Decided to do another Thanksgiving at Walt Disney World this year since last year went so well...for the most part. Arriving a little earlier this year and leaving a little later, and splitting the trip between 2 resorts too just to keep things interesting. My travel partners for this trip include :
Myself: mom, nana self employed recent disney fanatic
DD32: Liza the park commando and mother to my absolutely awesome grandkids
DD29: Sarah Jane my baby who was the only one back in the 80's who didn't think the rides in Fantasyland at Disneyland were baby rides.
DGD8: Sierra (CiCi) Almost 9 and my Beauty
DGS7: Jayce our Beast
DAY 1
Wednesday Nov 20
The tentative plan is for me and the kiddos to arrive the night of 11/20 via SW Airlines and check into the Wilderness Lodge. I am debating renting a car at the airport when we arrive...but this is the one part of magical express I like is the ride into the World...Plus a rental car for our entire trip is $300 dollars...that buys some nice souvenirs and a dinner or two.
Once we arrive on property and get settled in it will be so late we will just watch the disney channel of course and fall asleep. The following morning the FUN begins:
DAY 2
Thursday Nov 21
10:25 AM Breakfast with Lilo & Stitch at the POLY
We will probably arrive early so we can wander a bit around the lobby and grounds since this is a favorite resort of ours and we stayed at the POLY last Thanksgiving and for a week over this past summer.
Then on to MK for some rides, will probably focus on Tomorrowland rides and attractions, returning to our room late afternoon to prepare for MVMCP that evening!
DAY 3
Friday Nov 22
8:10 AM Breakfast at H&V
The entire purpose of this character dining is to get inside HS early and make a mad dash to TSMM before the FP are so late in the day I don't even use it or they run out. It worked this summer I hope it works this time.
Spend the morning at HS doing rides. DD32 should arrive to WL via magical express around noon so we will probably meet up with her for a very light lunch around 1 probably inside HS. We will all return to resort by 4 to get ready for dinner. Dinner at Ohana 6:25pm (Can't believe I got that ADR! Took 2 weeks of trying)
Maybe do movies on the beach or something after dinner and watch fireworks somewhere to end the evening ???
DAY 4
Saturday Nov 23
Grab QS breakfast at Roaring Forks and head to AK! Return to resort around 4 ish and clean up and head to AKL, leave kids in the babysitting place at AKL and have dinner at Saana with DD32. Try to get back to our resort and to bed before 11 so we aren't late for ADR early the next morning!
Pre Trip Planning report to be continued.......
Myself: mom, nana self employed recent disney fanatic
DD32: Liza the park commando and mother to my absolutely awesome grandkids
DD29: Sarah Jane my baby who was the only one back in the 80's who didn't think the rides in Fantasyland at Disneyland were baby rides.
DGD8: Sierra (CiCi) Almost 9 and my Beauty
DGS7: Jayce our Beast
DAY 1
Wednesday Nov 20
The tentative plan is for me and the kiddos to arrive the night of 11/20 via SW Airlines and check into the Wilderness Lodge. I am debating renting a car at the airport when we arrive...but this is the one part of magical express I like is the ride into the World...Plus a rental car for our entire trip is $300 dollars...that buys some nice souvenirs and a dinner or two.
Once we arrive on property and get settled in it will be so late we will just watch the disney channel of course and fall asleep. The following morning the FUN begins:
DAY 2
Thursday Nov 21
10:25 AM Breakfast with Lilo & Stitch at the POLY
We will probably arrive early so we can wander a bit around the lobby and grounds since this is a favorite resort of ours and we stayed at the POLY last Thanksgiving and for a week over this past summer.
Then on to MK for some rides, will probably focus on Tomorrowland rides and attractions, returning to our room late afternoon to prepare for MVMCP that evening!
DAY 3
Friday Nov 22
8:10 AM Breakfast at H&V
The entire purpose of this character dining is to get inside HS early and make a mad dash to TSMM before the FP are so late in the day I don't even use it or they run out. It worked this summer I hope it works this time.
Spend the morning at HS doing rides. DD32 should arrive to WL via magical express around noon so we will probably meet up with her for a very light lunch around 1 probably inside HS. We will all return to resort by 4 to get ready for dinner. Dinner at Ohana 6:25pm (Can't believe I got that ADR! Took 2 weeks of trying)
Maybe do movies on the beach or something after dinner and watch fireworks somewhere to end the evening ???
DAY 4
Saturday Nov 23
Grab QS breakfast at Roaring Forks and head to AK! Return to resort around 4 ish and clean up and head to AKL, leave kids in the babysitting place at AKL and have dinner at Saana with DD32. Try to get back to our resort and to bed before 11 so we aren't late for ADR early the next morning!
Pre Trip Planning report to be continued.......
Which is a huge reason why I will need a car, very difficult for us to rise and shine early and be somewhere on time
However they love Chef Mickey but I would trade this ADR for one at CP....
. DD32 will have to catch the last flight out to Houston on Spirit at 5 pm which means by 2:30 she will be leaving the World
and we will probably head to Epcot/HS, because I would like to end the evening at one of those parks and then go back to our resort and lounge around in the lobby which last year had the most amazing blue Christmas Tree...
