Mother/Daughter X-Mas Pre-Trip Report

[jenkh]

What better way to celebrate 50 days until our trip then with a pre-trip report. This will end up being my first Trip Report and Dining Report, and I hope for it to be fun, detailed and have lot's of pictures!

Who: Me(21) and My Mom (45)

History:
We went to Disney for our first time ever last October (Me, mom and dad) It was supposed to be that dream come true trip. I had always always wanted to go. But it was just never feasible when I was younger. Then back in April 05 me and best friend began the very early stages on planning a trip to the world. She had been before, and knew I would just love it there. My mom caught wind of our plans and ended up booking the trip herself for me, her my dad and my friend.(Saying she could never let me go to disney for the first time without her) Unfortunatly my friend had to back out, but I still got to go. As soon as we got back me and my mom were in love and began planning our return for this year in December to see the x-mas decorations. We started our countdown at over 400 days, and i'm still in shock were now at 50. Unfortunatly my dad can't make this trip due to his work being really busy before chriistmas, but were both very much looking forward to our Mother/Daughter Trip

Where: Originally we booked Pop Century, but thanks to the codes that came out in August we upgraded to Coronodo Springs for about $100 more
What: Disney Magic Your Way with Park Hopper + Dining Plan
When: November 30th we leave for buffalo for 1 night (cheap southwest flights) Dec 1-8 At Disney and the night of Dec 8 one more night in buffalo before the drive back to Toronto.

The Plan

We don't have confirmed park plans for each day. We tend to do that the night before based on what we want to hit, the weather, EMH's and what our numerous guides say is the best park. But we do have a few things set, as well as all our ADR's

Nov 30 Drive to Buffalo - Spend night at Millenium Hotel
Dec 1 Leave for Florida!! Flight leaves at 7:10 am. We land at 10:00am
Dinner: 'Ohana
Dec 2
Dinner - Crystal Palace
Dec 3
Dinner - Boma
Dec 4
Dinner - Sci Fi Cafe
Dec 5
Universal Studios/IOA Day (first time)
Dec 6
Lunch - Corel Reef
Dinner - Whispering Canyon Cafe
Dec 7
Dinner - Le Cellier
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
Dec 8
Leave Florida - Flight Departs at 3:40pm Arrives in buffalo at 6:00pm
Spend one night again at Millenium Hotel
Dec 9
Drive Home

So until then I'll be reading and getting inspiration from all of you

 

[OhMari]

Sounds like a great plan so far. Is whispering springs cafe a counter service resturant?

 

[kaitlin-n-mom]

Hi Jenkh,

Sounds like you are going to have a wondeful time. The first time I went to WDW was in 1996 with my DD5 and my Mom. It was such a great and memorable trip. We knew we were hooked on day one so we upgraded our park hoppers to APs and started planning our next trip right then and there. We scheduled our next trip so that our last day coincided with the expiration of our APs.

WDW has become a Mother/Daughter tradition in our family. It is a great place to get together, relax and enjoy each others company.

My DD, who is 15 now and I have a trip scheduled for Jan 23rd. We are also taking a friend of mine and her DD and granddaughter. This will be their first trip, but I am sure it will not be their last. Who knows maybe we will start a new tradition of mothers and daughters.

We are also in the planning stages of planning a trip for me, dd15 and grandma again for next Oct. or Nov during the F&W Festival.

Have a wonderful and magical time with your mom.