Shayana
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2016
EDIT: This post is boring blah blah trip details yadda yadda. Skip to the second post for pictures and cats.
First, I'm going to preface this by saying that before this year, I never really had a desire to go to WDW. Part of it was that we couldn't ever afford it growing up, so I kinda put it out of my mind, and also I had this idea in my head that Disney was for families with kids. Right now I'm making decent money both at my day job and through an editing business that I started in 2015, so we can actually afford to go and even splurge a little. But what originally prompted my desire to plan this trip was seeing that my parents took my other brothers and sister and their families to WDW...and didn't invite me & my husband. We were bummed, but then decided that it was an opportunity to plan a trip for ourselves, where we could do what WE wanted and not have to worry about other people's plans or itineraries. Reading about Disney over the past six or so months and researching all of our options, I have completely fallen in love and can't wait to go!
So this is going to be a trip for me & my husband as we celebrate our fourth anniversary. We're both in our 30s but we're going to be kids for a week!
Our trip is for eight nights starting Feb 1, 2017: the first night at CSR and the rest at POFQ. The night at CSR ended up being a recent addition, since when I was looking at plane tickets I discovered that it was actually cheaper to fly first class on Feb 1st instead of regular on Feb 2nd, which was the date we originally planned to fly down. We wanted to fly direct on our way down, which limited us to Delta. We prefer Southwest, though, so are taking that back since we don't care if we have a layover on the way back.
Here is our itinerary so far:
Wednesday Feb 1st: Fly Delta first class from Michigan to Orlando - we're flying during lunch time and the flight is just long enough that they're going to feed us, so that's great. We'll arrive at MCO just after 1pm. Take ME to CSR. We have ADRs at Whispering Canyon Cafe at 6:30pm, so we'll take park transportation around and peek at some of the resorts on the way.
Thursday Feb 2nd: Check out of CSR and drop off our luggage at bell services so they can transport it to POFQ for us, and then go over to DAK for the day. ADR at Boma at 5pm and then back to DAK for Rivers of Light if it's open. If not, we'll probably just head to POFQ.
Friday Feb 3rd: Planning to go to Epcot this day... no ADRs. We'll just do QS. Want to go on Soarin' and Test Track for sure, and walk around the Pavilions for the different countries. Cronut is on my list of things I shouldn't eat but will anyway.
Saturday Feb 4th: Magic Kingdom! ADRs at BOG for lunch. Lots of wandering around. Haunted Mansion is on my must-see list as well as the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse since that was one of my favorite movies growing up.
Sunday Feb 5th: Taking an uber to Universal Studios. Drag husband around Diagon Alley, buy an interactive wand, and look like a dork using it everywhere. Oh, yeah, look at other stuff around the park. Ride the Hogwarts Express at least twice.
Monday Feb 6th: Taking an uber to Universal Studios. Drag husband around Hogsmeade and drink lots of butterbeer. Oh yeah, look at other stuff around the park.
Tuesday Feb 7th: sleep in, go to Epcot in the afternoon and stay for evening extra magic hours.
Wednesday Feb 8th: sleep in, go to MK in the afternoon and stay for evening extra magic hours.
Thursday, Feb 9th: fly back (via Southwest)
We're skipping DHS this time because it gives us a reason to come back in a few years when Star Wars Land is complete.
It's almost time for us to make FastPass+ selections, so I'm going to start having the husband watch YouTube videos of the rides to see what ones he's interested in the most that we might need FP+ for.
Update links!
Okay, so let me introduce myself a little bit.
Short Mumblings: Fast Pass+
Short Mumblings: Changes to ADRs
MagicBand Purchase!
Short Mumblings: Fast Pass+ Part 2
Lanyard Surgery
Finally putting in my vacation request!
Online trip countdown froze and I got scared
ME tags, MagicBand customization, and I thnk I'm talking to myself...
UglyBands arrived... I mean, MagicBands 2.0 (And: comparing the new & old band sizes)
Flight Number Change!
Are We There Yet? Single Digit Countdown!
Updated Countdown - aka, my head exploded and stuff didn't get done.
Almost There!
Pre-Trip Planning done - check out The Zombie Guide to Disney for the actual trip report!
First, I'm going to preface this by saying that before this year, I never really had a desire to go to WDW. Part of it was that we couldn't ever afford it growing up, so I kinda put it out of my mind, and also I had this idea in my head that Disney was for families with kids. Right now I'm making decent money both at my day job and through an editing business that I started in 2015, so we can actually afford to go and even splurge a little. But what originally prompted my desire to plan this trip was seeing that my parents took my other brothers and sister and their families to WDW...and didn't invite me & my husband. We were bummed, but then decided that it was an opportunity to plan a trip for ourselves, where we could do what WE wanted and not have to worry about other people's plans or itineraries. Reading about Disney over the past six or so months and researching all of our options, I have completely fallen in love and can't wait to go!
So this is going to be a trip for me & my husband as we celebrate our fourth anniversary. We're both in our 30s but we're going to be kids for a week!
Our trip is for eight nights starting Feb 1, 2017: the first night at CSR and the rest at POFQ. The night at CSR ended up being a recent addition, since when I was looking at plane tickets I discovered that it was actually cheaper to fly first class on Feb 1st instead of regular on Feb 2nd, which was the date we originally planned to fly down. We wanted to fly direct on our way down, which limited us to Delta. We prefer Southwest, though, so are taking that back since we don't care if we have a layover on the way back.
Here is our itinerary so far:
Wednesday Feb 1st: Fly Delta first class from Michigan to Orlando - we're flying during lunch time and the flight is just long enough that they're going to feed us, so that's great. We'll arrive at MCO just after 1pm. Take ME to CSR. We have ADRs at Whispering Canyon Cafe at 6:30pm, so we'll take park transportation around and peek at some of the resorts on the way.
Thursday Feb 2nd: Check out of CSR and drop off our luggage at bell services so they can transport it to POFQ for us, and then go over to DAK for the day. ADR at Boma at 5pm and then back to DAK for Rivers of Light if it's open. If not, we'll probably just head to POFQ.
Friday Feb 3rd: Planning to go to Epcot this day... no ADRs. We'll just do QS. Want to go on Soarin' and Test Track for sure, and walk around the Pavilions for the different countries. Cronut is on my list of things I shouldn't eat but will anyway.
Saturday Feb 4th: Magic Kingdom! ADRs at BOG for lunch. Lots of wandering around. Haunted Mansion is on my must-see list as well as the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse since that was one of my favorite movies growing up.
Sunday Feb 5th: Taking an uber to Universal Studios. Drag husband around Diagon Alley, buy an interactive wand, and look like a dork using it everywhere. Oh, yeah, look at other stuff around the park. Ride the Hogwarts Express at least twice.
Monday Feb 6th: Taking an uber to Universal Studios. Drag husband around Hogsmeade and drink lots of butterbeer. Oh yeah, look at other stuff around the park.
Tuesday Feb 7th: sleep in, go to Epcot in the afternoon and stay for evening extra magic hours.
Wednesday Feb 8th: sleep in, go to MK in the afternoon and stay for evening extra magic hours.
Thursday, Feb 9th: fly back (via Southwest)
We're skipping DHS this time because it gives us a reason to come back in a few years when Star Wars Land is complete.
It's almost time for us to make FastPass+ selections, so I'm going to start having the husband watch YouTube videos of the rides to see what ones he's interested in the most that we might need FP+ for.
Update links!
Okay, so let me introduce myself a little bit.
Short Mumblings: Fast Pass+
Short Mumblings: Changes to ADRs
MagicBand Purchase!
Short Mumblings: Fast Pass+ Part 2
Lanyard Surgery
Finally putting in my vacation request!
Online trip countdown froze and I got scared
ME tags, MagicBand customization, and I thnk I'm talking to myself...
UglyBands arrived... I mean, MagicBands 2.0 (And: comparing the new & old band sizes)
Flight Number Change!
Are We There Yet? Single Digit Countdown!
Updated Countdown - aka, my head exploded and stuff didn't get done.
Almost There!
Pre-Trip Planning done - check out The Zombie Guide to Disney for the actual trip report!
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