I've been debating on how to proceed on writing my PTR. And I've decided the most logical seems to give you all the info about one trip before moving on to the next so it doesn't get all mixed up together. In my last post I gave you the general day and ADR plans so I'm going to see what you think of my Day 1 intinerary today. I'm going to try doing this slow because I've still got like 2 1/2 and I don't want to run out of things to talk about.
Nov. 29 - Day before departure
I will drive home to my parents' house after work. The Pittsburgh airport is the closest one to their house and it's significantly cheaper to fly out of Pitt than out of Cleveland. We used frequent flyer points to book our flights home but the way down we only paid $59 a piece
Gotta love Southwest!
Day 1 Nov. 30 Arrival Day
Depart Pittsburgh 6:15am - Arrive Orlando at 8:45am
Head to Coronado Springs to check-in
Upgrade tickets to Annual Pass after check-in to ensure we get our Free Dining still
Move into room if available, otherwise head to MK
Grab some lunch at MK then head for the attractions. I don't really make a plan of attractions on our first MK day. We usually just hit up our favorites or ones we haven't done in a while and know we won't do on our full MK day.
Around 2:30 head back to CSR to move into our room if we didn't before, unpack, take a power nap, and change.
Now, we were originally planning on doing the Pirate & Pals Fireworks cruise this night. Peter Pan is my all time favorite Disney movie and I thought this may be something fun to try and a new way of viewing the fireworks. Also, like I said, I have to try EVERYTHING Disney has to offer.
However, this plan has been cancelled. As I mentioned before, we've never gotten to see Disney at Christmas before and I really don't know when we'll get to go at this time again because it's really hard to fit into our schedules. So, I want to take full advantage of the Christmas specific activities. In addition, I really like doing the character meet & greets. My mom and I are working on A Big Book of Character. Which is just a basic scrapbook devoted solely to the characters. It isn't too fancy like my regular scrapbooking pages but it has a couple cute embellishments and on one side there's a pic of us with the character and on the other side we put the characters autograph. It's just something fun to do at the parks and it's fun looking back through and remembering which interactions were cute, funny, and well not so much. But, I digress. My whole point of that was, I want to make sure we have enough time to do EVERYTHING the Christmas party has to offer, including character meet & greets.
Therefore, we will be heading back over to MK around 4:30-5.
We have dinner reservations at 6pm at 1900 Park Fare. I've tried to move this earlier so it wouldn't cut into party time but it's completely booked so oh well I guess...
After dinner, we'll head over to
MVMCP.
Tonight the sole focus will be doing to special character meet & greets. Here is the list I've compiled of who may be there and where they're usually found:
Santa Claus - City Hall
Genie, Abu, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee - Adventureland
Woody, Jessie, Bullseye - Frontierland
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, All 7 Dwarfs - Fantasyland
Uncle Scrooge - Donald's Tree Farm
Princesses WITH their Princes - Toontown
Santa Goofy - Tomorrowland
Mickey & Minnie in Christmas attire
I know there are more, but I've only listed ones that I don't have yet. I still can't believe I haven't managed to meet Woody and Buzz yet... Also, I have met all the princesses but I'm really looking forward to meeting their princes too.
If we have time I'd like to go ahead and see the parade and fireworks this night too.
Now, I like to think of myself as a creative person but I am by no means overly gifted in the crafty area. Especially, when it comes to sewing. But, I got this crazy idea in my head that I wanted to make shirts for my mom and I this year. I am going to post them with their corresponding days so, here is the shirt I made us for our first Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party (took the idea from the boards):
Anyone been to MVMCP before or going to be there this year? Do you have any more character suggestions?
TTFN and See Ya Real Soon!
to my PTR! So glad you joined! I'm voting for the first week too but it all depends on where I get accepted to grad school. Have you run the Disney Half? Are you doing it this year? I'm so excited about it!
I can't believe you have 5 trips planned over the next year or so!
Sounds like fun! Your plans and ADR's look great!
Or the Alice characters, I think they might be gone too. Sad. I waited in line to see Scrooge last year and they swapped him out for Donald before I could meet him. 
. I definitely want to see the parade!!!! I'm just not sure if we'll see it both nights or just our second night. I'm with you on heading to the 7 Dwarfs first, I bet they're one of the most popular and I didn't want to miss too much party time either, that's why we decided to go twice 
