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"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."
Okay I've done the food fun down--so now the activities run down!
(Feel free to skip over this if you find itineraries "boring")
(working from a print out of The Spreadsheet)
Thursday: July 22
6am Leave for airport (note to self to prepay for parking--saves a bundle driving to the airport is much cheaper than three of us taking a cab $47 vs $36 each way)
I still have to decide if I'm going to check our bags and travel light or just do carry on, which is what I usually do. I'm thinking our room won't be ready and i might be easier to just let Disney handle the bags rather than check them with bell services.
7:55 Flight
10:40 Arrival (we lose an hour)
12 Hotel Arrival
12:40 Grocery Delivery and Lunch
1-5ish No plans yet . . . Will be checking Lines to see what the waits look like at DHS and Epcot or swimming /relaxing
5pm World Showcase Wander and first of many FABs, may try to catch Impressions of France before dinner
7:10 Dinner at Chefs de France
9pm Illuminations
10pm Evening Extra Magic Hours with plans to ride Spaceship Earth, Mission Space and Test Track before heading back through the IG to the BCV.
All of my days look somewhat similar--vague open spaces because we've been a fair number of times and don't mind skipping stuff if its busy, but some very sepcific must dos because Blake has NEVER been to WDW. (How do you get to be 18 and not have visited WDW--so sad.)
*Pause mini dance party--please play Work That by Mary J Blige if its in your music collection, and then you can dance with me while you read the rest of this-- every strong independent woman's theme song! Pause over*
Somewhat appropriately my computer chose to play We Go On next! We can see a new horizon . . .
Friday Day 2 July 23
How does entering the IG first thing in the morning work? Can you walk through World Showcase before 9am?
9am To the Land Pavilion for Soarin--ride first then FP
Try to accomplish: Living with the Land, The Seas with Nemo and Captain EO before lunch at 11:45 at Le Cellier
I really want to see OCanada if the boys will let me after lunch. This will be rewarded with more FABs . . . after that its probably:
NAP TIME/Pool Time! Yup grownups need naps too in the July heat!
Then around 5pm we'll head back through Epcot to the monorail and transfer to the resort rail and hop off at the Poly, where we'll have drinks before dinner if we're early at the Tambu Lounge then dinner at Kona.
(Boy my computer is on a kick--Take Me As I Am just came on--must be a the effect of this weekend's Essence Fest--more Mary J Blige)
We'll head over to the Magic Kingdom after dinner to catch the Main Street Electrical Parade and Summer Nightastic Fireworks followed by Evening Extra Magic Hours!
I hope to accomplish: Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Big Thunder, and Splash Mountain before calling it a night. Four rides in 3 hours isn't too much to ask is it? Is it?
If we're getting tired we may call it a night earlier--we HAVE to be up in the morning early.
Day 3 Saturday July 24 BIRTHDAY!!!
I want to be waiting at the MK bus stop no later than 7:15
8:10 Crystal Palace Reservation
9am MK opens
Aquire FP for Space Mountain
Then I hope to accomplish: Buzz Lightyear, Peter Pan, Small World, Philharmagic, Jungle Cruise and the Tiki Birds before heading back to Tomorrowland to ride Space Mountain and see the Carousel of Progress.
I'm leaving out most of the Fantasyland Attractions, I just think Brandon has been dragged on all of them except Dumbo and I don't think Blake will really appreciate most of them. I do want to take a last walk through Toon Town before Nap Time!
I have a 4 pm Massage Appointment at the Ship Shape Massage and Fitness Center. I actually need to see if I can move it to 3pm or we're not going to make our dinner reservation, which is at 5:30. We'll probably take a cab from the Beach Club to the Grand Floridian because we're going to be short on time.
From dinner at Citricos we're off to the Studios to meet Sharon and anyone else who would like to join us for a drink at the Tune in Lounge and DHS Evening Extra Magic Hours. I'm sure this will involve a drop on TOT, a visit with Aerosmith and I'm hoping to get in Star Tours and get in The Line for Toy Story Midway Madness before the closing time!
This is getting LONG . . . continued in next post!
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I have this penciled in as Animal Kingdom in the morning and then over to Kidani Village for lunch at Sanaa, but if we sleep in we'll just switch buses at AK and go right to lunch.
Animal Kingdom is really one of our favorite parks and it may happen that we will have already hopped over there instead of nap time or gone over there on our first day. We're used to the humidity and actually find this park cooler than the others if you avoid Dinoland. I think its the amount of vegetation. We find the Studios nearly unbearable in the afternoon heat. NO SHADE! (Forgive me Matt for saying this, but I think a lot of the Studios is nearly unbearable . . . LMA, IJ, GMR, BLT not to mention the sorry lack of good food, although I do like HBD. I hope Disney keeps adding attractions like TSMM to DHS)
We'll head back to the GF for dinner this evening, not sure about the afternoon yet. Dinner is with Sharon at Narcoossees at 5:50.
Then its back to the Magic Kingdom to catch the MSEP and Nightastic Fireworks again, yes I'm really excited about both of these and want to see them more than once.
The Spreadsheet Says Next EMH:
Whatever
Sharon
Wants
To
Do
Thats a Direct Quote from The Spreadsheet, we will have been to the MK twice already at this point. And to answer the question . . . yes we hop a lot. Its not unusual for us to be in 3 different parks in one day.
Day 5 Monday July 26
The entire day is blank . . . until 5pm. We'll go to AK if we skipped it the day before. Or head to whatever park someone is in the mood for visiting--or go to DTD, which we may do in the afternoon anyway--we think going to the movies is a great subsitute for the afternoon nap and I'm hoping we'll be able to catch The Sorcerer's Apprentice while we're there. Last year we watched UP! on our June trip or was that October--don't remember.
5pm We're meeting Wendy and her munchkin for some Epcot WS time! I figure we'll ride Maelstrom and Gran Fiesta Tour and grab some counter service munchies and FABs! Then we'll shop and catch Illuminations . . . yes again . . .
Day 6 Tuesday July 27
We have early reservations at Cape May Cafe, yes I'm dragging the boys to 2 character breakfasts. (Computer is now playing Wishes)
That my friends is where the Magic Lives!
I don't have any plans for departure day, we're just going to go with the flow. It will probably be easier for us to hit Epcot or DHS. We have a 6:15 flight home and I'm anticipating a 3:15 DME pick up so we'll have plentry of time to hit a park and grab lunch before heading back to the BCV for our pickup. Depending on what is left in the bank account we may try to get one of my favorite things to do . . . call Disney Dining from the American Adventure and see if they have any sit down lunches available in . . . 15 minutes! The CMs who answer the phone seem to find this really funny! We've managed to have lunch at Chefs and Marakesh this way . . .the first thing they ask is -- are you sure you'll make it? To which I respond--if I can't walk 15 yards in 15 minutes we have a serious over crowding problem here!
And that's it! I'm really looking forward to this vacation! I've been working like crazy for the last few months!
The plans sound great Heather, lots of park fun, breaks from the heat, some wonderful time with PP friends and yummy dining...think it sounds like the perfect birthday celebration
your plans as they are fun! You can enter the IG at 9:00, but you can only go through WS one direction by way of England and Canada, but it is still so fun!
your plans as they are fun! You can enter the IG at 9:00, but you can only go through WS one direction by way of England and Canada, but it is still so fun!
It's so neat to see the countries empty though. I was a pleasant experience in the morning when we were there in December.
Okay Folks we're getting to the two week mark and I have a dilemma. I usually just take a carry-on and Brandon doesn't own enough stuff to really need to check a bag. I am kind of guessing that Blake doesn't either. There was that one trip where I managed to fit everything I needed in my back pack . . .
It has occurred to me that it might be easier this trip to not have to deal with hauling the luggage around the airport, onto the plane, off the plane, through the airport, on the bus and off the bus. Should I just check all the bags and let Disney pick them up and deliver them? We're flying Southwest so there aren't any bag fees. I can just throw the essentials in my purse and we're off! Its not a long flight so I can just bring one throw away book that I'm sure I can finish in an hour and forty five minutes. I just feel like it might be easier. On the other hand I don't have that much stuff to pack and there's the piece of mind in knowing where your stuff is at all times! Oh the agony of making decisions.
Well I would put just a few esstientials just in case the bags did not arrive. I always take a small carryon shoulder bag with one pair of shorts, underwear, skirt, and a shirt. You have that owner locker right with a few things in it?? otherwise if they were delayed you'd be okay with just a few items. I'm like you and hate to tow luggage through the airport.
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your plans as they are fun! You can enter the IG at 9:00, but you can only go through WS one direction by way of England and Canada, but it is still so fun!
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It's so neat to see the countries empty though. I was a pleasant experience in the morning when we were there in December.
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