The Magical Maternity Leave Pre-Trippie

[OurOhana]

Great report, and I really love the fish extender and shirts. Very creative. Can't wait to read more.

 

[krazy4crusing]

Can I just say......



You are a Fish Extender Queen!!! Can't wait to fill it up with goodies!!

I will have to let my mom know... she actually made it. I was just the consultant

She is awesome!!

 

[krazy4crusing]

Wow, as of August 31st (I think) We can book extra Flounders time. So now we have booked a couple of extra evenings out and also some extra time at Castaway Cay.

We are hoping to go to the different night clubs and check them out in the evenings.

We are also going to have dinner together alone one night, even though I originally said dinner was family time. We will still have family time but it will be at the buffet instead. That way DH and I can have a nice dinner to ourselves. I am sure the kids wont mind!

When at Castaway Cay I am hoping to go snorkelling with DH and mabye DS5 while DD is at Flounders.

We have also booked off on Pirate Night so the fireworks don't scare the baby. It also gives us more time to EAT EAT EAT at the pirate buffet without any distractions... I love me some desserts!

Originally we only had babysitting on a few afternoons and now we have a couple of hours or so each day. That will make the trip more relaxing and give us an opportunity to expore more things on the ship sans enfants!

I think that this extra time might convice DH that DCL was a good idea afterall!! (The old girl knows what she is talking about... sometimes!!)

 

[krazy4crusing]

Ok so there is sooooooooo much more to this trip than just the cruise.


We are staying at POP with the DDP for 1 week before the cruise. We have a 4 day PH WP&M pass too. We are really looking forward to every part of this trip and I cant decide what makes me happier... the food, the resort, the rides, or.... who am I kidding? We are really looking forward to the look on DS face when we get to the parks and he sees how magical everything is at Disney.

POP

When we started planning this part of the trip we gave DS a brochure with all the resorts in it and told him to tell us which one he thought was the best. He picked Pop Century because of the bowling pin pool! DH was happy because it was a value resort! I tried to talk him into Coronado Springs but he was sold on Pop. I am really excited about it now and looking forward to seeing all the special things that POP has to offer. The hustle, the big wheels for the kids to ride, the splash pad, the Ice cream sundae at the food court, walks around the pathway with the baby to burn off the calories etc...!!


DS is super excited about going on Hollywood Tower of Terror. He is tall enough and he insists that it isn't scary. Keep in mind he is only 5. We have watched the video on youtube so he has seen how the preshow and the ride work. I guess time will tell. All summer he has been going into the garden shed and pretending it was the elevator. He loves imagine that he is on the ride. He is a bit of a dare devil but you would think that he might be afraid of it... Oh well, there is always the chicken exit if he decides to bail before we ride the elevaor and that would be fine with me...

We have ADRs at

Hoop de do musical Revue
Ohana Friends breakfast
Crystal Palace Dinner before MNSSHP
Chef Mickeys Dinner
Coral Reef Dinner


The best surprises of this trip:

MNSSHP (I didn't even know this existed until we joined the DIS)
Food and Wine Festival (see MNSSHP)
DDP (I got a PIN code just before we booked so this sealed the deal!!)

To do item:[/U]

Use the monorails and friendships and walking trails to travel between MK, Epcot and DS. I had no idea we could do this when we were there in 2004 so this is something I want to try. I will include the info in my TR

The Itinerary


Saturday: Get Car Rental, Head to Walmart for Breaky items and Baby items, spend the day at POP swimming in the pool and visiting DH friends.
Have a nap because we are heading to HDDMR at 9:15 pm... yikes
We got good seats though so they talked us into the late show.

Sunday: Hollywood Studios so DS can ride his favourite ride. The rest of the day will consist of what ever he wants to do. Our meals may include Backlot Express and Starring Rolls for DS and S.

Monday: Breakfast at Ohana and then off to Epcot DS wants to go to the Golf Ball today so we will oblige and in return Mom and Dad will get to indulge in the Food and Wine Festival. Ireland, Barcelona and Norway are a few of the places we want to check out. We will probably use up several Snack Credits today as we much our way around the World. We may head over to MK tonight because they have extra magic hours.


Tuesday Water Park of DS choosing. We will head back to Pop and have a rest before heading to MK for dinner at Crystal Palace and then MNSSHP.

After reading all the tips here on the DIS here is our plan of attack for the party

• 4 pm Arrive
• Walk around and get some pix
• Ride a few rides
• Have dinner
• See the characters--especially near the Dole Whip place, there are extra good treats there
• Dance Party
• Face Painiting (maybe)
• Ride the Liberty Belle
• Ride the rides
• Trick or Treat
• Watch the Fireworks
• Watch 2nd Parade
• Villain Show 11:15
• Trick or Treat

Bring list

Big bag for treats as the one Disney gives are small
Small flashlight to read the map
Glow Bracelets


Wednesday Sleep in a little bit and head off to the other water park we didn't do yesterday. Dinner at Chef Mickeys. Then check out DTD and maybe Disney Quest although I am not sure it is all that great for our DS. We will be checking out Goofy's Candy Shop to use up some Snack Credits.

Thursday Animal Kingdom in the morning and Magic Kingdom in the afternoon/evening. We are not big fans of AK and will probably be done by shortly after lunch. Animal Kingdom snacks: Zebra Domes, Magic Kingdom: lunch at Cosmic Rays and Snacks at Bakery, Aloha and Confectionary

Friday: Leaving for Port Canaveral to get ready for 7 days on the Magic!! This trip can't get any better! We are going to the beach today and checking out the Ron Jon Surf Shop. We will be heading to the pool in the afternoon before grabbing dinner somewhere in the area.


When we return from the cruise we will be heading back to WDW for another day. At this point we will have 1 theme park ticket and 1 water park ticket left so we can check out the parks 1 more time before we head home.


I hope you enjoyed the plan... lets see if it all comes to fruition!

 

[Dyerneeds]

LOVE THE PLAN!

you'll love pop century. its a lot of fun.

see ya in 2 weeks.

 

[GOS]

LOVE THE PLAN!

you'll love pop century. its a lot of fun.

see ya in 2 weeks.

Excellent plan. We'll see you too in two weeks time.

 

[cntkg1]

Sounds like a busy couple weeks Jennifer. Enjoy!!

 

[JOANNEL]

Where are you staying friday night?

 

[Mich123]

Love the plan! Great pre-trip report!