Trip Report The Return of Random Day

When: May 8th through the 15th
Who: me - Don (no to be confused with that Donald or the other Donald either) an DW - Diana
Where: Port Orleans French Quarter

We live in Minnesota but are AP holders and fly down two to three times per year. We were supposed to go in February for the Princess run, but I had to cancel because of a work trip and DW went with our youngest DS and his girlfriend and ran without me. Full disclosure - would have loved the trip. Not as much the run. Lol.

This trip will be all about us and not the three boys. In a couple of years we’ll all come together as we had a new addition to our family with our first Grand daughter at the end of the year.

We’ll be doing some new things this trip that we haven’t done before and some old as well, which brings us to “Random Day”. We started this tradition a couple of years ago on our first no kids trip. We set one day of our week with no ADRs or FPS. We wake up when we feel like it, have our coffe and stroll out to the resort bus stop and get on the first one that shows up. We go wherever it takes us and do two things there, we then go back out and get on whatever the first mode of transportation shows up and explore where it drops us off. We then continue the routine for the rest of the day, be it parks, resorts, or anything else. Completely random and luck of the draw.

That being said, here are our plans:

Day 1: MK
FP- POTC - because it’s always the first ride of every trip
FP - BTMR
ADR - lunch at the Diamond Horseshoe (we’ve never done this one and they now serve beer, so roll the dice)
FP - SDMT
Then back to FQ for some R&R
Back to MK for After Hours event and we’ll see how many rides we can get on and if we can stay up as late as we think we can.

Day 2: AK
FP - Safari
FP - Everest
Lunch ?
FP - FOP

Day 3: HS
FP - TSM
FP - Rockin Rollercoaster
Back to FQ for some quality down time
Evening we are headed to Epcot to see what may be our last Illuminations and what better way than by doing something we’ve never done before, the Frozen Desert Party!

Day 4: Mothers Day Epcot
FP - Soarin
FP - the Vegetable Ride
Lunch at several places around the world and a special stop to get my Beverly on!
Back to the pool for the afternoon
A special ADR for the Mom at Boatwrights (also a first)

Day 5: RANDOM DAY!

Day 6: AK
FP - FOP
Lunch at Sanaa

Day 7: check out and head to AK for one last FP at FOP and whatever else we feel like

Since this will be my inaugural trip report, I can only hope you can cut me a little slack as I stumble through this. Enjoy.
 

NothatDonald

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
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myhappyplace

Crazy Cat Lady
Premium Member
Love the random!!

I thoroughly enjoyed your report-- what a great couple who knows how to roll with things, and just loves being at Disney together!

You have me even more excited for my first POFQ stay in less than a month!

Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us!
 

NothatDonald

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
Love the random!!

I thoroughly enjoyed your report-- what a great couple who knows how to roll with things, and just loves being at Disney together!

You have me even more excited for my first POFQ stay in less than a month!

Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us!
Thanks for following. You’ll love POFQ! Say hi to Shelley from Don and Diana.
 

NothatDonald

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
More random?
Yes, please!
We were actually at MK on the same day as your last day, but on the opposite side of the park. You and Woody narrowly escaped randomness! Who knows? If it catches on, maybe there could be a group Random day in the future. That could be a real hoot! Thanks for the vote of confidence.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Thank you for sharing your vacation with us. I really wish more people would add a random day to their trip, instead of following a set schedule every day. Glad it worked out so well for you! :)
 

Rista1313

Well-Known Member
Food at Sanaa looks delicious, we have never dined there because Frank doesn't like curry :rolleyes:😄
But, we both enjoy spicy savory dishes! Is it as good as it looks in your pictures?

Frank and I have that in common... I want to try the bread service... but I would not like anything else on the menu!
 

sdemore

Active Member
And then something we’ve always talked about doing but for some reason never got to. The pirates treasure scavenger hunt.
Following also! OMG I never heard of this scavenger hunt! How do we go about doing this. We will be going in early December and DH and I would love this!!
 

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