I've never attempted a trip report of any kind, but since I'm running out of activities to keep my mind off of the wait for June 2nd, here it go...
We'll be taking our family's 5th trip to WDW next month - a trip that has been many years in the making. Our first ever trip as a family was in 2007, but it was probably our trip in 2010 that really saw us become fanatics. The wife was bitten by the disney bug first, and it took me a while to catch it, but we're both pretty big dorks now!
So, for years now it's been our dream to stay at an Epcot resort - it's our favorite park, and we've always wanted to be able to stroll into WS in the evenings for dinner. So, to celebrate our 15th anniversary, after many months of saving, planning, and waiting we'll be checking into Beach Club Villas in a little over 2 weeks for 7 nights of disney fun! First, the cast and crew:
Myself, the DW, and our two DD's 14 and 3! (yes, 11 years between them - it's like having 3 parents!) Here's the wife and I with our youngest DD during her first ever trip to the World in 2010:
And our two daughters during a more recent trip in 2011:
Yes, the short one gets very excited any time the characters show up:
She's as big a disney dork as her parents! The 14yo decided last year that she was much too cool for WDW with the family, so we ditched her and took shorty for one last hurrah while she was still 2 (and thus, free!). Thankfully, our eldest's brief hiatus from the World has given her time to reflect on the error of her ways, and she's once again pretty excited about a trip to WDW (though she does her best to hide it most of the time...teenagers
)
So here's the plan:
Day 1 - travel day. Leaving around 6am for a roughly 6 hour drive down I-75, and straight on in to DTD for lunch at Earl. We'll probably hang around DTD for a while before heading over to check in at BC. Finally, we'll head over to the Poly for our dinner ADR at Ohana, followed by Wishes on the beach!
Day 2 - Rope drop at DHS! Mad dash for FP's for TSMM, and then our other favorites until early afternoon. Then, head over to WS at Epcot and wander around until our dinner at Via Napoli.
Day 3 - Full day at Epcot, followed by a late dinner at R&C, where we hope to watch Illuminations.
Day 4 - Rope drop at MK! New Fantasyland and dinner at BOG!
Day 5 - Resort day. Planning to spend most of the day at Stormalong Bay, with a possible Sea Raycer rental for the older DD. My parents will drive down from Daytona to watch the kids while the DW and I have a romantic dinner at Flying Fish!
Day 6 - MK with a pre-rope-drop breakfast at CP. We'll do everything we missed in MK. Not sure if we'll stay for Wishes or head to another park.
Day 7 - Likely Epcot in the morning, followed by the afternoon at DHS for SWW!
Day 8 - Departure day...but not before breakfast at Boma (one of our favorites), followed by a partial day in AK, before we drag ourselves away from our happy place!
Quite a few firsts on this trip - aside from the resort, our youngest will be tall enough to ride all but the most intense rides, so she'll be experiencing Splash, Soarin, TT, and possibly BTMRR for the first time. She doesn't like the jerky/rough rides, so we're hesitant to take her on BTMRR, but I think she'll enjoy the rest. We're hoping to add more great disney memories to those we've already experienced - counting down the days to another great WDW trip!
We'll be taking our family's 5th trip to WDW next month - a trip that has been many years in the making. Our first ever trip as a family was in 2007, but it was probably our trip in 2010 that really saw us become fanatics. The wife was bitten by the disney bug first, and it took me a while to catch it, but we're both pretty big dorks now!
So, for years now it's been our dream to stay at an Epcot resort - it's our favorite park, and we've always wanted to be able to stroll into WS in the evenings for dinner. So, to celebrate our 15th anniversary, after many months of saving, planning, and waiting we'll be checking into Beach Club Villas in a little over 2 weeks for 7 nights of disney fun! First, the cast and crew:
Myself, the DW, and our two DD's 14 and 3! (yes, 11 years between them - it's like having 3 parents!) Here's the wife and I with our youngest DD during her first ever trip to the World in 2010:
And our two daughters during a more recent trip in 2011:
Yes, the short one gets very excited any time the characters show up:
She's as big a disney dork as her parents! The 14yo decided last year that she was much too cool for WDW with the family, so we ditched her and took shorty for one last hurrah while she was still 2 (and thus, free!). Thankfully, our eldest's brief hiatus from the World has given her time to reflect on the error of her ways, and she's once again pretty excited about a trip to WDW (though she does her best to hide it most of the time...teenagers
)So here's the plan:
Day 1 - travel day. Leaving around 6am for a roughly 6 hour drive down I-75, and straight on in to DTD for lunch at Earl. We'll probably hang around DTD for a while before heading over to check in at BC. Finally, we'll head over to the Poly for our dinner ADR at Ohana, followed by Wishes on the beach!
Day 2 - Rope drop at DHS! Mad dash for FP's for TSMM, and then our other favorites until early afternoon. Then, head over to WS at Epcot and wander around until our dinner at Via Napoli.
Day 3 - Full day at Epcot, followed by a late dinner at R&C, where we hope to watch Illuminations.
Day 4 - Rope drop at MK! New Fantasyland and dinner at BOG!
Day 5 - Resort day. Planning to spend most of the day at Stormalong Bay, with a possible Sea Raycer rental for the older DD. My parents will drive down from Daytona to watch the kids while the DW and I have a romantic dinner at Flying Fish!
Day 6 - MK with a pre-rope-drop breakfast at CP. We'll do everything we missed in MK. Not sure if we'll stay for Wishes or head to another park.
Day 7 - Likely Epcot in the morning, followed by the afternoon at DHS for SWW!
Day 8 - Departure day...but not before breakfast at Boma (one of our favorites), followed by a partial day in AK, before we drag ourselves away from our happy place!
Quite a few firsts on this trip - aside from the resort, our youngest will be tall enough to ride all but the most intense rides, so she'll be experiencing Splash, Soarin, TT, and possibly BTMRR for the first time. She doesn't like the jerky/rough rides, so we're hesitant to take her on BTMRR, but I think she'll enjoy the rest. We're hoping to add more great disney memories to those we've already experienced - counting down the days to another great WDW trip!
