I'm a huge planner. So is my SIL. We are going in January as a group of three separate families.
Our 60-day window is Tuesday. We were trying to plan and organize over text and realized just how overwhelming that is.
We now have a WebEx meeting scheduled for 7am Tuesday morning. To plan. For our trip.
I'm not overly negative on the whole system, but it did make me chuckle the extent to which we have to go to prepare this time around.
"You used all the glue on purpose!"
Insanity! Good luck...
~M.~
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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1 Trip to Disneyland
Many more to come
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me.
That is a chuckle.
Disregarding fp+ for a moment, and off topic, I'm feeling that way about our cousins reunion this summer. Coordinating is getting more and more difficult. This is the first reunion that I'm wishing we were going to WDW, even with fp+. It couldn't be any more complicated.
Good Luck!
Jan
You'll be glad you made those fast pass reservations when you get to WDW! It's worth the planning - enjoy!
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We now have a WebEx meeting scheduled for 7am Tuesday morning. To plan. For our trip.
Absolute craziness! :eek2:
Carol (aka KylesMom)
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Mendelson;2439452 wrote:
We now have a WebEx meeting scheduled for 7am Tuesday morning. To plan. For our trip.
I think the FP+ system opens at midnight or like 1am, so by 7am, the choices will be dwindling.
Just saying...
It does open at midnight...I was online at 12:01am making FP+ reservations and STILL couldn't get everything we wanted during the times we needed.
I'm not sure if all his FastPass+,supposed-to-be-a-vacation-but-I-feel-like-all-i-do-is-work-at-it planning is pure zaniness...or the coolest thing ever. I guess I'll find out next year.
Good luck with WebEx meeting.
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Yes. Definitely difficult with a group. :(
Last Nov we were on the phone for at least an hour trying to coordinate FP+ times.
Mar'14 DCL..Nov '13 POP..Jan '13 CBR..Mar'12 Swan/Dolphin..Nov '11 Universal/legoland, one night @ WDW..Oct '10 POP..April '09 Swan/Dolphin..Jan '09 AKL..Apr'08 offsite..Jan/Feb '08 offsite..Dec '08 HiltonHeadResort..Oct '07 Pop.. July '07 VB..May '07 DCL.Oct '06 FtWcabins.May '06 POP.Jan '06 POFQ
we are now 19 days out and kind of firming up our plans and it kind of stinks cause we have no flexability. We can't eat at Epcot one day because all our FP are at MK and just too much traveling with a 5 year old boy
Have A Magical Day-1970-1989-offsite, 2002-DLR, 2003-DLR, 2005-Sports, 2007-All Music, 2008-POP, December 12-21 2009-Pop, January 16-18, 2010-Disneyland. Disney Sports-Feb 1-6, 2012, Disneyland-December 7 and 8, 2012, DIsney Pop-Feb 1-5, 2013 (my son's first trip.)
I like planning but i'm not a fan of having everything firm every day, 60 day out. I like to have flexibility.
I have a strict work schedule at work. I don't want to have to meet deadlines on vacation.
Have A Magical Day-1970-1989-offsite, 2002-DLR, 2003-DLR, 2005-Sports, 2007-All Music, 2008-POP, December 12-21 2009-Pop, January 16-18, 2010-Disneyland. Disney Sports-Feb 1-6, 2012, Disneyland-December 7 and 8, 2012, DIsney Pop-Feb 1-5, 2013 (my son's first trip.)
We left a few days at the end of our last trip without FPs or ADRs, so that we would have some unstructured time. For the most part it gave us the feeling we were looking for. But I have to admit there were one or two times when we wished we'd done FPs for some rides.
Susanne
Thanks - I'd since read that it opens at midnight and so we've changed our meeting time to midnight.
Yay?
"You used all the glue on purpose!"
ransam;2439551 wrote:
I have a strict work schedule at work. I don't want to have to meet deadlines on vacation.
That is the bottom line for me. I have a job that i absolutely LOVE. It requires constant planning and scheduling. I get paid for it. No way in Bay Lake am i going to pay someone so that i can do the same thing on my vacation away from all my planning amd scheduling.
ransam;2439551 wrote: I like planning but i'm not a fan of having everything firm every day, 60 day out. I like to have flexibility.
I have a strict work schedule at work. I don't want to have to meet deadlines on vacation.
Can I get an AMEN. AMEN..
Going to WDW is now a lot like work. The planning, the prep, tools like Webex are needed, spreadsheets and continuous checking. In addition, when I'm there I now have to carry a device so I can make changes, where a special ID device and swipe it everywhere I go. If only I could get free coffee when I arrive, and free pens.
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