Who wants to participate in a Holiday Resort Tour and Dinner during DIS-CON-II?

[RaySharpton]

Holiday Tour List

DIS Names

Barb
CDoobee
CrazyBoutDisney
Danny1649
DaveH
Debi
December99
disneycub
DixieDreamer
Jaypd
KarenNY
lowellsdad
Luvdsny
Mac-key Mouse
Nancy
NancyIL
?oldkicker
perfectmatch300
Pixie Power!
RaySharpton
Sandra B.
shrpgrl
Smee
Towncrier


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Last year at DIS-CON-I we had a great tour and dinner, one day before the official registration.

This is just a tenative idea or tenative suggestions subject to change many times, but I thought that I would start a list and suggestions.

Last year a lot of people wanted to see the Fantasy in the Sky fireworks at Magic Kingdom before the dinner and Holiday Tour.

I was thinking maybe that we could meet at the Grand Floridian Resort first to see the their huge lobby Christmas tree and ginger bread houses (time to be announced).

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Then, we could all ride the monorail over to the Contemporary Resort and go up to the California Grille's observation deck and watch the sun go down over WDW and watch the MK Fantasy in the Sky fireworks. Did you know they piped in the syncronized music.

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And then on the monrail around to the MK and catch the boat to the Wilderness Lodge to see their large Christmas tree and have dinner at the Wilderness Lodge Whispering Cafe which is very open and fun to large groups.

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Afterwards, we could watch the Electric Water Pageant at the WL after dinner.

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And then we could stop or continue to the Board Walk Resort, Yacht and Beach Club Resort, and Dolphin Resort, and maybe to Jelly Rolls. Animal Kingdom Lodge is a bit out of the way, but it is a must see. Maybe a breakfast before going to a park could be arranged.

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Any suggestions? And who would like to do this? The timing of the Fantasy in the Sky fireworks is important. And there will be a more direct route using the monorail and WL boat launch.

Also Priority Seating for Wilderness Lodge's Whispering Canyon must be made months in advance and as soon as possible after the official DIS-CON-II itinerary is posted because we may have to do what we did last year and have 3 or 4 DISers make consecutive Priority Seating. Some restaurants require a credit card to make a large reservation and many spaces will fill up fast after MK closes as this is a popular restaurant. But if several people make reservations for the same time, and far enough in advance, we probably won't have to worry about using a credit card or having enough seats. Whew!
Sincerely, RaySharpton

 

[shrpgrl]

Wow Ray, that sounds like an ambitious plan. I would like to do that. I loved seeing the decorations the last time. Can you say "Oooooh, Aaaaah".

 

[Barb]

It sounds wonderful, Ray! Put me down as a definite! The only thing is once we get done with the monorail resorts, we had trouble getting to the other ones. We disbanded at that point because we could find no good way to get over to the YC/BC resorts. It's early yet, and we can fine tune the tour as we go along.
Love the pictures, Ray. They bring back great memories.

 

[RaySharpton]

That's great shrpgrl and Barb.

Barb, the reason that we couldn't catch a boat launch from the Wilderness Lodge to the Contemporary Resort or to Magic Kingdom was that they were mostly all coming from the Magic Kingdom after it closed and also dropping people off at the Wilderness Campground. I guess we could have fibbed and told the boat leaving the WL to the WCG that we were going to The WCG and just stayed on the boat for the return to MK.

That's why I chose leaving from Mk to WL, because the Boat Launch and Bus will deliver people to WL up to an hour or so afer the park closes for those staying at WL or those with dinner reservation.

We got out there on the WL dock pretty late and they wern't returning people back to the MK or CR since it was so late since MK closed.

Also, taking the bus to the Ticket Center, and then walking to the Poly Resort took a long time and the Poly really didn't have a decent tree or decorations.

Usually the Magic Kingdom closes around 6:00 P.M. during that season and the fireworks come right after.

I thought about going inside MK, but then others might not have annual passes or may not want to waste a ticket.

Just thinking out loud.

Ray

 

[Pixie Power!]

Ray this sounds wonderful! Im not sure what date I will be arriving, but as soon as I do I will let you know. I really love the festive season and who does it better but Disney!

Emma

 

[Debi]

I'd love to do this, Ray! This sounds like a wonderful pre-DIS CON activity. Did you have a date in mind for this event?

 

[RaySharpton]

We probably can't do everything. And some people may drop out after dinner. Those staying at the EPCOT resorts may want to continue on.

I have no idea about the dates, but last year we did it the evening before the official DIS-CON-I registration.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

Oooooh Aaaaaah.. sounds good to me too.. Love the pics..

 

[DixieDreamer]

Sounds like a blast Ray - count me in!

 

[Towncrier]

Last year, I made the mistake of cutting my DIScon vacation very close. I ended up adding a day so that I could attend MVMCP. I wanted to change my flights again so that I could arrive a day or two early, but that was out of the question.

So I won't make that error this time. I plan to spend a couple of extra days before and after DIScon so that I don't miss anything. Perhaps I'll even have time to meet up with some of the RADP folks this time.

So put me down as a definite maybe.

 

[oldkicker]

Depends on what kind of time I can shake loose, Ray.

Sure would like to!

 

[NancyIL]

Sounds great to me, Ray. Please add me to your list!

I hadn't planned on going to the dinner and resort tour last time because I was with my family. But as I sat waiting for a boat to Epcot, I had a sudden urge to take the bus to the MK, then boat to WL instead! I arrived halfway through dinner at Whispering Canyon, but was still able to be seated and even had something to eat. What a fun night that was!

 

[Sandra B.]

It sounds great Ray!!
Please put me on the list

 

[DaveH]

Ray that sounds great. Put me down and I would think my DW CrazyBoutDisney will want to go. Keep us posted. We arrive Dec 1 so anytime should work for us. BTW I did of posts of Christmas trees in Dec on the community board. Good luck finding it.

 

[luvdsny]

I wouldn't miss it for the world Ray! Count me IN! Thanks.

 

[lowellsdad]

Me, too! Me, too!

Frank

 

[perfectmatch300]

Ray, this was so much fun last time. Put us on the list to do it again! I think your plan ssounds excellent, & will elliminate some of the problems we had last year with transportation issues. Now all I have to do is convince Barry that he wants to go to DIS-CON II so I can start making ressies! Shouldn't be too hard to do that!

 

[disneycub]

::clearing throat::

Memememememememememememe!

 

[KarenNY]

Count me in, Ray

 

[Buckleybunch]

Count me in.