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Since I'm stuck in with a sick kiddo, I figured this was a good time to start to sketch out our days. As you can see, my itinerary isn't very specific, I like to keep it pretty loose so we can go with the flow and adjust to DD as needed. Here's what I have so far:
Day 1: Arrive at POFQ mid-afternoon via DME. Hopefully our room will be ready so we can get settled in and then take the boat to DTD. We don’t have an ADR– we’ll just wing it based on what looks good to us (some ideas are Fulton’s, Bongos, WPC). For dessert we’ll head to either Ghirardelli or Goofy’s Candy Co. Once our tummies are full we’ll do some shopping, specifically I want to hit WoD to see if I can find the new Dooney and Bourke purses.
Day 2: Breakfast at POFQ food court then take a cab over to GF around 10 a.m. We’ll check-in then next stop: MK!!!! Not sure what we’ll do first, most likely Fantasyland then we have a lunch ADR at the Plaza. After lunch we’ll walk the shops along Main Street before heading back to the hotel for a break and to settle in to our room. We plan to take advantage of the evening food offerings in the lounge before heading back to MK around 6 p.m. to do a few more rides and see Wishes. This will be our first time seeing Wishes from inside the park! (Anyone who read my last TR knows that we saw Wishes from just about everywhere except inside MK during our stay at the Poly.) If we’re hungry for dinner we’ll plan to grab something at Casey’s.
Day 3: DH’s birthday! He’s requested we spend the day at MK so that’s the plan. We’ll start off with breakfast at LTT (I’m thinking of ordering him that little pirate treasure chest cake) and then hit his fave rides (PotC, HM, Jungle Cruise, etc.). In the evening DD will go to the kids’ club and DH and I have a dinner ADR at Narcoossee’s.
Day 4: Today we’re planning to take a break from the parks. We’d like to hit one of the mini-golf courses then we have a dinner ADR at Kona. I’m thinking for lunch we might try the CS over at the CR.
Day 5: This is our DHS day. We want to get there at rope drop so we can hopefully ride TSMM first thing and get a FP to ride again after our lunch at Sci-Fi. Other must-dos here are VotLM, the B&B show and Playhouse Disney. We’ll head back to the hotel in the afternoon for a break. DD is spending a couple of hours at the kids’ club this night so DH and I can go back to DHS and ride ToT (my fave!) and TSMM if the line isn't too long. If we decide to get hoppers we’ll take a stroll through Epcot on the way back. Otherwise we’ll probably walk the Boardwalk.
Day 6: Another MK day! DD has an appointment at BBB after which we’ll head to Toontown to do the princess meet n greet (and the fairies too if we haven’t gotten to that yet). We also want to make it to story time with Belle. In the afternoon we’re having tea at the GF. Can’t wait for that! Other than tea, not sure what we’re doing for meals this day -- it'll be some sort of CS at MK, either CHH or Pinocchio’s.
Day 7: This is our Epcot Day. We usually start off at Nemo then hit The Land before going over to WS. We’ve never done the Kim Possible missions before so we’re going to give that a try. Lunch will depend on where we are when our stomachs start to growl – I like Sunshine Seasons but if we’re in WS then maybe we’ll try the CS at Mexico. This night is another kids’ club night for DD. DH and I will head back to Epcot for dinner at Marrakesh and more WS exploring.
Day 8: Last full day We’ll start off the day with breakfast at ‘Ohana then spend the rest of the day at MK. For dinner we’ll hit a CS at MK.
Day 9: Last day - We have a morning flight and will be heading to MCO in a car service.
I just got our Disney Destinations newsletter and in it was our link for the PhotoPass pre-arrival CD offer. Hmmmm--what do you guys think, should I order it?
We did it in May 2008 and Dec. 2008 but not for our trip this Spring (instead we did the family photo session at Poly, which might be fun to do again at GF). Decisions, decisions...
Good luck deciding on the photopass CD! We did it our June trip and loved it! We did it this past trip and we just didnt' seek out enough photographers and we didn't get enough good pics due to our large party size. I think you have to "work" to get your moneys worth; as in seek out and stop for all photographers and ask them to do multiple shots and ask for special shots. I think we may skip the CD next time..... but not sure yet....... For some people it's worth it and some its not and sometimes it just varies by trip!
I think you have to "work" to get your moneys worth; as in seek out and stop for all photographers and ask them to do multiple shots and ask for special shots. I think we may skip the CD next time..... but not sure yet....... For some people it's worth it and some its not and sometimes it just varies by trip!
I agree! It was worth it in Dec. because they got some amazing shots of DD with Santa and Mrs. Claus in Epcot and of us in front of the castle with the lights -- I know I couldn't have gotten those on our own.
One thing that's swaying me is that we're doing BBB and I think they could get better shots of her with the princesses than I could. Something about the lighting in those meet and greet rooms makes my pics come out not so great (I have a tempermental flash and it thinks it doesn't need to trigger in there b/c of the spotlights on the characters).
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Just got caught up.
The trip to NYC looked like a lot of fun. The showing and meet and greet sounded very well put together, not to crowded.
Hope DD is getting better and stays better through your trip.
Your plans sound great too. I think you guys will love the KimPossible missions. My girls loved them in Sept and only wanted to do them every time we went to Epcot.
Not much longer now.
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Just got caught up.
The trip to NYC looked like a lot of fun. The showing and meet and greet sounded very well put together, not to crowded.
Hope DD is getting better and stays better through your trip.
Your plans sound great too. I think you guys will love the KimPossible missions. My girls loved them in Sept and only wanted to do them every time we went to Epcot.
Not much longer now.
Thanks! And I'm glad to hear the rec. on the Kim Possible missions. I think it'll be fun and I always like trying something new.
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Great plans! I'd get the CD!
Thanks! I'm leaning toward getting the CD at this point. I was waffling back and forth between using the money for that or a private shoot at GF. We did the private shoot at Poly last time and I think it would be neat to have the GF backgrop, but not sure if we want to repeat a family shoot less than a year later.
The only oddity is that the booklet says they don't have our flight info but I entered it on the site when I booked the ressie online, and I know it's there because I checked our itinerary a couple of weeks ago to make sure the credit we got on the room rate went through.
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We’ll start off the day with breakfast at ‘Ohana then spend the rest of the day at MK. For dinner we’ll hit a CS at MK.
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--what do you guys think, should I order it?
If you don't like the pictures, you can always get your money back! 
I did the preorder and after all the enhances to the pictures I ended up with over 600, so it was worth it to me. 
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