Our Big 16th Birthday Extravaganza! Pre Trip Report!

[disney is my life]

Hello Everyone and welcome to my very first PTR! We are headed to Disney in November for dd's sweet 16 and since I've already driven my family insane with all my Disney talk I thought a PTR would be the perfect thing to give them a break.
So first I thought I would start out by introducing my family to all of you.

First off is me or mom
Favorite Disney Movie: Cinderella , Little Mermaid , Mary Poppins , Tangled
Favorite Disney Ride: It's a Small World , Peter Pan , Pirates of the Caribbean , Haunted Mansion
Favorite resort: Caribbean Beach Resort
Favorite characters: Cinderella, Tiana , Tinker Bell
Favorite restaurant: Akershus
Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom

Then there is dh or dad
Favorite Disney Movie: Planes
Favorite Disney Ride: Small World, Pirates, Soarin'
Favorite resort: Polynesian
Favorite characters: Sulley , Dusty
Favorite restaurant: Akershus
Favorite Park: EPCOT

DD15 or the birthday girl
and we'll call her Jess
Favorite Disney Movie: Little Mermaid, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Ratatouille , Bugs life, Haunted Mansion, Pinocchio
Favorite Disney Ride: Peter Pan , Splash mountain, Space Ranger Spin, Journey of the Little mermaid, Haunted Mansion, Expedition Everest
Favorite resort: Art of Animation, and Contemporary
Favorite characters: Sulley , Buzz , Mad Hatter, Mr. Smee, Captain Hook, Ariel , Alice
Favorite restaurant:1900 Park Fare
Favorite park: Magic Kingdom followed closely by Animal Kingdom

and last but not least
DD7 and we'll call her Emily
Favorite Disney Movie: Cinderella ,Toy Story, Monsters Inc. , Brave, Planes, Alice in Wonderland
Favorite Disney Ride: Dumbo , Splash Mountain, Space Ranger Spin, Barnstormer
Favorite resort: Art of Animation
Favorite characters: Sofia the First, Sulley , Dumbo, Woody , Rapunzel, Ariel, Aurora, Cinderella, Mickey
Favorite restaurant: Chef Mickey's
Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom

We will be staying at Caribbean Beach resort from Nov 15-23 with Jess' Birthday being on the 20th. We have 8 day park hopper plus water park fun and more tickets. We are looking forward to a trip full of firsts for us!
Today was our 55 day mark and were getting really excited.
We haven't done online check in because were not really sure we want to. We haven't in the past but are thinking maybe this trip we should.
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Feel Free to drop in and say hi :

 

[disney is my life]

We took our first trip to Disney world in November 2011 and were there from the 17-19th but we only had a day and a half in the parks and we thought we would get to see everything in at least two parks. Well I think we all know that didn't happen This trip was our learning experience and when I feel in love with Disney.
Our next trip was March of this year and we went from a Monday to Friday. This time we saw a little more and had made ADR's.

So how did this trip come to be...

Well let's just say Jess knew a long time before the rest of us that we would be at the world 2 times in the same year! She had been planning this trip before her 15th birthday She's Been saving up for a while and will be paying for some of the extras she wants.
So on August 1st the day free dining was released dh and I were both at work and dd was here on the dis reading posts about being on hold for 6 hours and how fast rooms were filling up. So we decided not to wait I called dd and told her if she could get through online and book it do so and if not to call and book. Looking back at it now she must have booked our reservation just before the whole system crashed.
So as of August 1st we were staying at Caribbean Beach for 9 days 8nights with the free Disney dining plan and 8 day park hopper/water park fun and more tickets.

 

[Chocolab23]

I went in January for my 16th birthday in the World! It's the perfect place to spend it at. Hope you all have a magical birthday trip!

 

[disney is my life]

I went in January for my 16th birthday in the World! It's the perfect place to spend it at. Hope you all have a magical birthday trip!

Thank You!

 

[wiigirl]

Following along!

 

[MrsZ]

Following along! How cool to have your daughters 16th birthday trip in WDW!!!! Awesome!

 

[disney is my life]

So our ADR's for this trip were all made by Jess and this is what she came up with:

Saturday Nov 16
Crystal Palace at 6:35pm

Sunday Nov 17
1900 Park Fare at 6:05pm

Monday Nov 18
Hollywood & Vine at 8:25am
The Garden Grill at 7:45pm

Tuesday Nov 19
1900 Park Fare at 8:40am
Chef Mickey's at 7:30pm

Wednesday Nov 20(Jess' Birthday)
'Ohana at 9:05am
Cinderella's Royal Table at 5:20pm
Tomorrowland terrace wishes dessert party at 8:20pm

Thursday Nov 21
Cape May Café at 5:05pm

Friday Nov 22
Akershus at 5:10pm

 

[disney is my life]

Following along!

Following along! How cool to have your daughters 16th birthday trip in WDW!!!! Awesome!

Great to have you guys along!

 

[disney is my life]

So after waiting for a long time and stalking the November magic band threads last night November FP+ was rolled out. We booked our FP+ last night but weren't able to personalize our magic bands until tonight. Our first night got messed up while I was making the selections so right now we don't know the times but our FP+'s are....
Nov 16-Disney's Magic Kingdom Park
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Enchanted Tales with Belle
Splash Mountain


Sunday, November 17, 2013 - Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Finding Nemo - The Musical 10:40 - 10:55 am
Kilimanjaro Safaris® 1:40 - 2:40 pm
Festival of the Lion King 4:05 - 4:25 pm

Monday, November 18, 2013 - Disney's Hollywood Studios
Beauty and the Beast-Live on Stage 2:35 - 2:55 pm
Toy Story Midway Mania! 4:05 - 5:05 pm
Fantasmic! 5:55 - 6:15 pm

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - Epcot
Meet Disney Pals at the Epcot Character Spot 10:25 - 11:25 am
Soarin'® 11:40 - 12:40 pm
Turtle Talk With Crush 12:55 - 1:55 pm

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - Magic Kingdom® Park
Peter Pan's Flight® 9:50 - 10:50 am
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 11:05 - 12:05 pm
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid 12:20 - 1:20 pm

Thursday, November 21, 2013 - Magic Kingdom® Park
Haunted Mansion® 9:30 - 10:30 am
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor® 11:10 - 12:10 pm
The Barnstormer 12:45 - 1:45 pm

Friday, November 22, 2013 - Epcot®
The Seas with Nemo & Friends® 9:00 - 10:00 am
Journey Into Imagination With Figment 10:15 - 11:15 am
Maelstrom 12:15 - 1:15 pm

Saturday, November 23, 2013 - Magic Kingdom® Park
Dumbo the Flying Elephant® 9:35 - 10:35 am
Tomorrowland Speedway 10:50 - 11:50 am
Splash Mountain® 12:50 - 1:50 pm

and our Magic band colours are:
me-pink
dh-blue
jess-green
Emily-pink

 

[disney is my life]

Since this trip is for Jess' sweet 16 this post is going to be all about the special birthday surprises. On her actual birthday we will be doing the wishes dessert party so we've decided to spread all the other birthday surprises over the span of our trip. So here is our plan:
Friday at check in she'll hopefully get the birthday button if not we'll get it at magic kingdom the next morning.
Saturday when we arrive back from magic kingdom this will be waiting for her:

(Picture is from the Disney florist website)

And this guy will also be there waiting:

(picture also from the Disney floral website)

Then on Tuesday We have a dinner reservation at Chef Mickey's and while we are there we will have these delivered:


(The picture on the left is from another diser who posted this on the cake chatter thread. If this is your picture please let me know and I will add your name here)
We are hoping to be able to get the Minnie in the colors on the right if not then it will look almost identical to the one on the left. Sorry its blurry I took a picture of my computer screen with my phone in order to post it.

These will also be delivered at some point during the meal:

I created this using the Disney florist website. The big Minnie balloon sings and the whole bouquet will be weighed down by a 22" Minnie plush!

Something else that's new that we will be doing on this trip is window decorating (our theme is Jess' Birthday). So I ran into party city this week and found these.



As well as some plates and napkins for the room

I also bought gel clings that say happy birthday to hang in the window
Thanks to everyone who has been following along! .

 

[disney is my life]

Just an update of our countdown. I think we started this around 130 days. This was the first day we hung it up:


And now we are here:


Just 32 days left!

 

[disney is my life]

I know I haven't been on top of this PTR like I should but I seem to get caught up in the excitement (along with everything that has to be done before we leave). We are just 10 days away now and can officially say we are leaving next week!
Since the last time I posted a lot has happened. To start BIL has decided to join us for the last 2 days of our trip (he lives in Florida) so we have been adjusting plans and ADR's accordingly.
We also have finalized all our ADR's and plans and are just wrapping everything up . We have received all our mickey mail and today our photopass+ package came.
Jess also got some very exciting news today. She found out that she will be getting her braces off on Tuesday. She is on cloud 9 right now because they kept telling her she would get them off around Christmas. However when we went today they said they would be able to squeeze her in on Tuesday
We've also ordered her birthday surprises mentioned in the above post. Minus the cake because we haven't decided if we are going to do that yet.

Hopefully I will be able to update this tomorrow or Thursday when I have some more time.

Thanks for sticking around if you're still reading!

 

[DMGeurts]

I just wanted to stop in... I just started planning my girls' Sweet 16 trip... Yours sounds fantastic!

I love all of the decorations and balloons that you are ordering... I really need to get on top of a few ideas like that.

I hope you will do a TR once you get home - I would love to hear how all of your plans turned out!

D~

 

[disney is my life]

Well our trip has been fantastic. We are sitting at CBR right now and will take off at 8:55 to head home. I truly meant to update this before we left but never got the chance. I will most likely do a trip report sometime after we get back. Thanks for following along with me!

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[DMGeurts]

I know I am a bit early - but I wanted to stop by to wish you...

D~

 

[disney is my life]

I know I am a bit early - but I wanted to stop by to wish you... D~

Thank you! Happy holidays to you as well!

 

[disney is my life]

Hi everyone! I know I said I would likely write a trip report but obviously life has gotten in the way. I've also been spending most of my free time trying to figure out when we will be able to go back! So even though I don't think I'll ever do a full trip report for this trip I thought I would share the birthday surprises of the trip with you. The first birthday surprise we had planned was the Mickey and Pals Big Birthday Wish Package from the Disney Florist: After the first day in the parks we came back to this: For those who were wondering it came with: There was a surprise banner on the door A happy birthday banner on the mirror and a light up tinkerbell and a huge singing Mickey balloon Mickey Box-Personalized Birthday Mickey Ears -15' Mickey Mouse Plush -autograph book & pen -signed picture of mickey and Minnie -light up "it's my birthday" lanyard -small mickey magnetic plush Minnie Box-Small Minnie Magnetic plush -Minnie Hollow Chocolate cake Donald Box-Donald Cinch Bag -Donald caramel popcorn -Donald Beak whistle -Disney World beach towel -Small Donald magnetic Plush -(feathers on the floor) Pluto Box-Dog bone Shaped rice krispies -small pluto magnetic plush -pluto plush Goofy Box-Family size taffy -small goofy magnetic plush -photo album -small goofy magnetic plush and we had this delivered with it: (but it was actually delivered the next day because of a mix up) And this was the cake we decided on: (dd designed it based on another one she saw) And this was the balloon bouquet we had delivered to Chef Mickey's with the cake which was held down by a 15' mickey plush In the end it was a great trip and we can't wait to go back!