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I always make my itinerary with flexibility built in. I tend to schedule park days around EMH (either attending or avoiding), then make ADRs based on that. Having a week at WDW, I try to plan to hit each park at opening at least once to get a ride on all the gatebusters, as well as each park at least one evening, to see nighttime shows.
In San Diego, I decided on the Trolley Tour/Balboa Park on Sunday, and the Zoo on Monday (to avoid weekend crowds). Saturday afternoon and Tuesday morning will be miscellaneous sights, with a Harbor Cruise worked in there somewhere.
Having 5 days for the Disneyland parks, a plan isn’t necessary, but we did plan for meals. The parks are close enough together that park hopping can be totally spontaneous and is very easy. To my dismay, Fantasmic! won’t be showing this trip, but Remember Dreams Come True, Disneyland’s amazing fireworks show, will be.
Here’s where I’ll be and when:
Saturday, February 17 – We don’t land until 5:00. The MK is open late, so that’s where I’m going. No ADRs this day.
Sunday, February 18 – We’ll start the day at the Kona Café for breakfast, then hit the MK. Some time during the day, we’ll switch over to MGM and finish the night with Fantasmic!
Monday, February 19 (Presidents’ Day) – We’ll start off at Epcot, then finish the day at the MK. Lunch will be at Teppanyaki Dining Room. I want to catch Spectromagic and Wishes this night.
Tuesday, February 20 – MGM/AK followed by dinner at Boma.
Wednesday, February 21 – AK/Epcot with dinner at the Garden Grill. We’ll catch Illuminations this evening.
Thursday, February 22 – Epcot/MGM. Dinner is at Sci-Fi Dine In.
Friday, February 23 (DN Erica’s actual birthday) – AK, then MK for the and Party. Dinner is at the Plaza Restaurant.
Saturday, February 24 – early flight to San Diego. Dinner with Terri, Sarah, and Crystal at the Corvette Diner
Sunday, February 25 – Old Town Trolley Tour with stops around the city, including Balboa Park
Monday, February 26 – San Diego Zoo
Tuesday, February 27 – Squeeze in a few more sights before driving to Anaheim. Dinner with the PassPorter Girls at Tortilla Jo’s. (Margaritas all around )
Wednesday, February 28 – Walk in Walt’s Footsteps tour
Thursday, March 1 – Breakfast at Goofy’s Kitchen with Karen, Eileen and Dawn, dinner at Napa Rose with the Girls
Friday, March 2 – Blue Bayou for lunch with the same cast as the Corvette Diner, and I will try to see Remember Dreams Come True
Saturday, March 3 – Breakfast at Storyteller’s Café with the Girls, and I want to see Remember again on my last night
Sunday, March 4 – flying home
Up Next: The Final Details
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
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Well, this is it. It’s almost time to go. I’ve packed, and let me tell you, that wasn’t easy! I finally just accepted the fact that I’ll have to do laundry at some point. Fortunately, there is a washer/dryer in the villa, so it’ll be a simple matter to do laundry before leaving Orlando. So I’m all packed, except for the few things I’ll need tonight and tomorrow morning. I’m bringing two suitcases to Orlando, but DM and DF have agreed to lug my smaller one home with them, so I’m only bringing one to California. I’ve even printed out a list of what to put in the “home” suitcase and what to put in the “California” suitcase.
Everything at work is taken care of and my desk is empty. I expect it to look a lot different after a two-week absence. I’ve set up my out-of-office notifications for email and voice mail, and I’ll be leaving work behind!
One little wrinkle popped up. I realized last Friday that my debit/MasterCard would be expiring at the end of the month. I knew I’d be away from home starting the 17th, so I called Citibank to make sure that I’d get the new one in time. The CS Rep very nicely told me that they mail cards out in the middle of the month and I’d get mine the last week of the month. Yikes! So I let him know I’d be away and needing to use the card and he had them send a new one that day, which I got the next day. Whew!
The boarding passes are printed (we got ‘A’). My AP, AP renewal voucher, DL ticket and San Diego Passport are in my PassPorter. Mail has been stopped. My fridge is empty (pizza for dinner tonight). My apartment is clean. I got a mani-pedi. My DB (in NY) is driving us to the airport and DF will pick me up when I get back. My TiVo is even set up to save my favorite shows for me so I can catch up when I get home.
I always take a lot of pictures, and I won’t have a laptop, so I bought a new 2G SD card for my camera. Along with my current 1G card, I’ll have room for thousands of photos (consider yourself warned ).
I’ll post all the San Diego/Disneyland days here and the WDW days will go over in the WDW Trip Reports board. What you've read so far is over there too. I’ll have to take lots of notes and I’m going to work on my TR during down times, so I hope to get updates out relatively quickly, but unfortunately, it’ll be a while before I get to the Disneyland days. But all the other Girl Trippers' TRs will be up without delay!
Now all that’s left is watching the clock and getting a good night’s sleep! Disney in the morning! See you all in a couple of weeks, and for 11 of you, even less!!
Up Next: Double Dippin’ Disney Style!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
Man, do I ever need to take a course from you on "getting ready to go on vacation!" I am organized but all I can say is WOW, you have it all together! Can not wait until you guys are all back home and TRs are started! Have safe travels and a magical time.
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Fortunately, there is a washer/dryer in the villa, so it’ll be a simple matter to do laundry before leaving Orlando. So I’m all packed, except for the few things I’ll need tonight and tomorrow morning. I’m bringing two suitcases to Orlando, but DM and DF have agreed to lug my smaller one home with them, so I’m only bringing one to California. I’ve even printed out a list of what to put in the “home” suitcase and what to put in the “California” suitcase.
I’ve set up my out-of-office notifications for email and voice mail, and I’ll be leaving work behind!
Yikes! So I let him know I’d be away and needing to use the card and he had them send a new one that day, which I got the next day. Whew!
and getting a good night’s sleep! Disney in the morning! 
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