boredghost
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2021
I organized a trip with 8 people (4 couples- one of which was my wife and myself) for this past February.
We convened months in advance and I told them our strategies and previous park experiences- and how we like to do the parks. We then discussed their must-dos and everyone’s budget range. This included a discussion of what all we wanted to do together.
Next step we chose timeframe, hotel preference, and planned our park reservations. 3 of the 4 couples stayed on site, all booking well in advance. The 4th couple dragged their feet and booked off site for budget and availability reasons. We then strategized our 60 ADR/event bookings- did a priority list of who wanted to do what when, what we would try to book for everyone and what individuals / single couples wanted to do. We teamed up to book what we could.
Our itinerary:
Couple 1 - Sat to Sat (CBR)
Couple 2 - Sat to Thu (CBR)
Couple 3 - Sat to Sat w/2 non park days (OffSite)
Couple 4 - Mon to Sun (CBR)
We did Genie+ and would plan our priorities the night before for a 7am genie grab- since we were then up we’d just go to the park. The offsite guests had some difficulty joining us for rope drop cause they didn’t get the 30min early entry, but we would find each other as the day went on.
Sat- arrival day- no park, settled in, Disney springs, grabbed dinner off site
Sun- EPCOT (couple 1&2), Coral Reef lunch
Mon- AK (couple 1,2&3), Sanaa dinner all couples
Tues- DHS all couples, Sci fi lunch, oga’s reservation
Weds- MK all couples, Jungle Skipper Dinner
Thu- EPCOT (couple 1,3&4) rose and crown
Fri- DHS (couple 1&4), met up later with couple 3 for Sebastian’s reservation.
Sat- My wife and I alone at Epcot, we hit space 220, then met with couple 4 to hit trader sams
Coming from a big family I’m used to the group dynamic, but I have my pace and expectations- key is to set some touch points for shared experience, lay out the things you want to do and help people plan if they want to join you. I was the designated Disney Dad, and it was a bit exhausting at times. I find the ‘I’m doing this - if you wish to do that too then here is how, otherwise I’ll see you at 6p for our dinner reservation’ along with a running text chain, works best for groups of adults.
We convened months in advance and I told them our strategies and previous park experiences- and how we like to do the parks. We then discussed their must-dos and everyone’s budget range. This included a discussion of what all we wanted to do together.
Next step we chose timeframe, hotel preference, and planned our park reservations. 3 of the 4 couples stayed on site, all booking well in advance. The 4th couple dragged their feet and booked off site for budget and availability reasons. We then strategized our 60 ADR/event bookings- did a priority list of who wanted to do what when, what we would try to book for everyone and what individuals / single couples wanted to do. We teamed up to book what we could.
Our itinerary:
Couple 1 - Sat to Sat (CBR)
Couple 2 - Sat to Thu (CBR)
Couple 3 - Sat to Sat w/2 non park days (OffSite)
Couple 4 - Mon to Sun (CBR)
We did Genie+ and would plan our priorities the night before for a 7am genie grab- since we were then up we’d just go to the park. The offsite guests had some difficulty joining us for rope drop cause they didn’t get the 30min early entry, but we would find each other as the day went on.
Sat- arrival day- no park, settled in, Disney springs, grabbed dinner off site
Sun- EPCOT (couple 1&2), Coral Reef lunch
Mon- AK (couple 1,2&3), Sanaa dinner all couples
Tues- DHS all couples, Sci fi lunch, oga’s reservation
Weds- MK all couples, Jungle Skipper Dinner
Thu- EPCOT (couple 1,3&4) rose and crown
Fri- DHS (couple 1&4), met up later with couple 3 for Sebastian’s reservation.
Sat- My wife and I alone at Epcot, we hit space 220, then met with couple 4 to hit trader sams
Coming from a big family I’m used to the group dynamic, but I have my pace and expectations- key is to set some touch points for shared experience, lay out the things you want to do and help people plan if they want to join you. I was the designated Disney Dad, and it was a bit exhausting at times. I find the ‘I’m doing this - if you wish to do that too then here is how, otherwise I’ll see you at 6p for our dinner reservation’ along with a running text chain, works best for groups of adults.