10 Nights, 9 Days, 2 Birthdays and 1 Magical May 2014 Vacation! **Complete 6-10**

[anniebabymu]

It is funny you have the Monkey Butt Powder on your list, I put mine in my box the other day! It is awesome stuff!!

It is! I stumbled upon it on the Facebook page while I was planning our last trip! Found it and was soooo happy I did!

 

[anniebabymu]

Scored our BOG FP+ today!!!!

A little disappointed because it wasn't available for us either of the days I wanted it (29th or 30th) because apparently it's only available the first 7 days of your trip. The only day it fit into our plans was Friday May 23rd. We have dinner scheduled on the 24th! I was hoping to spread them apart some and that my in-laws first experience at BOG would be dinner... but oh well! Now we'll get to try BOG lunch AND dinner!

I also had to rearrange FP+ for that day so it won't interfere! But, in all reality, I think the new FP+ plan will work out better for us.

- Moved Splash Mountain from 12:15-1:15 to 9:30-10:30. Hoping to ride around 10... this is before Addie's BBB appointment.
- Moved Haunted Mansion from 5:15-6:15 to 1:05-2:05. We'll ride this after lunch and then probably head out for rest time.
- Kept Big Thunder Mtn Railroad the same at 4:05-5:05

I also forgot that the Festival of Fantasy Parade was added at 12:00 today too! So our new "plan" for the day looks like this...

6:00-10:00 - Tackle Fantasyland, New Fantasyland and Tomorrowland
10:00 - Splash Mountain with FP+ and Rider Swap
11:00 - BBB Appointment for Addie, Derek and FIL take Harper on a few rides
12:00 - Festival of Fantasy Parade
12:40-1:10 - BOG FP+
1:05-2:05 - Haunted Mansion FP+
After HM - leave for rest time
4:05-5:05 - Come back to MK for FP+ BTMRR
After BTMRR - If the new FP+ "rules" are out, then we'll try to FP+ something after it at a kiosk... if not, we'll check out wait times.
6:00 - Leave MK for Dinner at 1900 Park Fare
After Dinner - Back to Pop for the night.

Looks good to me!

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[familyabgar]

I love those sparkly shoes! I've been debating getting some, but ended up with a silver sparkle mary jane style shoe instead. I assume DD will end up in her Keen sandals most often, anyway! Btw, have you seen the lace socks and little white gloves in the Target dollar spot? We picked several pairs of the socks to go with princess dresses and a pair of gloves, too. DD came up with the "I need Cinderella gloves and Belle gloves" on her own! Any idea where to find yellow gloves?

Thanks for sharing your packing list! That is really helpful, and I'm going to check out that website, too.

My TA told me about the possible new FP+ system! I don't think I'm going to change my FP+ to the mornings just yet; like you, I want to see if it is actually in practice during our dates. I wonder (I haven't actually read the blog post/article yet), if we use 3 in the morning at Epcot, can we use our 4th and so on at MK? Or if they'll still limit it to just one park.

Yay for BOG lunch!! I'm tempted to grab one, but the only day we need it is the day AFTER we eat dinner there! So I think we'll skip it this trip.

 

[AprilRenee]

Yay!! looks great!

 

[Jackiemarie21]

I am totally going to steal your packing list, it looks great. There are few thing a in it I would have never thought to bring myself, but seem like a really good idea.

Love the sparkly bobs! I got Charlotte a used pair of sparkly toms for our last trip and they were perfect!

I can't believe how close your trip is getting! Just think mine would be coming up too if it wasn't for our crazy weather!

 

[STLMickeyMom]

Yay for BOG! I'm glad you got in and can do lunch and dinner now!

I must have missed something with the FPs. I thought it was just that you could park hop and use them at two different parks. What did I miss?

 

[anniebabymu]

I must have missed something with the FPs. I thought it was just that you could park hop and use them at two different parks. What did I miss?

Disney announced *at some point soon, don't know when* AFTER you use all 3 of your FP+ you'll be able to pull a 4th! Then after you use that one, a 5th, etc. I think they're closer to rolling that out than the park hopping, but I'd LOVE if both of those thing would happen before May 22nd!

So now people that were booking late afternoon to evening FP+ are rethinking their strategies. Only thing is... you don't know for sure what will be left after you use your 3. Will the E ticket rides be gone, will it just be the smaller attractions left? And nobody's heard how they will handle the "tiered" rides. Can you pull another tier 1 ride after using your 3?? I'm hoping its tolled out soon so I can see how it quirks for others before I'm thrown in it!

 

[anniebabymu]

I am totally going to steal your packing list, it looks great. There are few thing a in it I would have never thought to bring myself, but seem like a really good idea.

Love the sparkly bobs! I got Charlotte a used pair of sparkly toms for our last trip and they were perfect!

I can't believe how close your trip is getting! Just think mine would be coming up too if it wasn't for our crazy weather!

Steal away! One thing I didn't add, but saw on here was to pack some fast food plastic kids to put under Mickey bars and popsicles to prevent dripping! Great idea!!

Yours would be right around the corner too... but now you get to go to MNSSHP and I'm insanely jealous!!!

 

[anniebabymu]

Yay!! looks great!

Thanks!!

 

[anniebabymu]

I love those sparkly shoes! I've been debating getting some, but ended up with a silver sparkle mary jane style shoe instead. I assume DD will end up in her Keen sandals most often, anyway! Btw, have you seen the lace socks and little white gloves in the Target dollar spot? We picked several pairs of the socks to go with princess dresses and a pair of gloves, too. DD came up with the "I need Cinderella gloves and Belle gloves" on her own! Any idea where to find yellow gloves?

Thanks for sharing your packing list! That is really helpful, and I'm going to check out that website, too.

My TA told me about the possible new FP+ system! I don't think I'm going to change my FP+ to the mornings just yet; like you, I want to see if it is actually in practice during our dates. I wonder (I haven't actually read the blog post/article yet), if we use 3 in the morning at Epcot, can we use our 4th and so on at MK? Or if they'll still limit it to just one park.

Yay for BOG lunch!! I'm tempted to grab one, but the only day we need it is the day AFTER we eat dinner there! So I think we'll skip it this trip.

I wonder if you could dye the white ones yellow?? I mean, if it ends up awful at least you're only out $1! Ha ha!

And you should check out that website! Lots if great info on it!!

I'm really hoping the new FP+ "rules" are out when we go! And I hope people have time to experience it before us!! I still have entirely too many questions about it!!

I wasn't thrilled with the timing of our BOG slot. Really wanted one of the last days in our trip, but the only let me pick from the 1st 7 days... Grrrr! I was hoping my in laws 1st experience there would be dinner. Oh well.

 

[familyabgar]

I wonder if you could dye the white ones yellow?? I mean, if it ends up awful at least you're only out $1! Ha ha!

And you should check out that website! Lots if great info on it!!

I'm really hoping the new FP+ "rules" are out when we go! And I hope people have time to experience it before us!! I still have entirely too many questions about it!!

I wasn't thrilled with the timing of our BOG slot. Really wanted one of the last days in our trip, but the only let me pick from the 1st 7 days... Grrrr! I was hoping my in laws 1st experience there would be dinner. Oh well.

If I don't find any yellow ones, I may have to try that!

Have you found any additional info about what activities and special things there will be during the 24 hour event?

 

[anniebabymu]

If I don't find any yellow ones, I may have to try that!

Have you found any additional info about what activities and special things there will be during the 24 hour event?

I haven't! All I know is that they're having the Festival of Fantasy parade 2 times, at 12 and 3. I wonder when things were announced last year. And by looking at the stuff last year, it looks like most of the special stuff happened in the middle of the night... and we will not be fighting that craziness! Ha ha!

 

[STLMickeyMom]

Disney announced *at some point soon, don't know when* AFTER you use all 3 of your FP+ you'll be able to pull a 4th! Then after you use that one, a 5th, etc. I think they're closer to rolling that out than the park hopping, but I'd LOVE if both of those thing would happen before May 22nd!

So now people that were booking late afternoon to evening FP+ are rethinking their strategies. Only thing is... you don't know for sure what will be left after you use your 3. Will the E ticket rides be gone, will it just be the smaller attractions left? And nobody's heard how they will handle the "tiered" rides. Can you pull another tier 1 ride after using your 3?? I'm hoping its tolled out soon so I can see how it quirks for others before I'm thrown in it!

Steal away! One thing I didn't add, but saw on here was to pack some fast food plastic kids to put under Mickey bars and popsicles to prevent dripping! Great idea!!

oh, I did not know about being able to get more FPs.....that's not gonna mess with plans or anything. I hope you get some info before your trip on how it's working, if it's out by then. it is kind of nice to know that the opportunity is there to get more, but also a bummer to think that the rides you want might be gone by then....

I read that about using the lids for drippy ice cream/popsicles. I thought that was such a good idea, then I totally forgot to get lids before we went and maddie ended up with chocolate mickey bar on her shirt. next time!

 

[anniebabymu]

I read that about using the lids for drippy ice cream/popsicles. I thought that was such a good idea, then I totally forgot to get lids before we went and maddie ended up with chocolate mickey bar on her shirt. next time!

And that would be why we needed the only thing I didn't bring! The stain stick! Those kids are so messy!

 

[anniebabymu]

Holy Moly... has it really been 12 days since I've posted last?!?!

Not much Disney planning going on, but we've been super busy! Good and bad. Bad because I feel like I can't catch my breathe and good because the days until our trip are just flying by! We are down to 37 days!!! Whoa... I've got so much to do and with the way life has been lately, I've got very little time to do it all!

Just got the e-mail that the decals I bought last week shipped... so that means once I get them I'll make the girls their last two shirts! Once they are done I will most definitely have to do a post with the girls outfits each day!

On top of getting loose ends tied up for this trip, I need to start really thinking about my Wine and Dine trip! It's hard to get everything all hammered out when my traveling party lives in Dallas and Virginia and I'm in Missouri! I *think* our ADR day is May 8th, so I need to get cracking on some stuff!

Okay... now on to the main piece of this PTR update!

Friday April 11th... Monster's Inc.

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We had so much fun with this movie night! My FIL was out of town on a week long golfing trip that included like 5 or 6 days of golf and 2 days watching The Masters... in person!! He had the time of his life. Since he was out of town we decided to invite my MIL out for movie night! Neither my hubby (surprise, surprise...) or my MIL had never seen Monster's Inc. And believe it or not... me either! We all loved it!

On the menu was Mike Wazowski pancakes, "Boo"berry Muffins, Sully's Strawberries, "Boo" berries and Sully Juice! So cute! And for dessert of course we had "I Scream" Sundaes! Loved it!

And onto the pics!

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We've got two movie nights this week to make up for a super busy week we had and didn't get one in! So be on the look out for those! Only 6 more movie nights until Disney!

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[AprilRenee]

Lol love the pancakes!!

 

[Jackiemarie21]

Great movie night! I am amazed with how perfect your pancakes look! Mine are never actually shaped like circles! I purchased some "eye" sprinkles so if we ever have a monsters u movie night we can have eye scream sundes. Cute! Looks like fun!

 

[anniebabymu]

Lol love the pancakes!!

Thanks!!

 

[anniebabymu]

Great movie night! I am amazed with how perfect your pancakes look! Mine are never actually shaped like circles! I purchased some "eye" sprinkles so if we ever have a monsters u movie night we can have eye scream sundes. Cute! Looks like fun!

Mine usually aren't either... must have been pixie dust! I bet that will be so cute!! Initially I grabbed regular "classic" color sprinkles, but then stumbled upon those! Addie thought they were perfect because they were the right colors!

 

[STLMickeyMom]

great movie night! love your green pancakes! and the eye (is it a cookie?) looks perfect! looks like a fun time!