Mommyof3inVA
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- Dec 22, 2012
My first official trip report! Woohoo!! About us: Mom, Dad, DD celebrating birthday at Disney (turned 8), DS 5, DD 4. We have been to Disney 4 years in a row. We always go the same week-First week of May. The crowds are low, the weather is great and it's my oldest' birthday!
We drove 12 hours from Virginia to Orlando. We decided to split the 12 hour drive and we stayed the night in Savannah, GA. Loved Savannah. Could write a whole trip report on that lol. Such a beautiful must see city with lots of great restaurants and attractions. We stayed at the Embassy Suites in historic Savannah. We were able to walk to the river street area and we had dinner at Vic's On The River. Best dinner ever. Highly recommend. The next morning we woke up early, had breakfast (love Embassy's breakfasts!) and then we walked to the historic area to experience our first horse drawn carriage ride. The kids really enjoyed this and we were able to sit back and relax while having a scenic tour of the area. Great way to see a lot of Savannah landmarks in a short amount of time! After the horse drawn carriage ride we stopped in a few shops (Savannah Bee, Byrd Cookie Co., etc.) then we checked out of the hotel and were on our way to DISNEY!!!
This is us in Savannah on our way to dinner at Vic's on the River
We checked into the Wyndham Bonnet Creek Resort (we rented a two bedroom condo from VRBO) and we were pleasantly surprised to see that our room request was honored and we were placed in the building we had asked for!! However.....should have known it was too good to be true--that night we discovered quickly why this amazing room with such a great view of the lake/fireworks/Epcot was still available....the LOUD neighbors. The neighbors directly beside our master bedroom (literally where the bed backs up the wall) were practically yelling and being loud until 3 am each night. We complained multiple times. We even heard a DOG bark! There are supposidly no dogs allowed at Bonnet Creek (except service dogs). The security guard did knock on their door several times and request that they quiet down. However, it did not help. They were extremely loud. We woke up at 7 am each day and made sure not to be 'quiet'....#payback LOL.
Our Schedule:
Saturday: Savannah, GA
Sunday: Drive to Disney! Check in to Bonnet Creek (we had groceries delivered which saved so much time and this is such a nice luxury)
Monday: Animal Kingdom/Epcot
Tuesday: Magic Kingdom
Wednesday: Pool Day and Downtown Disney for dinner/shopping
Thursday: Magic Kingdom
Friday: Legoland, FL
Saturday: Sea World
Sunday: Head home, vacation is over
We packed the kids lunches daily in a soft sided cooler which we took to the parks. This helped save money. We cooked 2 dinner's in our condo and ate lunch one day at Bonnet Creek at the restaurant by the pool.
Restaurants: (Will review in separate post)
Epcot: dinner at Les Chefs De France
Magic Kingdom: lunch at The Plaza & dinner at Columbia Harbour House
Downtown Disney: dinner at Fulton's Crab House
Snack: Ghiradeli
Character breakfast at O'hana
Back Bay Bar and Grill at Bonnet Creek
We drove 12 hours from Virginia to Orlando. We decided to split the 12 hour drive and we stayed the night in Savannah, GA. Loved Savannah. Could write a whole trip report on that lol. Such a beautiful must see city with lots of great restaurants and attractions. We stayed at the Embassy Suites in historic Savannah. We were able to walk to the river street area and we had dinner at Vic's On The River. Best dinner ever. Highly recommend. The next morning we woke up early, had breakfast (love Embassy's breakfasts!) and then we walked to the historic area to experience our first horse drawn carriage ride. The kids really enjoyed this and we were able to sit back and relax while having a scenic tour of the area. Great way to see a lot of Savannah landmarks in a short amount of time! After the horse drawn carriage ride we stopped in a few shops (Savannah Bee, Byrd Cookie Co., etc.) then we checked out of the hotel and were on our way to DISNEY!!!
This is us in Savannah on our way to dinner at Vic's on the River
We checked into the Wyndham Bonnet Creek Resort (we rented a two bedroom condo from VRBO) and we were pleasantly surprised to see that our room request was honored and we were placed in the building we had asked for!! However.....should have known it was too good to be true--that night we discovered quickly why this amazing room with such a great view of the lake/fireworks/Epcot was still available....the LOUD neighbors. The neighbors directly beside our master bedroom (literally where the bed backs up the wall) were practically yelling and being loud until 3 am each night. We complained multiple times. We even heard a DOG bark! There are supposidly no dogs allowed at Bonnet Creek (except service dogs). The security guard did knock on their door several times and request that they quiet down. However, it did not help. They were extremely loud. We woke up at 7 am each day and made sure not to be 'quiet'....#payback LOL.
Our Schedule:
Saturday: Savannah, GA
Sunday: Drive to Disney! Check in to Bonnet Creek (we had groceries delivered which saved so much time and this is such a nice luxury)
Monday: Animal Kingdom/Epcot
Tuesday: Magic Kingdom
Wednesday: Pool Day and Downtown Disney for dinner/shopping
Thursday: Magic Kingdom
Friday: Legoland, FL
Saturday: Sea World
Sunday: Head home, vacation is over
We packed the kids lunches daily in a soft sided cooler which we took to the parks. This helped save money. We cooked 2 dinner's in our condo and ate lunch one day at Bonnet Creek at the restaurant by the pool.
Restaurants: (Will review in separate post)
Epcot: dinner at Les Chefs De France
Magic Kingdom: lunch at The Plaza & dinner at Columbia Harbour House
Downtown Disney: dinner at Fulton's Crab House
Snack: Ghiradeli
Character breakfast at O'hana
Back Bay Bar and Grill at Bonnet Creek
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