. I am with you on wishing February was DONE! 
LOVED the mini TR, Pictures are wonderful! 
Do you do most of your going from place to place by your own vehicle? Or do you mostly use the Disney transportation system? I want to plan more hopping around into our trip - we've randomly done it in the past but have found ourselves mostly in one park per day and base ADR's on that park. And we've not ever had a vehicle there with us to consider that over Disney transportation but there have been times we wished that we did. Just wondering if a rental is worth it in that regard?
Sci Fi Diner - love their quirky movie clips - kids do, too!
We are on the 'every 2 year' visit as well. It will be 2 years this May since our last trip, so technically, it will have been 2.5 years by December. So I know exactly what you mean by savoring every little bit... seems to go by far too fast. Your trip plans sound great! The relaxing bit seems to be fitting in well!!
Just joined and read through your PTR...and the mini TRI'm planning on taking my niece to BBB, hopefully she enjoys it as much as your little princess.
We will also be staying at POR with 7 family members. Maybe one day we can do a BIG family trip. The kids would definitely love it. Good luck with all your planning...can't wait to read more!
I am not exactly organizing anything, though. We are kinda all making plans and crossing paths, KWIM?And still reading
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Travel Itinerary- It's safe to say this will change many times! But that's what this PTR is for. Thinking aloud. Well, thinking in type would be more accurate.
June 22: Put kids in the car at about 4am. Drive and drive until we hit the Florida border. It should take us about 12 hours. MIL and FIL will be caravaning with us.
June 23: Leave hotel by 7am. Hope to arrive in Orlando by early afternoon. Check in at Best Western (it's on property but I'm not sure WHERE) for the night. We DIDN'T do this last time and regret it. We wasted an entire 3/4 day. This time we decided that we wanted to have an entire day at the park on our first day in order to get the most of our stay. Back on track...check in at Best Western. Then we are going to take a DVC tour. JUST TO LOOK!
June 24: Disney Hollywood Studio- rope drop. MUST dos: Toy Story Mania. We want to do ToT and RRC, but will probably wait until the bigger group is with us. We have another DHS day planned later in the week. Sophie is dead set AGAINST ToT. I know she'll love it. I think her 11 and 13 year old cousins can convince her later. PLUS, let's give her some time to get into the "magic." First days can be hard. We have a 4pm ADR at 50's Prime Time Cafe. Head to Port Orleans Riverside after dinner to check in, unpack, swim, explore, relax, etc. Since we aren't aiming to hit the BIG ones at DHS, we can aim to be a bit more relaxed. Hoping for an earlyish bedtime.
Up Next: June 25-June 27
We're going in June (early June) too and also leaving at 4am. Though you might want to recalculate that 12 hours to the Florida border. It will be more like 16. We always love to stay in Valdosta which is the last town in Georgia. Then we stop at the Florida welcome center in the morning to get our first taste of Florida (literally free OJ). It's about a 3 hour drive from there to Disney.
Is it Sophie's first time on ToT? Only half a day at Animal Kingdom? I would have thought your kids could spend half a day just in the Boneyard.
I JUST booked Pirate's League for all three kids at 9am! Sophie is PSYCHED. She was waffling between BBB and not doing anything at all. Then she saw a few youtube videos with girls doing Pirates League and she almost peed in her pants. She's super excited. Ethan is excited as well, but he only wants to do it if he can be a "good" pirate. I'll have to talk to the CMs there and make sure they are gentle with him and lay off of anything scary. Finn doesn't want to do this at all. But I know he will once he sees the other two. I have the reservation for all three, but will cancel within the 24 hours if he is adamant. 
It was fun walking around the park afterwards as well, everyone kept ooohing and awwwing the girls, they loved it!
I think you might have convinced me to do it. That's a good idea scheduling it early. We just talked about it again tonight and my husband said he wants to try it with my son so worse comes to worse, if the little one can't stay settled, I will take her out and do something while he stays with my son and does the Pirate's League. We are traveling with others too so we could always spend time with them on attractions.
Pirate's League sounds like a great alternative to BBB, for someone Sophie's age. I'm sure they will all be some of the most fearsome pirates around.
Good move on leaving before the 4th of July. That's one Disney experience I don't want.
My DD's loved Pirate's League! And don't worry about warning them to be gentle...they are fun, and cute and totally go with the vibe of your kid! I know that my DD's would do this again in a heartbeat, they had sooooo much fun! We did too now that I remember, there was a "pirate" CM who wasn't busy, so he started stealing the boxes around the shop and built a desk so that he could start "taking inventory" of all the booty laying around the shop!! We weren't sure what he was doing at first, but once we figured it out...he was so much fun to watch with his pretend paper and pencil counting everything in the shop!!
Got some funny looks that night!!
