Brent and Liz's " I wonder what it would be like to spend Valentine's day with Cinderella? err I mean at Disney? PTR! - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great start guys! Totally understand the desire to get out of Michigan in the middle of winter . . . in fact I may just head to Metro & sneak into your checked bags.
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What a great start to the PTR - can't wait to hear more about the plans, glad that you were able to enjoy a nice extended trip (the longer away from the cold the better ).
Here’s our plans in a nutshell. Subject to a lot of change of course! We left off with Sunday Night the 5th’s plans at 1900 Park Faire which leads us to Monday the 6th. We have a choice to make here. We only have 10 days worth of tickets and 11 days we are here not counting arrival day. Since we aren’t leaving til late in the day on our departure day, we want to save a park day. This means that either today or tomorrow we will not be going to the parks. The way we scheduled our ADR’s, that off day has to be either today or tomorrow. My guess is we’ll go to Epcot today and take tomorrow off from the parks just because we just got here tow days agoa and we are thinking we will want to see Epcot. We have a 6:00 ADR at the Garden Grove in the Swan. This would fit in nicely with an Epcot day.
Tuesday the 7th would likely be our off day then. We have an 8:15 ADR at 1900 Park Faire to see my beloved Cinderella again. If we do parks it will probably be Animal Kingdom or the Studios.
Wednesday the 8th will definitely be a park day because we have an 8:15 am breakfast at Akershus with the Princesses. We also have a dinner at Coral Reef that evening. Obviously this is an Epcot day. We may hop over to the Studios midday if time permits to knock out a couple favorite attractions, then hop back for our dinner. The studios are not a full day park for us anyway.
Thursday the 9th we have a Tusker house reservation in the morning so obviously that’s an Animal Kingdom day. We are dining at Whispering Canyon that evening.
Friday the 10th is an Epcot/MK day. We will start at the Magic Kingdom then go to Epcot for a Garden Grill dinner. May stop in at the Rose n Crown for a snack and drink midday.
Saturday the 11th is an Epcot day. A lunch at Akershus with the Princesses and Ohana at 5 pm. The Magic Kingdom is open til 10:00 so we may go on over there after dinner.
Sunday the 12th is a Magic Kingdom day as they are open late for EMH. We have a 1900 Park Faire dinner at 4:50 pm.
Monday the 13th we are having an early breakfast at Cape May then headed to the Studios. We have a lunch at 50’s Prime. The studios are also open late for EMH that day so we may stay for that.
Tuesday the 14th Valentines day! Breakfast at Akershus with the Princesses followed by dinner at 1900 Park Faire!
Wednesday the 15th, our grand farewll, breakfast at CRT! We get to see Cindy and the Princesses one last time to say goodbye. Our plane doesn't leave til around 4, so we have the better part of the day to get in a few favorites one last time.
What do you all think? Do you think we've scheduled enough Princess time in there??
I've started designing shirts. Here's a few I've been working with featuring the very special Cinderella we encountered a few times during our last trip. Those of you who have read our previous TR from last August should remember her. She remembered us from our May trip and called me by name and gave us some very special memories:
Which one do you all like best?
Now I've got to get to work on Liz's Stinker, errr I mean Tinker Bell shirts ..
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I have to cast my vote for the first t-shirt design as well
Great plans! I hope for Liz's sake that someday they have a Tinkerbell character meal to make up for all the time she has to spend with the Princesses...just kidding, Brent
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Originally Posted by Laurast
Great plans! I hope for Liz's sake that someday they have a Tinkerbell character meal to make up for all the time she has to spend with the Princesses...just kidding, Brent
I totally agree!! I have been saying that for years! If they do come up with one we are going to eat there breakfast, lunch and dinner for an entire week!!!
BUT.....even tho they don't have a Tink meal, I am totally and incredibly amazed and in anticipation of the new Beauty and the Beast restaurant in MK's new addition! I can't wait to eat there!!!!!! I just think that will be so cool!!
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Our plane doesn't leave til around 4, so we have the better part of the day to get in a few favorites one last time. 
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I like the top shirt design better. 
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Both t-shirts are great! 
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