I'm just glad it doesn't overlap with the Big Thunder Mountain closure. I was already sad I was missing that being open by a day. Would have hated if Spaceship Earth was also closed. I haven't experienced either of those, so happy to know 1 will be open during our stay!
We get there the same day BTM goes down and it is DD's favorite ride so we were pretty bummed. So glad SE will be open during our trip - one last chance to hear Dame Judi Dench tell me to thank the Phoenicians
Not sure if this has been posted before, but I just found it and got pretty excited that May is Tiki Room month!
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...ks-disney-store-and-online-at-shopdisney-com/
That’s the one bad thing about booking flights so far in advance.
I’ve been waiting on that one ever since they announced the collection! I picked up the tiki bird dress on the last F&F sale online. GF wants the matching Aloha shirt and we’re hoping they still sell it at the Poly so I can use the AP discount.
We actually talked about our plans again last night because of the refurb discussion too. We were just planning to have a quiet chill arrival day at the resort, go to Spirit of Aloha that night and watch the fireworks and water pageant. Ours is like the first flight out of JFK so we get in pretty early and originally we booked a patio at the quiet pool for arrival day to have a home base to chill until our room is ready. But now that we’re staying CL, we switched to the 1st luau show so we can watch the shows from the lounge afterwards. So it kind of didn’t make sense to keep the pool patio and I was contemplating moving it to one of our other planned resort days. With the Big Thunder news, I was extra torn...I really didn’t want to hit the ground running this trip but I won’t be able to ride it a bunch of times during VAH like I wanted. GF can’t handle any coaster more intense than 7DMT due to health issues so I usually ride alone. She knows Big Thunder is my favorite and told me last night we can totally go to MK. She said she won’t be able to stand looking at the castle all day and not going to MK anyway lol! But this is why we always get length of stay tickets, we want the flexibility.
Sadly we also got an update from JetBlue that our return flight home was moved earlier so that means we have to get the Tragical Express at 3. So no ‘Ohana before we go home.
Our flights were moved back nearly 2 hours going out and up close to 3 hours on our return. Uggh! The transfers remain the same time, so shorter layover going and way too long coming home.Sadly we also got an update from JetBlue that our return flight home was moved earlier so that means we have to get the Tragical Express at 3. So no ‘Ohana before we go home.
We head down May 14 
and unfortunately leave way too soon on May 20 
. Staying at Pop Century, which will actually be my first time ever staying on site. 
It is our first trip together, but we have both been before (been since 2007 for me and about 2005 for her) just a good while back! Trying to plan out some FP strategies and get our late dining reservations. (I am really planning on doing most of the dining at this point last minute in hopes of cancellations since most things are not available at convenient times).
Welcome William! Our stays will be overlapping at Pop. I'll be checking in on the 16th!My wife and I are officially doing the May 2020 happy dance.
I'll be in MK the last day btmr is supposed to be down. Fingers crossed it opens a day early! But yes, glad spaceship earth will be available.
With our FastPass+ day coming up on Tuesday, I'm now in full on obsessive freak out mode over the touring strategy / preferred FP+ times. There's been a rough plan for months (had to get park days picked to know where to get ADRs), but The last week or so (I think the general plan made me more relaxed than I should have been) I've been frantically nailing down all the details so as to best select the ideal FP+ windows. So even though I have a preliminary list, I'm still going over everything with a fine tooth comb. Are the FP+ times late enough that they're not wasted at rope drop, but early enough to allow for the opportunity to get 4+? Are the activities ordered in a way that minimizes crisscrossing and backtracking as much as possible while still prioritizing minimum wait times? Am I leaving enough time between FP+ windows to get to the next attraction? What are are the showtimes for the entertainment we want to see, and how can I schedule the touring strategy so there's enough time, and we're in the right area at that time? What about food? Where are we planning to eat? Will we be in the right area of the park at the right time? Am I leaving enough of a gap in the FP+ windows to allow for dining?
Just needed to vent for a second before diving back in to the fray. I figure that you, the Disney folks, will understand. You'll know I'm not crazy. I'm not a lunatic, right? RIGHT?!
I think most people would say you're crazy but we're not most people!
