Ya’ll really should be questioning my sanity. I am.
It’s end of July and I’m going to Disney. I swore to never go in July (or August and September) ever again. I’m leaving the swealtering heat and high humidity for… you guessed it… even MORE sweltering heat and high humidity.
And I hate change, have high levels of anxiety with the unknown and I’m going just days after the new LL system is rolling out. BY DESIGN PEOPLE! ![]()
I have no logical reason to pick the season closest resembling the vast Lake of Fire. We’re middle-aged, empty nesters that have grown accustomed to AC. We normally don’t rope drop and rarely stay till park close.
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Who: DH and I
What: 3 day Park Hoppers with a Water Park visit on departure day
Where: Pop Century
When: Saturday, July 27th - Tuesday, July 30th
Why:
Question of the Month my friends
THE Plan:
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Day 1 we fly into MCO on a 5am flight from MSY. We touch down around 8am. Will head to Epcot and park hop to HS with a maybe dinner at Mama Melrose. That is our busiest day by far with no mid day break. DH might throw a fit. I did promise mid day breaks. After that I’m sure we will have already had just enough of this glorious Florida July weather.
Day 2 we sleep in, hit the pool and head to MK in the afternoon with HDR that evening. DH always comments how fun it was and how it’s a Disney thing worth the money. He keeps asking why we don’t go. He’s been. I haven’t. He doesn’t know yet. Wonder if I should tell him.
Day 3 we hit AK early, not RD early mind you. But like 8:30? That’s early enough, trust me. We will leave around lunch time and hit the pool back at Pop, maybe get a nap in and then head to Epcot that evening. No big plans at Epcot. We may not even do GotG! I can’t believe I just said that out loud. I want to finally have dinner in San Angel Inn. I absolutely love the setting. And no Disney trip is complete without a boat ride in Mexico. I don’t think we have had one trip where I missed it.
Day 4 we head to Typhoon Lagoon. I’ve never made it to a Disney water park. I generally don’t go to water parks. Too many kids peeing in the pools. But I figure it will be so hot and I’ll be just D.O.N.E by that time, I won’t even care. We fly home that evening at 5:30pm because PTO is running out, lol.
A lot of the new LL system has been tested. If there are any more questions come this weekend I hope to do my part and test a little. So far I’m not sure I like this better than Genie+. The major selling points so far are pre-booking and return window selection. So we will see how I like it. I feel like I’m still going to have to use some hacks to make it worth my while.
We leave tomorrow morning. I paid for premium parking at the airport. $100 but WELL worth it. I can be in TSA security line in under 5 minutes from the garage. That early there was no real security line to speak of and we were AT THE GATE in under 10 minutes from parking. Southwest don’t fail me now!


