Bethis26fan
03-27-2011, 09:29 AM
So who says how early is too early to start a pre trip report? I’m sure Mickey wouldn’t mind and I’m about to go insane waiting on this trip. My last trip was Nov 2009 and I’m having major Disney World withdrawals. I’m been reading trip report after trip report trying to satisfy my with drawls but it’s not working to well. So I’m going to start my trip report to see if that will help.
Ok so first who are we.
Me= Beth 30 (31 on the trip)- I am the trip planner and instigator I’m always trying to get or next trip started. My favorite characters are Donald Duck and Chip & Dale. Goal for the trip is to get my picture made with space Chip & Dale.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/DisDonald-1.jpg
Emily 31 (will be 32 on the trip)- My cousin/roommate/best friend. She enjoys Disney as much as I do and hates to plan, so she gladly hands me the reins to plan our trip. Her favorite characters are Tinker bell, Captain Jack, Peter Pan. Goal for the trip to make sure her mom has the best 1st trip ever.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/EDisney.jpg
Debbie aka Dee 50 something - Emily’s mom, my aunt. This is her very 1st trip to the world she has listened to us talk about our last 4 trips and really wanted to go. So we worked it out so she could go with us. Her favorite character is no other than Mr. Eeyore. Her goal for this trip is to get her picture made with Eeyore.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/Dee.jpg
We are hoping that we have 4 more people join us on this trip. It would be Emily’s sister’s family. As of right now they aren’t sure if it’s going to happen. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary this June and not sure if they can take to big trips in 1 year. So for now We are just going to hope they get to come and leave you with their name’s. Mark 28 (29 at trip time) Laura 29 (she would turn 30 during the trip) Logan 7 and Abby 2 (3 at trip time). Logan is my little Disney buddy and has been 4 times already in his short life, that’s 1 more time than his parents. This would be Abby’s 2nd trip. She is only 2 but she knows Disney and has already told her Mom that she is going to Disney. So we will see if Abby’s word holds true or not. Maybe she’s got some magic pixie dust we don’t know about.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/DisneyStinson.jpg
Now on to the when. Remember I asked how early is to start a pre-trip report. We are going Saturday Nov 26 – Dec 3. We are staying at Pop as of now, unless some discounts or something come along and change our plans. My Aunt thinks we are going to stop part of the way down on our 9.5 hour drive. Well we aren’t. We’ve got a room only at pop for that night.
So the plan is to get up early and be on the road by 4:00am Saturday Nov 26 we are leaving from York SC (about 30 miles from Charlotte NC) to start our drive. I figure we really want get started by 4:30 but that’s ok. Then we will drive…If you look to your left you will see nothing but dark a little later if you look to your right you will see trees oh yes and more trees. Ok so 10.5 hours later (we had to stop to eat lunch and stuff) we arrive at Pop Century. We are wondering how long it will take my Aunt to catch on that we aren’t stopping in palm coast. We are even going to take the toll road to avoid downtown Orlando to try and keep her going. We aren’t planning on much Debbie will be resting up after the long drive. Emily & I may hit the pool some then we are going to DTD for Dinner. We are thinking Earl of Sandwiches.
Now for the next part we have put together our days based on calendars that are out now and last years Nov & Dec as well as when we think they will do the taping of the Christmas parade and MVMCP. This is what we came up with.
Sun Nov 27: Magic Kingdom We are hoping to for an early breakfast ADR at Crystal Palace tonight should also be a MVMCP we have left it up to Debbie if we go to that or not. As of right now she has decided if we are doing it. We are also going to go a different way our 1st ride is always Pirates, but this year it’s going to be IASW for my aunt. That’s what she associates the Magic Kingdom with. Then we will go from there.
Mon Nov 28: DHS with dinner at 50’s prime time. I know this place gets a lot of mixed reviews but we love it. My favorite thing to get is the real cherry coke. Emily swears the fried Chicken taste just like how her Grandmother made it. So we always enjoy our time here. After dinner we will hit the Osborn lights. My favorite thing about Disney at Christmas is the lights. I’ll spend a hour walking around in there.
Tues Nov 29: Epcot Dinner at Rose & Crown. My goal is to watch illuminations. I’ve never got to watch it. This is my favorite park I love to shop so what’s better than getting to shop around the world.
Wednesday Nov 30: Magic Kingdom again Dinner at Ohana’s. This is the one thing Emily & I both agree on we can’t wait to get back there to eat. She loves the noodles and I love the pot stickers. Yum thinking about them makes me want to jump in my car and drive down just to eat dinner.
Thursday Dec 1: Animal Kingdom. This is our least favorite park and we normally skip it, but with this being Debbie’s first trip we are going. We are going to try and get in both the Nemo & Lion King shows. We haven’t seen either of them and Logan (remember my Disney buddy) says we have to see Nemo.
After AK we are going to do dinner at Whispering Canyon followed by some resort hopping for Debbie to see all the wonderful Christmas decorations.
Friday Dec 2: Epcot this is our last day in the parks. Dinner at Garden Grill.
Saturday Dec 3: Time to pack up to go home. We are going to sleep in some and then hit DTD before we leave. On the way out we are going to stop at a orange grove to pick our own oranges.
So as of now on February 22nd this is our plan of attack. We get to make our ADR’s May 31st and we will see if we have to do some switching around to get everything we want. The only one I’m thinking will give us some problems is our breakfast the 1st morning.
Some side notes are we are working on a Disney bag for my aunt. She’ll get a Disney survivor bag when we first get there from none other than Mickey and little gifts left from Tinkerbell under the tinkerbell tree we will take with us. Also she’s getting little Disney surprises once a month up until the trip.
Also if you have any suggestions on how to deal with someone who snores and light sleeper please pass them along. I think there is some curse in our family that started with My grandpa and followed his children they all snore and it’s loud. While I am a very light sleeper so I’m a lot worried about not getting sleep. I’m going to take a box fan and some PM meds to help me sleep. I can’t wear earplugs due to issues with my ears, but if you have any advice please pass it along.
If you have any suggestions for our trip please feel free to pass them along as well. Thanks for reading and I’ll be back to update as plans are made futher.
Ok so first who are we.
Me= Beth 30 (31 on the trip)- I am the trip planner and instigator I’m always trying to get or next trip started. My favorite characters are Donald Duck and Chip & Dale. Goal for the trip is to get my picture made with space Chip & Dale.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/DisDonald-1.jpg
Emily 31 (will be 32 on the trip)- My cousin/roommate/best friend. She enjoys Disney as much as I do and hates to plan, so she gladly hands me the reins to plan our trip. Her favorite characters are Tinker bell, Captain Jack, Peter Pan. Goal for the trip to make sure her mom has the best 1st trip ever.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/EDisney.jpg
Debbie aka Dee 50 something - Emily’s mom, my aunt. This is her very 1st trip to the world she has listened to us talk about our last 4 trips and really wanted to go. So we worked it out so she could go with us. Her favorite character is no other than Mr. Eeyore. Her goal for this trip is to get her picture made with Eeyore.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/Dee.jpg
We are hoping that we have 4 more people join us on this trip. It would be Emily’s sister’s family. As of right now they aren’t sure if it’s going to happen. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary this June and not sure if they can take to big trips in 1 year. So for now We are just going to hope they get to come and leave you with their name’s. Mark 28 (29 at trip time) Laura 29 (she would turn 30 during the trip) Logan 7 and Abby 2 (3 at trip time). Logan is my little Disney buddy and has been 4 times already in his short life, that’s 1 more time than his parents. This would be Abby’s 2nd trip. She is only 2 but she knows Disney and has already told her Mom that she is going to Disney. So we will see if Abby’s word holds true or not. Maybe she’s got some magic pixie dust we don’t know about.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Bethis/DisneyStinson.jpg
Now on to the when. Remember I asked how early is to start a pre-trip report. We are going Saturday Nov 26 – Dec 3. We are staying at Pop as of now, unless some discounts or something come along and change our plans. My Aunt thinks we are going to stop part of the way down on our 9.5 hour drive. Well we aren’t. We’ve got a room only at pop for that night.
So the plan is to get up early and be on the road by 4:00am Saturday Nov 26 we are leaving from York SC (about 30 miles from Charlotte NC) to start our drive. I figure we really want get started by 4:30 but that’s ok. Then we will drive…If you look to your left you will see nothing but dark a little later if you look to your right you will see trees oh yes and more trees. Ok so 10.5 hours later (we had to stop to eat lunch and stuff) we arrive at Pop Century. We are wondering how long it will take my Aunt to catch on that we aren’t stopping in palm coast. We are even going to take the toll road to avoid downtown Orlando to try and keep her going. We aren’t planning on much Debbie will be resting up after the long drive. Emily & I may hit the pool some then we are going to DTD for Dinner. We are thinking Earl of Sandwiches.
Now for the next part we have put together our days based on calendars that are out now and last years Nov & Dec as well as when we think they will do the taping of the Christmas parade and MVMCP. This is what we came up with.
Sun Nov 27: Magic Kingdom We are hoping to for an early breakfast ADR at Crystal Palace tonight should also be a MVMCP we have left it up to Debbie if we go to that or not. As of right now she has decided if we are doing it. We are also going to go a different way our 1st ride is always Pirates, but this year it’s going to be IASW for my aunt. That’s what she associates the Magic Kingdom with. Then we will go from there.
Mon Nov 28: DHS with dinner at 50’s prime time. I know this place gets a lot of mixed reviews but we love it. My favorite thing to get is the real cherry coke. Emily swears the fried Chicken taste just like how her Grandmother made it. So we always enjoy our time here. After dinner we will hit the Osborn lights. My favorite thing about Disney at Christmas is the lights. I’ll spend a hour walking around in there.
Tues Nov 29: Epcot Dinner at Rose & Crown. My goal is to watch illuminations. I’ve never got to watch it. This is my favorite park I love to shop so what’s better than getting to shop around the world.
Wednesday Nov 30: Magic Kingdom again Dinner at Ohana’s. This is the one thing Emily & I both agree on we can’t wait to get back there to eat. She loves the noodles and I love the pot stickers. Yum thinking about them makes me want to jump in my car and drive down just to eat dinner.
Thursday Dec 1: Animal Kingdom. This is our least favorite park and we normally skip it, but with this being Debbie’s first trip we are going. We are going to try and get in both the Nemo & Lion King shows. We haven’t seen either of them and Logan (remember my Disney buddy) says we have to see Nemo.
After AK we are going to do dinner at Whispering Canyon followed by some resort hopping for Debbie to see all the wonderful Christmas decorations.
Friday Dec 2: Epcot this is our last day in the parks. Dinner at Garden Grill.
Saturday Dec 3: Time to pack up to go home. We are going to sleep in some and then hit DTD before we leave. On the way out we are going to stop at a orange grove to pick our own oranges.
So as of now on February 22nd this is our plan of attack. We get to make our ADR’s May 31st and we will see if we have to do some switching around to get everything we want. The only one I’m thinking will give us some problems is our breakfast the 1st morning.
Some side notes are we are working on a Disney bag for my aunt. She’ll get a Disney survivor bag when we first get there from none other than Mickey and little gifts left from Tinkerbell under the tinkerbell tree we will take with us. Also she’s getting little Disney surprises once a month up until the trip.
Also if you have any suggestions on how to deal with someone who snores and light sleeper please pass them along. I think there is some curse in our family that started with My grandpa and followed his children they all snore and it’s loud. While I am a very light sleeper so I’m a lot worried about not getting sleep. I’m going to take a box fan and some PM meds to help me sleep. I can’t wear earplugs due to issues with my ears, but if you have any advice please pass it along.
If you have any suggestions for our trip please feel free to pass them along as well. Thanks for reading and I’ll be back to update as plans are made futher.