Itinerary for 19 (more or less) what do you think?

[suevee]

Arriving in MCO at 8:25 am on March 2 there will be 11 (L6 adults and 5 children) of us. We will pick up our cars and head to SoG.

March 2
MK day
10:30 am check into rooms get Stars and stripes passes for some, annual passes for others.
11:45 lunch at Chrystel Palace to start with Winnie the pooh.
After lunch some will make a WalMart run while others start touring with kids.
Dinner is counter or SoG
End with Wishes and swim at pool

March 3
Epcot day
Four more arrive (2 adults, 2 kids)
Lunch at Garden Grill for 15
Rest at hotel
Dinner individual planning
Back to Epcot for Illuminations

March 4
MGM day
Four MORE arrive (3 adults, 1 kid, now we have 19)
Early Fantasmic dinner at Hollywood and Vine for 19
Breakfast and Lunch individual choice
7:30 Fantasmic

March 5
AK/MK day
Morning at Ak
Everyone on own for breakfast and lunch
Resort/Pool break
Dinner at Ohana's for 19
Evening at MK for EE night

March 6
Epcot/Swimpark/Mk day
Breakfast at 8:40 with the Princesses at Epcot
Over to Typhoon Lagoon
Back to Resort
Then over to MK
DH and I will take all 8 kids so other adults can have an adult evening out!

March 7
Seaworld/ Universal Day (Here we are splitting up)
Also we will lose 5 today (2 adults and 3 kids so we are down to 14)
Free day for meals.

March 8
Epcot/MK
Lunch at Garden Grill for 12
Adding 2 (Great-grandpa and fiance) at 3pm
Dinner at Whispering Canyon
Free evening for swimming or back to a park

March 9
Losing GGP and F so back to 14
Free day
Maybe DDD, DQ and or SwimPark

March 10
MK
8 am Chrystel Palace for those that want to be first in park.
Then free for all

March 11
Last big meal at Whispering Canyon for 14
Last day to visit favorites

March 12
LEAVING EARLY TILL JUNE!!!!!

 

[ms.ojo]

I've never traveled w/ such a large group but your plans sound very good to me. The only caution I'd throw in is your arrival day, that seems tight to me. Checking into a hotel can take time. Will you be relying on Disney transportation or do you have your own car? I LOVE Disney transportation, but I don't think you can check in, and get to Crystal Palace as quickly as that. But maybe I'm wrong, SOG is pretty close to MK. Otherwise, sounds like a wonderful trip!!!

 

[dandelion garden]

March 6
DH and I will take all 8 kids so other adults can have an adult evening out!

8 kids?! They should nominate you for sainthood for that.

Wow, sounds like a wonderful, whirlwind of a trip. Hope you have a great time!

 

[Karnak]

Wow! Nice job. I wouldn't attempt such an itinerary for a group this large at WDW, but you have given it a nice effort.

Several years ago I used to plan an annual itinerary for a group of about 100 high school seniors spending two days in D.C., one day in Baltimore, and four days in New York City. (Did that trip 16 times as a matter of fact, as we traveled from a Kentucky high school) Annual Senior Trip, don't you know.

But planning an itinerary for a large group at Disney? I wouldn't attempt it.

Good luck.

Enjoy.


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[DisneyDiva2006]

This may be a dumb question but what are the stars and stripes passes?

 

[suevee]

Thanks for the positive feedback!

Mrs Ojo- Our plane arrives in MCO at 8:25 am. We are renting cars. We will divide up and some get the cars while the others take care of the luggage. We will take 417 to get to WDW and should be at SoG by 10 to 10:30 am. There we will split up again, with DH doing the checkin with bags (all the rooms are paid for) while I take others to get their passes. So I think we will have no trouble hitting MK by 11:30 am. Wish us luck!!!!

Dandelion - three of the kids are our grandchildren and the rest are well behaved! We will probably just spend the evening at the pool, order pizza then an early night. We will have 2 connecting rooms, so we will just pile the kids in. Also I have been a daycare provider for 25 years, so the kids listen to me pretty well.

Karnak - 100 high school seniors in DC? I live near DC. YOU deserve the medal!!! WDW is nothing compared to that. Also I only have 8 kids ( 23 months to 10 years) and 11 adults. Much easier than your feat!

We have less than three weeks to wait. It really has helped me to post this itinerary and get your feedback. Makes the waiting easier. Thank you

 

[suevee]

The stars and stripes pass is available to military and their guests. It is like the old Ultimate park hopper pass. It allows you access to all the parks, waterparks, DQ, etc. for a consecutive amount of days. Con - there is no rest days built in. You use it or lose it. Pros - You have more freedom to check everything out, change your plans, or take advantage of unlimited visits to DQ, waterparks and PI. Also it is cheaper than MYW pass with the add ons.

 

[Poohbeck]

My only suggestion is to give yourselves more time on arrival day.

We did SOG Nov. 04, 10 of us, and our rooms were not ready when we got there. I think check in is at 3pm. I believe our rooms were ready at 2pm. Until our rooms were ready, we camped out at the pool, changed in the bathrooms and had lunch poolside. If it was just one room that was needed, they probably could have accomadated us quicker, but, we needed three, and wanted to be close together.

Have fun!

 

[suevee]

Thanks for your suggestion. We do plan on taking this day pretty easy.

When we check in at 10:30am we just plan to leave our bags there. We don't expect our rooms to be ready untill after 3pm. We plan to visit MK while we are waiting. Around 1pm DH and I will take everyone's list and go to Walmart for the extras. We should be back at the resort by 3:30 to 4pm. Our rooms should be ready by then. We will pick up dinner at SoG unpack then head back to MK for the fireworks.

 

[CarolA]

I took a group of 12 to Europe last year. My advice. EVERYTHING will take at least half an hour longer then it should.... Just plan on it! And LEAVE the tardy folks behind....(They will learn)

 

[SnoWhiteRabbit]

Rock on Great Grandpa

...good for him for making the trip, with his *fiance* no less. Hope you ALL have a magical time together!

 

[suevee]

Fiancee is a surprise to us as my mother died less than a year ago. They were happily married for 55 years. That is why we had originally planned this trip to help us all remember her together.

However, after mom died dad stopped exercising, started to drink a little to much and was so depressed. We were very worried. He is 76 years old. Then this 70 year old widow met him at a grief support group. She had been married for over 40 plus years and had lost her husband two years ago.

She made him laugh again. He started to take care of himself again. They plan to be married in June. They don't believe in cohabitation and are very proper. They won't be sharing a room at WDW. (to much info for me)She is a very nice lady and will help us keep our father around for a long time!!!! But, I miss my mom so much........