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emfisher2000
08-21-2007, 12:29 PM
Weather was in low 90's and sunny all week except for rain on Tuesday evening around 7:00 - 7:30. Here is our week of fun....


Sunday 8/12 - Arrived at ASMo around 2:15. Checked in and went to see room. Very clean and quiet. Bus to MK by 4:00. FP for Jungle Cruise (45 min), Tiki Room, POTC, FP BTMR (1 hr), Jungle Cruise, Country Bear Jamboreee, BTMR shut down for weather, 6:30 res at Crystal Palace, BTMR using FP. Back to hotel by 8:30 to rest for rope drop. Without FP, longest wait time for any attraction was 20 min.

Monday 8/13 - Arrived at MK at 8:40 for rope drop. FP for Space Mountain (45 min), Space Mtn stand by, Buzz, FP Splash (45 min), Space Mtn, Buzz, Astro Orbiter, FP BTMR (1 hr), Splash Mtn, lunch at Harbour House, BTMR, Mickey's Philharmonic, FP Space Mtn (1 hr), Indy Speedweay, Monster Inc. Comedy Show, Stitch's Escape (would not recommend), Space Mtn, RR to Frontierland, FP Splash Mtn (2 hr) 5:30 res at Liberty Tree Tavern, Small World, Snow White, RR to Frontierland, Splash Mtn., DW and 2 kids left at 8:30 to go back to hotel, DS 12 and I stayed and see Spectromagic and
Wishes. Max waits without FP 20 min.

Tuesday 8/14 - Arrived at Epcot for rope drop. FP for MS (45 min), stand by for TT, waited at Soarin for FP (1 hr), MS, HISTA, Imagination, Soarin, back to hotel for lunch and swim. Back at Epcot around 6:00, Finding Nemo ( 10 min), Crush (10 min) - daughter got to talk with Crush. 7:00 res at Coral Reef.
EMH - kids rode TT and MS with 20 min waits for both. Return to hotel.

Wednesday 8/15 -9:30 arrive at Typhoon Lagoon. Humunga Cowabunga (10 min), Storm Sliders (no wait), Crush n Gusher (30 min), Shark Reef (30 min), Wave pool, Lunch around 12:00, Spent another hour in wave pool. By lunch time all slides were an hour long wait. I noticed the water parks were closed due to crowds every day from 12:30 - 3:00.
DW went back to hotel. Kids and I took bus to Contemporary to rent Sea Raycers for 1 1/2 hr. They really loved it. Monorail to Epcot and bus to hotel. Shower and rest for dinner, bus to Epcot, 7:00 res at Le Cellier, Illuminations

Thursday 8/16 - 11:30 arrive at AK, FP EE (2 1/2 hr) , Dinosaur (20 min), Primevil Whirl (20 min), ITTBAB (15 min), lunch Tusker House, EE, Khali River Rapids (1 hour wait), Jungle Trek, Kiliminjaro Safari (10 min while parade was passing by), Pangani Forest. Back to hotel. Kids ate at hotel and stayed at night. DW and I went to DD, 8:00 res at Wolfgang Puck Cafe, shop, PI til 12:00. Back to hotel.

Friday 8/17 - 10:00 arrive at Blizzard Beach. 2 DS did Summit Plummet (1 1/2 hr). They both said the wait was worth the thrill. DD and I did Tobbagan Racers ( 20 min), We all did Teamboat Springs (10 min) Spent rest of morning in wave pool. Lines way too long for all slides. Left around 12:00 and had lunch at hotel. MGM around 4:00, FP RnRC (3 hours), ToT(10 min due to parade), Movie Ride, Backlot movie sets, HISTK set, 6:00 res at Mama Melrose (w Fantasmic package), RnRC, Fantasmic.

Saturday 8/18 - Checkout by 8:00 with airline checkin and boarding passes. ME 4:15 bus to MCO. MGM for rope drop, FP RnRC (1 hr), ToT (20 min), Star Tours (10 min), High School Musical, 11:30 res at Sci Fi, RnRC. Bus to Pop, bus to DD for final shopping and DisneyQuest. Bus back to hotel at 3:30, ME to MCO. Our flights were delayed at both Orlando and Atlanta so we didn't arrive in Baltimore until 12:30 am

Sunday 8/19 - SLEEP

We all had a great time and did have some down time throughout the week. Both DS recently had surgery on their feet, so walking alot was a problem and therefore we missed some of the shows (AK - Finding Nemo, Lion King, MGM - Stunt Show ,Indiana Jones) because they preferred the attractions and they needed to rest throughtout the day. I showed the FP call back time and the wait times for stand by. We never had a bad meal. Food and service were excellent and I worked in the restaurant field for 15 years as a muti-unit supervisor for casual dining restaurants. If not for the wait times at the water parks, we had no problems with the waits. We avoided anything with long waits without FP. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.


DD, DW, DS-19, DS-12, DW-10

faline
08-21-2007, 01:03 PM
You really did have a lovely week! Sounds like your family really enjoyed the water parks!

mttafire
08-21-2007, 01:17 PM
Glad you had a GREAT time at the "World":mickey: :thumbsup:

CanadianWDWFan
08-21-2007, 01:23 PM
What a great time you guys had!

Thanks for sharing you trip with us.:thumbsup:

ChipnDaleGal
08-21-2007, 01:38 PM
Glad that you had such a good trip. I can believe that after a week of that heat and humidity that you all came home and slept for a day! :mickey:

dolphinmickey9170
08-21-2007, 02:26 PM
Thanks for sharing.

princessgirls
08-21-2007, 10:34 PM
Thanks for sharing your great trip!

Julie:mickey:

shan-ash
08-22-2007, 12:14 AM
Sounded like a :number1: :vacation:!!!!

pdrlkr
08-22-2007, 10:11 AM
Thanks for the report! :smickey:

Bethis26fan
08-22-2007, 08:56 PM
Thanks for sharing.

iheartmickey
08-22-2007, 09:11 PM
It sounds like a fantastic time was had by all!

Thank you for sharing!

fielin
08-23-2007, 04:07 AM
Did you notice a decrease in crowds as the days went by ?

I know you wrote that there was no crowd problem except for water parks, but still... I plan on going at the end of August 08, and I am very interested in this matter... Did you notice a huge difference in crowds with the other times you went ?

Thanks for the report, and the info !

vizsla
08-23-2007, 05:59 AM
Sounds like you had a great time. Thanks for the report.

January-2007
08-23-2007, 09:24 AM
Thanks for reporting.

emfisher2000
08-23-2007, 09:32 AM
I didn't notice a change in the size of the crowds throughout the week. As long as you arrived early, you could ride all biig thrill rides and attractions before lunch and then leave in afternoon. WE only stayed in park full day once - at MK because of early (5:30) reservations at LTT.

I did notice that although the cast members told usthe lines were less during EMH- the wait times were actually much longer.

Best time to go to any park is morning after it has an EMH at night.

Lizzie
08-23-2007, 06:21 PM
Thanks for the report.