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hi, I've been reading everyone's itineraries and was just wondering how you get the time to eat all those delicious meals and spend enough time in the parks
our disney trip (me DH and children 14, 12 and 6) will be 7th to 21st dec 2001. we're planning on a 5 day hopper ?plus or 7 day hooper - advice please! staying at DL
here goes with our itinerary so far (we don't seem to be eating much but to be honest it seems expensive in both time and money to have two full sit-down meals a day< or am i being mean?)
day 1 fri -arrive shattered from uk ?dinner at BWs or fall into bed
day 2 sat - explore DL shop for groceries
day 3 sun - downtown disney, pool ?meals
day 4 mon - ee Mk onto AK, late lunch/dinner at Boma AKL
day 5 tues - trails end buffet breakfast, explore FW, petting farm etc ?hire bikes
day 6 wed - eo MGM onto epcot, Osborne lights ?meals
day 7 thurs -free day, Ohana at |Poly for dinner watch Mk fworks from beach (anyone know what time its best to book Ps at?)
day 8 fri - my 40th birthday! eo epcot onto Mk, crystal palace for late lunch/dinner
day 9 sat - free day, 1900 park fare dinner (can we see mk fireworks from here?)
day 10 sun - animal kingdom or Epcot
day 11 mon - eo MK onto MGM, H and V dinner and show package
day 12 tues -free day, cape may cafe dinner
day 13 wed - chef mickeys breakfast
day 14 thurs - ?bb if weather good
day 14 fri - home!
I'm unsure of the wisdon of booking two meals a day and park-hopping - it seems like a waste of 'ride' time - all that eating and travelling!
Any way, any input gratefully received....
Welcome to the PassPorter Message Boards janed! Happy Easter too!
Just wanted to pop in to check out the boards for a few min. as I have mega things to do today but did print out your itinary and will look it over sometime today.
Will get back to you and I am sure others will be adding comments on your itinary planning schedule.
I better go prep the string beans !
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"Remember the Magic!"
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Take Care, debe-nj
couple of questions:
How are you getting to and from the airport?... shuttle... towncar.... rental car?
Do you plan on visiting WDW within the next year after your visit? Just wondering about possibly your purchasing annual tickets.
If usuing AAA for ticket discounts, you must go through your AAA agent.
Are you planning on attending the Very Merry Christmas Party at the MK? If so, that is a seperate ticket.
Might be easier to compareTicket Prices by looking at the chart on dwills site.
Mark down somewhere to possibly see the Water Pagent Parade which can be viewed from around the 7 seas lagoon. It is a cute water parade made up of floats with brightly lit(colored) Lights making up different images and plays music as it travels through the lagoon. Might be something it keep in mind when you are over at the Poly watching the fire works.
Water Pagent Parade can be easily seen from:
Poly @ 9:00 PM
GF @ 9:20 PM
WL @ 9:35 PM
FW @ 9:45 PM
Cont @ 10:05 PM
Have to go back to the kitchen!
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HAPPY PLANNING! &
"Remember the Magic!"
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Take Care, debe-nj
First, about the AAA discounted passes, like debe said, you must get them from your AAA office. A better option might be to purchase the Disney Club Card (DC) for I think around $40. With the DC you can save about $10 - $20 depending on which pass you purchase.
For the amount of time you will be there, I would check into the Annual Passes (AP) instead of the 7 day hopper plus passes for 3 reasons:
1. An AP for a child with the DC discount is about $315, the 7 day Hopper is $261. For adults the AP with the DC is about $354, the Hopper is $308. Yes, the APs are more expensive, but with them you will have more freedom.
2. With the AP you may be able to get an AP rate on your room. If you can't get one at DXL/PO, then possibly at another resort. AP rates for Deluxe resorts can sometimes make it cheaper to stay there than at a Moderate.
2. This is the main reason I would go with the AP - you will be here for several days and the APs will allow you to enter a park everyday you are there. With the Hopper you are limited on only going to the parks 7 out of the 12 days (not counting your travel days) that you are in WDW.
DH and I visited WDW for 11 days last summer. Although 3 of those 11 days were spent off-site at non-Disney parks, we still entered a Disney park everyday. Even on the days we planned to just be lounge lizzards at the pool or shop at Downtown Disney, we found ourselves heading to a park for awhile. In those 11 days, there was still a lot to see that we didn't have time for.
Your family may find that, for example, Day 5 the petting farm at FW doesn't hold your attention for very long. Your children might want to head to MK or Epcot for a few hours and hit some rides. With the AP you will be able to do this.
Oh, and don't worry about only eating one sit-down meal a day. DH and I ate mostly at counter service restaurants. The amount of food we got at the counter service restaurants was perfect for the price. We also ate breakfast in our room before heading out to the parks to save even more money.
I hope I helped a little instead of making things more confusing!
thanks - am now thinking seriously about an AP, it will certainly mean more freedom, although more expense!
So discounts for APs are basically by getting a disney club card or from the AAA?
Does anyone know if I can buy APs in the UK?
And are they valid for a year from first use or from the date of purchase?
sorry if this is all old news
Janed, the last annual pass I purchased was through our Disney Store and was given a voucher which was then validated when we went down to WDW at one of the park ticket offices. This is were they take all your information and put it into the computer and then hand you your official annual pass.
Do you have a Disney Store located near you? If so, you should be able to inquire about purchasing your AP voucher there.
Happy Easter Monday!
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HAPPY PLANNING! &
"Remember the Magic!"
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Take Care, debe-nj
debe hi -thanks for the reply. i tried the ticket link but it does not give the price of an AP just a premium AP in sterling. i also rang disney in USA and they confirmed i cannot buy the APs in the UK, but can order them direct from disney - if i have a disney club card i can quote the number and it will be a few dollars cheaper. I also enquired about AAA discounts but i apparently have to buy the tickets from them, which is easier said than done from here (there are links with the UK AA which they widely advertise but only offer discounts for other orlando attractions - not disney) Does anyone know what sort of discount the AAA offers - is it worth me pursuing this. i want 4 adult Aps and 1 child AP so any discount would be good.
The discount I received from AAA in 1999 was not as good as the one I could have gotten thru the Disney Club.
One more thing I forgot to mention about the DC, when purchasing items at most Downtown Disney Stores and your local Disney Store as well, you receive a 10% discount. This discount alone at the World Of Disney Store in Downtown Disney pays for the card very quickly!
I am still a relative new comer to WDW. I have only been twice. Others with more experience could probably give you better information, but here is my experience:
On our first trip, I planned to hit two different parks on the same day and found that we spent too much time traveling between parks. The second trip, we only planned one park a day and found that we saw more, did more and had less stress.
Have fun! Wow! Two weeks of vacation. I don't know what I would do with myself.
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