Thanksgiving 2008 (Let's Do Our Count Down)

[disney.nut]

We will be there Nov 21-30,08 at POR.

 

[Krisy1301]

Going Nov. 26-Dec 2

Staying at POFQ!

 

[TerrytownGrl]

We'll be at Pop November 23 - 29 and we're so excited!

Originally Posted by Dallas_Lady View Post
Would you mind posting your itineraries, schedules, ADRs, etc.? I am tentatively planning a Thanksgiving trip (though not for this year) and I'd love some inspiration.

Thanks

Our interary looks like this (for now ):
Sunday - arrive DTD in the evening
Monday - Epcot
Tuesday - MK- breakfast CP
Wednesday - HS - Fantasmic dinner package H&V
Thursday - Breakfast 1900 Park Fare, then AK, then Dinner - Chef Mickey's and perhaps Wishes at MK after dinner??
Friday - MK am/HS evening (Osborne Lights) OR Epcot evening (CP)

I'm planning to putting LGMH on my backpack, and I'll be on the look out for other dis-ers!

 

[kscsluvmickey]

11/22-12/1!!!

Nov22: Driving
Nov23: Magic Kingdom cape may character breakfast
24: Epcot
25: DTD/DHS
26: MK, Crystal Palace Lunch with Pooh
27: Thanksgiving at the fort! YUM
28: Off site
29: Animal Kingdom
30: MVMCP and Birthday Party
Dec 1: Driving

staying at Fort Wilderness. Sooooo FUN!

 

[carolinacatz]

Hi!

We are planning a pre/Thanksgiving visit! I'm getting excited as we justed worked out our itinerary and made a few ADR's. We will be celebrating my DD's fifth birthday which is on Thanksgiving (she was also born on Thanksgiving Day so this is extra special). We also have DH and my 12 year old DS. We took DS the same time period in 2002 and it worked out so well we want to do it again, although I have heard the crowds are worse now.

Here is our itinerary--I feel really good about it but feel free to offer ideas for improvements!

Nov. 21--Friday, get DS early from school. He will miss two days of school--mon and tues of Thanksgiving week--but unless there are major projects or concerts or something like that, we will just deal with it. Drive halfway, Savannah-ish

Nov. 22--Saturday, hopefully arrive mid afternoon, check into our two bedroom suite at Residence Inn LBV, maybe play in the pool, then head to AKL to explore and have dinner at Boma's

Nov. 23--Sunday, EPCOT. We all want to do Soarin and explore the country shops. We may skip the seas section as we are doing Seaworld and Discovery Cove this week too. We will have our birthday celebration dinner at Storybook Princess Dining in the evening but I'm not sure we will stay late enough for fireworks.

Nov. 24--Monday, Seaworld. DH plans to check out the free beer and hopes they have Stella Artois now that there has been a buyout!! We hope to have an earlyish day and catch Downtown Disney on the way back for dinner/shopping, then relax at the pool for the evening.

Nov. 25--Tuesday, MK. We are having lunch at the Kona Cafe at the Polynesian for our afternoon break. We plan to stay for the parade and fireworks. Any good exit strategies/viewing tips?

Nov. 26--Wed, Discovery Cove. Hoping for good weather and relaxing times!!

Thanksgiving!! Birthday!!!!--Animal Kingdom. We will probably just eat at Flame Tree BBQ and try to get out before too late. We will have DD wear her It's my Birthday button. I am hoping to do two things--one, get dinner stuff from Boston Market or some such for Thanksgiving in our Room, and two, have the room decorated to surprise DD!! Nothing too elaborate, just a few little balloons, cards, cake, ribbon, PRESENTS. I'll either see if housekeeping will do it for a nice tip or I'll have them hold the stuff behind the desk and do it when we return.

Friday--check out and drive to Tampa to visit brother. Maybe stop on way to pick oranges, then head out toward home. Does anyone know a way to head to the Carolinas from Tampa without backtracking? That would be too depressing!!

Looking forward to sharing ideas/news/etc!

Elizabeth

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

We will be there November 25-December 1 at the Contemporary Resort with MK View. We are on the Deluxe Dining Plan and doing a lot of Character Dining. It is DH, DS6, and myself.

November 25-arrive, DHS, dinner at 50's Prime Time, Fantasmic late show
November 26-AK, Donald's Safari Breakfast, Dinner at Boma, possible EMH at AK (side note: DS wants to ride Everest at dark!!! Boy, that child is going to be the death of me!!)
Thanksgiving Day-Breakfast at 1900 Park Faire, DS is doing the Pirate Cruise at the GF, late lunch at KONA Cafe
November 28-MK, late lunch at Whispering Canyon, late dinner at 1900 Park Faire
November 29-breakfast at Chef Mickeys, Epcot, CP dinner at Garden Grill and then 6:45 CP
November 30-Cinderella's Breakfast, MK, and then back to the room. Early dinner at Liberty Tree Taven, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
Dec 1-Breakfast at O'hana's and then fly home

 

[Doug7856]

We'll be at SSR from November 24 - 28. Party of 10 including DW, DS, grandparents, sister and her family. Can't wait!!! This will be our first TG trip.

We are a bit disappointed that Disney has delayed the Osborne Lights until 11/28 and we'll miss them, but we are hoping for a preview on Thanksgiving Day.

Our grand finale will be the Candlelight Processional on 11/28 with dinner at the Garden Grill.

 

[HLDisney]

We'll be there from Nov 22-28.

Can't wait!! 102 more days!!!

Helen

 

[JustLikeHeaven]

We'll be joining you all November 29 til December 8. We'll be at POR. 106 days and counting. I'm already losing sleep because I'm just so excited.

It's so fun to come on these boards and see people share the same kind of enthusiasm. I can totally relate.

 

[sraiford]

POR Nov 30-Dec 6

 

[StrawberryMin]

StrawberryMin 11/19-11/25 ASMusic

 

[mikmouse]

Nov. 22-Dec. 1 Fort Wilderness + 41 of our family and friends all over the property, Contemporary, Cabins at Fort Wilderness, Campers at FW, POFQ, and off-property condos. Our family coming from CA, PA, NJ, NC, AZ, IN We just can't wait! Magical Gatherings "Just Us" celebrating new baby, 70th Birthday, 3 60th birthdays, and my daughter's Thanksgiving Birthday at 1900 Park Fare, Grand Floridian.

 

[princessmom29]

We will staying at POFQ Nov 27- Dec 2. We are driving in on the 26th and spending that night offsite. (me, DH, and DD4)Here is our schedule:

Nov 27- AK
Dinner at 1900 Parke Faire

Nov 28- Studios
Fantasmic package at Hollywwod and vine

Nov- 29th
Epcot
Princess lunck at Norway
CP package at Coral Reef

Nov 30- MK
BBB at 8:05
Crt Lunch
MVMCP

Dec 1- MK
Lunch at Crystal Palace

 

[4nana]

Welcome everyone! Nice to see so many doing Thanksgiving at Disney!

It's really a good feeling after all the planning and anticipation to see countdown at 3 months!!

 

[mikkiwikki]

We'll be at SSR from November 24 - 28. Party of 10 including DW, DS, grandparents, sister and her family. Can't wait!!! This will be our first TG trip.

We are a bit disappointed that Disney has delayed the Osborne Lights until 11/28 and we'll miss them, but we are hoping for a preview on Thanksgiving Day.

Doug7856 - Ugh! Im so glad you mentioned this!!! I thought they started on the 27th the one day we are going! I just went to check and you were right! Im slightly peeved

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/specialEvents?id=OsborneLightsSpecialEventPage

 

[Doug7856]

Doug7856 - Ugh! Im so glad you mentioned this!!! I thought they started on the 27th the one day we are going! I just went to check and you were right! Im slightly peeved

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/specialEvents?id=OsborneLightsSpecialEventPage

It appears to me that Disney is delaying much of the entertainment for the holidays this year. I'm guessing that they are anticipating lower crowd levels, but that's just speculation on my part.

I do believe their is a reasonable hope that they will have previews of the lights during Thanksgiving week. I'll certainly be checking and asking.

 

[luvdmouse]

I am so excited! We've been planning a trip over Thanksgiving since last March but the only flight we could get at a decent price was the night before Thanksgiving arriving in at 9:45p.m. I'm a morning person travelling with DH and 3 kids, so I was not looking forward to this. Our flight went from 9:45 arrival to 11pm arrival recently. I was horrified and called United to see if they could help me. They got me on a 1:15 flight arriving at 5 pm---way better. Yesterday I noticed that they added a 9:30 am flight and today they switched us to the early flight without a charge. We get an extra afternoon in FL. My kids and I are so happy!! DH is sad about getting up early. Oh well! Chef Mickey's for dinner---here we come!

 

[queensara]

Count us in too
We will be in the world 11/22 - 12/6 I'm so
excited I don't know what to do with myself!!!

 

[Mckymousefn]

Our will be there Nov. 24th-28th! I can't wait to get down there... its been 7 years since we last went.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

We will be at ASSp from Nov 22-30th. We leave in 51 days (we count down till we leave, once we leave the drive way we are on vacation!!!!)
We come down every otehr Thanksgiving-- it is such a nice time of year...warm days and cool nights---I love it!!!