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I would definitely go ahead and preorder the cd. If you don't think you have enough pictures to make it worth while you can always cancel it and get a refund...
I know we will be doing Photopass of some sort, though I'm not settled on what yet. Because of this, I know I want to do some of the enhancement pics that photopass people can do around the "World". I have printed off a 'cheat sheet' of sorts from stitch kingdom (I did this on our last trip as well but we did'nt get all the magic shots I wanted), and plan on getting a fair few this trip, with the Capt. Hook one being at the forefront .
It's a mighty bit early for me to know/plan where we will be and on what day, but I do have a list of "Must do's" for us already. I also have the EMH for the duration of our stay printed out & plan on using that to figure up our evenings or early morning's a bit. We are more of the "Night owl" type's as opposed to the "Early bird's", but may do a couple early morning park visits, like to MK for the Morning grand opening's. I did this alone last trip(walked over to MK one morning from the CR), & it was super cute! I would like to share it with my DH! The list I have made out consists mostly of things DH & I have not yet seen due to our small children getting too tired mid-day or things we just have not been able to ride together as a couple.
~I do want to share with you our "Must do's/see's" for our vacation this October 3-8. This tentative list is as follows:
Magic Kingdom:
*Magic carpets of Aladdin (DH never rode B-4)
*Splash Mtn.
*Hall of Presidents (Never seen b-4)
*Liberty Square riverboat (never ridden b 4)
*Haunted Mansion
*Peter pan's flight (If not packed out)
*Mickey's Philharmagic (never seen before)
*Fairy tale garden (never seen before & want the char. pics)
*Dumbo (Hope to catch this during Wishes)
*Mad tea party
*Indy speedway
*Space Mtn.
*Astro orbiter (never rode this b-4, can never find the line?)
*Transit Authority (DH never rode before)
*Space ranger spin (like, two times)
*Carousel of progress (never seen before)
I also plan to eat lunch at Casey's during the mainstreet parade & let me DH (finally) grab a much desired funnel cake from Sleepy Hollow (he asks everytime & we are always too busy trying to get from point A to point B with kids) I also want to catch the Castle stage show & stand in lines to get TONS of autographs (Ahem....for the kids)
Hollywood Studios:
Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate HS more everytime we go there, but for some reason, it's just on the bottom of my list as far as parks go. The problem, i think, is that evertime we go, we hang out in the Star wars area and ride Star Tours (A really boring ride, if I may say so) & have to shop in the star wars gift shop 3-6 times while we are there for my 5 year old. Which, yes, that's very cute, but it can & does get a little boring for mom (though, I never let him know that, even though we may be just getting off TOT or about to walk out of the park and he'll say "Can we go back to the star wars gift shop? I just need one more thing!). Or like with my DD7 we have watch HSM stage show everytime it starts and we're near it. So, it will be interesting to go to HS & actually do some things this trip that I'm interested in
*The great movie ride (Never before)
*Indiana Jones show (Never before)
*Studio backlot tour (Never before)
*Toy story MANIA (yes! my fave ride DH has never ridden before)
*Voyage of the little mermaid (FINALLY!)
*Beauty and the beast (Never before)
*Rock n roller coaster (never ridden before)
*Fantasmic (still have never seen!)
*Maybe ride TOT again. I was'nt impressed with this ride last time)
So, as you can see, there's lots of ground to cover in HS. Glad we have PH!!
Animal Kingdom:
I love AK! Its just such a laid back atmosphere. I can't wait to grab a frozen chai tea and stroll around the park!!
*Its tough to be a bug (sitting further back this time)
*discovery island trails
*Festival of the lion king
*Kilimanjaro safari's
*Pangani forest exploration trails
*Jungle trek
*Kali river rapids
*Expedition everest
Have lunch at Flame Tree or Yak and Yeti. Which is best? I plan to get tons of autographs here as well!
EPCOT:
Okay, this needs to be said that EPCOT, which is one of my fave parks (since i was little) has not gotten much love from the Koop family. In '09, we only went for a few hours and that was to eat at Akershus which took too long and we got to ride Spaceship earth & it was really late so we left. Our Feb. '10 visit saw alot of rain and cold weather, so we missed our two EPCOT days in favor of letting the kids pick their fave parks on the days where the weather was actually halfway decent...EPCOT was not on their lists. But its on this girls list for our October '10 trip!! Lord, let their be great weather, please?! I've been so good this year! Here's my EPCOT wish list. Keep in mind, we have only ate AKERSHUS & rode Spaceship Earth in this park!!
* Mission Space
*Test track
*SOARIN' (I rode this in '01 in DL, Cant wait to ride it again, FINALLY)!
*Living with the land
*Journey with Figment
*Honey, i shrunk the audience
*Image works
from there, we will head into WORLD SHOWCASE
*Gran fiesta w/ 3 Cabelleros
*Maelstrom
*Reflections of China
*Impressions de France
~We are planning on hitting the F&WF Everyday, perhaps, while there. I plan to take a mighty long time enjoying the scenery & getting our pics taken in every country I can't wait to dine in France on our ANNIVERSARY celebration day!!!!
What's coming up in my next installment?? IDK But stay tuned
I would definitely go ahead and preorder the cd. If you don't think you have enough pictures to make it worth while you can always cancel it and get a refund...
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Originally Posted by Cam22
We have gotten the PhotoPass CD for the past 4/5 trips and it has always been worth it.
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Another vote for the CD! Good luck with your waitlist!
Looks like most everyone votes CD! The CD is fun since you can customize the pics and then make your own memory book. I think I may want to do the private photo session @ Polynesian, too though. What do you guys think? Anyone know the price?
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Originally Posted by lissybri
Just found this PTR. Great plans so far. I love your ADR choices. We stayed at SSR last year and we loved it. Can't wait to read about your plans.
Thanks! So glad you stopped by!! Any pointers for SSR? View wise?
I was looking through my pictures from last trip, and decided to throw some out there for you guys See attached thumbnails
~the 1st one is stitch, the kids and I The next one is all of us in front of the castle
Also, has anyone reading this done the Wishes dessert party? It not slated for October, yet, but just in case there is an extension thru October, does anyone have any pointers or have been?
I reccommend the photo shoot at the Poly. We've done it before (I don't recall the price but I know we got a discount for pre-ordering the photopass CD). I was surprised at how many differnt areas of the resort we posed for pictures at.
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. I also have the EMH for the duration of our stay printed out & plan on using that to figure up our evenings or early morning's a bit. We are more of the "Night owl" type's as opposed to the "Early bird's", but may do a couple early morning park visits, like to MK for the Morning grand opening's. I did this alone last trip(walked over to MK one morning from the CR), & it was super cute! I would like to share it with my DH
! The list I have made out consists mostly of things DH & I have not yet seen due to our small children getting too tired mid-day or things we just have not been able to ride together as a couple
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from the Koop family. In '09, we only went for a few hours and that was to eat at Akershus which took too long and we got to ride Spaceship earth & it was really late so we left. Our Feb. '10 visit saw alot of rain and cold weather, so we missed our two EPCOT days in favor of letting the kids pick their fave parks on the days where the weather was actually halfway decent...EPCOT was not on their lists
. But its on this girls list for our October '10 trip!! Lord, let their be great weather, please?! I've been so good this year
! Here's my EPCOT wish list. Keep in mind, we have only ate AKERSHUS & rode Spaceship Earth in this park!!
Everyday, perhaps, while there. I plan to take a mighty long time enjoying the scenery & getting our pics taken in every country
I can't wait to dine in France on our 
But stay tuned
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