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If there is one thing we are consistent about when we travel to Disney, it is having a well-organized plan.\u00a0 It isn’t that we want to script every second of the day, but we do like to have an idea of what park we are going to, when our FastPass+ reservations are, and where we are going to eat.\u00a0 Our plan isn’t as complicated as a D-day landing, but does have a basic framework.<\/p>\n

The one tool we use to keep everything organized is a spreadsheet.\u00a0 We originally started using an Excel spreadsheet, but eventually moved on to keeping it online with Google Docs.\u00a0 By using Google Docs, we can both work with and see the spreadsheet at the same time.\u00a0 We organize the columns by days, making sure to include travel days.\u00a0 The rows get broken down into different sections.\u00a0 These sections have changed over time and sometimes change trip to trip.<\/p>\n

The top section of rows breaks down into different parts of the days.\u00a0 We include our starting location for the day (where we wake up), planned breakfast location, and our general plans for the morning part of the day (Rope Drop is key).\u00a0 We then detail lunch locations, and afternoon park plans (or activity), followed by any dinner plans.\u00a0 We will list the evening park\/activity followed by our sleeping location.\u00a0 Our spreadsheet also includes the rough outline of our travel plan, including flight\/train\/rental car reservations or driving plans.<\/p>\n

If we have purchased the Disney Dining Plan for a particular trip, the next section of our plan includes information designed to help us track the number of remaining meal entitlements — how many meals we have left per person, per day.\u00a0 We don’t keep track of the snacks on the plan since we don’t plan those.\u00a0 We haven’t been purchasing the Disney Dining Plan lately, mainly because the kids now count as Disney “adults,” but they don’t eat nearly enough to make it worth purchasing the plan.\u00a0 The above spreadsheet doesn’t include the Dining Plan since we didn’t purchase it for the above trip.<\/p>\n

A new section we have added to the plan is for FastPass+ selections.\u00a0 We list our ride reservations and the time interval for our selections.\u00a0 We don’t always choose the same rides (one of us doesn’t like roller coasters), so sometimes we will have more than 3 listed.\u00a0 We usually can figure out which FastPass+ selections go with which person just by looking.\u00a0 This saves our phone battery since we don’t have to start up the My Disney Experience App just to determine the time of our FastPass+ selections.<\/p>\n

The last section of the plan lists the operating hours<\/a> for any attractions we might want to see, including the hours for the parks (and Touring Plans crowd predictions for the parks), parade times, and fireworks.\u00a0 If we have purchased the Water Park and More ticket add-on, we will list the water park times and the times for the mini-golf courses.<\/p>\n

Our spreadsheet helps us organize our plans and our trips.\u00a0 We use the online spreadsheet for planning and print a version with us right before our trip to take with us as we travel.\u00a0 Recording planned park visits and dining locations allows us to determine where we are going on which days, in addition to showing us possible conflicts.\u00a0 It keeps us organized as we move through the days of the trip as well, so we know what we are doing in the following days.\u00a0 Let us know in the comments how you keep your Disney trips organized!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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