TikiGoddess
06-29-2013, 07:37 AM
Hi all!
So we took our big yearly Disney trip in April this year. We usually go in the summertime but tried something new this year. Well, we're still headed to Florida this summer -- to Tampa to visit my in-laws. We'll be there for about a week.
My 10 yr old daughter (and well, yes, my 8 yr old daughter too) has been sighing and saying, "I wish we could go to Disney when we're at Grandpa's house..." My husband and I have told her flat out "no, we went in April". And my husband actually believed that... but I knew if I worked on him, he would let us go for a short trip.
So.... my efforts have paid off. Me and the girls will be headed to Orlando for two days and one night!! Hubby will stay at his dad's house, as he had foot surgery in late June and will still be recuperating.
I plan on waking the girls up at zero-dark thirty (okay, 5am) and surprising them. Maybe play the 'wake up call' from Mickey that you get at a Disney resort? Any other jazzy ideas?
We'll head out around 6:00am, stop and get breakfast, and hopefully arrive at Pop Century around 8am. We'll check in, drop our bag(s), and hop on the bus to Magic Kingdom. We didn't get to ride Space Mountain in April, so that will be our #1 priority.
I'm thinking we'll come back to the resort in the afternoon to swim, then head out to Epcot for the evening. I wish there was some way we could get on Soarin' or Test Track in the evening, without doing standby waits.
The next day we'll have a leisurely breakfast, check out, then head over to Typhoon Lagoon for the morning. Heading back to Tampa in the early afternoon so we beat afternoon rush hour traffic.
A short visit, but any time in Disney is golden!
Kathy
So we took our big yearly Disney trip in April this year. We usually go in the summertime but tried something new this year. Well, we're still headed to Florida this summer -- to Tampa to visit my in-laws. We'll be there for about a week.
My 10 yr old daughter (and well, yes, my 8 yr old daughter too) has been sighing and saying, "I wish we could go to Disney when we're at Grandpa's house..." My husband and I have told her flat out "no, we went in April". And my husband actually believed that... but I knew if I worked on him, he would let us go for a short trip.
So.... my efforts have paid off. Me and the girls will be headed to Orlando for two days and one night!! Hubby will stay at his dad's house, as he had foot surgery in late June and will still be recuperating.
I plan on waking the girls up at zero-dark thirty (okay, 5am) and surprising them. Maybe play the 'wake up call' from Mickey that you get at a Disney resort? Any other jazzy ideas?
We'll head out around 6:00am, stop and get breakfast, and hopefully arrive at Pop Century around 8am. We'll check in, drop our bag(s), and hop on the bus to Magic Kingdom. We didn't get to ride Space Mountain in April, so that will be our #1 priority.
I'm thinking we'll come back to the resort in the afternoon to swim, then head out to Epcot for the evening. I wish there was some way we could get on Soarin' or Test Track in the evening, without doing standby waits.
The next day we'll have a leisurely breakfast, check out, then head over to Typhoon Lagoon for the morning. Heading back to Tampa in the early afternoon so we beat afternoon rush hour traffic.
A short visit, but any time in Disney is golden!
Kathy