Happy Saturday Everyone!!!!
I survived Gwen's sleep over! Her little friend that stayed over is such a good kid and they get along so well! I was very lucky! They went to sleep at 10:30-ish and were up at 5:00 AM!!! Thankfully, I was able to sleep till 7! Morgan is at a full-on sleepover party, so I will have to see how she is later! Good thing they don't have swim lessons and swim team this morning too..... Oh wait they do! Pray for me!
Life is def starting to go fast now. I mean how is it November already!?! I have a million things to do. And one, being getting my Elf on the Shelf Schedule completed and make sure I have everything for there advent calendar. I seriously keep waiting for Morgan to "figure" things out. And she just keeps going! When did your kids start to catch on? I am pretty sure I asked this last year too. But it's just because I can't believe Morgan still believes!
Well, I wanted to talk overall park plan, I am under 60 days till fast pass booking!!! Woo Hoo. Which means I am nearing the double digit mark!
111 Days as of today!
OK, so now that I know we are going annual Passes!!! i started to look at my schedule a little again.
Day One / Travel Day
Friday, Feb. 22nd
Our Flight leaves Philly @ 11:15 AM.
So, I am thinking if we can keep it a secret, we will wake the girls up like they are going to school and just pretend we are going to school. And see how long they take to realize that we aren't going to school. This has been Gwen's request for awhile now. I am thinking of telling Morgan about the summer vacation to throw her off the sent of this trip.
We are scheduled to arrive in Orlando @ 2:00 PM
We will take Magical Express to Caribbean Beach and check in. If our room isn't ready, we will just drop off our carryons with bell services and head to EPCOT!
Festival of the Arts will still be going on, so I think we will just snack and eat around the world at either the booths or counter service.
Fast Passes:
- Frozen (or test track)
- Figment
- Spaceship Earth
I really want to do Frozen ride again, but I know the girls will want to do Test Track. We will see.
This is kind of a bonus day, so I don't want to push it too much. So, hopefully it won't be a late night, just a couple hours to get some food and ride a couple rides.
Day Two
Magic Kingdom
Saturday, Feb 23rd
We always like to kick off the trip with Magic Kingdom.
Fast Passes:
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Big Thunder Mountain
- Space Mountain
Our first MK day tends to always be the mountains FP's.
Food/Reservations:
Breakfast: Probably just QS in the room or something ordered from Garden Grocer
Lunch: we have BOG lunch reservations, I am still iffy on this. I do want to see inside the castle again. But it gets mixed reviews on whether the food is any good. Thoughts?
Dinner: we have California Grill @ 7:30. I think we will spend as much time as we want in the park but probably head back to the room at some point to rest and change for dinner. Right now, the park is to close at 8:00 PM, so we should be able to see the fireworks from there. Which I think will be a lot of fun!
Day Three
Hollywood Studios
Sunday, Feb 24th
HS has Extra Magic Hours Morning, so hopefully we can get up and take advantage of that. Maybe we will uber over in the morning to save some time. But the goal will be to go straight to Toy Story Land and try and ride all 3 rides during EMH then grab some breakfast at Woody's Lunch Box!
I know that the girls will love the Smores breakfast sandwich and the breakfast tots are calling my name.
Fast Passes:
- Slinky Dog
- Rock'n Rollercoaster
- Tower or Terror? or Star Tours?
I think the plan will be to go back to the room at some point and rest and come back for fireworks. Should I go for a day Slinky Dog Fast Pass and play it safe? Or should I try for an evening one and hope we can ride in the AM and then in the PM with our FP?
Food/Reservations:
Breakfast: Def want to try and hit Woody's Lunch Box for some breakfast items.
Lunch: Sci-Fi Dine-In
Dinner: ??? Whatever we feel like. Probably just snacks will be all we need.
Sci-Fi was Gwen's request from the survey I gave them. And I am personally looking forward to doing it again.
I was debating doing the Star Wars Dessert Party, but I think I would rather have the evening open to decide what we want to do. See either Fantasmic or the Star Wars Fireworks, or even just check out Toy Storyland in the evening.
Day Four
Animal Kingdom
Monday, Feb. 25th
Today is another Extra Magic Hours day, but I am not as conserned about getting there RIGHT as rope drop. Not sure if we will stay all day or go back and rest and swim again. We will play it be ear.
Fast Passes:
- Flight of Passage
- Safari
- Everest
Food/Reservations:
Breakfast: probably food in the room again, either QS or GG food
Lunch: I def want to try Santu'li Canteen
Dinner: BOMA @ 5:00 or 7:00 PM
We haven't been here in awhile and it is a hit with the whole family, so I am looking forward to that. I still have both reservations. But I am def leaning towards the 5:00 one. If we stay all day, we will def be ready to sit down and eat by then. Originally I wanted to come back to Animal Kingdom to ride Everest at night, but we will see how long dinner takes.
This is also the last day of Festival of the Arts, so if there was anything else we still wanted to do. We could hop over to EPCOT. Maybe mid day? Or after Dinner? But probably wouldn't want food then... hmmmm....
Day Five
Magic Kingdom
Tuesday, Feb. 26th
Today we switch hotels! We will have to pack up in the AM, so probably won't be rope dropping anything but hopefully we can get out of the room not too late. We will be switching to the POLY!!!!
I totally plan to keep this a secret from the girls. And think that the Tinkerbell Gift for this morning will have to be Hawaiin themed to give them the big reveal!
Fast Passes:
- Peter Pan
- Splash Mountain
- Haunted Mansion
My goal is to get some of the "other" attractions today.
Food/Reservations:
Breakfast: Maybe Waffles from Sleepy Hallow or Gaston's Cinnamon Roll
Lunch: QS of some sort or snack it as we might be eating dinner at 4:00.
Dinner: Ohana @ 4:00 or 6:00 PM
Again I am still not sure which reservation I want. I am thinking the 4:00 one. We can stay at the park till check in-ish time. Hop on the monorail to the Poly. Check in and even if our reservation isn't ready we can just head to dinner. With a 4:00 reservation, we should still have time to check out our room and maybe head back into Magic Kingdom or a ride or two before the park closes.
Day Six
Rest Day/Resort Day
Animal Kingdom (maybe)
Wednesday, Feb. 27th
Today, the overall plan is to relax and enjoy the Poly! Swim and recharge from a few full days. But with our APs now, I was toying with the idea of grabbing a second FOP FP and have us head over to literally do just that! maybe try and get Kali River Rapids FP as well, That way if we get soaked we could just head back to the hotel.
Fast Passes:
- Flight of Passage
- Kali River Rapids
If we did do this, I think it would be best to do early-ish. The pools tend to not open till 10:00 this time of year, so we could in theory book a 9-10 and 10-11 fastness and be back at the hotel fairly early? What do you guys think? What would be a reasonable time frame?
Food/Reservations:
Breakfast: Kona Cafe @ 9:15
Lunch: TBD, Probably Captin Cooks?
Dinner: I DEF want to get to Trader Sams' right at 4:00, so we can expierence that. I was also thinking we could try and get a bread pudding desert at Tambu Tambu lounge in the evening. (And maybe another Lapu Lapu for mommy)
I def think we will do some night swimming and watch the electrical water parade and fireworks from there.
Day Seven
Magic Kingdom
Thursday, Feb. 28th
Possibly Disney After Hours
So, at first I thought it wouldn't be a good idea to do the DAH today since we are switching hotels. But now that I am thinking about it, maybe we it's not....
We could swim in the morning and "check" out. Change somewhere, maybe actually do Animal Kingdom mid-day? Head to AK around noon, spend a couple hours there, then check in at Riverside and rest some more.
DAH for this day is 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM. So, we would have plenty of time to rest and we will be coming off a true rest day.
What do you guys think!?!?! I think I am talking myself into it as I type!
Food/Reservations:
Dinner: Skipper Canteen @ 5:15
I am sure I could find another reservation for SC, if I needed to shed this one.
Day Eight
Hollywood Studios / EPCOT
Friday, March 1st
I started to think that we would go back to HS in the morning and try and get another Slinky Dog FP. Then head to EPCOT. BUT if we do DAH, maybe we just plan to take it slow in the AM and head to EPCOT when we are ready? Or really, even just push everything back a bit?
Food/Reservations:
Dinner: Via Napoli @ 5:30
Today will hopefully be slightly less crowded as it is in-between the two festivals. I think we will want to try and see Illuminations tonight with the girls.
Day Nine:
Magic Kingdom
Saturday, March 2nd
This is our last full day.
Fast Passes:
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Big Thunder Mountain
- Space Mountain
Back to the mountains! Today will more than likely be park open to park close as it will be our last time in the park. We will just muscle through!
Food/Reservations:
Breakfast: Food in the room
Lunch: The Plaza @ 12:05
Dinner: Snacks/QS because we have the After Dessert Party!!!!
Magic Kingdom is scheduled to close at 8:00 PM tonight, so I thought this will be the perfect way to close out the trip. Watch the fireworks in the nice closed area and then enjoy some desserts while the crowd leaves the park. Hopefully get a night pic on main street with few people and possibly see the Kiss Good Night!
Day Ten:
Travel Day Home
Our flight leaves at 11:45 AM, so we will have to get up and get Magical Express. But we will get home by 2:00 and will give the girls time to rest before school the next day!
Thanks for hanging in there with ALL of my plans in one giant post! But this really helped me think out the whole trip!!!