A 2-Week Grand Villa Extravaganza! We leave tomorrow! PTR Complete...


I would be sad that this trip report is coming to an end, but it’s a PRE-TRIP REPORT! Which means that in one week and six days from today, we’ll be in Disney World! Speaking of trip reports, I’ll start a thread with the same name as the PTR over in the main Trip Report board, with a link to this PTR. I’m going to try and post a picture of the day while we’re WDW, but time will tell if I have time to do that!

Days 14 and 15 – Friday and Saturday June 13 and 14 – Resort: VGF – Park: Magic Kingdom and People’s Choice

Day 14 is our last day in the park. Oh well, look on the bright side – we’re going to my happy place for two weeks! That is still 6 days longer than any of our earlier trips, which is a 66.7% increase in time. Yeah, I’m a math teacher. The night before, we’re at the Cali Grill for 6pm and hopefully we can have the kids in bed not long after the Water Pageant pass the GF at 9:15. We didn’t decide on that until this morning when my mom and I spent an hour and 40 minutes refining our plans – just a few FP+ changes and reminders of when to hit shows at DHS.

Yesterday I noticed that FP+ for MSEP opened up as of this past Wednesday. I was so worried that I missed our chance to book those and that they’d all be eaten up, but luckily they were available (we needed one for little R's BD on June 5th). Besides, I think it is also good placement for Wishes per this:



Back to day 14… We’ll hopefully have fairly well rested children as I think we’ll need to rope drop whatever park we decide to frequent. Where should we go? Should it be:



Or maybe this park:



Most unlikely is this park:



I’ll be honest, I’m actually leaning towards Epcot. I just love that park, and we can get there early and do Soarin’ and then whatever else our hearts desire…. We can’t have FP+ as we have them all scheduled for our evening at the MK, hence the need to get there at rope drop. We’ll see though. Who knows, maybe we’ll decide to sleep in and then go to Epcot and just do whatever walk on we want. Or just go to the WS and do the Agent P activity… All I know is I would love to ride the monorail over to Epcot and back since we’re staying at the VGF.

After we have lunch we’ll come back to the resort, swim and then head over to MK. Our first FP+ is at 5pm for:



The next FP+ is for:



Followed by BTMRR. We’re not 100% on that one, and we’ll play it by ear as the trip progresses. We may change it to something else…
After our FP+ (the last one is for 7-8) and whatever else we can squeeze in, we’ll ready ourselves for:



Sigh. Tears will be flowing. How can they not?



Who knows when we’ll be here next? Probably not until 2017! At least as a whole large family unit…

The final day at WDW has us sleeping in and packing up. My Dad will leave around 9 am to drive to Georgia to stay with family. He’ll take most of my family’s luggage as the girls and I are flying Spirit to Detroit and we don’t want to pay for luggage. Caz will be flying back to Denver to work for the next week and then drive across the country in time for his sister’s wedding at the end of June. The girls and I are staying with my parents and then my in-laws. We’ll actually be in Michigan until July 13th! That will make a total of 6 weeks away from Colorado. Which believe you me, I desperately need! Although we are on three different flights, we all depart around the same time. The earliest flight is at 6:10pm (Caz) and the latest flight is at 6:26pm (the girls and I). My mom and the rest of the fam departs at 6:20pm.
So after we’re all packed, we’ll head to:



For a 10:30 ADR. You may recall this ADR was a bonus that we added on at the end. After a big breakfast/brunch we’ll lounge around our resort, savoring what will probably be the last time we’ll stay at VGF:



Ahhh….



We’re anticipating a 2:30 or so pick up from DME, get through security, then it will be the saddest monorail ride of the trip:



Sigh. So there you go... Truly a two week extravaganza! I’ll be back next weekend to wrap things up and then start the TRIP REPORT! Squee! Oh, one last photo to share… The adorable gift card my Mom got us. Thanks Mom!:

 
Joining in!! So excited to hear all about the trip. Ive always wanted to stay at a deluxe but funds have never allowed. So I live through others trips and just dream (: have a great time with your family. Its so close !
 
Your plans look great! I found your report doing a search for information on the BCV dedicated 2 bedroom with 2 queen beds because we've rented points for one in December (thrilled to have gotten it!), so really looking forward to photos and information on that when you get to your TR. Hope you have a fabulous trip! :wizard:
 

Joining in!! So excited to hear all about the trip. Ive always wanted to stay at a deluxe but funds have never allowed. So I live through others trips and just dream (: have a great time with your family. Its so close !

Thanks for coming along for the ride. I can't believe it is only 9 days away!


Your plans look great! I found your report doing a search for information on the BCV dedicated 2 bedroom with 2 queen beds because we've rented points for one in December (thrilled to have gotten it!), so really looking forward to photos and information on that when you get to your TR. Hope you have a fabulous trip! :wizard:

Pictures will come your way, UncleOrville! I will be sure to document every aspect of the room...

You truly did an amazing job Maggie ... Love you, see ya real soon :cool1:

I love you Mom! Can't wait to see you. Just over a week. xoxo!

Single digits baby, single digits! :hyper:
 
It is so on.... I still plan on writing a wrap up post here either today or tomorrow. Here's a link for easy reading. Currently all that is there is an introduction, but it's a start!

Trip Report


SIX MORE DAYS!
 
Ok. I told my sister a couple weeks ago I would post pictures of the girls' outfits so she could help me decide when they should wear what. Now there are only six (squee!) days left, 3 of which I will be camping with a group of eighth graders in Moab, UT. I could post these to Facebook, but some people just don't understand, and I don't want to open that can of worms. I love the Dis!

Here we go:



These the girls will wear for the BCV photo shoot. They are also to be worn to meet Duffy.



These are for the GF photo shoot later in the trip. I don't know if I'll let them wear them before that for fear of staining. What say you?



I'm thinking Animal Kingdom?



Sadly the girls will be wearing princess gowns and be fresh from the BBB when they meet Rapunzel, so they can't wear these then....



Magic Kingdom?



Anna and Elsa meet and greet day, no doubt. So psyched I scored those!



Pirate Cruise



Chef Mickey Day?



When? Where?



Cute stuff...



I think these rompers will be great for the day we'll go play mini golf...

Any ideas? Drea?
 
I read your entire report. It looks like an awesome trip. I can't wait hear about OKW. Have fun.
 
I just found your PTR. Your trip looks awesome! You & your mom did such an awesome time planning all the details:thumbsup2. I wish I had someone that into trip planning, my DH loves WDW, but other than ADRs he's not much into the planning process.

I think you've picked awesome ADRs. I've eaten at all of them except 3 (oh plus I haven't had your dads spaghetti :lmao:). I haven't eaten at 1900, Cali Grille & one other that of course I cant remember since I'm typing it....

You must be getting so excited with only 3 days left! Do you have everything all packed & ready to go?
 
Read all your reports! I am so excited for you all... you are going to have amazing time! I can't wait to read all about your trip!
 
I read your entire report. It looks like an awesome trip. I can't wait hear about OKW. Have fun.

I will be sure to post lots of pics of OKW! It is a lovely resort...

OMG. And Buzsia has two same same too! Although one is for all 4 kiddo's. Love your post

I know Mom! I am so overpacked... Now to get everything in suitcases...

I just found your PTR. Your trip looks awesome! You & your mom did such an awesome time planning all the details:thumbsup2. I wish I had someone that into trip planning, my DH loves WDW, but other than ADRs he's not much into the planning process.

Having a planning buddy is the best! At least you have the Dis. It's the largest planning buddy out there, right?


I think you've picked awesome ADRs. I've eaten at all of them except 3 (oh plus I haven't had your dads spaghetti :lmao:). I haven't eaten at 1900, Cali Grille & one other that of course I cant remember since I'm typing it....

You must be getting so excited with only 3 days left! Do you have everything all packed & ready to go?

You are missing out when it comes to Papa's spaghetti! I am soooo excited. I just got back from an exhausting school trip chaperoning 19 eighth graders to Moab, UT (I'll post pics on my Trip Report). In terms of packing, I have mostly everything collected, I just need to get it all nicely into my luggage!

Read all your reports! I am so excited for you all... you are going to have amazing time! I can't wait to read all about your trip!

It is going to be amazing! I'm glad you enjoyed my report.

Thank you all for reading this pre-trip report, folks! I know as the years go on my girls will love to go back and look at our plans, and then go to the actual report and be reminded of how our trip went down. What wonderful memories...

I'm not going to write any more posts, I'm out of time! I only have about an hour until I check in online for our flight, and then I'm running errands (ok, and getting a pedicure) the rest of the day. We'll drive to Denver tonight and stay with friends and then we'll be off to the airport at 8:30am tomorrow morning. I can't believe it is finally here! Please come on over to the trip report page and see how we're doing. I'm hoping to write some short posts while we are there. Again, thanks for coming along for the ride.

See ya real soon!
 
Just discovered and read your whole PTR. Can't wait to find your TR now and read it; it looks amazing!
 
Loved your report! Your girls' dresses are adorable. I used to love Matilda Jane for my dd when she was younger. Do I spy Saltwater Sandals, too? Miss those days!

Loved your cabana at TL. We love, love, love the water parks!! I agree with you about TL. The water coaster is super fine, but BB's slides are a 1000x better.

Can't wait to hear about the rest of it.
 












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