Planning a Secret Holiday for My Soon To Be Husband- 2016/2017

Well to WDWForGrownups! I'm sure you will find all the answers you need here. May is a gorgeous time of year to go to WDW, although you know Florida weather can change in an instance from nice to unbearable and it's never to early to plan a trip to WDW.

Hello Dani! Welcome to the forums

How exciting to plan a surprise trip! Disney is a fantastic place for couples to enjoy. So, you've picked your resort, have you thought about dining at all or what you want to do while you're there?

What sort of things does you fiance like? I'm sure that we could help you find the Disney side in it.

Food and Wine Festival is a lot of fun if you can hit it.

Check out this article on on maximizing the quick service plan.
http://www.disneytouristblog.com/dining-plan-counter-service-best-values/

Let's see - What sort of Music? Epcot has lots of great performances throughout the day and during Food & Wine Festival there's a nightly concert series. Mulch, Sweat & Shears is a popular performance group over at Hollywood Studios, and there's the Rockin' Rollercoaster ride too. WDW has a few great places for jazz, dixieland, and dueling pianos at the different resorts.

At the Bordwalk, there's an ESPN restaurant for a sports fix, and I believe a couple of the bars carry some great whiskey. Mizners maybe? I'm not a whiskey drinker but there must be someplace.

You said that you were going in September and wanted to hit Food and Wine over your two week stay. I assume you're planning on going at the tail end of September?

Hi and I haven't been to the World in May since I was a kid, but we went last year in September and it was a great time to go, though it is very HOT so be warned. Can't wait to hear your plans develop and glad you joined us!

The Thursday before Food & Wine Festival is a great day to go, because they usually do a unadvertised soft opening for practice. You'll want to avoid opening the opening weekend Friday & Saturday of the festival after about 3pm if you don't love crowds and long lines. This is one of those times of year when even I want the Park Hopper option on my passes.

Do you guys love villains and Halloween? Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party is an extra ticket event that will be happening at Magic Kingdom on select nights. It's a fun special event if you get into that.

Hello Danielle and so glad you followed Amy1989 lead and joined our happy group.

Yay you joined!!!! These are a fab bunch of people on here they will help out and don't be frightened to ask questions!

Now we need to get started on your spreadsheet! Haha welcome to the group and jump on in!

If you do have to push it back to 2017 May is also a great time to visit.(we actually prefer it to September).
There is the whole F+G festival which also seems to be getting more food year on year.And if you are into that there is also SWW.

to the best board online! The people here are super-nice and very helpful!! You two are so cute!! What a nice surprise for him! Ask any questions you have about anything Disney.

And Welcome to the boards from sunny (for today) Guernsey

Hi and welcome. You're going to have so much fun planning it all. We've been in May many times, September once, and October once. May is a super time to go, especially at the beginning of the month, when crowds are usually lower than later in the month. That's usually when they start extending hours for the parks at night for the summer, and it's hot enough to swim and do water parks, but not so hot you melt. The F & W festival in the fall is fun, but there are also some similar booths during the F & G festival in the spring (not as many though). No matter when you go, you will have a blast!

Late September/early October is our absolute favorite time to go. Crowds are usually relatively low and the weather is just the way I like it. Keep the Downtown Disney area in mind, there may be some things there that would entertain you and your fiancee. There is a special fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom on Halloween Party nights that is worth seeing. Also new since your 2004 trip is the Magic Express service. It's free and will handle your transfers to/from the Orlando airport, so no need to rent a car unless you plan on using it while you are in the world.

Welcome, Dani! Both May and September are great times to go and al of the previous posters seem to have hit all of the festivals and celebrations that each has to offer.

We were there in both May and September last year and the weather was basically the same for both--we happened to hit slightly warmer, more humid, & rainier weather in September than in May, but that will vary from year to year. We were there one year in April and it was so stifling hot that I could hardly stand it and the next time we went in April we wore jackets most of the week.

By the way, I think our perception of the weather is largely based on what weather we've adapted to at home. 80 degrees in Disney in December bothers me more than 100 degrees in August. In the summer, we're used to hot & humid at home, so it's only a change of about 5 degrees. In the winter when it's 20 degrees at home, 80 feels MUCH hotter than it is and it actually more uncomfortable to me.

Hello!

I've been to WDW in September and it is HOT, so hot I took midday breaks to shower and cool off back at our resort. But the crowds are about as small as they get at WDW, so I would happily go back again that time of year.

If the fiance is a big sports fan and saving money is a goal, I recommend the All-Star Sports resort. Robynprincess and I were there just a few weeks ago. It's a value resort, so not fancy, but the sports theme is interesting and it will cost less than Coronado. I'd stay there again without any qualms at all. I recommend the tennis or basketball sections; they seemed to be a bit quieter than the others.

Usually value resorts get the quick service dining plan when free dining is offered. You can get any dining plan and pay the difference.

Hi and Welcome! I've not been in either of the months you are going so I am not going to be much help. But what I can help with is the adult fun! The hubby and I went back in November for my 40th birthday. There was lots of food and beverages included in the trip and we had the "free" dining plan. We stayed at POP Century when we went the plan we had was a QS, TS and a snack each daily. It worked out perfect for us.

We loved everything about it. We did a monorail crawl stopping for a drink at each of the 3 resorts on the line. There are more bars/lounges than you would think at Disney. We usually go with our daughter but when we went alone, we found many things we didn't know about! Everyone should have Jack Daniels as it is a basic here in the states but then there are several others if he feels like trying something new.

DTD is a perfect entertainment venue. House of Blues has a concert venue, Splitsville has bowling and (from what I hear) amazing food (it's on my list to eat there soon), the entertainers at Raglan Road and many more options.

I am sure you will find tons to do that your hubby to be will enjoy and his DisneySide will come out before you know it.

Don't worry about it! There are times I disappear for days lol.

You can check out our adults only trip report here if you have a little time to read!
http://www.wdwforgrownups.com/forum/happy-40th-me-live-bubble