SURPRISE boys; get your butts out of bed because we are going to Disney today, PTR!!!!!!! - Page 5 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Day 1- 12/11
This will be our surprise reveal, travel day and Fantasmic Day. We have an early flight at 6:30am from Westchester County Airport (love that airport), so that means some of us will have to get up at 4:00am and the rest, which is me, will probably not sleep at all. We have a car service coming at 4:30 to whisk us off to the airport. But before that even happens we have to reveal the secret to the boys, so I think I have come up with a concrete plan that hopefully will get them excited and not get the reaction that these kids had;
Well however it goes down, I will be sure to have the camera rolling to catch it all.
Providing that our plane takes off on time we should be landing in sunny Orlando around 9:17am. We then will make our way to Magical Express and be on the bus to the Poly in no time. I plan on doing online check-in, since it worked out so smoothly last time I hope this trip is no different. Then I know it’s a stretch since it is still early but hoping that our room might be ready.
Whether it is ready or not, we will not have much time to spend at the Resort because we have to catch the bus and head over to DHS for our 1:45 lunch ADR at Mama Melrose, which is part of our Fantasmic package.
I had made our ADR’s before I booked our flights and there was only two nights that Fantasmic would work for us and unfortunately it was the first night that won out and we could only get lunch reservations so I am keeping my fingers crossed that there is no storm that delays our plane because that would really mess everything up. After lunch we plan on hanging out at DHS and then catching Fantasmic and the Osborne Holiday lights before heading back to the Poly for some much needed sleep.
High lights that I am looking forward to on our first day:
The big surprise reveal
Lunch at Mama Melrose
Fanatsmic
Osborne Holiday Lights
that you feel better soon so that you can get everything done that you need to before your trip!
Thank you, slowly making progress, haven't reached panic mode yet but I know its coming.
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Glad you're starting to feel better!
Thank you, I can't remember the last time something hit me so bad but at least it happened before my trip and not during.
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Originally Posted by KMB733
Glad to hear you're starting to feel better!
Thank you, this up coming trip can't come soon enough.
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Glad you are feeling better and that the bank fiasco worked out! Good luck with the packing!
Thank you.
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Glad you are getting back to normal. Something hit me Friday evening and I have been in bed since. I got up a little bit ago, hoping to get my energy level back up for work tomorrow, but I think I will be going back to bed soon!
You're almost there!
Thank you, luckily no one else got it in my house and hopefully won't.
Great plans--I don't think you'll have any trouble making your lunch reservation--I always plan on it taking 1.5hrs from the time the plane lands until the time we finish checking in. Enjoy Mama Melrose--I really like it!
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Day 2 – 12/12
Today we will put our park hoppers to use. Depending on how tired everyone is and how fast I can get them up and out the door, I would like to make it to AK in time for rope drop. One of my goals for this trip is to make it to rope drop for each park at least once. Since most people in my family are not morning people I may have to make some on my own and then met up with everyone after. After spending the morning at AK, we will either head over to MK for our ADR at LTT or back to the resort for some pool time before lunch, that is kind of up in the air right now depending on how we feel. After lunch will hit up some attractions at MK and then at 7:20 we will go to Wishes Dessert Party for the first time.
High lights that I am looking forward to on our second day:
Rope drop at AK
Festival of The Lion King (makes me cry every time)
Wishes Dessert Party (Dessert is my favorite meal)
The surprise sounds like so much fun! And I hope your flight is on time to make your ressies. I've never seen Fantasmic, but I've heard good things.
Thanks, Fantasmic is a new one for us, I am trying to incorporate old and new experiences with trip.
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Good luck with the reveal! Great plans for your first day!
keeping my fingers crossed it goes OK, I am a little worried since we will be waking them up from a dead sleep, it may take a few minutes to sink in.
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Good luck with your reveal! I hope you get the reaction you are looking for Your first day plans sound great too!
Thanks, me too, I just hope it's not going to much for the first day, the last thing I want is cranky kids and DH at WDW.
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Great plans!
Thanks.
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Great plans--I don't think you'll have any trouble making your lunch reservation--I always plan on it taking 1.5hrs from the time the plane lands until the time we finish checking in. Enjoy Mama Melrose--I really like it!
Thanks, I hope so too, this will be our first time trying Mama Melrose.
So sorry about you being under the weather...hope you are feeling better really soon. Love your plans for the 1st two days....I love the Wishes Dessert Party. A great start so far to the trip plans.
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