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So my DS9 & DS7 are on a travel baseball team that is considering playing in a tournament at the Wide World of Sports this summer. I am so excited as 2013 was not supposed to be a WDW trip year for us so we will be going sooner than expected, but I know nothing about WWS. Has anyone ever been down for their kids doing a sporting event? Do we need our own transportation to get to the complex? Which resorts are closest? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
My DS14 has played twice at Disney. Not sure what tournment you will be going to but they are lots of fun and very well organized. We stayed off property with our teams in order to get our entry fee back. We used our own car - you do not have to pay to park. I did not see many Disney busses. We had plenty of park time, just scheduled around games. The only problem was we did not get our pool schedule until the day before the tournment. Had to take lots of planning info and plan very quickly. I made several ADRs before we went and changed/cancelled according to our game times. There were times I took my 2 younger children to the parks without DH or DS. They did offer discounted tickets through the baseball organization but I had problems with my ticket that they were not willing to fix but Disney fixed it for me after an hour at Guest Services. Qualifying for the tournment was the hardest and maybe most expensive part of the trip.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I was wondering about making ADRS before hand. Also, not sure about how to decide on which tickets to purchase since I don't know how much time we will get in the parks.
We are DVC members so right now we are planning on using our points but then we wont be staying at the same resort as the rest of the team. Seems like a lot to think about.
There is so much to consider and most of the time we had to just go with the flow. We were playing in late July/early August and also had rain outs to deal with - cutting into my park time. We would have perferred to stay on site but in the end stayed with the team. All 3 of my kids had fun at the Condo with everyone else. We were offered tickets at a very good deal and bought different types of tickets for my DH and DS (the one playing). They would have to stay at the condo and not have park time before games but I would take DS and DD with me. No since in everyone not getting to ride rides. My oldest DS want his brother to play in the same tournmet so he can have park time while his brother gets to stay in the room "resting for the game". Let me know if more questions come up. We really enjoyed both years we played. You also have to purchase a seperate ticket for WWS an the tournment.
Wow , that would be so much fun! We are a huge baseball family with all three sons playing travel or club ball and we would love to go to Disney and play there!
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This tournament is still in the early planning stage for our team so I don't know where we will stay and how the game schedule will work. I was hoping to find last years game times online but couldn't find anything by googling it. I thought if I at least knew what times the games started and ended I could try to make a couple of "just in case ADRs" . Oh well, I guess I am going to have to learn some patience.
Thanks for the info. My DS is playing a baseball tourney July 7-13. Planning on staying @ POP! Looking forward to another Disney trip! We will be celebrating baseball with DS and "Congratulations on your Graduation" for our DD & DS! YES! TWINS going to college in the fall! DS going to McNeese in Lake Charles, LA and DS going to UT Tyler! We are sooo excited for ALL of our DK! )
When groups participating in WWoS events are staying on Disney property, there will be bus transportation. Individuals making their own bookings may have to get there on their own - either by car, or by a regular bus that departs from Studios.
I understand the desire to make ADRs... but practically speaking, when you're participating in a tournament there's no knowing from last year's schedule when your team may be playing - whether round-robin or elimination play, it's likely all teams will not be playing the same round at the same time of day.
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