Skeen's Third Time's the Charm" Pre-Trip Report Nov. 2009 - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Hey you guys!! Ok, it's just 15 days and counting until our trip!!
My kids can REALLY see that it's almost time and they are so so excited! Especially my six year old because he has a fairly clear memory of when we were there before. They have all been pulling links off their Disney Countdown Chain each day!!
This morning our made our hotel ressie in Pensacola for our night on the road.... I am not sure where we are staying on the way home. I'm leaving it open because we might want to stay at the park until fairly late.... or we might even stay an extra day - I just don't know! We COULD squeeze in an extra day if we really tried.... hmmm.... lol.
We finalized the itinerary .... this is kind of a condensed version.
Nov. 5 - Take oldest DH to school. Pack the car. Load up the kids, pick up oldest DS from school at 10:15 am (so he's counted present for the day). HIT THE ROAD!! Drive for a long, long time. Arrive in Pensacola and TRY to sleep until the alarm wakes us at 7 am. I am going to need to take a Benadryl to make myself go to sleep because I'm going to be so excited!!!
Nov. 6 - Eat Breakfast at the hotel if they have it. If not, grab Mickey D's and eat in the car. Arrive at Port Orleans Riverside late afternoon. Check in, let DH take the kids for a walk on the grounds while I try to organize the room a bit. Then, head out to Magic Kingdom!!! Quick Service for dinner. Priority for the evening is to see Spectromagic!!!
Nov. 7 - 8 am Breakfast at Ohana's with Lilo and Stitch. Head to Epcot. Priority for the morning is to ride Soarin! We plan to do Innoventions West, The Land and possibly the Imagination Pavillion before heading into World Showcase to start snacking our way through the countries at the Food and Wine Festival Booths!!! If the kids get tired and whiny we will go take a break in our room and if not we will just keep going.
Nov. 8 - 8:20 AM Breafast at Tusker House for Donald's Safari Breakfast. Animal Kingdom Day. We plan to stay most of the day and then possibly have dinner at Boma's that night. Boma's isn't on our reservation list - so we will just call ahead and try to get a table if we are in the mood. 8 PM Carriage Ride around Port Orleans that evening.
Nov. 9 - Magic Kingdom Day! This is the day we will start our morning in Fantasyland!! 4:45 PM Ressies at 1900 Park Fare. I wish we could get these moved back about 30 minutes. Gracie will wear her Cinderella inspired tutu with her little tiara. I can't wait! First time to have a Princess Meal!! Yay!!
Nov. 10 - Disney Hollywood Studio's. We won't stay here all day. We did have dining ressies at Sci Fi for half our group and Hollywood and Vine for the other half, but after thinking it over - we cancelled them. We are just going to grab a Quick Service lunch somewhere instead, but we may just stop in for some ice cream at Sci Fi late in the afternoon. We have evening dining ressies at Ohana's! I have never been there and it's been really high on our "to do" list!
Nov. 11 - Split Day - Magic Kingdom/Epcot. Evening dining ressis at Akershus.
Nov. 12 - Morning Pirate Bayou Cruise for the boys. Mom and Dad are going to do NOTHING while they are gone. After we pick them up from their cruise, we are headed to Beaches and Cream for a Everything but the Kitchen Sink - or is it Everything AND the Kitchen Sink?? I'm not sure but we are planning to do some major damage to it!! Besides that - we are free to do whatever we want this day.
Nov. 13 - Leaving today!! 9 am Ressies at Chef Mickey's. We have no plans - so we are flexible other than the breakfast and checking out. Whatever we haven't done that we want to do - today is the day!!
That's pretty much it! We have one open Table Service Meal - we are kind of going back and forth whether to do Boma because my DH and my stepdad would LOVE it. Or, do Garden Grill because we all love the food there and there is more characters - or else do Coral Reef - because I have always wanted to eat there. I am just not sure! So, we just left it open to see what happens. I might go and head and reserve Boma's - I just don't know yet.
I tried to build in a lot of downtime so that we have some freedom. My mom and I want to go to Downtown Disney and shop - but I don't really want to take the kids.... so we are hoping to find a few hours to do that too.
I can't believe it's almost here. I am soooo super excited to take the kids - my oldest will be able to ride everything and my middle one can ride almost everything - and my baby girl can ride everything that I want to ride! I am not one for thrill rides - I'll do Splash if I just have too - but for the most part me and my mom are content to take a break and hold the baby while the guys ride Space, BTMRR, RNRC, TT, ToT, and whatever else comes along. We LOVE the down time and a moment to rest our feet. I might try the tamer version of Mission Space. I rode it last time we were there - before there was a tamer version - and I was so sick the rest of the day. I love Splash though but I about have a panic attack and it makes it less fun. I might have to ride it anyway though!!
Ok - my daughter is having a meltdown so I've typed too long! Later!
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Thanks you guys! We booked our room in Pensacola for the trip there with free hotel points....and, we just figured out we have enough hotel points left to stay for free on the way home!
Last night the boys and I sat down and started making a list of everything in Magic Kingdom they want to ride. Of course they picked pretty much EVERYTHING. It was fun to sit them down and read to them about each attraction!!!
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LOL! Yes, especially when you are 6 and 5 years old! My 6 year old remembers being there when he was almost 3 ... and his greatest memory is riding Barnstormer. And so when we get to the Barnstormer page in Birnbaum for Kids (which is an awesome book for kids!!) - he gets REALLY excited. He's a thrill ride freak - and he doesn't realize that Barnstormer is going to pale in comparison to what he will be able to ride this year. He's excited about ToT and Sp Mtn and all that jazz - but he REMEMBERS Barnstormer. And my middle one is 5 years old and he's not as adventurous so when we read the description to Splash Mountain he says "I'm not riding that!!!!!" - lol. Uh huh - sure - we'll see. You surfed at Schlitterbahn didn't you??
Patclairesmom - I'm with you on Coral Reef. The guys are voting for Boma. Are we going to be happy if we go to Boma?? We have three kids you know?? We mostly plan character meals so we have a way to entertain them. How entertained will they be at Boma?? I'm worried!!
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Heather "You want your picture taken with me don't you? Of course you do!"
LOL! Yes, especially when you are 6 and 5 years old! My 6 year old remembers being there when he was almost 3 ... and his greatest memory is riding Barnstormer. And so when we get to the Barnstormer page in Birnbaum for Kids (which is an awesome book for kids!!) - he gets REALLY excited. He's a thrill ride freak - and he doesn't realize that Barnstormer is going to pale in comparison to what he will be able to ride this year. He's excited about ToT and Sp Mtn and all that jazz - but he REMEMBERS Barnstormer. And my middle one is 5 years old and he's not as adventurous so when we read the description to Splash Mountain he says "I'm not riding that!!!!!" - lol. Uh huh - sure - we'll see. You surfed at Schlitterbahn didn't you??
Patclairesmom - I'm with you on Coral Reef. The guys are voting for Boma. Are we going to be happy if we go to Boma?? We have three kids you know?? We mostly plan character meals so we have a way to entertain them. How entertained will they be at Boma?? I'm worried!!
Oh boy, he's going to love some of those big thrill rides!
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