1st timers Easter Trip.

[gingernick]

Here is our plan for Easter. We are, Dad 41, Wife younger than me, Amy 8 and a half & Tom 6 (2 days ago). Any comments/suggestions would be most welcome.


Sat 3rd April
6:25am. Depart Man with BA, arrive LGW 07:30.
12:30pm. Depart LGW with Virgin, arrive MCO 15:40pm.
Collect hire car, depart for HIFS at LBV, let kids swim, wife unpack, wife have a cocktail or two, I’ll get basic supplies & then all to bed.

Sun 4th April
8am. PS for Breakfast with the Mouse & friends at the Contemporary.
Back to HIFS for a swim.
Shopping & dinner at Orlando Premium Outlets (Jungle Jims?).

Mon 5th April
9am. Typhoon Lagoon till 2ish. (If we last that long).
Either chill out or go to the Boardwalk for a nosey & have dinner at ESPN or Spoodles.

Tues 6th April
8am. Depart for MK, do an Unofficial Guide tour with a break at HIFS at lunchtime.
4:30pm return to MK complete tour. If kids are fine watch Spectro & Wishes.

Wed 7th April
2nd day at MK. Do what we might not of managed yesterday. (i.e. Spectro & Wishes).

Thurs 8th April
10am. Depart Orlando for Clearwater Beach & the Adams Mark Hotel. Have boat trip on either the Seascreamer or a n other.

Fri 9th April
Search beach for shells (not conch) & sharks teeth, have breakfast & leave for Orlando at lunchish. Mini (crazy) golf & dinner. (Any suggestions welcome).

Sat 10th April
8am. Check in at Portofino Bay & get FOTL passes. 9am hit IOA.
4:30pm back to P/Bay (to get out of wet clothes, re Popeye’s BRB) let kids have a swim, back to IOA for dinner at Mythos, stay at IOA until kids have had enough.

Sun 11th April
Check out of P/Bay, Hit U/Studios. If time after dinner at Nascar or Margaritaville (& kids are OK), do best of IOA.

Mon 12th April
10am. 6 hour Adventure Express Tour at Seaworld. Stay & have dinner or leave for somewhere. (Any suggestions welcome).

Tues 13th April
7am. Depart for AK, do Unofficial Guide tour, have dinner at Rainforest Cafe or elsewhere. (Any suggestions welcome).

Weds 14th April
8am. Depart for MGM. Do Unoffical Guide tour with a break at 4:10pm for Fantasmic dinner package.
7:45ish take seats for Fantasmic.

Thurs 15th April
Have a late start & depart for Seaworld. Do best of & watch fireworks.

Fri 16th April
Spend day at Discovery Cove. Take out 2nd mortgage to pay for video, photos etc. Have dinner somewhere. (Any suggestions welcome).

Sat 17th April
Have a late start & depart for Seaworld. Do best of. Return to HIFS, change clothes & depart to Downtown Disney, 6pm watch La Nouba, 8pm PS for Rainforest Café.

Sun 18th April
Check out HIFS. Go to DTD & checkin bags, depart for Seaworld. Do best of & have lunch. Return car, depart Orlando 5:50pm.

 

[kevin harrison]

You need to add.......

Sunday 4th April - get up at 4am due to jet lag.

I notice that you haven't got that many rest times. We find a day of complete rest halfway through works wonders. Trust me it catches up.

 

[Hilary]

Our plan includes IOA on Saturday 10th, too - we'll look out for you LOL

It looks as though you must have WDW hopper plus passes - if that's right then, personally, I prefer to split the day between parks. As you are already planning a midday break back at your resort you could easily do this if you liked the idea. I can't explain how or why, but we just find we get more out of the parks if we split the day this way

Are you avoiding Epcot for any particular reason (apart from not enough days in Florida!)? If you can squeeze even a few hours in here, I think it would be worth it. Your DS and DD might not appreciate all of it but there are some attractions here (Spaceship Earth, Energy, Test Track) that they might well enjoy. It seems a shame to go all that way and miss a park completely.

So, who's more excited at the moment? You or the children?

 

[kevin harrison]

Spaceship Earth is not to be missed.

 

[gingernick]

Hi Hilary & Kev, we wanted to have two days at MK so with a 4 day Hopper plus something had to give & the vote was Epcot. Having said that if we feel we have done enough of MK on our 2nd day there, we might go to Epcot & do as you suggest. Finally it's me whose more excited, unless you remind them only 7 days & counting.