Week After Turkey Day Shenanigans

[JamieOak]

Good luck to all booking FP tommorow!!!
Mine will open on Tuesday... Leave me an FEA.

This is so exciting! I can't believe we are almost 60 days away!

For anyone ordering from garden grocer don't forget to place that order at your 60 for the discount.

Oh geez I wasn't even thinking of the grocery order. Thanks for the reminder. Maybe I'll find time Tuesday night to do that if my FPs are all ready for Wednesday morning. But if not, I'll settle for the 30 day discount.

 

[twoolle]

I agree. Especially since I have to trust my husband to do it as I drive to work!

That's a lot of faith! I wish I could relinquish some of my planning control but I just cant. Plus DH would probably break the computer while waiting for stupid slow Internet to load fp times.

 

[Iowamomof4]

Ah dang. Tonight was a sold-out party and I didn't think to check ride wait times while it was happening. That would have been informative!

 

[Meeko5]

It totally worked!! And I had plenty of times to choose for everything - even 11:00am for FEA!!

I'm getting the kid off to school but I'll report back in a bit

 

[JamieOak]

Ah dang. Tonight was a sold-out party and I didn't think to check ride wait times while it was happening. That would have been informative!

I happened to look at 10pm and then again at 11pm. At those times, if I remember correctly, only 7DMT and I think Peter Pan were above 15 minute waits. 7DMT was around 25 minutes both times I checked. Other rides were around 7-15 minutes it seemed. I used that information to decide what order to tour the park on Xmas party night. I'm starting with Tomorrowland because that is the only area we might not get to on our first day, or might not finish before we leave. Then working up to Fantasyland and I'm hoping to finish both of those areas while FPs are still in play from 4-6:30pm. That is the day I'm shooting for a FP for 7DMT so we can ride it after dark (FP time 5:30-6:30). Since we'll get to ride it a bunch of times on our EMM morning, I want to get in at least 1 night ride on it.

 

[JamieOak]

It totally worked!! And I had plenty of times to choose for everything - even 11:00am for FEA!!

I'm getting the kid off to school but I'll report back in a bit

Great news! 2 more days for me. I have a FP list for 4 out of 7 days so far.

 

[heath92681]

It totally worked!! And I had plenty of times to choose for everything - even 11:00am for FEA!!

I'm getting the kid off to school but I'll report back in a bit

Worked for me too! DH was in charge since I was driving to work (but I did grab frozen at a red light!) so I need to go in and see what he did!

 

[Meeko5]

Also no FP For HM on 12/2. Bummer. Fingers crossed it's open for us!! I'll happily wait in the standby for it that day!

 

[CCxmas]

It totally worked!! And I had plenty of times to choose for everything - even 11:00am for FEA!!

I'm getting the kid off to school but I'll report back in a bit

Save me a FEA!! 46min left until I can get my tickets straightened out!!

 

[BDFmom]

It totally worked!! And I had plenty of times to choose for everything - even 11:00am for FEA!!

I'm getting the kid off to school but I'll report back in a bit

YAY!!!!

 

[JamieOak]

Also no FP For HM on 12/2. Bummer. Fingers crossed it's open for us!! I'll happily wait in the standby for it that day!

That is a bummer! It looks like the only day I can do HM is on our last day 12/4. I wasn't considering a FP for it though.

 

[Meeko5]

Save me a FEA!! 46min left until I can get my tickets straightened out!!

Fingers crossed!!!

 

[CCxmas]

Also no FP For HM on 12/2. Bummer. Fingers crossed it's open for us!! I'll happily wait in the standby for it that day!

According to Touring Plans HM will be closed on 11/30, 12/1 & 12/2. Did not check past 2nd.

Big Thunder Mountain closed 11/28 & 11/29

 

[JamieOak]

Big Thunder Mountain closed 11/28 & 11/29

This one is news to me!

 

[Meeko5]

According to Touring Plans HM will be closed on 11/30, 12/1 & 12/2. Did not check past 2nd.

Big Thunder Mountain closed 11/28 & 11/29

I definitely got BTM for 12/2! One of my faves, and I expect long lines after the refurb is done!

 

[MichiganScott]

According to Touring Plans...

Big Thunder Mountain closed 11/28 & 11/29

Source? https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/closures shows no such thing.

Plus, I have BTM FP scheduled for 11/29 without any notification otherwise.

 

[Meeko5]

A couple quick pointers:

1) When you see the list of available FPs, clicking on "View Details and More Times" is the quickest way to see the best overall list of available times all day for a particular attraction
2) If you see something remotely close to what you want, GRAB IT, especially if it's one of the big ones. You can always modify it, even immediately, but you can't grab it if someone steals it out from under you while you're trying to zero in on the perfect time.

YES to all this, by the way - they definitely don't show you all the open times at first. Often there were much better times by opening that "More details and times" box.

thanks for that tip ahead of time!

 

[reisfamily]

We are booking our FP tomorrow.. so this seems to be pretty good news so far! How is the availability for HM on Nov. 27th? and FEA on the 28th?

 

[Melwhit16]

Worked for me too! DH was in charge since I was driving to work (but I did grab frozen at a red light!) so I need to go in and see what he did!

Snagging FEA at a red light! That's talent!

Also no FP For HM on 12/2. Bummer. Fingers crossed it's open for us!! I'll happily wait in the standby for it that day!

Are there passes for HM on 11/26 or 27th?
Will BTM be open on 26th or 27th?

It's driving me crazy that y'all are able to do FPs and I am patiently waiting until tomorrow. I feel like it's Black Friday and I am watching you get all the good deals

 

[CCxmas]

Source? https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/closures shows no such thing.

Plus, I have BTM FP scheduled for 11/29 without any notification otherwise.

There must have been a glitch in TP because when I was searching for HM it showed BTM as being closed on those dates. When I just went to take a pic it was gone. I also looked at the closure listing and did not see Haunted Mansion closed on those days listed on here

https://touringplans.com/disneyland/attractions/haunted-mansion/closures

but when I try and put it into my plans for said days I get a prompt saying it is closed said dates.