Pre-Trip Report
Cast:
Me, DH, and DS4
Where:
Boardwalk Villas (studio)
Dates:
May 9th – 20th (Official Check out date is May 21st, but we are taking a late flight home on the 20th because I need to be back at work for a meeting on the 21st)
Details:
This will be the first time that the 3 of us go to WDW by ourselves. DH and I have gone to WDW alone every year since our honeymoon in Oct 1994, but since DS4 was born, we’ve been doing the Disney thing with extended family and friends. This is also the first time we are using DDP!!!
18 days and COUNTING……
I can’t take the waiting any longer!! I’m hoping that doing a pre-TR will help me get organized and calm me down a bit.
I want to say a very special THANK YOU to everyone here at MB, because you have helped answer lots of questions about the DDP, and I love the tips on packing, planning and having a great vacation!!! Plus, you all make me feel like I’m not alone in the OVER planning!!
We are staying in a studio for the first time. We usually have the 1 or 2 bedroom villa, so I’m a bit nervous that it’s going to feel cramped. But, since it’s just the 3 of us, we opted for a longer stay in the smaller room, and to conserve points for our family trip in October.
I was planning out our grocery order, and half way through, I realized I’m not going to have a kitchen (only mini-fridge and microwave in the studios)….so major modifications will need to be made. I think we will just get some wine, beer, water, soda, breakfast bars and a couple of snacks. Since we have the DDP, I’m guessing we won’t need so much food on hand anyway.
The Plan:
May 9th - A car service will pick us up at my work at 3:30 p.m. Our flight leaves at 6:15 p.m., and arrives at MCO at 9:19. Pick up the rental car, and off to Holiday Inn Sunspree Lake Buena Vista for the night. (we decided not to use our points for this night since we are arriving so late).
May 10th – Early check-in at the Boardwalk so that we can get our DDP all paid for, and get our room key (even if it is too early to check in). Off to the MK!!! We will spend a couple of days over at Universal, but we are planning on spending most of the time enjoying WDW! It should be a nice change of pace for us (with only 3 to keep together).
ADR’s for the trip:
Coral Reef (Dinner)
Tony’s (Dinner)
Primetime Café (Dinner)
Hoop Dee Do
Garden Tea Room (my Mother's day gift to myself
)
Tutto Italia (Dinner)
Ohana (Dinner)
Le Cellier (Lunch)
Tusker House (Lunch)
Crystal Palace (Dinner)
1900 Park Fare (Breakfast)
To do list:
Buy a bathing suit –
Finish packing (thanks again for the list Dana!!
)
Confirm car service
Put our mail on hold
Find someone to watch my herb garden and tomato plants while we’re gone
Get some ACTUAL work done (instead of daydreaming and planning all day)
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If you made it this far….thanks for reading…..if not, well….at least I made myself feel better!!