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Since I started working on touring plans for Sarah and i to go to MK 4/28 before joining the WW, I have seen that BTMRR has been listed as being closed for refurbishment this Spring.  

For example, here: http://allears.net/pl/refurbishments-and-closings.htm

And here: https://www.undercovertourist.com/blog/refurbishments-closings-walt-disney-world-universal-orlando/

But today, i was surfing at easywdw.com and saw this thread: http://www.easywdw.com/forums/showthread.php?30951-Big-Thunder-Mountain-Refurb-moved-back

They list Voldy as a source that the refurb. is not happening as originally schedule.  <_<

But when I go to the Disney site and punch in 4/28, it shows BTMRR as available.  In contrast, it shows Soarin as closed for refurbishment.

The Dibb also shows the refurb date as changed: http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=935197&page=2

If I weren't a hyper planner, this would be no big deal.  But i am and my magical 60-day window opens Friday night at midnight.   (Picture the panicked emoticon here)

Anyone have any info?  Or just want to make fun of my spreadsheet obsessed tizzy?

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5 minutes ago, GaDawgFan.....Kelly said:

Have a backup in case it's not available when your window opens. 

Yes, i am now working on my second MK touring plan for that day.  If it is not available, i will go back to my original.

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5 hours ago, BradyBzLyn...Mo said:

I'm now seeing info that the Thunder Mountain refurb has been moved to Aug 8 - Nov 19, but I can't verify the source as official Disney.

There are multiple folks at easywdw.com who are posting that they were able to secure April FP+ for BTMRR today.  

SO, my MK day now looks like this:

Use FastPass+ at 
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (9am-10am), 
Pirates (10:30am-11:30am),
Space Mountain (11:30am-12:30pm)

1. Enjoy Main Street, possibly ride a Main Street vehicle: 9am – 9:10am (Walk through castle)
2. Ride Peter Pan’s Flight: 9:15am – 9:25am
3. Ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train with FastPass+: 9:27am – 9:40am
4. Ride Haunted Mansion: 9:55am – 10:15am
5. Ride Big Thunder Mountain: 10:17am – 10:40am
6. Ride Splash Mountain (Front Seats!): 10:50am – 11:10am
7. Ride Pirates of the Caribbean with FastPass+: 11:15am – 11:35am
8. Ride Jungle Cruise: 11:45pm – 12:05pm
9. Have lunch: Waffles from Sleepy Hollow in Liberty Square
10. Ride Space Mountain with FastPass+: 1:05pm – 1:30pm
11. Ride People Mover: 1:40pm – 1:50pm
12. Ride Carousel of Progress: 1:50 – 2:10pm
13. Ride Buzz Lightyear 2:10pm – 2:25pm 
14. See Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade from Hub: 2:40pm – 3:15pm
Other likes:
Mad Tea party
Dumbo
Goofy’s Barnstormer
Little Mermaid Ride
Carousel
It’s a Small World
Meet Peter Pan, Gaston, TinkerSnow WhiteTalking Mickey
Walt Disney World Railroad
Shops on Main Street
Hear Dapper Dans
Mickey head pretzel
Main Street Electric Parade 9:00p
Celebrate the magic 9:45p
Wishes 10pm
 

BUT, I might change the Pirates FP+ for Jungle Cruise.  I just can't decide.

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There are multiple folks at easywdw.com who are posting that they were able to secure April FP+ for BTMRR today.  

SO, my MK day now looks like this:

Use FastPass+ at 

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (9am-10am), 

Pirates (10:30am-11:30am),

Space Mountain (11:30am-12:30pm)

1. Enjoy Main Street, possibly ride a Main Street vehicle: 9am – 9:10am (Walk through castle)

2. Ride Peter Pan’s Flight: 9:15am – 9:25am

3. Ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train with FastPass+: 9:27am – 9:40am

4. Ride Haunted Mansion: 9:55am – 10:15am

5. Ride Big Thunder Mountain: 10:17am – 10:40am

6. Ride Splash Mountain (Front Seats!): 10:50am – 11:10am

7. Ride Pirates of the Caribbean with FastPass+: 11:15am – 11:35am

8. Ride Jungle Cruise: 11:45pm – 12:05pm

9. Have lunch: Waffles from Sleepy Hollow in Liberty Square

10. Ride Space Mountain with FastPass+: 1:05pm – 1:30pm

11. Ride People Mover: 1:40pm – 1:50pm

12. Ride Carousel of Progress: 1:50 – 2:10pm

13. Ride Buzz Lightyear 2:10pm – 2:25pm 

14. See Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade from Hub: 2:40pm – 3:15pm

Other likes:

Mad Tea party

Dumbo

Goofy’s Barnstormer

Little Mermaid Ride

Carousel

It’s a Small World

Meet Peter Pan, Gaston, TinkerSnow WhiteTalking Mickey

Walt Disney World Railroad

Shops on Main Street

Hear Dapper Dans

Mickey head pretzel

Main Street Electric Parade 9:00p

Celebrate the magic 9:45p

Wishes 10pm

 

BUT, I might change the Pirates FP+ for Jungle Cruise.  I just can't decide.

Did you get all the FP+ you wanted?

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Yes, and within 15 minutes of when I wanted them!  

Mine Train 9am-10am

Jungle Cruise 10:45a - 11:45a

Space Mountain 12:20p - 1:20p

::)

Oops!  Forgot to post my revised touring plan.

Use FastPass+ at 
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (9am-10am), 
Jungle Cruise (10:30am-11:30am),
Space Mountain (12:30pm-1:30pm)

1. Ride Peter Pan’s Flight: 8:55am – 9:10am
2. Ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train with FastPass+: 9:15am – 9:30am
3. Ride Big Thunder Mountain: 9:43am – 10:03am
4. Ride Splash Mountain (Front Seats!): 10:05am – 10:28am
5. Ride Pirates of the Caribbean 10:38am – 11:00am
6. Ride Jungle Cruise with FastPass+:: 11:05pm – 11:28pm
7. Have lunch: Waffles from Sleepy Hollow in Liberty Square
8. Ride Space Mountain with FastPass+: 12:35pm – 1:00pm
9. Visit Stitch’s Great Escape FP+ kiosk, select Buzz that incl. 2:10pm
10. Ride People Mover: 1:10pm – 1:40pm
11. Ride Carousel of Progress: 1:50 – 2:10pm
12. Ride Buzz Lightyear 2:10pm – 2:25pm 
13. See Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade from Hub: 2:40pm – 3:15pm
Other likes:
Mad Tea party
Dumbo
Goofy’s Barnstormer
Little Mermaid Ride
Carousel
It’s a Small World
Haunted Mansion
Enchanted Tales with Belle (9am-9pm)
Tom Sawyer Island (10am-7pm)
Meet Peter Pan, Gaston, TinkerSnow WhiteTalking Mickey
Walt Disney World Railroad
Shops on Main Street
Hear Dapper Dans
Mickey head pretzel
Main Street Electric Parade 9:00p
Celebrate the magic 9:45p
Wishes 10pm
 

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I should mention that the times listed were mostly to give me an idea when to plan my FP+.  Once I am in the park, i only pay attention to what I want to do next and what time my FP+ are.

That said, last year, I had a similar schedule and it worked well.  I did Facebook check ins at most of the rides and attractions i went to and they usually lined right up with the plan.  The credit goes to Josh at easywdw.com  I just use his cheat sheets and adjust them to what I want to do.

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On 2/25/2016 at 11:35 AM, Katman1356...Jason said:

You could go completely wild and crazy and wing it. 

Hahahahahaha....  yeah, don't see that happen :lol:

 

We were disappointed to see the ride closed for our next trip.  Hopefully we'll be able to catch it in October.  

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On ‎2‎/‎28‎/‎2016 at 7:06 AM, Momof6....aka Marty said:

Yes, and within 15 minutes of when I wanted them!  

Mine Train 9am-10am

Jungle Cruise 10:45a - 11:45a

Space Mountain 12:20p - 1:20p

::)

Oops!  Forgot to post my revised touring plan.

Use FastPass+ at 
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (9am-10am), 
Jungle Cruise (10:30am-11:30am),
Space Mountain (12:30pm-1:30pm)

1. Ride Peter Pan’s Flight: 8:55am – 9:10am
2. Ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train with FastPass+: 9:15am – 9:30am
3. Ride Big Thunder Mountain: 9:43am – 10:03am
4. Ride Splash Mountain (Front Seats!): 10:05am – 10:28am
5. Ride Pirates of the Caribbean 10:38am – 11:00am
6. Ride Jungle Cruise with FastPass+:: 11:05pm – 11:28pm
7. Have lunch: Waffles from Sleepy Hollow in Liberty Square
8. Ride Space Mountain with FastPass+: 12:35pm – 1:00pm
9. Visit Stitch’s Great Escape FP+ kiosk, select Buzz that incl. 2:10pm
10. Ride People Mover: 1:10pm – 1:40pm
11. Ride Carousel of Progress: 1:50 – 2:10pm
12. Ride Buzz Lightyear 2:10pm – 2:25pm 
13. See Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade from Hub: 2:40pm – 3:15pm
Other likes:
Mad Tea party
Dumbo
Goofy’s Barnstormer
Little Mermaid Ride
Carousel
It’s a Small World
Haunted Mansion
Enchanted Tales with Belle (9am-9pm)
Tom Sawyer Island (10am-7pm)
Meet Peter Pan, Gaston, TinkerSnow WhiteTalking Mickey
Walt Disney World Railroad
Shops on Main Street
Hear Dapper Dans
Mickey head pretzel
Main Street Electric Parade 9:00p
Celebrate the magic 9:45p
Wishes 10pm
 

OMG, your schedule reminds me of the only episode of The Middle I ever watched, where the family went to WDW, and the daughter had this glittered/bedazzled binder with every moment of every day planned!

More power to you, I hate having to make 1 Fast pass.:wacko:

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I haven't been an uber-planner in a long while, but I'm getting a taste of it again.  I'm going to be tagging along with my brother, SIL and 7yo nephew for a week in October. It's their first big WDW trip and they invited me to play tour guide/babysitter. SIL is making all the plans and is generally a world class planner, but she's realizing that WDW is a whole other ball game.  They're trying to cram in as much as possible, and she's got the spreadsheets out!  My job right now is to review and make recommendations. :)

 

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8 hours ago, BradyBzLyn...Mo said:

I haven't been an uber-planner in a long while, but I'm getting a taste of it again.  I'm going to be tagging along with my brother, SIL and 7yo nephew for a week in October. It's their first big WDW trip and they invited me to play tour guide/babysitter. SIL is making all the plans and is generally a world class planner, but she's realizing that WDW is a whole other ball game.  They're trying to cram in as much as possible, and she's got the spreadsheets out!  My job right now is to review and make recommendations. :)

 

I have found posting touring plans on Josh's forum to be very helpful.  Those people live to critique touring plans and help you have the best possible vacay.  

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  • 2 weeks later...

I might have missed this previously, but supposedly the big refurb is to add a new "projection mapping" elements similar to what is currently in Anaheim. FWIW their BTMRR was down for 14 months, but I'm not sure if that included other stuff.

Here's a video ride-through from Disneyland. The new stuff starts around 2:17

 

 

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