katieam1
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Well, this is my first time posting a Pre Trip plan. So hopefully I do ok.
Gang going: My wonderful husband Dan(31), my beautiful daughters Shelby (4) and Madilynne (2) and me Katie(26) the Disney NUT of the family, well I should say the Biggest Disney Nut of the family. The others are Disney nuts to but I blow them away!
We will be driving to WDW again these trips. We live in Central New York so as you can imagine we have a long journey ahead of us. We have a DVD player, GPS and a van that will be full of activities for the kids to do, along with all the luggage.
First Trip: September 19-26 at Pop Century, preferred room. We have the promotion of free dining on this trip but...We have upgraded to DXDDP and we are also going to purchase AP's while we are there since we are making a career out of going.
We will be attending MNSSHP on September 21 and 23. This will be the first time we have been to a party at Walt Disney World so we are so excited about it.
So here is Septembers plans thus far. Breakfast is usually around the 8:30 mark, lunch is around 1:30 and dinner is around 7. Some times it varies but those are the times I always try to aim for.
We don't usually have an actual plan how we hit the parks just we go with how the crowd level is and what the kids seem to be good with. We always use the baby care centers for breaks and mess clean up when needed. So I guess we go with the wind except for our scheduled meals times which we do plan.
19~ The Magical Day we check in.
Park we will go to this day: Epcot
Dinner is planned at Nine Dragons in Epcot (1st time at this restaurant)
We want a nice relaxing start to the trip so we chose Epcot to go to the first night. Epcot is only open until 9 so we figure since we had a long drive we would want to take it slow.
20
Park: Animal Kingdom
Breakfast we will be going to Boma at Animal Kingdom Lodge
.
Lunch will be at Yak & Yeti in mid afternoon.
Dinner will be at Chef Mickey's later in the evening but I was happy to get this one. (it's our first time for Chef Mickey's dinner)
21
Park: Well, we will be in Magic Kingdom some of the early part of the day then we will head back to the resort for down time/naps before we head back to the Magic Kingdom for MNSSHP!!!!!!! This will be our first Party!!
Breakfast: Crystal Palace (this is a Late breakfast)
Dinner: The Plaza (early dinner)
Then the PARTY!!!!
We will have an extra meal credit to use if we want to. We figure we might hit a counter service some time during the day or during later on at the party not sure, but we will have it just in case.
Enjoying the Party is my main focus for the day!!
22
Park:Epcot
Breakfast: we have Whispering Canyon Cafe planned but I am starting to re think this one. I have read bad reviews, so I don't know. I read some one say skip WCC and go to Trails End so that is where my line of thought is going.
Lunch: Le Cellier
we just snagged this one and My husband is so Happy he could just cry!! 
Dinner:Biergarten (which we all love so should be fun.) {my husband lived in Germany when he was younger (his dad was in the military) so it brings back memories so this one is always good one!!)
23
park: Again Magic Kingdom but in the evening. MNSSHP!!! Take 2!
We are going to grad a counter service breakfast at the resort
Lunch is at Tony's Town Square
Then dinner is at CRT
We spaced then enough apart it won't be a problem and we won't be so inclined to rush for the party since it will be our second party of the week.
24
Park: Hollywood Studios
Breakfast: Hollywood and Vine
Lunch: Mama Melrose. (this will be our first time there)
Dinner: Brown Derby (1st time at this one too)
25
Park: Epcot
Breakfast:Akershus
Lunch: Coral Reef (my kids just LOVE this place!!!)
Dinner: Teppan Edo
26
We must check out this day.
We have a late breakfast planned at Cape May Cafe so we can have a good breakfast before heading home for the long journey back.
Ok so there is September's schedule. I know it is a lot of table services. We have done DXDDP the last two trips and it worked out great. For some it is too much food for us we space it out right for us and we don't over stuff ourselves at every meal. We use our snack credits on water or stuff we get at goofy's for the long ride home keep the magic going. (plus my family loves the rice krispies when we arrive home tothank you for watching our house)
So we have tested out DXDDP and it works for us.
Next Trip: November 28 to December 5 at Bay lake Towers Studio Lake View (our First DVC stay!!!)
Oh and did I mention DXDDP will be our chosen dining plan again!!
With this trip it was originally going to be that same stay but at Port Orleans French Quarters with Free dining again. My parents and my sister were going to come with us, but my mom works at a school district and they will be getting a new principle this year so she decided not to request time off and is going for our Feb 2011 trip but I will get to that later!!
So After they decided to back out of that trip we wanted to stay deluxe. We have been tossing around DVC for the last year now. It is something we knew down the road we would do. So we then switched to Boardwalk. In the time we did that I got an email from our guide telling me about a promo at SSR. So we inquired and decided we wanted to buy but we wanted to buy where we wanted to stay so we took the plunge and bought. With a little Magic from our guide we got into BLT Lake View Studio for our same dates we wanted. So I will post those plans in a little while my hubby is on his way home and I got to make dinner. Post Later. 
Gang going: My wonderful husband Dan(31), my beautiful daughters Shelby (4) and Madilynne (2) and me Katie(26) the Disney NUT of the family, well I should say the Biggest Disney Nut of the family. The others are Disney nuts to but I blow them away!
We will be driving to WDW again these trips. We live in Central New York so as you can imagine we have a long journey ahead of us. We have a DVD player, GPS and a van that will be full of activities for the kids to do, along with all the luggage.
First Trip: September 19-26 at Pop Century, preferred room. We have the promotion of free dining on this trip but...We have upgraded to DXDDP and we are also going to purchase AP's while we are there since we are making a career out of going.
We will be attending MNSSHP on September 21 and 23. This will be the first time we have been to a party at Walt Disney World so we are so excited about it.
So here is Septembers plans thus far. Breakfast is usually around the 8:30 mark, lunch is around 1:30 and dinner is around 7. Some times it varies but those are the times I always try to aim for.
We don't usually have an actual plan how we hit the parks just we go with how the crowd level is and what the kids seem to be good with. We always use the baby care centers for breaks and mess clean up when needed. So I guess we go with the wind except for our scheduled meals times which we do plan.
19~ The Magical Day we check in.
Park we will go to this day: Epcot
Dinner is planned at Nine Dragons in Epcot (1st time at this restaurant)
We want a nice relaxing start to the trip so we chose Epcot to go to the first night. Epcot is only open until 9 so we figure since we had a long drive we would want to take it slow.
20
Park: Animal Kingdom
Breakfast we will be going to Boma at Animal Kingdom Lodge
. Lunch will be at Yak & Yeti in mid afternoon.
Dinner will be at Chef Mickey's later in the evening but I was happy to get this one. (it's our first time for Chef Mickey's dinner)
21
Park: Well, we will be in Magic Kingdom some of the early part of the day then we will head back to the resort for down time/naps before we head back to the Magic Kingdom for MNSSHP!!!!!!! This will be our first Party!!
Breakfast: Crystal Palace (this is a Late breakfast)
Dinner: The Plaza (early dinner)
Then the PARTY!!!!
We will have an extra meal credit to use if we want to. We figure we might hit a counter service some time during the day or during later on at the party not sure, but we will have it just in case.
Enjoying the Party is my main focus for the day!!
22
Park:Epcot
Breakfast: we have Whispering Canyon Cafe planned but I am starting to re think this one. I have read bad reviews, so I don't know. I read some one say skip WCC and go to Trails End so that is where my line of thought is going.
Lunch: Le Cellier
we just snagged this one and My husband is so Happy he could just cry!! Dinner:Biergarten (which we all love so should be fun.) {my husband lived in Germany when he was younger (his dad was in the military) so it brings back memories so this one is always good one!!)
23
park: Again Magic Kingdom but in the evening. MNSSHP!!! Take 2!
We are going to grad a counter service breakfast at the resort
Lunch is at Tony's Town Square
Then dinner is at CRT
We spaced then enough apart it won't be a problem and we won't be so inclined to rush for the party since it will be our second party of the week.
24
Park: Hollywood Studios
Breakfast: Hollywood and Vine
Lunch: Mama Melrose. (this will be our first time there)
Dinner: Brown Derby (1st time at this one too)
25
Park: Epcot
Breakfast:Akershus
Lunch: Coral Reef (my kids just LOVE this place!!!)
Dinner: Teppan Edo
26
We must check out this day.We have a late breakfast planned at Cape May Cafe so we can have a good breakfast before heading home for the long journey back.
Ok so there is September's schedule. I know it is a lot of table services. We have done DXDDP the last two trips and it worked out great. For some it is too much food for us we space it out right for us and we don't over stuff ourselves at every meal. We use our snack credits on water or stuff we get at goofy's for the long ride home keep the magic going. (plus my family loves the rice krispies when we arrive home tothank you for watching our house)
So we have tested out DXDDP and it works for us.
Next Trip: November 28 to December 5 at Bay lake Towers Studio Lake View (our First DVC stay!!!)
Oh and did I mention DXDDP will be our chosen dining plan again!! With this trip it was originally going to be that same stay but at Port Orleans French Quarters with Free dining again. My parents and my sister were going to come with us, but my mom works at a school district and they will be getting a new principle this year so she decided not to request time off and is going for our Feb 2011 trip but I will get to that later!!
So After they decided to back out of that trip we wanted to stay deluxe. We have been tossing around DVC for the last year now. It is something we knew down the road we would do. So we then switched to Boardwalk. In the time we did that I got an email from our guide telling me about a promo at SSR. So we inquired and decided we wanted to buy but we wanted to buy where we wanted to stay so we took the plunge and bought. With a little Magic from our guide we got into BLT Lake View Studio for our same dates we wanted. So I will post those plans in a little while my hubby is on his way home and I got to make dinner. Post Later.
(but we are debating the regular plan this trip only because we are planning on going to Seaworld one day out of the trip and my parents are joining us for 3 days of the trip and then they are heading to the Flywheelers show.) If anyone is a Allis Chalmers Tractor fan the Gathering of the Orange will be at the Flywheelers this year!! 
