14 Day trip with 2 Children 5 and 9

[Geoff Gostage]

Hi all

Our first trip this September with our two girls aged 5-9 i have a rough day by day planning idea, we are in club level with the disney dining plan.

Fri 25th arrive 5 pm just chill and explore hotel and tea time etc

Saturday

Animal Kingdom as our first park so not too much travelling

Fastpasses
Expediton Everest
Dinosaur
Kilimanjaro safari

Pizzafari lunch
Tusker house Dinner

Sunday

Hollywood Studio

Fastpasses
Slinky Dog
Lightning Mqueen
Alien Saucers

Lunch?
50's Primetime Cafe dinner

Monday

Epcot Afternoon

Soarin
Test Track
Meet Anna and Elsa

Lunch Akershus
Dinner on the go
Frozen fireworks dessert party

Tuesday

Typhoon Lagoon

Wednesday

Hollywood Studio

Toy Story mania
Rock and roller

Lunch rosies all american
Dinner ABC comissionary

Thursday The big one!

Magic Kingdom

Dumbo
Peter pans flight
Enchanted tales with belle

Bibbidi bobbidi boutique 10.30

Lots of meet and greets

Lunch Cinderellas royal table
Dinner on the go

Friday

Blizzard Beach

Saturday

Frozen
soarin

aquarium in general

lunch ?
dinner?

Sunday

Animal Kingdom pool/rest day

Monday

Magic Kingdom afternoon

peter pan
under the sea
seven dwarfs

Be our guest lunch
Dinner on the go

Terrace fireworks party

Tuesday

Animal Kingdom

Day exploring and looking at animals

fastpass
Kilimanjaro safari
?
?

Lunch?
Restosaurus dinner

Wednesday

Magic Kingdom

Dumbo
Alladin flying carpet
monsters inc

Lunch crystal palace
Dinner ?

Thursday

Let the girls pick water park/ rest day

Friday

Home

Please give me your thoughts if i am missing anything ?

Thanks

Geoff

 

[Bullseye]

Geoff, it sounds like a great trip. 14 days is awesome. But you should go to the link below and read up on fast passes. At all the parks except MK, there are tiers for FP's. Some rides are Tier 1 level, some are Tier 2 level, etc. I see in your plans where you have more than one Tier-1 level pick which you wont be allowed to do when the time comes to pick your FP. The link below is to a great sticky which will tell you everything you need to know about FP and which ones you can group together at each park. Cheers!

https://www.disboards.com/threads/fastpass-frequently-asked-questions.3491680/

 

[mickey765]

also read up on which rides actually need fastpass. I don’t even think there’s a fastpass for the lightning mcqueen show at DHS and if there was you wouldn’t need it. Same goes for dumbo, which is an easy day of fastpass. You wouldn’t need a fastpass for Monsters Inc at MK either and magic carpets also has lower wait times throughout the day.

 

[skippytx]

14 days is a long trip. We did 13 once and by day 10 our kids were wondering if we were "ever going back to Texas?"

It looks like you're doing a good job of including rest days and going easy.

 

[Geoff Gostage]

Geoff, it sounds like a great trip. 14 days is awesome. But you should go to the link below and read up on fast passes. At all the parks except MK, there are tiers for FP's. Some rides are Tier 1 level, some are Tier 2 level, etc. I see in your plans where you have more than one Tier-1 level pick which you wont be allowed to do when the time comes to pick your FP. The link below is to a great sticky which will tell you everything you need to know about FP and which ones you can group together at each park. Cheers!



Wow lots of questions answered pretty quick in that post thanks !!

 

[disneydreamer1980]

Don’t FP Dumbo! My kids love the play area there and it’s great for them to get to run free a bit. They actually get upset when there’s no crowd and they don’t have any time in the wait/play area, lol. We always do 2 weeks too and it’s great because you don’t have to rush around and you can really soak up the atmosphere and all those great Disney details. Just don’t push the kids past what they’re comfortable with (Iike don’t force them to see chRacters if they’re scared and let them rest if need be, don’t let them get hangry, etc.) and you’ll all be much happier. Maybe consider afternoon naps since you’ll be there so long. And have fun!

 

[cedricandsophie]

My only comment is to consider whether you really need the dining plan if you’re in club level or do you want club level if you have the dining plan. Not sure which hotel you’re at but There’s a lot of food available in the clubs. You can eat breakfast every morning unless you want a character breakfast. There are snacks and sodas all day long if you’re hanging around the hotel. And there are hot and cold apps at night along with wine and sodas and then dessert later which can really take the place of some dinners.

 

[rwdavis2]

Club Level food is not really a substitute for meals except probably breakfast.

 

[GoofyDad_4427]

slinky dog on the second day is not an impossible FP, but unlikely for sure

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Unsolicited opinion about something you said (and mirroring what @cedricandsophie said above) - are you committed to the dining plan and CL? While valid for some, the general consensus is that most don’t find both CL and the Dining Plan on the same trip to be ‘worth it’ - generally speaking. You probably have your reasons why it makes sense for your family, just throwing that out there though.

 

[Geoff Gostage]

My only comment is to consider whether you really need the dining plan if you’re in club level or do you want club level if you have the dining plan. Not sure which hotel you’re at but There’s a lot of food available in the clubs. You can eat breakfast every morning unless you want a character breakfast. There are snacks and sodas all day long if you’re hanging around the hotel. And there are hot and cold apps at night along with wine and sodas and then dessert later which can really take the place of some dinners.

Hi there

got a deal on the upgrade from a savannah view room to a club level savannah view for £400 for the 2 weeks. So it’s £7 each per day. We have decided that the club level will be used just for breakfast before we leave for the parks.
Geoff

 

[Geoff Gostage]

Club Level food is not really a substitute for meals except probably breakfast.

This was our thinking, just use the club for breakfast before parks

 

[Geoff Gostage]

Unsolicited opinion about something you said (and mirroring what @cedricandsophie said above) - are you committed to the dining plan and CL? While valid for some, the general consensus is that most don’t find both CL and the Dining Plan on the same trip to be ‘worth it’ - generally speaking. You probably have your reasons why it makes sense for your family, just throwing that out there though.

hi there

thanks for the reply,our thinking on club was the costs. We upgraded from a savannah view room to the club savannah for £400 for two weeks so works out at £7 Sterling per person per day, which when we worked out breakfast that our kids like to eat, toast and cereal etc and the beers and wine for the evenings it seemed pretty good value for us, as we would be able to use just the dining plan for lunches and dinners.
Geoff

 

[Geoff Gostage]

Hi guys

Myself and Mrs G did some more planning last night, as you know we have CL so knowing our kids that is breakfast at hotel taken care of, with regards to Fastpasses and food in park here goes:

Arrive Friday evening have not planned anything just going to chill out at AKL.

Saturday AK

FP
Ex Everest
Navii River
Kilimajaro Safari

Lunch Pizzafari QS
Dinner Tusker House TS

Sunday HS

FP
SSD
Little Mermaid
Alien Saucers

Lunch ABC, Backlot express QS
Dinner 50's Primetime TS

Monday EPC Afternoon

Soarin
Seas Nemo
Meet Anna and Elsa

Lunch Akershus TS
Dinner Fish and Chips QS
Frozen Fireworks Party

Tuesday Typhoon Lagoon

Lunch QS
Dinner QS

Wednesday HS

Toy Story Mania
M+M Railway
Frozen sing along

Lunch Rosies Diner QS
Dinner ABC TS

Thursday (the big one) MK

SDMT
Peter Pans Flight Morning

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique 10.30
Enchanted Tales With Belle Afternoon

Lunch CRT 2TS
Dinner Be Our Guest 2TS

Friday

Blizzard Beach

Lunch QS
Dinner QS

Saturday Epcot

Frozen
Turtle Talk With Crush
Ralph And Vanelope

Lunch Coral Reef TS
Dinner York Fish and Chips QS

Sunday Rest Day Disney Springs

Bowling /Cinema

Lunch Pizza QS
Dinner Planet Hollywood TS

Monday MK Afternoon

Peter Pans Flight
SDMT
Under the sea

Lunch Be Our Guest QS
Dinner Columbia Harbour QS
Seated Fireworks Party Tomorrowland Terrace

Tuesday AK

Kilimanjaro Safari
Avatar Flight
Lion King

Mostly day Spent wandering through animals

Lunch Rainforest Cafe TS
Dinner Restrosaurus QS

Wednesday MK

Jungle Cruise
SDMT
Buzz Lightyear

Lunch Crystal Palace TS
Dinner Tomorrowland Terrace TS

Thursday

Chill out/ Waterpark day Let the kids decide any parks etc

Breakfast Chef Mickeys TS

Friday Home

So really the advice i am asking for is should we book all those ADR or just the big ticket bits? And i think im ok with my tier rides but not sure.We have the disney dining plan, Think we have it at 15 QS x Four of us and 9 Table x four of us, are we ok trading TS for QS ?

Thanks in advance guys

Geoff

 

[firefly_ris]

14 days is a long trip. We did 13 once and by day 10 our kids were wondering if we were "ever going back to Texas?"

It looks like you're doing a good job of including rest days and going easy.

They look like they are traveling from the UK -- I'm in a few UK-heavy Disney Facebook groups and 14 day length stay is very very common for them.