cesariofamily
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We are leaving for Walt Disney World early on Sept. 2! We are so excited! We are staying for 9 days.
Who are we? The princesses are myself (30 ish), DD (17), DD (8 or she will be by the time we go!) DD (4) accompanied by Prince Charming my DH (30 ish) We are on the WDW every 3 years plan. I often get jealous of the AP holders on this board but I know in real life we are blessed to be able to go as often as we do. Charming loves Disney and spoils his girls there but he also likes to vacation at different places. This is a picture of us three years ago Sept. 2008.
We are staying Friday to Friday at Sheraton Vistana Villages. We are owners our home resort is Sheraton Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. We love it there and we love our time share. We have stayed a few days on Disney Property but I really like having a full kitchen and washer and dryer. Also given our age range of our children we need extra space for teenage sullenness and preschool crankiness. Plus we pay for that time share every year! We will check in at Universals Royal Pacific Resort and check out on Sunday. That's right a side trip to Universal! I have only been to Universal Studios once. I liked the park and rides but it didn't have the "magic" to me. However Harry Potter has us all excited to see IOA! We choose to stay our extra non timeshare days at Universal because of the unlimited front of the line privileges.
Here is a link to Vistana Villages. We have a two bedroom, two bath condo with 3 TV's, a porch, washer, dryer and full kitchen including all utensils and cook ware. Also a master suite with whirlpool tub
Vistana does rent by the night. http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=5607
Our plan is to have all breakfast in the resort (or car) and get an early start. We have 3 big (read expensive) lunches planned and we hope to have two lunch/dinners at the time share during out mid day breaks. I planned all our big meals as lunches because it works for my family. My DH (especially) and the girls get starving and CRANKY while waiting for a late lunch. The DH is not a fan of "snacks" and needs "real" food. So I plan lunch at lunch time. They all get full and happy and generally we can eat a very light dinner and sometimes the DH even is happy with snacks and forgets his "real" food rules. I find it more economical to do the big lunch than trying to have a light lunch as they are hungry and WDW smells GOOD so they can't help themselves and fill up.
I have an order sitting in the Garden Grocer cart. Drinks, a few snacks but not many since we want to get the snacks at Disney that we don't get at home. Breakfast items like bars, muffins, yogurt, milk and juice. Taco stuff, Frozen Pizza and sandwich makings. I also ordered some laundry soap in a single use container. I am hoping to have only drinks, snacks and non fridge breakfast items left for our switch to Universal as we will loose our kitchen
I labored over the meals to order because I wanted meals where I didn't need to order extra items that would only get used once like olive oil! So Taco kits and ground meat seemed good. We can use the lettuce and tomato for a salad with the Frozen pizza. I was a little bit ehhh on the pizza but we'll have so much good food at Disney it won't hurt to have a frozen pizza. I am also collecting grape jelly packets when I go out to eat. They don't sell small jars of jelly and I don't want to transport or throw it away.
Here is my schedule :
Friday Sept 2 travel day! We leave early for the Airport and have to transfer and should arrive late in the afternoon. We plan to relax and swim and then go to Kouzzina for dinner. We have never been to the Boardwalk and I'm excited to check it out!
Saturday Sept 3 Magic Kingdom Day!
AM-PM
arrive TTC 8:15
Dumbo
Peter
Pooh
tea party
splash
big thunder
carousel
Bibbidid wait M to get fast passes Space
Bibbidi Bobbity
Lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table!
Space
Buzz
monsters
Presidents
haunted Mansion
Parade line up around 8:30-8:45 frontier land
Wishes front of castle
Hollywood Studios
4-Sep
4.1
AM-PM
arrive 8:30
get FP for Toy story-Amy & girls
Matt & Eliz tower of Terror
Meet at RRC ride
Star Tours get FP if wait is long
Great Movie Ride
get more FP for Toy Story
voyage of Lil mermaid
ride toy story
back lot tour
Lights Motor Action/Beauty & Beast
Muppet
star tours ride
American Idol
Disney Junior
Animation courtyard
Lights Motor Action/Beauty & Beast
FANTASMIC 8 PM
Epcot
5-Sep
5.4
9 am -PM
Soarin & get fast pass
ride living with the land
Seas
Turtle Talk
use soarin FP??
Showcase adventure KP UK or France
Kim Possible mission try for France
UK
Canada LUNCH
Break get Fast pass for test track
ride test track with FP
See Mexico ride boat
See Norway get Dessert ride boat
depart
Animal Kingdom
6-Sep
4.4
9 am 5 pm
arrive 8:30
Kilimanjaro (?)get FP for later
Pangani
Kali River Rapids
maharjah
send runner to get FP EE
bug
lunch
nemo
use EE fast pass and child swap bone yard
Dinosaur and
child swap bone yard
Lion King last show
Characters
leave at closing
Note: This day I have to work at night I am teaching an online class. It is cool to think I can work from WDW!
Magic Kingdom
7-Sep
3
9 am -9 pm
arrive TTC 8:15
Dumbo
FP Peter
Pooh
Jungle Cruise
Pirates of the Caribbean
tikki room?
Aladdin M fast pass splash
swiss family Robinson
Crystal Palace
use FP's
get FP for Big Thunder
Tom Sawyer
its a small world
Mickey's philharmagic
use FP's
Pirates of the Caribbean
depart before park closes
Epcot
8-Sep
2.7
AM -PM
Ride Test Track & fast pass?
Innovations East: Sum of all thrills
universe of energy
spaceship earth
get fast pass for soarin (before noon)
showcase adventure Kim P
eat as we go
china
Germany
Italy
America
Japan
Morocco
this is our last night at WDW and the time share on Friday we will get up check out and check in at RPH! I have purchased 3 day single park tickets. It was cheaper to do single park than hoppers at Universal and this gives us 2 mornings at IOA. We will go to IOA on out Travel home day and get a half day of touring in. We do not plan for breaks during the day at Universal because they close pretty early and we'll go back to the hotel for a swim and an early night. Here is our Universal schedule.
Fri, September 9, 2011
arrive by 10 closes 6
ET
Simpson's
men in black
Amy to Jaws other's fivel
Barney
Matt to Mummy other's to curious George
Elizabeth/Matt Rip Ride Rocket
Disaster
Shrek
Terminator
Sat, September 10, 2011
hours 9-8
arrive 7:30
Olivanders
Forbidden Journey
hippogriff
dragon challenge
browse hogsmede
If I ran the zoo
High in the sky trolley
Cao Seuss el
one fish blue fish
Cat in the hat
hulk lil girls do something again in Seuss
Spiderman
Sun, September 11, 2011
hours 9-7
arrive 7:30
Forbidden Journey
hippogriff
dragon challenge
browse hogsmede
Jurassic park River Adventure
wait for them camp Jurassic
all do Jurassic Discovery center
Poseidon show
leave by 1:30
Wooot! Thanks for reading along wtih me. I did a TR last time and I'll do one when I return in Sept. Not long now!
Who are we? The princesses are myself (30 ish), DD (17), DD (8 or she will be by the time we go!) DD (4) accompanied by Prince Charming my DH (30 ish) We are on the WDW every 3 years plan. I often get jealous of the AP holders on this board but I know in real life we are blessed to be able to go as often as we do. Charming loves Disney and spoils his girls there but he also likes to vacation at different places. This is a picture of us three years ago Sept. 2008.
We are staying Friday to Friday at Sheraton Vistana Villages. We are owners our home resort is Sheraton Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. We love it there and we love our time share. We have stayed a few days on Disney Property but I really like having a full kitchen and washer and dryer. Also given our age range of our children we need extra space for teenage sullenness and preschool crankiness. Plus we pay for that time share every year! We will check in at Universals Royal Pacific Resort and check out on Sunday. That's right a side trip to Universal! I have only been to Universal Studios once. I liked the park and rides but it didn't have the "magic" to me. However Harry Potter has us all excited to see IOA! We choose to stay our extra non timeshare days at Universal because of the unlimited front of the line privileges.
Here is a link to Vistana Villages. We have a two bedroom, two bath condo with 3 TV's, a porch, washer, dryer and full kitchen including all utensils and cook ware. Also a master suite with whirlpool tub
Vistana does rent by the night. http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=5607Our plan is to have all breakfast in the resort (or car) and get an early start. We have 3 big (read expensive) lunches planned and we hope to have two lunch/dinners at the time share during out mid day breaks. I planned all our big meals as lunches because it works for my family. My DH (especially) and the girls get starving and CRANKY while waiting for a late lunch. The DH is not a fan of "snacks" and needs "real" food. So I plan lunch at lunch time. They all get full and happy and generally we can eat a very light dinner and sometimes the DH even is happy with snacks and forgets his "real" food rules. I find it more economical to do the big lunch than trying to have a light lunch as they are hungry and WDW smells GOOD so they can't help themselves and fill up.
I have an order sitting in the Garden Grocer cart. Drinks, a few snacks but not many since we want to get the snacks at Disney that we don't get at home. Breakfast items like bars, muffins, yogurt, milk and juice. Taco stuff, Frozen Pizza and sandwich makings. I also ordered some laundry soap in a single use container. I am hoping to have only drinks, snacks and non fridge breakfast items left for our switch to Universal as we will loose our kitchen
I labored over the meals to order because I wanted meals where I didn't need to order extra items that would only get used once like olive oil! So Taco kits and ground meat seemed good. We can use the lettuce and tomato for a salad with the Frozen pizza. I was a little bit ehhh on the pizza but we'll have so much good food at Disney it won't hurt to have a frozen pizza. I am also collecting grape jelly packets when I go out to eat. They don't sell small jars of jelly and I don't want to transport or throw it away. Here is my schedule :
Friday Sept 2 travel day! We leave early for the Airport and have to transfer and should arrive late in the afternoon. We plan to relax and swim and then go to Kouzzina for dinner. We have never been to the Boardwalk and I'm excited to check it out!
Saturday Sept 3 Magic Kingdom Day!
AM-PM
arrive TTC 8:15
Dumbo
Peter
Pooh
tea party
splash
big thunder
carousel
Bibbidid wait M to get fast passes Space
Bibbidi Bobbity
Lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table!
Space
Buzz
monsters
Presidents
haunted Mansion
Parade line up around 8:30-8:45 frontier land
Wishes front of castle
Hollywood Studios
4-Sep
4.1
AM-PM
arrive 8:30
get FP for Toy story-Amy & girls
Matt & Eliz tower of Terror
Meet at RRC ride
Star Tours get FP if wait is long
Great Movie Ride
get more FP for Toy Story
voyage of Lil mermaid
ride toy story
back lot tour
Lights Motor Action/Beauty & Beast
Muppet
star tours ride
American Idol
Disney Junior
Animation courtyard
Lights Motor Action/Beauty & Beast
FANTASMIC 8 PM
Epcot
5-Sep
5.4
9 am -PM
Soarin & get fast pass
ride living with the land
Seas
Turtle Talk
use soarin FP??
Showcase adventure KP UK or France
Kim Possible mission try for France
UK
Canada LUNCH
Break get Fast pass for test track
ride test track with FP
See Mexico ride boat
See Norway get Dessert ride boat
depart
Animal Kingdom
6-Sep
4.4
9 am 5 pm
arrive 8:30
Kilimanjaro (?)get FP for later
Pangani
Kali River Rapids
maharjah
send runner to get FP EE
bug
lunch
nemo
use EE fast pass and child swap bone yard
Dinosaur and
child swap bone yard
Lion King last show
Characters
leave at closing
Note: This day I have to work at night
I am teaching an online class. It is cool to think I can work from WDW!Magic Kingdom
7-Sep
3
9 am -9 pm
arrive TTC 8:15
Dumbo
FP Peter
Pooh
Jungle Cruise
Pirates of the Caribbean
tikki room?
Aladdin M fast pass splash
swiss family Robinson
Crystal Palace
use FP's
get FP for Big Thunder
Tom Sawyer
its a small world
Mickey's philharmagic
use FP's
Pirates of the Caribbean
depart before park closes
Epcot
8-Sep
2.7
AM -PM
Ride Test Track & fast pass?
Innovations East: Sum of all thrills
universe of energy
spaceship earth
get fast pass for soarin (before noon)
showcase adventure Kim P
eat as we go
china
Germany
Italy
America
Japan
Morocco
this is our last night at WDW and the time share on Friday we will get up check out and check in at RPH! I have purchased 3 day single park tickets. It was cheaper to do single park than hoppers at Universal and this gives us 2 mornings at IOA. We will go to IOA on out Travel home day and get a half day of touring in. We do not plan for breaks during the day at Universal because they close pretty early and we'll go back to the hotel for a swim and an early night. Here is our Universal schedule.
Fri, September 9, 2011
arrive by 10 closes 6
ET
Simpson's
men in black
Amy to Jaws other's fivel
Barney
Matt to Mummy other's to curious George
Elizabeth/Matt Rip Ride Rocket
Disaster
Shrek
Terminator
Sat, September 10, 2011
hours 9-8
arrive 7:30
Olivanders
Forbidden Journey
hippogriff
dragon challenge
browse hogsmede
If I ran the zoo
High in the sky trolley
Cao Seuss el
one fish blue fish
Cat in the hat
hulk lil girls do something again in Seuss
Spiderman
Sun, September 11, 2011
hours 9-7
arrive 7:30
Forbidden Journey
hippogriff
dragon challenge
browse hogsmede
Jurassic park River Adventure
wait for them camp Jurassic
all do Jurassic Discovery center
Poseidon show
leave by 1:30
Wooot! Thanks for reading along wtih me. I did a TR last time and I'll do one when I return in Sept. Not long now!
