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Regarding LL availability-looks like thrill data and BG 1 are a little different when looking at availability. Anyone think one is more reliable? My booking window is in a couple of days so trying to plan our times.
12:51pm by
I think they both pull their data directly from the WDW site so if you check both at same time they shouldn't be different unless one is having trouble connecting to WDW site.
3:57pm by
Are you looking at future availability?
3:59pm by
Looking for late next week. TD showed earliest time for MK as 11 for a few rides where BG1 listed 9ish.
13 min ago by
I noticed this was working again https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/lightning-lane How does it compare?
8 min ago by
Goofy Christmas trip day 10. Today is our last full day. We slept in a little, ate a lot of junk food, and enjoyed our balcony. We have to have travelled to Epcot where we spend some time in the DVC lounge.
12:52pm by
Have an extra beignet for me. With salted caramel sauce, if you so desire.
2:15pm by
I did, @utang!
6:05pm by
Some shopping at JAMBO house followed by more junk food back at the resort. We are now settling in at the marina to watch fireworks from the grand Floridian. Here's hoping everyone in front of us stays sitting down.
11 min ago by
How long should we plan for beak and barrel if only one drink? We have a 9:30pm reservation so planning to watch HEA, then check in and hoping to catch 10pm Starlight in Frontier land.... Is that too ambitious?
3:26pm by
yes, there's a wait to just get in the door, then a wait to order, drink, pay. Although I guess depending on where starlight starts you might have extra time. i don't know where it starts.
3:28pm by
During a MVMCP night, we arrived 20 minutes early, 6:05 PM (the earliest they will accept a check in). We were let in at 6:23; got our drinks at 6:40 and got our check at 6:55. We were next door to get Captain Jack photo at 7:05.
3:41pm by
I think that is too ambitious even tho I think the evening parade starts at Train Station and ends at Pecos Bills so you'd have 20-30 min after its start.
4:08pm by
I do not think that timing would work. As others have stated, we waited probably 15 + minutes past our check in time to be seated.
13 min ago by
Hey. We are on a cruise and docking at port Caniveral and getting off the ship at 1230/1245. If we lineup a driver to get us by 1245. Do you think 2-6 will be enough time in Hollywood studios if I purchase a LL and buy Rise? Thanks
2:04pm by
This is the busiest week crowd wise at WDW. I wouldn't do it. Likely to be packed with limited LLs and long lines.
4:07pm by
There's not many LLs left for tomorrow. Off site could book 3 days before park day. I'd guess Rise is sold out too. It's the busiest time of the year so you might get 1 or 2 rides in. I'd wander Epcot instead w/ food booths & cookie stroll.
4:22pm by
Nope. This is the thought of an obsessed person.
21 min ago by
Going to Epcot for NYE. Is there any expectation that the park may close due to capacity? Thinking of going early for rides, taking a midday break, and then returning early evening for the festivities. TIA!
5:05pm by
I don't recall ever hearing of EP reaching capacity but good luck dealing with the amount of people that will be there. Just getting into/out of park will be difficult. Xmas night, we filled 2.5 busses from BW to DS. Took 32 minutes for a 20 min drive.
5:31pm by
Since the pandemic phased closures really haven't happened. Even on NYEve.
7:41pm by
Curious where you will be coming from. The transportation can be a bigger concern than getting in. If walking from any of the Boardwalk resorts then I say have fun! We enjoyed WS early and then found a good place to sit a wait for fireworks.
28 min ago by
"What's cookin'?" Chicken pot pie from Sam's Club, which will be perfect on this cold and windy day in the 'Burgh. Dessert will be apricot strudel. What are your Monday dinner plans?
4:46pm by
So windy here, too! Chicken noodle soup and rolls.
6:33pm by
Chicken noodle soup and crackers. Helps the sick!
7:05pm by
Ooh those potstickers sound good @gmcc! We went out for drinks and burgers to toast a friends's bday. She died in 2015 but we try to go out with her wife on her birthday each year. She would have been 65 today.
7:39pm by
Guys. I am at Chi Chi's!! It's pretty darn good!
3:04pm by
Nice to hear from my fellow Minnesotans ! I need to get there
7:23pm by
Fried ice cream?
7:26pm by
Wow! That was our happy hour mainstay as grad students in the early 90s: half price drinks and free buffet on Fridays 4-7!
7:36pm by
Is the Starlight Parade a real must do in for you in your opinion? We are staying CL at Grand Flo this April. Want to enjoy CL as much as possible/avoid nighttime crowds but willing to stay at MK in the evening if the parade is a must do/not to be missed.
3:38pm by
It was a must on our November trip since we hadn't seen it before, and likely will be a must once a trip moving forward. There's just nothing like a nighttime parade. If you don't like crowds, though, you might skip it or stay near the front of the park.
5:47pm by
I love parades but I saw it on my last trip and glad I saw it but just ok for me. I love Paint the Night!
6:42pm by
Thanks for the insight everyone. I'm also one who does not like to wait an hour before a parade to start and waste valuable park time. Where are good spots to watch the parade if you get a spot 30 minutes or less prior to the parade starting?
7:04pm by
Well that was a whirlwind! Last minute trip planned on Thursday...flew ORD>MCO at 6am on Saturday and MCO>ORD tonight (3 hour delay. 2 hours of which was spent on the tarmac!). School and work on Monday will be rough, but got use out of companion passesx2
3:10am on 11/10/25 by
Haha just an app update and me not being able to figure out where the chat button was...
5:20pm by
We spent over an hour on the tar Mac on Sat morning too!
6:28pm by
Old chat lol
6:35pm by
I know I asked this a couple of weeks ago, but are there any rumors of deals coming out in early Jan? Mousesavers listed some from 2025 & 2024. Thought a liner might have an inside scoop. :))
4:49pm by
I would expect them to come out with the summer deals at roughly the same time they were announced last year. They're pretty much cyclical.
4:56pm by
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