WDW DisneyBounding! 11/17-12/3- 1st trip as an adult & DH's 1st trip! *Updated 10/15*

[ariane37]

That is a great picture with Alice and the Mad Hatter I'm sitting here trying to figure out why you can't make FP's for your party day I'm not an expert on tickets though. How many days is your ticket for? Because if it's like, an 8 day ticket you should be able to make FP's for 8 days PLUS your party day, as long as your MVMCP tix are linked in your MDE account. Have you asked on the TPAS board? It's gotta have something to do with your split stay that I just can't figure out........

As far as having an ADR every day, we do that, too! DH is not a fan of QS so we always have at least one TS a day, and occasionally 2. The only time we don't make them ahead of time is when we do our kid-free trips. Then we like to make a couple but make the rest spur-of-the-moment. And as far as FEA......well, not sure if you read in my PTR but we did it in August. I'm glad I did it so I can say I did, but not being a big Frozen fan I don't need to do it again lol. However that said, I think Christopher should do it with you on 11/26 at RD before Soarin' You'll have plenty of time and then you won't leave at the end of your trip wishing you'd done it!

 

[cinderelly828]

That is a great picture with Alice and the Mad Hatter I'm sitting here trying to figure out why you can't make FP's for your party day I'm not an expert on tickets though. How many days is your ticket for? Because if it's like, an 8 day ticket you should be able to make FP's for 8 days PLUS your party day, as long as your MVMCP tix are linked in your MDE account. Have you asked on the TPAS board? It's gotta have something to do with your split stay that I just can't figure out........

As far as having an ADR every day, we do that, too! DH is not a fan of QS so we always have at least one TS a day, and occasionally 2. The only time we don't make them ahead of time is when we do our kid-free trips. Then we like to make a couple but make the rest spur-of-the-moment. And as far as FEA......well, not sure if you read in my PTR but we did it in August. I'm glad I did it so I can say I did, but not being a big Frozen fan I don't need to do it again lol. However that said, I think Christopher should do it with you on 11/26 at RD before Soarin' You'll have plenty of time and then you won't leave at the end of your trip wishing you'd done it!

Thanks! They're so cute.

Yeah, it's baffling me too. Our tickets are 7 day park hoppers, and then we have the pass to MVMCP on a non-park day. I did check to make sure that it's linked to our MDE account, so there's no issue there. I will ask on the TPAS board - hadn't thought of that. I'm sure it's some sort of "user error"...

Yeah, ADRs are addicting! Especially for us planners, I think! I do like to have a few spur of the moment meals "scheduled in" so that we can have spontaneous snacks...and !

I did read your PTR about FEA in August. I think I'm kinda in the same boat as you - I'd like to say I did it sorta thing. I think I'll just have to force Christopher to go with me bright and early.

 

[cinderelly828]

Did a little FP adjusting today since I saw that Princess Elena will now be at Fairytale Hall. I don't really know anything about her, but did want to meet Cinderella (my fave) and Rapunzel (another fave) and was unable to do FP for this before. So I subbed out my 2nd Space Mountain FP and my FP for Ariel's Grotto (hoping we can do this at some point with low wait or a 4th FP) and then switched up my Splash Mountain FP for the day when I won't be doing the Princess M&Gs. Don't want to be soaking wet in the photos! So here's where we stand now on our two full MK days as far as FP goes:

Monday, November 28 - Magic Kingdom:
Space Mountain - 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Splash Mountain - 12:25 PM - 1:25 PM
Peter Pan's Flight - 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM

Wednesday, November 30 - Magic Kingdom:
Meet Cinderella & Elena at Fairytale Hall - 9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - 10:55 AM - 11:55 AM
Meet Rapunzel & Tiana at Fairytale Hall - 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM (and I'll be DisneyBounding as Rapuzel that day, so that will be fun!! )

I also did (more...) Disney shopping - I really should stop, but it's so hard! But I found this super cute Minnie sweatshirt at Macy's on sale and I figure, it's November and could be cold so I HAD to get it...

 

[cinderelly828]

Just have to crack up at my husband sometimes... We were discussing our trip this morning and I'm telling him we'll be doing a lot of walking - more than we do at Disneyland because there are 4 parks and it's a huge amount of land.

DH: Nah, it can't be that big.
Me: Yeah, it's like the size of Manhattan or something!
DH: But all the rides at Epcot are just in that big golf ball thing. You won't have to walk that much there.
Me:

Ohhh, Christopher...

 

[ariane37]

Just have to crack up at my husband sometimes... We were discussing our trip this morning and I'm telling him we'll be doing a lot of walking - more than we do at Disneyland because there are 4 parks and it's a huge amount of land.

DH: Nah, it can't be that big.
Me: Yeah, it's like the size of Manhattan or something!
DH: But all the rides at Epcot are just in that big golf ball thing. You won't have to walk that much there.
Me:

Ohhh, Christopher...

LMAO! He sounds like me (almost) 11 year old Christopher......I guess it's in the name and now I know what to expect when he's an adult!
Your Christopher is going to be mighty surprised when he gets to WDW and sees the size and how spread out the parks are...and realizes not quite all the rides at Epcot are in Spaceship Earth Can't wait to hear what his reaction to the while place was!

 

[cinderelly828]

LMAO! He sounds like me (almost) 11 year old Christopher......I guess it's in the name and now I know what to expect when he's an adult!
Your Christopher is going to be mighty surprised when he gets to WDW and sees the size and how spread out the parks are...and realizes not quite all the rides at Epcot are in Spaceship Earth Can't wait to hear what his reaction to the while place was!

Hahaha I know, I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees how big it all is.

 

[ArielSRL]

Im way behind on my subscribed threads. Sounds like you are firming up plans. On the TPAS board, there is a subgroup for Everything FP and there is a pinned thread where you can ask questions. Hopefully they can help you figure it all out. Also, I'm assuming you saw that a new holiday show is coming to DHS. So that will be the show there on Nov 18th.

 

[cinderelly828]

Im way behind on my subscribed threads. Sounds like you are firming up plans. On the TPAS board, there is a subgroup for Everything FP and there is a pinned thread where you can ask questions. Hopefully they can help you figure it all out. Also, I'm assuming you saw that a new holiday show is coming to DHS. So that will be the show there on Nov 18th.

I feel like I'm behind on posting! I've switched a few things around here and there that I'll update at some point this weekend. I think I posted my question somewhere on the TPAS board ...I'm pretty sure I just need to wait until it's 30 days from Christmas party. And YES, so excited for the holiday show at DHS!

 

[cinderelly828]

*16 DAYS TO GO!!!!*

Well, here we are 16 days out and I'm feeling......overwhelmed! Is it possible to over-plan? I've seriously had more than a few "Disney nightmares" about not waking up in time for rope drop, getting lost in the parks, and being kicked out of the hotel! It's probably silly, but I think my brain has gotten to saturation point. I've agonized over these FPs and ADRs too much, I guess. So, for now, here are a few photos from our last trip to bring me back to the fun times we had at DLR last year. Any tips for not being so stressed about relaxing?

 

[ArielSRL]

No tricks but I'll just let you know it happens to the best of us. You spend all that time planning and now you just have to wait to see if all your hard work pays off. I'm sure it will because it is Disney after all. I'll let you in on a secret. Because of my dad, most of my planning went right out the window....but we still had a great time, regardless.

Love all the photos! You are so close!!