FastPass+ thoughts and ideas!

Here is the letter I wrote to my amazing Disney Travel Agent about my thoughts on choosing out FastPass+!  This was written before she did our FP+ selections (which will be another post).

FP+ Ride thoughts:
General:
Will not FP parades or fireworks, just silly!
And no Meets, if the Wait is short, maybe, but we have enough Character Dining.


MK:
Will not do:
Laugh Floor, Barnstormer, Carpets, Pooh

Don't mind the queue or moves fast anyway:
Small World, HM, Cruise, PhilharMagic, Pirates, Seedway, Mermaid

Will ride if line is short:
Buzz, Tea Party, Peter Pan

For sure:
Big Thunder, Dumbo, Belle, Mine Train, Space, Splash


EPCOT:
Well, with Soarin' closed makes it much easier for Tier 1!
TT all the way! Land has always been a quick wait for us.
Tier 2:
NO Mission space!
Quick queues/don't mind:
Figment, Nemo
Anytime I can get on Spaceship Earth I am a happy camper! =)
And I have never done EO, I will try that!


HS:
I know we will probably regret it if we ever do, but we don't like doing the stage shows...
Tier 1-
For sure:
RnR! What would the chance be if we chose RnR 1^st that we would get Fantasmic FP+? We have never done it and I want to this time. Are the seat THT much better?
We also have never done TSMania...and I don't care either way if we do do it...if the wait is short we might...doubt it will be, though =)
We will do the Movie Ride and wait in the queue

Tier 2-
For sure:
ToT, Star Tours
Wait in Queue:
Star Tours
Maybe:
Muppet 3D
The rest are Nos.
This park will be SOOOooo much better for us when Star Wars Land opens...HUGE fans!


AK:
YES!:
Kali, Everest, Safarai
Wait in line:
DINOSAUR, Bug!
The rest are Nos!


SO...here are my thoughts... 


9 January – EPCOT – Not sure when we will be getting there, so just 2 FP+s around our dining works. We don't want to stay too late since we have an early day tomorrow.


10 January – MK – I think we will Rope Drop Space Mountian then Over to HM with Peter Pan on the way. That will bring us over near our first FP+s, Splash and Big Thunder. Then we will wander back towards the 3^rd FP, Mine Train and stop at Small World on our way. Then before we leave for our rest at the resort we will see what FP+s we can get for the evening.


11 January – EPCOT – I think we will sleep in a bit, or even if we are there for rope drop I think we will go right back to the Countries (stopping for Spaceship Earth first, of course!). Then FP+ Turtle Talk and Land before we leave for supper and then TT for after supper when we come back and do the front part,


12 January – HS – We are going to sleep in and rest at the resort in the morning, and we have 'Ohana at 9:30. I want to plan the stomach churning 2 rides for time before or well after eating! Leaving time to go back and rest before heading back for a Star Tours FP+ and then Fantasmic.


13 January – AK - If we keep Tusker house, we will be in before rope drop. After we eat we will go right to the Safari. Then head towards Kali and Everest for FP+s. Explore some more then Dinosaur before we leave late afternoon to rest a bit before the Luau that night.


14 January – NOTHING – Rest and Enjoy! =)


15 January – EPCOT – Not really sure when we will get there, if it will be early with a break back in the room in the middle, or if we will sleep in a bit and come later. SO the FP+s are for the evening. Around Teppan and before Illuminations.


16 January – MK – Last Day =( Again, not really sure when we will get there because I want to CLOSE THE PARK...open until Midnight. So FP+s late morning and in the evening around supper. New ones, Belle and Space Mt. Dumbo when it is dark after super. Then I don't think we will really need anything else for later, but maybe we will see what we can get. I am fairly certain we will be under-whelmed with Mine Train, so I am not concerned with that, and I hope we can get on Splash and Big Thunder after the Dessert Party with little waiting. And of course HM!

Our Plans!

Here are our plans..."We" consist of Me, DH and DD8.

We will be there 9 – 17 January and staying at POP!

I know we are traveling a bit, but part of my goal for this trip is to see new resorts!
This is not our first trip, and it will not be our last!

Day 1- Land at MCO @ 11:20am, travel to POP! and settle in (hopefully). 

Head to EPCOT around 2:00ish. 

FP Spaceship Earth

5:25pm Akersus (daughters request for first night, what we did last trip, great start!)

FP TT

Day 2 – MK Day!

7am Chef Mickey (again, Daughters request)

FP Big Thunder, Mine Train,

BBB@ noon

room to rest

FP Enchanted Tales in the evening

Day 3 – EPCOT day!

Head to Countries in the AM after riding SE

FP Turtle Talk and Land before heading to room to rest

5:05pm Whispering Canyon

Back Epcot

FP TT

Day 4 – HS Day!

Sleep in a bit...

9:30am 'Ohana

FP ToT and RnR (about 2 hours after breakfast so no tummy issues!)

Maybe back to the room

FP later afternoon TSMM

Fantasmic!

Day 5 – Animal Kingdom

CURENTLY we have an ADR for 8:20am Tusker House BUT...we MIGHT change that to the Dining with Animal Expert at Saana (sounds awesome!)

FP Kali, Everest

Lunch

FP Dino

Back to room

5:15pm Spirit of Aloha

Day 6 – resort/non-park day

6:00pm Boma

Day 7 – EPCOT again!

Arrive whenever and head to the Countries.

Lunch

Back to room

SP SE

4:00pm Teppan Edo

FP TT, Figment

Illuminations (maybe)

Day 8 – MK again!

FP Splash (was closed first day), Space

11:00am BOG

FP Big Thunder

Back to room to rest...park closes at midnight and I WILL be staying to the end!

5:50pm Liberty Tree (a MUST!)

9:00pm-ish Terrace Dessert Party

Day 9 – Heading Home

Not really sure what we are going to do...no park tickets.
MCO fly out at 5:30pm

Dining Plans

I am SO excited about dining at Disney this time!

There are a few places we went to the last trip that we want to do again.  Then we have a few new ones!  Here you go...

Day 1- 5:25pm Akershus - this was Rebekah's request for first night.  We did it last trip, and it was a great way to start the vacation!  And we get like 5 or 6 autographs at one place without waiting in line!

Day 2 – 7am Chef Mickey- We did this one as our first breakfast on our last trip, and it was awesome!  This is a REALLY early reservation, I know, but I WANT to be at the Opening Show and Rope Drop at Magic Kingdom this morning.  And hey, more autographs!

Day 3 –5:05pm Whispering Canyon.  Looking forward to seeing Wilderness Lodge and asking for Ketchup or a straw.

Day 4 – 9:30am 'Ohana - I have only heard GREAT stuff about it here!  And, wait, more autographs!

Day 5 – As of right now we have an 8:20am at Tusker House, we did this last trip, GREAT food and we were in the park early and could scoot right over to the safari for early morning animal activity!

BUT...

We MIGHT change that to the Dining with Animal Expert at Saana.  With Rebekah's love of animals and wanting to help endangered animals, I think this would be awesome!  And the food at Saana sounds yummy!

Then that evening we will be doing the 5:15pm Spirit of Aloha Luau!  Cannot wait for this!  So fun!

A dude juggling fire, umm yup!

Day 6 – 6:00pm Boma - this is our day off, no park day.  I wanted to resort hop a bit and check some out, and this will bring us to Animal Kingdom Lodge!  It is African food buffet, looks great!

Day 7 – 4:00pm Teppan Edo - We wanted to try something new at EPCOT.  Last time we did Marrakesh and Biergarten...but were beautiful and fun...food was OK.  I was thinking of trying one of the Mexican places, but all the reviews I read were mixed.  So, it was a toss up between Teppan Edo and Via Napoli...and Teppan won. Never have done Hibachi before, looking forward to it!

Day 8 –11:00am Be Our Guest - lunch here is a quick service hybrid kind of thing.  Looking forward to what they hype is ,but my expectations are not over the moon, so I will not be disappointed and might like it =)

Then 5:50pm Liberty Tree - we did this last time and LOVED the normal food after dining around the world!

and lastly 9:00pm-ish Terrace DessertParty - dessert buffet and prime fireworks viewing, I'm IN!

So excited!!
Pictures will be posted of the restaurants and food, no worries!!

-F =)

Planning - Resort Choice

As a kid I remember staying in the Contemporary, something I want to do again sometime.

1978ish...my mom in our room at the Contemporary

As a teen we went again and we stayed off site.  Never again! =)

1988 - I was 14

In 2000 John and I were married!  We decided to honeymoon at Disney!  We stayed at All Star Movies in the Fantasia section.  Right behind the pool and I remember there was a hammock right outside our door.  Loved the theming!

Dec 2000 Honeymoon

SO, when we plnned out 2013 trip with Rebekah we knew where we wanted to stay, All Star Movies.  Again, we loved it.  We were in the Buzz side Toy Story.  We were away from the pool, nice and quiet and a VERY quick walk to the buses!

Jan 2013 - Rebekah heading to our room

So for this next trip I really wanted to try somewhere new.  I REALLY wanted to try Caribbean Beach Resort.  However it was JUST out of our reach...next time!
So we decided to stay at POP Century.  Pretty much large, big and bright theming.  Another reason for not choosing All Star Movies was the ability to get any discounts to come out.  All Star Movies is usually not included in any discounts. 

SO...We are excited to try there!

Happy Halloween, by the way!

Danville Trunk-or-Treat 2015...look closely, Rebekah was a prop in there!

Rebekah as Cheshire Cat...more Disney!

Happy Halloween!

 

I'm back again!

Well it has been almost 3 years from our last trip and a *LOT* has changed!

HOWEVER...we are now planning another Disney trip!

Who: Me (Fran) 41, DH (John) 41, and DD (Rebekah) 8
When: 9 - 17 January 2016
Where: POP Century!
Why: 15 year wedding anniversary celebration, Rebekah's 9th b-day and a "PHEW, we made it through that hard part of life" trip!

Pretty much since coming back from our last trip I have been planning this trip.  There have been MANY set backs since then.  My farm in New York had to be sold and we made the decision to move back to New England, Danville NH to be exact.  After months of un(and under)employment we had a lot of catching up to do and jobs to find!  We moved again to Kingston, NH, both of us found great jobs and we can now again plan a vacation!

I decided for a few reasons to work with a new travel agent and I *LOVE* her!
(Let me know if you want her info!)

I was hoping to stay at Caribbean Beach Resort this time but it is *JUST* out of our reach...NEXT time!

I did decide to try POP Century resort...something new AND the ability to be part of any discounts (ASMovies are not included in discounts)

So in the next few posts I will go over some of our plans!
Dining
Extras
the dreaded Purchasing of Plane Tickets.

This is going to be AWESOME!

-Fran =)