madeline07
Earning My Ears
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Hi, my name is Sydney and I'm here to write my very first PTR. I've been reading posts and reports for a while now, but I've just now created my profile and decided to post as a way to express my excitement for my upcoming trip. As a little bit of background, I'm fifteen years old and love Disney with all my heart. My first trip was in 2008 for my fifth birthday. Since then, I've been to Disney world five other times, so six times total. Two trips were family vacations, where I was able to stay at Shades of Green, the military resort on property. The other three trips were immediate family vacations. The first at an off-property resort, and the other two at resorts on Disney property - Art of Animation and All Star Sports.
I love love love planning and researching everything about Disney World, from resorts to attractions to itineraries to dining, and everything in between. In my spare time I plan and budget vacations that I know will never even happen, it's fun for me. Disney World is just a magical place, and some of my best memories have been created there. My most recent trip was towards the end of January/beginning of February 2019. For the past few years my immediate family has been taking annual trips to Disney World - usually in late January - and for the few most recent trips I've stepped into the planning process and planned with my mom.
As our next trip won't be until sometime around 2021/2022 for the 50th Anniversary Celebration, I asked sometime in July if me, my mom, and my dad could possibly take a short trip in November as a Sweet 16 present for me. As I looked more into it to propose the idea to my parents, I realized that my birthday weekend was a long one, as I had a few days off school for some kind of teacher grading days. Early August my parents revealed to me that we could, in fact, take the trip!!
My mom and I immediately began the planning process, as we were wayyy more behind than we normally were. In fact, we had already missed the 180 day mark for making ADRs, so we got started ASAP. The dates for our trip are November 7-November 12. This means we'll be able to visit Galaxy's Edge and be in Epcot for the Food and Wine Festival, which I've never had the pleasure of attending. We will also be able to see Epcot Forever.
We are spending four days in the parks (one for each park) and will be visiting Disney Springs on our arrival and departure days. My actual birthday is November 7th, and my mom's birthday is November 1st, so we'll be able to celebrate both of our birthdays this trip. We'll be flying out of the Reagan National Airport on November 7th sometime late afternoon and arriving in Orlando around two hours later, to catch the Magical Express to Coronado Springs. After we check in and unpack our things, we'll head to Disney Springs for our dinner reservation at Chef Art Smith's Homecomin'. We ate here during our last trip and I loved it, so we'll be going back for my birthday dinner!
The next day, we'll be at Epcot. The day after, Animal Kingdom, then Magic Kingdom, then Hollywood Studios. Although my favorite park is Hollywood Studios, I normally like to go to Magic Kingdom on the final day, to close out the trip with a viewing of Happily Ever After. However, our final day of the trip is a Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party date. Although I've never been and would love to, I'm just not willing to give up Happily Ever After.
In 8 days I'll be able to reserve my fast passes, which I already have planned. In addition to Homecomin', we have dining reservations for dinner at Via Napoli in Epcot, and breakfast at the Grand Floridian Cafe on the day we come home. My mom and I are still trying to snatch a reservation for a lunch at Be Our Guest, which we'll hopefully be able to get around the 30-day mark, as that's when people try to cancel before the designated cancellation period ends. I'll be back soon to discuss other dining plans and more about me and this trip!
I love love love planning and researching everything about Disney World, from resorts to attractions to itineraries to dining, and everything in between. In my spare time I plan and budget vacations that I know will never even happen, it's fun for me. Disney World is just a magical place, and some of my best memories have been created there. My most recent trip was towards the end of January/beginning of February 2019. For the past few years my immediate family has been taking annual trips to Disney World - usually in late January - and for the few most recent trips I've stepped into the planning process and planned with my mom.
As our next trip won't be until sometime around 2021/2022 for the 50th Anniversary Celebration, I asked sometime in July if me, my mom, and my dad could possibly take a short trip in November as a Sweet 16 present for me. As I looked more into it to propose the idea to my parents, I realized that my birthday weekend was a long one, as I had a few days off school for some kind of teacher grading days. Early August my parents revealed to me that we could, in fact, take the trip!!
My mom and I immediately began the planning process, as we were wayyy more behind than we normally were. In fact, we had already missed the 180 day mark for making ADRs, so we got started ASAP. The dates for our trip are November 7-November 12. This means we'll be able to visit Galaxy's Edge and be in Epcot for the Food and Wine Festival, which I've never had the pleasure of attending. We will also be able to see Epcot Forever.
We are spending four days in the parks (one for each park) and will be visiting Disney Springs on our arrival and departure days. My actual birthday is November 7th, and my mom's birthday is November 1st, so we'll be able to celebrate both of our birthdays this trip. We'll be flying out of the Reagan National Airport on November 7th sometime late afternoon and arriving in Orlando around two hours later, to catch the Magical Express to Coronado Springs. After we check in and unpack our things, we'll head to Disney Springs for our dinner reservation at Chef Art Smith's Homecomin'. We ate here during our last trip and I loved it, so we'll be going back for my birthday dinner!
The next day, we'll be at Epcot. The day after, Animal Kingdom, then Magic Kingdom, then Hollywood Studios. Although my favorite park is Hollywood Studios, I normally like to go to Magic Kingdom on the final day, to close out the trip with a viewing of Happily Ever After. However, our final day of the trip is a Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party date. Although I've never been and would love to, I'm just not willing to give up Happily Ever After.
In 8 days I'll be able to reserve my fast passes, which I already have planned. In addition to Homecomin', we have dining reservations for dinner at Via Napoli in Epcot, and breakfast at the Grand Floridian Cafe on the day we come home. My mom and I are still trying to snatch a reservation for a lunch at Be Our Guest, which we'll hopefully be able to get around the 30-day mark, as that's when people try to cancel before the designated cancellation period ends. I'll be back soon to discuss other dining plans and more about me and this trip!
