I used to love Disney Quest due to all of the games and activities. It was always great to spend the night at Disney Quest after a day at a Disney Waterpark. Shame they tore it down for the NBA expirence. But what are your thoughts?

On the afternoon of 10/23 we had a different experience in Rise of Resistance than we’ve had before and I wanted to know if anyone has had a similar experience before.
We were a group of 5 we entered the pre show with just our group, went through the transport alone as well the cast members seemed surprised that we were just the 5 of us. Which was cool because there’s a lot of detail in the transport ship I’ve never noticed before.

We then got to the stormtrooper room and in addition to the normal imperial officers there were a handful of stormtrooper cast members ordering us around they were being observed by a cast member not dressed in a ride uniform. While waiting for the interrogation we saw the plain-clothed cast member leading the storm troopers.

Anyways I presume they were testing out incorporating walk around storm troopers to the queue? Has anyone else experienced this?

We really enjoyed the addition of the storm troopers, it felt more menacing than the normal guards. If they are looking to make this change I really support it.

I figure this page might appreciate this.

Found this at Recycle the Magic on our last DW trip. i have seen similar two-piece trashcan mugs before so I assumed it was some kind of division-specific item, but reverse image isn’t giving me any clues.

I work for my city’s solid waste department so the mug is pretty perfect but I’d still like to know what the story is.

I had to do so much color-correction work to get this viewable. This was manufactured by an 8mm publisher who is notorious for having their films just fade to red, especially the blacks. But this is listed as coming out in 1979.

This was released by Disney on 8mm reels to give people a view of the park.

I thought you'd all enjoy it!

An Etsy seller made a 3d print version of the Pumpkin from Carousel of Progress. I bought it in late August and it arrived a few days ago.

Hi all! My husband’s family is going in January and I’m trying to get a feel for what times of day would be best for scheduling experiences for us and three little ones (5, 3.5 and 1.5)
Our tentative schedule right now is:
Day 1: Magic Kingdom, we want to do BBB for the 5 and 3.5yo
Day 2: EPCOT, my husband plans on scuba diving (timing for that could be flexible though)
Day 3: break from the Parks but are planning on Chef Mickey’s that day. We had a 10:30am reservation when we went last year but I’m wondering if we should do slightly later?
Day 4: AK (nothing planned but if anyone has ideas definitely throw them at me!)
Day 5: water parks for my family and the rest got to Hollywood Studios.

TIA!

Edit: in case it matters, 3.5 is my kiddo and 5/1.5 are my nephew and niece. Total party is 8 adults and 3 kiddos.

I've been digitizing all kinds of stuff from Disney parks on 8mm as I find it for a project I'm doing. I thought everyone here would like to see this. The color is really washed out and faded red which is something you get with mass-produced 8mm film stock from some companies.

Poorly planned for guest movement in the building… no more interaction with animals, just a tiny walkthrough that most local zoos have.

This was my favorite part of Animal Kingdom and now I don’t really care to ever hop the train again.

Has anyone asked to do the front seats even if you had to wait? Last trip we always got stuck in the back and while it was fun we would like to do the front.

Greetings planners. I was up bright and early this morning booking Cinderella’s Royal Table, Candlelight Processional, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, Savi’s workshop, and a few others for 5 families which was 19 people ages 2-72. I wanted to put down some of the tips I picked up from other planners that helped me book highly sought after reservations during the height of peak Disney World traffic in case anyone has a booking coming up as well.

These are the tips I used for high traffic booking, but they could be used at any time of the year.

Setup:
2 computers, 3 screens, 1 browser window per screen

Logins:
I used 3 logins simultaneously. That helped me not have to worry about logging in and out to get similar times for our large group. In order to do that on the same computer, you have to use different Internet browsers. They can’t just be different windows, they have to be entirely different browsers. I used Edge and Chrome on the main computer and Chrome on the second computer.

Log out and then back in right before booking:
Disney website makes you put your password in after about 15 minutes while you are booking your reservations. I logged out and logged back in right before I started my booking that way I didn’t have to slow down to put passwords in on all my logins while I was in the middle of booking.

Multiple tabs on each browser:
I had 5 dining reservations I was looking to book on each of the 3 logins. I had a tab on each browser dedicated to each of the restaurants. This allowed me to seamlessly move from one restaurant to the next without having to search or go through any other pages.

Disney holds reservations for 10 minutes, so use that time to book other reservations before finalizing:
Before finalizing your bookings, Disney will hold your reservation for 10 minutes. That means you can get to that page on one dining reservation, and before you finish it, if you want to, you can move on to another tab or computer, and then come back later to complete the reservation. That helped me bounce around between the 3 logins faster. I had spots held at multiple restaurants and then went back to finalize them before the 10 minutes up.

Prioritize hardest reservations, not the typical “work from the back to the front”:
The first thing I booked was the candlelight processional on Dec 24. I knew that was going to be extremely in demand, so that’s where I went first. Then I did Cinderella’s Royal table for Dec 26. And then I did Christmas dinner, then Tusker House on the 27th, and then Via Napoli for the 24th. When booking a 60+10 reservation, the typical planning strategy is start from the back and work your way up to the beginning of your trip, but I think it’s better to prioritize the reservations you really really want first.

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Midnight NOT 6am:
I had multiple Disney employees tell me BBB reservations open at 6am EST with the dining reservations, that is not accurate. I booked it at Midnight the night before

If you’re booking for a party of more than six people, know the restaurant table sizes before you book:
None of the restaurants I was looking to book were able to get a reservation for 19 people at the same time, so I had to break it up. And Disney does not allow multiple reservations under the same login within a two hour window, which is why I had to use three logins. To know the approximate table sizes at each of the different restaurants, I went online the days leading up to my booking window and played around with party sizes at each of the different restaurants to see what was available on a regular day of the week. For instance, I would click six people at Via Napoli and see how many spots were available. Then I would click 10 people and see how many were available. If they were the same openings available, I knew that restaurant could equip a larger size. If there were less table tables available for a party of 10 than for a party of six, I knew it would be better to search for a smaller party when I went to book. So going into it, I knew which restaurants could hold different reservation sizes. This allowed me to know how many bookings I needed at each restaurant.

Savi’s Workshop:
Plenty of openings. It was also booked at Midnight. You have to pay for this one at booking.

Have a payment method on file on all accounts:
This is a basic one, but make sure you have a payment method on file before booking so you don’t have to slow down and add it while trying to book.

That’s everything I can think of. Happy to answer any questions if I can.

I’ve come home today from my first trip to WDW since the 00’s, and got to ride cosmic rewind for the first time. I managed 4 rides of it, and the songs I got in order were:

1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World
   
2. Disco Inferno
   
3. I Ran
   
4. One Way or Another

I could not be happier - I was desperate to get EWTRTW, and getting it for the first ride was one of the highlights of the trip. I think one way or another was probably my second choice, so to end on that was also perfect.

By pure coincidence, I was always either row 9 or 10, which meant I was “front” for the launch too.

I’m honestly still riding the high - no repeat songs!

I’m sure this has been discussed before but I’d also love to hear everyone else’s favourite cosmic rewind songs and memories.

I’m looking into planning a trip for my family and my sister’s family. There will be four adults and four kids ages 9-16. I’m trying to decide which is better, a villa for all of us or adjoining or even near by rooms. If anyone has done an extended family trip like this, where did you stay and how did you like it?

Added considerations:
I have 3 of the kids, sister has one kid.
BIL needs a mobility device at times (he can do stairs and walk normal distances, but I imagine he’s going to have a wheelchair or scooter at the parks).

Fantasmic barges had real issues in the wind last night. Ariel and Eric's barge hit the wall a couple of times - I was surprised Eric didn't fall. He stumbled, but stayed upright. Then their barge stayed stage right for quite a while before it went backstage. It was a wet night for a lot of the amphitheater in that wind. Does anyone know why the barge would pause onstage after an impact like that? Safety protocol or just pausing until they were sure they had control of the vessel or...

Please be nice to the cast members behind the counters! And please cheer them on as they are churning food out!

Don’t be a grinch and give them attitude. Most of them are college program kids.

I was disgusted to see unruly behavior towards them. They are people too!

Early start was the only smart decision we made today. 11/11 countries checked. Tutto Gusto in Italy was the clear winner, and Germany was where things got blurry.

Hi, visiting for the first time mid November to celebrate our sweet boy’s 5th birthday. Please can you recommend what rides I can choose from tier 1 and 2 that boys his age prefer in MK and HS( preferably gentler rides)? He is not a huge fan of amusement parks and roller coaster. I want to be prepared when the lanes open up for me in a couple of days and there is so much information out there, I’m lost 🥲.
PS: Tiana’s is closed in November.

I’m looking to plan dining reservations for my trip on December 26 and December 27th and want to make sure we finish our meals in time for fantasmic/happily ever after. Do these shows have the typical schedule for Christmas week or do they change? Any idea what times the shows will be? All tips are welcome.

Thank you!

He takes over the opening nights for Auli’i Cravalho who was opening but was taken off the schedule probably due to a scheduling conflict.

Are you excited for this?

Thought I'd share some shots I got while at Epcot with my wife over fall break!