Triple Split Stay = Triple the fun! - My 1st PTR! *UPDATED: 7/26*

[#1PoohBearFan]

Hello everyone and welcome to my first-ever Pre-Trip Report!

First! The cast:

Sorry about the picture! I dont know how to make it smaller!
Emily (Me!): Hi! I'm Emily, the baby of the family. I'll be turning 13 on this trip! I just started competitive cheerleading after quitting 7 years of competitive gymnastics!

Jessie: This is my 14-year-old sister, Jessie. She plays soccer and a little bit of dance here and there.


Mom&Dad: No pic for mom and dad, sorry! Mom is the Disney planning extraordinaire; she knows everything there is to know! Dad loves Disney, but not as much as me and Mom.

We'll be in WDW from August 3rd-August 13th. We're going to be staying at the Hilton from the 4th-8th (with one night of Royal Pacific in Universal Studios on the 6th [My BIRTHDAY!] )and then the Wilderness Lodge from the 8th-13th.

Table of Contents
Getting There & Where We're Staying!
Our Plans
ADR's
Favorite Parks and Rides
Pictures from Past Trips
Packing Ideas
Pins and Vinylmations

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

These are our plans so far for our stay!

August 3rd: Arrival Day! This might be Animal Kingdom day? I'm not sure.
August 4th: Animal Kingdom
Rainforest Cafe - 7:00
August 5th: EPCOT
August 6th: Magic Kingdom (BIRTHDAY!)
Crystal Palace - 1:00
August 7th: Universal (Both parks in 1 day! Staying at Royal Pacific - 1 night)
August 8th: Relax Day - Switching from Hilton to WL
This is how I planned the next few days - based on touringplans.com crowd calendar:
August 9th: EPCOT (maybe late to get there and then staying until closing)
August 10th: Animal Kingdom (probably mid-day break)
August 11th: Magic Kingdom
August 12th: Hollywood Studios (It is a park to avoid that day, so this may be switched.)
August 13th: EPCOT (I don't know when we're leaving, so we might not be able to get to the parks.)

Please tell me if you see anything that's not a good idea! Thanks!

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THE PICTURES IN THIS POST OR THE TWO AFTER!! (in order of post, not table of contents.)

We've made our ADR's for our trip!! Yay!

Rainforest Cafe
I LOVE Rainforest Cafe! The food is soo good and the restaurant is so cool!

Crystal Palace
This has to be my favorite restaurant at Disney. I'm a huge Winnie the Pooh fan (my username ) so this is where we're going for my birthday lunch.

Le Cellier
Never been here so I'm really excited!

Hoop Dee Doo Revue
Went here when I was little, but I dont remember it! So excited to go back!

Whispering Canyon
I went here when I was little, too. But again, don't remember it.

SO excited!

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

Getting There
We decided not to fly this year. But that's okay, because we're not driving all the way down. We're driving to Lorton, VA and getting on the Autotrain!

YAAY! We'll be on that 17 1/2 hours. so we're going to sleep on the way and wake up in DISNEY!

Where We're Staying
This trip is gonna be a split stay! From August 4th-August 7th we'll be at the Hilton. It's the only non-Disney-owned hotel tht still gets the same perks as onsite resorts. My dad travels a lot, so we get these nights for free!

We're sleeping at the Universal Studios Royal Pacific on the night of the 6th to enjoy the perks of staying onsite at the parks.(without leaving the Hilton!)

And finally, we are staying at the Wilderness Lodge from August 8th - August 13th! This is my dad's favorite hotel, so he was excited to know we're staying here!

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

(If you're reading, feel free to post and say hi!)

Good afternoon! Today, I decided to write about our favorite parks! Here goes!

Emily: Disney's Hollywood Studios

Top 5 Favorite Rides/Attractions
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
Tower of Terror
Test Track
Expedition Everest
Soarin'

P.S. Sorry the first two pictures are so big!

Jessie: Disney's Hollywood Studios

Top 5 Favorite Rides/Attractions
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
Test Track
Carousel of Progress
Space Mountain
Expedition Everest

Mom: EPCOT

Top 5 Favorite Rides/Attractions
Soarin'
Test Track
Expedition Everest
Kalki River Rapids
Splash Mountain


Dad: Animal Kingdom

Top 5 Favorite Rides/Attractions
Expedition Everest
Birds of Prey Show
Mission: Space
Tower of Terror
Test Track

 

[StephaniexMarie]

Hi Emily!
We'll be in WDW the same time

 

[danceintherain]

The Autotrain intrigues me, but I don't know if I'll ever live close enough to use it.

 

[Pluto_fan]

Hi Emily! I'll enjoy reading along. My oldest child just turned 13, so it will be interesting to see the planning and trip from your perspective!

I am also interested in hearing about the autotrain. On our last WDW trip (Jan 2009) we lived very close to Lorton and I looked into taking the autotrain, but we ended up not doing it. I think it sounds neat.

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

Hi Emily!
We'll be in WDW the same time

Hi Emily! I'll enjoy reading along. My oldest child just turned 13, so it will be interesting to see the planning and trip from your perspective!

I am also interested in hearing about the autotrain. On our last WDW trip (Jan 2009) we lived very close to Lorton and I looked into taking the autotrain, but we ended up not doing it. I think it sounds neat.

Hi guys! Well, StephaniexMarie, great minds think alike!! And I will be sure to write about the autotrain in my TR. I'm pretty excited, I dont remember the last time I was on a train!

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

Hello All!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. This summer's been busy already!

Today I'm posting pictures from our May and November trips. Or maybe it's just one of them, I can't remember...

Close up on my favorite napkin in the world:

From the Birds of Prey show in AK:

Me in a Camaro in the car area after you get off Test Track:

Baby Elephant at Kilimanjaro!

Sleepy Lion at Kilimanjaro:

Tree of Life:

Well, that's all for today. Have a magical day!

 

[ZFamily5]

I'm in!!!! I'm 14, so I'm glad to see another teen around here! Also, I did gymnastics for a long time too (11 years)! Can't wait to hear more!

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

I'm in!!!! I'm 14, so I'm glad to see another teen around here! Also, I did gymnastics for a long time too (11 years)! Can't wait to hear more!

Wow! 11 years! Nice! Haha, hope you enjoy it!


P.S. I fixed the lame title!

 

[ZFamily5]

Wow! 11 years! Nice! Haha, hope you enjoy it!


P.S. I fixed the lame title!

Yeah, not all of it was competitive obviously (I would have started competing at age 3!). What level did you compete?

 

[disneylovin24]

I just started reading your PTR and your trip looks like it's gonna be a lot of fun! I hope you decide to do a TR for it

Its cool to read TRs and such from teen perspective (another teen here!)

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

Yeah, not all of it was competitive obviously (I would have started competing at age 3!). What level did you compete?

I just started reading your PTR and your trip looks like it's gonna be a lot of fun! I hope you decide to do a TR for it

Its cool to read TRs and such from teen perspective (another teen here!)

I competed level 8 my last year. It was TOUGH. What did you compete?

And yes, I'm going to do a TR! It looks like fun, and hopefully will cheer me up after we come home.

 

[ZFamily5]

I competed level 8 my last year. It was TOUGH. What did you compete?

I was about to move up to level 8 when I decided I was done. Gymnastics is a tough sport!

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

I was about to move up to level 8 when I decided I was done. Gymnastics is a tough sport!

Oh yeah, and consumes your life! I couldn't do any other sports because of how much I was in the gym.

 

[ZFamily5]

Oh yeah, and consumes your life! I couldn't do any other sports because of how much I was in the gym.

Same with me. I gave it up so I could try out some other sports and focus more on dance and track. Lately I've been regretting my decision to quit, but at this point, I don't think I could go back to it.

 

[#1PoohBearFan]

Same with me. I gave it up so I could try out some other sports and focus more on dance and track. Lately I've been regretting my decision to quit, but at this point, I don't think I could go back to it.

Oh, really? I'm not regretting it at all. I'm also a dancer! I've been dancing since I was 3! I couldn't do it last year because of gymnastics but picking it back up this year. And I did track for my school, but didn't love it. How weird is that? We do/have done all of the same sports!!

 

[ZFamily5]

Oh, really? I'm not regretting it at all. I'm also a dancer! I've been dancing since I was 3! I couldn't do it last year because of gymnastics but picking it back up this year. And I did track for my school, but didn't love it. How weird is that? We do/have done all of the same sports!!

Well, what I regret is leaving my gym friends. All it takes to make me happy with my desicion again is to go online and look at the team schedule! I've been dancing since I was 3 too! That's really weird how much we have in common! What types of dance do you do?