on our Disney Springs night (Wed 6/8) to see the fireworks then.

I decided to shift around our FPs at MK for Sunday night. I bumped things up by an hour so our last FP is now from 7-8:00. We'll use it as close to 7:00 as possible and then head to DHS for the fireworks. That should give us plenty of time to get there and stake out a spot. We'll just do Fantasmic on our full day at DHS...though I'm sure we'll need to line up super early for that (or get a 4th -- or whatever -- FP for it) because if there's only one show a night, it's going to be filled to capacity and they will have to turn people away.

 

[ArielSRL]

I decided to shift around our FPs at MK for Sunday night. I bumped things up by an hour so our last FP is now from 7-8:00. We'll use it as close to 7:00 as possible and then head to DHS for the fireworks. That should give us plenty of time to get there and stake out a spot. We'll just do Fantasmic on our full day at DHS...though I'm sure we'll need to line up super early for that (or get a 4th -- or whatever -- FP for it) because if there's only one show a night, it's going to be filled to capacity and they will have to turn people away.

Sounds like a good plan. We have the F! dining pkg so we should be ok for that.

 

[brooke789]

Magic Bands ready to go! 20 days!
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Those are great! Is it stickers? We rented points for DVC and got a code for a free Magic My Band stickers. Everyone picked out what they wanted and DH designed them. They were super cute...then the stickers arrived and b/c we'd used the free code from DVC it had their logo messing up half of the sticker. haha I should take a pic.

We're getting serious about packing here. We finished all of our shirts (DIY!) and this weekend I started my ziploc system for clothing. I have 8 days of ziplocs x 5 people for our park days. Mine and DHs are already packed (b/c we can just not wear our casual clothes to be able to pack sooner) and the kids only have socks and shirts. Have to wait a little closer for the bottoms or they won't have clothes for school!

We have 4 days before our parks days, so I have to get all of that started too. Hoping to do the rest this weekend!

 

[ArielSRL]

I'm a teacher and this is our last full week with students and it's CRAZY! Next week they are here for three days but its mostly fun stuff and then 2 more post planning days then SUMMER BREAK begins Friday 5/27 at 4pm!! We leave a week after on Friday 6/3 (checking into Disney Saturday 6/4). So right now all planning is on hold because of work. I started putting piles in the extra bedroom but I will do the actual packing that week of Memorial Day as well as any last minute shopping and getting my Disney fingernails and toenails.

I can't believe we will be there in 2 1/2 weeks!!

 

[DisMom829]

Groupon has the $10 per person coupon right now for the Characters in Flight Balloon ride at Disney Springs. Just picked one up for DD and I.

19 days to go!!!

 

[msdroz]

Getting close! We just added on another day of park tickets so we have more time at our favorite park Epcot, and am bummed because I can't find a fp for Test Track I'm hoping something opens before our trip!!!