A few pages back some people were talking about the CL FP+. It made me actually start considering it for the first time. (I can’t believe I’m considering spending MORE money, but...) We’d buy 3 days, one for the day we switch over to YC CL (probably a MK 1/2 day) and then one for HS and EP and then no parks on check-out day—just swim and enjoy the CL. DH is balking at the $450 price—understandably. Has anyone done the CL FP’s. Any opinions or advice? Thanks so much.
I'll share with you our logic for the expense....we're in park for 4 full days, and one half day on our transfer day. The main purpose of our trip is AK/Pandora, and HS/Galaxy's Edge. We'd like to ride FoP multiple times on our AK day without having to wait in looooong standby lines. Since we're doing the CL FP+ program, we can FP both of them (one regular/Navi, one CL/FoP) and do both at rope drop as well, so that we can ride multiple times on our AK day. Same logic goes for HS/Smuggler's.
For us, with a shorter than usual Disney trip (this is our first time staying less than a week), it makes sense. Given that this will probably be the last time I get DH to agree to a Disney vacation, it's important FOR US to get to the stuff we want to get to with the shortest possible waits. Our general touring style is rope drop, "break" in the afternoons for in park shows/pool if desired, back to the parks for dinner and finishing out the night. We think the CL program fits in nicely with how we generally tour. By scheduling our FPs for the morning, we can still get FP #4+ if they're available, if not, we'll catch shows or whatever until dinner, then our CL FPs kick in after dinner.
The other big "selling point" for me was that they'll book our regular FPs at 90 days (for the days we use the program) as well. Especially since there's a ton of new stuff for us to do, it gives us a chance to get ahead of most of the crowd @ 60 days out. We've been fortunate enough to make a few trips to Disney, so we never feel like we have to "do it all". But we do want to "do what we want to do".
Here's how we plan on using them:
Arrival day-Everyone: Regular FP for Epcot, check in when room ready, CL FP for MK in the evening (presumably, when things are picked over/gone)
1st HS Day-Everyone: Regular FPs in the morning, CL FP in the evenings (leaving the afternoons open for shows, if desired, and picking up 4th+ FPs if available)
AK Day-Dh and I Day #3: DH and I will do the program, the boys have chosen not to this day. Reg FPs in the morning, CL in the afternoon/evening, with our "break" in the middle for shows or 4th+ FPs.
2nd HS day Boys Day #3: Half day in the parks for DH and I (V&A ressie this evening). The boys will use their 3rd day of CL access in HS this day.
Check out day: We'll grab what we can FP wise when our 60 day window opens up. But this way, our 1st two days are covered for everyone, and then we can all use the 3rd day of access as we'd like to maximize our individual trip goals.
Granted, this is our PLAN. We can't book anything until the end of April, so it's not first hand "this worked for us" with the CL program.
