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We have ressie for Pop Century for 9/7 -9/12 this year. Meal plan,park hoppers, bands ordered, MDE set up, apps on phone all done. Have tried to set up ADR for BOG at 180 days and nothing available. When might there be openings? We aren't fancy eaters so any suggestions for special meals? We also won't arrive until after 1:30 on that Sunday. What park would you reccomend we visit on Sunday afternoon? Thanks for any help we can get.(We last visited with our daughter in 1998 and stayed at pop music.) We can't wait for this trip!
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DH & I go by ourselves and we love Pop. I am sure you will like it. We never had any crowds at the food court during our visits. I think I would choose Epcot to do that day since it is open longer. You could check and see which park is doing EMH that evening and go there but the crowds may be bigger. We love Illuminations so we usually go to Epcot the first night. Any restaurant in Epcot is great. We love Via Napoli or Tutto Italia. Our favorite was Le Cellier but we can't afford to go there anymore since they bumped up their prices and went to 2 TS DP. We never get the DP anymore and just get the TIW discount instead.
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Congrats on no kids. I recently had a talk with my D Sister and told her that wDW is far too important a place to consider taking her three (ages 25, 23 and 20) when she said she wanted to go but was a bad parent for not bringing them too yet. Sunday tends to be a day for EMH in the evening at MK so if you are willing to put up with some crowds you might want consider Tony's or Crystal Palace
By my count, you will have 5 days total in the parks, correct? That's not counting this late arrival day. How much time will you have on check-out day (12th)? How many days do you plan for each park? Before FP+ my advice was to go to AK for a late arrival -it's the only park where the crowds thin in the afternoon. But now that you can schedule FPs ahead of time, I think I would go to Epcot, or DHS, make FP+ reservations for the late afternoon, have dinner and see Illuminations (9pm) or Fantasmic! (8:30pm). Since Epcot and DHS have the tiered FP system, it would be an advantage to have that extra day for the tier 1 attractions. I personally would avoid the MK because of EMH -it'll be the most crowded park and will you really be up to staying out so late on your arrival day?
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Congratulations! My wife and I are going for our fist solo trip the last week of September and are excited to see what things will be like with just us. I do agree with the post on Via Napoli, a very nice dinner that will not break the bank.
Thanks for the info. We made our first reservation yesterday for the Marceline tour at MK for Wed. It sounds like a neat tour. Can't get a BOG ADR so will try for a fast pass at 30 day mark. I keep checking back every few days to check on an opening. Still trying to pin down which dining we want to do.
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How will the free dining affect our reservations? We have park hopper,room, tbl service dining plan and memory maker. How will our prices change? I emailed my TA and am waiting for a reply. I know we have to contact disney to change things. Any ideas?
How will the free dining affect our reservations? We have park hopper,room, tbl service dining plan and memory maker. How will our prices change? I emailed my TA and am waiting for a reply. I know we have to contact disney to change things. Any ideas?
We just got free dining added to our package and will save about $800! So far, it's only free dining for Disney Visa cardholders, though. And, you have to do a package stay for at least six nights at one of the eligible resorts with 2-day or more tickets--if you can get a room that will work for your family, that is. Like most such offers, only certain rooms are available unless your existing booking starts during the dates free dining is being offered.
Ours does, and it meets all the other requirements, so WE GOT IT!
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I got a call from my TA and she got us a 6 night/7 day with park hopper,with the reg meal plan update from the quick free plan, added the memory package back in and saved $60. Changing my flight only cost us a $6 difference and we now have a full Sat. to start. This week is good. Thanks for everyone's info.
We were able to get free dining by adding a day and getting there on Sat 9/6 at 9:30am and having a whole day with res for Fantasmic at 4:30 pm. Still working on other meals. Trying BOG every few days yet. Wish me luck with that.
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Have a great time! I just came back from Pop, my first visit there, and it was really nice.
for the Marceline tour at MK for Wed. It sounds like a neat tour. Can't get a BOG ADR so will try for a fast pass at 30 day mark. I keep checking back every few days to check on an opening. Still trying to pin down which dining we want to do.
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