Hi and welcome to my pre trip report!!!
Little bit of back history on the people travelling there is me (Amy) I'm 25 and a receptionist for the health service and I will be travelling with my mummy dearest (Susan) she is 52 and works for the government in a jobcentre (helping people claim benefits and look for jobs)
We are massive Disney fans and this is our 12th trip since 1996, we are also from the north east of England so have a long journey ahead of us!
Also should mention we have the Disney dining plan so lots of new experiences for us and not too many repeats!!!
Anyway as things stand these are our plans
Monday 22nd September
Travel down to Manchester UK by car, check in to Bewleys hotel in Manchester airport and get a few hours sleep before..............DISNEY DAY!!!!!!!
Tuesday 23rd
Get up pretty early and drop car off at car park then head to check in with Virgin Atlantic for our big flight! Hopefully land around 3pm local time in Orlando, go to ME and on the road to Port Orleans Riverside!!!! Will probably just pick up some make your own pasta and have an early night because of the time difference I think we will be quite tired by then!
Wednesday 24th
Due to time difference I'm expecting to be up very early so going to attempt a rope drop at MK " first time ever tried so very excited! No concrete plans are really in place until I arrange our FP+ but we plan to spend all morning and at least until after 3pm so we can see the new parade (eek!) we are also going to try and get a FP+ lunch at BOG if not will probably be at Pecos Bills/Columbia harbour house.
Then we are going to monorail over to EPCOT for F&W festival, collect the passports and start trying new foods but we have an ADR at Via Napoli so not too much snacking, we will try and catch Rick Springfield but if not we are back tomorrow so we will try then, I'm thinking we will have an early night as time difference will still be catching up on us!
Thursday 25th
We are going to try and attempt another rope drop this morning at Hollywood Studios (incase you hadn't guessed under normal circumstances we are NOT morning people at all!) if we manage this we will get as much done as possible then probably head straight over to EPCOT again to see Rick Springfield and have out ADR at Le Cellier then get a spot for Illuminations
Friday 26th
We are heading to MK on the morning and lunch then head back to the resort because.............It's time for MNSSHP!!!!!!! " Not really much explanation needed for this day other than we have an ADR at Tony's Town Square before the party starts!
Saturday 27th
This may prove to be a busy day but it's a busy day in Disney so it's all good! We are planning on starting off at AK " possibly rope drop but if not hopefully soon after, do as much as we can before 1pm when we have our ADR at Yak & Yeti then sometime after head over to EPCOT for some food and drinks and try and catch Christopher Cross then head over to MK to watch wishes and the park is open until 11pm so do some rides in the dark!
I had originally wanted to try and do all 4 parks in a day but fitting Hollywood Studios in was just going to make the schedule tight so I'll settle for 3 and if by any miracle we have lots of time to spare it might happen!
Sunday 28th
We are taking this day fairly easy heading to EPCOT on the morning to do our future world attractions and then F&W booths then going out to beaches and cream for an ADR (paying out of pocket only want a HUGE sundae!) then back to EPCOT for the evening and...........................HANSON!!!!! I cannot explain with words how excited I am for this concert I really think only dancing bananas will do!!! I am hoping I may get to see all 3 sets this day if my mom has the patience!!!
Monday 29th
This day is quite momentous for me we are hiring a car for 3 days from today and I have never driven abroad before (so if anybody has any tips or websites or GPS coordinates please feel free because right now all I have to get information from is Google maps!!!) so once car is picked up (eek) we are heading off to shopping (Premium Outlets Vineland avenue) and to a Walmart somewhere to get candy to bring back! Then back to the resort to get changed for ADR at Cinderella's Royal Table " this is another thing I am sooooooo excited for, dining in the castle who wouldn't be excited?! And hopefully because of the ADR time should be in the castle when wishes is on " this may sound stupid but we are really looking forward to this! Then EMH at MK that night so should be fairly quiet! (I may try and fit in another Hanson performance this day but I'm not sure we will)
Tuesday 30th
Because we have the hire car we are heading to Universal Studios where hopefully the new Harry Potter section should be open so excited to see this new area and visit some old favourites then back to the resort to change for Cape May Cafe on the evening then possibly go into EPCOT but not sure yet
Wednesday 1st
This is our 2nd Universal Studios day as we thought with the new expansion it may take longer to explore and also take it at a slower pace we hope! Then we have to say goodbye to the car ( and hand it back then head back to our resort to change for ADR at Teppan Edo, we are also hoping to catch Air Supply on Eat to the Beat aswell as we really enjoyed them last year
Thursday 2nd
We are planning on heading back to EPCOT again on the morning for more food exploring and more future world attractions then head over to HS to hopefully catch a Character Palooza then for an early ADR at 50's prime time cafe and then grab a seat for Fantasmic!
Friday 3rd
This Plans to be a MK day for the most part hopefully see festival of Fantasy again then head out for our ADR at Boma (Very excited about this!!)
Saturday 4th
We are planning on heading to HS for the most part of today and try and catch another Character Palooza as the characters change from day to day then back to the resort for a night on the town at Downtown Disney so planning for a few cocktails (any places or suggestions would be very helpful!!!) and then we have an ADR at Raglan Road " now this should be an experience for me we have been here before and although my mom loved the meal I wasn't impressed and never had any intentions of going back " however reading everybody's rave reviews on here and elsewhere I've decided to give it another go and I'm really hoping I have my opinion changed because I LOVE Raglan Road in every other way!
Sunday 5th
We are planning on having a lie in this morning and going back to Downtown Disney for a look at the construction work and see what's new (if anything has opened by then), then back to the resort to change and back out to EPCOT to see Starship then for our ADR at Chefs De France
Monday 6th
This plans to be AK day try and do everything we want to do then head back to the resort to start packing ( and get changed for my most highly anticipated ADR of the trip " Ohana! I'm so excited about this ADR I could burst so I'm really hoping it lives up to my expectations but really meat, meat and more meat what can go wrong?! (I love meat incase you missed that part!)
Tuesday 7th
Last day in the parks today ( we have a breakfast reservation at 1900 Park Fare then plan on heading to MK (where else?!) to say goodbye to the castle hopefully catch festival of fantasy again then back to the resort to finish off most of the packing then if we have time we will go back to EPCOT to try and catch Sugar Ray on Eat to the Beat and a last graze at the F&W booths
Wednesday 8th
Now this is where I need your wonderful advice for this day! We have a 6.55pm international flight out of Orlando international so we will be picked up by ME does anyone have a rough estimate of what time we will get picked up? We also are wanting to do something on the morning before being picked up but our park tickets will expire the day before as they are only valid for 14 days so does anybody have any suggestions? My thoughts were head to Downtown Disney and try EoS for the first time ever but I would love to hear if anybody else has any ideas as we are willing to consider any options without travelling too far from our resort (PORS) then get to the airport and say goodbye for another year and hopefully another fantastic holiday!!!
I will be scheduling FP+ for this holiday but we are too far out so have to hold on for that!
We are also going to try and do one new thing every day so if there is anything that people think is not something most people would do tell me and if we haven't done it I will add it to our list!
Also if anybody is going to be around at the same place and time would love to meet up with some of you whilst we are there!
Thanks for reading and any answers to any of my questions would be a great help!!!