I admit it......

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

I just couldn't handle it and I planned out my solo trip today. I have come to understand that I am just not the fly by the seat of your pants tourist type. I have to have a plan.

I don't think that anyone here could understand just how much better I feel having done this, well maybe Jackskellingtonsgirl, but the rest of you, I am not so sure.

04/24/09 Friday
Day off with Corey
Load the car

04/25/09 Saturday
Drive to WDW
Check into POP
Dinner at Everything POP

4/26/09 Sunday
EP Crowd Level: 7
Up at 6:30 am
Breakfast at Everything POP
Be there for rope drop at 9:00 am
Check out the Enviromentality event at F&G Fest
Lunch at Rose and Crown Pub
Do a Kim Possible Mission or two
Dinner at Lotus Blossom Cafe
See Harold Melvin's Blue Notes at 7:45 pm

04/27/09 Monday
MK Crowd Level: 5
up at 6:30 am
Breakfast at Everything POP
Be there for rope drop at 9:00 am
Lunch at Pecos Bill's
Afternoon Parade at 3:00 pm
Dinner at Columbia Harbor House
Wishes at 9:00 pm

04/28/09 Tuesday
AK Crowd Level: 5
up at 6:30 am
Breakfast at Everything POP
Be there for rope drop at 9:00 am
Lunch at Flame Tree BBQ
AK closes at 5:00 pm
Go to DTD
Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express

04/29/09 Wednesday
DHS (am) Crowd Level: 5
EP (pm)
up at 6:30 am
Breakfast at Everything POP
Be there for rope drop at 9:00 am
Lunch at Hollywood Brown Derby
Hop to EP whenever to escape the crowds there for F!
Do a Kim Possible Mission or two
Dinner at Sunshine Seasons

04/30/09 Thursday
TL Crowd Level: 6
Up at 7:00 am
Drive to the Poly
Breakfast Kona Cafe
Go to TL afterwards
Bus to DTD
Dinner at Bongos

05/01/09 Friday
DHS (am) Crowd Level: 8
EP (pm)
Up at 6:30 am
Breakfast at Everything POP
Go to DHS
Hop to EP no later than 12:00 pm
Lunch at Chefs de France to see Remy!
Do a Kim Possible Mission or two
See Chubby Checker at 7:45 pm
Dinner at Tangierine Cafe
IllumiNations at 9:00 pm

05/02/09 Saturday
Check out of POP
Pick up coffee from BadAss Coffee Company in Orlando
Drive Home

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Hey. Who knows you better than you? If you want a plan, a plan you shall have.

So then? Ya' gonna' share it with us?

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

This information pleases me. Good job!!

 

[dustyraye]

I don't think that anyone here could understand just how much better I feel having done this, well maybe Jackskellingtonsgirl, but the rest of you, I am not so sure.

I'm on version #20 of the planning workbook for our upcoming trip, so I totally get it. I can't imagine going without any kind of plan.

How much detail do you plan? Are you going to share your plan with us?

 

[rcostello1]

I used to have color-coded spreadsheets. But now I've chilled out and just wing it.

When I travel to non-WDW/DCL places I always have a Google map though. You never know what you'll need so I map it all out. I can find all the WalMarts, Targets, Sams, Costcos, Best Buys, Dillards...well, you name it. Shopping is a very important vacation activity!

 

[TinkerChelle]

I love planning our trips-it actually is part of the whole disney experience for me. I love spreadsheets! graphs! research! itineraries! In fact, the family is going with out dp and myself this June for a week and a half. They stink!...but I digress. They are lost without my planning expertise....they said SO!

I have considered starting the planning for March 2010...now that's crazy!

Yes.....please share your plans.....

 

[Uncle Remus]

I agree, a major part of the fun is plannin' the trip, my goodness, if we didn't do that, we'd have never ended up here at DIS.

So Lindy, what's the plan?
You got any special foods ya wanna eat while there?

 

[zeitzeuge]

Ah so you caved!

Thats ok. I know when we go to WDW next year (yes, we've decided that we're finally making it back out there) that I'm going to have to organize the entire trip. There's just too many parks and way too much stuff to see and do to NOT organize it.

Disneyland on the otherhand, we don't organize at all. We just show up. Except for our next trip which we're going to be juggling DL with D23 Expo as well as Club 33. But I'm resisting to over organize.

Share with us!

 

[soulmates]

I too am a planner...for me, it IS apart of the whole experience. I love ALL the research involved! I'm a control freak, and I could NEVER go on vacation without plans, just couldn't do it. I'm so outta control, I keep index cards in my fanny bag!! My family joked me last trip, UNTIL we got there...those darn notes saved us SO many times!! We were in ALL the right places at ALL the right times!! To me, time at Disney is precious!

 

[Uncle Remus]

Okay, I confess, I carry a small tablet with Disney details, but no, I won't wear a fanny pack, makes my fanny look big...ger.

 

[zeitzeuge]

We both just program our phones with alarms throughout the day for Fantasmic, Parades, Fireworks, Dinner Res. Does that count as planning?

 

[Uncle Remus]

We both just program our phones with alarms throughout the day for Fantasmic, Parades, Fireworks, Dinner Res. Does that count as planning?

I'm writin' that down on my list of things to do, that's a great idea!

 

[zeitzeuge]

I'm writin' that down on my list of things to do, that's a great idea!

Thanks! It works pretty good. Better then trying to keep track of a bunch of papers, which usally get torn or wet or forgotten back in the hotelroom.

Our iphones even have applications that have maps of all of the parks, showing bathroom, attraction and restaurant locations as well as expected wait times, etc.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Thanks! It works pretty good. Better then trying to keep track of a bunch of papers, which usally get torn or wet or forgotten back in the hotelroom.

Our iphones even have applications that have maps of all of the parks, showing bathroom, attraction and restaurant locations as well as expected wait times, etc.

Hell, I can barely store a number, but I do know how to set the alarm.

Oh and I downloaded a ringtone a few months ago.





I know, I'm pitiful.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Thanks! It works pretty good. Better then trying to keep track of a bunch of papers, which usally get torn or wet or forgotten back in the hotelroom.

Our iphones even have applications that have maps of all of the parks, showing bathroom, attraction and restaurant locations as well as expected wait times, etc.

And yes, that's plannin', you're a planner!!

 

[zeitzeuge]

*sigh* And here I thought I was being spontaneous.

 

[rpmdfw]

Zeitzeuge, we're going to have to have an intervention for you!

 

[Uncle Remus]

*sigh* And here I thought I was being spontaneous.

Hey, can I mail ya my phone so ya can "plan" it for me?
I''ll include my notes.

 

[M4travels]

Our iphones even have applications that have maps of all of the parks, showing bathroom, attraction and restaurant locations as well as expected wait times, etc.

LOVE our iPhones but they are so under-utilized by us! Wanna share those applications????

 

[zeitzeuge]

Hey, can I mail ya my phone so ya can "plan" it for me?
I''ll include my notes.

Um, sure send it! LOL

LOVE our iPhones but they are so under-utilized by us! Wanna share those applications????

If you go to applications on your iphone and search Disney, you'll find the applications for each of the 4 parks in Florida, plus the two in California as well. I think they're 1.99 each. Very handy if you're not 100% sure where everything is or want to know what the average wait time is for specific rides.