I am going to be there oct 25 and 26, do you have a group if so room for one more???Is it too late to get in on a share? I did this last year with a group from our cruise and we only paid $11 each! We are cruising again, and no one on this group seems to be interested in saving money. We will be in the parks for the party on October 16th.
Interested!!! Oct 25 and 26 here!!!!
I just got fast passes this morning for 10-27 at 3:00 for Rockin Rollercoaster!Over at the "Official MNSSHP 2016" thread I just read:
Heads Up for Last Week October Trips, Will Update Later, If Necessary
Rock-n-Rollar Coaster Undergoing Short Refurbishment. FP+ were unavailable October 27 - November 1 this morning! Can anyone else confirm this!
Reliable source, KtP, may be glitch! Waiting to see! Not leaving me much to do @ HS!
Is this true? Has anyone received cancellation notices?
Me, DD (almost 5), sister and friend are going on an over the top Princess themed celebration in October.
October 4
arrive at MCO around 7:30, ME to Art of Animation
October 5
Hopefully can wake up early to take advantage of early open
FP: Buzz 10:30, Space 11:30/Tomorrowland Speedway 11:30 (using Rider Swap for Space), Splash 1:10
Dinner at 1900 Park Fare
hopefully enjoy night in the park after dinner
October 6
Chef Mickey's breakfast
group splits. sister and friend to Universal and DD and I to AK
hoping to do Kilanmanjaro Safari, meet Pocahontas and watch some shows
dinner at Sanaa
then movie at the hotel
October 7
quiet morning at hotel before Halloween Party
Pre-Party FP for 7DMT, PotC and HM
hoping to see Hocus Pocus Show, Boo to You and Hallowishes
October 8
rope drop, 7DMT 8:30
Perfectly Princess Tea at Grand Floridian 10:30
Enchanted Tales FP 1:30 Peter Pan 2:35
Be Our Guest Dinner 6pm
Wishes Dessert party 8:45pm (I had the hardest time booking this. Couldn't book online and first phone cm plus supervisor insisted it wasn't available. Second phone cm found it just fine).
October 9
PPO breakfast BoG
Bibbidi Boutique 10am
Meet Cinderella FP 12:30
Meet Rapunzel FP 1:30
FoF Parade
FP 7DMT 3:55 (we may drop this fastpass if we don't like the ride enough but I anticipate DD wanting to ride it more than once)
Cinderella's Royal Table 6pm
October 10
PPO breakfast at Akershus, hoping to get on FEA
Spaceship Earth FP 11:30
The Seas with Nemo 12:40
Coral Reef 1:30
FEA FP 3:25
Akershus Dinner: 6:30
Illuminations
October 11
Departure Day
8:15 Hollywood and Vine Disney Jr
ride Toy Story?
10am Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
leave for the airport
Yes, the process changed earlier this year. You no longer HAVE to choose 3 FPs (can do only 1 or 2 now), but now each FP is booked 1 at a time. Much more cumbersome. But overall I like the changes, and the ability to now book subsequent FPs from the app.
Mine did too. I had no problem with FEA or 7DMT but I couldn't get the early time I wanted for TSMM.
Isn't that weird!Mine did too. I had no problem with FEA or 7DMT but I couldn't get the early time I wanted for TSMM.
I like the new process for both FP+ & online check-in. I think it's just something else to get used to.
..... and I didn't have any issues getting a FP+ for TSMM. I guess it depends on the number of people on your reservation.
8:05 am. Hoping we might be able to get on FEA afterwards but we do have fastpasses for it also so I'm not too concerned if that doesn't work out.
I have a few straggling things to handle -- get my rewards card, get MM, figure out packing list for us to coordinate a bit so we don't look like a random group of strangers in pictures like we did at DLR, get my clues and surprise package together, and as we just decided to do this, get Blue Man Group tix for when we are at USO. Oh and DH has to rearrange travel to claw back my return flight as I have to fly to that work meeting that will be a painful waste of time (not that I'm bitter (psst, that was sarcasm, I totally am)). 
Here's the agenda tentatively and a question:
We're mean like that. 
TIA!
We did a day (well, half day) at Gatorland the day we left Orlando last May, so it's totally doable in just a few hours. It was a must do for DH, who had been as a kid and wanted our kids to see it, but was not worth the cost, IMO. For I were you, I'd just head to the hotel and chill. My kids won't sleep on a flight, no matter how early, so they're usually tired when we arrive. We've discovered we fare much better with an easy arrival day, they we can hit the ground running day 2.I can't believe I'm only 45 days out -- squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
* Saturday, Oct. 8: fly into MCO (early, 8 am flight), land around 2 pm. Pick up rental car (super easy as DH has the high level, walk and choose a car thing). Question below about whether Gatorland or just hit grocery store and then PBR at USO. Eat at hotel that night.
* Sunday, Oct. 9: USO all day, probably swim in afternoon, Blue Man Group that night.
* Monday, Oct. 10: USO all day
* Tuesday, Oct. 11: check out and leave stuff at bell desk; USO until done; move to AKV, dinner at Boma (all meals with ADR)
* Wednesday, Oct. 12: Epcot RD, TT RD, FP for Soarin', Crush, SE; eat around world for lunch, Via Napoli for dinner
* Thursday, Oct. 13: AK RD, EE, KS, FOTLK FPs; Tusker House lunch, Yak & Yeti dinner; waiting on ROL
* Friday, Oct. 14: checkout AKV, move to Poly villa; RD MK, FP Splash, PPF, 7DMT; lunch at BOG, dinner show at HDDR
* Saturday, Oct. 15: RD HS, sign up for JTA, do RR, FP TSMM, lunch at 50s Prime Time, break early, kids to Lilo's Playhouse, DH and I to V&A
* Sunday, Oct. 16: nothing in the morning, lunch reservation at Dinosaur in DS/DTD, MNSSHP, dinner at Tony's
* Monday, Oct. 17: Epcot FP in the afternoon for FEA, MS; day is fairly open depending on what kids want to do
* Tuesday, Oct. 18: AK morning with FP Dinosaur, KS, EE; lunch res at BOG which we may drop; I leave for airport; dinner at Ohana
* Wednesday, Oct. 19: no plans whatsoever until late afternoon flight so DH and kids can go to a park or hang at the pool.
?: here's the dilemma. We'll have to leave our house at 5ish to be at the airport in time for the flight. So kids will be up early. May or may not sleep on the plane (iffy proposition as those seats are designed for maximum discomfort to discourage any restful repose). DS loves reptiles. I've heard Gatorland is not an extensive park and likely about 3 hours max. There are parts and items we won't be doing (like pictures with the snake or zipline). Given all of this, plus the grocery stop prior to USO, do we try to work in Gatorland or just forget it and move on? I honestly could go either way on this one. And it's a surprise so I can't ask the kids -- they won't know we are going to WDW until we get to the airport. And then won't know about USO until we arrive there. And then won't know about the Poly part until we check in there.
