Did I over plan? Disney wedding mega trip - HELP!!

[LovesHerTaurus]

It turns out I should have been a travel agent. I've never had so much fun planning anything in my life!!

Background:
I'm a single mom systems admin about to go to Disney in 40 days to marry the love of my life. He is an amazing man, who is taking his first vacation in 12 years - quitting his job 4 days before we go! I have a diva-cheerleader-princess who is 10. I also have a tomboy-gamer who is in puberty 12
I've had SO much fun finding a balance keeping in mind my kids are total opposites, we've never BEEN on a trip together, much less to Disney World! AND we're from Canada, so Florida in August might actually kill us

Here are the plans. Yes, they are insane. Any good tips?? I'm open to critique! We're on the DDP, staying at ASMu. It you make it to the end, I salute you - lots of planning so far but need thumbs up from people in the know!

My 3 main goals - a great trip, get married, take family pictures with as many characters as possible! (aka I want disney family pictures EVERYWHERE) -- yes I preordered the photo pass cd!

Day 1 - Get there and many details to confirm...
Get up at 3 am for ride to airport
Plane leave at 7am
Plane gets to Orlando at 2:30
Pick up by Happy Limo! LIMO! (feeding my diva and the excitement and for logistics....)
Grocery stop for room drinks, water, breakie food, healthy snacks
Check in FAST - get many pins!
4:30 appointment for wedding dress steaming and tux trying on
Kids explore pool while sweaty adults try on clothes
Hit Magic Kingdom! Parade! Fireworks! Remember to eat!
Get ears @ Chapleau - bride/groom/kids make own
Grab lanyard pin trading starter sets for all 4 of us?

Day 2 - wedding day! first day! AH! Hot air balloon!
3:30am get up for hair/makeup
5:30am get picked up in lobby
6:00am hot air balloon ride and wedding in the air! AAHHHH!!!!!
Wedding photos, champagne ceremony on ground, more pictures, breakfast buffet at non Disney hotel
1:00 pick up at lobby for trash the dress! WHOO!
2-430 Siesta
Head to MK!
8:30 Boat over to Wilderness lodge, 9:30 HDD category 1!
Make spectacle of our newly married selves!

Day 3- Low Down Day - Exploring and Swimming! Acclimatize!
Up early, Blizzard beach, eat there QS
Parents sleep under a table somewhere
2-4 Siesta
Bus to HS
Grab Fastpass for something, Sci Fi @ 5 for dinner
Flip coin to stand in line for Fantasmic (nope no packages available!)

Day 4 - Hardcore Disney and Princess Day!
8:15 BBB appointment for Diva @ MK ! (pre buying dress she is a size 12 and loves Jasmine - can't find costume so far though ahhhh!)
Explore Fantasyland for prime photo ops!
Bus to HS
Art of animation especially for my tomboy drawer
Character hunt
QS lunch @ pizza planet
Stay for 3:00 parade, head to hotel
4-6 Siesta
Head to Epcot
Kim Possible missions around World Showcase (Diva!)
8:05 Akershus (Diva, BBB photo op!, princesses!)
Back to hotel


Day 5 - Shopping, Gaming, Food and Rides!
Laundry morning, chillin, pool and eat!
12:00 Bus to DTD
QD Lunch Wolfgang Puck Express
Design own tshirt Co, buy crazy hats, few other shops, buy gifts for family
Planet Hollywood for drinks
3:00 Disney Quest (tomboy and my man!)
7:00 Head over to Epcot
Eat supper @ Yakitoria (all of us are sushi nuts!)
China - Joy of Tea special drink!
Ride it up to midnight!

Day 6 - Pirate Day!
Sleep in
9:30 MK
QS Lunch
Fastpass Pirates of Caribbean
Surprise Pirate League for all 4 of us! (tomboy, my man!)
Find characters
4:00 Pirate parade
Monorail to contemp
QS @ Contempo Cafe
8:30 check in pirate cruise (pre paid! whoo!)
10:30 head to MK until 2am!

Day 7 - Hollywood and Adults Day!
Breakie in room
attempt to make HS rope drop and fail
QS lunch
3:00 Head to hotel
330-5 Siesta
Order kids pizza
Kids rest and watch tv/play DS/have baths - adults hit DTD/Raglan
for reservations & show, buy wedding swag!, go to House Of Blues (got the coupon!)
11 - Head back to hotel

Day 8 - Animal Day and Oompah Band! Play late night!
8:00 Bus to AK
Get Fastpass safari
all 4 of us get facepainting!
10:10 Tusker house breakie reservation (characters! food! my man adores Goofy!)
Everything except Asia (facepaint!)
Find characters
After 3:45 parade go to hotel
4:30-6 wash up (maybe if face paint is yucky), siesta
Bus to Epcot
6:30 Biergarten!
Watch Illuminations from Germany waterfront
Bus to MK, stay until midnight!

Day 9 - 1 week anniversary!
1 week anniversary!
9-1 Typhoon Lagoon
Snack there
1:00 head to hotel, change
Go to Contemporary
2:15 Chef Mickey (more Goofy!)
Bus to AK
Stay there until 8
Pack up
Adults go to Boardwalk for a slow dance and a song at Jellyrolls

Day 10 - last day, squeeze every last minute out!
Luggage to front desk at 6:30
6:45 bus to O'Hana
7:40 Breakie @ O'Hana with many characters!
MK via monorail
pictures, ride favorites, last minute souvenirs
1:30 back to hotel
Bus to airport
5:00 flight
10:30 arrive back home
Get picked up, overnight at my parents, 3 hour drive home
sleep for 2 weeks


I plan on dividing penny pressing (diva), pin trading (both), character hunting (tomboy) and autographs (take turns!).
My tomboy is bringing her video camera for her youtube channel, and each of us have a digital camera
My tomboy is an animal FREAK (prefers them to people HA!) thus the extra AK time for her.
Lots of time to chill on a/c buses as well Poor sweaty Canadians!


SO many logistical problems:
is 6:45am early enough to catch a bus to MK to transfer to Poly?
Can I check out at 6:30 am or 1:30pm?
Will we sleep during a siesta? hehehehe
Will it rain the morning of the wedding and throw off ALL plans - wedding can be done any of the 3 mornings following if the flight can't happen, but hair and makeup? ACK! And plans!!
Will we actually eat that much?
I want facepaint the morning of our AK breakie!! Is that enough time to do it?? I'm all about the pictures
Too much planning?
Will we love the hot air balloon?? (never been in one!!)

Advice? Bad ideas? Tips? Help???



Thanks in advance!!

 

[LovesHerTaurus]

My man - we threw him a pirate party :

(7am after a 14 hours shift!)
Fiancee, love of my life, adopted by my daughters as "one of us" - but said in a Borg style voice! He has been a taxi driver (nights) for 8 years, hasn't had a vacation in 12

Me! 6am woke up to a princess-ed out house and accessories!!:

(SO not a morning person!! hehehehe)
Systems Administrator for the government, took me 31 years to find my life mate !

My daughters, decorating my man's pirate cake:

My blonde is 10, a total diva, poser, cheerleader, with an awesome attitude and willing to try anything once. She is a social butterfly.

My blue eyed exotic beauty is actually a hard core gamer, tom boy, 12 going on 21 BUT not into dating (thank goodness). Loves to read and draw, prefers animals to *most* people

Me and the girls on my birthday morning!:

Chris and the kids on HIS birthday!:

He is such a good sport. At this point he has been up for over 24 hours, and still managed to enjoy a quick birthday breakfast. He has the patience of a saint, a great heart, and is a boy version of me so we get along better than wine and chocolate!

We don't have many together pictures - my #3 goal of the great Disney wedding expedition!

Us in a nutshell, living in northwest Ontario. Never had a vacation together, but 4 days before we leave he is done with work, to return to school in September!!

We are SO excited - we planned this to be the great big trip! First of many to Disney AND get married while we are there!! ....

 

[Hendoendo]

Congratulations on your upcoming nuptuals. My wife and I spent our Honeymoon at Disney in 2006. I saw one thing that will cause a problem...The HDD is at Fort Wilderness Campground not the Wilderness Lodge. With a trip this long you have plenty of time so don't rush and take time to feel all the magic that is going on around you. Take time to watch parades and to visit resorts other than the one you are staying in. Disney World is such an awesome place but sometimes people rush to much and miss a lot of great things

 

[LovesHerTaurus]

I meant the campground. From what I get, you get off the boat and POOF the HDD is right there yes?

I plan on making some staff friends my first day to help me find my way around. Almost like tipping a bartender $20 on your first drink