YAY!!! Disney trip coming up this weekend!!!!! Here's the plan!
My sister gets married on Saturday. Her wedding is at 11am in Delray Beach, FL and will go till 3pm, but then we are going to an informal party at my Nana's house until about 5:30 pm - then on the road to Disney!!!
We have been talking about staying at the Fort Wilderness cabins for about 4 years, however, the price is a little high for us when you factor in the rental of the golf cart. However, my 7 year old you tube obsessed daughter was watching videos of Fort Wilderness and dreaming of bunk beds for a year! So my husband decided that we would save a little money by making breakfast in the cabin each day and booked it!!!
We are going for 3 1/2 days at the Parks, 4 nights at Fort Wilderness and have tried to be very strategic so that we can truly enjoy Fort Wilderness too!
As background, I grew up in Florida and have been going to Disney World since I was about 5 years old ... I've been countless times and yet ... it never gets old! There is always something new to do and discover!
So here's the plan (which will be a little bit tricky since various family members are involved since they will be down for my sister's wedding):
Saturday, March 12th - head to Fort Wilderness, stopping along the way at a grocery store to pick up eggs, bacon, bread, pancake mix, diet coke, water etc. for the room. Check in by 9pm and just look around our cabin and go to bed. My middle sister (not the one getting married), will be taking the ride with us and spending the first two nights with us. My daughter, Dakota, is very excited to share her bunk bed with her ... but she is very clear that she will be sleeping ON THE TOP BUNK =)!!!!!!!
Sunday, March 13th - Early Magic Hours at Hollywood Studios (taking the bus). We don't have any fast passes for the morning but are going to try to knock out the rides before lunch (obviously heading to Toy Story first). We usually eat lunch at the ABC commissary, but may head back and eat at Fort Wilderness's Trails End Restaurant, depending on time. We then plan to spend the afternoon at Fort Wilderness checking out the campus, my daughter wants to ride a pony, the arcade obviously ... at 4pm we have reservations for the Hoop de Doo Review!!! So excited! I have always wanted to see this dinner show but have never seen anything at Fort Wilderness!!!
After the dinner show, we are heading to Magic Kingdom via the boat (again - so excited to try this!)! We plan to hit fantasyland and have fast passes for The Little Mermaid, The Barnstormer, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.
Monday-March 14th - My sister will be catching the Magic Express back to the airport sadly, but an aunt and uncle of mine will be joining us for the next couple of days (but not in our room, thank goodness). This is where I get a little concerned because I'm sure their pace will be off our break neck speed in the parks but we will try to accomodate them some and we are not spending all day every day with them.
So anyways, we start with Extra Magic Hours at Animal Kingdom (bus transportation) and again hope to knock everything we want to out by lunch time (safari, lion king show, rapids, Finding Nemo are the essentials). Dakota is not quite cool enough for the Dinosaur ride yet and won't let us go to Bug's life because it scares her - boo!!!! We plan to eat at Pizzasafari, then head back to Fort Wilderness. Again, we plan to spend the afternoon at Fort Wilderness relaxing and exploring. We are then going to take the boat to Magic Kingdom and the monorail to the Contemporary California Grill for reservations at 5:10 (I've always wanted to eat here and I know we won't get to see the fireworks at that time, but I'm still looking forward to the view)! My aunt and uncle are joining us for dinner and then after dinner we will take the monorail to Magic Kingdom again to hit Adventure and Fronteirland and have fast passes for Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (my aunt and uncle may choose something different than Thunder Mountain but we'll see).
Tuesday-March 15th-EPCOT! My favorite park! We are meeting my aunt and uncle and have fast passes for Test Track, Spaceship Earth and meeting the characters. We have lunch reservations at 12pm at Chefs de France. We plan to leave Epcot around 2pm and head back to Fort Wilderness to hang out and do anything we haven't done yet. We have reservations at 5:30 for Mickey's Backyard Barbeque at Fort Wilderness, which sounds AWESOME and even involves some line dancing! (I love to dance and teach Zumba as a hobby so anything that involves dancing is my jam!!!!) We're just going to stay at Fort Wilderness that night and enjoy!
Wednesday-March 16th, we check out =(. We will take the boat to Magic Kingdom one more time and plan to spend the morning there in Tomorrowland mostly. We have fastpasses for Tomorrowland Speedway and Buzz Lightyear and also Jungle Cruise since it often has a long line and we may not be able to fit it in on Adventureland/Fronteirland night.
This is new for us - breaking the Magic Kingdom up into 3 separate trips with zones, but we are excited about it!
We have annual seasonal Florida resident passes this year which we got before the price change. It's so nice that spring break isn't blocked out - which was the reason why we did it! (We went in December 2015 for 3 days which started the pass year and stayed at All Star Music.) We plan to go a couple of days in May maybe when I have the opportunity for a conference at the Four seasons resort in Lake Buena Vista (haven't decided yet completely). We also plan to go for a long weekend in the fall - not sure when yet or where.
I will let y'all know how everything goes!!!!
My sister gets married on Saturday. Her wedding is at 11am in Delray Beach, FL and will go till 3pm, but then we are going to an informal party at my Nana's house until about 5:30 pm - then on the road to Disney!!!
We have been talking about staying at the Fort Wilderness cabins for about 4 years, however, the price is a little high for us when you factor in the rental of the golf cart. However, my 7 year old you tube obsessed daughter was watching videos of Fort Wilderness and dreaming of bunk beds for a year! So my husband decided that we would save a little money by making breakfast in the cabin each day and booked it!!!
We are going for 3 1/2 days at the Parks, 4 nights at Fort Wilderness and have tried to be very strategic so that we can truly enjoy Fort Wilderness too!
As background, I grew up in Florida and have been going to Disney World since I was about 5 years old ... I've been countless times and yet ... it never gets old! There is always something new to do and discover!
So here's the plan (which will be a little bit tricky since various family members are involved since they will be down for my sister's wedding):
Saturday, March 12th - head to Fort Wilderness, stopping along the way at a grocery store to pick up eggs, bacon, bread, pancake mix, diet coke, water etc. for the room. Check in by 9pm and just look around our cabin and go to bed. My middle sister (not the one getting married), will be taking the ride with us and spending the first two nights with us. My daughter, Dakota, is very excited to share her bunk bed with her ... but she is very clear that she will be sleeping ON THE TOP BUNK =)!!!!!!!
Sunday, March 13th - Early Magic Hours at Hollywood Studios (taking the bus). We don't have any fast passes for the morning but are going to try to knock out the rides before lunch (obviously heading to Toy Story first). We usually eat lunch at the ABC commissary, but may head back and eat at Fort Wilderness's Trails End Restaurant, depending on time. We then plan to spend the afternoon at Fort Wilderness checking out the campus, my daughter wants to ride a pony, the arcade obviously ... at 4pm we have reservations for the Hoop de Doo Review!!! So excited! I have always wanted to see this dinner show but have never seen anything at Fort Wilderness!!!
After the dinner show, we are heading to Magic Kingdom via the boat (again - so excited to try this!)! We plan to hit fantasyland and have fast passes for The Little Mermaid, The Barnstormer, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.
Monday-March 14th - My sister will be catching the Magic Express back to the airport sadly, but an aunt and uncle of mine will be joining us for the next couple of days (but not in our room, thank goodness). This is where I get a little concerned because I'm sure their pace will be off our break neck speed in the parks but we will try to accomodate them some and we are not spending all day every day with them.
So anyways, we start with Extra Magic Hours at Animal Kingdom (bus transportation) and again hope to knock everything we want to out by lunch time (safari, lion king show, rapids, Finding Nemo are the essentials). Dakota is not quite cool enough for the Dinosaur ride yet and won't let us go to Bug's life because it scares her - boo!!!! We plan to eat at Pizzasafari, then head back to Fort Wilderness. Again, we plan to spend the afternoon at Fort Wilderness relaxing and exploring. We are then going to take the boat to Magic Kingdom and the monorail to the Contemporary California Grill for reservations at 5:10 (I've always wanted to eat here and I know we won't get to see the fireworks at that time, but I'm still looking forward to the view)! My aunt and uncle are joining us for dinner and then after dinner we will take the monorail to Magic Kingdom again to hit Adventure and Fronteirland and have fast passes for Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (my aunt and uncle may choose something different than Thunder Mountain but we'll see).
Tuesday-March 15th-EPCOT! My favorite park! We are meeting my aunt and uncle and have fast passes for Test Track, Spaceship Earth and meeting the characters. We have lunch reservations at 12pm at Chefs de France. We plan to leave Epcot around 2pm and head back to Fort Wilderness to hang out and do anything we haven't done yet. We have reservations at 5:30 for Mickey's Backyard Barbeque at Fort Wilderness, which sounds AWESOME and even involves some line dancing! (I love to dance and teach Zumba as a hobby so anything that involves dancing is my jam!!!!) We're just going to stay at Fort Wilderness that night and enjoy!
Wednesday-March 16th, we check out =(. We will take the boat to Magic Kingdom one more time and plan to spend the morning there in Tomorrowland mostly. We have fastpasses for Tomorrowland Speedway and Buzz Lightyear and also Jungle Cruise since it often has a long line and we may not be able to fit it in on Adventureland/Fronteirland night.
This is new for us - breaking the Magic Kingdom up into 3 separate trips with zones, but we are excited about it!
We have annual seasonal Florida resident passes this year which we got before the price change. It's so nice that spring break isn't blocked out - which was the reason why we did it! (We went in December 2015 for 3 days which started the pass year and stayed at All Star Music.) We plan to go a couple of days in May maybe when I have the opportunity for a conference at the Four seasons resort in Lake Buena Vista (haven't decided yet completely). We also plan to go for a long weekend in the fall - not sure when yet or where.
I will let y'all know how everything goes!!!!
