Beach Club Babe
09-12-2013, 10:30 AM
Cast:
Heather (Me)
Ron (DH)
Matt (DS)
Emily (DD#3)
Hallie (DD#4)
Supporting Cast:
Courtney (DD#1)
Jason (Future DSIL)
Cast remaining at home
Ashleigh and her DBF Jeff will not be able to make the trip with us. They have a prior engagement that cannot be re-arranged. :(
Trip Dates:
September 13 through September 23
Transportation:
Driving rental car from PA
Accommodations:
Courtyard By Marriott, Melbourne
9/14/13
Disney's Art of Animation
Lion King Section
9/15/13 - 9/22/13
We will be part of the magic band testing. Something I am not particularly excited about, but will try to give it a fair shot. Thus far, it has caused a lot of extra stress. Our bands arrived the other day and no one is exactly thrilled with having to wear them. Maybe I will try to bling some of them up when we get there.
Departure Day:
Ron will work a rather full day (unintentionally of course) but things came up last minute. Emily will attend school. Matt has the day off from work. We will collect the rental car from Enterprise about 4:00 PM. Depending on how smoothly all the rest goes will determine our actual departure time. We will take our usual route and hope to arrive in Melbourne in the afternoon the next day. We will check in at Courtyard By Marriott, take a short rest, shower and meet Courtney at her new condo. This will be our first time seeing it. Also. it will be the first time for Ron, Matt, and Emily meeting her new puppy Wall-E! We'll probably eat dinner in one of our favorite locations.
Disney portion of the trip:
We will get up early Sunday morning to drive up to Ar of Animation. I have already checked in online. I have a few things to check on and then we will be off to our touring. Courtney and Jason will be driving up separately and meeting us for a day in the parks. We will have dinner at our traditional first night restaurant, Cape May Cafe before saying goodbye to Courtney and Jason.
We will have a full week in the parks, though I'm sure it will not seem like nearly enough. In addition to our ADR at Cape May Cafe, we will also be dining at
Chefs de France
Hacienda de San Angel
Cape May Cafe again for breakfast
Rose and Crown
Whispering Canyon Cafe
Yak & Yeti
This will all be on the free dining package.
I have tried my best at booking fastpass+, but this is what I most object to with the magic bands. I will definitely have to do some reconfiguring and still have one last day to figure out.
Our last park day will be check out day 9/22/13. We will still have a full day in the parks before beginning our trip home in the evening. We will arrive back home on the 23rd.
Final Note:
We usually try and take our big family trip in August so as not to pull Emily out of school, but this year we could not avoid it. Due to my illness at the end of April and subsequent surgery in June, we had to push things back a bit. But now that I am fully recovered I am ready more than ever for this vacation!
Heather (Me)
Ron (DH)
Matt (DS)
Emily (DD#3)
Hallie (DD#4)
Supporting Cast:
Courtney (DD#1)
Jason (Future DSIL)
Cast remaining at home
Ashleigh and her DBF Jeff will not be able to make the trip with us. They have a prior engagement that cannot be re-arranged. :(
Trip Dates:
September 13 through September 23
Transportation:
Driving rental car from PA
Accommodations:
Courtyard By Marriott, Melbourne
9/14/13
Disney's Art of Animation
Lion King Section
9/15/13 - 9/22/13
We will be part of the magic band testing. Something I am not particularly excited about, but will try to give it a fair shot. Thus far, it has caused a lot of extra stress. Our bands arrived the other day and no one is exactly thrilled with having to wear them. Maybe I will try to bling some of them up when we get there.
Departure Day:
Ron will work a rather full day (unintentionally of course) but things came up last minute. Emily will attend school. Matt has the day off from work. We will collect the rental car from Enterprise about 4:00 PM. Depending on how smoothly all the rest goes will determine our actual departure time. We will take our usual route and hope to arrive in Melbourne in the afternoon the next day. We will check in at Courtyard By Marriott, take a short rest, shower and meet Courtney at her new condo. This will be our first time seeing it. Also. it will be the first time for Ron, Matt, and Emily meeting her new puppy Wall-E! We'll probably eat dinner in one of our favorite locations.
Disney portion of the trip:
We will get up early Sunday morning to drive up to Ar of Animation. I have already checked in online. I have a few things to check on and then we will be off to our touring. Courtney and Jason will be driving up separately and meeting us for a day in the parks. We will have dinner at our traditional first night restaurant, Cape May Cafe before saying goodbye to Courtney and Jason.
We will have a full week in the parks, though I'm sure it will not seem like nearly enough. In addition to our ADR at Cape May Cafe, we will also be dining at
Chefs de France
Hacienda de San Angel
Cape May Cafe again for breakfast
Rose and Crown
Whispering Canyon Cafe
Yak & Yeti
This will all be on the free dining package.
I have tried my best at booking fastpass+, but this is what I most object to with the magic bands. I will definitely have to do some reconfiguring and still have one last day to figure out.
Our last park day will be check out day 9/22/13. We will still have a full day in the parks before beginning our trip home in the evening. We will arrive back home on the 23rd.
Final Note:
We usually try and take our big family trip in August so as not to pull Emily out of school, but this year we could not avoid it. Due to my illness at the end of April and subsequent surgery in June, we had to push things back a bit. But now that I am fully recovered I am ready more than ever for this vacation!