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When making our ADR's we have some favorites that we go to each time and I like to try 1 or 2 new places and this year was no execption.
At my 180 day mark at 6 am when I could start booking online I was working. I am a nursing supervisor so I rounded the hospital a litttle early and told everyone not to bug me from 6:00 to 6:30. I was surprised that they listened. I was able to book all my ADR's by 6:20 and did not get interupted once.
Here goes:
Sat 8/28
Breakfast at Crystal Palace (must do each trip)
Dinner at California Grill (new to us)
Sun 8/29
Dinner at Kouzzina (new to us)
Mon 8/30
Dinner LeCellier (my favorite and a must do)
Tue 8/31
Dinner Boma (DH favorite and must do)
Wed 9/1
Dinner Chef de France (new to us)
Thurs 9/2
Breakfast Chef Mickey's (have done dinner, but not breakfast before)
Dinner Whispering Canyon (we love dinner here)
Fri 9/3
Dinner CRT (did breakfast two years ago, now looking forward to trying dinner)
Sat 9/4
Dinner Ohana (must do each trip)
Sun 9/5
Breakfast Cape May (have done dinner, but not breakfast before) --Will eat breakfast then leave to drive home
We will also eat at Beaches and Cream on 8/27 for dinner after we arrive at the Beach Club.
After I planed the where, when, and ADR's I still had over 180 days left until we would arrive.
Well for me that is way to much time on my hands. So I started to think of other things to do while at WDW. So I started looking online at all my favorite sites and boy did that get me into trouble. I have four other special things planned for our trip. I should not be allowed my credit card and the internet when planning for a trip.
Here goes:
First I have planned to have Disney Florist do a in room Celebration for us.
Second I booked the Pirates and Pals cruise.
Thrid I plan to do a photopass shot at BC of our family
Last MNSSHP for Sept 3 if available. (this will be our third time. We still have not seen the parade, but we will this time)
So as you can see this is a no expense spared trip. Even though this is our third trip in three years I wanted to make it extra special. I think that this will truely be the first trip that DS remembers as he gets older. The only problem I see is what will I do next time?
I don't have time to add any new pictures today, but I will add more pictures next week.
Well now it is time to share the details I have planned for our trip.
We find it easier to drive than fly with the extras we need to take because of DS age, plus it is nice to have our car on property.
So we will leave on Thurday August 26 to start driving down. i will take DH to work and DS has preschool summer camp from 9:30-12:00. I will load up the car while DS is at school then pick him up. We will come home, eat lunch, attempt take a nap, then go pick up DH at 4:00pm and leave .
I will pick up Mc Donald's for DS before we pick up DH so he can eat when he gets hungry. DH and I will stop and get something when we get hungry. We will drive until we get to Charlotte, NC. We will stay at a Hampton on the border of South Carolina. We usually get there around midnight.
Hopefully DS will have fallen asleep by 9:00 pm. I will also doze on the trip. We will get up around 6:00 am and get ready to leave. We will grab a quick breakfast at the Hampton and drive the rest of the way.
We will stop for lunch when we get hungry. And hopefully get to the Beach Club between 3-4 pm.
My plans for our first night is to unpack, eat dinner at Beaches-n-Cream, swim, and if we feel up to it watch the movie on the beach and roast smores.
Our trip last year we stayed at POP. We had the best room for us. We were in the Seventy section on the first floor right by the food court. When you walked out our door there was twister and a short walk away was the pop up jets. Here a few picutures from that trip.
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I have four other special things planned for our trip. I should not be allowed my credit card and the internet when planning for a trip. 
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