Planning our first trip! <3

[DWorldOrBust]

Well the title says it all. We are from southern CA, and this is the very first trip to the world(and FL!) for myself, my other half and our 8 year old son. We fly out the day before our sons 9th bday, it's a surprise! Any good surprise revealing suggestions are greatly appreciated. We haven't decided on how/when to surprise our son. He cried(happy tears) when he got an iPad for his last birthday, so I can't wait to see this reaction!

We are booked in a river view room at POR oct 7-13, and plan on using disney transportation. I have made a reservation at Crystal Palace for lunch on my sons bday, bought MNSSHP tickets for the 10th, and made a reservation for Tonys Town Square prior to MNSSHP. I am planning on buying 6 day base tickets from ticket momma.com..... Beyond that I haven't planned much. I purchased touring plans to help figure out which parks the do each day. I know for sure we will do MK on our first day(tuesday oct 8) because its also my sons bday. I already bought him the yellow "it's my birthday" ears. I plan on shipping some snacks, coffee, toiletries, and other small necessities prior to our arrival. I'd like to get a case of water too. I'm trying to figure out the best way to buy/ship something as heavy as water, I don't want to spend the extra $$$ for garden grocer just for water.

I'd love, love, love some tips, tricks, any anything else that might help our trip run smoothly. Thanks everyone!

 

[mssong85]

You should think about buying filtered water bottles instead of a case of water bottles.
I am horrible about surprising. Lol. I am such a planner. I need input constantly.

My mom wrapped our disney tickets in a gift box to surprise me and my sister for our first wdw trip. I will never forget that!

 

[DWorldOrBust]

Thanks! I cant believe that I didn't think about the filtered water bottles. I just ordered one to try, I am super picky on the taste of water. So if I like it ill order 2 more. Are there places around WDW to refill water bottles for free?

 

[leftaslide]

Thanks! I cant believe that I didn't think about the filtered water bottles. I just ordered one to try, I am super picky on the taste of water. So if I like it ill order 2 more. Are there places around WDW to refill water bottles for free?

There should be places for refills. We always pack frozen water bottles that will thaw through the day so we always have ice cold water with us. We just keep it in our back pack with our other snacks. Just a tip.