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olivegirl
07-30-2011, 07:38 PM
to know what is your arrival day ritual? We arrive at our resort about 10 am and hang out at the pool until our room is ready and then head out to Magic Kingdom!! :cloud9:

ibelieveindisneymagic
07-30-2011, 08:07 PM
We arrive about 10am, get checked in, drop our bags if our room is ready and head to MK.

Our first stop is always Casey's for hotdogs, and then we've know our trip has really started.

buzznwoodysmom
07-30-2011, 08:40 PM
We normally arrive very late the night before our official reservation, around midnight/1am and spend the night at a value resort. We try to get to our resort around 9ish the next morning, check in and enjoy the resort and pool, and enjoy a CS lunch till our room is ready. Once we are settled in our room its usually time to head to the Poly for our traditional first night dinner at Ohana's. We enjoy our first night in WDW at the Poly with drinks, wonderful food, a spin on the monorail and Wishes at the Poly beach. We always try to spend some time walking the grounds of the Poly then head back to our resort for a good night sleep before hitting the parks the next day! That is our tradition and a trip just doesn't feel the same, doesn't feel like we've actually arrived in WDW, till we do this.

tinksmom02
07-30-2011, 08:51 PM
Our ritual is that we don't have a ritual :blush: Seems that we do things a little differently each trip, and we never seem to do the same thing twice LOL

MississippiDisneyFreak
07-30-2011, 10:21 PM
Arrive late afternoon. Check into resort, unpack and then head to Downtown to eat and shop.

Dsnygirl
07-31-2011, 12:52 AM
Depends on when we arrive... when we get in at 10'ish, we check in, drop our bags w/ the concierge and head off to MK unless our room is ready... if it is, then we quickly unpack and head out to MK after putting a few things away.

If we get in in the evening, we catch dinner at the resort after we unpack, swim a bit then shower and head off to bed to get a good sleep before MK in the morning!

sixshot19
07-31-2011, 12:59 AM
When we arrive (usually late afternoon), we unpack (yuck). Hit the pool and/or downtown Disney. Then dinner at our resort and watch one of the movies under the stars. Go to bed early and hit it hard the next morning.

Mfarquar
07-31-2011, 08:52 AM
We usually arrive at the hotel by 11am, check-in (have always been lucky and our room is almost always ready), and eat lunch at QS at the hotel. By the time we're done eating, our luggage has usually arrived via ME.

We then head to the Studios and hit up the Tower of Terror and spend the rest of the day there.

The next day (first full day) we hit up the Magic Kingdom for a full day, and usually head to an EPCOT or resort restaurant for dinner.

This year is a little different. We'll be flying in late night, and won't arrive at the resort until about 10:30/11:00pm. So, we'll get a snack if we're hungry (won't have much of a dinner) and head to bed. Next day will be a full day at MK kicked off with early breakfast at Crystal Palace! A little different this year, but it should be fun! :)

mgmnut
07-31-2011, 09:36 AM
Day 1 for us, usually, is spending time checking out the resort, pool, etc., and dinner out some place. This year our first night dinner was Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue. We do not do a park until our first "full" day

brownie
07-31-2011, 03:38 PM
We check-in and if our room isn't ready, we go do something whether it's going to one of the parks or Downtown Disney Marketplace. No rituals outside of that for us.

iceicebritney
07-31-2011, 05:26 PM
Our ritual used to involve eating Dinner at Cape May Cafe in the Beach Club, however this year my husband and I are taking our first trip together which is our honeymoon. Although Cape May is delicious and we will definitely get there at some point, we are creating our own new traditions with this trip, so I'm excited to see what's in store:mickey:

disneycutie165
07-31-2011, 06:19 PM
We typically get there from 12-3:00 p.m. and check in to our home, the Wilderness Lodge! After we check in we immediately go to the WL giftshop- (the giftshop is our favorite place- it reminds us that we are "home"). After giftshop, we eat lunch at the Roaring Fork and find a table outside to soak up the WL sounds and sights. Then we head to the dock and catch the boat to the MK! We usually stay there until it closes that night.

PopPhan
07-31-2011, 07:09 PM
We take the earliest flight out of Baltimore (BWI) that we can get on Southwest...This generally puts us in the resort between 10am and 11am...Once we check in and receive our packets and room number, if the room is available, we put our carry-ons in the room, otherwise we check them with Resort Check In/Luggage Service...Then we find the first bus that is going to a park that we can get on...Does not matter which park, because we love them all!!!

grumpyguy
07-31-2011, 07:30 PM
We try to arrange an early arrival for first day.
As long as it works out to where we can Magical express to the hotel,check-in,get our keys to the kingdom and have the hotel hold our carry on luggage.We head for MK and eat our first WDW lunch at Pecos Bills and head straight to Peter pans flight (no matter how long the line is)PP always first ! Enjoy the wonders of MK for balance of the day and back to the hotel to unpack our luggage that has ALWAYS magically appeared right on time.:cloud9:

divinedi
07-31-2011, 09:37 PM
We've usually been travelling all night - work the day we leave, TRY to sleep for a bit in the evening 'I'm too excited to sleep' lol then head to the airport which is 3 hours away, get there 2-3 hours before flight etc. etc., so by the time we get there we're tired.....got to DTD for some food and shopping, and hit the sack by 7-8 so we're ready for our first full day at the parks!

Tink#64
07-31-2011, 10:42 PM
We typically arrive around noon'ish & after checking in we head to DTD for some shopping & dinner. After that we usually manage to enjoy a little down time at the resort pool. We unpack & get settled, try to get to bed at a decent time to be fresh & ready for the next morning - our first park day! :mickey:

snowflakegirl
08-01-2011, 12:02 PM
We usually check in and drop off our carryons with baggage services. Then we'll walk around the resort for al ittle bit and head to MK. A quick ride around the park on the railroad and then lunch (we usually get in around 10am). Then we play it by ear, but usually stay in the MK until our room is ready. And then go back to the room, unpack if our luggage has arrived, and then head to the Contemporary for dinner at Chef Mickey's.

darthmacho
08-01-2011, 08:43 PM
We have a pretty routine ritual for the first day that actually goes into the second day too.

Our ritual is to arrive at the home resort in early afternoon, check in, have a quick service snack or lunch, find the room when ready, explore the resort until our sit down dinner (at the home resort when applicable), explore some more, and get to bed because the next day we always start with the earliest possible breakfast ADR at Crystal Palace to begin our first full day at MK. We started with Dumbo the last two trips, but I'm curious if we'll keep that part of the tradition going next year.

I have to say, I'd like to keep that going as long as I can when we go to WDW. :mickey: