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Good luck!!!
I was looking for the balloon loading area but Starbuck's is close enough 
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...nice little thunderstorm headed our way with high winds and possible hail...then RELIEF from today's humidity with cooler weather 
. Here's a crop to work on...
Hope we keep power on
No problem...and much better weather now! We got up to 81 today! Yep...another storm moving into the east...even shows some rain in Florida this week if I'm not mistaken. 
This is from a park.
Unless I want to wait in line for 2 hours. Which I don't.
MK or Epcot?
Well, after getting up at 3:50 and an hour and a half on the computer, I got about half of the fast passes I wanted. So frustrating! I do not like how they only let you book Frozen OR Soarin on one day but I was prepared for that. I didn't know you couldn't have Flight of Passage and the River ride on the same day at the AK. So I will not be able to ride the River ride this trip!
Sunday: Spaceship Earth (never have needed a fastness for Spaceship Earth but other than Soarin and Frozen there wasn't anything else) and Frozen. Lunch in the Mexican pyramid. That's it. No Fast passes for the evening.
Monday: Irked that you can't pick like 9, 10, 11. It's like 9:50 so you can't do anything before that and they won't let you make a reservation until like noon after that. And going through the distances in the parks. I don't want to run from the Jungle Cruise to the 7 Dwarfs. So I got Peter Pan at 10:15. That killed the entire morning. Dinner at 4:00 at the Plaza and then 7 Dwarfs at 7:05. And that's it!
Tuesday. AK Safari in the morning. Flight of Passage in the evening. 5:00 dinner at Yak and Yeti. That is all I could book. Can't have the River ride on the same day as the Flight of Passage and I only planned one day at the AK and no park hopper this time.
I won't go on but it was frustrating and I only feel about half satisfied. It used to be so easy to go to DW. It gets harder and harder every time. At least by this time I don't feel like I HAVE to ride everything.
Oh, on Wed. NO TOY STORY! I will have to run from Star Wars to Tower of Terror to get back to Prime Time and that will be my day. There were no Fast Passes for Toy Story. I don't know if that's because it won't be open then??????
Oh well. It's over. I couldn't even change my restaurant reservations. Everything is booked. Thank goodness I got what I got.
I am really going to have to try to stay relaxed about this trip. I don't have to do everything.
And, I have 3 friends coming up my last 2 days but they aren't going into the parks!!! What!? The one friend I have spoken to wants to "pool hop". I don't do bathing suits. I have no desire to lie out in the heat and humidity. I have a 6 day park pass. I'm going to the park!!! So we will see how that works out. I may not see much of them.
MK or Epcot?
Well, after getting up at 3:50 and an hour and a half on the computer, I got about half of the fast passes I wanted. So frustrating! I do not like how they only let you book Frozen OR Soarin on one day but I was prepared for that. I didn't know you couldn't have Flight of Passage and the River ride on the same day at the AK. So I will not be able to ride the River ride this trip!
Sunday: Spaceship Earth (never have needed a fastness for Spaceship Earth but other than Soarin and Frozen there wasn't anything else) and Frozen. Lunch in the Mexican pyramid. That's it. No Fast passes for the evening.
Monday: Irked that you can't pick like 9, 10, 11. It's like 9:50 so you can't do anything before that and they won't let you make a reservation until like noon after that. And going through the distances in the parks. I don't want to run from the Jungle Cruise to the 7 Dwarfs. So I got Peter Pan at 10:15. That killed the entire morning. Dinner at 4:00 at the Plaza and then 7 Dwarfs at 7:05. And that's it!
Tuesday. AK Safari in the morning. Flight of Passage in the evening. 5:00 dinner at Yak and Yeti. That is all I could book. Can't have the River ride on the same day as the Flight of Passage and I only planned one day at the AK and no park hopper this time.
I won't go on but it was frustrating and I only feel about half satisfied. It used to be so easy to go to DW. It gets harder and harder every time. At least by this time I don't feel like I HAVE to ride everything.
Oh, on Wed. NO TOY STORY! I will have to run from Star Wars to Tower of Terror to get back to Prime Time and that will be my day. There were no Fast Passes for Toy Story. I don't know if that's because it won't be open then??????
Oh well. It's over. I couldn't even change my restaurant reservations. Everything is booked. Thank goodness I got what I got.
I am really going to have to try to stay relaxed about this trip. I don't have to do everything.
And, I have 3 friends coming up my last 2 days but they aren't going into the parks!!! What!? The one friend I have spoken to wants to "pool hop". I don't do bathing suits. I have no desire to lie out in the heat and humidity. I have a 6 day park pass. I'm going to the park!!! So we will see how that works out. I may not see much of them.
Hope we keep power on
MK or Epcot?
Well, after getting up at 3:50 and 3 hours on the computer, I got about half of the fast passes I wanted. So frustrating! I do not like how they only let you book Frozen OR Soarin on one day but I was prepared for that. I didn't know you couldn't have Flight of Passage and the River ride on the same day at the AK. And I'm only planning one day in the AK. So I will not be able to ride the River ride this trip!
I won't go on but it was frustrating and I only feel about half satisfied. It used to be so easy to go to DW. It gets harder and harder every time. At least by this time I don't feel like I HAVE to ride everything.
Oh, on Wed. NO TOY STORY! I will have to run from Star Wars to Tower of Terror to get back to Prime Time and that will be my day. There were no Fast Passes for Toy Story. I suspect it will be closed May 9th?
Oh well. I went back and tweeted some things and was able to get a couple of more FastPasses.
I am really going to have to try to stay relaxed about this trip. I don't have to do everything.
But, I do have 3 friends coming up my last 2 days but they aren't going into the parks!!! What!? The one friend I have spoken to wants to "pool hop". I don't do bathing suits. I have no desire to lie out in the heat and humidity. I have a 6 day park pass. I'm going to the park!!! So we will see how that works out. I may not see much of them.
I was going to say the exact same thing Terri said; DD said the River ride was something she was glad she did but wouldn't stress over it in the future. Are you sure the wait time is still that long? Maybe Jeff will have some news on Toy Story but yes, it's very hard to get the FP you want if you have a set time of the day. DH and I were flexible and planned on the entire day at HS so it was no big deal for us; I think ours was maybe 11 or so in the morning...can't really remember but then it was no big deal for us since we just walked around and enjoyed HS the day we were there. Soarin' and Frozen are both considered "top tiers" which is why you can only have one a day. Again, the hardest part there is deciding which one on which day since we usually spend at least 2 days at Epcot, maybe 3. Gives me something to look forward too with the "2nd visit" 
. Had to do Frozen much later than I wanted but worked out okay anyway...Ed was able to join us on the ride since we had a later time.
This is not from the MK or Epcot and not a light fixture; it's from an attraction.
The River Ride really does not deserve to be in the same tier as FOP. I don't know what your touring style is like, but when we went in November, we went to the River Ride at rope drop and did not have to wait at all. We were actually off the ride before the park even officially opened. I don't think the ride is worth much more than a 20 minute wait, personally.And I'm only planning one day in the AK. So I will not be able to ride the River ride this trip!
This is not from the MK or Epcot and not a light fixture; it's from an attraction.
This is not from the MK or Epcot and not a light fixture; it's from an attraction.
My top three rides I want to ride at Epcot are all tier 1 Test Track, Soarin and Frozen. I will probably have to try to do one at rope drop on one of the days. Planning 2 days at Epcot or 1 1/2 day not sure yet. I want to really explore the countries this time. I don't like all this fast pass plus stuff with making your picks that far in advance. I'm not sure even what park I want to do on what day never mind what time I want to ride what ride.
IF they want to experience the different "water features" (although I can't think of any pool that is particular different from the other 
) go to a water park 
; if they want to enjoy different pool amenities just take a break from a park for an afternoon drink by a different pool every day but WHY "waste" an entire day "pool hopping"? Honestly...if they want a different "water experience"...go to a water park. We have some great ones in our area and we don't have to go to the expense of going to Disney. 
I'd have no problem letting them pool hop while I go off to a park. 
