My First Pre-Trip Report! Jan 4th-11th!

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Hello! It might be a little early to write a Pre-Trip Report for our vacation from Jan 4th-11th but I don't think I could wait any longer! :) I've been planning this trip for a few months now and I think I've waited long enough! :laughing:

Let me start with the travelers:

Me: I'm Christine and I'm 22 years old. I have been to Disney only twice before: once in Jan of 2006 and once in Jan of 2009. As you can see, I really enjoy going in January. It tends to be a lot less crowded and I figure that I should use this to my advantage while I'm still in school and get a long winter break!
I'm currently going to Queens College in New York and studying to become a high school biology teacher (yay summers off for Disney trips! :lmao:) I graduated last spring from Binghamton University with my degree in Biology. I currently work part time at a nature center teaching school groups, scout groups, etc. and doing science themed birthday parties and summer camps. Although I started late with the Disney mania.. I am definitely hooked! I only visited Disney World for my first time in 2006 at the age of 18 but I was obsessed with all of the Disney movies as a child. I am new to the DIS boards but I have been visiting them everyday for the past month while planning my trip and have read tons of books! I'm definitely an obsessive planner! My favorite characters are Mary Poppins, Belle, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, Wall-E and the characters from UP!

My boyfriend Ben is 20 (soon to be 21) and is a senior at Binghamton University. He will be graduating in May with his degree in geology and hopes to become a high school teacher as well. He has been to Disney World one other time around the age of 5 or 6 but doesn't remember much. He also went to Disneyland once around the age of 14.

We have been dating since high school and spent a year and a half apart while I was up in Binghamton because he is a year younger. He soon followed and we are now doing the long distance relationship thing again for his last year up at school. We are both kids at heart and although he doesn't share the same love for Disney as I do (that might be a little hard... :rotfl:), he loves Aladdin and the Lion King and is a huge fan of Star Wars and Indiana Jones as well at Toy Story and the more recent Pixar movies.

We started dating April 17th of 2005 and are planning this trip in celebration of our 5th anniversary together. Hopefully this is the first of many Disney trips together in the years to come :lovestruc

Check back within the next couple of days for our daily plans and our ADR's! Thanks for reading! :thumbsup2
 
Sounds great, can't wait to hear more of your plans! It's never too early to start a PTR. :thumbsup2
 
Here are our plans for our Jan 4th-Jan 11th Trip! :yay:

We will be staying at Pop for 8 days,7 nights. We have 7 day park hoppers and we're doing the Disney Dining Plan popcorn:: We have all of our ADR's booked.. plus we're doing the Keys to the Kingdom Tour on Friday!

Monday, Jan 4th-
Arrival/Check in
QS Lunch at Pop Century
Hollywood Studios for EMH at night
Osbourne Family Spectacle of Lights
Dinner at Sci Fi Dine In

Tuesday, Jan 5th-
Animal Kingdom in the Morning
Epcot in the Afternoon/Evening
Lunch at San Angel Inn
QS Dinner at Pop later that night

Wednesday, Jan 6th-
Breakfast at 1900 Park Fare
Explore Magic Kingdom
QS Lunch near Parade route.. watch the parade!
Animal Kingdom at Night for EMH
Rainforest Cafe for Dinner

Thursday, Jan 7th-
Hollywood Studios in the morning
QS Lunch in HS
Block Party Bash
Fantasmic!
Downtown Disney Late
Dinner at Raglan Road

Friday, Jan 8th-
Keys to the Kingdom Tour!
Explore Magic Kingdom a bit before heading to Epcot at night for EMH..
Illuminations
Dinner at Teppen Edo

Saturday, Jan 9th-
Explore Animal Kingdom (or Magic Kingdom....)
QS Lunch at AK (or MK)
AK Parade (if there...)
Magic Kingdom at night
Spectromagic
Dinner at Ohana

Sunday, Jan 10th-
Breakfast at Chef Mickey's
Morning at Epcot
Snack in Epcot
Magic Kingdom at Night
QS Dinner at MK

Monday, Jan 11th
Downtown Disney
QS Lunch at Earl of Sandwich
Back to Hotel- Departure :sad1:

About 2 more months... I can't wait!! :woohoo:
 

So we're finally leaving tomorrow (or today.. I should say.. because I have to wake up in about 4 hours!). We're both really excited for our trip..although I'm getting really nervous! This trip has been in the works for months now and I just hope everything goes okay!. So far it seems like it'll be a lot colder than past years but still a lot warmer than how it is in New York right now! Can't wait to post about our trip. Overall, we're most excited about all of our restaurant choices and the Keys to the Kingdom Tour :)
 












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