Cee
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- Aug 8, 2006
Last week I was checking in at BOG for our ADR, and many people were in line asking how long the wait was. The CM was telling them november.
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Last week I was checking in at BOG for our ADR, and many people were in line asking how long the wait was. The CM was telling them november.
This is true. It's a matter of being aware of what is available to you, and making decisions based on that knowledge.There is a lot of ground between not having a rigid plan and arriving knowing nothing. Some who advocate not having a plan are not taking into account their knowledge of the Disney parks and resorts. I know I could show up and have a good time without planning, but I would know better than to walk up to the castle looking to eat lunch, or to head straight to Stitch or the People Mover first thing, or to look for the monorail to take me to Universal. I would have a good idea of restaurants to try to just walk up to, or good out of the way CS locations, or which rides to knock out first.
I think advising first timers to show up without any planning is doing them a disservice.
Being a baby.
Maybe I'm an ageist, but every time I see a baby at Disney World I can just tell they put almost no effort into planning.
I think you misunderstood. The baby didn't do any planning. You know, because babies hardly ever make plans. Tee Hee.Seriously? Why? I don't really understand this statement at all. You see someone with a baby and "can tell" they put no effort into planning? I've had 3 of my 4 children at Disney as babies, some more than once. They were easy. It is just as easy to plan with a baby as it is without. The planning is different and realistic expectations are different. Just because you can not fathom having an infant with you while in Disney does not mean other people find it to be an unbearable challenge or are too stupid to know better. Trust me I have had to do far more challenging things with an infant in tow than vacation with them in Disney World.
WDW did have its own runway, not active for decades. I think it was for Disney execs and VIPs during WDW's initial development. But never for paying WDW guests. LOLMy all time favorite is when my BIL thought you could fly to Disney World... Not to MCO airport. He was shocked when he found out Disney didn't have its own runway.He is an EX BIL now, thank goodness!
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One thing that strikes me about this, is the difference between planning (e.g. scheduling, lists of stuff to do, etc) is less important than research (what there is to do, the ins and outs of stuff, etc).
Planning isn't really all that important. You can go with the flow, so long as you know how to swim. (As is seen by several posters here)
Research on the other hand, including trying to discover what you don't know you don't know, is important and can easily (and quickly) move a good trip over to a bad trip.
As far as amusing anecdotes...I don't really have any from either side. There was the time in 2009 that I forgot how to read the front of a bus and we ended up in Animal Kingdom instead of Magic Kingdom...on our 8:30am CRT breakfast day... that was interesting.
There is a lot of ground between having a rigid plan and arriving knowing nothing. Some who advocate not having a plan are not taking into account their knowledge of the Disney parks and resorts. I know I could show up and have a good time without planning, but I would know better than to walk up to the castle looking to eat lunch, or to head straight to Stitch or the People Mover first thing, or to look for the monorail to take me to Universal. I would have a good idea of restaurants to try to just walk up to, or good out of the way CS locations, or which rides to knock out first.
I think advising first timers to show up without any planning is doing them a disservice.
Seriously? Why? I don't really understand this statement at all. You see someone with a baby and "can tell" they put no effort into planning? I've had 3 of my 4 children at Disney as babies, some more than once. They were easy. It is just as easy to plan with a baby as it is without. The planning is different and realistic expectations are different. Just because you can not fathom having an infant with you while in Disney does not mean other people find it to be an unbearable challenge or are too stupid to know better. Trust me I have had to do far more challenging things with an infant in tow than vacation with them in Disney World.
Get thyself to the nearest pharmacy and purchase a bottle of chill pills. They meant the baby didn't do any planning, not the parents.
Why does everyone have to take offense to everything in today's culture?
Seriously? Why? I don't really understand this statement at all. You see someone with a baby and "can tell" they put no effort into planning? I've had 3 of my 4 children at Disney as babies, some more than once. They were easy. It is just as easy to plan with a baby as it is without. The planning is different and realistic expectations are different. Just because you can not fathom having an infant with you while in Disney does not mean other people find it to be an unbearable challenge or are too stupid to know better. Trust me I have had to do far more challenging things with an infant in tow than vacation with them in Disney World.
You walk away very disappointed with the roller coaster inside that giant golf ball.
Being a baby.
Maybe I'm an ageist, but every time I see a baby at Disney World I can just tell they put almost no effort into planning.
I don't agree. That too general of a comment. We planned a year in advance for a multi-family trip. We didn't know that we would have a 2 month old at the time of the trip. He was great and all of the extra people helped.
I don't agree. That too general of a comment. We planned a year in advance for a multi-family trip. We didn't know that we would have a 2 month old at the time of the trip. He was great and all of the extra people helped.
I don't agree. That too general of a comment. We planned a year in advance for a multi-family trip. We didn't know that we would have a 2 month old at the time of the trip. He was great and all of the extra people helped.
I apologize to any detail-oriented babies that I have offended with my comments.