A LITTLE BACKGROUND
Hello again! It's been less than five months since our last WDW trip, but circumstances have allowed us to quench that Disney thirst once again! I'm starting a new teaching job in September that will make it difficult to travel until at least December. We have planned and then had to cancel a few trips in the past due to last-minute work coming up (we are both do freelance work and can't exactly say no to a big opportunity). So we figured, why the heck not go to Disney while we know we have time?
I am singing in an opera production this weekend and my in-laws are driving from Florida to see the last performance. After a few days of doing New York tourist-y stuff we are all driving to Wisconsin to see DW's extended family and celebrate the Fourth. Then, instead of immediately flying back to New York, DW and I are flying to MCO, boarding the Magical Express, and checking into Disney's Coronado Springs Resort!!! We got a great discount on the room. In fact with the discount CSR was only about $10 more per night than Pop, our usual destination.
As you may know, my DW and I are Epcot fanatics and both grew up in north Florida so we have been to Disney hundreds of times throughout childhood.
Who: Me (B) and my DW (M), both mid-twenties, together for eight years, married since October, no children
What: An unexpected semi-last-minute Disney trip!
When: July 2015
Where: Coronado Springs
Why: I'm starting a new job in September that will make it difficult to go to Disney again until December! We are celebrating the job! I will have just finished a big opera production and we're celebrating that too!
How: Room discount, SWA flights, Target RedCard 5% gift card discount
THE PLANS
Thursday
ADRs:
Epcot
Epcot
Hello again! It's been less than five months since our last WDW trip, but circumstances have allowed us to quench that Disney thirst once again! I'm starting a new teaching job in September that will make it difficult to travel until at least December. We have planned and then had to cancel a few trips in the past due to last-minute work coming up (we are both do freelance work and can't exactly say no to a big opportunity). So we figured, why the heck not go to Disney while we know we have time?
I am singing in an opera production this weekend and my in-laws are driving from Florida to see the last performance. After a few days of doing New York tourist-y stuff we are all driving to Wisconsin to see DW's extended family and celebrate the Fourth. Then, instead of immediately flying back to New York, DW and I are flying to MCO, boarding the Magical Express, and checking into Disney's Coronado Springs Resort!!! We got a great discount on the room. In fact with the discount CSR was only about $10 more per night than Pop, our usual destination.
As you may know, my DW and I are Epcot fanatics and both grew up in north Florida so we have been to Disney hundreds of times throughout childhood.
Who: Me (B) and my DW (M), both mid-twenties, together for eight years, married since October, no children
What: An unexpected semi-last-minute Disney trip!
When: July 2015
Where: Coronado Springs
Why: I'm starting a new job in September that will make it difficult to go to Disney again until December! We are celebrating the job! I will have just finished a big opera production and we're celebrating that too!
How: Room discount, SWA flights, Target RedCard 5% gift card discount
THE PLANS
Thursday
- Arrive MCO around 10am, board DME, check in CSR, hope room is ready! If not, leave carryons with Bell Services and head to...
- Epcot! Our favorite park ever! Late (3:00) lunch at Biergarten (for the first time!). Late afternoon/evening FP+s for Mission: Space, Soarin, and Spaceship Earth. Then monorail to...
- Magic Kingdom, which is open until midnight! Perhaps make a FP+ selection or two if anything is available, or just look for shorter wait times and enjoy the magic!
- Haven't decided whether to do rope drop at MK or sleep in a little since we will have been up for almost 24 hours the day before. In either case...
- Lunch at BOG! First time at BOG! We've already ordered the vegetable quiche, quinoa salad, and two Master's Cupcakes! Then, monorail back to...
- Epcot! We can't stay away for long! No FP+s yet for this day as we currently only have 4-day Hoppers (will be upgrading once we get there) and this was the day we decided not to worry about because we will be...
- Drinking Around the World! We were successful on the last trip by sharing drinks at each country so the total is 5.5 drinks each not 11 drinks each! However, we may get our own drinks in Canada because we have a reservation at...
- Le Cellier for dinner! Somehow, as many times as we have been to Epcot, we have never eaten here. Since we're vegetarians we'll likely share whatever the seasonal entree is as well as some salads or appetizers. And OF COURSE the pretzel bread! Then...
- Illuminations from somewhere in the park and Extra Magic Hours from 9:00-11:00! Or maybe we'll be in line during Illuminations for some ride or another since we've seen the show plenty of times. Either way, EMH are happening!
- Definitely a sleep in morning. We'll take the bus to MK then monorail to...
- Polynesian Village Resort for a late breakfast at Kona Cafe. We've had lunch there but not breakfast. So many firsts on this trip even though we've been so many times! This afternoon is still open. We may hit DHS or AK, or even DTD, or just back to CSR for pool time (I MUST ride that water slide!) Eventually we will make our way back to...
- Magic Kingdom! We have FastPasses for 7DMT, SM, and BTMR, then we'll either get another FP+ or do some shorter queue rides. Hopefully we'll see Wishes, and then it will be time for EMH from 11:00-1:00! I don't know if I've ever done EMH at MK. I'm absurdly excited!
- We may be crazy and we might be exhausted from the night before, but we're going to do morning EMH at AK! We have late morning/early afternoon FP+s for DINOSAUR, Finding Nemo, and Expedition Everest. We plan to stay at AK and do as much as possible until 4:00 or so, when we will take the bus to...
- AKL for an early dinner at Sanaa! We have eaten at Boma but never the other AKL restaurants. As I am typing this I really can't believe how many firsts we are doing on this trip! We're hoping to see some animal action since we'll be there during the daylight. Then it will be time for...
- DHS until closing! Since we won't have an FP+s at DHS and may not be able to get any by the time we get there we will hit at least one big attraction queue right before closing. It will be a relatively early bedtime for this trip.
- Another early morning since we managed to get an 8:00am breakfast at BOG! Hoping to do 7DMT again right after breakfast and maybe some other stuff. The late morning/afternoon is open for either staying at MK, park hopping, or spending some time at the resort. Then we'll head to...
- DHS! We have FastPasses for the Frozen Sing-Along, Star Tours (haven't been on the new version!), and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster! Then it will be time for late EMH until midnight!
- Our last day ): We cannot resist Epcot EMH, be they morning or evening, and it's tradition for Epcot to be the first and last park we visit, so of course we're going to be there right at 8:00am! Maybe we'll get lucky with a short line for Soarin' or Test Track! Then we'll have breakfast (maybe including a mimosa) at Les Halles in France and say goodbye to each country and attraction we have time for. We booked a late-ish (6:00pm) flight back to Newark so we won't have to be back to our resort until it's time for...
- Our afternoon Tragical Express ride back to MCO, 6:00 flight, and late Uber back home.
ADRs:
- Be Our Guest breakfast
- Be Our Guest lunch
- Biergarten lunch
- Le Cellier dinner
- Kona Cafe breakfast
- Sanaa dinner
- Rix Lounge for the Margarita Flight, or
- Maya Grill for the Margarita Flight AND secret vegetarian menu enchiladas
- Golden Oak Outpost for some Tex-Mex Waffle Fries
Epcot
- Mission: Space
- Soarin'
- Spaceship Earth
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Space Mountain
- DINOSAUR
- Expedition Everest
- Finding Nemo The Musical
- For the First Time in Forever
- Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
- Star Tours
Epcot
- Ellen's Energy Adventure
- Gran Fiesta Tour
- Test Track
- Vegetable Boat Ride. Er, Living with the Land
- Carousel of Progress
- TTA PeopleMover
- Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid
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