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Originally Posted by Lainey8484,Feb 27 2008, 05:10 PM
Oh, and check on the "Fast Pass" system.
The fast past works really great!!!! Also, if you are staying in the park, the hotels often times give their customers special packages....last time we were able to get into the park one hour earlier then the official park hours. That was cool too. Check at the front desk of your hotel.
We've reserved breakfast at Chef Mickey's with Mickey and friends, Dinner with Cinderella and friends, and the Princess Banquet in Epcot. I'm hoping to NOT spend too much time getting autographs anywhere else - too much else to see.
Originally Posted by Tomcattplus1,Feb 27 2008, 08:30 PM
The fast past works really great!!!! Also, if you are staying in the park, the hotels often times give their customers special packages....last time we were able to get into the park one hour earlier then the official park hours. That was cool too. Check at the front desk of your hotel.
According to the crowd records at touringplans.com, the only problem with that is that the parks with extended hours are always more crowded than on normal days. I've actually planned the park days by the days that historically are the best for visiting. Interestingly, Saturday is one of the best days to visit the Magic Kingdom, it's the other parks that get the crowds. Who would have thought?
touringplans.com is the web site for the book I bought. They wrote a computer program, using many years of crowd data, to calculate the best order of rides to take, when to use FastPass, etc.. According to them, their first time they tested the plan, they came out with over 4 hours less time standing in lines vs some folks visiting the same day without a plan, and more attractions visited. They think like I do - map out an optimal plan and stick to it! (I know, I'm anal and a geek). It should be fun.
We've reserved breakfast at Check Mickey's with Mickey and friends, Dinner with Cinderella and friends, and the Princess Banquet in Epcot. I'm hoping to NOT spend too much time getting autographs anywhere else - too much else to see.
JonasM
Let us know how that works out. The princesses were IT for Ally. She HAD to see them ALL, and get their autographs too.
As far as rides: She also enjoyed Thunder Mountain, and a few other thrill rides. She wasn't tall enough for some.
At Epcot, she enjoyed "Fast Track" and Soaring (as I mentioned earlier).
There IS a lot to do. You won't see it all, so just hit the things that interest you all the most.
Anika had a ball playing with these squirting totem poles:
And watch out for the camels - they spit!
OK, not a princess, but cool nevertheless:
Riding with Dad: That's Space Mountain in the background. Anika and I rode it 4 times!
Just before leaving: Anika had saved up $25 for this trip, so she was permitted to shop for her own souvenirs. She chose (in addition to a couple other small things) to get the Lady from Lady and the Tramp. It was a tough decision between Lady and Minne, but she couldn't afford both.
In the Great Britain section, look who we came across - Mary Poppins!
Anika doing what she does so well: looking cute!
Anika did really well with all of the walking and standing in lines (though we never stood longer than about 20 minutes, usually 10 or so). However, by evening, other options presented themselves:
That evening was the first rain of the Disney part of the trip, so Ani snuggled in:
The princesses were IT for Ally. She HAD to see them ALL, and get their autographs too. 
