I know...too fast
Yes free stuff could be enticing and also we found that when we went the first time, we wore our first timer badges all the time and we noticed that we were picked to sit at the front of alot of the rides, a little bit more incentive there perhaps
(sorry!)
Wonderful World of Disney Trivia 
What characters are now referred to by Disney as "The Fabulous Five"? In the animated film The Little Mermaid, what song does Sebastian sing to set a romantic mood for Ariel and Prince Eric? In Beauty and the Beast, what was the Beast's "only window to the outside world"? At what Disney attraction can one hear the song "How Do You Do?" In what Disney film do they host a tea party on the ceiling? What is the name of the water tower at Hollywood Studios in Florida?
My mission today was to get my next update mostly written up. I was derailed by a double episode of Hell's Kitchen.
So whilst I continue on with that, how's about a little fun to tide you over? In honour of the double episode I watched tonite, here's a double episode of.....
Good luck!
My mission today was to get my next update mostly written up. I was derailed by a double episode of Hell's Kitchen.
So whilst I continue on with that, how's about a little fun to tide you over? In honour of the double episode I watched tonite, here's a double episode of.....
Good luck!
Good luck!
You guys are GOOD! 
See you then!
I'm always late to the trivia, but I did know those LOL!!!!
YAY for Santa Mickey being on the move
Your not too late at all! Catching up is easy and I'm just getting to the good stuff. You've picked a great time of year to go for your first trip! Took me five tries... Hope our paths get to cross
Adding that to my list.
I found a whole plethora of information for the party, so I’ll cover that in my next update.
We also don’t really care for breakfast first thing in the morning, so the perfect time for us for breakfast ADRs is 10:00am. 
Then it’s off to the monorail and over to Magic Kingdom.
She won’t understand why we’ll want her to hold her arms a certain way and it might be a challenge getting the right shot….but that one I HAVE to have.
So, our arrival day should have us rested and relaxed. An easy afternoon flight, a leisure check-in hopefully to a refurbed room, collecting buttons, and wandering of the resort.
Bags unpacked, counter service dinner at Everything Pop, maybe some arcade games and off for souvenir shopping and room snackies at Walmart. Maybe I should look into a Pop fridge swap. Am I too late for November?
The next morning is our first park day. Each vacation weve gone to the same park first. I wasnt trying to start a tradition or anything, its just what I automatically defaulted to each time it was time to start planning. Of course, Im talking about ..
Day One
MAGIC KINGDOM
Park Hours: 9am 7pm
This is a pretty big day for us, so Im breaking it down into two updates. This is the day weve bought tickets for Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party!
If you read my last TR, you just might remember that my family are not really morning people. Weve never been to a single rope drop or seen an opening show. We much prefer to sleep in and take our time easing into our days.
When my ADR booking window was approaching, I asked the kids what one single meal they wanted to have for this trip. Unanimously it was Ohana.
Weve been to Ohana every trip. Its definitely our families favorite. Yummy juice, beautiful surroundings, fabulous memories and great food. The look of joy on Arianas face as shes marching with maracas in the parade with Lilo and Stitch to the tune of one of her favorite Disney songs is absolutely priceless. Alex has always thought Stitch is pretty cool and he loves the Poly.
Demetri loves to pretend to be a puppy when its Plutos turn to visit and Pluto never fails to have fun with him.
So, on our first MK day, we have a 10:00am Ohana breakfast scheduled. Woo-hoo! After breakfast well check out all the Polynesian has to offer for Christmas decorations and do some more wandering. I also want to familiarize myself with where Captain Cooks is for something later in the trip.
Our theme for our last trip was the stop and smell the roses if you will kind of mentality. It was all about relaxation and just doing what we wanted to do, whenever. We just ignored the Times Guide, started in Fantasyland and headed towards Tomorrowland going in a circle around the park. In doing this, a lot of things wed wanted to do in Adventureland and Frontierland had finished for the day by the time we made it around. Our second MK day was washed out so there are a lot of firsts for us still to do.
So this year, after we pick up Arianas Guest Assistance Card and stroll down Main Street, my objective is to again start in Fantasyland (Arianas favorite place on the planet Earth) and then head towards Liberty Square circling the park. Demetris favorite ride is Splash Mountain so hell have no objections to getting there much sooner than last year Im sure.
My hodge podge of notes for Magic Kingdom. In no particular order, things weve never done before:
- Have a Dole Whip - still never had one!
- Find the wishing well on the path to the right of the castle.
- Look for Tinkerbell in the keyhole in the sewing drawer next to the door at the front of Tinks shop.
- Go to Tom Sawyer Island never been!
- Find Cinderellas horse on the Carousel. Second horse in with a gold ribbon on its tail.
- Meet Tiana and Naveen, Ariel and Eric, Woody and Jessie.
- Dance at Club 626.
- See Captain Jacks Pirate Tutorial on their new stage.
- Take pictures on the bench w/Goofy in front of City Hall and w/Roy & Minnie in the courtyard.
- Find and listen to the wall mounted telephone next to the cash register in the General Store.
- Ride Jungle Cruise at night!
- Take pictures of Walts two windows and the Disney family coat of arms.
- Ride the Liberty Square Riverboat.
Something else weve never taken advantage of is PhotoPass. Id like to change that this year, so I found maps of the PhotoPass locations in the parks:
- Main Entrance/Train Station
- Town Square
- Main Street USA
- Castle Hub
- Adventureland (between Swiss Family Treehouse and Jungle Cruise)
- Frontierland (by the Country Bear Jamboree)
- Ariels Grotto (closed)
- Mickeys Toontown Fair (will be closed before I get there)
- Tomorrowland (by the Carousel of Progress)
I really, really, really want the fun PhotoPass pictures. The ones were Baby Simba appears in your arms, or Tink in your hand, or Stitch coming out of the ground, or holding the balloons, and so on. Especially Ariana holding Baby Simba. If youve read my TR, you know the significance of Ariana and Baby Simba.
Our lunch will be a late one since we had the mid morning breakfast. Itll be counter service and another first Im hoping to try is upstairs at the Columbia Harbour House. Id really wanted to try it last trip and George almost went for it, but hes a creature of habit sometimes and wanted to go with what he knew he liked at Cosmic Rays.
I also want to make sure to get Kathryn a lanyard and starter pins for pin trading. I think shed have a blast trading for pins and probably will get a competition of some sort going with Alex to see who gets the better ones. Alex usually picks a theme for pins and runs with it, so itll be fun to see what they do.
In amidst all that is the Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade, a refurbed Space Mountain to ride and another thing we havent seen yet, the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party. Not to mention, all the MK Christmas decorations to see, but Ill cover that in my MVMCP update.
Whew! Im tired already and this portion of our day ends at 7pm!
So, what do you think? Any suggestions, hints, tips?
Tom Sawyer Island is fun but beware of the caves! Some of them are a verrry tight squeeze, not to mention DARK! Still fun though. I'm going to talk about it in my next TR update actually so stay tuned.
That sounds like a fun and busy day! Refresh my memory. Is this the 27th or the 28th? We are going to be at MK on Sunday the 28th and am trying to figure out if we are meshing up! We love to do Fantasyland first! there are so many fun rides to experience in there! My kids are majorly morning people, so we can leave you a spot on the carousel if you'd like!
I am trying to decide if we should get into pin trading this trip... Does Demetri pin trade? How much do you invest in a starter set? You guys have far more packed into your day than we do it sounds like!
It's Sunday the 28th! Sounds like we'll either be trailing behind you most of the day one way, or we'll bump into you going the other way! 
Yes please place a reserved sign on Cinderella's horse for us, will you?
Here are my hodge podge comments for your hodge podge notes:
I think your plans sound great! I can't believe you've never been to a rope drop!
You are going to love MVMCP. It is such a blast and if it doesn't get you into the Christmas spirit nothing will! LOL.
I have yet to try a dole whip either and I think I may have to meet Prince Eric and Ariel too. That would be awesome!
We like our sleep too much and we like staying out a bit later at night. If we did rope drop and late nights, we'd be verrrrry grumpy. 
Especially George.... man he's a grumpy gills when he's tired! That's important for Ariana and Demetri.
I went back and edited the update, adding the date.
Demetri does pin trade and he has fun with it but I think it will be better for him this year if Alex and Kathryn make sort of a game out of it. He's so anxious to go on all the rides that he'd easily forget to do it. I can't remember how much the starter kits go for, but I want to say around $15?
Looking forward to the rest of your plans.
MK is definitely the perfect way to start a trip especially with a first-timer in your group. 
We love Ohana's! I missed not going there in April but I couldn't squeeze it in.
I keep saying I'm going to try one each trip but never get to! Those darn Mickey bars get me every time! I hope you make it to Tom Sawyer Island. It looks like it would be so much fun! We'll make it there one of these times....
I should have printed something out because for some reason whenever we wanted to get a picture we could never find them...well except on Main Street. So, apparently we weren't looking in the right places.
Oh and make sure and ask if they don't offer the special shots. I think some photographers do them and some don't.
Day 1 looks busy and really fun-filled!
Your plans look great!
And Ohana's too!
I remember those pics! So cute! I love that one with Demetri and Pluto!
I love our first day!I still haven't had a Dole Whip either.
That's coming up later but if for some reason I STILL haven't tried one on this first MK day..... I WILL have one down the road. Oh yes. I will.Great idea on finding out exactly where the photopass photographers are located!
Can't wait for your MVMCP update!
For the most part, I think that's why we really haven't done PhotoPass pictures up until now. We just haven't stopped to look for them. Except at the Hub, I always see them there.
