SO EXCITED! Just booked the BEST Surprise F&G and Star Wars Trip!

[BlondeAppetit]

I have been debating what type of trip I was going to take before our special Labor Day trip! I have been bitten by the Disney bug and have been dying to go back! At first I thought about a Christmas trip, then Spring Break, then Memorial Day and finally settled on the last weekend of the Flower & Garden Festival and the first weekend of Star Wars!

I can't wait to see Epcot in all it's glory and my DH and DD will love the special Star Wars events in HS!

Here is my ADR itinerary! Please share with me your thoughts!

Thursday:
Drive down
Check in to POR - Royal Guest Room/Pool View
Head to Epcot
4pm - Garden Grill (cancelled) Tour the F&G kiosks instead!
Ride our three FP rides and head to the WS
Snack at some of the kiosks
Fireworks
Back to POR for YeeHa Bob?

Friday:
Magic Kingdom
8:30am Crystal Palace (pre-park opening)
Rides
12pm - Columbia Harbor House
Nap in stroller
3pm - Festival of Fantasy parade
4pm Hoop Dee Do Revue - changed to 6:15pm to allow more park time
Wagon Ride at Ft. Wilderness? - cancelled!
8pm - Campfire with Chip and Dale - cancelled!
Boat from Ft Wilderness to MK
Watch MSEP from top of Main Street

Saturday:
HS for Star Wars!
Get there early for DD to do Jedi Training
Starring Rolls for QS lunch
Dinner with Star Wars Mickey, etc. (not yet released)
Fireworks

Sunday:
Rope drop at MK
Rides
Head to DTD (possibly walk to CR and take the bus?)
12pm - Raglan Road Sunday Brunch - changed to 12:30pm to allow for extra travel
Boat from DTD back to POR
Back to hotel to swim
5:30pm - Carriage ride around POR
Head back to MK - via bus or cab if time is tight
6:55pm - Be Our Guest
Ride carousel, Small World, and other FL rides
Fireworks from Fantasyland

Monday:
Breakfast at Hotel
Morning pool time
Check out
Head to Epcot - ride three Fps
Head to Mexico - ride boat ride
2pm - Akershus lunch
Drive home

I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!

How long do you think it will take to get from CR to DTD? Any and all suggestions welcomed!!!!!

 

[ValarDisneyus]

We'll be there at the same time!

 

[monorailmom]

So will we!!! (25th anniversary trip)

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Thursday:
Drive down
Check in to POR - Royal Guest Room/Pool View
Head to Epcot
4pm - Garden Grill
Ride our three FP rides and head to the WS
Snack at some of the kiosks
I love Garden Grill, but that is a ton of food to eat. Not sure how hungry you'll be for the booths, and I'd definitely want to have room to sample some
Fireworks

Friday:
Magic Kingdom
8:30am Crystal Palace (pre-park opening)
Rides
Break or nap in stroller
4pm Hoop Dee Do Revue
Wagon Ride at Ft. Wilderness?
8pm - Campfire with Chip and Dale
When are you making FP+ for this day? MK is a good one to schedule some high volume rides during the morning like 7dwarves, anna and elsa and belle, then there should be plenty of ride availability left to keep getting more FP+
Back to MK for parade/fireworks?

Saturday:
HS for Star Wars!
Get there early for DD to do Jedi Training
Dinner with Star Wars Mickey, etc. (not yet released)
Fireworks

Sunday:
Rope drop at MK
Rides
Head to DTD (possibly walk to CR and take the bus?)
12pm - Raglan Road Sunday Brunch
Back to hotel to swim
Boat from DTD back to POR
5:30pm - Carriage ride around POR
Head back to MK
6:55pm - Be Our Guest
MSEP
Fireworks

Monday:
Morning pool time
Check out
11am - Akershus breakfast
Explore Epcot tip mid-afternoon
Drive home

I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!

How long do you think it will take to get from CR to DTD? Any and all suggestions welcomed!!!!!

We had this exact trip last year!! You are going to have so much fun!

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[Marthasor]

My only thought - I would put some more time in between the POR carriage ride and the BOG dinner. There is simply no way you will be able to do a carriage ride at 5:30 pm and make it to BOG by 6:55 pm

 

[BlondeAppetit]

My only thought - I would put some more time in between the POR carriage ride and the BOG dinner. There is simply no way you will be able to do a carriage ride at 5:30 pm and make it to BOG by 6:55 pm

Hmmmm. I was trying to give myself 60 minutes.

Ride from 5:30-5:55.

Possibly wait for bus and then 15-20 ride to MK.

Should I give myself more than 60 minutes?

 

[BlondeAppetit]

My only thought - I would put some more time in between the POR carriage ride and the BOG dinner. There is simply no way you will be able to do a carriage ride at 5:30 pm and make it to BOG by 6:55 pm

Also, we are driving to WDW. Would it be a good back up plan to drive? I don't want to be stressed out!

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

DTD question: If you take the bus you will be picked up and dropped off first, but you will share with GF and Poly. Whole trip will take about a half hour. If you drive, not even 15 I'd venture, plus parking Sounds like an awesome itinerary

 

[BlondeAppetit]

DTD question: If you take the bus you will be picked up and dropped off first, but you will share with GF and Poly. Whole trip will take about a half hour. If you drive, not even 15 I'd venture, plus parking Sounds like an awesome itinerary

Good point! We will have a car too!

 

[BlondeAppetit]

We had this exact trip last year!! You are going to have so much fun!

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Garden Grill - Maybe I will move it to 4pm on our departure day and we can eat dinner and then get on the road and drive home. I will move my Akershus a little earlier.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

Good point! We will have a car too!

I can tell you, I know we've all heard the horror stories, but on our August trip we pulled in and got the 3rd spot in the first row. It was a overall crowd level 5 day, late afternoon, and there were a bunch of close spots. Don't know if we were lucky, or the reports of hellish parking have been a bit over exaggerated. I'm guessing somewhere in between.

 

[BlondeAppetit]

We had this exact trip last year!! You are going to have so much fun!

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LOVED your trip report. btw! You did it all!

 

[BlondeAppetit]

I think that I am going to cancel my Garden Grill. Did not realize that I was one over anyways!

 

[ChristusG]

It's possible you may want to plan 2 days for Star Wars Weekends if you are a big fan. My 10 year old daughter and I LOVE Star Wars....she wanted to meet all the characters so we had a lot of lines to wait in. It was so much fun though! Then there's Darth's Mall.....the parade.....the parade is a must!

 

[BlondeAppetit]

Thanks everyone for your feedback!

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