My wife and I will be taking 2 small children to Walt Disney World in Florida in 2 weeks. I get to go as a bonus thru my work. We are staying at the Hilton. My question is what is the weather like down there in January? Any good ideas on what to see and do with twins that are 2 years old? I am kind of looking forward to it. A chance to get out of Iowa in January. Oh well, enought blabbing. Any responses are greatly appreciated. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 007:
Before there were always the old reliable rides with short lines. Now nothing has a short line.
The new fastpass system sucks ass plain and simiple
The first part is false. There are still short lines, you just have to plan more. Now, you HAVE to be there at rope drop if you don't want to wait in lines. You can do basically whatever you want without a wait for the first hour, then have your first FP+ selections starting at 10 am. As soon as you scan your band in for the ride, start trying to move your other FP+ reservations up. You should be able to do that, and then you can start booking the single FP+ before noon.
There are still rides with short lines. You can find them during times when other things are going on, like parades and fireworks. And if you keep an eye on the wait times, you can watch for when they drop and head over. Anything listed at 15 min and under is basically a walk-on.
But I agree that the old system was superior. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 007:
Don't know if this has changed, but the dumbest thing was only allowing you to get your day of faspass reservations at park kiosks instead of the mobile app. Sure lets just create another fucking line so you can get in line to get in line. :-)
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Yes, the kiosks still exist but as of a few weeks ago, there was no line when we got our Fast Passes.
I don't get reception at Disneyland through Sprint and it's pretty rare if my iPhone doesn't die after 6 or 7 hours while there.
We didn't, either, but luckily, Disney upgraded their Wifi due to the reliance on the MDE app on the phones. You can get free, fast wifi anywhere on property now. It's MUCH better than it used to be. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
There's an app (maybe it's the same one) that showed the wait times all over the park. The problem was that while it might be only 15 minutes for a ride, it would take 15 minutes to walk there and the wait time changed.
We went from the Rocket Ships in Tomorrowland all the way over to Small World because SW was only a 15 minute wait. By the time we got to Small World, we waited for 40 minutes.
You should come with us. You won't wait in lines for more than 10 minutes. Ever. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Silock:
You should come with us. You won't wait in lines for more than 10 minutes. Ever. :-)
I can't go to Orlando because it's too much of a hike for the kiddies.
Plus, Disneyland is literally 30 minutes away on most days. California Adventure is pretty awesome. I can't wait until the new Star Wars Land opens in 2019!
Originally Posted by Silock:
It's all about planning and time of year.
We always go the first week of June before the locals school year is over. Its also usually during Gay Days as well which has a tendency to keep crowds down. The first four times we went it worked great under the old fastpass system. It was still decent under the new system for our last trip but I experienced a lot of flaws I didn't like.
The old system was about as perfect as you could get and it was fair to everyone.
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The first hour of the day is absolutely critical. You can get a ton done if you hit everything in the right order. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 007:
disboards.com and wdwinfo.com are priceless
Going on rides away from the gates early, knowing which ones to use your fast pass on and switching if you choose the wrong one are the main strategies. Our average wait time was around 10 minutes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Bad Guy:
We are going again for the 2nd straight year in October. I honestly had an incredible time and so did my son and wife even thought it was a humidity of 115 every day we were there last September. I never sweat that much in my life and I hate the heat and I still loved it.
This year, got a local travel agency deal where it's $6k for 6 nights at Beach Club, the deluxe meal plan, direct flight airfare and park tickets. It's a crazy fucking world where I think 6k is a bargain, but compared to pricing it out myself, it was a good deal for the 3 of us.
