We're Disney Bound

Day Four -- Disney-Hollywood Studios
Because showtimes are not available not a lot of planning to be done.

08:30a - Wake Up & Shower
09:15a - Breakfast/Coffee @ Food Court
09:25a - Catch Bus
10:00a - Hit the Parks. Show times dictate what we do.
01:00p - Birthday Lunch at The Hollywood Brown Derby
03:00p - Pixar Block Party Bash Parade
03:20p - Hit up the rides. Muppets, Great Movie, Star Tours...
05:00p - Dinner @ Pizza Planet (I might get the food and then meet Erin over at Tower of Terror so I don't have to ride)
06:00p - Sit and eat and wait in line for Fantasmic
07:00p - FANTASMIC!!!!!!
08:00p - Tour our resort / Pool Time

Day Three -- EPCOT
Again, most times are approx. // Goal is to see the World Showcase.

08:30a - Wake Up/Shower
09:15a - Breakfast/Coffee/whatever @ Pop Century Food Court
10:00a - Catch Bus for Park (if we go earlier, Erin, we could take the monorail.)
11:00a - World Showcase Opens -
11:15a - Maelstrom
12:00p - Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Cabelleros
01:05p - LITE Lunch @ Le Cellier
02:00p - Explore World Show Case going counter clockwise stop and meet characters whenever possible. Don't forget the American Adventure!
07:45p - Dinner @ Cantina De San Angel, get seat close to water to watch fireworks.
09:00p - Illuminations (ie Fireworks)
09:20p - Walk against the flow and around the lagoon. Enjoy the lights.
10:00p - Catch bus to Pop Century
10:45p - Formulize a plan of attack for tomorrow.


Disney Hollywood Studios will be the park we visit next, and it will be difficult to make any sort of plan before we actually get down there because show times change so often. So until we actually get down to Florida and get a times guide the plan will just be skin and bones.

With the EPCOT plan I knew Erin would want to sleep in a bit after going non stop for two days, and there's a lot of walking still to be done so I'd like to get off my feet a bit. We're going to basically skip the future world and concentrate on the different countries. We have two more full days later in the trip with Epcot and so we'll devote most of a day to a full day at Future World and then the third day can be whatever we feel like... sort of a clean up day. We can always park hop in the evening if we want to visit another park.

Le Cellier is a fairly expensive table service resteraunt, but if we eat a lighter lunch than we normally would we can still come out on top. Something like Soup and Salad/Sandwich. It's basically just a place I've always wanted to eat. And it's all about me anyway, right? ;)

Day Two -- Disney's Animal Kingdom
All times are approximations. // Extra Magic Hours.

07:00a - Wake up and QUICKLY get ready.
07:30a - Catch the bus for Animal Kingdom
08:30a - Donald's Safari Breakfast @ Tusker House (yum!)
09:00a - Hit the park - head first to the Kilamanjaro Safari
09:30a - Fast pass Expedition Everest and head for Finding Nemo the Musical.
10:15a - Tour Asia.
12:30p - Kali River Rapids (fastpass if needbe)
01:00p - Flame Tree BBQ
01:30p - Tour Discovery Island
03:00p - Mickey's Jungle Jammin' Parade
03:20p - Tour Africa
04:30p - Dinoland USA (Fast Pass Dinosaur if needbe!)
05:00p - Park Closes / Extra Magic Hours begin.
07:30p - Resort & Pool time!

I've edited this thing while typing this up... I think this is a good enough tour plan, anyway. Ha ha! It's always changing always flowing. ;)

Yes, I know, there is such a thing as overplanning, but I'm bored out of my mind, and this is just a blue print. I'm fine with improving once we get there. But, let me keep myself occupied for the next 89 days, okay?

Anyway In the following 10 or so posts I plan to give a run down on each day and what I have in mind. This is not set in stone - save for some of the meals, and really not even then - and I'm sure I'll continue to play around with all of it... but this is what I have in mind thus far.

Day One -- Magic Kingdom
7:30a - Wake Up
8:30a - Catch Bus for Park
9:00a - Watch Park opening show (if we get there in time)
Breakfast - Something quick at a snack cart
Morning - Tour Adventureland & Frontierland
Lunch - Columbia Harbour House
Afternoon - Liberty Square and Tom Sawyer's Island
3:00p - Dreams Come True Parade (what time is the 3 o'clock parade?)
Almost Evening - Fantasyland and Tomorrowland
6:00p - Casey's Corner & find a spot in "The Hub" and park it for the evening stuff oh and it's a reason to take a break!
7:00p - Spectromagic
8:00p - Wishes Nighttime Spectacular
9:30p - In room set wake up call for 7:00am


I'm too excited to sleep!

So I called down about 45 minutes ago and reserved our Disney Magical Express as well as *trumpet fanfare* our ADRs, and what's even better I got EVERYTHING I WANTED and the times we wanted (except for the Plaza, we're eating way earlier than I expected)! That's right! EVERYTHING! Go me!

So, here is the food schedule as it stands. The Plaza has me miffed, but I'm hoping that it means that the Pirate and Princess Party will be that night, which would be super cool!

January 12, 2009 - Arrival Day & Magic Kingdom 1
Breakfast - Pop Century Food Court
Lunch - Columbia Harbour House
Dinner - Play it by Ear, probably Pop Food Court

January 13, 2009 - Animal Kingdom 1
9:10 AM - Donald's Safari Breakfast @ Tusker House
Lunch - Flame Tree BBQ
Dinner - Pop Century Food Court

January 14, 2009 - EPCOT 1
Breakfast - Pop Century
1:05 PM - Le Cellier
Dinner - Cantina De San Angel

January 15, 2009 - Disney Hollywood Studios
Breakfast - Pop Century Food Court
1:00 PM - The Hollywood Brown Derby
Dinner - We'll grab a snack on our way to Fantasmic!

January 16, 2009 - Animal Kingdom 2
Breakfast - Kusafiri Coffee Shop
Lunch - Yak & Yeti Counter Service
Dinner - Pizza Planet

January 17, 2009 - Magic Kingdom 2
Breakfast - Main Street Bakery
Lunch - Cosmic Ray's
4:50 PM - The Plaza

January 18, 2009 - EPCOT 2
Breakfast - Pop Century Food Court
Lunch - Beaches & Cream
8:00 PM - Trail's End

January 19, 2009 - Martin Luther King Day = Take a Break!
10:00 AM - Whispering Canyon Cafe
Lunch - Somewhere at Downtown Disney
Dinner - Pop Century Food Court?

January 20, 2009 - EPCOT 3
Breakfast - Sunshine Seasons
1:00 PM - Biergarten
Dinner - Yakitori House

January 21, 2009 - Magic Kingdom 3 & Toni's 24th Bday
Breakfast - Sleepy Hollow
11:30 AM - Crystal Palace Character Buffet
Dinner - Pecos Bill

I am so happy! Yay! Now I just have to wait for the calendar to come out to see if this is what we really want... and then of course the tickets for the Pirate Princess Party if they fall while we're there... and the tickets for the parks next month! yay! So excited!
Oh, and yes, I was briefly on hold... yes Disney Music did play (Cruella De Vil) and yes I did sing!

Got this email from StitchKingdom.com -

Greetings tonichelle,

This is just a friendly reminder from us that you're almost 180 days out from your vacation. That means it's time to start calling for your Advanced Dining Reservations (ADRs) beginning July 16. While it's usually not absolutely necessary to make all of your dining reservations this far out, it doesn't hurt to have an idea of where you'd like to dine at Walt Disney World. By making your reservations sooner than later, you'll be guaranteeing your meals and times of choices and if you need to change your plans, there's no penalty for calling and canceling and/or rescheduling.

And since you're staying on site at a Disney resort, you have the added bonus of being able to book for up to the first 10 days of your vacation on the same date.

You can make your dining reservations (as well as for Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique) by calling 407-WDW-DINE (407-939-3463). Be aware that dinner shows and Cinderella's Royal Table require payment in full at the time of booking (unless on the Disney Dining Plan in which case a credit card is needed to only secure the reservation. A select few other dining locations such as the Princess Storybook meals at Akershus, California Grill and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique will also require a credit card to secure the reservation but will not charge as long as you show up for the reservation or cancel in the allowed timeframe.

Bon Appetit!

Guess who's going to be getting up at teh butt crack of dawn on Wednesday?

So I think I have the Meal Plans laid out, barring we can't make a reservation or two, well I will have to figure that out in a bit and decide what our second choices will be if we can't get what I have set so far.

I will be booking our Room Only reservations in June, either when I get my first paycheck (which I don't think I will get one in May considering opening day for Wildride is May 24th, but who knows! LOL) or I'll still have some $$ in savings that I can throw towards the down payment (which is one night's stay at Pop Century which as it stands is 82 + tax...)

Once I get that set then I just have to wait for the 180 day mark of our first day at Disney so that I can make the ADRs (Advance Dining Reservations) for our trip (if you dont stay on property you have to call back every day, one of the perks of staying at Disney - you get 180 + 10 so you can book your whole stay at once!)

So now that I've bored you with that, on to the daily Food Schedule. (the menus are linked to the resteraunt name)

January 12, 2009 - Arrival Day & Magic Kingdom 1
Breakfast - Pop Century Food Court
Lunch - Columbia Harbour House
Dinner - Play it by Ear, probably Pop Food Court

January 13, 2009 - Animal Kingdom 1
Breakfast - Donald's Safari Breakfast @ Tusker House
Lunch - Flame Tree BBQ
Dinner - Pop Century Food Court

January 14, 2009 - EPCOT 1
Breakfast - Pop Century
Lunch - Le Cellier if n/a eat around The World
Dinner - Cantina De San Angel

January 15, 2009 - Disney Hollywood Studios
Breakfast - Pop Century Food Court
Lunch - The Hollywood Brown Derby
Dinner - We'll grab a snack on our way to Fantasmic!

January 16, 2009 - Animal Kingdom 2
Breakfast - Kusafiri Coffee Shop
Lunch - Yak & Yeti Counter Service
Dinner - Pizza Planet

January 17, 2009 - Magic Kingdom 2
Breakfast - Main Street Bakery
Lunch - Cosmic Ray's
Dinner - The Plaza

January 18, 2009 - EPCOT 2
Breakfast - Pop Century Food Court
Lunch - Beaches & Cream
Dinner - Trail's End

January 19, 2009 - Martin Luther King Day = Take a Break!
Breakfast - Whispering Canyon Cafe
Lunch - Somewhere at Downtown Disney
Dinner - Pop Century Food Court?

January 20, 2009 - EPCOT 3
Breakfast - Sunshine Seasons
Lunch - Biergarten
Dinner - Yakitori House

January 21, 2009 - Magic Kingdom 3 & Toni's 24th Bday
Breakfast - Sleepy Hollow
Lunch - Crystal Palace Character Buffet
Dinner - Pecos Bill


Yes, thank you, I am crazy