*** The Official July 2014 thread, join us won't you? ***

[lindseyach]

Welcome!

 

[PopArtGal]

187 days! On the 15th we make our ADRs!

Same here!!

 

[yce22princess]

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[yce22princess]

We make our ADR's on the 17th! Can't wait. We "finalized" what we are hoping to get last night!

 

[lindseyach]

We finalized too. I am getting so excited!

 

[DisneyMomFanatic]

I'm dying here! It's our first trip and I am soooo stoked!!

So, we're driving from Wisconsin and leave Saturday morning and with a hotel stop, arrive at PO Sunday (Jun 30) eve. Plan to walk around Downtown that Sunday eve and grab some chow.

Monday: Bring it on!! MK with ADR @ Cinderella's Castle!!!!!!!!

Tuesday: AK with lunch at Tusker

Wednesday: Epcot with dinner at Akershus

Thursday: MK with dinner at Crystal Palace and pirate/mermaid makeovers at Pirate's League

Friday: Probably MK again with dinner at Chef Mickey's

This wait is going to kill me! And I'm hoping that we can catch fireworks somewhere along the line!

Trina

Just booked my family's first Disney trip for July 24-30! I am so excited! Staying at Coronado Springs business class.

to the both of you!!! So glad to have you added with this wonderful July group. I have added you both to the front page and if it isn't added to pasts #577 &579, whatever information you have given me will be added by the end of the night. Feel free to ask questions and get suggestions, we will help out where and when we can.

 

[DisneyMomFanatic]

It's great to see all the touring plans and ADR's starting to come in now that the 6 month window has started to open. I will get your information posted as soon as I can, usually within a day or 2. When you get your ADR's, if you are comfortable posting the exact time, please do so, that way we can actually see if another Disfriend will be in the actual restaurant at the same time we might be dining there as well and meets can be fascilitated easily. But only if you are comfortable doing so. I wil be changing my B-l-d's to exact times when my Travel Agent calls me with the times. It is awesome to see what others are doing with they vacations as we move closer to the time! Thanks for being a FANTASTIC Group here! I am SUPER GLAD I started this thread, even if unintentionally!!!

 

[mike the canuck]

I'm dying here! It's our first trip and I am soooo stoked!! So, we're driving from Wisconsin and leave Saturday morning and with a hotel stop, arrive at PO Sunday (Jun 30) eve. Plan to walk around Downtown that Sunday eve and grab some chow. Monday: Bring it on!! MK with ADR @ Cinderella's Castle!!!!!!!! Tuesday: AK with lunch at Tusker Wednesday: Epcot with dinner at Akershus Thursday: MK with dinner at Crystal Palace and pirate/mermaid makeovers at Pirate's League Friday: Probably MK again with dinner at Chef Mickey's This wait is going to kill me! And I'm hoping that we can catch fireworks somewhere along the line! Trina

No plan to hit up Disney's Hollywood Studios?

 

[Koh1977]

Booked 7/11-7/14 at GF. Not sure if it will stick, but it was too awesome of a deal to pass up...

 

[LoverDisney]

Same here!!

Me too!

 

[DisneyMomFanatic]

Booked 7/11-7/14 at GF. Not sure if it will stick, but it was too awesome of a deal to pass up...

Glad to have you on board for as long as it sticks! I will get you on our front page. Please just let me know if anything changes and I will make corrections.

 

[wallawallakids]

Hello!!!

We are very excited about the fact that we just booked our trip to WDW for July!!! Can you please add us to the list? We will be there July 22-30 at the BC. We have never stayed at the BC before and are very excited to see it for the first time. Let the count down begin!!

 

[jewelsb]

I'm dying here! It's our first trip and I am soooo stoked!!

So, we're driving from Wisconsin and leave Saturday morning and with a hotel stop, arrive at PO Sunday (Jun 30) eve. Plan to walk around Downtown that Sunday eve and grab some chow.

Monday: Bring it on!! MK with ADR @ Cinderella's Castle!!!!!!!!

Tuesday: AK with lunch at Tusker

Wednesday: Epcot with dinner at Akershus

Thursday: MK with dinner at Crystal Palace and pirate/mermaid makeovers at Pirate's League

Friday: Probably MK again with dinner at Chef Mickey's

This wait is going to kill me! And I'm hoping that we can catch fireworks somewhere along the line!

Trina

Sounds fun, but don't miss Hollywood Studios!! We loved that park!!!

 

[photo_chick]

I have 3 boys, and my middle son (age 8) was diagnosed 6 months ago as being very low on the autism spectrum. I also feel very fortunate that his condition is a mild one, and since we are now being proactive in addressing the problem (instead of thinking that he was just a difficult child or that he'd grow out of it like we had been doing), it seems that he's made a lot of progress. I learn so much from him, and I feel like he teaches me to be a better mom. It's not easy, and we do have to parent him differently than our other boys, but he's a hoot and really keeps my on my toes. I wouldn't trade it for the world!

My almost 11 year old DS has ADHD and Aspergers. I have ADHD and recognized some of those tendencies in him when he was a toddler. We didn't even realize he had Aspergers until after he started school and his doctor diagnosed him, we just thought he had some peculiar quirks. It's all those eccentricities and quirks that make him an amazing kid.

 

[DisneyMomFanatic]

Hello!!!

We are very excited about the fact that we just booked our trip to WDW for July!!! Can you please add us to the list? We will be there July 22-30 at the BC. We have never stayed at the BC before and are very excited to see it for the first time. Let the count down begin!!

Well Hello! and So glad to have you on the July board! I will absolutely add you to the front page, it would be my pleasure. When you have all your touring plans and ADR's ready, I would also love to post them on Pg. 39 in posts #577 and #579 as well. I have never stayed in BC before but it is lovely, at least the parts I have seen.

 

[kraftys]

Hello!!!

We are very excited about the fact that we just booked our trip to WDW for July!!! Can you please add us to the list? We will be there July 22-30 at the BC. We have never stayed at the BC before and are very excited to see it for the first time. Let the count down begin!!

We stayed at Beach Club last year for the first time, and I absolutely fell in love. I'm sure you have already read this everywhere, but the pool is AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!! Make sure you leave plenty of time for hanging at the pool. It was really hard to tear my kids (and hubby) away from it!! We could literally walk from our room to Epcot in 5 minutes, and taking the ferry to HS was super convenient, too. There's a great margarita stand at the Boardwalk as well, if you're into that sort of thing (which I am).

I also see a few people staying at Coronado Springs. We stayed there a few years back and had a fabulous time. I was apprehensive because of the mixed reviews, but we thought it was great. The food court was a little different, but once we went through it once, we were fine.

 

[wallawallakids]

We stayed at Beach Club last year for the first time, and I absolutely fell in love. I'm sure you have already read this everywhere, but the pool is AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!! Make sure you leave plenty of time for hanging at the pool. It was really hard to tear my kids (and hubby) away from it!! We could literally walk from our room to Epcot in 5 minutes, and taking the ferry to HS was super convenient, too. There's a great margarita stand at the Boardwalk as well, if you're into that sort of thing (which I am).

I also see a few people staying at Coronado Springs. We stayed there a few years back and had a fabulous time. I was apprehensive because of the mixed reviews, but we thought it was great. The food court was a little different, but once we went through it once, we were fine.

Thanks for the tips! Going to have to check out that margarita stand for sure!

 

[kraftys]

Here's my plan with the ADRs I booked.

Sunday, July 6: Arrive at Beach Club (after 15-hour drive from Illinois) around 8am. Check in and explore the resort and hang at the pool until the villa is ready. Then get settled in. Lunch somewhere at the resort (Hurricane Hannah's at the pool, most likely). Dinner in villa.

Monday, July 7: EPCOT Day! 6:30pm ADR at Teppan Edo (per DisneyMomFanatic's advice). Plan to watch Illuminations from the patio at Teppan Edo at 9pm (I hear that's a good spot).

Tuesday, July 8: Resort Day. 10:00am ADR at Cape May Café for breakfast. Stormalong Bay (pool) all day!! Lunch and dinner around resort or in villa.

Wednesday, July 9: Magic Kingdom Day! Early counter service lunch (we like Pecos Bill's Tall Tale Inn). 6:25 ADR at 'Ohana (my mouth is watering already). FYI, if you are heading to 'Ohana and have never had the Lapu Lapu pineapple and rum drink, take my word for how delicious it is.

Thursday, July 10: Resort Day. Nothing planned, and we'd like to keep it that way.

Friday, July 11: Hollywood Studios Day! 6:30 ADR at Mama Melrose's (with Fantasmic Package). Fastasmic at 9pm.

Saturday, July 12: I booked ADRs at Be Our Guest for 6:30pm, but I am going to be flexible about what we do that day. We don't have park hopper tickets, so we can only hit one park a day. This is going to be our day to re-visit whatever park we want, so if my family doesn't want to go back to MK, then we will have to skip BoG (sniff sniff).

Basically, we will be there for 7 days, and we are going to for sure spend one FULL day at each MK, HS, and EP. We're taking every other day there "off" to spend at the resort. That's more break time than we normally have, but after complaints last year that we didn't have enough pool time, we decided to do it this way this year. We have 5 days of park tickets, though, and since we will be so close to EPCOT and HS, we can always be-bop over there for a couple hours if we feel like it on any of our off days.

 

[mike the canuck]

All right. I just finished booking all my ADRs. So here is what our plan looks like for our honeymoon. June 29 - Flight arrives at MCO just after 8pm. We will check into Coronado Springs Resort that night and chillax. June 30 - Probably sleep in and head to the MK for the day. We have dinner booked for Be Our Guest July 1 - We will be at Epcot this day. Dinner at Le Cellier (What better place to eat on Canada Day) July 2 - Disney's Hollywood Studios for the day. Dinner at the Brown Derby. July 3 - Sleep in. Hang out at the Animal Kingdom for the afternoon. Lunch at the Tusker House. Then the MK for the night. July 4 - Sleep in. Head to Epcot for the afternoon and evening July 5 - Hang at Blizzard Beach. Ohanas for Dinner July 6 - Chill at Coronado Springs all day. Hang by the pool. Maybe go to the spa. Dinner at Maya Grill July 7 - Pick up a rental car. Head to the outlet malls for some shopping. Dinner at Cape May July 8 - Drive to Universal Studios for the day July 9 - Drive to Universal Studios for the day July 10 - Return rental car. Head to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Dinner at Scifi Diner July 11 - AK during the day. Hoop De Doo for dinner. Head to the MK for the evening July 12 - Typhoon Lagoon for the day. Dinner at Sanaa July 13 - Epcot for the day. Dinner at San Angel Inn. July 14 (my bday) - Keys to the Kingdom Tour. Late lunch at Tony's Town Square. Wishes Dessert Party. July 15 - ??? Whatever we feel like doing. lol. July 16 - Check out. Hit up a Park in the morning. Grab the Magical Express in the afternoon. Flight home is at 6:45pm What do you think? Any tips or suggestions?

I have now added Biergarten for dinner on July 4th

 

[Koh1977]

Here's my plan with the ADRs I booked. Sunday, July 6: Arrive at Beach Club (after 15-hour drive from Illinois) around 8am. Check in and explore the resort and hang at the pool until the villa is ready. Then get settled in. Lunch somewhere at the resort (Hurricane Hannah's at the pool, most likely). Dinner in villa. Monday, July 7: EPCOT Day! 6:30pm ADR at Teppan Edo (per DisneyMomFanatic's advice). Plan to watch Illuminations from the patio at Teppan Edo at 9pm (I hear that's a good spot). Tuesday, July 8: Resort Day. 10:00am ADR at Cape May Café for breakfast. Stormalong Bay (pool) all day!! Lunch and dinner around resort or in villa. Wednesday, July 9: Magic Kingdom Day! Early counter service lunch (we like Pecos Bill's Tall Tale Inn). 6:25 ADR at 'Ohana (my mouth is watering already). FYI, if you are heading to 'Ohana and have never had the Lapu Lapu pineapple and rum drink, take my word for how delicious it is. Thursday, July 10: Resort Day. Nothing planned, and we'd like to keep it that way. Friday, July 11: Hollywood Studios Day! 6:30 ADR at Mama Melrose's (with Fantasmic Package). Fastasmic at 9pm. Saturday, July 12: I booked ADRs at Be Our Guest for 6:30pm, but I am going to be flexible about what we do that day. We don't have park hopper tickets, so we can only hit one park a day. This is going to be our day to re-visit whatever park we want, so if my family doesn't want to go back to MK, then we will have to skip BoG (sniff sniff). Basically, we will be there for 7 days, and we are going to for sure spend one FULL day at each MK, HS, and EP. We're taking every other day there "off" to spend at the resort. That's more break time than we normally have, but after complaints last year that we didn't have enough pool time, we decided to do it this way this year. We have 5 days of park tickets, though, and since we will be so close to EPCOT and HS, we can always be-bop over there for a couple hours if we feel like it on any of our off days.

Sounds like an AWESOME plan!! 15 hours? You must be south of me then. I'm in Springfield. We drove last year and loved the flexibility it gave us and the kids were great in the car, but we'd most likely fly this time since it's such a quick trip.

We'll get in sometime Friday, hopefully by lunchtime or so. Checking out Monday (most likely by lunchtime if we're flying). I was thinking 3 day tickets, with 1 day each at Epcot, HS, and MK. Not sure though...was thinking of making 1 ADR each day? How does the FastPass for lunch at BOG work??