Hi everyone! I just discovered this thread and am happy to join. We (me, DH, DD6 and DS20mo) will be staying at Bonnet Creek from May 1-8. This is our (save the baby) 3rd time going so while we're not that new at all of it, Covid planning is a different beast lol and I'm finding I'm not as on top of things as I have been in the past.
This is a do-over from our May 2020 trip. My husband and I will be fully vaxxed by the time we leave and the 6yo, while of course not vaxxed, is a pro at wearing a mask and distancing because kids are so resilient. This year we are celebrating our DD's 7th birthday on May 6! In the past we have done sit down lunches and dinners because that's how we roll but I know that's not really going to be possible this year due to Covid and the baby (he's barely been in society for the last year so we're working on making him un-feral). So if anything I just tried to get dinner ressies (and we eat early-ish, 5:30/6 with the baby) and lunches will be mobile order.
So far we have the following:
May 1 - Saturday - arrival: nothing. Flying from NY and it's the babe's first flight so we are taking the first day/night easy as who knows how things will be going lol
May 2 - Sunday - AK: no dining ressies this day because it closes early. Of course that may change but I was unable to get Tiffins or Y&Y so I guess we'll play it by ear. I'll check the park hours constantly and maybe they'll extend and I can snag a Y&Y one.
May 3 - Monday - EP: Wanted GG or San Angel (which we always enjoyed in the past) but no dice. Have ressie finder on it.
May 4 - Tuesday - HS: Doesn't matter if we wanted a ressie, literally nowhere in the park had any availability lol. Have ressie finder looking for 50's.
May 5 - Wednesday - Day Off: Looked for Topolino's breakfast for the 6yo but was unlucky so have a finder going, managed to score Sanaa for dinner (yummmmmmmmmm)
May 6 - Thursday - MK: The Big Day! My baby girl is 7! Have a Plaza ressie at like 4:30 but the Ultimate would be CRT so I have a finder going for that.
May 7 - Friday - MK again: Skipper Canteen at 4:45. A little early but I'll take it and keep checking if anything later pops up.
I thought we ate early but I guess we aren't the only ones! Haha.
Also I wanted to ask opinions - Just noticed tonight that we will be at HS on May 4th. I know it's Covid planning and crowd calendars can only be so on point with their predictions, but every place I could find a calendar at had that day being one of the best for it. Will we regret this? We are SW fans but have resolved to not be all commando this trip since it's the baby's first and it's Covid Times. I just want to make sure I get a BG and while I've had luck every day that I've been trying from home (got past selecting my party), I worry that if HS gets full with park reservations, a BG might become an even HARDER ticket to get.
So, all that being said, does anyone see any need to change around our first three days? The only days we could switch around are the 2-4 as we always break on Wednesday and have MK be our last days. I was confident with my planning until I realized May 4th was our HS day. And tbh I really really want to keep the current schedule but we used to go in February so May (and May 4th) is a whole new experience for us.