Gracefulskinny
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2013
First Draft Itinerary Mapped Out
So after a week or so of pouring over park hours and crowd calendars I am pretty sure I have our general itinerary nailed down. We will have park hoppers this trip and as you can see I have scheduled things to make the most of them. Our current plan is to have 1 rest day for every 2 park days.
The overall plan for park days is to Rope Drop until 2pm and then go back to POR for naps and rest from about 3-5 and plan on hitting up the evening park at about 6pm then stay until we feel like it. Our evenings will be a lot less structured then our mornings.
Give me a shout if you end up with plans that overlap ours. Let me know if you see something in here that may need adjusting.
5/6-Wednesday
This is Arrival Day.
The plan is to wake up early and hit the road and arrive in the early mid afternoon time frame. We will then grab lunch in DTD before coming back to our resort for naps and then heading out for our dinner ADR and hopefully making it back to our resort by 10ish.
5/7-Thursday
This is our first park day and I had quickly decided that regardless of what the crowd calendars said we would be starting off at the Magic Kingdom. We went somewhere else first last trip and there is just something missing when we do that. So MK will be our Morning Park this day. Our goal is not only to Rope Drop but make it in time to see the Welcome Show. Weve never seen it.
Our Evening Park will be Epcot. Its by far our second favorite park and with all of the normal food options plus the flower and garden food booths its the perfect spot to hit for our first evening in the parks.
5/8-Friday
Seeing as we will have been to both MK and Epcot the day before, our morning park this day is Hollywood Studios. As of right now we are strongly leaning toward hitting up the Hollywood and Vine Play n Dine Breakfast pre park opening but I keep waffling back and forth on this one and who knows whether well keep it in the plans or not.
Our Evening Park this day will be Magic Kingdom. Without a doubt we will be staying for Wishes because its my favorite fireworks show ever and I can never get enough.
5/9-Saturday
This is our first rest day. We will be spending the morning and afternoon sleeping in and swimming at the pool. We will then head over to fort wilderness to explore and enjoy the late Hoop De Doo Dinner show.
5/10-Sunday
This is Mothers day. We will be spending the Morning at Epcot. If Little Miss has not reached the 40 mark before the trip then we will probably take our time getting over there this particular morning.
Our Evening Park is where the important stuff happens this day. Seeing as it will be Mothers day, what other park could I find myself in but Magic Kingdom? We will be saving our FPs for this evening and will lock in a FP for Wishes. As long as I get that and a dole whip I will count myself a happy Mommy.
5/11-Monday
Our Morning Park will be Animal Kingdom. We dont plan on spending much time there and wont be wasting our FPs here. We are not big fans of AK and almost skipped it altogether, but with Park hoppers we can pop in to do just the things we want and then get out of there. We will be sure to Hit up the Safari and Everest for Daddy and then make our way over to Hollywood Studios which will also be our evening park. We will probably skip Fantasmic as the videos we have seen from it do not impress either DH or I and there are better things we can be doing with that large chunk of time. If the Jedi Mickey Dinner gets released like it did last year we may consider going but the $50+ per head price is a little steep for a character meal so we arent sold on the idea as a must do.
5/12-Tuesday
This is our second rest day. We will again spend the day sleeping in and swimming at the pool. We will then head over to the Poly for dinner at Ohana.
5/13-Wednesday
Our Morning Park this day will be Magic Kingdom with plans for a pre park opening breakfast at Crystal Palace.
Our Evening Park will be Epcot. Once again to take advantage of the wonderful food options there. If we havent caught it before this night we will be sure to stay for Illuminations.
5/14- Thursday
This day is currently plans for an almost repeat of yesterday and I have it planned this way to give me the best chance at Anna and Elsa, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train FPs. So we will Rope Drop MK and hit up Epcot in the evening (maybe).
5/15- Friday
This is Departure Day.
Current plan is to take things easy and hit up DTD one last time before hitting the road whenever we feel up to it. If DH changes his mind about not wanting to miss Star Wars Weekends between now and then we will add a day on to our tickets and hit up Hollywood Studios one last time before hitting the road.
So after a week or so of pouring over park hours and crowd calendars I am pretty sure I have our general itinerary nailed down. We will have park hoppers this trip and as you can see I have scheduled things to make the most of them. Our current plan is to have 1 rest day for every 2 park days.
The overall plan for park days is to Rope Drop until 2pm and then go back to POR for naps and rest from about 3-5 and plan on hitting up the evening park at about 6pm then stay until we feel like it. Our evenings will be a lot less structured then our mornings.
Give me a shout if you end up with plans that overlap ours. Let me know if you see something in here that may need adjusting.
5/6-Wednesday
This is Arrival Day.
The plan is to wake up early and hit the road and arrive in the early mid afternoon time frame. We will then grab lunch in DTD before coming back to our resort for naps and then heading out for our dinner ADR and hopefully making it back to our resort by 10ish. 5/7-Thursday
This is our first park day and I had quickly decided that regardless of what the crowd calendars said we would be starting off at the Magic Kingdom. We went somewhere else first last trip and there is just something missing when we do that. So MK will be our Morning Park this day. Our goal is not only to Rope Drop but make it in time to see the Welcome Show. Weve never seen it.
Our Evening Park will be Epcot. Its by far our second favorite park and with all of the normal food options plus the flower and garden food booths its the perfect spot to hit for our first evening in the parks.
5/8-Friday
Seeing as we will have been to both MK and Epcot the day before, our morning park this day is Hollywood Studios. As of right now we are strongly leaning toward hitting up the Hollywood and Vine Play n Dine Breakfast pre park opening but I keep waffling back and forth on this one and who knows whether well keep it in the plans or not.
Our Evening Park this day will be Magic Kingdom. Without a doubt we will be staying for Wishes because its my favorite fireworks show ever and I can never get enough.
5/9-Saturday
This is our first rest day. We will be spending the morning and afternoon sleeping in and swimming at the pool. We will then head over to fort wilderness to explore and enjoy the late Hoop De Doo Dinner show.
5/10-Sunday
This is Mothers day. We will be spending the Morning at Epcot. If Little Miss has not reached the 40 mark before the trip then we will probably take our time getting over there this particular morning.
Our Evening Park is where the important stuff happens this day. Seeing as it will be Mothers day, what other park could I find myself in but Magic Kingdom? We will be saving our FPs for this evening and will lock in a FP for Wishes. As long as I get that and a dole whip I will count myself a happy Mommy.
5/11-Monday
Our Morning Park will be Animal Kingdom. We dont plan on spending much time there and wont be wasting our FPs here. We are not big fans of AK and almost skipped it altogether, but with Park hoppers we can pop in to do just the things we want and then get out of there. We will be sure to Hit up the Safari and Everest for Daddy and then make our way over to Hollywood Studios which will also be our evening park. We will probably skip Fantasmic as the videos we have seen from it do not impress either DH or I and there are better things we can be doing with that large chunk of time. If the Jedi Mickey Dinner gets released like it did last year we may consider going but the $50+ per head price is a little steep for a character meal so we arent sold on the idea as a must do.
5/12-Tuesday
This is our second rest day. We will again spend the day sleeping in and swimming at the pool. We will then head over to the Poly for dinner at Ohana.
5/13-Wednesday
Our Morning Park this day will be Magic Kingdom with plans for a pre park opening breakfast at Crystal Palace.
Our Evening Park will be Epcot. Once again to take advantage of the wonderful food options there. If we havent caught it before this night we will be sure to stay for Illuminations.
5/14- Thursday
This day is currently plans for an almost repeat of yesterday and I have it planned this way to give me the best chance at Anna and Elsa, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train FPs. So we will Rope Drop MK and hit up Epcot in the evening (maybe).
5/15- Friday
This is Departure Day.
Current plan is to take things easy and hit up DTD one last time before hitting the road whenever we feel up to it. If DH changes his mind about not wanting to miss Star Wars Weekends between now and then we will add a day on to our tickets and hit up Hollywood Studios one last time before hitting the road. 
Thanks for joining in! 
Thank you. I can't believe that it worked out so well.
Sadly, Little Miss didnt seem that impressed with it. Though she did enjoy dancing to the songs.
) I'm a little stumped on ideas for the desert for tangled night so ideas would be helpful. 
She also has shown me that she has quiet the endurance for walking. We only called it quits a bit early because it was starting to rain and with DD and I both shaking off the last bit of our colds still we decided that 2 Mickey Head Trick or Treat buckets full was enough candy for one Halloween.
Now to get her to understand that its all over for the year. 
