9th November
Our flight from Gatwick is at 1pm so we’ll aim to be at the airport for 10am meaning we’ll leave home no later than 9am. This is the first time we’ve done the 1pm flight we’ve always been on the earlier flight in the past. We arrive 5.25pm local time so I don’t expect to arrive at the hotel much before 7pm. Freya and I will stay in the hotel where hopefully we’ll have a grocery order waiting for us from which I’ll feed Freya and then put her to bed and unpack. Mike however will hopefully quickly go over to DTD and make 2 stops. First stop the
lego store to buy Freya some to play with in our room and second stop either EoS or Cookes to get us some dinner which he’ll bring back for us to eat in the room before we crash out. Going to DTD may be a no go so we’ll just grab something to eat at the hotel and go to DTD the next night instead.
10th November
The day I’ve been looking forward to since Freya was just a twinkle in my eye, taking her to the Magic Kingdom. Now Mike and I never suffer from jet lag /time difference so normally get up at a normal time but not sure we’ll be as lucky with Freya so might be up very early this morning. MK opens at 9am and I want to be there for the opening ceremony which I’ve never made before so it’ll be a quick breakfast in the room before heading out. After we enter the park we’ll take it slow just taking in the sights and sounds on Main Street and getting some photopass pictures before heading to the Barber Shop for Freya’s 9.30am haircut appointment. The rest of the morning will depend on what fastpasses we get but I think we’ll probably end up having a second breakfast from the bakery rather than getting lunch. I want to watch the parade to help Freya get used to the characters some more and then it’s off to BOG for an early dinner at 4.10pm, the beast may not be the best first character meet so it might just be me saying hello. You may remember I said I didn’t plan on many ADRs but I may have err booked a few more than planned. The park shuts at 7pm so we’ll either just head back to Bonnet Creek or hit DTD if Mike didn’t go last night.
11th November
Today we are heading to DHS which opens at 9am. We’ll eat breakfast in the room again and probably have lunch in Pizza Planet. I am hoping the rumour of a Minnie Holiday dinner at H&V turns out to be true and today is the day I’ll try to book it. Last I heard August 3rd was the rumoured release date. The menu appeared briefly on
MDE so I think it’s highly likely it’ll happen just have to hope I can get an ADR as Freya is a big Minnie fan. The only other firm plan today is to watch the Osborne Lights. I think we’ll be giving Fantasmic a miss as I think Freya might be a bit too little yet.
12th November
Animal Kingdom is where we are heading today for another 9am opening. Breakfast will be in the room again and lunch is planned for the Yak and Yeti café. Freya is an animal fan so I think she’ll really like this park. We’ll be heading over to Animal Kingdom Lodge for dinner at Saana which will be a first for us.
13th November
Today will be a none park today. First stop is the Grand Floridian for breakfast at 1900 Park Fare at 9am. We’ll then head over to the Wedding Pavilion to show Freya where we got married. Next stop is AoA to have a look around and get a few photos. If available we might do a drawing class in the lobby. We’ll grab lunch in the food court while we are there. Afternoon will be spent back at the hotel either in the pool or doing one of the activities the hotel offers. We’ll also head out to do a bit of shopping at some point. Dinner will be offsite, probably at Chilli’s or Tony Romas.
14th November
We’ll be heading back to Magic Kingdom today but first stop is the Poly for breakfast at Ohana, we’ve had this booked twice in the past but never made it, 3rd times the charm. If we are hungry we’ll try Pinocchio’s for lunch. Dinner will be offsite, probably at Chilli’s or Tony Romas, whichever we didn’t go to last night.
15th November
Second visit to Animal Kingdom is scheduled for today. Breakfast is back in the room today, and lunch is planned for Pizzafari. Tonights ADR I found the hardest to get, Ohana dinner at 5.20pm. We’ll chill out back at the hotel afterwards. That brings us to the end of week one.