So here we are again! Seems like only yesterday I was finishing up my last TR… The title kind of says it all, this will be round five for us in less than twelve months. This has been, by far, an atypical year for our Disney Family. For those with a lot of time and maybe a grain of boredom you may find the following chronology of interest, it sure was fun making it!
Round one, May: Not even first world problems can hold us back
Round two, July: Anything can happen on Castaway Creek
Round three, September: The “who told him about the panoramic setting on his phone?” Surf n’ Turf Anniversary trip
Round four, December: The “Let’s see if this dumb thing works” Treat Yo Self Christmas trip report!
So really the genesis of this story began literally one year ago today when we came to a contract agreement on our first DVC purchase which subsequently led to another purchase a few months later! We quickly found ourselves with a fair amount of banked points that had to be used and use them we did! This trip will host a few firsts for our family; most notably will be our DDs first cruise! The DW and I may be more excited for her than she is but I also think she may not be letting on how excited she may be to save face, crazy teen logic. Additionally, this will be our family’s first time at the Poly. We are all still armed with valid APs and a TiW card, really maximized both this year will continue that this trip! So there ya have some back story. Here is the happy crew:
May:
July:
September:
December:
The plan:
Wed/Thur:
It is our intent to head down from gold city to Macon after class on Wednesday night and catch some sleep part way down before an early rise and shine departure for The World. We’ve got our room reserved in Macon already at La Quinta so that’s set. We are aiming to be at the Poly by noon on Thursday for some R&R by the pool before our ADR at the Grand Floridian Cafe then some evening FPs at MK. This will be our first time at the Poly and we are both excited about trying it out and a little worried we may love it and want to buy more points there. I do think the lack of a 1-bdrm option may ultimately prevent us from buying there but stranger things have happened.
Fri-Mon:
As has become our cruise departure day tradition, all two of them, we have our Kona breakfast planned bright and early before we head for port. One nice thing about being at the Poly is we don’t have to get up as early to drive for breakfast! After a press and a Big Kahuna we’ll be off for port and The Dream for a few days. I’ll let @imahistorygeek expand on the funtivities that will ensue at sea. Castaway 5k is still up in the air for the family but I think I may like to have another go at it solo to see what I can clock. The island is so flat it felt like running downhill the whole time in September I’m accustom to things like this:
The flip side of me running is what are the ladies going to do? So, that’s still in the air. I do know the DW and I have a Palo night planned but as for the rest I’ll let my better half outline the details.
Mon:
So we disembark and plan for some more R&R poolside at AKL while our 1-bdrm at Jambo house gets ready. We hope to take it mostly easy this day and have a dinner Yak & Yeti ADR before a few FPs at HS.
Tue:
We have some early morning FPs planned at AK on this day and NOTHING ELSE outside of an ADR at Jiko. This will probably end up being a big R&R Maji pool day with the possibility of us catching Wishes or the Star Wars fireworks that night. After learning about pitchers of Golden Monkey at Maji in December I would say the odds of a repeat are strong!
Wed:
Nothing planned in the AM so far but do have evening FPs planned for MK. We are still up in the air on what our final dinner will be. We’ve gotta get cracking on planning the final dinner. Since we have yet to designate a Sanaa meal, I wouldn’t be surprised if we did lunch there on this day, or maybe on Monday, or both…. TBD. Still lots of planning needed for this day, or not…
Thur:
As is our tradition, the final day is always rope drop at AK for a journey through time, a whirl or two, and a few dances with at Club Disco Yeti.
So there you have it! Some TBDs include dinner on the last night and just what is going to happen on The Dream for three days with an ornery teen and two Disney dorks! We got our first round of MBs yesterday and I’ll post some comments about them soon along with, hopefully, more details about that finals dinner!
Round one, May: Not even first world problems can hold us back
Round two, July: Anything can happen on Castaway Creek
Round three, September: The “who told him about the panoramic setting on his phone?” Surf n’ Turf Anniversary trip
Round four, December: The “Let’s see if this dumb thing works” Treat Yo Self Christmas trip report!
So really the genesis of this story began literally one year ago today when we came to a contract agreement on our first DVC purchase which subsequently led to another purchase a few months later! We quickly found ourselves with a fair amount of banked points that had to be used and use them we did! This trip will host a few firsts for our family; most notably will be our DDs first cruise! The DW and I may be more excited for her than she is but I also think she may not be letting on how excited she may be to save face, crazy teen logic. Additionally, this will be our family’s first time at the Poly. We are all still armed with valid APs and a TiW card, really maximized both this year will continue that this trip! So there ya have some back story. Here is the happy crew:
May:
July:
September:
December:
The plan:
Wed/Thur:
It is our intent to head down from gold city to Macon after class on Wednesday night and catch some sleep part way down before an early rise and shine departure for The World. We’ve got our room reserved in Macon already at La Quinta so that’s set. We are aiming to be at the Poly by noon on Thursday for some R&R by the pool before our ADR at the Grand Floridian Cafe then some evening FPs at MK. This will be our first time at the Poly and we are both excited about trying it out and a little worried we may love it and want to buy more points there. I do think the lack of a 1-bdrm option may ultimately prevent us from buying there but stranger things have happened.
Fri-Mon:
As has become our cruise departure day tradition, all two of them, we have our Kona breakfast planned bright and early before we head for port. One nice thing about being at the Poly is we don’t have to get up as early to drive for breakfast! After a press and a Big Kahuna we’ll be off for port and The Dream for a few days. I’ll let @imahistorygeek expand on the funtivities that will ensue at sea. Castaway 5k is still up in the air for the family but I think I may like to have another go at it solo to see what I can clock. The island is so flat it felt like running downhill the whole time in September I’m accustom to things like this:
The flip side of me running is what are the ladies going to do? So, that’s still in the air. I do know the DW and I have a Palo night planned but as for the rest I’ll let my better half outline the details.
Mon:
So we disembark and plan for some more R&R poolside at AKL while our 1-bdrm at Jambo house gets ready. We hope to take it mostly easy this day and have a dinner Yak & Yeti ADR before a few FPs at HS.
Tue:
We have some early morning FPs planned at AK on this day and NOTHING ELSE outside of an ADR at Jiko. This will probably end up being a big R&R Maji pool day with the possibility of us catching Wishes or the Star Wars fireworks that night. After learning about pitchers of Golden Monkey at Maji in December I would say the odds of a repeat are strong!
Wed:
Nothing planned in the AM so far but do have evening FPs planned for MK. We are still up in the air on what our final dinner will be. We’ve gotta get cracking on planning the final dinner. Since we have yet to designate a Sanaa meal, I wouldn’t be surprised if we did lunch there on this day, or maybe on Monday, or both…. TBD. Still lots of planning needed for this day, or not…
Thur:
As is our tradition, the final day is always rope drop at AK for a journey through time, a whirl or two, and a few dances with at Club Disco Yeti.
So there you have it! Some TBDs include dinner on the last night and just what is going to happen on The Dream for three days with an ornery teen and two Disney dorks! We got our first round of MBs yesterday and I’ll post some comments about them soon along with, hopefully, more details about that finals dinner!
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Can't wait for the TR!! Details--we love details! 
