crazycatperson pre-trip reports - September 2014 (done), November 2014 (done), and February 2015

Looks like our schedules will overlap Monday at Animal Kingdom and Tuesday at Epcot, so I'm sure we can figure something out.

Yes, definitely helpful. Thanks.

taratru, if your friend calls Disney they can probably provide the reservation number, and if not forward or refer you to whoever can.

Cabin? Or are you actually camping, and if so, trailer/motorhome/pop-up/tent?

It's online check-in and FastPass+ day for our September trip!

Did the online check-in, made a bunch of FP+ reservations, and then had to cancel California Grill because there was no way I could do that and meet Anna and Elsa, which was more important to me. But I substituted Coral Reef, and while the food might not be quite as amazing, eating inside a fish tank will be seriously cool.

I might still tinker with the FP+ reservations, especially after I run them past hubby, but once we've got them nailed down I will post details.

MICKEY MAIL has arrived for the September trip! It won't be long now!

Since we're almost a month away, I might as well detail what I hope will be our final schedule for our September trip.

Saturday - arrive via ME, check into Saratoga Springs, and assuming there were no flight delays, evening at Epcot with dinner at a World Showcase counter service restaurant (whatever tickles our fancy at the moment). FastPass+ for Figment, Maelstrom, and Illuminations - although if the crowds are as small as predicted I might cancel Illuminations and hope to find a better spot than the FP+ area provides.

Sunday - Magic Kingdom. Morning FP+ at Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain. Lunch ADR at Kona Cafe (first time there for us). Afternoon back at the hotel or in the pool, unless the weather is freakishly cool for September in Florida - this is our plan for the whole week, mornings and evenings in parks, afternoons indoors or in the water. Back to MK for the evening, with FP+ for the Electrical Parade and hope that spot gives us a good view of Wishes. Counter service for dinner, whatever suits us at the time.

Monday - Animal Kingdom. FP+ for Festival of the Lion King, Kilimanjaro Safari, and Finding Nemo (and we'll have to rush to cram all three into the morning). Lunch will be counter service, and something light because we have an early dinner at the Turf Club that evening, our first time trying that restaurant, but since we're staying at Saratoga Springs we figured this would be the best time to try it. Then it's DHS for EEMH and hoping we can get into Fantasmic without FP+ or waiting in a long line.

Tuesday - Epcot for MEMH. FP+ for Spaceship Earth, Test Track, and the character meet and greets. Hoping to get into Spice Road Table for lunch. If the weather cooperates (as in, no severe weather or hurricanes), this will be our evening for MNSSHP. We're going to wait until we arrive in Florida and have a clue as to the weather forecast before we purchase tickets, but this day in particular should have low crowds so it's not likely tickets will be sold out in advance. Friday will be our back-up day if Tuesday's weather is nasty. And dinner will be counter-service.

Wednesday - DHS. FP+ will be for Tower of Terror (with hubby riding on both his and my FP+), Muppets (only because we couldn't get both TSM and GMR, we know you don't really need FP for the Muppets), and Toy Story Mania!!! Lunch will be counter service, but since there aren't many great CS places at DHS we might run to Earl of Sandwich for lunch. Dinner will be at Akershus, our first time there, and the evening will be at Epcot for EEMH.

Thursday - MK for MEMH. FP+ for Peter Pan's Flight, Splash Mountain, and Buzz Lightyear. (This was the day we had Anna and Elsa FP+, but hubby wasn't thrilled and I finally decided to release that FP in the hopes that it would make a little girl very happy. If I regret it, we've still got our November and February trips ahead of us.) Lunch will be those lovely waffle sandwiches at Sleepy Hollow, since you can only get them during the day. Dinner is an ADR at The Wave (our first time) followed by a return to MK.

Friday - Epcot. FP+ for Turtle Talk with Crush, The Seas with Nemo, and Test Track. Lunch is an ADR at Coral Reef (our first time there). The evening will see us back at Epcot or at MNSSHP if Tuesday didn't work out.

Saturday - check out day. I'd put a frowny face here, but it'll be hard to feel too bad since we'll be back in November. We're planning a final morning at DHS with FP+ at Star Tours (just for hubby), Toy Story Mania, and Tower of Terror (again just for hubby - dang, maybe I should schedule a FP or two just for myself). Then it's back to Saratoga Springs to catch the ME.

Some of the morning plans could be canceled in favor of either Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon, if it's really hot or if we just feel like it.

And just yesterday I realized we didn't get Seven Dwarf Mine Train FP+! I meant to, don't know how I missed it - maybe they were all gone by the time I made our reservation. Oh, well, there's always November.

It's motion sickness. I can't do Tower of Terror, Star Tours, or any ride that involves fast, erratic motion. Another problem is the Great Movie Ride's being a Tier One attraction. I'd happily ride it instead of getting myself a FP for Tower of Terror or Star Tours that hubby will use for me, but no way I'm choosing GMR over TSM.

I canceled my Star Tours FP, thinking I could replace it with something else while hubby rides Star Tours, but the WDW website won't let me add something else unless I cancel ALL my FPs for the day. And no way I'm giving up Toy Story Mania. Maybe I'll be able to add something at the in-park kiosks that day. Or maybe I'll just walk onto something, since crowds are low in September.

It's packing day! And with that done, all that's left for me to do is some last-minute cleaning and setting stuff up for the cats.

We've made a couple of last-minute changes to the agenda - switched from Epcot to DHS on arrival day so we can check out some of the Frozen stuff. And we got a BOG FP for Tuesday, so we'll monorail over after a morning at Epcot and hope to squeeze Spice Road Table in some other day.

And look who packed herself...

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Thanks. I know I won't appreciate the heat, but I love the small crowds I saw in your photos.