Schneewittchen37
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December 4, 2024
Hey everyone! Long time disboard user. I think it’s time I did a pre-trip report.
I’m a reformed Disney addict who’s been to WDW 22 times since 1985. Most of my visits have been with DH, DS15 and DS12, though I’ve had a couple of solo visits during work trips to Orlando. I can be super compulsive about planning out my Disney and Universal trips, but I haven’t been to WDW since 2022. I was an expert at getting the most out of FP+, but I never got the hang of Genie+. And I’ll be honest, our last trip in April 2022 was not great. But I’m not going to dwell on that.
My next trip will be a little bit different. It will just be DD12 and I. Girls trip! When the two of us are just hanging out, going to the mall, etc. without the boys, we call it Mommy/Baby day. DH and DS did a boys only trip recently to NYC to celebrate DS’s birthday. I wanted to do something similar for DD. She’s been asking to go back to WDW for a while now and the boys aren’t really interested. I’m liking what I hear about LL’s, so I’m willing to give WDW another shot.
This next trip will be in February 2025, basically during President’s Day weekend. I know it will be busy, we’ve done WDW during all the crazy school holidays, it’s fine. Crowds are not a concern for us since we’ve basically done most things before.
Our main goals for this trip are 1. Try out the new rides/overlays we haven’t done yet (Tiana, Guardians of the Galaxy, Tron) and 2. Revisit old favorites that are getting shut down soon (Muppets, Dinosaur, Pizze Rizzo). We were park commandos for the longest time, rope drop to fireworks etc. every night. I guess I'll have to ask DD if she wants to do that or if she wants to do the afternoon room/pool break. (We had APs for one year, during that time we were alot more chill and did take afternoon breaks because I think we had ~20 park days that year.)
At this point, we’ve booked a stay at AoA in a Little Mermaid room with the help of a Dreams Unlimited travel agent. I let DD pick the resort. And I think the deciding factors for her were wanting to be in a Skyliner resort and the general cuteness of the room. I think she might even want to go for a jog around the lake.
It will be a 4 night stay with 3 park days. Yes, we’ll have hoppers. I’m thinking we’ll be doing LLMS and LLSP each day. We won’t do a dining plan, but I’m expecting us to do a QS lunch every day, a TS dinner every night. Breakfast might be in room coffee maker and Belvita bars, or just QS on the park days. I expect DD to demand that I buy a refillable popcorn bucket for our snack. On checkout day, I’m thinking a TS breakfast and either pool time or Disney Springs, I guess it just depends on the weather.
Our 60 day dining reservation window opens up soon, so that’s the next step in the planning process. The goal here is to have a night each in MK, EP and HS and experience the nighttime spectaculars, etc. I guess I might have to make assumptions about the hours for each day and the timing for the shows, and just make dinner reservations around that.
Here are the DD approved dinner locations. She likes buffets so she can just have mac n cheese and random vegetables with too much dessert. I think she still loves character meals but is too big to admit it:
MK dinner
1st choice - Crystal Palace
Backup - Tony’s Town Square
HS
1st choice - Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater (we’ve never been there before, do people like it?)
Backup - Hollywood and Vine
EP
1st choice - Garden Grill
Backup - Chefs de France
Hey everyone! Long time disboard user. I think it’s time I did a pre-trip report.
I’m a reformed Disney addict who’s been to WDW 22 times since 1985. Most of my visits have been with DH, DS15 and DS12, though I’ve had a couple of solo visits during work trips to Orlando. I can be super compulsive about planning out my Disney and Universal trips, but I haven’t been to WDW since 2022. I was an expert at getting the most out of FP+, but I never got the hang of Genie+. And I’ll be honest, our last trip in April 2022 was not great. But I’m not going to dwell on that.
My next trip will be a little bit different. It will just be DD12 and I. Girls trip! When the two of us are just hanging out, going to the mall, etc. without the boys, we call it Mommy/Baby day. DH and DS did a boys only trip recently to NYC to celebrate DS’s birthday. I wanted to do something similar for DD. She’s been asking to go back to WDW for a while now and the boys aren’t really interested. I’m liking what I hear about LL’s, so I’m willing to give WDW another shot.
This next trip will be in February 2025, basically during President’s Day weekend. I know it will be busy, we’ve done WDW during all the crazy school holidays, it’s fine. Crowds are not a concern for us since we’ve basically done most things before.
Our main goals for this trip are 1. Try out the new rides/overlays we haven’t done yet (Tiana, Guardians of the Galaxy, Tron) and 2. Revisit old favorites that are getting shut down soon (Muppets, Dinosaur, Pizze Rizzo). We were park commandos for the longest time, rope drop to fireworks etc. every night. I guess I'll have to ask DD if she wants to do that or if she wants to do the afternoon room/pool break. (We had APs for one year, during that time we were alot more chill and did take afternoon breaks because I think we had ~20 park days that year.)
At this point, we’ve booked a stay at AoA in a Little Mermaid room with the help of a Dreams Unlimited travel agent. I let DD pick the resort. And I think the deciding factors for her were wanting to be in a Skyliner resort and the general cuteness of the room. I think she might even want to go for a jog around the lake.
It will be a 4 night stay with 3 park days. Yes, we’ll have hoppers. I’m thinking we’ll be doing LLMS and LLSP each day. We won’t do a dining plan, but I’m expecting us to do a QS lunch every day, a TS dinner every night. Breakfast might be in room coffee maker and Belvita bars, or just QS on the park days. I expect DD to demand that I buy a refillable popcorn bucket for our snack. On checkout day, I’m thinking a TS breakfast and either pool time or Disney Springs, I guess it just depends on the weather.
Our 60 day dining reservation window opens up soon, so that’s the next step in the planning process. The goal here is to have a night each in MK, EP and HS and experience the nighttime spectaculars, etc. I guess I might have to make assumptions about the hours for each day and the timing for the shows, and just make dinner reservations around that.
Here are the DD approved dinner locations. She likes buffets so she can just have mac n cheese and random vegetables with too much dessert. I think she still loves character meals but is too big to admit it:
MK dinner
1st choice - Crystal Palace
Backup - Tony’s Town Square
HS
1st choice - Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater (we’ve never been there before, do people like it?)
Backup - Hollywood and Vine
EP
1st choice - Garden Grill
Backup - Chefs de France
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