Disney loving Iowan
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Kat gave you some good answers and I agree with her when she said to make your park reservations ASAP. I worry with the anniversary that there may not be a lot left. I have been watching a ton of vlogs and have gotten some really good info from them. There are so that are quit helpful with tips to get into the virtual queue for ROR. I'm really hoping those tips work.So my fellow Groupies, I find myself at the 180 day mark until our first trip to WDW in a couple of years. I have to admit, I haven't kept up with all the procedural changes and I'm finding it hard to get motivated to really research the trip. For part of the trip, our daughter, son-in-law and then 15 month old grandson will be staying with us in a BWV 2BR. I have some questions that, like I said, I just don't want to scour the boards about. So I'll just post them here if that's okay with everyone.
1. Mrs Granny and I have annual pass vouchers that have never been activated. I'm assuming we can activate them for our October trip and start the clock on them? I wasn't sure since Disney isn't selling APs at this point as far as I know.
2. We will be buying park tickets for my daughter and her husband. They haven't locked down what days they will be there yet, so it's hard to buy tickets for them at this time. I think they still have the "buy 4 days, get 2 free" offer out there but it only runs through September 21 and our trip is scheduled for early October. So, assuming they extend the offer, do you have to use those admissions on consecutive days? Or can you do a non-park day in the middle and not lose a day of admissions? We have had APs for so long that I don't know anything about park admissions. Since we will be at BWV during F&W Festival I think I will be buying park hopper tickets for my daughter/SIL so they can go to EPCOT in the evenings no matter which park they hit that day.
3. I guess that Disney is still not doing FastPass, right? So everything is stand by? Does that include the Star Wars attractions at DHS, or are they still on that "show up early and get a timeframe" system? I know that some things may be very different by October (shows, parades & fireworks back?) but I can only plan on what we know right now.
4. How much in advance can we do a park reservation? With my daughter unable to commit to her dates, it makes it hard to book anyway.
5. My understanding is that Magical Express will run through the end of 2021, right? So we should be good there.
I feel like a complete WDW newbie. Frankly, I wish this trip were just DW and me since we could do an entire non-park stay and be happy. But my daughter really wants to go so I can't say no to that!
Any responses/tips you can provide would be welcome. Or even a link to a factual thread about any of the topics above. Like I said, I am challenged to get motivated about planning for this trip at this point.
Thanks so much, and I pray that each of you is happy and healthy at this time.