ThwompChomp
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Hello all!
My mom is retiring at the end of the school year, so she and I are heading down to Orlando after Thanksgiving to check out WWoHP and WDW. This will be her first trip there, and my second, though I was there for only one day a decade ago. I'm having a great time planning on details of the trip, and want her to have an amazing time, since this will most likely be her only trip there.
Here's what I've got so far:
Lodging - I rented points to spend six nights at Old Key West, December 1-6. I think we'll also rent a car down there since we'll be at WWoHP for the two days prior to WDW. No plans to get a dining package right now, though we do want to visit some nice restaurants.
Tickets - Six-day Magic Your Way tickets for each of us. No real interest in the water parks, and I figure we'll have enough time to spend there that we won't need to do any park hopping.
Schedule - Here's where I'm still uncertain about a few things. I'm thinking we'll do two days each at Magic Kingdom and Epcot, and one day each at Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. My rough draft:
Day 1
My mom is retiring at the end of the school year, so she and I are heading down to Orlando after Thanksgiving to check out WWoHP and WDW. This will be her first trip there, and my second, though I was there for only one day a decade ago. I'm having a great time planning on details of the trip, and want her to have an amazing time, since this will most likely be her only trip there.
Here's what I've got so far:
Lodging - I rented points to spend six nights at Old Key West, December 1-6. I think we'll also rent a car down there since we'll be at WWoHP for the two days prior to WDW. No plans to get a dining package right now, though we do want to visit some nice restaurants.
Tickets - Six-day Magic Your Way tickets for each of us. No real interest in the water parks, and I figure we'll have enough time to spend there that we won't need to do any park hopping.
Schedule - Here's where I'm still uncertain about a few things. I'm thinking we'll do two days each at Magic Kingdom and Epcot, and one day each at Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. My rough draft:
Day 1
- Magic Kingdom
- This is a party night, so we'll make dinner plans out of the park. I'm going to try to get Ohana reservations, but if I can't for that night, I'll try for Boma instead and see if we can get Ohana later in the trip.
- I'm on the fence about trying to get Be Our Guest reservations for lunch. I think two big meals in one day would be overkill for my mom.
- Mix two days at Epcot, one at Animal Kingdom, and one at Hollywood Studios.
- At Epcot, I'd like to do the Candlelight Processional, and maybe Behind the Seeds.
- For Hollywood Studios, I'm thinking about spending the morning checking out Disney Springs, and heading to the park in the afternoon. That way we could still see Fantasmic in the evening.
- Magic Kingdom / undecided
- Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. I know people have mixed opinions on whether or not it's worth it, but I kind of want to close the park out on our last night there!
- Some time at Disney Springs. Like I said above, probably in the morning before Hollywood Studios.
- We also want to go see La Nouba, so we'll have to cut a night short somewhere. Probably one of our Epcot days. I'm going to try and get Raglan Road reservations for after the show.
- I know the party ticket will get us into MK at 4, so I'm wondering if we should go somewhere else for the morning. Is it worth doing the Keys to the Kingdom tour on your first visit? Or should that be saved for after you've spent more time at the parks and need something new to see? What do people think of the Marcelline to Magic tour?
- Is the Fantasmic dining package worth it? It sounds like there's not a lot of good food options in that park, so perhaps we could eat a big, late lunch and then hit up Fantasmic.