Spring break is over and it's time to go back to school.
Looking at the bright side, it only means one more quarter of tests and papers and stress until we get to go to DISNEY WORLD!!!
Oh yeah, and my graduation. That's important too.
I don't even remember where I left off in terms of plans and such. I'm already starting to get bored of this pre-trip report; is that normal? It's probably because I don't really have much to say and I'm kind of boring. Hopefully it'll be more fun to write the actual trip report.
Anyhoo~ Still got to finish what I started. Let's see...
Monday, June 13: flight, eating at T-Rex, checking in and swimming
Tuesday, June 14: Islands of Adventure to see Harry Potter land
Wednesday, June 15: Magic Kingdom
Thursday, June 16: Animal Kingdom
I think that's where I left off.
SO! Friday, June 17, is our Hollywood Studios day and also a very important date. I'm pretty sure I completely forgot to mention it before but it's our mom's birthday!!!
She's going to turn the young age of youngness and what's a better way to spend it than in Disney?
For this day, I actually made a lunch reservation. Ever since I found out it existed (thanks to the boards), the sisters and I have been wanting to go to:
Something about eating in a car while watching clips on a big screen is very alluring. It's such a neat idea of a restaurant.
One thing on the To Do list is the Animation Academy. I really want to learn how to draw a random character and while I'm fully aware that Jess will win in terms of prettiness, at least I'll get a souvenir out of it. Besides that, we will attempt to get both Fastpasses as well as go through the stand-by line for Toy Story Mania. Jess and Jan have also both agreed to do Rock n' Roller Coaster as well as Tower of Terror. Mom refuses to do either.
I've been trying to tell her that rides at Disney are not that scary (compared to say Islands of Adventure) but she still refuses. I even brought home the Birnbaum 2011 guide as well as the Unofficial color companion for her to read and see how un-scary it was.
It's still a no go for her and the rides. Makes me sad to think she's going to sit there by herself. As much as I understand my mom's a big girl and can be perfectly content to be alone, I still don't like it. To me it feels like it's going to fall short of a real family vacation if one member is always opting out of everything we do, yet I can't force her. This was another reason why I was so hesitant to readily agree on a Disney vacation since I know mom isn't super pro-Disney. Oh well. This'll probably be the last we take as a family anyway (at least to Disney).
Continuing along...
Satuday, June 18, will be dedicated to Epcot. I wanted us to end at Epcot because as a family unit, we love this park the most. Mom is pretty okay with doing everything in this park and it's just relaxing and fun to see the World Showcase. She'll even go on Test Track. Last year, I think we waited a good 2 hours for this ride as well; the only reason because I think it broke down a couple of times. Again, nothing is booked in terms of food and what not. It's another "wing-it" type of day. Hopefully we can last long enough to catch Illuminations. None of us have ever watched this show before and I'm curious as to what'll entail.
And finally we get to Sunday, June 19. This is our last day in Orlando with an afternoon flight back home with a pit stop at Texas. For once, I'm allowing us to sleep in. Not too much sleeping in though because I reserved a brunch for us at 10am. Here's the dilemma. I have reservations at both Ohanas and 1900 Park Fare for the same time. I
think both places have Mickey waffles, which is something I really wanted and I think Jan wanted as well. I wanted to do a character breakfast because we've never done one before and these were the only two with acceptable characters (not a big princess or Winnie the Pooh or playhouse Disney fans). The only problem is which set of characters do we want? The reason I originally wanted Ohanas is because it's at the Polynesian and I think mom will enjoy looking around the resort and who doesn't love Stitch? 1900 Park Fare is also a contender because the sisters and I just LOVE Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter. So I don't know; we have time to decide but it's not an easy decision.
Following brunch we'll probably finish packing and/or hit Downtown Disney before finally getting on the flight home. While a week seems like a short time to pack so many things in, I'm sure we'll be ready to go home. Back in 2007, we went for 9 days (I think) and we were ready to go home by the end of it. A week is the perfect amount of vacation time for us.
So that's pretty much the backbone of the trip. Now if only I can figure out what to wear...