MAKING PLANS - TAKE 2
ONE WEEK UNTIL ADR DAY OMG OMG OMG
I've been scouring crowd calendars, rearranging spreadsheets, and working on coming up with a game plan for park visits. I think I have the (very nearly) final schedule made up, barring any issues snagging the ADRs we want. For your viewing pleasure (and critique! Let me know if this touring plan sounds OK!)....THE GRAND MASTER PLAN
Sunday:
Arrive on late flight and stay overnight at Hilton Garden Inn near the airport. Free shuttle to hotel. Crash and Zzzzzzzzzz.
Monday:
Free Continental breakfast at Hilton Garden Inn. Free shuttle back to MCO. Hop on the DME to All Star Music (aiming for 8-9am arrival to ASMu)
Stow luggage with Bell Services, hop a bus to....
HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
Attraction goals: Beauty and the Beast show, Fantasmic
Food: Quick Service dining, probably Woody's lunchbox or ABC Commissary
Tuesday:
Midmorning brunch - either Bon Voyage or Sanaa. I like the idea of a meal at AKL, but I REALLY want to get more character meets in this trip.
Back to the resort for swimming and naps
MICKEYS NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY
(I am ridiculously happy about this, we have been debating what family costume theme to do!)
Attraction goals: Mostly character meets, Cadaver Dans, Hocus Pocus show and the parade. We have additional time at MK for rides on other days.
Food: Quick Service dining during the party and SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SNACKS LOL
Wednesday:
EPCOT (quick AM trip)
PPO breakfast reservation at Garden Grill (fingers crossed!)
One ride each on Soarin and Spaceship Earth, then off to
ANIMAL KINGDOM
Attraction goals: Nemo, FOP, Rivers of Light
Food: Tusker House late lunch (possibly a ROL package)
Thursday:
EPCOT
I hadn't planned on dedicating a full day to Epcot, but hubby REALLY wants to see Illuminations one more time before it's over.
We can RD Epcot, get must-do items in, then Uber to WL for dinner and head back to Epcot to finish out the night. I just have to calculate out travel time to make sure I don't make my reservation too late to get back for Illuminations. We would probably Uber back to Boardwalk, and then walk up IG and watch the show from France.
Attractions goals: The Seas, FEA, Agent P's world showcase adventure
Food: Snacks from the F&W booths, Storybook dining @ AP dinner
Friday:
MAGIC KINGDOM
This is a party day, so we would use the morning EMH to get a little extra time in the park, then leave around 6 to go to dinner. Kids can decide if they want to hop over to another park after we eat. May just go for a later dinner reservation and let the kids explore FW a little.
Attraction goals: SotMK, 7DMT, Astro Orbiter...maybe one or two of the street shows we missed on the last trip.
Food: BOG breakfast (if we do EMH we can snag a later breakfast), HDDR dinner
Saturday:
ANIMAL KINGDOM
We'll spend the day here, maybe bop out to AKL to try the bread service
Attraction goals: Whatever the kids want to do, Pandora at night, Tree of Life.
Food: QS and packed food.
Sunday:
MAGIC KINGDOM
We'll spend the whole day here and just soak up as much as we can. If the kids want to park hop a little that's an option too. Definitely want to be in the park for HEA.
Food: QS
Monday:
HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
It's the kids' favorite park, so we will bookend the trip with HS.
Attraction goals: Frozen sing along, Star Wars evening show. Many many trips on Star Tours LOL
Food: QS
Tuesday:
Check out day (sad face!).
We are staying overnight near the airport, so we may take the opportunity to get in an animation class at AoA, or go to DS and wander around for some final souvenir shopping. When it's time we'll head back to ASMu and hop the DME back to MCO, then free airport shuttle to the Hilton Garden. Swim a little and prepare for the sad ride home
Wednesday:
Free continental breakfast at the hotel, then free shuttle back to MCO for a 7am departure. Boo.