ariel_
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So after about a year and a half of planning it's nearly here 
We leave in 10 days for our second trip to WDW and after reading so many amazing PTR/TR's I've decided to give it a go myself (if only to give me something to do while I count down the minutes till we leave!)
Introductions
So here we are - This is me (Ashleigh, 25) and DBF (Ally, 25) on our first trip to WDW in September 2009. We live in Glasgow, Scotland and we have been together since 2004
It will be our 7 year anniversary when we were there, and we will be going out for a special dinner to celebrate. It was our 5 year when we were last there and it was so lovely having people wish us a happy anniversary with our badges!
I have just qualified as a primary school teacher, and Ally works at a racing circuit as a racing driver instructor (dream job anyone?!)
I have a little bit of a confession... Although I have always loved Disney movies and princesses, I was really skeptical about our first trip. DBF had been when he was 16 and couldn't wait to go back. When he booked it I was pretty scared at how much money it was going to cost and couldn't imagine spending two weeks at a theme park.
Phew - that's that off my chest and let's just say that within minutes of arriving at the Wilderness Lodge I was a changed woman and have never looked back
I am now a certified Disney World nut and can't wait to go back!
We have both worked really hard for the last year and saved up enough money to go back to the Wilderness Lodge for two weeks and then a 3-night Bahamian Cruise on the Dream
Neither of us have cruised before so we are really excited! We will have the Deluxe Dining Plan (upgrade from free dining) so have booked lots of signature restaurants to use up all those credits!
Getting There
We were really lucky to be given lots of airmiles for our trip from DBF's parents. We had enough to get from London to Orlando and back business class
This is amazing for me as I am a really nervous flyer and the complementary wine might help me relax a bit 
We booked separate flights from Glasgow to London the day before to give us plenty of time and hopefully less travelling stress!
So here is our flight itinerary:
Wednesday 31st August
6:30pm - Depart Glasgow (British Airways)
7:50pm - Arrive London Heathrow
That night we plan on eating dinner in Carluccios (gorgeous Italian restaurant) and are spending the night in Sofitel, Terminal 5. I am even excited about this part of the trip as the hotel is really cool. It seems a bit strange flying via Frankfurt but we had to go with what was available with the airmiles and you don't complain when you get to go business class!
Thursday 1st September
9:50am - Depart London Heathrow (Lufthansa)
12:25pm - Arrive Frankfurt
2:10pm - Depart Frankfurt (Lufthansa)
6:20pm - Arrive Orlando
We are getting picked up by the Magical Express and plan on relaxing around the hotel that night, we will probably grab CS and eat in our rooms and unpack.
Daily Plans/ADR's
We are not commando-style touring planners, we love just wandering and seeing where our feet take us. Our daily plans are mostly about our ADR's
as we both love our food and other than catching our favourite attractions (ToT
) we don't have a plan.
Friday 2nd September
Magic Kingdom
Breakfast - 8:05 CRT
Dinner - 7:45 Narcoosees
Saturday 3rd September
Hollywood Studios
Lunch - 1:10pm 50's Prime Time Cafe
Dinner - 9:10pm California Grill
Sunday 4th September
EPCOT
Breakfast - 8:00am Ohana's Best Friends Breakfast
Lunch - 1:30pm Coral Reef
Dinner - 7:45pm Citricos
Monday 5th September
Animal Kingdom
Breakfast - 8:00am Tusker House Restaurant
Dinner - 9:30pm Hoop De Doo Revue
Tuesday 6th September
Hollywood Studios
Lunch - 1:10pm Sci-Fi Dine-in Theatre
Dinner- 8:00pm Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
Wednesday 7th September
Hotel Day
Breakfast - 8:15am Kona Cafe
Picking up rental car in the afternoon.
Dinner - 8:00pm Jiko The Cooking Place
Thursday 8th September
Universal Studios - Islands of Adventure
We are going to hit WWoHP first thing and anything else we get done will be a bonus. There is a scheduled rocket launch today which we will be looking out for too! We will be grabbing CS for dinner and relaxing at nighttime.
Friday 9th September
Richard Petty NASCAR Experience - Daytona
This was my Christmas present to Ally
He is so excited to get to drive a NASCAR and hopefully squeeze in a tour of Daytona too. I'd like to have a passenger drive (no driving license
) but we haven't booked that. It is really early in the morning, so we hope to go to some malls in the afternoon (Sephora for me, Abercrombie and Fitch for Ally). Then it's back to drop off the hire car.
Dinner - 9:35pm Ohana's
Saturday 10th September
EPCOT then a waterpark
Breakfast - 8:30am Princess Akershaus Royal Banquet Hall
Dinner - 8:30pm Victoria and Albert's
V&A is our anniversary dinner - 7 years together
Sunday 11th September
Hollywood Studios
Breakfast - 8:00am Chef Mickey's
Dinner - 5:00pm Hollywood Brown Derby Fantasmic Package
Monday 12th September
Hotel day, EPCOT for lunch
Lunch - 1:30pm Le Cellier
Tuesday 13th September
Waterpark and MNSSHP
Breakfast - 8:15am 1900 Park Fare
Dinner - 5:35pm Liberty Tree
MNSSHP! I am SO excited for this - it was probably my favourite night on our last trip and I hope to buy a costume while we are there. I's love to have my photo taken with Rapunzel and Flyn, I am really hoping they will be there
Wednesday 14th September
Breakfast - 8:25am Crystal Palace
Dinner - 7:55pm California Grill
Thursday 15th September
Breakfast - 8:45am Whispering Canyon
It's our last day
but there won't be tears like last time because we will be getting picked up by DCL for our first trip on the Disney Dream 
So that's our plans so far, I don't know much about the cruise as Ally is the master planner and has all the details - maybe I can talk him in to adding to our PTR! I hope to add lots of photos when we get back and hopefully you will have enjoyed reading over our plans

We leave in 10 days for our second trip to WDW and after reading so many amazing PTR/TR's I've decided to give it a go myself (if only to give me something to do while I count down the minutes till we leave!)
Introductions
So here we are - This is me (Ashleigh, 25) and DBF (Ally, 25) on our first trip to WDW in September 2009. We live in Glasgow, Scotland and we have been together since 2004

I have just qualified as a primary school teacher, and Ally works at a racing circuit as a racing driver instructor (dream job anyone?!)


I have a little bit of a confession... Although I have always loved Disney movies and princesses, I was really skeptical about our first trip. DBF had been when he was 16 and couldn't wait to go back. When he booked it I was pretty scared at how much money it was going to cost and couldn't imagine spending two weeks at a theme park.
Phew - that's that off my chest and let's just say that within minutes of arriving at the Wilderness Lodge I was a changed woman and have never looked back

We have both worked really hard for the last year and saved up enough money to go back to the Wilderness Lodge for two weeks and then a 3-night Bahamian Cruise on the Dream

Getting There
We were really lucky to be given lots of airmiles for our trip from DBF's parents. We had enough to get from London to Orlando and back business class


We booked separate flights from Glasgow to London the day before to give us plenty of time and hopefully less travelling stress!
So here is our flight itinerary:
Wednesday 31st August
6:30pm - Depart Glasgow (British Airways)
7:50pm - Arrive London Heathrow
That night we plan on eating dinner in Carluccios (gorgeous Italian restaurant) and are spending the night in Sofitel, Terminal 5. I am even excited about this part of the trip as the hotel is really cool. It seems a bit strange flying via Frankfurt but we had to go with what was available with the airmiles and you don't complain when you get to go business class!
Thursday 1st September
9:50am - Depart London Heathrow (Lufthansa)
12:25pm - Arrive Frankfurt
2:10pm - Depart Frankfurt (Lufthansa)
6:20pm - Arrive Orlando

We are getting picked up by the Magical Express and plan on relaxing around the hotel that night, we will probably grab CS and eat in our rooms and unpack.
Daily Plans/ADR's
We are not commando-style touring planners, we love just wandering and seeing where our feet take us. Our daily plans are mostly about our ADR's


Friday 2nd September
Magic Kingdom
Breakfast - 8:05 CRT
Dinner - 7:45 Narcoosees
Saturday 3rd September
Hollywood Studios
Lunch - 1:10pm 50's Prime Time Cafe
Dinner - 9:10pm California Grill
Sunday 4th September
EPCOT
Breakfast - 8:00am Ohana's Best Friends Breakfast
Lunch - 1:30pm Coral Reef
Dinner - 7:45pm Citricos
Monday 5th September
Animal Kingdom
Breakfast - 8:00am Tusker House Restaurant
Dinner - 9:30pm Hoop De Doo Revue
Tuesday 6th September
Hollywood Studios
Lunch - 1:10pm Sci-Fi Dine-in Theatre
Dinner- 8:00pm Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
Wednesday 7th September
Hotel Day
Breakfast - 8:15am Kona Cafe
Picking up rental car in the afternoon.
Dinner - 8:00pm Jiko The Cooking Place
Thursday 8th September
Universal Studios - Islands of Adventure
We are going to hit WWoHP first thing and anything else we get done will be a bonus. There is a scheduled rocket launch today which we will be looking out for too! We will be grabbing CS for dinner and relaxing at nighttime.
Friday 9th September
Richard Petty NASCAR Experience - Daytona
This was my Christmas present to Ally


Dinner - 9:35pm Ohana's
Saturday 10th September
EPCOT then a waterpark
Breakfast - 8:30am Princess Akershaus Royal Banquet Hall
Dinner - 8:30pm Victoria and Albert's
V&A is our anniversary dinner - 7 years together

Sunday 11th September
Hollywood Studios
Breakfast - 8:00am Chef Mickey's
Dinner - 5:00pm Hollywood Brown Derby Fantasmic Package
Monday 12th September
Hotel day, EPCOT for lunch
Lunch - 1:30pm Le Cellier
Tuesday 13th September
Waterpark and MNSSHP
Breakfast - 8:15am 1900 Park Fare
Dinner - 5:35pm Liberty Tree
MNSSHP! I am SO excited for this - it was probably my favourite night on our last trip and I hope to buy a costume while we are there. I's love to have my photo taken with Rapunzel and Flyn, I am really hoping they will be there

Wednesday 14th September
Breakfast - 8:25am Crystal Palace
Dinner - 7:55pm California Grill
Thursday 15th September
Breakfast - 8:45am Whispering Canyon
It's our last day


So that's our plans so far, I don't know much about the cruise as Ally is the master planner and has all the details - maybe I can talk him in to adding to our PTR! I hope to add lots of photos when we get back and hopefully you will have enjoyed reading over our plans
