YAY! After two years of planning and saving, the time is fast approaching for or next trip! I very much want to thank Kingdom Konsults for the help given and Kudos to Master Yoda for his wonderful help and patience! This was our first ime benefiting from them, and it will not be the last. The cast of characters on this trip will be my darling wife, 4 y.o. daughter, mother-in-law and myself. Pics will follow after the trip! Here is our schedule.
Friday 11/25/11
My wife works in retail, so she will be up most of the night for "Black Friday", I will go pick her up, home for a quick shower and change, for all will be packed. We then head over to my parents for breakfast and head out to our halfway point in Crestview, Fl. for friday night (hopefully dinner at a Pensacola resturaunt we have always wanted to try that we saw Andrew Zimmerman do a show from)
Saturday 11/26/11
Visit with relatives and a round of golf in Destin, Fl.
Sunday 11/27/11
Early start to the Kingdom, will stop just outside of Orlando to visit with a great lady that works in Disney, we have kept in contact with this great lady for years and plan to continue, more to come on that, due to that I have 3 ADR's with her that she has never been to before! We check into the Wilderness Lodge, then off to DD for shopping, we would hit the parks, but have a ADR at 7:40 pm with Linda at Cali Grill and then watch the fireworks from there!
Monday 11/28/11
Animal Kingdom (EMH 0800 to 0900) and an ADR in WL at Whispering Canyon Grill 7:50 pm!
Tuesday 11/29/11
VERY BUSY DAY!
Magic Kingdom (no EMH
) Breakfast at Crystal Palace 8:15 am...Pirates League at 0955 for wife, DD and myself..mom-in-law too chicken. That night for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade and Wishes Desert Party!
Wednesday 11/30/11
Epcot (no EMH) Breakfast/Lunch at Akershus 10:45 am..then over to Boardwalk to see Christmas decorations and dinner at ESPN (my wife is a big sports nut and last two visits we have been there, kinda a tradition :lol
Thursday 12/1/11
Magic Kingdom (EMH 0800 to 0900) TRY to be there for opening ceremonies..ha ha. ADR at Animal Kingdom Lodge in Sanaa at 6:25 pm
Friday 12/2/11
Epcot (EMH 9:30 pm to 12:30 am) breakfast at Poly, Kona Cafe 8:05 am, maybe sneak into GF to see the Gingerbread house for pics and shopping.
Saturday 12/3/11
Magic Kingdom (EMH 8 am to 1 am) Garden Tea Room at GF for wife and mom-in-law at 2 pm..DD and I will have free time to either go back to explore WL or stay in MK..depends on how "grumpy" a 4 y.o. is at that time! Dinner at WL in Artist Point at 7:05 pm
Sunday 12/4/11
A round of golf with my wife in LBV at 8:03 am...Hollywood Studios (EMH 8 pm to 11pm)
Monday 12/5/11
Make sure all is packed back into the Sith Meditation Sphere..take a boat to the Contemporary, monorail to Poly, breakfast with Lilo and Stich..shop, reverse it back..depends on how we feel..maybe a couple of hours in the MK...then back to Crestview for a night...then home...yuck.
Now, some of these days are subject to change, and the middle of all these days, we will try to go back to resort for "nap time"..or just quiet time. We will always head back at night for things, and we have plenty of glow sticks and glow rings. I have downloaded a couple of days worth of disney music (along with Christmas music). Will decorate the room with tree and small things, thank you cards for each day and money put back for cleaning staff. Cameras for all of us (new camcorder with pop on extra lens that will give 33% wider shots, cannot wait for that!) Will also contact some other friends that live in the area to meet them one day to visit and ride with them, I will do single rider on most rides, long story, my wife does not do fast rides! Ha Ha!
It is amazing that it takes so much time and planning, but when you finally get to the experience...poof..it is gone! Well, more to come!
Friday 11/25/11
My wife works in retail, so she will be up most of the night for "Black Friday", I will go pick her up, home for a quick shower and change, for all will be packed. We then head over to my parents for breakfast and head out to our halfway point in Crestview, Fl. for friday night (hopefully dinner at a Pensacola resturaunt we have always wanted to try that we saw Andrew Zimmerman do a show from)
Saturday 11/26/11
Visit with relatives and a round of golf in Destin, Fl.
Sunday 11/27/11
Early start to the Kingdom, will stop just outside of Orlando to visit with a great lady that works in Disney, we have kept in contact with this great lady for years and plan to continue, more to come on that, due to that I have 3 ADR's with her that she has never been to before! We check into the Wilderness Lodge, then off to DD for shopping, we would hit the parks, but have a ADR at 7:40 pm with Linda at Cali Grill and then watch the fireworks from there!
Monday 11/28/11
Animal Kingdom (EMH 0800 to 0900) and an ADR in WL at Whispering Canyon Grill 7:50 pm!
Tuesday 11/29/11
VERY BUSY DAY!
Magic Kingdom (no EMH
) Breakfast at Crystal Palace 8:15 am...Pirates League at 0955 for wife, DD and myself..mom-in-law too chicken. That night for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade and Wishes Desert Party!Wednesday 11/30/11
Epcot (no EMH
) Breakfast/Lunch at Akershus 10:45 am..then over to Boardwalk to see Christmas decorations and dinner at ESPN (my wife is a big sports nut and last two visits we have been there, kinda a tradition :lolThursday 12/1/11
Magic Kingdom (EMH 0800 to 0900) TRY to be there for opening ceremonies..ha ha. ADR at Animal Kingdom Lodge in Sanaa at 6:25 pm
Friday 12/2/11
Epcot (EMH 9:30 pm to 12:30 am) breakfast at Poly, Kona Cafe 8:05 am, maybe sneak into GF to see the Gingerbread house for pics and shopping.
Saturday 12/3/11
Magic Kingdom (EMH 8 am to 1 am) Garden Tea Room at GF for wife and mom-in-law at 2 pm..DD and I will have free time to either go back to explore WL or stay in MK..depends on how "grumpy" a 4 y.o. is at that time!
Dinner at WL in Artist Point at 7:05 pmSunday 12/4/11
A round of golf with my wife in LBV at 8:03 am...Hollywood Studios (EMH 8 pm to 11pm)
Monday 12/5/11
Make sure all is packed back into the Sith Meditation Sphere..take a boat to the Contemporary, monorail to Poly, breakfast with Lilo and Stich..shop, reverse it back..depends on how we feel..maybe a couple of hours in the MK...then back to Crestview for a night...then home...yuck.
Now, some of these days are subject to change, and the middle of all these days, we will try to go back to resort for "nap time"..or just quiet time. We will always head back at night for things, and we have plenty of glow sticks and glow rings. I have downloaded a couple of days worth of disney music (along with Christmas music). Will decorate the room with tree and small things, thank you cards for each day and money put back for cleaning staff. Cameras for all of us (new camcorder with pop on extra lens that will give 33% wider shots, cannot wait for that!) Will also contact some other friends that live in the area to meet them one day to visit and ride with them, I will do single rider on most rides, long story, my wife does not do fast rides! Ha Ha!
It is amazing that it takes so much time and planning, but when you finally get to the experience...poof..it is gone! Well, more to come!
