Official December 2008

[musicmama]

The time is coming soon, but we've changed resorts. We're now ASMusic because we got free dining!

 

[jalaine]

I'll join!

We're staying at the Poly from 12/6-12/13

56 days...not that I'm counting...

 

[andiee1123]

68 days, 8 hours!!!!!!!!

I am so glad it is finally in the 60's. I can't wait for this trip I am so excited.

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

59 days and counting!

 

[PoohlvrLynn]

58 days for me and my daughter! I can't wait, Im so excited. We're staying at POP 12/8 - 12/16 and going to our very first MVMCP on the 9th

 

[Disneydonnam]

55 days

 

[joelp]

I'll join!

We're staying at the Poly from 12/6-12/13

56 days...not that I'm counting...

We'll be at AKL the same days!! ...

... and I'm not counting either ...

 

[UrsulasShadow]

59 days!

 

[PDJPrinceCharming]

Count me in. November 30-December 3 at ASSp & i'm going to MVMCP on December 2.

 

[Figaro972]

55 Days here too!!!! YAY!!!!

 

[chell]

This week I had to add my little countdown to my work calendar.

 

[chell]

Sorry to post again so soon but I just noticed my ticker says ONE month and the rest. The ONE month looks GREAT!!!

 

[sraiford]

Just paid off our trip today for POR Nov 30-Dec 6!

 

[eeyoresnr]

~~54 days~~

 

[BreezysMom]

The title should say details...

This thread is getting a little stale with the day counts...no offense to anyone

So let's hear some plans. Maybe I have forgotten something and can pick up ideas from your plans. So her is mine..fo me, hubby(who will follow any plan with little or no feedback) and our only child, dd 7 going on 12... But somehow I feel she will be all princess for these 9 days!

Sunday 12/7 We leave Chicago and head to the great MCO. We will travel via ME to the Poly. Are plane is to arrive at 2:30ish. I plan to get checked in and then we will head to MK, but only for a short hello because after 7 will be for MVMCP party guest only. We have an ADR at O'Hana and will have just enough time to head to the beach after dinner to se the MVMCP fireworks from the Poly beach. Then back to our room, where hopefully our luggage will be awaiting to be unpacked and then off to bed to get a good night sleep to start our first official day.

Monday 12/8- Most likely MK day . Dinner at Chef Mickey's

Tuesday 12/9- Enjoy the resort day. BBB at 4, CRT at 5:30 then MVCP

Wednesday12/10- Breakfast at Akerhaus at 10:30- Hang around Epcot then Dinner at WCC and check out WL decore!

Thurs 12/11- Ealy hours at MK, we may try it... this is a whatever we want day. Dinner at Kona at 6:00pm

Fri 12/12- Epcot day. Lecellier lunch at 1:50 then Candelight Processional and then I hope Illuminations...We may try to checkout Yacht Club/Beach Club decore this day.

Sat 12/13 Not much planned that day. Have dinner at 1900 PF at 6pm so will check out therir decore and get me some gingerbread!!

Sun 12/14 DHS today. We have a 4pm Mama Melrose Fantasmic package. So we will be here most of the day and evening. Got to see those Osborn lights.

Mon 12/15- Breakfast at O'Hana's. This has becmore our leaving tradition. after breakfast, we pack, store our luggage, go play at MK and then hit ME for our trip back to MCO. Oh boo hoo. we have to go.

So i know there is no AK in those plans. Not our thing, but not ruling it out. While I like to have an outline of a plan. I am not too big a every day and minuted planned perfectly. This is my vacation. I want to r-e-l-a-x some. We'll hit DTD too. It's on the todo list.

So please let me see what you all got going on?

 

[WUVmyDISNEY]

Well, we are arriving on 12/14 and taking ME to Contemporary. Hope to be at the hotel by 12:45 or so. Once we get checked in, we will probably relax a bit and I know I want to head over to the CS at Poly as my mouth is just watering for a polynesian pork sandwich! I am thinking between 3 and 4 we will head over to Epcot for the rest of the day.

12/15 - HS day. We've never been here so looking forward to it. We have 4:25 ressies for 50's Prime Time and want to make sure we see Fantasmic along with the Osborne lights. Osborne lights is my main reason for even wanting to go to HS.

12/16 - AK in the morning. ( I honestly am not interested in AK and only going because my son wants to!) We are going to MVMCP that night so I am planning on cutting AK short ( say by 1pm) I am looking forward to a good hotdog at Casey's when we arrive for the party! 1st time for MVMCP and castle lights so we are soooo excited about that.

12/17 - MK and dinner ressies at Tony's Town Square. I am sure we won't be there too early since I plan on staying at the party until they chase us out! I did want to take some time to visit GF and Poly and possibly Wl to check out the resort decorations.

12/18 - Full day for Epcot. I want to be there at rope drop and take care of Future World. I also want to leave at around noon to visit the BC and BW to see their decorations. I have CP ressies at Tutto Italia and will see the 2nd showing of CP. I may instead go back to CR for a break or whatever around noon and visit BC after the CP and head back to Epcot for Illumminations. I plan on seeing Illuminations on Sunday night so if we don't see it again that night, I am ok with that.

12/19 - Breakfast at O'hana. Then back to our favorite, MK for today to see and do what we may have missed or want to do over. I have ressies for Poly Luau that night but am not 100% sure we will keep those ressies. I am trying very very very hard to get CRT for breakfast or lunch on the 17th or 19th but having no luck at all. I won't have hoppers so those are the only 2 days I am trying for.

I may reserve Kona for breakfast one morning as those macadamia pancakes seem to be calling me!

Originally we had an evening flight out on the 20th but it is now 10am so we are losing that last day. I most likely will not make it to DTD but I have to admit, I have never been there before! I wanted to go to goofy's candy co. to get some of those fancy pretzel rods but will have to try that on whenever our next trip will be!

We are starting to get our walking groove on to get ready for the trip. I can't wait til 12/14!!!

 

[princess&her4princes]

We are arriving on 12/7 , our flight lands at 10:08 a.m and we'll head to POP to (hopefully!) checkin and then we plan to possibly take the bus to Epcot to take the monorail to Grand Floridian to check out the gingerbread house and decorations some. From there, we'll head to DTD and window shop and let the kids run some and have dinner at 5 p.m at Raglan Road.

12/8 we are planning a day at MK, hoping to do EMH that day and have dinner ressies at 5:35 at Tony's Town Square.

12/9 Epcot day, we have a ressie at Le Celliar for lunch at 12:15 and we hope to check out the Jr. Chef program at the Land at some point that day for the kids...seems fun and at the right price..free!

12/10 we are going to AK, this is not our thing either, funny that others have mentioned the same thing. We're going because our friends from our Grand Gathering have never been so we're being good sports. We'll enjoy some fun there and have lunch at 12 at Tusker House.

12/11 Pool day (if this is even possible in December )/rest and relaxation day, we're going to MVMCP tonight!! We have ressies at Chef Mickey's for dinner at 5:05pm and then we'll head to the party.

12/12 MK a.m and Epcot that night. This will be our last day at MK but we'll do anything we missed and let the kids redo things they loved. From there, we'll head to Epcot for dinner at Coral Reef at 4:40 pm and celebrate my sons 4th birthday there. Already have the diver and menu all planned. We are planning to see Illumniations this night, too.

12/13 HS, Hollywood and Vine ressie at 4:30, Fantasmic show that night (hoping for early show)

12/14 Departure day , we don't have a flight until 2:30, but figure ME will pick us up about noontime....so we probably won't do much this day at all, maybe one more quick trip to DTD? we'll have to play it by ear.......

Hope everyone has a Magical time and hope to see you there!!!

 

[merryg]

11/26 leave house around 5am and head for SC for Thanksgiving with family and friends.

11/27 Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Visit with family and eat too much turkey.

11/28 Leave SC early to arrive at The World around 1 or 2. Check in to POFQ, take walk over to Riverside to check out the sister resort, meet with friends from Tampa at DTD.

11/29 Epcot, lunch at LeCellier. Check out decorations at Boardwalk.

11/30 Hollywood Studios, lunch at SciFi, Fantasmic at 8, Osborne lights

12/01 MK...extra Magic Evening hours..take time to Monorail to Poly, GF and Cont to see Christmas decorations.

12/02 AK...EE here we come....leave for 7:10 ADR at Cape May. Check out decorations at Beach and Yacht Club.

12/03 MK...take boat to WL for lunch at Whispering Canyon, check out WL decorations, boat back to MK....head back to POFQ to do laundry.

12/04 Morning at AK....2pm head over to Hollywood Studios for afternoon

12/05 Epcot.....Check out Santas around the World...dinner at San Angel

12/06 Epcot ......lunch at Sunshine Season...maybe Behind the Seeds tour at the Land...dinner at Rose and Crown to watch Illuminations from patio

12/07 gotta go home and back to reality
MerryG

 

[chell]

Keep in mind this is our Honeymoon and my husband's very first trip to the World. Yes, I've planned out pretty much every meal but I need to for my OCD and my food allergies. Sorry this is so long but once I get on a roll I can't shut up about our trip.

12/6 Catch bus to CLT airport for flight to MCO. Arrive in Orlando just before 10 am. Driver for a town car will be waiting to take is to the Swan for our first three nights. After we arrive and get checked in we will head over to Beaches and Cream for lunch. Then we will head over to the Magic Kingdom. I will be paying close attention to Larry's face and reactions as he sees this wonderful place for the very first time. We have dinner at Ohana at 7:50 then we will go back to the MK until close hopefully.

12/7 We will be hitting HS after breakfast at Fresh. We hope to have lunch at Toy Story Pizza Planet and dinner is at Cape May at 7:10. After dinner we have an IllumiNations Cruise planned. Then we will go back to the Studios to see the Osbourne Lights.

12/8 Is an Epcot day. We will have breakfast at Ohana first then head over to Epcot. If we need lunch we will have it at Sunshine Seasons. Dinner is at San Angel.

12/9 We check out of the Swan and into Saratoga Springs and begin the Deluxe Dining Plan. We will go over to the AK after check-in then have lunch at Yak & Yeti. After we finish at the AK dinner is at Kona Cafe then we head over to the MK for MVMCP. This will be the first time I have attended this party.

12/10 This is another Epcot day. Lunch is at the Coral Reef with dinner at the Yachtsman.

12/11 We have an early breakfast at Chef Mickey's then we will go to the MK hopefully until close. Lunch is at Liberty Tree and after the park closes we go to Jiko for dinner.

12/12 We may sleep in a little this day and make use of the whirlpool tub before hitting Epcot again. Lunch is at Teppan Edo and dinner is at my favorite the Garden Grill. YUM! Those are actually two of my favorite dining locations at WDW.

12/13 We have an early breakfast at Crystal Palace then enjoy the MK for the day. For lunch we will probably go to Cosmic Ray's. We have dinner at Narcoossee's that night. After dinner we may head back to the MK until close.

12/14 We will have lunch at Le Cellier before heading to the airport for our return trip home.

If we happen to hit the lottery between now and December 14 our trip will be a lot longer.

For each of our meals at a resort we will be checking out the resort decorations. I can't wait for Larry to see how awesome the WDW Christmas decorations are.

One of the nights I want to order a cake or some special dessert for celebration.

I feel like I'm forgetting something but I can't put my finger on it.

 

[eeyoresnr]

~ ~53 days~ ~