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My son and I are going to Universal in June, also our first summer trip. We live in Texas, so I know heat, but it's not as humid. I am also the one who gets cranky in heat, lol, so I get it! Good luck!

We are just doing a quick trip, 11/11-13. It's for my son's 8th birthday, we've got a tradition of WDW birthday trips. I didn't love our trip last November, Genie+ sucked and HS was too crowded to enjoy anything. So this is a very short and focused trip: -Christmas party on the 11th (whatever...

I'm in Dallas, and would much rather be in Orlando. Good call!

So I decided to move our trip to spring break (August is just too hot for me) and we're going to do Universal only. But I'll keep the list updated still, since I'm on hear all the time anyways!

We are also planning our first Universal/WDW hybrid trip! I can answer based on what we are planning, which may or may not be helpful since I'm new at this too, lol! 1. We are doing Universal first. Planning on staying at Universal for the entire trip, although who knows. If I change plans...

Wow, you will definitely have some stories to tell by the time this trip is over, lol!

We did my son's 5th birthday at WDW as well, just did his 7th in November! I was not a fan of Genie+ on our trip, we did 5 park days and the longer I was there the less I liked it. I feel like it's necessary at HS with so few rides, and nice to have at MK but not a necessity. I wouldn't even...

All of our trips are mother/son trips, since it's just the 2 of us! How old is your son?

Is this your first time off-site? We stayed onsite the first 3 trips, and last month we did off-site with a rental car which I actually loved. We are staying at a Universal resort in August to do our first visit to UOR, but will be doing Disney days too. It would feel strange to be in Orlando...

That sounds amazing, it will be an awesome place to meet them at!

We just got back. YMMV, but I think Genie+ is only valuable on slightly busy days. If is crowded, they all get booked up in the morning and there's no availability left after your 1st or 2nd selection (see threads about last week). If it's not crowded, you don't need it anyways. I purchased...

I recommend short sleeves and bring long sleeve shirts for layering. That what I did for our custom shirts for the trip we just returned from. Worked out great, when it got warmer we just went to the bathroom to remove the long sleeve shirts and put them in our backpacks.

I am a single mom (by choice) of a lovely 7yo boy. We just got back from our 4th trip together, and the 3rd that we've taken completely solo (my parents came along for the first trip). We are as close to park commandos as you can be with a little one, generally there from rope drop to close...

Hi all! I did one of these 3 years ago, but it has been a while and not much is happening around here so I wanted to do a new one. When I was planning my first WDW trip, I found it much more helpful to read about experiences by single parents than couples given that things like rider-swap don't...

I've never started one of these, but didn't see one yet so here we go! Welcome to the August 2022 planning thread. This is a place to discuss our plans, share tips and information, and obsess over every little Disney details that our friends and families are tired of hearing about, lol! Share...

Yes, using data seems to eliminate the issue.

I didn't have any trouble with mobile ordering. I was there yesterday and was able to create an order less than 30 minutes before I wanted to eat with no issues!

Just got home, thought I'd share a few more thoughts from the rest of our trip! Friday was AK, followed by the holiday party at MK. We entered AK at 7:30am due to Disney+ Day and went straight to FOP. MDE said 55 minutes, but the line moved quickly and we were off the ride in just under 45...

Here now, just wanted to share some thoughts. Just me and my 6yo (turning 7 tomorrow!), got here Wed and headed straight to HS from the airport (arrived around 2pm). Purchased Genie+ and started booking LL at 6am CST, even paid for WiFi on the plane to book 2 more, lol. So we had Slinky Dog...

We leave in 2 days!!! Will be watching party reports for tonight and tomorrow, since we'll be at the party Friday. No clue how it's all going to go with Genie+ in the mix, but aiming to just take it all in stride and enjoy whatever happens! I'm so Type A, that will likely not happen, but it's...