I am running out of other things to do to satisfy my daily Disney fix, so I figured I'd try my hand at a pre-trip report! 
We will be staying at All Star Music from May 7th thru the 14th, which is actually the longest Disney trip I've made! Since we won't be at the hotel for more than sleeping, the occasional nap, and the sparse swim, we chose the resort based simply on cost. We also have the basic DDP so we don't have to worry about how much everything costs when we get there.
Now, I unfortunately did not do an 'Introduce Yourself' topic when I joined this forum, so I'll just give anyone who cares a little bio on myself and the other people I am traveling with:
-I am 25 years old and an operating room nurse. I love my job, but I am SO looking forward to a vacation! I am passionate about all things Disney (which should be obvious since I'm on this forum), the Beatles, and traveling to any and all places in general. This will be my 6th trip to WDW, the last time being on our honeymoon in August 2009.
-DH is Matt, 29, IT specialist. He is probably the least Disney fanatic in the group, but I don't hold that against him. His preferred vacation style is to do a lot of relaxing, while the rest of us like to go, go, go! He will probably be heading back with DS to take a nap most afternoons. He also isn't a fan of roller coasters so our FPs are made with that in mind... I will be riding single rider for all of those!
-DS is Desmond, and he turns 2 at the end of April. He really loves the 'Fab 5' and Monsters University characters! I don't know how well he will like meeting the characters, but we will try to ease into it slowly. He loves all the rides he has ridden at our local zoo and he really isn't afraid if much, so I'm hoping he will enjoy a lot of things at WDW!
-We are also traveling with my mom and dad (Rita and Mike), and my sister and her boyfriend (Ellen and Luke). They are both 22 and celebrating their college graduation with this trip! We all plan on spending the majority of our time together, seeing as it's a family trip, but I'm sure Ellen and Luke will want to do their own thing every so often, which is totally understandable.
Ok, now that that's all out of the way, we can get to the day by day! 
Day 1: Arriving at MCO at 1:40pm and hopping on the Magical Express! After checking in at ASMu, we will be headed to the Boardwalk for some strolling and an earlyish ADR at Kouzzina. This was hubby's choice as he's had a crush on Cat Cora since he first watched Iron Chef America 
After dinner we will probably head to DTD for some window shopping.
Day 2: Magic Kingdom at rope drop! We've never been at rope drop before, so can someone let me know how far down Main Street can you get before opening? I see people talking about grabbing coffee and strolling thru shops but I wasn't sure if that was before official opening or not. We are planning on taking the train around to Fantasyland station because I know DS would love that, but I will be a little hesitant if I know that all the people waiting down Main St are headed for the Dwarves Mine Train and the line will be super long by the time we get to it... (We can ride the train on our other MK day if that is the case) Anyway, we have FP for Peter Pan, BTMRR, and Splash Mtn for morning/early afternoon. We are planning on eating lunch in the Frontierland area, so probably at Columbia Harbour House or Peco's Bills. After Splash Mtn we will play it by ear, but probably go back to the hotel for swimming/nap time and then back to MK for a 6:30 ADR at Crystal Palace... After that it's just more fun (and a Dole Whip!) before Wishes and bedtime. Desmond usually has a hard time going to bed early so we're hoping he'll be ok with later nights in the parks, but we'll just have to see how it goes!
Day 3: Epcot at rope drop for Test Track! Ellen and Luke want to design their cars so they preferred to not have a FP for this one. We have FP for Spaceship Earth and Nemo & Friends right before our ADR at Coral Reef. I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about this one, but I'm pretty excited for the atmosphere! After lunch it's a FP for Soarin', then I volunteered to go back to take a nap with Desmond while the others eat and drink their way around the Flower and Garden Festival booths (I am sure they'll have a blast). We have a 6:30 ADR at Beirgarten (Matt and Dad's request), but I hope Desmond will like the oompa band! Epcot has EMH until 11 this night, so does anyone know if the festival booths will stay open that late??
Day 4: Hoping to make DHS at rope drop for a stand-by of TSMM (none of us have ever been on this one!) and then I'll ride ToT and RnRC single rider before it's back to TSMM for a FP, then FP for Star Tours. We're hoping to catch Disney Jr. On stage as Desi loves all of those shows. We are really up in the air for QS for both lunch and dinner, so any suggestions are appreciated! Then Matt will be headed for a nap with Des while the rest of us check out the stage/stunt shows. FP for GMR later on, then hopefully getting into Fantasmic (it was full during our honeymoon so we haven't seen it for nearly 10 years). If, for some strange reason, we don't like TSMM, we will try to switch the FP to Fantasmic so at least we have seats!
Day 5: We have a pre-park opening ADR at Tusker House for the character breakfast at 8:25, then exploring AK for the day, with FP at the safari, Dinosaur, and Kali Rapids (I'll be doing single rider for Everest). Desmond loves our zoo at home so I'm thinking he will really enjoy this park. We have a super late ADR at Kona Cafe at 8:30; I figured that would work best if we stay at AK until park closing, and then maybe see the fireworks from the Poly beach after dinner? Does anyone think we could pull that off? I don't know where Kona is in regard to the resort or beach. Also, does anyone know if I'll be able to get sushi for my entree on the DP?
Day 6: Today we are headed to Islands of Adventure, mainly for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! My sister and I are HUGE HP fans, and actually I visited this park a year ago for a day trip with my friend who lived in Florida, so I'm excited to go again and drink some pumpkin juice! I don't think we'll spend all day at IoA, so we'll probably come back and do some shopping at Downtown Disney, and probably just grab dinner at the hotel food court since we have more QS meals to use up.
Day 7: Back to MK today with FP for Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, and Buzz Lightyear. We are hoping to snag an elusive lunch FP for BOG, but it's not looking too promising so we'll probably eat whichever place we didn't do last time. We will be taking the boat over to WL for dinner at Whispering Canyon.
Day 8: Departing day 
our plane leaves around 2:30 so I have a feeling we won't have time to do much but pack in the morning, but maybe we can sneak in an hour at DTD if we're lucky!
I forgot to mention that I bought a shirt with 9 different 'princesses' on it, so I plan on taking that around with me and getting it signed by all of them! Also, I'm excited for a couple of my outfits, I have a bunch of little mermaid stuff I'm going to wear one day 
I'm kind of bummed because I was hoping to get my Disney themed half-sleeve tattoo started before I go, but I don't think I'll be able to. I might just have to settle for a henna version of Pocahontas' armband just before I leave for the trip
Thanks for reading my pre-trip report!! I hope I didn't bore you too much, and if I did, you should have stopped reading sooner
Hubby and I on vacation to Myrtle Beach last year
sorry I couldn't resist, he just did this the other day and it cracks me up
a typical morning for us, watching Monster's University
I could let him do it for me, it would save a lot of money that way 
