My October trip will be very different from my May trip, instead of going solo I am going with my Mom and Sister. This will be my mom’s third ever trip and my sisters first. My sister is excited, she has been on the Disney bound blog and already figuring out what she will wear each day and planning her costume for the MNSSHP (186 days out). I don’t even know what I am wearing yet for my May trip and that is 11 days out (and probably won’t until about 9 PM Thursday night when I get around to packing). As a kid - she loved Lion King and 101 Dalmatians. Now as a 29 year old - it is all about the princesses. When I got the text that she wanted to do a princess breakfast I about died (My mom was equally surprised) then when she added on she wanted to meet them all which means an Anna & Else M&G I just shook my head. She is not into photography - so her desire to see princesses is my bargaining chip so I can take many pictures since I am waiting for her she can wait for me! Here are our plans:
Arrive Sunday mid-afternoon. We are attending our cousin’s (my mom’s niece) wedding in Atlanta on Saturday so we plan on getting up and driving down Sunday. Since there is a MNSSHP that night, we plan to do that so my sister just has to buy a 6-day ticket and she is not adding hopper. I normally do a party later in the trip, but this worked out. I have done the Christmas party and my lessons learned are skip the 1st parade and do other stuff then watch the 2nd on main street.
I hope the parade is as much fun as Christmas - I love the toy soldiers and the snow!
Monday is an Epcot day - this is the day I plan to get her Princess breakfast in (I still cannot believe she wants to do one) - we are doing Akershaus and I am thinking about 10:30 AM - make it brunch. This way we can do rope drop and hit the lines when they are short in the AM. We can then snack around the food and wine festival in the afternoon for dinner then finish off the night will IllumiNations.
Tuesday is a Magic Kingdom day, it is a short day since there is a party that night so we don’t have any ADRs in the park, I am hoping to get us into Ohana about 8:30ish and get a window table. I will be up at 5 AM CDT in a few days to try to make it happen!
Wednesday is another Magic Kingdom day and we plan on staying late for MSEP and Wishes. I am going to try and get us into Be Our Guest - wish me luck! The rest of the dining does not enthuse me at MK so if I cannot we may head over to one of the resorts to eat dinner.
Thursday we are back to Epcot for another fun filled day. I am thinking Via Napoli again since my sister is a fussy eater and loves Pizza. Then our other meals will again be snacking around the world. Of course we plan on staying until IllumiNations.
Friday we are heading to HS and I am thinking Sci Fi Dine in for a late lunch since Fantasmic! is at 7:30 PM.
Saturday is our final day and we are doing Animal Kingdom. My mom - who does not like princesses but loves Mickey put in a request for her own character breakfast so we are hopefully going to do Tusker House. Again, I was thinking 10:30 for a brunch or a late lunch - I have not decided…opinions? I do want to do a few rides before the lines get long so avoiding the early morning ADRs. They close at 5 PM - so we will probably take it easy that night and pack go to the pull and get ready to leave the next day.
Sunday: We are dropping my sister off at the airport to fly back home (She is flying to Minneapolis) while me and my mom start our two-day drive back to Illinois. We are driving since I am shooting the wedding and need my gear, so easier to drive.
