josabbimommy
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Two Princess birthdays, One wedding anniversary, and Star Wars weekend, oh my!
Who: My hubs and I, our three kids (DS12, DD4, DD8) and the MIL.
When: June 2-8, 2915.
Where: Art of Animation, Finding Nemo Family Suites.
Other important facts: We only have five day, non-park hopper passes. My son is handicapped and in a wheelchair for places like Disney (he gets fatigued easily), my MIL uses a Scooter and I have food allergy, and we will have our own car. We have the DxDP.
Arrival: The goal is to arrive in Orlando between 1-3 pm (we are coming from visiting family in Savannah). We are going to hang out at the resort and go to dinuner at Flying Fish Cafe (the husbands choice).
Wednesday: Epcot
Breakfast: Ohana (this is my DD4 birthday. She chose Lilo and Stitch). The plan is to park at the TTC, take the monorail to Poly for our 0810 ADR and then take the monorail to Epcot. I figure the breakfast will take 90 minutes (based on previous character meal experience) and then transport to Epcot, getting a GAC card (or whatever the current equivalent is) and scooter rental will take another 90 minutes, I put use ready to do anything at 11ish. (Im really hoping it doenst take that long, but who knows.)
I will attempt to get FP+ for the following rides
I know nothing about FP+, Ive never used it in the past because weve always had a GAC).
Soarin
Turtle Talk
Test Track
Mission Space or Illuminations (Is it worth it to do one for Illuminations? Us coming back for Illuminations is up in the air .depends on how long dinner takes .)
The only other rides the kids want to do are: Living with the Land, The Seas, Spaceship Earth and the Countries.
The plan is to leave Epcot, and take the monorail to 1900 Park for dinner. Weve already done Akershus and my daughter isnt interested in going again.
We will attempt to return after dinner, but if they are too tired to come back, we will go back to the resort. I might take just one of my kiddos (or maybe the hubby) back to the Countries or maybe well go swim.
Thursday: AK
Breakfast: Boma (0745 ADR)--we will then drive to AK from Boma for rope drop at AK.
FP+ (potential):
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Festival of the Lion King
Expedition Everest
Dinosaur
We will also go through the animals, but Im not sure we will go to the Conservation Station, we did that last time and werent particularly impressed. We will probably do a QS lunch (my guess would be BBQ).
The girls also want to meet Pocahontas.
Our plans for dinner that night is for my husband and I to go to the California Grill for our anniversary while the MIL takes the kids back to the resort.
Friday: Off World.
The plan for this day is to go to the Clearwater Aquarium. According to mapquest, the clearwater aquarium is approx. 2 hrs from Orlando. The original thought was that we would go to Chef Mickeys for breakfast (we have 0715 ADRs), but I feel like we could do the QS at AOA and save some time. The goal is to be back from Clearwater by 6pm. We have reservations at Cinderellas Royal Table at 6:50pm. My children will sleep in the car from Clearwater to Orlando (and they are good at sleeping in the car) so that will be their rest period that day. After CRT, we are going to do all the night time activities at MK. My goal is to get a FP for A&E, Rapunzel and see Merida. If we can knock out those four, were set for our next visit to back to MK later in the week. Well then do the parade and wishes (FP those too).
Saturday: DHS
Breakfast: Sci-Fi Dine-In Star Wars Intergalactic Breakfast (my son and hubs love Star Wars, they made me promise it was real Star Wars and not Disney Star Wars characters.)
This is Star Wars weekend at DHS. I know its going to be crowded.
Our ADR is 0800, which will put us in the park before it opens.
I think that this is the hardest FP day for me, because the kids want to do it all, and because of their age range, its going to be hard, Im going to see if DH will take DS and do all the Star Wars stuff while I take DDs and MIL and do girl stuff.
The girls want to do:
Frozen (of course)
Disney Junior
Beauty and the Beast
and they want to meet Sophia, Phineas and Ferb, Sully and Mike, the Incredibles and Mater.
Any recommendations on this day would be helpful.
We have ADRs for Mama Melrose at 1750 w/ passes to Fantasmic. It will be a long day in the park.
Sunday: MK
Breakfast: The Crystal Palace (0800)--we will drive to TTC and take either Ferry or Monorail.
I would love to ride the mountains, with that being said, my daughter wont go on really dark rides (Space Mountain). 7DMT is a must for us. We also have reservations for BOG for dinner at 6pm. Thats the most of what I have planned for Sunday. We absolutely want to see the parade as well. After dinner, we really have no plans. This is the last unplanned day that I have, and any input regarding other rides would be great.
Any suggestions (scheduling, what to FP, what not to FP, recommendations, etc)? Id love to hear from you!
Who: My hubs and I, our three kids (DS12, DD4, DD8) and the MIL.
When: June 2-8, 2915.
Where: Art of Animation, Finding Nemo Family Suites.
Other important facts: We only have five day, non-park hopper passes. My son is handicapped and in a wheelchair for places like Disney (he gets fatigued easily), my MIL uses a Scooter and I have food allergy, and we will have our own car. We have the DxDP.
Arrival: The goal is to arrive in Orlando between 1-3 pm (we are coming from visiting family in Savannah). We are going to hang out at the resort and go to dinuner at Flying Fish Cafe (the husbands choice).
Wednesday: Epcot
Breakfast: Ohana (this is my DD4 birthday. She chose Lilo and Stitch). The plan is to park at the TTC, take the monorail to Poly for our 0810 ADR and then take the monorail to Epcot. I figure the breakfast will take 90 minutes (based on previous character meal experience) and then transport to Epcot, getting a GAC card (or whatever the current equivalent is) and scooter rental will take another 90 minutes, I put use ready to do anything at 11ish. (Im really hoping it doenst take that long, but who knows.)
I will attempt to get FP+ for the following rides
I know nothing about FP+, Ive never used it in the past because weve always had a GAC).Soarin
Turtle Talk
Test Track
Mission Space or Illuminations (Is it worth it to do one for Illuminations? Us coming back for Illuminations is up in the air .depends on how long dinner takes .)
The only other rides the kids want to do are: Living with the Land, The Seas, Spaceship Earth and the Countries.
The plan is to leave Epcot, and take the monorail to 1900 Park for dinner. Weve already done Akershus and my daughter isnt interested in going again.
We will attempt to return after dinner, but if they are too tired to come back, we will go back to the resort. I might take just one of my kiddos (or maybe the hubby) back to the Countries or maybe well go swim.
Thursday: AK
Breakfast: Boma (0745 ADR)--we will then drive to AK from Boma for rope drop at AK.
FP+ (potential):
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Festival of the Lion King
Expedition Everest
Dinosaur
We will also go through the animals, but Im not sure we will go to the Conservation Station, we did that last time and werent particularly impressed. We will probably do a QS lunch (my guess would be BBQ).
The girls also want to meet Pocahontas.
Our plans for dinner that night is for my husband and I to go to the California Grill for our anniversary while the MIL takes the kids back to the resort.
Friday: Off World.
The plan for this day is to go to the Clearwater Aquarium. According to mapquest, the clearwater aquarium is approx. 2 hrs from Orlando. The original thought was that we would go to Chef Mickeys for breakfast (we have 0715 ADRs), but I feel like we could do the QS at AOA and save some time. The goal is to be back from Clearwater by 6pm. We have reservations at Cinderellas Royal Table at 6:50pm. My children will sleep in the car from Clearwater to Orlando (and they are good at sleeping in the car) so that will be their rest period that day. After CRT, we are going to do all the night time activities at MK. My goal is to get a FP for A&E, Rapunzel and see Merida. If we can knock out those four, were set for our next visit to back to MK later in the week. Well then do the parade and wishes (FP those too).
Saturday: DHS
Breakfast: Sci-Fi Dine-In Star Wars Intergalactic Breakfast (my son and hubs love Star Wars, they made me promise it was real Star Wars and not Disney Star Wars characters.)
This is Star Wars weekend at DHS. I know its going to be crowded.
Our ADR is 0800, which will put us in the park before it opens.
I think that this is the hardest FP day for me, because the kids want to do it all, and because of their age range, its going to be hard, Im going to see if DH will take DS and do all the Star Wars stuff while I take DDs and MIL and do girl stuff.
The girls want to do:
Frozen (of course)
Disney Junior
Beauty and the Beast
and they want to meet Sophia, Phineas and Ferb, Sully and Mike, the Incredibles and Mater.
Any recommendations on this day would be helpful.
We have ADRs for Mama Melrose at 1750 w/ passes to Fantasmic. It will be a long day in the park.
Sunday: MK
Breakfast: The Crystal Palace (0800)--we will drive to TTC and take either Ferry or Monorail.
I would love to ride the mountains, with that being said, my daughter wont go on really dark rides (Space Mountain). 7DMT is a must for us. We also have reservations for BOG for dinner at 6pm. Thats the most of what I have planned for Sunday. We absolutely want to see the parade as well. After dinner, we really have no plans. This is the last unplanned day that I have, and any input regarding other rides would be great.
Any suggestions (scheduling, what to FP, what not to FP, recommendations, etc)? Id love to hear from you!
Your plans sound fun. We are doing some of the same things on our trip: Flying Fish dinner, Fantasmic! package at Mama's, and early Crystal Palace reservation. We also like the idea of leaving the park in the afternoon and riding the monorail to a resort for a meal. In our case to Grand Floridian Cafe for lunch. 
Someone was kind enough to point that out to me in my PTR. 
