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At DHS Delaney is too small for RockNRoller coaster and Hannah will not do RcRC . DH nd I have never done RnRC so we both want to do it--probably more of a priority for DH as he is a big Aerosmith fan. I will try for child swap to allow Ross to ride with Ben and then or me to ride with Ben.
When watching the YouTube clips, Hannah said NO to ToT (with Delaneyjoining in). Ben conceeded a bit to quickly, "if the girls don't want to do it we can save the time and skip it..."
10-year-old translation: It freaked him out as well but he would not admit it. Either way, that saves another ride on the schedule...
We will arrive before open and make out way immediately to TSMM. We have never seen the regular queue and hope that at open it will be less than Hannah's 20 minute max wait time. We will not stop at the machine for FPs before getting in line...
After TSMM, the girls really want to visit the Pixar characters. Last trip, the lines for Woody and Jesse were always close to an hour. I am hoping that we can meet the MOnsters nc characters and Toy Story friends at his time. The boys will probably go off to FP RnRC at this time...
Other goals:
Beauty and the Beast
Lights action
Little Mermaid
HSK Playground
We have never done the backlot tour or Sounds dangerous so we will fit them in if possible.
Question about the show schedule at DHS....Is it possible to see all of them and also have an ADR in one day? First trip, Girls saw Beauty and the Boys saw Indiana Jones. Last trip we missed all of them. This trip I hope to see Beauty again and make it to the Lights, action show...
Looking at our schedule...I am not sure when we will fit in the necessary break. We have the Fantsmic package at MM at 4:45. Not looking like there is enough time to go back to the resort BEFORE dinner...and AFTER dinner there will not be much time before Fantasmic. I think if we are serious about making Fantasmic this time...I may need to change our ADR. I wanted an early dinner to ensure the restaurant is not too crowded and to have a better chance of a table against the wall...but maybe a late lunch would accomplish the same goal?
So I changed the MM/Fantasmic ADR to 3:00. Seems like a strange time....but...we do prefer "off" times and at least we will have time to go back to the resort before Fantasmic. We will also have a car by our DHS day so that should make it a bit easier as well...???
Plans look good - we are trying to avoid the crisscrossing of AK too. It will be our first stroller free trip and we aim to save the little legs from total exhaustion!
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Congrats on finding the luggage scale! Great plans for AK and DHS! We did an early (3PM) Fantasmic dinner package this past June. It was a great time though we still had a bit of a wait.
I would take a look at Steve Soares website for times of DHS shows the week before you leave (they don't change much during the same season so even if your dates aren't posted, the previous week's show times are usually the same.) Walt Disney World Live Entertainment
If you want to see a lot of the shows work out a rough schedule so you can fit them in around your ADR time!
Congrats on finding the luggage scale! Great plans!!
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Yay for Saint Anthony! Glad you found that scale.
Plans look good - we are trying to avoid the crisscrossing of AK too. It will be our first stroller free trip and we aim to save the little legs from total exhaustion!
We are thinking we may end up renting one at some point....
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Congrats on finding the luggage scale! Great plans for AK and DHS! We did an early (3PM) Fantasmic dinner package this past June. It was a great time though we still had a bit of a wait.
Thanks...I cannot wait to read about it....
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I would take a look at Steve Soares website for times of DHS shows the week before you leave (they don't change much during the same season so even if your dates aren't posted, the previous week's show times are usually the same.) Walt Disney World Live Entertainment
If you want to see a lot of the shows work out a rough schedule so you can fit them in around your ADR time!
I have been looking at current show times. I know they can change but they have seemed fairly consistent lately. This may be the reason we use the PH option. I am still not sure if we will use it much...
This morning Ben said he wants to grow his hair out for WDW so he can get his haircut there...Good thing he mentioned it now and not any later....I called WDW and the first opening for Harmony Barber Shop on August 5 was 2:00...
Your plans sound great! I wanted to let you know that about 11 days out from our trip, I received a Y.E.S. program confirmation. It tells you to print it and bring it to any Guest services at the theme parks or DTD. You also need this confirmation to present when arriving at the park for the Y.E.S. program.
We arrive in WDW Sunday and I plan on picking our park tickets up that day. I will hopefully get an answer then about combining the Y.E.S. tickets with the Key to the World. When I get an answer, I will post it for you.
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So I did not ask St Anthony for help....Last night one of my BFF's (who happens to be Jewish) tried a prayer to St Anthony after she was complaining to a Catholic friend that her daughter had lost her IPOD touch and she has been asking everyone all summer if they'd seen it...She said she found it 10 minutes later--in a bin she swore she'd searched 20 times.
If it worked for a Jewish girl---
I tried at lunch...when I was doing laundry later...I re-checked a cupboard...and there it was....Dusty....and in a pouch reading, "Live it with Charter..." I was looking for it by itself, not in a pouch...
Coincidence?
THAT is hilarious!!!!!
So glad you found that scale. Just when you gave up all hope too.
Your plans sound great! I wanted to let you know that about 11 days out from our trip, I received a Y.E.S. program confirmation. It tells you to print it and bring it to any Guest services at the theme parks or DTD. You also need this confirmation to present when arriving at the park for the Y.E.S. program.
We arrive in WDW Sunday and I plan on picking our park tickets up that day. I will hopefully get an answer then about combining the Y.E.S. tickets with the Key to the World. When I get an answer, I will post it for you.
Thank you so much! I cannot wait to hear about your experience!
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Glad you got the hair appointment for Ben!
Thanks! Not the time we were hoping for....
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THAT is hilarious!!!!!
So glad you found that scale. Just when you gave up all hope too.
Are you sure wit was not an EMH AM? That is NUTS!!!!
No, they had EMH pm that day. I even took a picture of it to show my hubby. My intentions were to get fastpasses and then get in the stand-by line, but with that wait there was no way I was waiting that much.
Where was Passporter yesterday? I got error messages all day...on every device...until I checked it on my phone again at bedtime!
Anyway...
I made my mousekeeping thank you/tip cards yesterday. In onother post, I read that someone liked to give out the $1 coins because they seemed a bit ore special.
I remember that we had a "collection" of them in our Disney jar. I though it would be cute to make them into a Mickey head. Okay...so this means that our daily tip will be $3 instead of the customary $1/person, but I hope the extra effort and general cuteness will make up for it.
This is a picture of the back where the coins are attached behind the mickey head.
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Are you sure wit was not an EMH AM? That is NUTS!!!!
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