Recent content by Christine in NJ

We paid extra to stay at the main savanna. We loved it. When we first got there it was the middle of the day and there were no animals and I thought it was a bust. After going to the park we got back in the evening and it was teaming with giraffes and other animals at the water hole. It was...

Admittedly, in all of our prior trips, we never got fast passes except for TSMM. We usually go in the off season, so there's not really a need anyway, but constraining ourselves to returning at a time that was not of our choosing was really not our thing. For our most recent trip, using FP+, I...

I usually plan our meals around where we'll be, just like others have said, though this year we did have a "free" day where I didn't plan any park to go to :eek:. I did schedule a meal for Epcot that day though because there's just so many good restaurants there and we were eating there more...

I have a quasi picky eater. He claims he'll eat anything but often there's a lot of faces being made when looking at things. I usually go through online menus and pick out restaurants I'd like to eat at. I then hand the menus to him and say, is there something you'd be willing to eat at each...

We actually had some of these when we were there in September. At Epcot, Mike W tried to jump into frame in our picture and in DHS Olaf was breakdancing. They're cute. For Epcot, we also had copies of the same pictures with no animation/no character and no animation but with Mike at the...

I wasn't sure about buying the memory maker, but my boyfriend convinced me into it. I forced him to get his picture taken at every photo person we saw (ok, about 1/2 of them) and he was not happy as he doesn't love his picture taken. Turns out he convinced me to get it because on our 5th day...

We went when I was 32 and the bf was 28 and we really enjoyed it. I really liked the food, which is very different than standard fare, but the meatballs were so good, and the princess experience is the best (better than CRT IMO). They pricesses don't linger very long if you don't have kids...

Temporary Tattoos (do they have them in the UK?) and you could make matching t-shirts for them to wear that say something like "My first Disney Trip". Little cards and crayons so they can write special notes to the characters they want to meet - I read an account from a former princess how much...

Since he loves kingdom hearts, I would plan it around that. Maybe do the scavenger hunt (I've done a couple around the house for my boyfriend with rhyming clues!) and end it with a minature keyblade. Under the keyblade put an envelope which says that this is the key to both your heart and the...

If you are going to Disney multiple days and can swap parks that day, I'd recommend it. Several years ago, when the event was at DHS, we were in the park the same day. It was a mad house. The park was extra packed during the day because many people make a day out of it and don't want to have...

This may be even more brilliant. The bf wants to get pizza from boardwalk at some point in our trip (he likes the idea that we can get a whole pie for a couple of QS credit). We would have to take 2 buses from AKL to get to Swan & Dolphin, but then go mini golfing at 10 am, walk to boardwalk...

Perhaps we'll go use our DisneyQuest coupon followed by a bus from DTD to Swan & Dolphin. That would work. That would be a good way to fill the morning. Thank you everyone for the advice!

Included in this year's book of discounts were coupons for mini golf. In years past we have skipped these out of park activities to spend more time in the park, but this year we have an extra day where we may want to do some different things. We're going to be at the AKL and I have no idea how...

We're spending a full day enjoying Epcot without worrying about the festival and then doing a full day enjoying food. We want to try stuff at almost every booth and we plan on splitting each thing we're both willing to eat. Figure we'll stuff ourselves, take a break, stuff ourselves again, etc...

- Spreadsheet with all of your restaurant, hotel, and flight confirmation numbers - iPad with Disney movie loaded to watch movie on during the flight/drive - Nintendo DS to play in line (yes, we are 2 30+ adults who play DS while waiting) - Tissues - Collapsible water bottle - Carry bag for the...