***the official may 2013 thread***

[momto2greatkids]

Cant wait - we are all DANCING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know I'm dancing! I added you to the happy dance list for May 18 - 25 at AoA!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Can I join the happy dance please? Me and DW go on 5th May -15 th May staying at ASMo. We cant wait! Lucky for us we fly out to WDW next week 26th - October - 9 th November staying at SSR so I am beside myself cannot sleep! We are DVC members and usually stay at SSR but have maxed our points for next year. We wanted to take advantage of our annual pass so snuck this trip in! Not stay at ASMo before but looks fun! We tried to get AoA but it was fully booked but this looks great anyway.

Looking forward to being in this thread! We are from the UK. My name is Paula and DW is Joanna ( Jo )

 

[Grandmaof2]

Just paid off the trip!! Now I have to wait to make our dinner reservations!

 

[momto2greatkids]

Can I join the happy dance please? Me and DW go on 5th May -15 th May staying at ASMo. We cant wait! Lucky for us we fly out to WDW next week 26th - October - 9 th November staying at SSR so I am beside myself cannot sleep! We are DVC members and usually stay at SSR but have maxed our points for next year. We wanted to take advantage of our annual pass so snuck this trip in! Not stay at ASMo before but looks fun! We tried to get AoA but it was fully booked but this looks great anyway.

Looking forward to being in this thread! We are from the UK. My name is Paula and DW is Joanna ( Jo )

Got you added!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Got you added!

Thank you!

 

[PennyLane1084]

Hi Fellow May '13 travelers. My Fiance and I will be in Disney May 27 - June 1 for our Honeymoon! We'll be staying at Coronado Springs.

 

[RyMacJ]

I am SO EXCITED to see the hours out!! I'm using Easy WDW's crowd calendar to plan our days. We'll be at the recommeded parks most days. Here's our schedule! Can't wait to finally make these ADR's next Monday and have it all set!!

Saturday, 5.4: MK for a few hours (have to on the 1st day!) and resort hop, eat dinner at a resort QS

Sunday, 5.5: HS, dinner at 50's Prime Time Cafe

Monday, 5.6: Typhoon Lagoon morning, walk the BW at night, dinner at Cape May Cafe

Tuesday, 5.7: MK, appointment at BBB for my girls and dinner at CRT

Wednesday, 5.8: Epcot, dinner at San Angel Inn

Thursday, 5.9, AK, b'fast at Tusker House. We'll probably meander over to DTD for a couple hours and eat QS for dinner.

Friday, 5.10: Blizzard Beach for the morning, finish the evening back at MK with dinner at Crystal Palace.

Leave 5.11

I've tweaked my schedule so many times, but now w EasyWDW's recommendations I'm set and I'm thrilled with it! We're going to let the kids lead the way, so even though we have a schedule, we're not going to be going commando, we'll just be in that park that day. We'll try and make rope drop, but if we can't no big deal. When they get tired, we'll leave. I'm going to schedule relatively early dinners for this reason. But I think they'll be able to nap in the stroller mid-day and then hang until 9 or so. We'll see.

 

[cat5dog1]

We are planning on going May 11/12-18/19 depending on airfare that we can find. We have another family coming with us now and we think we are going to stay in 2 rooms at Pop Century instead of 1 room at Port Orleans-Riverside. We have to make a decision before Nov 13th, when we can made a dining reservations. We definitely are going to do the Cinderella's Royal Table and want to do Coral Reef for the kids. Aren't decided on all the other ones we want to do yet.

 

[loganjared]

Joining. Just switched our dates from June 2-12th to May 19th-29th at ASMu.
This will be our first trip in May. I'm thinking there won't be a big difference in a couple of weeks but hoping for a little less crowds due to not as may schools being out. Hoping for less rain than June as well, but that would just be a nice little perk.
Looking forward to our first flower and garden festival!
What do you all think about a mid-May trip? I'm so excited!

 

[RmeDad]

We're going May 7 - 14 staying at Wilderness Lodge. Got smoking deal on SWA tickets from Phoenix, $457.00 paid $957.00 last year.

 

[Disneymaddness]

We'll be there May 12-19. I love May!!

 

[lauris87]

Haven't officially booked yet, but planning on May 29-June 5 at POP.

 

[nvsnot]

Oh my goodness i'm so excited that my Disneyworld vacation is only 178 days away !

To recap, My mother, my 4.5 yr. old daughter (at time of Disney), and I (38 yr. old single mom at time) will be staying in the World May 1 - May 10th at Port Orleans Riverside in a Royal Guest Room !!

So far i've planned my park days using Easywdw and have made my ADR's. Here are my plans:
Wednesday, May 1st: Arrival -- 3:25 p.m. check in, grab a bite to eat
***No ADR. Yehaw Bob (?)

Thursday, May 2nd: Animal Kingdom
****8:00 a.m. ADR Tusker House

Friday, May 3rd: Magic Kingdom (Rope Drop)
****1:10 p.m. ADR Kona Cafe'

Saturday, May 4th: NO PARK SCHEDULED
****5:20 p.m. ADR O'Hana. May head to a park for Fireworks, Fantasmic...

Sunday, May 5th: Hollywood Studios (Rope Drop)
****12:40 p.m. ADR 50's Prime Time Cafe'

Monday, May 6th: Epcot (Rope Drop)
****5:15 p.m. ADR Cape May Cafe Clamback

Tuesday, May 7th: NO PARK SCHEDULED
****11:30 a.m. ADR Fulton's Crab House

Wednesday, May 8th: Magic Kingdom
****8:05 a.m. ADR Cinderella's Royal Table

Thursday, May 9th: NO PARK SCHEDULED
****6:20 p.m. ADR Via Napoli

Friday, May 10th: Departure 12:45 p.m. --- check out 9:45 a.m.

ETA: More than likely I will not be able to keep every ADR I made, but I wanted to reserve the one's on my wish list just in case.
Also, I plan to let my daughter get a make-over at the Pirates League., go bowling and/or catch a movie, and some other special treats that won't break the bank. I'm sooooo excited...may be our last trip for a while .

 

[crazy_cremello]

Incredibly upset to inform you that I am no longer going next May, or next year at all in fact. :'( hopefully are going in 2014 though! such a long time away though...too long....

 

[t_daniels]

Incredibly upset to inform you that I am no longer going next May, or next year at all in fact. :'( hopefully are going in 2014 though! such a long time away though...too long....

Oh no!!

 

[3Rouselings]

ADRs are Tuesday - it seems like time is flying now. All I can hope is that everything goes glitch free and I am able to get all the reservations that we want!

 

[t_daniels]

ADRs are Tuesday - it seems like time is flying now. All I can hope is that everything goes glitch free and I am able to get all the reservations that we want!

I know the feeling!

 

[MUDisneyCouple]

We are thinking about going in late May, but I'm scared of possible crowds the week after Memorial Day...can anyone give me an idea of how crowded it might be that week after Memorial Day? We are looking at 5/28-6/1?? TIA!

 

[Niewoe]

Hi All... this thread has been extremely helpful with planning! I do have a question about booking ADRs 180 days out. We're arriving May 4th and staying until the 14th. I'm unable to link my resort reservation to the dining reservation website. We are using DVC points for our trip, so not sure if this impacts things? Do I just need to wait until tomorrow? Once it links, will I be able to book 10 days out from our arrival date, or do I need to book day by day? Thanks so much!! This thread is awesome and has got me more pumped than I already was, which I did not think was possible!!

 

[t_daniels]

Anyone have any PTRs started?