WDW Commando Club

[Disney Commando]

We are officially booked for our first trip to WDW. October 14th through the 26th. We'll be staying on site at AOA Cars the 14th through 19th then at a time share. Right now we are finalizing our calendar for when I call to get ADRs. Right now the plan is:

14th: Arrive about noon and Chef Mickey's for dinner.
15th: MK, CRT for late breakfast.
16th: HS, Lunch at Hollywood & Vine
17th: AK
18th: MNSSHP
19th: Switch resorts
20th: Gatorland or Cape Canaveral
21st: EPCOT
22nd: US IoA or Sea World
23rd: Day of rest
24th: MK
25th: Whichever park the kids want to do again.
26th: Fly home

DW and I are going back and forth on which day at Mk to do BBB with DD.

Please let me know what you guys think of my plan.

Looks Good Are you going for the Hollywood & Vine with Fantasmic preferred seating package, I know when we did it there were 2 choices, you had to book under the Fantasmic package to get the preferred seating, I'm not sure how they do it now but at the time it was 1 TS either way

 

[Twin Dad]

Looks like a good plan. We just can't do CM for dinner. Just can't tolerate the food, acoustics, or dark at night. But, there aren't many other Options for dinner. As for the BBB thing, we did it before dinner. I don't know if it was available, but I wish we could have done it in the AM and then had a late breakfast. CRT Breakfast is one of the best.

Chef Mickey's for dinner is a compromise. I want to kick off our vacation with breakfast at CM but DW thinks that would be tough to get the kiddies up and moving that early on the first day. So we decided to do it the day we arrive. We're also kicking around the idea of doing CM on a different day and doing a DTD restaurant on our first night. I still have time to change my mind. Plus we are trying to decide where to go for our anniversary dinner. We're looking at Saturday. Flying Fish and California Grill are two we are looking at along with some off site places Trip Adviser recommends.

 

[Xclusive2WDW]

Ron, I'm so sorry this is late but. . . HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!

Birthday's are the best and should always be celebrated. I hope you enjoyed yours

 

[paysensmom]

I didn't know there was a thread for people like me

I have a few plans that I would love for you all to look at and give me feedback on. I will be traveling with my hubby and three children (11, 8, 2). This will be our 4th trip to Disney. (2007, 2009, 2010, and 2013)!

May 28 Magic Kingdom

My older daughter has a BBB appointment at 8:00 and I am hoping to be done before 9:00 to beat the ETWB stampede


Get Peter Pan FP Should we even attempt?
Enchanted tales w/Belle
Ariel M & G
Little Mermaid
Get Pooh FP
Ride Peter Pan w/FP
It’s a small World Should I put this at another time since it is so long so I can get to SM and BTMR in time to ride standby and if so, where?
Splash Mountain
Thunder Mountain RR
Jungle Cruise Pushing it without a FP?
Aladdin
Pooh w/FP
Cinderella’s Carousel
Get Toy Story w/FP
Get Buzz Light year FP I am not sure how far out this would be, it might interfer with my daughter's haircut.
LUNCH @ Be Our Guest
Grab Dumbo, Mickey, Goofini FP
Grab either Pooh or PP FP when it's time
Ride Great Goofini w/FP
Ride Dumbo w/FP
Mickey M&G w/FP
Walt Disney Railroad to Main St
Kinzie’s 1st haircut @ 2:00
Pirates of the Caribbean
Splash Baby Swap
Haunted Mansion
Buzz w/FP
Grab Buzz FP Not sure when I should grab the FP for this one
Tomorrow Land Transit

 

[Disney Commando]

I didn't know there was a thread for people like me

I have a few plans that I would love for you all to look at and give me feedback on. I will be traveling with my hubby and three children (11, 8, 2). This will be our 4th trip to Disney. (2007, 2009, 2010, and 2013)!

May 28 Magic Kingdom

My older daughter has a BBB appointment at 8:00 and I am hoping to be done before 9:00 to beat the ETWB stampede


Get Peter Pan FP Should we even attempt?
Enchanted tales w/Belle
Ariel M & G
Little Mermaid
Get Pooh FP
Ride Peter Pan w/FP
It’s a small World Should I put this at another time since it is so long so I can get to SM and BTMR in time to ride standby and if so, where?
Splash Mountain
Thunder Mountain RR
Jungle Cruise Pushing it without a FP?
Aladdin
Pooh w/FP
Cinderella’s Carousel
Get Toy Story w/FP
Get Buzz Light year FP I am not sure how far out this would be, it might interfer with my daughter's haircut.
LUNCH @ Be Our Guest
Grab Dumbo, Mickey, Goofini FP
Grab either Pooh or PP FP when it's time
Ride Great Goofini w/FP
Ride Dumbo w/FP
Mickey M&G w/FP
Walt Disney Railroad to Main St
Kinzie’s 1st haircut @ 2:00
Pirates of the Caribbean
Splash Baby Swap
Haunted Mansion
Buzz w/FP
Grab Buzz FP Not sure when I should grab the FP for this one
Tomorrow Land Transit

You are member #230 You got a nice solid day planned, Are you going to any of the parades or fireworks, that could change some of the ride line up since some areas are pretty empty during those times IMO Belle, Arial & Little Mermaid will be the heaviest lines, I don't know if they have FP's or not since we went on a dress rehearsal, If you getting there at 8am after BBB I would definitely try to get that area done 1st before it backs up, or at 9 have Hubby get a FP for Belle or Little Mermaid.

 

[paysensmom]

We are planning to watch Wishes, but more of a stop wherever we end up at that time. Really I plan to do the commando style for the first half of the day. The second half is when I want to fit in the characters and such. I am hoping to charge through the list of rides so we can slowly stroll and enjoy the park later in the day. We don't usually take breaks. We go to Disney for 2 weeks, but only go to each park once. We always have a rest day or two in between park days, so staying all day isn't an issue for us.

 

[Disney Commando]

We are planning to watch Wishes, but more of a stop wherever we end up at that time. Really I plan to do the commando style for the first half of the day. The second half is when I want to fit in the characters and such. I am hoping to charge through the list of rides so we can slowly stroll and enjoy the park later in the day. We don't usually take breaks. We go to Disney for 2 weeks, but only go to each park once. We always have a rest day or two in between park days, so staying all day isn't an issue for us.

Sweet 2 weeks, with plenty of time to rest up between parks, I do have a list of Non park things to do, just incase you want to get out for a few hours and they are all free

- catch the Electric Water pageant at one of the resorts
- Evening DTD for Dance party and other entertainment
- Tour Animal Kingdom Lodge too check out the animals
- Chip & Dales sing along campfire
- Boardwalk
- Tour Resorts

Even if you are staying off site if you have a car all you have to do is park at DTD and catch a bus or boat to do any of these

 

[paysensmom]

Every single time we go I plan to tour Animal Kingdom Lodge. It is at the top of my to do list this time! The water parade is also on my list this time. I am just unsure of where to watch it from. We do have a few resort days that we can fit other stuff in. I just didn't want to plan every moment! We are staying offsite.

Here is our schedule for now

Sunday, May 26th
Check in @ 4:00
Grocery Shop
check out Animal Kingdom Lodge
Electrical Water Pageant
Dinner in room

Monday, May 27th
DTD Disney Quest
Dinner @ House of Blues (Restaurant Certificate)

Tuesday, May 28th
Hang out at Resort
Dinner in room

Wednesday, May 29th

BBB @ 8:00 Bring comb or brush
Barber Shop @ 2:00 Kinzie’s 1st hair cut

MAGIC KINGDOM
FANTASYLAND
Grab FP for Peter Pan
Enchanted Tales w/Belle Done by
Ariel’s Grotto
Journey of Little Mermaid
Grab Winnie the Pooh FP
Peter Pan w/FP around 10:00
It’s a small world
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Jungle Cruise Get FP if long line
Aladdin’s Magic Carpets
Winnie the Pooh w/FP around 11:00
Cinderella’s Carrousel
Grab Buzz Light year FP
LUNCH @ Be Our Guest
Grab Dumbo, Mickey M&G, Great Goofini FP
Grab Pan or Pooh FP when possible
Great Goofini w/FP
Dumbo w/FP
Mickey M&G w/FP
Walt Disney Railroad Get off @ Main St
Kinzie’s first haircut @ 2:00
ADVENTURE LAND
Pirates of the Caribbean
FRONTIER LAND
Use Splash Baby swap
Haunted Mansion
TOMORROWLAND
Buzz w/FP
Get Buzz Light year FP
TOMORROWLAND TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Night parade Grab funnel cake!
Liberty Boat
Dinner in park

Thursday, May 30th
Hang out at resort
Dinner in room

Friday, May 31st
Typhoon Lagoon Water Park (10:00-5:00)
Paysen can try scuba diving here!

Saturday, June 1st
Hang out at resort
Dinner in room

EPCOT (Sunday June 2nd 9:00-9:00; 11:00-9:00)
Grab Soarin FP
Characters
Soarin
Turtle talk w/ crush@ 9:40 Get to gate at 9:25/30
Seas w/ Nemo & friends (again if short line)
Use Soarin FP & Child Swap
Journey into my imagination w/ Figment
Image works
Club cool Beverly!
LUNCH picnic
@ 11:00
Kidcot Mexico Gran Fiesta Tour
Kidcot Norway Maelstrom
Kidcot China-Watch dragon acrobats
Kidcot Germany- Grab snack at Karamell Kuche
Kidcot Italy-Watch Sergio-a juggler
Kidcot U.S.A Watch Fife & drum corps
Kidcot Japan Pick a pearl
MIYUKI candy lady, check schedule, get in front of cart early
Kidcot Morocco-"Old City"section, across from Marrakesh: Aladdin Kidcot France- watch Serveur Amusant
Kidcot United Kingdom
Kidcot Canada- Do totem pole photos, pretty waterfall
Outpost listen to story & drums
Dinner in park
Spaceship Earth
ILLUMINATIONS Grab a funnel cake

`Monday, June 3rd
Blizzard Beach

ANIMAL KINGDOM (Tuesday June 4th 9:00-8:00)
AFRICA
Kilamanjaro Safari
ASIA
Get Kali FP
Expedition Everest get baby swap
DINO LAND U.S.A.
Triceratops spin (Me & Kinzie)
Primeval Whirl (Micah, Gracen & Paysen)
Dinosaur front get baby swap 10:30
ASIA
Kali w/FP get baby swap
Nemo (fit in around this time) 11:00
Expedition Everest use baby swap
Kali use baby swap
BATHROOM BREAK
Small path on left before Africa, great photo spot w/Tree of life
LUNCH
Pocahontas before 12:20 or @ 1:55
Maharajah Jungle Trek
Look for Devine
Grab Safari FP
Pangani Trail
Rafiki Train
Camp Minnie/Mickey
Festival of the Lion King (30 min) (arrive 25 min early)
Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore (3:10-7:00) Character Landing
Goofy & Pluto (2:10-8:00) Dinoland
Kilimanjaro Safari AGAIN!
Hop to MK (9:00-11:00) maybe
Dinner in park

Wednesday, June 5th
Dinner in room

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS (Thursday June 6th 9:00-10:00)
Toy Story Mania
Get Toy Story FP
Little Mermaid 9:15, 9:40, 10:05, 10:50 (17 min)
Rock N Roller Coaster (1.22) (Micah & Paysen)
Tower of Terror (5m) (Micah & Paysen)
Sorcerer Mickey (Meet up here)
Disney Jr live (20min) 9:40, 10:30, 11:20, 11:45 (24 min)
Get FP TSM
Ride TSM with first FP
LUNCH
Art Studio (15min)
HOP to Magic Kingdom (9:00-11:00)
Grab FP for favorite
People Mover
Haunted Mansion
Dinner in park

Friday, June 7th
DTD Disney Quest or Water Park

Saturday, June 8th
Dinner in room

Sunday, June 9th
Check out @ 10:00

 

[Disney Commando]

You got some good solid days planned

For the Water Pageant it depends on what your preference is

- I would not recommend Wilderness lodge it has a long dock type trail to the water, but being a observant nature type I have noticed a lot of spiders hanging out in the brush close to the path, night-time is hunting time so I really don't want to take the chance in case they spin a web to get to the other side

- GF & Poly you can sit on the beach catch the parade and wishes

- The Dock at the Contemporary, my all time favorite spot, you can sit on a bench, usually not many people there but IMO it is the closest you can get, one drawback you can't see the fireworks, the Towers block the view

- By The MK, usually really crowded with people leaving the park

Our next trip we are doing it at the Poly since my wife wanted to go to Hawaii this year, well this is about as close as she's gonna get

 

[AirGoofy]

Chef Mickey's for dinner is a compromise. I want to kick off our vacation with breakfast at CM but DW thinks that would be tough to get the kiddies up and moving that early on the first day. So we decided to do it the day we arrive. We're also kicking around the idea of doing CM on a different day and doing a DTD restaurant on our first night. I still have time to change my mind. Plus we are trying to decide where to go for our anniversary dinner. We're looking at Saturday. Flying Fish and California Grill are two we are looking at along with some off site places Trip Adviser recommends.

I agree that CM breakfast is a great way to start the vacation, and we usually do it when staying at BLT. But, I get how children are tired. As for dinner, CG was great before th re-model and I would easily pick it again. We did not have a good meal or experience at Flying Fish, and won't go back for those prices.

I didn't know there was a thread for people like me

I have a few plans that I would love for you all to look at and give me feedback on. I will be traveling with my hubby and three children (11, 8, 2). This will be our 4th trip to Disney. (2007, 2009, 2010, and 2013)!

May 28 Magic Kingdom

My older daughter has a BBB appointment at 8:00 and I am hoping to be done before 9:00 to beat the ETWB stampede


Get Peter Pan FP Should we even attempt?
Enchanted tales w/Belle
Ariel M & G
Little Mermaid
Get Pooh FP
Ride Peter Pan w/FP
It’s a small World Should I put this at another time since it is so long so I can get to SM and BTMR in time to ride standby and if so, where?
Splash Mountain
Thunder Mountain RR
Jungle Cruise Pushing it without a FP?
Aladdin
Pooh w/FP
Cinderella’s Carousel
Get Toy Story w/FP
Get Buzz Light year FP I am not sure how far out this would be, it might interfer with my daughter's haircut.
LUNCH @ Be Our Guest
Grab Dumbo, Mickey, Goofini FP
Grab either Pooh or PP FP when it's time
Ride Great Goofini w/FP
Ride Dumbo w/FP
Mickey M&G w/FP
Walt Disney Railroad to Main St
Kinzie’s 1st haircut @ 2:00
Pirates of the Caribbean
Splash Baby Swap
Haunted Mansion
Buzz w/FP
Grab Buzz FP Not sure when I should grab the FP for this one
Tomorrow Land Transit

Welcome, and I see a lot of posts and planning. You have found the right spot.

 

[AirGoofy]

Every single time we go I plan to tour Animal Kingdom Lodge. It is at the top of my to do list this time! The water parade is also on my list this time. I am just unsure of where to watch it from. We do have a few resort days that we can fit other stuff in. I just didn't want to plan every moment! We are staying offsite.

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Lots of detailed planning, and my favorite - a day off in between. I will second the CR for EWP. When we have stayed at BLT, It starts there at 9:30 PM and makes it way over. I'm not sure if the time changed for June. But, if you parked at MK, walked to the CR terrace for Wishes, and then down to the dock for the EWP, that is a great view. There is also a beach behind the CR where you could get some chairs, but you couldn't see the castle from there.

 

[Phoenixrising]

Be aware of potential lung soreness if you've never breathed in compressed air before breathing from a reg and air from a scuba tank. The air inside the tanks is compressed and very dry, and can inflame the lungs if they are not used to it. Once you get used to it, your lungs are fine, but it's something to be aware of, especially if you are flying. Take this advice from an x scuba diver. Scuba diving is amazing, and have had some incredible experiences underwater over the years, before I had kids.

 

[Disney Commando]

It's been kinda slow on the Dis scene with Rumors & News lately so being a little bored, I'm trying to complete my Sorcerer Card set, I got some trades in the works and if everything pans out , I'll only need 1 more card to complete the set, of course once I complete the 60 cards you can get in the park, then the challenge is to get the other 10 cards, I already have one but these a tough since you would only get 1 of these cards with the game you buy at $14 and there is no way of knowing what card is in the game

Then I have to find the MNSSHP card but I have the MVMCP card to trade for that so it might not be that hard

I hope by the time August comes around I have the set completed with all the cards

 

[Disney Commando]

For those of you that are collecting the Sorcerer of the Kingdom Cards, I found a Great Thread here on the Dis Boards to trade cards, I've made some trades and I'm down to the last card to complete the 60 card set

The name of the thread is Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Trading, so if you have some duplicate cards and still need others give it a try, it's a good source of Disney Magic in the down time.

There is also a couple traders who have Transportation Cards, I've also made a couple trades with them

 

[Xclusive2WDW]

Hello Commando's
I'm back in Disney mode. I have updated my PTR and would like to update it some more. The only thing is, I would like to begin to add photos. Does anyone know how to do this on here? I see we have people posting plans, that is wonderful. It is super helpful to see what everyone else does. With school I am noticing how now I have to put everything on a schedule or I just don't get to it, that includes my Disney planning Hope everyone is well.

 

[AirGoofy]

Hello Commando's
I'm back in Disney mode. I have updated my PTR and would like to update it some more. The only thing is, I would like to begin to add photos. Does anyone know how to do this on here? I see we have people posting plans, that is wonderful. It is super helpful to see what everyone else does. With school I am noticing how now I have to put everything on a schedule or I just don't get to it, that includes my Disney planning Hope everyone is well.

First, get a photo upload account like Photobucket. There are others out there that are free. Then you upload your picture to that site. Then, copy the IMG code and paste it here.

 

[AirGoofy]

Speaking of plans, here is ours. We pushed the cr use back to 2015 to celebrate our 15th anniversary. So, we are in a 1 BR at OKW in October.

Sat - Resort, Olivia's 7:30 AM Breakfast; DTD - EoS dinner
Sun- MNSSHP, BOG 6:50 PM
Mon - Resort, Fulton's Crab House dinner
Tues - MK, CRT 10:20 AM Breakfast
Wed - Resort, WHW, ESPN Club late lunch
Thurs - Epcot
Friday - WPE lunch and depart

 

[Xclusive2WDW]

Speaking of plans, here is ours. We pushed the cr use back to 2015 to celebrate our 15th anniversary. So, we are in a 1 BR at OKW in October.

Sat - Resort, Olivia's 7:30 AM Breakfast; DTD - EoS dinner
Sun- MNSSHP, BOG 6:50 PM
Mon - Resort, Fulton's Crab House dinner
Tues - MK, CRT 10:20 AM Breakfast
Wed - Resort, WHW, ESPN Club late lunch
Thurs - Epcot
Friday - WPE lunch and depart

Thanks for the picture info. Your list reminds me I need to make sure to have WPE and EoS on our itinerary as I have some items I want to try. Have you reserved BOG yet? I would do so asap, it has been filling up ridiculously fast.

 

[AirGoofy]

Thanks for the picture info. Your list reminds me I need to make sure to have WPE and EoS on our itinerary as I have some items I want to try. Have you reserved BOG yet? I would do so asap, it has been filling up ridiculously fast.

Yes, yesterday was my 180 day mark. I couldn't get the +10 to work on the Disney website, App, etc so I called. I was hoping to get it around 6:00 PM, but I did get the day I wanted. It fills up quickly.

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[Twin Dad]

I'm waiting for my 180 mark to hit so I can start booking ADRs. Here is what the calendar looks like right now.

Monday: Fly in, DTD in the afternoon/evening
tuesday: MK, BBB at 8am, CRT late breakfast
Wednesday: EPCOT
Thursday: AK
Friday: MNSSHP
Saturday: Switch resorts, pool day, Anniversary dinner
Sunday: Cape Canaveral/Gatorland
Monday: DHS, Hollywood & Vine lunch
Tuesday: IoA
Wednesday: Whatever park we want to do again
Thursday: MK
Friday: Chill out
Saturday: Fly home

I still have a few days I can tweak it. I'm actually thinking of switching Wednesday and Friday around on that second week. What are the Commandos thoughts?