Critique my trip plan!!

[kasey1988]

Day 1: Wednesday April 29th
Arrive in Orlando (10:40am)
Take DME to Pop Century Resort
Check in at Hotel- Purchase resort mug
Lunch either at pop/or mk
Magic Kingdom / Wishes

Day 2:Thursday
Bus to Magic Kingdom
Monorail to Contemporary
Breakfast at Chef Mickey’s @ Contemporary Resort (9am)
Monorail to Epcot
Return to hotel if necessary for swim/relax
Before illuminations walk to beaches and cream(or go the day of DHS)
Illuminations at Epcot

Day 3:Friday
Breakfast at Pop Century food court
Animal Kingdom
Spend evening at downtown Disney (shopping and/or Disney quest)
Late night supper at Earl of Sandwich or Planet Hollywood

Day 4:Saturday
Breakfast at POP

DHS
Lunch at 50’s prime time Café (reservation for 12:30)
Return to hotel and lay around pool (mid afternoon)
Return to MGM for Fantastic

Day 5:Sunday
Breakfast at hotel
Be at Magic Kingdom for park opening
Return to hotel mid day for relax
Take bus back to MK
Boat to Wilderness Lodge
Supper at Whispering Canyon (6:00)
Return to MK for evening EMH


Day6:Monday
Pick up rental car
Travel to mall for out of park shopping
Have Lunch in Orlando (Olive Garden?/find a sonic on the way back to pop)
Return to WDW mid afternoon
Return Rental Car
Spend evening at park with EMH/ or DTD


Day 7:Tuesday
Morning at Water Park (undecided on TL or BB)
Spend the rest of the day finishing up any park/or dtd


Table Service:
Chef Mickey’s Breakfast- 9am
50’s Prime Time Lunch- 12:30
WCC Dinner-6pm


counter service interested in trying:
Magic Kingdom:
Peco Bills
Cosmic Rays

Epcot:
Electric Umbrella
Sunshine Seasons

Animal Kingdom:
Flame Tree BBQ
Pizzafari
Yak and Yeti Counter service

Downtown Disney:
Earl of Sandwich
Planet Hollywood

All imput is appreciated

 

[betteratmk]

Sounds great!! Are you on the DDP? We love Flame Tree and Sunshine Seasons yumm!! Is this a solo trip or are you trying to please a crowd?

 

[kasey1988]

Were not doing the ddp, were just choosing three sit down meals..were not very big eaters and dont want to be held to a reservation...

This is actually a girls trip, three or four of us are heading down from canada for a week!

 

[SirGoofy]

The only thing I would warn is that Chef Mickey's was AWFUL when I last ate there. Other than that everything looks good. As for your counter services, I prefer Pecos over Cosmic Rays, and Sunshine Seasons is my favorite quick service there is.

 

[figmentmom]

Check the weather forecast in advance for your day at the water park - if it looks a bit iffy, swap with your plans for another day. Other than that, looks good!

By the way, Cosmic Ray's is my all-time favorite counter service spot in WDW - you'll love it! It's VERY busy during peak times, though, so I'd plan to eat either early or late.

Have a great trip! :wave:

 

[Philo]

Looking good. I would recommend you don't try Pizzafarri though. With a vegeterian wife we don't have much choice at AK and lways end up there - I've never once felt good after eating there.

Also, is it worth hiring a car to visit a mall? It might be cheaper and less hastle to get a taxi. Of course, I wouldn't visit it at all - I hate shopping and it's just another few hours where I'm not in the parks! Never a good thing.

Sounds like you will have a great time!

 

[Mori Anne]

It looks like you were planning on checking into Pop Prior to lunch, but you aren't suppose :lookaroun to check into the hotel until 3. Other than that, you plan looks great. Oh, you may also want to make reservations for planet hollywood if they take them. Everytime we tried to eat there they had a 2 + Hour wait. You may also want to try the new T-Rex Restuarant downtown disney. The pictures make it look really impressive. They are walk in only, but apparently, they will be taking reservation after Jan 1, according to one of the manager's I spoke too.

 

[DisneyJoe]

It looks like you were planning on checking into Pop Prior to lunch, but you aren't suppose to check into the hotel until 3.

Rooms aren't guaranteed to be ready until 3pm or later. You can check in whenever you want, stow your bags with bell services, get your theme park tickets, and go to the parks.

 

[kasey1988]

Looking good. I would recommend you don't try Pizzafarri though. With a vegeterian wife we don't have much choice at AK and lways end up there - I've never once felt good after eating there.

Also, is it worth hiring a car to visit a mall? It might be cheaper and less hastle to get a taxi. Of course, I wouldn't visit it at all - I hate shopping and it's just another few hours where I'm not in the parks! Never a good thing.

Sounds like you will have a great time!

We love to shop lol, but were not paying to rent the car, i have enough airmiles to rent one for free for the day, i probally wouldnt pay out of pocket for it. Where we live to theres not alot of good shopping, and ive never left disney property beforel.

 

[kasey1988]

Rooms aren't guaranteed to be ready until 3pm or later. You can check in whenever you want, stow your bags with bell services, get your theme park tickets, and go to the parks.

Thanks! i know last time we arrived around 1:30 and our room wasnt ready yet, but we grabbed a bite in the foor court and by the time we were done eating they had a room ready for us.

We wont have our luggage with us because we will use DME, we will have our carryons with us though with our changes of clothes, will they store those for us to if our rooms arnt ready by the time we hit the parks? And will they leave the luggage in our room if were not there?

 

[Susan Savia]

Your plans sound good. You'll love Chef Mickey's, we always go there at least once a trip...The Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom is a nice Character Buffet also. The new T-Rex Restaurant looks interesting and fun.

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[betteratmk]

:sohappy:There is a big outlet mall not far from SR 535. I forget the name but it has a Disney outlet store that is great and much less expensive than on site!! If you need to pick up any gifts, you may want to wait! The mall is located near a huge Catolic church, Someone else will know the name I'm sure:ROFLOL:

 

[pinkrose]

I think your plans look great! I'm with figment mom... Cosmic Rays is my favorite counter service in the MK as well.

Have a great trip! :wave:

 

[captainkidd]

Pizzafari was disgusting.

I got food poisoning from Flame Tree. I'd stay clear of those 2.

 

[Mori Anne]

Rooms aren't guaranteed to be ready until 3pm or later. You can check in whenever you want, stow your bags with bell services, get your theme park tickets, and go to the parks.

I have been to Pop Century at least 9 times and they have never let us check in prior to 3. The did allow us to check our bags with bell service and they gave us a parking pass, but they would not give us room keys etc. They told us (on many occasions) that we had to come back to get them. Perhaps it was just the luck of the draw that we were told no everytime, but that has been our experience with Pop. However, we never had tickets through the hotel, we had AP's. Perhaps that is why we didn't get a room key. Any thoughts on that one for future reference?

 

[juscet]

Planet Hollywood is so not Disney and has no real character. Plus the food is average. The Earl of Sandwich is great and relatively inexpensive. We make it a point to go there every time we go to DD. Sounds like a great trip. Have fun!

 

[pinkrose]

I have been to Pop Century at least 9 times and they have never let us check in prior to 3. The did allow us to check our bags with bell service and they gave us a parking pass, but they would not give us room keys etc. They told us (on many occasions) that we had to come back to get them. Perhaps it was just the luck of the draw that we were told no everytime, but that has been our experience with Pop. However, we never had tickets through the hotel, we had AP's. Perhaps that is why we didn't get a room key. Any thoughts on that one for future reference?

I am an AP holder as well. In my personel experience, I have always been able to check-in prior to 3pm and have been given my room key. Sometimes my room was ready, but sometimes it wasn't. The times that it was not, I have been given a card with a number to call to check and see if our room was ready. When it was ready, they would then give me our room number and we were able to go right to our room with out going by the front desk.

 

[melflip8]

Hello!! If you are with girls, I would have a splurge night and go up to the bar at California Grill at Contemporary, grab a bottle of wine from the bar and maybe an appetizer and enjoy the fireworks from MK. It's my fave thing to do.

Also shopping locations...the first is an outlet mall that has some awesome deals....the second is a HUGE upscale mall that also has some great restaurants. Either way enjoy your trip!!

From Pop Century to the Orlando Prime Outlets:

Disney's Pop Century Resort
1050 Century Dr
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830


1.Head north on Century Dr 0.7 mi
2.Turn left at Victory Way0.7 mi
3.Turn left at Osceola Pkwy0.9 mi
4.Merge onto I-4 E via the ramp on the left to Orlando9.8 mi
5.Take exit 75A toward International Dr/State Hwy 435 S0.3 mi
6.Merge onto Universal Blvd0.2 mi
7.Turn left at International Dr/SR-536 Continue to follow International Dr
1.1 mi
8.Continue straight to stay on International Dr0.5 mi
9.Make a U-turn Destination will be on the right
210 ft

4951 International Dr
Orlando, FL 32819


From Pop Century to Mall at Millenia:

Disney's Pop Century Resort
1050 Century Dr
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830


1.Head north on Century Dr0.7 mi
2.Turn left at Victory Way0.7 mi
3.Turn left at Osceola Pkwy0.9 mi
4.Merge onto I-4 E via the ramp on the left to Orlando12.2 mi
5.Take exit 78 for Conroy Rd0.7 mi
6.Keep right at the fork, follow signs for E Conroy and merge onto Conroy Rd/Conroy Windermere Rd0.5 mi
7.Turn right at Eastgate Dr0.4 mi
8.Turn right0.2 mi



Mall At Millenia
4200 Conroy Rd
Orlando, FL 32839

 

[Mori Anne]

I am an AP holder as well. In my personel experience, I have always been able to check-in prior to 3pm and have been given my room key. Sometimes my room was ready, but sometimes it wasn't. The times that it was not, I have been given a card with a number to call to check and see if our room was ready. When it was ready, they would then give me our room number and we were able to go right to our room with out going by the front desk.

That is good to know. I will ask for that next time my family arrives early. Thanks for the tip.

 

[DISMOM]

Yes to Crystal Palace, Cosmic Ray's, and Electric Umbrella. The Sunshine Seasons looked great. We liked Mama Melrose in DHS. Try Wolfgang Puck's Express in DTD. We love it.
When we arrive early, as early as 9am, we are given our tickets on our room keys and told to call back for our room. Then, we are off to the parks. We do not wait around the resort for our room.