duncmelsmom
Earning My Ears
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I promised myself that I would register and tell all b/c I found this place so useful!
First, we stayed in Magical Memories Villas, a 3 BR/2 Bath place with a full kitchen and pool down the street. It had plenty of room for us and was nicely decorated. It's located on 192 which is close to everything. It wasn't perfectly clean, but for $119/night through expedia.com, it was worth it! The rooms were huge!
Day 1 (Thursday): MGM - What a great place! We had a FastPass for Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones, Mermaid and waited in line about 10 minutes for Star Tours, Rock n Rollercoaster, Muppet Movie and some others.
** Before our trip, we bought some colorful sharpies and a spiral index card flip book to collect character signatures. It was so much fun getting these for my DS, 9 and DD, 7. Highly recommended!!
Food: The 50's Diner, with advanced seating....Pretty good and a fun place to be. Interesting decor and they have a full bar which delighted my hubby. A little costly; not sure if it was all worth it; a nice place to cool off.
Overall: Seemed like lots of people in the park, but hardly any wait in the lines. It was great! Some employees at the Tower of Terror said that it had been a very slow week.
Kidpass was highly effective! Thanks for the suggestion b/c my DD isn't too keen on riding most of the rides.
Day 2: Animal Kingdom: Great Place! FastPass for Safari and walked right on all of the other rides. It was such a beautiful day with no waits for: Dinosaur, Time Warp, Bug's Life. My children loved getting signatures and riding the time warp roller coaster in Dinoland USA. The parade, floats, etc. were gorgeous! Lion King was a super special treat, a gotta-see show! This was my favorite park by far.
Food: We took this site's advice and splurged for the character breakfast at Restaurantasaurus. The food was incredible and the characters spend such a nice time with the children: Goofy, Pluto, Mickey and Donald. The inside had numerous fossils. Such an amazing place. For adults it was $17.99 and a bargain considering all it provided!!
We left and went to Epcot. It was nice, but hard to see everything at night with 2 tired children. We ate at the nice restaurant in Mexico. It wasn't the cheesy, cheap Mexican that we love; very nice steak with enchilladas. Pricey, but the atmosphere was incredible.
Day 3: Magical Kingdom: By far the most crowded. We arrived around 10 a.m. and started circling to the left. We had to leave at 7:00 pm and never got to Tomorrowland. The princess tent was the highlight of our trip. The look on my daughter's face when Snow White said that she would tell Dopey "hi" for her was priceless!! Getting autographs was so exciting. I can't believe how in-character they are!
Fastpasses: Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, Winnie the Pooh
Walk-on: It's a Small World (about 30 minute wait), Ariel autograph was a 45-50 minute wait (but worth it!).
**Peter Pan had the longest line. We thought about getting a fastpass at 4ish and the call back was for 8:20! It seemed like the ride we should've made.
We left and made it to Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney. Thank goodness we had preferential seating; it was packed! The food was scrumptious and the place was so fun. It must've been the local prom; lots of "real life" princesses!
I wish we were going back soon! After all we did, I can't think of anything we should have done differently except maybe made it to MK first. It seems to be the child-pleaser of all of the parks.
First, we stayed in Magical Memories Villas, a 3 BR/2 Bath place with a full kitchen and pool down the street. It had plenty of room for us and was nicely decorated. It's located on 192 which is close to everything. It wasn't perfectly clean, but for $119/night through expedia.com, it was worth it! The rooms were huge!
Day 1 (Thursday): MGM - What a great place! We had a FastPass for Tower of Terror, Indiana Jones, Mermaid and waited in line about 10 minutes for Star Tours, Rock n Rollercoaster, Muppet Movie and some others.
** Before our trip, we bought some colorful sharpies and a spiral index card flip book to collect character signatures. It was so much fun getting these for my DS, 9 and DD, 7. Highly recommended!!
Food: The 50's Diner, with advanced seating....Pretty good and a fun place to be. Interesting decor and they have a full bar which delighted my hubby. A little costly; not sure if it was all worth it; a nice place to cool off.
Overall: Seemed like lots of people in the park, but hardly any wait in the lines. It was great! Some employees at the Tower of Terror said that it had been a very slow week.
Kidpass was highly effective! Thanks for the suggestion b/c my DD isn't too keen on riding most of the rides.
Day 2: Animal Kingdom: Great Place! FastPass for Safari and walked right on all of the other rides. It was such a beautiful day with no waits for: Dinosaur, Time Warp, Bug's Life. My children loved getting signatures and riding the time warp roller coaster in Dinoland USA. The parade, floats, etc. were gorgeous! Lion King was a super special treat, a gotta-see show! This was my favorite park by far.
Food: We took this site's advice and splurged for the character breakfast at Restaurantasaurus. The food was incredible and the characters spend such a nice time with the children: Goofy, Pluto, Mickey and Donald. The inside had numerous fossils. Such an amazing place. For adults it was $17.99 and a bargain considering all it provided!!
We left and went to Epcot. It was nice, but hard to see everything at night with 2 tired children. We ate at the nice restaurant in Mexico. It wasn't the cheesy, cheap Mexican that we love; very nice steak with enchilladas. Pricey, but the atmosphere was incredible.
Day 3: Magical Kingdom: By far the most crowded. We arrived around 10 a.m. and started circling to the left. We had to leave at 7:00 pm and never got to Tomorrowland. The princess tent was the highlight of our trip. The look on my daughter's face when Snow White said that she would tell Dopey "hi" for her was priceless!! Getting autographs was so exciting. I can't believe how in-character they are!
Fastpasses: Thunder Mountain Railroad, Splash Mountain, Winnie the Pooh
Walk-on: It's a Small World (about 30 minute wait), Ariel autograph was a 45-50 minute wait (but worth it!).
**Peter Pan had the longest line. We thought about getting a fastpass at 4ish and the call back was for 8:20! It seemed like the ride we should've made.
We left and made it to Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney. Thank goodness we had preferential seating; it was packed! The food was scrumptious and the place was so fun. It must've been the local prom; lots of "real life" princesses!
I wish we were going back soon! After all we did, I can't think of anything we should have done differently except maybe made it to MK first. It seems to be the child-pleaser of all of the parks.
