Will this app/website help now with planning at 8 months to go!??
I found it did for me as I was planning our first trip & had no idea how long it would take to walk from one ride to another, how long wait times could be (with & without fast passes, etc.), what time the parks would open/close, what happens during party nights, etc.
Prior to the 180d mark, I started mapping out what TS/QS restaurants we wanted to eat at, what rides we wanted, and then tried mapping out a plan that was feasible. From there, I used the TPs to plan our ADRs and preferred times (& also had backups times/days).
When we booked our ADRs at the 180d mark, we didn’t get all the time slots/TS we wanted, so I created alternative TPs (@ the same time I used the TP reservation finder to get what we wanted - which we eventually did!).
Then we did the same thing at the 60d mark to book our FPs.
After that, & we got our FPs that we wanted (FOP!!!) and made our last minute adjustments, I made myself not adjust our TPs anymore! It’s very easy to keep looking and moving things!!!
But I will also add, use TP in conjunction with other sites, Eg, DIS boards, easywdw, Kenny, etc. There’s a lot of valuable info to help make your trip easier.
I’m not sure if what I did was extreme or not (my husband said it was when o was doing it!), but the planning made our first trip so seamless & easy, & even my husband acknowledged during and after our trip that the reason why we had a great time was due to the planning and our TPs!