If it’s like our agent she literally sent me a word doc and a shared google calendar with alarms for when to sign up for which rides on D+ and what to LL’s to buy when. I’m sure you’re agent will walk you through each day.
Went first week of December. Stayed at AKL (rented DVC points - thanks for the tip for whomever recommended that in this thread). Was awesome. Genie + was absolutely worth it. Other than ratatouille breaking down 2 different times while we were in middle of ride--everything was great. I think we waited 45 minutes for FoP, nothing else did we wait for more than 15 minutes over 5 park days.
Also have a fantastic driver if anybody needs one. We had to get a Lyft the first night to go to Artist Point, ended up using him whole week. Would drop us off at Contemporary to get to MK.
Ran my first runDisney event this morning. I’m not a runner but was invited to participate in the 5k and I gotta say it’s really fun. Definitely different from the few others I’ve done. Quick character interaction opportunities too. it’s just all at 5am since it’s before parks open.
So it has been decided: Monday - Hollywood Tuesday - Magic Kingdom Wednesday - Animal Kingdom I need to reserve a stroller. Anything I need to do for Galaxy’s Edge, or do you just show up?
The new Epcot show better be good because harmonious was awesome. Very happy about HEA coming back, as well.
Yeahhhh, sucks we're just there to tag along with 3 kids under 6, lol. I wanted Epcot, but it's not about us.
I mean at that age, you can get away with epcot because the kids are too small to ride most of the best rides at most parks anyway. If you upgrade to a park hopper, you could easily fit epcot in after Hollywood studios and/or animal kingdom. Both parks are half day parks at best if you get their early enough.
To add to the above, if thats the route you go, one day do the front of the park with guardians, test track, nemo, soarin, living with the land, etc, the other, do world showcase.
this. The guardians ride is the best ride imo and it’s at epcot now and epcot was already elite with the drinking around the world and food options. Not to mention less kids
In terms of my personal enjoyment epcot hs ak mk pirates and hm are in my top 5 rides but I always get annoyed when I’m at mk
I haven’t been since Guardians opened Living on the Land and Soarin are awesome but think I’d still prefer all three of the other parks
Maybe it’s because I’m cheap I can’t fathom it, but fuck y’all are dropping some bags to go to Disney. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve lived near it my whole life but I won’t go unless I get free entry or for a food and wine every 6-8 years.
We moved and set aside some of our money from our sale of our house to go. It's about what I was expecting though. I don't really care about the price, sons enjoyment will be worth it imo. We wanted to go before we decided if we want to have a 2nd kid so that factored in our decision as well
I have no idea how people who don’t live here pay for it. Also the value lost over the last 10 years is a giant turnoff.
Yeah, welcome to a Disney trip for the rest of the country. Airfare, on property hotels, and park admissions really fucking add up for a family.
this is why this is my last year of AP. Just insane how little you get for that now. Genie plus really opened my eyes into how much WDW sucks now but what really was the last nail in the coffin was no hopping until 2. That is a killer.
yeah the last part is especially true. you’re paying more than ever and you’ve lost all things that made it so valuable 10 years ago
I can't speak for everyone in the thread, but I'm not spending the money for my own benefit. it's for my kids. there's just flat out no other place that illicits that kind of reaction. we went last March and not a week goes by that one of my kids doesn't ask to go back at least once.
couldn't agree more. the prices spent by out of state families is absurd. Like I said before, I'm a conservative boogeyman to most of TMB. And even I think the absolute greed from Disney regarding the cost of entry to WDW is ABSOLUTELY absurd. They have turned a trip to orlando into a once in a lifetime vacation. That's complete and utter bull shit for disney. If middle class america can't afford to take their kids more than once in their childhood, there's a fucking problem.
thats where they get you. you take kids once and then they constantly want to go back until they’re a teenager
Park reservations are the absolute dumbest shit. As someone who doesn’t go until around 7-9pm, if the park I wanna go to is “booked” I have to book a different park, go park there and tap in, then go and park at the park I want to go to just to go to the park I originally wanted to go to.
I had a trip planned to go the parks later this year with me my gf my baby that will be 1 around that time and my little sister that’s 8 we’re going to universal for a couple of days and then to the Bahamas all for cheaper than it would have been to stay at Disney for a week
they need to get rid of that bullshit. It was only for Covid reasons and they clearly don’t give a shit about anything Covid related anymore
They max out their park capacity all the time at Disneyland and it’s not because there’s any real “max” capacity it’s because they still haven’t hired all the people back that they let go in 2020
I'll be down Friday to finish our trip that was interrupted by Ian. Only doing Epcot and Hollywood Studios thankfully. Looks pretty chilly on Saturday.