Our trip will consist of me, my husband, and our two elementary-age sons. My college roommate (sic 'em bears!) and her son, who was born two days after mine are meeting us for a portion of our trip. It will be the first time our kids meet.
Thursday, March 18 - Travel/Epcot
Our flight leaves at 6:05a and arrives at MCO around 12:30p where we will take ME to CBR. Our plan is to do some light unpacking, pick-up our grocery delivery order, and the take the Skyliner over to Epcot to knock out Test Track. We have a 5:15p ADR at Coral Reef and may squeeze another ride in or two and then will take a bus or uber back to CBR since we will be on that side of the park.
Friday, March 19 - Magic Kingdom
We will leave the hotel room at 6:15a and head to the bus stop for an 8a opening. As of now, our plan is to hit SDMT, Space Mountain, several of the rides in Tomorrowland OR after Space decide to go to BTMR, JC, POC, or HM. We will do a QS lunch and then do BTMR, Splash, POC or whatever we didn't do in Tomorrowland that afternoon. We have two Whispering Canyon dinner reservations -- a 5:05p and a 6:35p. We will decide which one we will keep closer to the trip, and someone who snags the other one will have a fun surprise. The plan is to come back to the park to do BTMR and Splash at night, then we will take the bus back over to CBR.
Saturday, March 20 - Animal Kingdom
We will leave the hotel around 6:30a for a bus for the 8a opening. Our plan is to hit FOP, Navi River (if low wait), Safarai, and the EE as many times as we can before a QS lunch at Satuli or Flame Tree. The afternoon will be It's Tough to be a Bug (snag a Jungle Juice Cocktail at Dawa Bar if its open...i LOVE Jungle Juice!!!), Dinosaur, and then back to CBR to rest/swim or to the Affection Station. We have two dinner reservations at Yak and Yeti -- a 5:15p for 4ppl and a 6:30p for 6ppl. I'll likely get rid of the 5:15p one. The 6:30p would allow our friends to join and give us more time to rest in the afternoon. Then we plan to ride EE at night as many times as we can.
Sunday, March 21 - Epcot
We will walk to Riveria for an 8:35a Toppolinos breakfast and then take the skyline over to Epcot. The plan is to hit Frozen, Gran Fiesta and spend time in the World Showcase. We have a 12:15p lunch at Via Napoli, then hope to ride Soarin, see Awesome Planet, do Mission Space (Blech...doing it for my son), TT, or back to CBR to rest/swim. We have a 6p dinner reservation at Biergarten
Monday, March 22 - HS
We WILL get a boarding group at 7a (the power of positive thinking, right?). As of now HS opens at 10a so we will head to the skyliner at 8:15a. Our plan is to ride SDD, MMRR, and TOT before lunch. We will do a QS and then do RNRC, TSM, and Alien Swirling Saucers (if the kids want to do this one). We have a 3:20p Oga's reservation which we may/may not keep. Then we will head to MFSR and dinner will either be a 5:05 50s Prime Time reservation or a 7:30p Beaches and Cream (I've got these later in the week too -- so I'll end up playing around and finalizing one of these two.)
Tuesday, March 23 - MK
The park opens at 9a so we will head to the bus stop around 6:45 and once in the park do SDMT, JC, and Haunted Mansion. We have a 1:15 BOG lunch reservation which I will likely cancel. Then Space, Buzz, Tomorrowland Speedway, and any of the Fantasyland rides we missed earlier if the boys want to do them (PP, Mermaid, Winnie the Poo, Carpets), if not, we will pick whatever sounds good. We have a 4:45p BOG dinner reservation which I will likely cancel and a 6:30p Wave reservation. We will either head back to ride a few rides at night or go back to the hotel.
Wednesday, March 24 - AK
We will either leave the hotel at 7:45a or sleep in -- I'll just see what everyone is feeling the night before. If the boys want to do FOP again we will do that, otherwise, we will likely ride the heck out of EE. Lunch will be QS at Flame Tree or Satuli. I have a 1;15p Yak and Yeti I need to get rid of. The afternoon will either be spent at the CBR pool, or going to the Animation Station. We have a 6p dinner at Sanaa
Thursday, March 25
6:30a we will head to the Skyliner to head over to HS. 7a try for a ROTR boarding pass. I have a 7:30a Toppolinos that I got for a friend, but need to release. we have a 1:25p lunch at H&V, a 2:50p Ogas, and a 5:40p and 7:30p Beaches and Cream. I'll re-work all of these closer to our HS day. I don't have specific ride plans for this day but it will likely involve a rotation of our faves: SDD, TOT, RNRC and then anything else we want to do again.
Friday, March 26 - HS and Travel day
We will try for another ROTR boarding pass and have a lunch reservation at Mama Melrose. It will be another last minute decision of which rides we want to do and then our flight out of MCO is at 5:30p that evening.
Background: we have been to Disney 4 times and I am a huge planner and watch this board closely to make my decisions. We are also rope drop people and early risers. Strategy this time will be rope dropping every park and then going back to POP every afternoon for swimming and/or rest. Then we will return to the parks at dinnertime and hopefully stay until close. This strategy will be dependent on hours and also my DD's endurance - this will be the first time we aren't using a stroller. YES I stuffed my 7 year old in a stroller the last time we went to Disney as a family - no shame!
Her favorite ride is Soarin and mine is Figment, so we will get those rides done for sure. We have a dinner reservation at Teppan Edo at 5:50.
