Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Planning for the World

I have been wondering how many of you Disney goers out there do your planning. Some people are really into the details. They plan everything ahead with which park on what day and so on. Some 180 days in advance with spreadsheets and binders full of Disney information. Then there are others that don’t make any concrete reservations, they just go where the wind takes them. They don’t have any sort of plans set.

As for myself I am a Disney neurotic planner. I have to make sure that I have all my dates, ADR’s and plans set in place. I like to figure out which parks we want to start out in and then proceed to where our dinner reservations will be. That will help to decide where we will most likely start and end the day. I love eating at the Table Service restaurants in WDW so I take the time to figure out where everyone wants to eat to coordinate the times we can get for our Advance Dining Reservations. It always good to have backups to where you want to dine in case your first choice is booked up.

I then create a spreadsheet that has the confirmation numbers, time of events, parks to avoid and park hours to keep with me. I don’t go verbatim to the plan but I like to have an idea of what is the best way to maximize our fun and time at Disney.

Touring Plans.com is a great resource to use when planning your trip. They give you crowd calendars and tips to let you know what parks are less crowded each day of your vacation. It really saves you a lot of your valuable time. You can also pick up The Unofficial Guide which in my opinion is the best guidebook about Walt Disney World and traveling.

I would love to hear from all of you in the Disney committee on how you go about with you planning. Are you a planner or a wing it kind of person?

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

UPDATE ON LE CELLIER

It is true! Le Cellier will become a Signature restaurant for dinner only starting March 1st, 2011. I spoke with a castmember on the Disney Dining line tonight to confirm this information.  Hopefully this new change will work out for the better.