Help me plan our trip!

[eventsdj]

I hope this is ok on this board!

We are going to DW Feb 5-11th. Staying at Pop. This is only our 2nd trip,and really the first one i've "planned". The first time I bought a book and we winged it.
It was fun, but we did not do a SINGLE sit down dinner!

SO, here is what I know. ANY tips are appreciated.

It is me, DH and our DD (4).

Day 1


We arrive in Orlando at 11 am on Tuesday (Feb. 5th) and between getting to our hotel, etc. plan on just hitting downtown disney, and eating dinner at Chef Mickeys, then to the hotel.

Day 2

Full Day at MK, I don't have any info. on magic hours yet (when do those come out???)

Day 3
Epcot, I know I would like breakfast at Kona Cafe (my neighbor has me dying to try Tonga Toast), but I am tossed between Kona and the character breakfast at O'hana. Any suggestions??

Day 4
Animal Kingdom

Day 5 and Day 6

I know we want to go to MGM, and back to MK, to re-visit and re-ride, but as far as the days are concerned, I don't know if it really matters, except I think it would be better for DD to end on a MK day.

OK, so its pretty lame, but that is all I have so far!

We will have the park hopper, and hope to use the EMH due to the parks closing earlier in Feb.
We don't necessarily need to do a sit down meal every day, but that would be the max if we did (one per day).
I am on the fence about Cinderella castle breakfast, just because of the cost, and dd can be pretty shy yet, and I'd hate to pay that for her to hide the whole time!
Thinking of BBB, I think she'd love that.

OK, so with that knowledge, feel free to add to the days and give me any input!!!

 

[princessreilly]

Ok I'm going in December and staying at Pop with DH, DD (5), DS (1) and my parents. I've made a lot of ADR.

Here are some:
BBB
CRT
GF Princess tea
CP
Spirit of Aloha
Tony's
Garden Grill

CRT is a must for little girls my DD loved it!
If I can help you with anything let me know!!!!

 

[mousescrapper]

Some good tips:

Definetly make first day (arrival) easy never know of plane delays, room not ready etc.

Your DD will love Chef Mickey's full of fun, music and lots of sights and food to please anyone (granted I've only done B there)

If your worried about doing CRT check out dinner at GF in 1900 Park Fare the evening character meal is with Cindy, Prince Charm and 2 mice friends, I haven't done it myself but got some good reponses from other posts and am planning that for my trip. This way if she is nervous, it's not as costly, though beit not in the castle.

My DD #2 was 2 1/2 on her first trip and was a little nervous about the characters except MM and MN, besides any "real" ones. So your DD probably will be fine.

Don't do MK on a Sat. always very crowded when we've been there, no matter the season.

MK of course,
MGM has some good kid friendly choices:
Playhouse Disney
Beauty and the Beast Show
Honey I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set
Voyage of the Little Mermaid and
Muppet Vision good and not good, if your daughter's a little scared in darker areas or for the 3D even I jump out of my seat
AK has some great choices in my opinion:
Festival of the Lion King
Nemo the Musical (new)
Flights of Wonder
The Boneyard
And Character meet and Greet Areas
at Epcot, your DD may love going to each country and get a passport stamp, mine all do! and there's plenty of kid play areas and activity centers on both sides. The new updated boat ride in the Mexico pav sounds good too.

As far as dinning, check out the menus here on the DIS site to help make decisions. We are going to the Poly next June and are planning on the O'Hana character meal mainly becuase of Lilo and Stitch, my DD 8 and DS 8 are both huge fans, but the food choices for B at Kona Cafe just sound to die for so thinking of doing that too one morning. If your daughter doesn't like Lilo and Stitch (even though MM and Goofy are there too) do Kona....JMO

Have fun in your planning and the EMH are posted on this Dis site as well as Disney now, there usually out 6-7 mo in advance. I recommend doing them, then taking breaks in the day, we've always had good luck.

Hope this is helpful. reply or pm if I can help any further, I 've gotten some great tips, etc from these boards and hope to help others too. It's fun.

Gotta lo need to make dinner, DH home

 

[eventsdj]

Thanks so much!l
Any feedback I get is helping greatly!

 

[OhMari]

I hope this is ok on this board!

We are going to DW Feb 5-11th. Staying at Pop. This is only our 2nd trip,and really the first one i've "planned". The first time I bought a book and we winged it.
It was fun, but we did not do a SINGLE sit down dinner!

SO, here is what I know. ANY tips are appreciated.

It is me, DH and our DD (4).

Day 1


We arrive in Orlando at 11 am on Tuesday (Feb. 5th) and between getting to our hotel, etc. plan on just hitting downtown disney, and eating dinner at Chef Mickeys, then to the hotel.

Day 2

Full Day at MK, I don't have any info. on magic hours yet (when do those come out???) Hours come out 6 months before. So hours should be posted now.

Day 3
Epcot, I know I would like breakfast at Kona Cafe (my neighbor has me dying to try Tonga Toast), but I am tossed between Kona and the character breakfast at O'hana. Any suggestions??I would do the character breakfast. I think the Tonga Toast is on the menu.

Day 4
Animal Kingdom The pizza at Pizzasafari is pretty good. Or take a break and go over to the Animal Kingdom and eat at Boma's.

Day 5 and Day 6

I know we want to go to MGM, and back to MK, to re-visit and re-ride, but as far as the days are concerned, I don't know if it really matters, except I think it would be better for DD to end on a MK day.

OK, so its pretty lame, but that is all I have so far!

We will have the park hopper, and hope to use the EMH due to the parks closing earlier in Feb.
We don't necessarily need to do a sit down meal every day, but that would be the max if we did (one per day).
I am on the fence about Cinderella castle breakfast, just because of the cost, and dd can be pretty shy yet, and I'd hate to pay that for her to hide the whole time!
Thinking of BBB, I think she'd love that.

OK, so with that knowledge, feel free to add to the days and give me any input!!!

I am going to move you to our pre-trip board, maybe you will receive more info.