Pre-Trip The Food & Wine & Wine & Food Trip Sept 2016

Hello all!

Just booked our trip for September 2016! We are so excited (even though we literally just got back from Disney 2 weeks ago!)

We are using this trip as a "redo honeymoon". My husbands grandfather passed away while we were on our honeymoon in February, so we didn't get to do too much honeymoon celebrating :(

Please take a look at my itinerary and let me know your thoughts! We go to Disney all the time (AP) but we want this to be special & "honeymoonish" so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know!

WHEN:
September 21st-25th

WHERE:
The Boardwalk!!

ITINERARY:

Wednesday, September 21st:
  • Leave at 6am from Southwest Florida, arrive around 9am
  • Drop luggage off at Boardwalk and walk over to Epcot
  • Food & Wine festival all day, hopefully get on Frozen & Soarin
  • No ADRs
Thursday, September 22nd:
  • Blizzard Beach (Disney Springs if it's raining)
  • Hollywood Studios in the afternoon
  • Dinner @ Mama Melrose @ 635pm
Friday, September 23rd:
  • MK in the morning, leave by noon
  • Hotel pool in the afternoon
  • California Grill @ 5pm
  • MNSSHP at night
Saturday, September 24th:
  • AK in the morning
  • Epcot in the PM
  • Dinner at Chefs de France @ 6pm
**** Should we do an ADR for breakfast at Rainforest Cafe or an ADR at Yak and Yeti for lunch??

Sunday, September 25th:
  • Quick visit to Hollywood Studios
  • Leave:(
Thanks for reading!
 
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Zipadeelady

Zipadeelady

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The Boardwalk is very beautiful! They have so many neat sitting areas throughout the resort. My husband and I spend a day in the Disney area awhile ago and wanted to see the activities on the Boardwalk (along with a few other places). I love this picture from that day. Were not the biggest people but this couch made my husband look like he was in Alice and Wonderland. :D
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laben594

laben594

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Zipitidoda said:
The Boardwalk is very beautiful! They have so many neat sitting areas throughout the resort. My husband and I spend a day in the Disney area awhile ago and wanted to see the activities on the Boardwalk (along with a few other places). I love this picture from that day. Were not the biggest people but this couch made my husband look like he was in Alice and Wonderland. :D
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Love that picture!!! He looks so small compared to the couch haha!

We are looking forward to staying there, my husband is not too thrilled because it reminds him of the Jersey Shore too much (he went too much when he was younger) so I'm hoping it doesn't have too much of that kind of feel
 
carriehpotter

carriehpotter

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laben594 said:
Love that picture!!! He looks so small compared to the couch haha!

We are looking forward to staying there, my husband is not too thrilled because it reminds him of the Jersey Shore too much (he went too much when he was younger) so I'm hoping it doesn't have too much of that kind of feel
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Congrats on your trip! Have fun!

I've lived in New Jersey my whole life and so I've been down the shore more times than I can count. IMO, Boardwalk is a reflection of turn-of-the-century Atlantic City and really doesn't feel like the current Jersey shore at all. I mean, there's a boardwalk and some food stands and a few games...and that's it, the only similarities. It's like the idyllic Jersey shore that never was. I personally don't think it had too much of a shore vibe, but that's just me. Hopefully you and your husband agree!
 
laben594

laben594

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carriehpotter said:
Congrats on your trip! Have fun!

I've lived in New Jersey my whole life and so I've been down the shore more times than I can count. IMO, Boardwalk is a reflection of turn-of-the-century Atlantic City and really doesn't feel like the current Jersey shore at all. I mean, there's a boardwalk and some food stands and a few games...and that's it, the only similarities. It's like the idyllic Jersey shore that never was. I personally don't think it had too much of a shore vibe, but that's just me. Hopefully you and your husband agree!
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I agree completely! I think he was just worried it would feel like all his time at the real Boardwalk instead of Disney haha!

We are trying to stay at all the Disney resorts at least once so we have to stay here one way or another! :)
 
laben594

laben594

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UPDATE!!!!!!! We get to stay an extra night now at the Happiest Place on Earth! So I updated our plans obviously :)

Wednesday, September 21st:
-Arrive from SWFL around 9am, go straight to the hotel (The Boardwalk)
-Walk over to EPCOT and enjoy the Food and Wine festival the entire day
-Take a small break around 3pm when the room is probably ready
-Dinner at Coral Reef @ 8:25pm

**Need fastpasses for any of the following that I can get: Soarin, Test Track, Frozen, Mission Space

Thursday, September 22nd:
-Blizzard beach at opening until around 3pm
-come back to the hotel
-Walk through Epcot for a snack and take the monorail over to the TTC
-Go to Polynesian & Grand Floridan for a drink
-Dinner at Jungle Navigation @ 8:00pm

**Need Fastpasses for: Jungle Cruise, POTC, Splash Mountain

Friday, September 23rd:
-Hollywood Studios until 1/2pm
-back to the hotel for a short break
-Walk through Epcot for a snack and take the monorail over to contemporary
-Dinner @ California Grill at 5:00pm
-Mickey's not so scary @ 7pm

** Need Fastpasses for: ToT & Toy Story
(Will do rockin first thing in the park or do single rider)

Saturday, September 24th:
-Animal Kingdom all day
-Lunch @ Yak and Yeti at 12:30pm
-Go back to hotel for a break
-Go to Disney Springs
-Dinner @ Portobello at 8:30pm

**Fastpasses for Kilimanjaro, Kali, and Everest

(Dinosaur will be closed)

Sunday, September 25th:
-Breakfast @ 10:30am at the Capitans Grill over at Yacht Club
-Walk over to Hollywood Studios until around 1/2pm
-Take a break at the hotel
-Go back to Epcot
-ADR at San Angel Inn @ 8:30pm

**Fastpasses for whatever we couldn't get first day at Epcot

Monday, September 26th:
-Magic Kingdom
-lunch at Plaza at 11:20am
-Take monorail back to Epcot
-Walk through Epcot get a snack and head back to Boardwalk
-Leave :(
**Fastpasses for Peter Pan, Seven Dwarves, and Space Mountain

As you can see we are getting a lot of snacks at Epcot (I'm determined to go everywhere during food and wine!) but we will also be doing a lot of walking!!

Let me know if you have any suggestions or tips!!!
 

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