Well I noticed today, that I have 31 days til I get to make my ADRs
Which is really exciting, since unlike last year.... 31 days til ADR day means my trip is in just 4 months... NOT 7
So I thought I'd give you all an idea of what I'm thinking of with ADRs and general plans. It's too early for 'actual' itinerary plans, since I have no idea what the hours will be. I am working under several assumptions at this point, just to get myself a starting point.... make sense??
Saturday... Arrival Day!! We are taking a 2pm flight, so i don't expect to get to Kidani til about 6pm. This is not a bad thing, since our room should be ready when we get there! I know I'm not making any ADRs for tonite. The parks are expected to be REALLY busy (UG has today listed as a '9')
So we have 2 options.
Option #1 hang out at the resort, eat at Mara, see the animals with the night vision goggles, get a good nite sleep
Option #2 go to MK for Spectro and Wishes. Yep it will be packed, but because of that, it will probably be open late. We could grab a bite to eat, see Wishes and the late parade, then head back. I love trying to get to MK on arrival day... it makes you feel like 'YAY! I'M HERE!!'
I like the idea of a relaxed evening.... but i have a hard time considering NOT seeing MK on arrival day. I probably won't decide at all which option, til we get there and see how every one feels
PARK DAYS I'm planning (loosely) 1 full day per park.
The general ADR plan for these days....
MK Day Whispering Canyon Cafe... We have never tried this one, but i think the kids will love the antics of the restaurant and the bottomless skillets will be perfect for my 'bottomless' nephews
AK Day O'hana... Allison wants to try this one, so we are going to try to work it into the plans. My thought is, unless, by some miracle, there is PM EMH on our AK day... it closes early, so we can just hop a bus from AK to the Poly for Dinner around closing time.
DHS Day 50's Prime Time Cafe... i want to try this one. i think it will be a hoot! The menu looks very appealing and i know the kids will find lots of things they like on this one!
Epcot Day Le Cellier (if we can get it) or Biergarten (if we can't)... Nanna loved le Cellier and that is her only request for dining... so i'm going to try... we will see how it works out. If we can't get it, Biergarten is my backup plan (for now). Ellie is entranced with Germany and has wanted to go there for a long time. It's a buffet with lots of meat... so that will make the boys happy
MVMCP Day yep we are doing the party!! it's the only WDW party I haven't experienced, so i can't just skip it! There are parties scheduled on 3 days while we are there. I'm leaning toward Thursday.... but the party date will be determined by when I can get Allison an appointment at BBB!!! She really wants to go to the boutique and get all gussied up for the party. Ellie decided she is much too mature for that, so it will just be Allison. I'm going to let her get the full deluxe package including the dress and everything... by next year, she may decide she's too mature for that stuff too... i want to do the whole kit and kaboodle now, just in case i don't get to do it with her later.
I'm hoping for an afternoon appointment maybe 3-4pm
ADR for today... Chef Mickey's! We can't go to WDW without going to CM. period. just can't do it! I'm leaning toward breakfast, but could do a 5pm Dinner if necessary and BBB is at 3pm.
The rest of the morning/afternoon will be a pool day for the kids ... I'll take Allison for her appointment, then everyone will meet up with us at MK
EXTRA DAY After all that, we have 1 more full touring day. I'm guessing, because of the kids, it will be split with DHS and Epcot. There is too much to do at Epcot to do it in 1 day... i know the girls want to play the Kim Possible game and they do enjoy Innovations as well. I'm tentitively planning Dinner at Garden Grill or at Mama Melrose. I think both menus look like something the kiddos will enjoy... plus again.... Garden Grill is bottomless, perfect for the bottomless boys
i like the idea of splitting the day between these 2 parks, because with just a little boat ride in between, we can flip flop it either direction morning/night depending on if we got to see Fantasmic/Illuminations earlier in the week. With Fantasmic only having limited showings these days, I'm definately making sure to get it in there, even if other things need tweaked to do it!
Departure Day!! We have a late flight, so we definaltely have park time this morning. So I'm thinking AK... since it is so close. hopefully breakfast at Tusker House (or Boma as a backup... they have a terrific breakfast buffet!) Putz around at AK til 1pm or so... then back to Kidani to catch ME to the airport!
What do you all think??? Starting to come together pretty good huh??
Paula
A glass of wine and bubble bath after a long day of park touring... there are worse ways to spend an evening...
ANYHOO! The point of this is that I follow the Owner's Locker people on Twitter. It's very amusing and I love his posts but everyday he will post the names of the lockers and such. I have seen some really good ones....like "Purple People Eater", "Retirement", "Tweedledee" and "Tweedledum", "Escape Kit". So my point is...what are you going to name your locker? It has to be a good one so I can see it on Twitter! 
But it's probably better that way... she worked some serious magic getting all of our September ones during FREE DINING!!
