Hello again everyone! After a great Fall semester taking necessary classes at SUNY-Stony Brook, I am now off until my next semester in late January. This means that I can take a little break and start preparing for my next trip to Walt Disney World!
First, I called JetBlue, as I wanted to confirm my room requests at the Buena Vista Palace. Since I found out they were renovating a small section of rooms to minimize disruption, I emphasized to the lovely agent on the phone that my first choice would be a renovated room if available, even though it would be on a lower floor. If that was not available, I requested a non-renovated room, which is still very nice on a higher floor for my second choice. I was thankful for the agent's help and I am glad that things are starting to come together for my trip. I also booked ground transportation from Tiffany Towncar, who will pick me up after my flight arrives and take me back to MCO at 1:30PM on 1/15, which will allow me plenty of time to make my flight, in case security lines are long. Since last Friday, December 11th, 2015, I became eligible to make Fastpass+ Reservations via
MDE and thankfully, I was pretty much able to find all of the attractions I wanted, including the hard to get FP+ to meet Anna and Elsa at Princess Fairytale Hall after trying for a few days. I kept checking MDE everyday and on Monday, December 14th, 2015, I got an FP+ to meet Anna and Elsa at 5:00PM-6:00PM
. I can't believe I had this stroke of good luck and without further adieu, I will now reveal my ADRs and FP+s for everyone, as these reflect my plans that are closer to being finalized.
**Sunday, January 10th, 2016: I will leave for an approximately 25-30 minute drive to JFK around 6:30AM-7:00AM with a ride from my mom, to ensure that I arrive with enough time for my 9:29AM flight to Orlando. I will be flying on JetBlue Flight 483 to MCO, scheduled to depart at 9:29AM and arrive at 12:29PM. I am hoping Queen Elsa does not unleash her magical powers on the NYC area haha, as I want to be able to get to Orlando (my luck was good in 2005, 2012, and 2014, but my trip got pushed back one day in 2011 due to heavy snow). I will then meet my driver from Tiffany Towncar, who will stop at Publix so I can pick up provisions for my room and drive me to my hotel. Assuming all goes well, I should be at the Buena Vista Palace by 2:00PM. After checking in and getting settled, I will go swimming or go to a park (probably the Magic Kingdom) depending upon the weather. Finally, I will have dinner at Chef Mickey's at 8:45PM, making for a magical start to my vacation!
**Monday, January 11th, 2016: I plan to head to the Magic Kingdom in time for park opening. As depicted above, I have an FP+ for 7DMT from 9:20AM-10:20AM, so I plan to make Peter Pan's Flight my first attraction before 7DMT, as it tends to develop long lines. After those two attractions, I will enjoy the rest of Fantasyland until my FP+ for BTMRR at 11:35AM-12:35PM and have lunch after that, planning to leave the Magic Kingdom at about 1:00PM-1:30PM for a midday break until about 4:00PM, when I will return to the MK to meet Anna and Elsa at 5:00PM-6:00PM, enjoy some more attractions, and see the Main Street Electrical Parade and Wishes
.
**Tuesday, January 12th, 2016: Since Soarin' is closed and I made my FP+ reservations for slightly later in the day, I will leave for the park later, taking the time to sleep in, enjoy my one breakfast buffet visit at the hotel, and swim if the weather is good. Since I will be full from the breakfast buffet, I will have a snack in the afternoon and enjoy my FP+ reservations, tour World Showcase, enjoy dinner at Teppan Edo at 6:10PM, and see Illuminations to cap off the day.
**Wednesday, January 13th, 2016: I plan to arrive at the Magic Kingdom at opening once again, first heading to 7DMT. Next, I will go to Space Mountain for my FP+ at 9:10AM-10:10AM. I will then enjoy other attractions in Tomorrowland until my ADR at Be Our Guest at 10:30AM. After that, I will enjoy attractions in Fantasyland until my FP+ at 11:50AM-12:50PM for Peter Pan's Flight. I will also visit Liberty Square, ride BTMRR at 12:50PM-1:50PM, and enjoy Adventureland until the Festival of Fantasy Parade. After that, I will probably end the day here, swim, and visit Disney Springs later.
**Thursday, January 14th, 2016: I will head to the Animal Kingdom in time for opening, where I will start my day riding Expedition Everest. This will be followed by a FP+ riding Dinosaur at 9:20AM-10:20AM, which I have not been on before as well as a show of Flights of Wonder, which I have not seen before but I am looking forward to it! I plan to see Finding Nemo-The Musical, and while it says 11:00AM on my itinerary, I will probably see it later in the day. I will then ride Kilimanjaro Safaris at 11:10AM-12:10PM on my FP+, have lunch, and enjoy other attractions until closing. After that, I will head over to Disney's Beach Club Resort and check out that area for awhile until my 6:45PM ADR at Cape May Cafe. After dinner, I will head back to my room, where I will pack to head home the next day and get everything ready so I will be able to leave smoothly.
Friday, January 15th, 2016 : Today is the day I head home, but not without a last dose of Disney magic
. I plan to arrive at Epcot at opening, so I will be able to enjoy attractions in Future World I missed on my first day in Epcot, as well as revisit old favorites. I made FP+ reservations for Test Track at 9:00AM-10:00AM, Turtle Talk With Crush at 10:00AM-11:00AM, and Spaceship Earth at 11:40AM-12:40PM. I plan to have lunch at Sunshine Seasons and make Spaceship Earth my last attraction before I head back to my room, where I will do one last check to make sure I have all of my belongings before my pick up to MCO from Tiffany at 1:30PM. While I lucked out on my last trip even with arriving early due to a 10 minute wait to check in and a 15 minute wait at security, I still don't want to take chances and worry about missing my flight. My flight home, JetBlue 1684, leaves at 5:30PM and arrives at JFK at 8:06PM, where my mom will pick me up once again, very happy to have me home!
As always, if anyone wants to meet me while I am in WDW, please let me know and I will do my best to do so, as I am always happy to meet new people!