LockShockBarrel
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...intriguing title?
I've been going through major Disney planning withdrawl, not even "hey I wish I was at the parks" but missing being able to PLAN for it. Which is ridiculous and I blame the Disboards for it.
I was leaving a little vicariously through a friend of mine who's leaving in like 2 weeks, but I've pretty much sent him every single tip I can think of. Pretty sure he thinks I'm insane at this point but I'm expecting a turnaround in his thinking once he gets down there and realizes WHY I pestered him about certain things and repeated myself over and over "don't buy bottled water, just go to a CS location and ask for ice water. I told you already what CS meant!"
So in an effort to scratch the Disney itch (which really sounds like Mickey has an STD...) I decided to hop on the Disney site and "plan" a vacation. Here's what I came up with.
Me and Anonymous (I would need someone to go with so I planned for 2 people) would be:
Departing Buffalo on Jetblue at 7am September 26 and arriving in Orlando at 9:36 am. We'd then be taking Magic Express to OKW to stay in a one bedroom villa. We'd have 6 day park hoppers and the dining plan. Booking flight, room, park tickets and dining on Disney would come to $6101.98.
Our schedule would look like this: (and for the record, I did check the Disney site and these were available ADRs)
Sept 26- arrive, eat at Goods for lunch, unpack, then head to Cape May Cafe for a 7:50pm ADR and we'd pay OOP.
Sept 27- Magic Kingdom, I'd be having lunch at Casey's or Cosmic Rays, then we'd bounce over to the Boardwalk for Flying Fish at 7:05
Sept 28- Animal Kingdom, lunch at Restaurantosaurus, then head to the Grand Floridian Cafe at 6:15.
Sept 29- Epcot day (my favorite), lunch at Sunshine Seasons, then go to Whispering Canyon for a 7:25 ADR
Sept 30- Hollywood Studios,not sure of lunch, then dinner at Artist Point at 7:40.
Oct 1- Downtown Disney after a sleep in and maybe swimming, a little random snacking and dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express.
Oct 2- Second Magic Kingdom day including MNSSHP, lunch at Caseys or Cosmic Rays (whichever I didn't have the first day), then bounce over to Kona Cafe at 6:15 for dinner then back to the party.
Oct 3- Second Epcot day, lunch again at Sunshine Seasons, then dinner at Coral Reef at 8:10.
On October 4th, there'd be a second small trip into Downtown Disney and probably another meal at WPE before heading back to Buffalo on Jetblue at 5:05pm arriving home at 7:34pm.
Looking through this I already see where I'd start juggling stuff around, mainly because I forgot to even look for a 50's Prime Time reservation. I've obviously been out of planning too long and I'm getting rusty!!!
I figured if anyone would understand me taking the time to do this, it'd be the fine Disboard folk.
I've been going through major Disney planning withdrawl, not even "hey I wish I was at the parks" but missing being able to PLAN for it. Which is ridiculous and I blame the Disboards for it.
I was leaving a little vicariously through a friend of mine who's leaving in like 2 weeks, but I've pretty much sent him every single tip I can think of. Pretty sure he thinks I'm insane at this point but I'm expecting a turnaround in his thinking once he gets down there and realizes WHY I pestered him about certain things and repeated myself over and over "don't buy bottled water, just go to a CS location and ask for ice water. I told you already what CS meant!"
So in an effort to scratch the Disney itch (which really sounds like Mickey has an STD...) I decided to hop on the Disney site and "plan" a vacation. Here's what I came up with.
Me and Anonymous (I would need someone to go with so I planned for 2 people) would be:
Departing Buffalo on Jetblue at 7am September 26 and arriving in Orlando at 9:36 am. We'd then be taking Magic Express to OKW to stay in a one bedroom villa. We'd have 6 day park hoppers and the dining plan. Booking flight, room, park tickets and dining on Disney would come to $6101.98.
Our schedule would look like this: (and for the record, I did check the Disney site and these were available ADRs)
Sept 26- arrive, eat at Goods for lunch, unpack, then head to Cape May Cafe for a 7:50pm ADR and we'd pay OOP.
Sept 27- Magic Kingdom, I'd be having lunch at Casey's or Cosmic Rays, then we'd bounce over to the Boardwalk for Flying Fish at 7:05
Sept 28- Animal Kingdom, lunch at Restaurantosaurus, then head to the Grand Floridian Cafe at 6:15.
Sept 29- Epcot day (my favorite), lunch at Sunshine Seasons, then go to Whispering Canyon for a 7:25 ADR
Sept 30- Hollywood Studios,not sure of lunch, then dinner at Artist Point at 7:40.
Oct 1- Downtown Disney after a sleep in and maybe swimming, a little random snacking and dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express.
Oct 2- Second Magic Kingdom day including MNSSHP, lunch at Caseys or Cosmic Rays (whichever I didn't have the first day), then bounce over to Kona Cafe at 6:15 for dinner then back to the party.
Oct 3- Second Epcot day, lunch again at Sunshine Seasons, then dinner at Coral Reef at 8:10.
On October 4th, there'd be a second small trip into Downtown Disney and probably another meal at WPE before heading back to Buffalo on Jetblue at 5:05pm arriving home at 7:34pm.
Looking through this I already see where I'd start juggling stuff around, mainly because I forgot to even look for a 50's Prime Time reservation. I've obviously been out of planning too long and I'm getting rusty!!!
I figured if anyone would understand me taking the time to do this, it'd be the fine Disboard folk.
).
The only thing I've done recently is recommend a hotel....can you believe they booked a month before they went and didn't plan!!?? (They did have a good time however)
But I think I may have at least one more planning a trip soon, so I can help them! Everyone thinks I should become a disney travel specialist... too bad I can't find the time...wait, I could be doing it right now instead of lurking here.....
