17 Days in the World!!!

[dgagnon519]

Hi everybody, I leave on June 13th and have always wanted to do a trip report, but sadly have never been able to figure out how to put up pics. Unfortunately, I can only find my pics from 2010 so for now they will have to do. They will give you a general idea though.

We will be a group of 12 with some people arriving and coming on different days, but me and my 2 children will get to enjoy Disney the whole 17 days.
We will staying at 6 different resorts on this trip. The last time we went in 2011 we tried 5. My children love doing this, I am not going to lie I love it too.

We will be flying out of RI and have a flight straight to Orlando. We will be using Magical Express. I am hoping to set up my trip with links to make it a little easier to navigate through them.

I was about to tell you a little about our group and then wandered off. I am Danielle. I am a single mom and I made my first trip to Disney in 2007 and I fell in love. This will be our 5th trip and we are DVC which I bought into on our second trip and love it. Here is some Disney facts about me:

Favorite Park: EPCOT
Favorite Ride: Kali River Rapids
Favorite Character: Stitch
Favorite Restaurants: Boma and Ohana Breakfast
Favorite Disney Movie: Beauty and the Beast

My Disney Daughter is 12 and tries to pretend she is not as excited about Disney anymore. It is all an act, her face lights up more and more as we get closer to the trip. Here are her Disney facts:

Favorite Park: Epcot
Favorite Ride: Splash Mountain
Favorite character: Winnie the Pooh
Favorite Restaurants: Crystal Palace and 50's Prime Time
Favorite Disney Movie: The Little Mermaid

My Disney Son just turned 10 and every morning wakes up and ask me "what would we be doing in Disney right now?" He would live in Disney and we talk about doing that someday.

Favorite Park: Epcot
Favorite Ride: Test track
Favorite Character: Buzz and Woody
Favorite Restaurants: Chef mickey's and Le Cellier
Favorite Disney movie: Toy Story

My son who usually loves watching disney movies, lately has been watching Goonies a lot.

We are the main cast is this show. The other members joining us and will be throwing in there opinions and reviews are the following...

My sister Desiree who I love dearly and has been to Disney a few times, but only once with us. She gets more accomplished when she travels with us. I am a planner to the core. She will be with us 6/16-6/23

My friend Christina is coming with her 3 children. She has twin daughters who are 14 and a son who is 6. Her son has never been to Disney before. She and the girls have, but didn't like it. My hope is to show them how amazing Disney can be if you are prepared and have a plan. They will be with us from 6/16-6/23.

My children's cousin who is 14 will be flying in with us and leaving with my sister on the 23rd. She came to Disney with us in 2010 and could not wait to go back. When she found out we were going she begged her mom and her mom told her if she maintained honor roll for the year she could come with us and she did.

My boyfriend, Tope is coming down on the 20th and staying until the 29th. He is bringing his niece and nephew. Tope has been once. He likes Disney, but does not love Disney. He did have a great time though when he went with us before. His niece who is now 13 came with us before for one day at each park in 2008. His nephew who is 9 came to 2 parks with us back in 2008, but does not remember and is very excited to come this time.

Now that you have met everyone, we can move on to the trip.

We will have 10 day magic your way water parks and more tickets. We did not opt for the dining plan this time, but will be eating at a mix of TS and CS throughout the trip. I plan doing a review of all dining and resort stays for our report and hope that you all find it helpful.

The hotels we will be trying are
Port Orleans Riverside for 2 nights
Beach Club Villas for 1 night
Animal Kingdom Lodge for 8 nights
Wilderness Lodge for 2 nights
Old Key West for 2 nights
Art of Aniamation for 1 night

Our dining plans are as follows:
Riverside Grill
Sassagoula
Boatwrights
River Roost
Plaza
Boardwalk Bakery
Rainforest Cafe
Boma
LeCellier
La Cantina De San Angel
Sci Fi Dine In
ABC Commisionary
Ohana
Wolfgang Puck Express
Via Napoli
Flametree BBQ
Sanaa
Crystal Palace
CRT
Be our Guest
Mara
Roaring Forks
Trex
Chef mickeys
50's Prime Time
AMC Fork and Screen
Planet Hollywood
Teppan Edo
Tusker House
Landscape of Flavors



Well that is all for now....

 

[dgagnon519]

We are leaving in a few hours.....

 

[dgagnon519]

We are back and it was amazing. We have about 1000 pictures which I will post up some along with my report. I will also be posting some reviews. We did stay at 6 hotels. Our dining did change from what was originally planned.I am getting all of my notes together with tips and will start posting shorty.