Hi all! First PTR. Also first time actually planning a Disney vacation 
. Bear with me, I have a toddler and my brain is just mush right now. But! let me tell you, I am super sharp my with colors, numbers and animal sounds; so those details will be on point 
A little about us. DH is a vice principle at a high school and I am a sahm to our almost 2 y/o.
I grew up going to Disney and thought it was a normal, this is what everyone does for vacation (my aunt lived driving distance to Disney when I was little and then we made a few trips when I was in HS). My DH has a Disney obsessed aunt and went on a few trips when he was younger, but doesn't really remember them, because, you know, teenage angst...
We went on our first trip together in 2010 stayed in the AKL and he planned dinning and we worked our days out around that. We got married at Disney in Dec 2011 and this will be our second real trip back (we made a day trip on our way down to our delayed honeymoon cruise).
We are very laid back and pretty much go with the flow and always get done what we want. But I decided it is time to actually get a skeleton plan together so we can move through the parks with more purpose since our little guy can't sleep in his Baby Bjorn while we wait in line this time,
I actually subscribed to touring plans and am loving it because everything is in one place and I don't have to create spreadsheets myself AND it goes directly to my phone via the app. All wins. I am hoping by laying out our plans here I will feel like I have actually accomplished something, rather than feeling like a lemming walking into a brick wall over and over again trying to get to point b.
On to our trip: We are staying at CBR, April 6-12. I am so excited! I bounced back and forth between POR, CBR, and CSR for WEEKS, as in was getting close to missing the discounts. Ended up with CBR because of the island in the middle with the play ground and the kiddie pool. My parents are also joining us on this trip and they will be staying at POR.
As of this moment our set plans are:
Monday
arrive around 630am, drop bags off at CBR (we can do that right?) and head to WL for 730am breakfast ADR at Whispering Canyon Cafe. Depending on the temperature, we will head back to CBR to explore and play (more coffee?)(definitely more coffee). We will head to DTD and walk around and head to Disney Quest, a first for us and we are super excited! No set lunch yet, we may try the Dinosaur restaurant. Hopefully we can check in to our room early, not counting on this, so we can get mister down for a nap
lmao: like naps are going to happen). We may head back to DQ or just hang out by the pool, depends on what little man seems most excited about. Definitely an early bedtime.
Tuesday
Up early, grab coffee and something easy to eat and get to HS around 45 minutes prior to RD. We typically drive ourselves, which may kind of defeat the purpose of staying on property but it works for us. We also had a CB meal at H&V but I canceled it since LO doesn't know the characters there and I don't think having a early ADR will actually help us out in the morning, especially if they alter the time the park opens.
We will (ideally) get FP+ for TSMM, the frozen sing a long
, and Lights Motor Action. I am thinking we will go straight to TSMM then over to RR and do child swap. Then the rest of the day will be shows and characters. Lo LOVES beauty and the beast, Cars, and Elsa. I am SO excited for him to see Mater and Lightning McQueen. SO exited. He flipped out at Christmas when he got the Mater Car pack where the cars are all dressed up like pro wrestlers and the dvd. Also as a side note, I would like to make it clear that it is my DH fault that Lo loves Elsa. He got Lo hooked on the "Let it Go" youtube video.
I naively thought, oh I am going to miss this Frozen craze! I have a boy and he isn't even 2 (read: very little tv). But nooo, I have frozen stuck in my head like everyone else. (team tangled here haha
)
We should be done with our first day of HS wants by 3 (will be going back with my parents for Fantastmic! later in the week) from this point I can't decided if we will go to DAK and do dinner at RFC, close the park and enjoy another early night or if we will take a break at the hotel and then head to MK for MSEP and Wishes.
ThursdayLo Birthday!!
Start at DAK. Ride Safari. Ride the Train to Rafiki's planet watch. Stay on train for rest of the day because TRAIN! Hopefully make it off train for the adults to ride EE and Dinosaur and also to eat and have some drinks. I have lunch ADR for Yak and Yeti but may change it. More than likely we will end up in the RFC because we do love it. Cant decide from here if we will go to epcot for Illuminations or HS for Fantasmic!.
The rest of the week is up in the air. The current possible line up is:
Wednesday:EMH @ MK for a train ride and maybe Jungle Cruise or Pirates and HM. and then hop over to epcot for the remainder of the day and to meet my parents.
FridayMK? Ak? HS for fantasmic?
SaturdayAK? nighttime emh @MK?
Well this is as far as it goes for me at the moment!
Regan
. Bear with me, I have a toddler and my brain is just mush right now. But! let me tell you, I am super sharp my with colors, numbers and animal sounds; so those details will be on point A little about us. DH is a vice principle at a high school and I am a sahm to our almost 2 y/o.
I grew up going to Disney and thought it was a normal, this is what everyone does for vacation (my aunt lived driving distance to Disney when I was little and then we made a few trips when I was in HS). My DH has a Disney obsessed aunt and went on a few trips when he was younger, but doesn't really remember them, because, you know, teenage angst...
We went on our first trip together in 2010 stayed in the AKL and he planned dinning and we worked our days out around that. We got married at Disney in Dec 2011 and this will be our second real trip back (we made a day trip on our way down to our delayed honeymoon cruise).We are very laid back and pretty much go with the flow and always get done what we want. But I decided it is time to actually get a skeleton plan together so we can move through the parks with more purpose since our little guy can't sleep in his Baby Bjorn while we wait in line this time,
I actually subscribed to touring plans and am loving it because everything is in one place and I don't have to create spreadsheets myself AND it goes directly to my phone via the app. All wins. I am hoping by laying out our plans here I will feel like I have actually accomplished something, rather than feeling like a lemming walking into a brick wall over and over again trying to get to point b.
On to our trip: We are staying at CBR, April 6-12. I am so excited! I bounced back and forth between POR, CBR, and CSR for WEEKS, as in was getting close to missing the discounts. Ended up with CBR because of the island in the middle with the play ground and the kiddie pool. My parents are also joining us on this trip and they will be staying at POR.
As of this moment our set plans are:
Monday
arrive around 630am, drop bags off at CBR (we can do that right?) and head to WL for 730am breakfast ADR at Whispering Canyon Cafe. Depending on the temperature, we will head back to CBR to explore and play (more coffee?)(definitely more coffee). We will head to DTD and walk around and head to Disney Quest, a first for us and we are super excited! No set lunch yet, we may try the Dinosaur restaurant. Hopefully we can check in to our room early, not counting on this, so we can get mister down for a nap
lmao: like naps are going to happen). We may head back to DQ or just hang out by the pool, depends on what little man seems most excited about. Definitely an early bedtime.Tuesday
Up early, grab coffee and something easy to eat and get to HS around 45 minutes prior to RD. We typically drive ourselves, which may kind of defeat the purpose of staying on property but it works for us. We also had a CB meal at H&V but I canceled it since LO doesn't know the characters there and I don't think having a early ADR will actually help us out in the morning, especially if they alter the time the park opens.
We will (ideally) get FP+ for TSMM, the frozen sing a long
, and Lights Motor Action. I am thinking we will go straight to TSMM then over to RR and do child swap. Then the rest of the day will be shows and characters. Lo LOVES beauty and the beast, Cars, and Elsa. I am SO excited for him to see Mater and Lightning McQueen. SO exited. He flipped out at Christmas when he got the Mater Car pack where the cars are all dressed up like pro wrestlers and the dvd. Also as a side note, I would like to make it clear that it is my DH fault that Lo loves Elsa. He got Lo hooked on the "Let it Go" youtube video. I naively thought, oh I am going to miss this Frozen craze! I have a boy and he isn't even 2 (read: very little tv). But nooo, I have frozen stuck in my head like everyone else. (team tangled here haha)We should be done with our first day of HS wants by 3 (will be going back with my parents for Fantastmic! later in the week) from this point I can't decided if we will go to DAK and do dinner at RFC, close the park and enjoy another early night or if we will take a break at the hotel and then head to MK for MSEP and Wishes.
ThursdayLo Birthday!!
Start at DAK. Ride Safari. Ride the Train to Rafiki's planet watch. Stay on train for rest of the day because TRAIN! Hopefully make it off train for the adults to ride EE and Dinosaur and also to eat and have some drinks. I have lunch ADR for Yak and Yeti but may change it. More than likely we will end up in the RFC because we do love it. Cant decide from here if we will go to epcot for Illuminations or HS for Fantasmic!.
The rest of the week is up in the air. The current possible line up is:
Wednesday:EMH @ MK for a train ride and maybe Jungle Cruise or Pirates and HM. and then hop over to epcot for the remainder of the day and to meet my parents.
FridayMK? Ak? HS for fantasmic?
SaturdayAK? nighttime emh @MK?
Well this is as far as it goes for me at the moment!
Regan
haha
