Dug720
See the line where the sky meets the sea?
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2012
(The title will become clear with my MNSSHP costume... I hope.)
I've been working on this for a few months - since we got the school calendar for 2018-2019 and I saw that we are off 9/10 and 9/11 for Rosh Hashanah which is a Monday and Tuesday. I upgraded to an AP in Feb, so all I'd have to fund would be the hotel and food... Hmmm.
Contacted my TA about a room - and promptly changed it. A lot. I think the progression was: POFQ -> CSR -> AoA -> All Star Sports... And then this week I got a little extra money, so I switched to CSR Preferred with the AP discount. I ended up with that option because I have to teach on the 7th, and my flight is not scheduled to land until after 11pm (technically just before midnight, but I know from lots of experience that flights from NYC to MCO tend to be early unless something really unusual happens), so I like the idea of not having to walk across a resort at that hour to get to a room. The preferred buildings are right there at CSR.
Other than possibly MNSSHP, this is a solo trip, so I don't have to worry about anyone else's "want to ride" or "want to eat" or so forth. There has also been much tweaking of plans - and some things are still up in the air, but here is where they stand as of this moment...
As a note, I’m putting the current start time of my FP+ window as it shows on MDE. The first ones may be towards the end of the window, and the others will be adjusted as possible as I tap into each. More will obviously be added as I use them up.
9/7
fly to MCO, landing sometime after 11pm - carry-on only, obviously
DME to Coronado Springs
Stop by Front Desk to opt out of housekeeping, then head to my room (Preferred Section - requesting Building 1, Corner Room, Top Floor via fax)
hopefully get some sleep
9/8
Option A is stay in Animal Kingdom all evening, getting nibbles at Nomad Lounge and maybe seeing Rivers of Light again
Option B is go to Epcot in the late afternoon for wandering, snacking, and Illuminations again in case they end it before I can get back down
Option C is to go to Disney Springs in the late afternoon (depending on how gross I am possibly back to CSR first) with dinner around 7 at either Raglan Road or Bongos
Option D is to go to AKL Kidani for dinner around 7 at Sanaa
(these are not in preference order…just in the order I typed them)
9/11
Thoughts?
I've been working on this for a few months - since we got the school calendar for 2018-2019 and I saw that we are off 9/10 and 9/11 for Rosh Hashanah which is a Monday and Tuesday. I upgraded to an AP in Feb, so all I'd have to fund would be the hotel and food... Hmmm.
Contacted my TA about a room - and promptly changed it. A lot. I think the progression was: POFQ -> CSR -> AoA -> All Star Sports... And then this week I got a little extra money, so I switched to CSR Preferred with the AP discount. I ended up with that option because I have to teach on the 7th, and my flight is not scheduled to land until after 11pm (technically just before midnight, but I know from lots of experience that flights from NYC to MCO tend to be early unless something really unusual happens), so I like the idea of not having to walk across a resort at that hour to get to a room. The preferred buildings are right there at CSR.
Other than possibly MNSSHP, this is a solo trip, so I don't have to worry about anyone else's "want to ride" or "want to eat" or so forth. There has also been much tweaking of plans - and some things are still up in the air, but here is where they stand as of this moment...
As a note, I’m putting the current start time of my FP+ window as it shows on MDE. The first ones may be towards the end of the window, and the others will be adjusted as possible as I tap into each. More will obviously be added as I use them up.
9/7
fly to MCO, landing sometime after 11pm - carry-on only, obviously
DME to Coronado Springs
Stop by Front Desk to opt out of housekeeping, then head to my room (Preferred Section - requesting Building 1, Corner Room, Top Floor via fax)
hopefully get some sleep
9/8
- get up around 6 - quick shower and ready for the day
- stop by Pepper Market at 7 when it opens to at least get my refillable mug - I’ll probably bring a Luna bar with me for this morning
- Minnie Van (or plain Lyft) to Studios to be there by 7:45 for Passholder Play Time at TSL (to be honest, if the reports from the first couple indicate that they are not doing anything to prevent the people with the 7-8am slot from riding the rides during the 8-9am slot, I may just skip this because that is not fair if that happens - I’ll skip it and let them know how disappointed I am that they did nothing to make it possible for the 8-9am people to have the same experience as the 7-8am people)
- walk to Epcot, popping into Beach Club Marketplace to refill my mug (if Play Time is skipped, the time schedule will back up to a later wake-up and pop into Pepper Market for the mug, then bus to Epcot)
- if there is time, stop at Guest Services window at the IG to change my MNSSHP email to a hard ticket - if not I’ll do this later
- 10am - Garden Grill brunch (I know, breakfast - but it'll be late. I just cannot stomach the super sweet thought of that s'mores thing at Woody's so early in the day, so not planning to get food there)
- 12pm Spaceship Earth FP+
- 1pm Mission Space FP+
- 2:10pm Frozen Ever After FP+
- wandering around Epcot doing attractions as I choose, maybe snacking at F&W booths - I realize this is a Saturday and I’ve read the horror stories…but unless I give up any but one option on Monday evening, it is my only time; and being gluten-free and a NON-fish eater my options at the booths are limited anyway so I don’t know how much I’d eat there anyway
- 10pm Illuminations
- back to CSR
- 8am - breakfast at Rix Sports Bar & Grill (or Pepper Market - I'll decide before the cancellation deadline for Rix)
- bus to MK
- pics with characters around the flagpole if the lines are not too long (and assuming it’s Pluto and Chip & Dale)
- 9:10am Meet Mickey Mouse FP+
- 10:10am Space Mountain FP+
- 11:20am Seven Dwarfs Mine Train FP+
- wandering and other various rides/attractions at MK
- early afternoon, monorail to probably Contemporary for food at Contempo Cafe - OR bus to POFQ and getting food there since this is a resort I always toy with but never pull the trigger on staying there (if my friend is able to come, she is obsessed with trying those meatball things at the Poly quick serve, so I'll probably be forced to figure out something to eat there even though she lives in FL and can get to WDW much easier and many more times than I can - again, I'm gluten-free, which I know the meatballs are...but I don't do meatballs - they are gross things - and it makes me mad that while pretty much any other resort QS can do gf flatbreads, the Poly can't or won't)
- back to MK for more fun and then getting my MNSSHP wristband and allergy treat bag
- MNSSHP - sort of bounding as Moana, complete with my stuffed Pua in some kind of bag (unless I find or come up with something else…or just decide to go as me)
- bus back to CSR and crash
- breakfast at Pepper Market
- bus to Animal Kingdom - it is EMH, but I’m not going to super stress it - especially with Pepper Market not opening until 7, though I could do the fill the mug and have a Luna bar thing
- Dinosaur (possibly...I always look like a terrified child on this one...and as the carnotaur is "screaming" at us I always question why I insist on riding it - but if I'm there at Rope Drop, it's pretty much walk-on since the rest of the world is headed to Pandora), Everest (single rider line - no need for FP+), Maharajah Jungle trail, FOTLK, Nemo…any/all as time permits - some could be in the afternoon/evening
- 10:30am Meet Disney Pals FP+
- 12:05pm Kilimanjaro Safaris FP+
- wander the Gorilla Falls trail
- wander to Pandora and (hopefully) ride Na’vi River
- food at Satu’li
- 3:25pm Flight of Passage FP+
- more wandering for a little
Option A is stay in Animal Kingdom all evening, getting nibbles at Nomad Lounge and maybe seeing Rivers of Light again
Option B is go to Epcot in the late afternoon for wandering, snacking, and Illuminations again in case they end it before I can get back down
Option C is to go to Disney Springs in the late afternoon (depending on how gross I am possibly back to CSR first) with dinner around 7 at either Raglan Road or Bongos
Option D is to go to AKL Kidani for dinner around 7 at Sanaa
(these are not in preference order…just in the order I typed them)
9/11
- Tragical Express - if I can grab food at the Pepper Market before pick-up, awesome…if not, I’ll get something at Starbucks at MCO
- fly to JFK and be sad my vacation is over
- begin post pictures and start the trip report part of this
Thoughts?
