Sooooooo as I'm working on my TR from May, I realize we only have about 3 weeks to go until our next trip! 19 days actually. Where did the time go?! Granted we only had 4 1/2 months between trips but, this summer flew by!!
Who: Me, Ashley and Mama Dukes (of course!)
When: Monday Sept 24 - Monday Oct 1, 2012
Where: All Star Sports w/ FREE DINING!!
This trip is a little different for a couple reasons. If you've read my TR from May, you know we spent 9 nights there (7 off property and 2 at Wilderness Lodge Villas) This trip we will be spending 7 nights. Less nights, but ALL our time will be spent at Disney parks. 6 full days plus 2 half days. In May, we only did 5 days plus 2 half days at the parks. (We did Busch Gardens for one day in May and also took a day to do Downtown Disney and explore the resorts.) So this will be our longest trip in terms of the most time we’ve spent at the parks.
Also, we are running the Tower of Terror 10 miler... and the name fits because I am absolutely TERRIFIED of this. I'm running it with my sister and training hasn't been going as well as we thought it would and we're still struggling. But we're going to attempt it!! I'm really looking forward to this event though because I'll get to see some of my favorite people from wdwmagic!! (Jess, Shelley, Courtney, Mamamouse)
Mom and I are flying out of PWM bright and early... 5:45am our AirTran flight leaves!!! YIKES!!! I haven’t seen 5:45am in a long time….. yawn! (Actually, that’s a lie. I saw 5:45am this past weekend but that’s cause I hadn’t gone to bed yet. Haha oops!) We have a short layover in BWI and then into MCO at 10:20am. Our initial flight we booked had us into MCO at 1:20pm but the schedule changed and we were able to get on an earlier flight out of BWI. SCORE!!! 3 more hours at Disney is fine with me!!
Ashley is flying in Wednesday the 26th. Her flight lands at 7:20pm. (She wasn't able to take as much time off as Mama and I were)
I'm sure our schedule is pretty set as far as dining but you never know! This is what we have for plans:
Monday 9/24 - MK / DHS - Once we take the Magical Express to All Star Sports we’re gonna drop our bags quickly and head off to MK for lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern @ 1:20pm. Originally we were going to head over to Epcot and then wind up having dinner at 50s Prime Time Café BUT yesterday I received an email to participate in the Fast Pass Plus trial! The day we arrive is the last day of the trial so we decided to do it. We picked out our 4 attractions today:
Priority seating for the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade (return to Cinderella Castle between 2:40pm and 3pm)
Winnie The Pooh: 3:20pm-4:20pm return
BTMRR: 4:20-5:20pm return
Splash Mtn: 5:20pm-6:20pm return
We’re pretty excited to try this out. Not sure how I’m going to like planning out when I’m going to ride at what time but it’ll be interesting to give it a try. After we finish Splash we will head over to DHS for Fantasmic and EMH.
Tuesday 9/25 - AK / Epcot - Dinner at Coral Reef at 4:55pm (this is a first for us! Lunch will be at Flame Tree BBQ. Mama and I are going to split a meal I think.)
Wednesday 9/26 - DHS / MK / possibly Epcot- Dinner at Narcoossee's at 5:30pm (this is also a first! Lunch will be at Starring Rolls) (Also, Ashley flies in and will either meet us at the hotel or at Epcot for evening EMH. YAY!!!)
Thursday 9/27 - MK / Epcot - Morning EMH at MK – We will hit up MK for EMH then take the boat over to Ohana for breakfast at 10:15am. (This is another first for us! Well, for breakfast anyways.) We have dinner ressies at Via Napoli at 6pm so we’re probably going to head over to Epcot around 2pm.
Friday 9/28 - DHS - Morning EMH at DHS – We’re going to spend the morning here then head over to lunch at Le Cellier at 2:05pm then back to DHS. Dinner will be at Fairfax Fare for a yummy chili dog! (At some point this day I will have to run over to the Expo and get our race packets!)
Saturday 9/29 - RACE DAY!!! - AK / DHS for Tower of Terror 10 Miler!!! - Morning EMH at AK - Lunch at Rainforest Cafe at 1:45pm. We only plan to stay at AK until lunch then head back to the hotel to relax and get ready for the race. Hopefully we will be able to meet up with everyone else running with Team Studios Central at the 6pm meet!!
Sunday 9/30 - MK (MNSSHP!!) We plan to sleep in as much as we can this day! Plan to grab lunch at the food court before being at MK around noon. Dinner at Ohana at 5:20pm. We plan on dressing up for the Halloween party and we’re going as Crayola crayons. They are old costumes from a couple years ago but they still fit and they’re cute. Character pics are going to be our main focus tonight as we LOVE the characters and even better, they’re decked out for Halloween! Oh, and I will also be on the lookout for ShookieJones!! J
Monday 10/1 - Epcot - Of course we will be at Epcot for the 30th birthday celebration!! Epcot and I are just 3 months apart in age J Breakfast at the food court and we then plan to use our snack credits to eat around the world at the F&W Festival for lunch.
Our flight leaves at 6:05pm and we get back into PWM after a short layover at 10:37pm... But let's not think about that day yet, shall we?
While it seems like we have a lot packed into a short week, the first couple days when it's just me and Mama there, we're going to go at a slower pace and I'll probably use most of the park time to take photos. Once Ashley gets there, it's full speed ahead since she only has 4 1/2 park days. We're super excited, even though we just got back 3 months ago. Because who can’t get enough Disney, right?
Who: Me, Ashley and Mama Dukes (of course!)
When: Monday Sept 24 - Monday Oct 1, 2012
Where: All Star Sports w/ FREE DINING!!
This trip is a little different for a couple reasons. If you've read my TR from May, you know we spent 9 nights there (7 off property and 2 at Wilderness Lodge Villas) This trip we will be spending 7 nights. Less nights, but ALL our time will be spent at Disney parks. 6 full days plus 2 half days. In May, we only did 5 days plus 2 half days at the parks. (We did Busch Gardens for one day in May and also took a day to do Downtown Disney and explore the resorts.) So this will be our longest trip in terms of the most time we’ve spent at the parks.
Also, we are running the Tower of Terror 10 miler... and the name fits because I am absolutely TERRIFIED of this. I'm running it with my sister and training hasn't been going as well as we thought it would and we're still struggling. But we're going to attempt it!! I'm really looking forward to this event though because I'll get to see some of my favorite people from wdwmagic!! (Jess, Shelley, Courtney, Mamamouse)
Mom and I are flying out of PWM bright and early... 5:45am our AirTran flight leaves!!! YIKES!!! I haven’t seen 5:45am in a long time….. yawn! (Actually, that’s a lie. I saw 5:45am this past weekend but that’s cause I hadn’t gone to bed yet. Haha oops!) We have a short layover in BWI and then into MCO at 10:20am. Our initial flight we booked had us into MCO at 1:20pm but the schedule changed and we were able to get on an earlier flight out of BWI. SCORE!!! 3 more hours at Disney is fine with me!!
Ashley is flying in Wednesday the 26th. Her flight lands at 7:20pm. (She wasn't able to take as much time off as Mama and I were)I'm sure our schedule is pretty set as far as dining but you never know! This is what we have for plans:
Monday 9/24 - MK / DHS - Once we take the Magical Express to All Star Sports we’re gonna drop our bags quickly and head off to MK for lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern @ 1:20pm. Originally we were going to head over to Epcot and then wind up having dinner at 50s Prime Time Café BUT yesterday I received an email to participate in the Fast Pass Plus trial! The day we arrive is the last day of the trial so we decided to do it. We picked out our 4 attractions today:
Priority seating for the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade (return to Cinderella Castle between 2:40pm and 3pm)
Winnie The Pooh: 3:20pm-4:20pm return
BTMRR: 4:20-5:20pm return
Splash Mtn: 5:20pm-6:20pm return
We’re pretty excited to try this out. Not sure how I’m going to like planning out when I’m going to ride at what time but it’ll be interesting to give it a try. After we finish Splash we will head over to DHS for Fantasmic and EMH.
Tuesday 9/25 - AK / Epcot - Dinner at Coral Reef at 4:55pm (this is a first for us! Lunch will be at Flame Tree BBQ. Mama and I are going to split a meal I think.)
Wednesday 9/26 - DHS / MK / possibly Epcot- Dinner at Narcoossee's at 5:30pm (this is also a first! Lunch will be at Starring Rolls) (Also, Ashley flies in and will either meet us at the hotel or at Epcot for evening EMH. YAY!!!)
Thursday 9/27 - MK / Epcot - Morning EMH at MK – We will hit up MK for EMH then take the boat over to Ohana for breakfast at 10:15am. (This is another first for us! Well, for breakfast anyways.) We have dinner ressies at Via Napoli at 6pm so we’re probably going to head over to Epcot around 2pm.
Friday 9/28 - DHS - Morning EMH at DHS – We’re going to spend the morning here then head over to lunch at Le Cellier at 2:05pm then back to DHS. Dinner will be at Fairfax Fare for a yummy chili dog! (At some point this day I will have to run over to the Expo and get our race packets!)
Saturday 9/29 - RACE DAY!!! - AK / DHS for Tower of Terror 10 Miler!!! - Morning EMH at AK - Lunch at Rainforest Cafe at 1:45pm. We only plan to stay at AK until lunch then head back to the hotel to relax and get ready for the race. Hopefully we will be able to meet up with everyone else running with Team Studios Central at the 6pm meet!!
Sunday 9/30 - MK (MNSSHP!!) We plan to sleep in as much as we can this day! Plan to grab lunch at the food court before being at MK around noon. Dinner at Ohana at 5:20pm. We plan on dressing up for the Halloween party and we’re going as Crayola crayons. They are old costumes from a couple years ago but they still fit and they’re cute. Character pics are going to be our main focus tonight as we LOVE the characters and even better, they’re decked out for Halloween! Oh, and I will also be on the lookout for ShookieJones!! J
Monday 10/1 - Epcot - Of course we will be at Epcot for the 30th birthday celebration!! Epcot and I are just 3 months apart in age J Breakfast at the food court and we then plan to use our snack credits to eat around the world at the F&W Festival for lunch.
Our flight leaves at 6:05pm and we get back into PWM after a short layover at 10:37pm... But let's not think about that day yet, shall we?
While it seems like we have a lot packed into a short week, the first couple days when it's just me and Mama there, we're going to go at a slower pace and I'll probably use most of the park time to take photos. Once Ashley gets there, it's full speed ahead since she only has 4 1/2 park days. We're super excited, even though we just got back 3 months ago. Because who can’t get enough Disney, right?
We are arriving in WDW on September 29 and I thought about the race...for about a second..and then I remembered that I don't run...not unless someone is trying to kill me and even then they would have to look really scary. 
Hope Coral Reef works out for y'all - we'll be there for lunch on Monday. And good luck with the race! Would love to try that sometime!
Maybe one day! Good luck with your race! The key is to soak up the atmosphere and have a great time. Once you do one race you might be hooked. I know I am. It gives me the motivation that I need to go running 3-4 times a week. Take lots of pictures!
