Family Babymoon 2016!

[victoriam1119]

Hi!

I figure I'll start with introductions, so here goes!



I'm Victoria, 26, full time student, and mom of 3 soon to be 4! This will be a babymoon for the whole family! Disney addict and frequent visitor, we went to Disney almost every year during my childhood! I took my first trip as a parent this past September in 2015 and I'm obsessed!



The hubs, Ryan, 26, works full time to support my daydreams and has only been twice to Disney, for my 18th birthday and our trip this last year. He liked 7DMT, and could eat funnel cakes all day. I plan on making him an addict, one trip at a time.



William, 8, loves the rides and is excited to count down this trip. His favorite ride is Buzz Lightyear at the moment, though it was Haunted Mansion for a minute. He refuses to ride Tower of Terror more than once, but I was proud of him for riding Everest with both me and the hubs.



Elizabeth, 4, is just barely tall enough to ride most things, but she made it! Princess of the family, she was pretty shy around the characters last trip, but hopefully will recognize them this year and open up! She's excited to ride a few more things this year, but is strongly opposed to the heat. She calls the resort our apartment, and is looking forward to some pool time!



Last but not least, Logan, 2, is our little adventurer. He was SO excited to see all the characters last year and was the most interactive. He rode more than I thought he would be able to, thanks to so many rides with no height restrictions. He was not a fan of Peter Pan, it was too dark for him. He loves him some Mickey and we plan on seeing him a lot this trip!



Baby #4 is due to arrive early November, making her an honorary traveler and I'll be 34 weeks on our visit! The picture of my daughters face on 7DMT is pretty much how I feel about this. Haha!



So now for some trip basics!
When? September 24th- October 1st.
Where? CBR & AOA

We had to split the trip because of the free dining promotion availability, but we're excited about ending our trip with lots of pool time at AOA.

I'm going to try and break up these posts and put links like all the threads I love to read, but it may take me a minute to figure it out!

Next post will be our tentative itinerary, and our ADR's!

 

[victoriam1119]

Tentative Itinerary & ADRs

We debated saving money by driving, and the ability to stop at the beach on our way home, but we just don't like the idea of starting our vacation already tired from a 14 hour drive. So, flying it is!!! Luckily tickets are less than $600 for all 5 of us, so that makes it an easy choice! The kids did really well last year on the plane, so we are hoping for the same this year.



As far as dining reservations, we only have a few TS planned, still need to figure out a breakfast one. We aren't big breakfast people, so we plan on having pop tarts, cereal, or quick Mickey waffles.

Here's our potential schedule..will probably change a dozen more times before our trip, but that's okay!

Saturday 24th- check in at noon. We plan on hanging out by the pool for a few hours and then heading to Epcot!

Sunday 25th- early ADR means empty castle pictures on this morning at MK! Plan to spend most the day here until the Festival of Fantasy parade, then head back to the resort. If we're feeling up to it, head to DTD for dinner that night.
Breakfast- BOG 8am
Lunch- Crystal Palace
Dinner- QS

Monday 26th- This day is going to largely depend on how much I can walk at 34 weeks along, but right now it's our 4parks 1day challenge day! I have a list of a few things to accomplish at each park before hopping to another, including a midday break! I'll put that in another post by itself!
Lunch- QS
Dinner- QS

Tuesday 27th- I'm assuming we'll be EXHAUSTED after our challenge day, so this is our off day. Hang out by the pool, visit the arcade, and SLEEP.
Lunch- QS
Dinner- 1900PF

Wednesday 28th- We get to sleep in a little bit this day, because we'll be going around the WS which doesn't open until 11 anyway, so planning to get there around noon. This is also our resort change day, so we will leave our luggage at the front when we head out and will be at AOA the rest of our trip! Grab some lunch in the World showcase and then head to HS for dinner and Fantasmic.
Lunch- QS (or maybe Via Napoli)
Dinner- Hollywood and Vine



Thursday 29th- Sleeping in, again. What can I say, we aren't morning people. Lol. Crossing my fingers that all the AK nighttime rumors do in fact run into the fall, so we won't head to AK until the late afternoon. First time at the AOA pool so we plan on being lazy until around 2.
Lunch- QS
Dinner- QS (Flame Tree?)



Friday 30th- Once again..sleeping in! It's becoming a pattern. This is our MNSSHP night, so we have until 4 before we need to be at the park. We can do last minute DTD shopping, the pool, whatever we decide until the party time. Excited about picking some family costumes for this. It was an epic fail last year because of the party selling out and changing days, it messed up our schedule for the rest of the week. This time, I'm buying early and preparing for the chaos. Wrapping up our trip with Hallowishes and a Mickey ice cream bucket sounds like a good idea to me!
Lunch- QS
Dinner- QS

Saturday, Oct 1st- We go home! So sad. We won't have to leave for the airport until noon, so we will probably hit the pool one last time in the morning. Then, it'll be time to plan our trip for 2017 of course!

It looks packed when I write it here, but we have a lot of down time and for the most part everything can be adjusted since we don't have to work around too many ADRs.

99 DAYS!!!! Hooray!!!!

 

[victoriam1119]

4 Parks, 1 Day Disney Challenge!!!

I have to say that I'm really excited to attempt this, even if we don't quite finish! Since we would have visited EP and MK with fast passes already, our fast passes will be at HS. We want do at least 3 things at each park, plus meet a character, and grab some snacks or food! We're going to try and meet characters that are unique to the park, but really we are just going to do the shortest wait!

Park 1: HS!
Rides: ToyStoryMania, Tower of Terror, and RocknRollercoaster are on the plans here.
Shows: DisneyJr Live!
Estimated time: 9am-11am.

Park 2: AK!
Rides: Everest, Kali Rapids, and Primeval Whirl
Shows: It's Tough to be a Bug
Estimated time: 11:30-2pm

Hoping we can get out of AK a little before 2 to have more time at the resort, but planning QS lunch there.
Resort Break: 2:30-4:30

Park 3: EP!
Rides: Test Track, Seas with Nemo, Spaceship Earth.
*We are staying in the FutureWorld area of EP for this challenge*
Estimated time: 5-7pm

Park 4: MK!
Rides: Buzz Lightyear
Shows: Monsters, Inc Laugh Floor
Fireworks: Wishes!
Estimated time: 7:30-9pm

We'll be using MDE to help with estimating wait times as we walk around the parks, but I think this will be one of our most fun days!