ExcitedMama
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2013
We did HB for Fantasmic and people didn’t start lining up until closer to 8.
Jedi Training filled up when we tried to sign up, but they’d also cancelled a show that day which could explain it. We tried to sign up about 12. I signed the kids up to be alternates for the first time. Apparently alternates are assigned in the order of sign up so it doesn’t matter if you are first to the show if someone who got on the alternate list arrives before they start calling names so you don’t need to arrive crazy early.
Still lots of the popcorn buckets available if you are looking for a cauldron or Oogie Boogie.
HM, SM and the Incredicoaster had MP gone pretty early when we were there.
We had lots of slow downs and stops on HM and POTC during multiple rides and HM went down a lot. Ariel and ST also had issues. You might want to do HM early in your day to ensure you see it.
What’s with the carts everyone has for kids now? I don’t remember seeing any in August but they were everywhere. Parents blocked entire bathroom sinks with them. Just one more nuisance to avoid. Speaking of bathrooms, ladies be prepared to air dry your hands. Most of the bathrooms had no paper towels. I told custodians in multiple bathrooms and most didn’t care and one told me they were just stuck.
Skip the cookie shots at GCH. Surprisingly flavorless and even my kids didn’t want a second bite. My kids loved the pumpkin beignets though, and one loves pumpkin and the other doesn’t. They left nothing behind so I’d guess they were more pumpkin light on flavor. DS hated the graveyard cupcake and they both hated the Black Rose desert at the Red Rose Taverne.
Jedi Training filled up when we tried to sign up, but they’d also cancelled a show that day which could explain it. We tried to sign up about 12. I signed the kids up to be alternates for the first time. Apparently alternates are assigned in the order of sign up so it doesn’t matter if you are first to the show if someone who got on the alternate list arrives before they start calling names so you don’t need to arrive crazy early.
Still lots of the popcorn buckets available if you are looking for a cauldron or Oogie Boogie.
HM, SM and the Incredicoaster had MP gone pretty early when we were there.
We had lots of slow downs and stops on HM and POTC during multiple rides and HM went down a lot. Ariel and ST also had issues. You might want to do HM early in your day to ensure you see it.
What’s with the carts everyone has for kids now? I don’t remember seeing any in August but they were everywhere. Parents blocked entire bathroom sinks with them. Just one more nuisance to avoid. Speaking of bathrooms, ladies be prepared to air dry your hands. Most of the bathrooms had no paper towels. I told custodians in multiple bathrooms and most didn’t care and one told me they were just stuck.
Skip the cookie shots at GCH. Surprisingly flavorless and even my kids didn’t want a second bite. My kids loved the pumpkin beignets though, and one loves pumpkin and the other doesn’t. They left nothing behind so I’d guess they were more pumpkin light on flavor. DS hated the graveyard cupcake and they both hated the Black Rose desert at the Red Rose Taverne.