The Cassell's 1st Anniversary the Castle Pre Trip Report

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So this is my first pre trip report so please bear with me, but I AM SO EXCITED!

This is probably our 15th time to Disney and it will be our First Anniversary trip! We are staying at Port Orleans Riverside just like we did for our Disneymoon! We are actually packing jackets this time as last time we did not and it was probably the worst decision i've ever made...

Anyway here's our worked over and bloodstained plans...

Monday Feb 2nd
We fly in at 10:30am, grab something at the airport for lunch and change (as it's 20 degrees in MD right now.) Then take that oh so magical bus to our resort. Once we get checked in, pick up resort mugs and maybe have our room at that time we will head over to the TTC to get our anuual passes and then waste sometime in whatever park has shorter wait times :) Then head over to Wilderness Lodge to explore and have dinner at the Whispering Canyon Cafe. If we are done in time we want to try and see wishes on the Monorail (call me 8, but i could ride that thing in circles all day).

Tuesday Feb 3rd
Early morning at Epcot (not my favorite park but i'm really looking forward this year). We have the day worked out PERFECTLY with our fastpasses. I plan to cry as I pass Maelstrom as this was my favorite ride. Have Lunch at Askershus Royal Banquet Hall. This will be our first character meal. After we are good on the Showcase we plan to head over to the Boardwalk and stroll, Myabe play mini golf at Fantasia, possibly have dinner there quick. The we will head back to see Illuminations.

Wednesday Feb 4th
ANIMAL KINGDOM (my favorite). We are super excited to see the Lion King Musical and possibly ride the safari like 12 times. We always seem to get done in AK by 2ish so we want to swing by Art of Animation to explore a bit and take some pictures :) At night we have dinner at 1900 Park Fare at the Grand. After we plan on walking the beach and seeing the parade and Wishes from there...

Thursday Feb 5th
This is our much anticipated off day. We are headed to the Contemporary (we've never seen inside) to rent SeaRaycers and have lunch. We may then waste some time at MK or AK depending on the time. But then we have our (drum roll please) Dinner at AKL's Boma that night. My husband has never stepped foot in AKL so we plan on exploring a while before hand. Hopefully we can make it back to our resort in time to see Ye Haw Bob perform :)

Friday Feb 6th
A late morning into Hollywood Studios. (is i bad i planned this late in the week so hopefully the hat will be totally gone?) We will have dinner at The Sci-Fi Dine In and then see Fantasmic.

Saturday Feb 7th
Spending the WHOLE day at Magic Kingdom (we would like feedback on this). They open at 8am but have extra magic through 2am... we may go back to our resort or just really work to spread the day out... We sometimes work 6am shifts til closing so we could make it through the day, but would we want to??

We have our fastpass for the Mine Train and Lunch at Be Our Guest and Dinner at The Crystal Palace... We've never done Enchanted Tales With Belle, seen many characters or even set foot in a shop there so we plan to. We also would like to play Sorcerers of The Magic Kingdom if there's time which i think there might be.

Sunday Feb 8th
We plan on having a later breakfast at the QS at Port Orleans. Then we are hoping by 12 it is warm enough to make our first trip to Typhoon Lagoon. It's all or nothing here because i will not go there without riding everything and swimming in that 60 degree pool with sharks. If this fails WHICH IT WONT we will walk down to french quarter to check it out or head to a park maybe?
That night we have dinner at Kona Cafe, watch the movie on the beach, see the parade and wishes from the beach.

Monday Feb 9th
We will spend the morning at Downtown and shop and try some food from the trucks. Then head back to our resort and pray for some act of GOD to keep us there for more days or we will probably board our bus way to early (probably 3) for our 6pm flight out...


Will anyone be there when we are? Any feedback before we go?
 
My family and I will be there almost the exact days as you.. Feb 2nd to the 10th. We are using the 2nd and 9th as our "off days" using time to relax at GFV where we are staying and explore DTD and Disneyquest!

We are planning 2 days at Magic Kingdom and 2 at Epcot, 1 at Hollywood and 1 at Animal Kingdom :)

Is there a chance the hat at Hollywood would still be there?? I was kinda bummed they were taking it down, but I take it you are happy?

Pretty excited! Only 9 days to go!! :woohoo:
 
I dont know how long youve been going to disney, but remember the wand and hand on spaceship earth at epcot? And they took it down and half the poeple were bummed and the other half were happy? This is just like that. But i dont want whats there now to still be there (half a hat floating with construction)... so they have 9 days for it to be gone :)

Im really happy we are traveling so early the morning after the superbowl, hopefully it will take down the crowds at the airport. But who knows... also we are getting a foot of snow that evening so im so happy about leaving!

Maybe ill see you! Lol we will be breaking into your villa just to see how luxurious it is! ;)

Have a great week! Crossing fingers for warm weather, no rainy days and some extra magic :)
 














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