Walt Disney World

[Brianfo]

My wife and I will be taking 2 small children to Walt Disney World in Florida in 2 weeks. I get to go as a bonus thru my work. We are staying at the Hilton. My question is what is the weather like down there in January? Any good ideas on what to see and do with twins that are 2 years old? I am kind of looking forward to it. A chance to get out of Iowa in January. Oh well, enought blabbing. Any responses are greatly appreciated.

[ILChief]

Originally Posted by Silock

I find Hollywood Studios to have by far the least amount to do. The stunt shows suck, Movie ride is a bust, and there aren't any rides after you've done Toy Story, Rock'n'Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror and Star Tours. The animation class is cool, but it's easy to do every thing there in 3 hours.

Rumor has it there is going to be a whole Star Wars land at hollywood studios

[Silock]

I love it, but I won't stand in line for longer than twenty minutes for any ride, no matter how good it is. Just not worth it.

That one is just so popular because it's the only thing in the park that the whole family can do. RNR and ToT are too "scary" and have height requirements.

[God of Thunder]

My fiance and I are Disney Vacation Club members!!!!

[007]

Originally Posted by God of Thunder

My fiance and I are Disney Vacation Club members!!!!

We seriously looked into that but the only time it really seems worth the money is when you are going to the World and that is just not something we want to do every single year. Using the points toward other locations in the US had too much drop off in value for our taste.

[God of Thunder]

Originally Posted by Guru

We seriously looked into that but the only time it really seems worth the money is when you are going to the World and that is just not something we want to do every single year. Using the points toward other locations in the US had too much drop off in value for our taste.

Usually, it can pay for itself if you travel every other year. Yes, if you go to other locations, you take a hit on your points, however, most people sell their points, and then use the cash to go somewhere else. You can sell your points at any given time for that year, and then you get them again next year. You can also bank points from previous year or borrow from next year.

Kristen and I go every year, and sometimes 2 times a year. We just bought into the Grand Floridian Villas.

If you would like to get more info, PM me and I can put it all onto paper to show you exactly how much it would cost and at what point you'd break even. It doesn't take long if you typically stay deluxe as all DVC resorts are deluxe.

[Silock]

I'll buy DVC when the secondary market prices come down.

[Deberg_1990]

Escape from Tomorrowland just showed up on VOD. I'll have to check this out. its the Disney renegade flick that was filmed there without permission.
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[007]

Originally Posted by God of Thunder

Usually, it can pay for itself if you travel every other year. Yes, if you go to other locations, you take a hit on your points, however, most people sell their points, and then use the cash to go somewhere else. You can sell your points at any given time for that year, and then you get them again next year. You can also bank points from previous year or borrow from next year.

Kristen and I go every year, and sometimes 2 times a year. We just bought into the Grand Floridian Villas.

If you would like to get more info, PM me and I can put it all onto paper to show you exactly how much it would cost and at what point you'd break even. It doesn't take long if you typically stay deluxe as all DVC resorts are deluxe.

I haven't even tried a moderate yet. The jump in price doesn't seem worth it to me since all I need is the bed.

[007]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Escape from Tomorrowland just showed up on VOD. I'll have to check this out. its the Disney renegade flick that was filmed there without permission.
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I need to track that down.

[ILChief]

We are going back end of March/beg of April. Anyone been recently and have any suggestions? We last went feb '12

[ct]

Originally Posted by ILChief

We are going back end of March/beg of April. Anyone been recently and have any suggestions? We last went feb '12

We r goin n June. U stayin on property? They've changed the fast pass concept to a reservation style approach. Disney resort guests get to reserve n advance, otherwise hv to do it that day at kiosk n the park.

[JD10367]

You can do three passes in one park per day. We were there recently for four days and I made advance FastPass reservations for each park. In hindsight, I would've done it differently. In Hollywood Studios you need it for Toy Story and it's helpful for Tower Of Terror and the Aerosmith Coaster. In EPCOT you need it for Soarin' and it's helpful for Test Track (but the third pass is kind of useless there). In the Kingdom it's useful if you want to ride something popular like Peter Pan, Big Thunder, or Splash/Space. In Animal Kingfom you could use it for Kilimanjaro Safaris or Everest but sometimes it's not necessary. So you might want to double book Hollywood (to get Toy Story twice) and EPCOT (to get Soarin' twice).

[Deberg_1990]

I've seen mixed opinions online about the new Fastpass+ system. alot of people don't like how resort guest get first dibs, and you can only do a max of 3 fast passes per day. Alot of people would race around and get 5 or 6 per day under the old system.
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[ILChief]

Originally Posted by ct

We r goin n June. U stayin on property? They've changed the fast pass concept to a reservation style approach. Disney resort guests get to reserve n advance, otherwise hv to do it that day at kiosk n the park.

Yeah we are staying at Coronado Springs. Booked my fast passes the other day

[ILChief]

Originally Posted by JD10367

You can do three passes in one park per day. We were there recently for four days and I made advance FastPass reservations for each park. In hindsight, I would've done it differently. In Hollywood Studios you need it for Toy Story and it's helpful for Tower Of Terror and the Aerosmith Coaster. In EPCOT you need it for Soarin' and it's helpful for Test Track (but the third pass is kind of useless there). In the Kingdom it's useful if you want to ride something popular like Peter Pan, Big Thunder, or Splash/Space. In Animal Kingfom you could use it for Kilimanjaro Safaris or Everest but sometimes it's not necessary. So you might want to double book Hollywood (to get Toy Story twice) and EPCOT (to get Soarin' twice).

Epcot and hollywood studios have tiered fast pass