Touring Plans.com ??

[mandanjeremy]

Has anyone subscribed to this, and how useful is it? I didnt buy the book, so I'd have to pay to join. Just wondering how good the trip planners, etc were, and if it justified the cost.

 

[PollyannaMom]

They have a day-by-day crowd calendar that have always found to be right on!

 

[eyor44]

Oh you must buy the book. It is wonderful. I absolutely love it. So much I have bought it again this year. and the web site is incredibly helpful. A lot of very useful information.

 

[mandanjeremy]

We're close enough to our trip that I can see the crowd calendar for free for our dates, just curious if anyone ever used the trip planners they offer. With 2 toddlers, Im looking for anything and everything to make our trip flow smoothly

 

[eyor44]

yes, we have used the touring plans and they do work. We will be using them again in June.

 

[3boymthr]

I have the book and bought the subscription for TGM. UG is much, much easier to use. The touringplans directions are concise.

 

[Birdleigh]

We used the touring plan from UG for MK in 2007. WOW!! I was so impressed. I bought the 2009 guide for our upcomming trip and plan to use if for all the parks.

 

[2disneyboys]

We used the touring plan from UG for MK in 2007. WOW!! I was so impressed. I bought the 2009 guide for our upcomming trip and plan to use if for all the parks.

What is UG??? I've seen that reference several times throughout the board

 

[BellesFavoriteBook]

I assume UG= Unofficial Guide

 

[debdebdebby13]

I have the book and the website subscription though I can't attest to how great it is yet because we haven't gone yet, we're leaving in a week and a half so I'll tell ya when we get back (unless you're going when we're going).

 

[mandanjeremy]

We're leaving on the 20th, spending the night in Daytona before checking in on the 22nd.

 

[vkg090902]

We are doing the same thing. Where are you staying. I know the hotels in Dayton are hit and miss for quality.

We will be leaving on 3/20 and spending the night and checking in on 3/21 - 3/28 at POP

 

[aestapa]

The book is invaluable. We used the 2007 edition for our 2007 and 2008 trips. We just sprang for the 2009. The reviews are fabulous and they give you the good, the bad and the ugly of everything. We have about 6 Disney books and it is by far our fav.

 

[sksjasams]

It really is a great book. You are so close to your trip time though, so I don't know how much time you will have to read it. I did subscribe to touringplans and also tourguide mike before our thanksgiving trip last fall. I really thought both sites were great and the forums on tourguide mike were invaluable. What I really liked about touringplans was the way you could use their program to input your own plan and then print it out. I modified plans from touringplans and tourguide mike based on what we wanted to do and suggestions from the TGM forums, then I was able to key them into the touringplans program and it printed out our very own personalized plan, including a map with each stop numbered for our day. It was so great to just grab our plan each morning and go. The plans were outstanding and made our first vacation ever a real dream come true. Good luck and enjoy your trip!

Julie

 

[mandanjeremy]

Were staying at Days Inn Daytona OceanFront, (and All Star Movies at Disney). The reviews on expedia were pretty good, and its fairly inexpensive. For just a one night regroup after all that driving, I didnt want to spend a fortune on our way to Disney...where are you staying?

 

[whitneyNC]

Buy THE book! I have every UG since 2000, and love them. If you listen, it will work! The website is good too, I like the crowd calendar. With the book, you can see it for free.

 

[rockundergirl]

We use it and love it, easy to print out trip reports and the crowd calender was accurate !

 

[churchpilot]

The book is invaluable. We used the 2007 edition for our 2007 and 2008 trips. We just sprang for the 2009. The reviews are fabulous and they give you the good, the bad and the ugly of everything. We have about 6 Disney books and it is by far our fav.

We update every two years too. The touring plans are awesome and we use them the past two years for our trip during President's week and we have never waited more than 15 minutes for top rides.

 

[aestapa]

Churchpilot...
So the UG helped with President's week? I have that week off, but we have always been afraid of the crowds. We go in September, so we are spoiled to no crowds. Is that week manageable with the touring plans?

 

[maciec]

I subscribe just for the crowd calendar. It definitely has helped us when picking which dates we were going to go. It also tells us which days we should go to which parks and which to avoid.