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Welcome aboard! Thank you! I am really enjoying my new job and I'm even more glad to be back into the swing of Disney planning. I saw on the Disney Food Blog that the F&W festival booths have been posted and I am drooling over all of the selections. This is my favorite time to go! Food is my vacation LOL!
LOL My DH and I are going on an "Adults Only" weekend trip so we can enjoy the F&WF fully. This way, we get to sample all of the wonderful food and AB and not have to worry about what time to stop enjoying ourselves because we have to drive home! It's a win-win. I have also seen the list of booths and food and let me just say, wow. I can't WAIT to go! We are APH's so we might just go a few weekends and enjoy the festival.
LOL My DH and I are going on an "Adults Only" weekend trip so we can enjoy the F&WF fully. This way, we get to sample all of the wonderful food and AB and not have to worry about what time to stop enjoying ourselves because we have to drive home! It's a win-win. I have also seen the list of booths and food and let me just say, wow. I can't WAIT to go! We are APH's so we might just go a few weekends and enjoy the festival.
Every other year we do adults only trips in Oct since that's our wedding anniversary. It's really nice to be able to pace ourselves without our kids nagging us!
Every other year we do adults only trips in Oct since that's our wedding anniversary. It's really nice to be able to pace ourselves without our kids nagging us!
Yes Indeed! It is nice to sometimes go without the kid(s).
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Well, I just found your PTR!
I am so happy you weren't ready for your surgery so that it could wait until after your trip.
Glad you are enjoying your new job.
I am in the process of job hunting now. I am very unhappy at the accounting firm I am with now. I don't know if something will happen before or after the trip. Just hoping if something happens prior to the trip it won't be an issue to still take off to go since I already have airfare purchased!
Your ADRs and park plans look great. Unfortunately our only park day that is the same is Wednesday, but hey it will work! Can't wait!!!
Well, I just found your PTR!
I am so happy you weren't ready for your surgery so that it could wait until after your trip.
Glad you are enjoying your new job.
I am in the process of job hunting now. I am very unhappy at the accounting firm I am with now. I don't know if something will happen before or after the trip. Just hoping if something happens prior to the trip it won't be an issue to still take off to go since I already have airfare purchased!
Your ADRs and park plans look great. Unfortunately our only park day that is the same is Wednesday, but hey it will work! Can't wait!!!
Glad you are signed on! I'm very glad that I don't have to have surgery until after my trip!
Signing in to keep up. If possible I would suggest moving your dinner back to 5ish as you really want to be able to spend all of the party time at the party and 6:25 is going to bleed in.
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Signing in to keep up. If possible I would suggest moving your dinner back to 5ish as you really want to be able to spend all of the party time at the party and 6:25 is going to bleed in.
Thanks for the suggestion! We actually put it at that time because we wanted some time to rest before heading to MK for the party. We will be driving in from South Carolina, so a bit of a rest before the Halloween party would be much needed
I hear ya on the summer flying by - it is for us too - between a 2 week vacation, new puppies and now 3 weeks of Dance Camp for my daughter - school will be starting before we know it (not until 8/28 here).
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I feel like all of my Disney planning is complete so I really have nothing else to do but wait until my 60 day mark to start making FP+ ressies.
So we can talk about that for a moment. I think I've narrowed down which attractions I will get FastPasses for and which I will do standby for.
Magic Kingdom:
FastPass: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and Space Mountain
Standby: The Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, and Pirates of the Caribbean
EPCOT:
FastPass: Soarin', Spaceship Earth, and Maelstrom (I honestly don't even think we need FP+ for SE or Maelstrom, but might as well since we get 3)
Standby: Test Track, Living with the Land, and Nemo
DHS:
FastPass: Toy Story Mania!, Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show, and Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
Standby: Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, The Great Movie Ride, and Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Animal Kingdom:
FastPass: DINOSAUR, Expedition Everest, and Kilimanjaro Safaris Expedition
Standby: Expedition Everest, Kilimanjaro Safaris Expedition, and DINOSAUR (Yep, listed in both FastPass and Standby because we are willing to wait to ride these more than once!)
My kids aren't big on autographs anymore, so we don't need fast passes for any of those, thank goodness!
Crowd levels for my dates (10/19 - 10/24) are currently listed between 4 - 6 so I think lines will be manageable.
Looks good!
My girls start school the same day!!!
My FP day is the 17th. I have been looking over the list trying to make mine and with my parents not wanting to ride some of the stuff we do it is making it a little more difficult to figure out how to do it, mainly DHS because of the stupid tiers!
Looks good!
My girls start school the same day!!!
My FP day is the 17th. I have been looking over the list trying to make mine and with my parents not wanting to ride some of the stuff we do it is making it a little more difficult to figure out how to do it, mainly DHS because of the stupid tiers!
My daughter is going into the 10th grade and my son will be in the 8th. It's crazy how quickly they grow up!
It was easy to make our decisions on the rides because everyone will ride anything EXCEPT Tower of Terror, we all hate the feeling of the free fall. We love the line queue and everything about the ride until the actual drop. We've all decided against that ride this year.
My daughter is going into the 10th grade and my son will be in the 8th. It's crazy how quickly they grow up!
It was easy to make our decisions on the rides because everyone will ride anything EXCEPT Tower of Terror, we all hate the feeling of the free fall. We love the line queue and everything about the ride until the actual drop. We've all decided against that ride this year.
My oldest is starting high school, I am still in shock. I think she is too! She turned 14 in June and I about lost it! It can't be happening already!!!! Youngest is starting 8th too! They are 16 months apart and driving me !!!
Aww! Understand! I can only do it once and then have to wait a bit. My girls love it and want to do it over and over. It is my youngest's favorite.
My oldest is starting high school, I am still in shock. I think she is too! She turned 14 in June and I about lost it! It can't be happening already!!!! Youngest is starting 8th too! They are 16 months apart and driving me !!!
Aww! Understand! I can only do it once and then have to wait a bit. My girls love it and want to do it over and over. It is my youngest's favorite.
I completely understand! Mine are quite the handful!
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This way, we get to sample all of the wonderful food and AB and not have to worry about what time to stop enjoying ourselves because we have to drive home! It's a win-win. I have also seen the list of booths and food and let me just say, wow. I can't WAIT to go! We are APH's so we might just go a few weekends and enjoy the festival.
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Your plans for your FP+ selections look great. Hope they all work out. 
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