NickyW
18 Apr 07, 11:36 PM
....than the one I posted a couple of months ago!!!
Cast - Me 38, DBF 39 DS 12 DD 10 (all 1st timers to Florida!!)
Tickets booked - 21 day Disney tickets / 14 day 4 park Universal tickets / Dc & BG / KSS
Thurs 10th May - Catch flightlink coach from Birmingham to Gatwick around 1pm arrive around 4pm. Do twilight check in, transfer to Premier Travel Inn for the night. Eat then early night.
Fri 11th May - Virgin Flight 10.45am to Orlando arrive 15.25. Collect car at Airport & find way to Highlands Reserve ? brief shop for essentials on way then unpack, eat & chill.
Sat 12th May AK still undecided re breakfast, either quick stop on way or a later character breakfast @ AK around 10.30. Dinner then early night.
Sun 13th May Epcot & stay for Illuminations
Mon 14th May TL then....not sure what to do this eve??
Tues 15th May MK maybe back to villa for tea & chill for couple hours if tired & back to MK for couple of hours before Wishes @ 9pm
Weds 16th May SW then either DBF & DS to Baseball Game & Myself & DD to Cirque de Soleil, or maybe cinema (we can't decide so might leave it til we are there & see how we feel)
Thurs 17th May MGM & ? Fantasmic Dinner Package @ Hollywood & Vine (haven't tried to book ADR yet but know I need to urgently!!)
Fri 18th May - Discovery Cove (booked as special present from family friend - wow what a friend!!) Chill or shop in the eve depending on how we feel
Sat 19th May US then ? Downtown Disney later to eat / play /shop
Sun 20th May IOA then chill later
Mon 21st May Busch Gardens all day then eat & stay over @ La Quinta Inn Tampa (booked)
Tues 22nd May Back into BG for a couple of hours then head over to Clearwater Beach for the rest of the day chilling & soaking up the sun! Stay until early eve to catch the entertainment on the pier then head back to the villa.
Weds 23rd May BB - would have liked a lie-in but guess we need to get to BB early to get a good spot!! ? Epcot later if not too tired or just chill
Thurs 24th May AK then back to villa for chilling time & tea. MK later for hour or so before Spectromagic 9pm & Wishes 10pm (can we see both of these on same night??)
Fri 25th May ? MK or US or IOA whichever we fancy. Free evening ?? cinema or Disney Quest or shopping
Sat 26th May Rest day & top up tan by the pool.
Sun 27th May MGM or US
Mon 28th May ? Epcot or maybe something completely different(any suggestions??) Its Labour Day so all the parks will be busy I guess although the busy days guide from ask daisy says Epcot should be quiet, this will balance out the busier day we are having there on Sun 13th (mothers day)
Tues 29th May WW then US or IOA later on
Weds 30th May KSS then free eve to do what we fancy at the time
Thurs 31st May Back to whichever park or 2 we fancy doing again!
Fri 1st June Leave villa ? DTD check in then ? Crazy golf, last minute shopping or maybe even squeeze in a last trip to one of the parks!! Transfer back to airport, hand over car. Flight with Virgin back to Gatwick @ 17.05
Sat 2nd June - Land @ Gatwick 06.55. Catch coach back to Birmingham around 11.45 (can try to board earlier coach if land on time & get through airport quickly)
We're not wanting to do lots of ADR's as we don't know yet which restaurants we want to eat at & having the villa means we can sometimes have a BBQ or order takeaway. For meals the spontaneous approach will suit us better. We may book some while we are there if we see somewhere that we want to eat at later in the holiday.
The other consideration is that I have a back condition so I will need to do some tweaking to fit in more rest time if I'm struggling so I can rest my back. Water park days will be good for this as I'm not too bothered about loads of water slides so will spend a fair bit of time sunbathing!
Any advice would be gratefully recieved as I found the itinerary one of the most stressful aspects of the holiday to organise!
Cast - Me 38, DBF 39 DS 12 DD 10 (all 1st timers to Florida!!)
Tickets booked - 21 day Disney tickets / 14 day 4 park Universal tickets / Dc & BG / KSS
Thurs 10th May - Catch flightlink coach from Birmingham to Gatwick around 1pm arrive around 4pm. Do twilight check in, transfer to Premier Travel Inn for the night. Eat then early night.
Fri 11th May - Virgin Flight 10.45am to Orlando arrive 15.25. Collect car at Airport & find way to Highlands Reserve ? brief shop for essentials on way then unpack, eat & chill.
Sat 12th May AK still undecided re breakfast, either quick stop on way or a later character breakfast @ AK around 10.30. Dinner then early night.
Sun 13th May Epcot & stay for Illuminations
Mon 14th May TL then....not sure what to do this eve??
Tues 15th May MK maybe back to villa for tea & chill for couple hours if tired & back to MK for couple of hours before Wishes @ 9pm
Weds 16th May SW then either DBF & DS to Baseball Game & Myself & DD to Cirque de Soleil, or maybe cinema (we can't decide so might leave it til we are there & see how we feel)
Thurs 17th May MGM & ? Fantasmic Dinner Package @ Hollywood & Vine (haven't tried to book ADR yet but know I need to urgently!!)
Fri 18th May - Discovery Cove (booked as special present from family friend - wow what a friend!!) Chill or shop in the eve depending on how we feel
Sat 19th May US then ? Downtown Disney later to eat / play /shop
Sun 20th May IOA then chill later
Mon 21st May Busch Gardens all day then eat & stay over @ La Quinta Inn Tampa (booked)
Tues 22nd May Back into BG for a couple of hours then head over to Clearwater Beach for the rest of the day chilling & soaking up the sun! Stay until early eve to catch the entertainment on the pier then head back to the villa.
Weds 23rd May BB - would have liked a lie-in but guess we need to get to BB early to get a good spot!! ? Epcot later if not too tired or just chill
Thurs 24th May AK then back to villa for chilling time & tea. MK later for hour or so before Spectromagic 9pm & Wishes 10pm (can we see both of these on same night??)
Fri 25th May ? MK or US or IOA whichever we fancy. Free evening ?? cinema or Disney Quest or shopping
Sat 26th May Rest day & top up tan by the pool.
Sun 27th May MGM or US
Mon 28th May ? Epcot or maybe something completely different(any suggestions??) Its Labour Day so all the parks will be busy I guess although the busy days guide from ask daisy says Epcot should be quiet, this will balance out the busier day we are having there on Sun 13th (mothers day)
Tues 29th May WW then US or IOA later on
Weds 30th May KSS then free eve to do what we fancy at the time
Thurs 31st May Back to whichever park or 2 we fancy doing again!
Fri 1st June Leave villa ? DTD check in then ? Crazy golf, last minute shopping or maybe even squeeze in a last trip to one of the parks!! Transfer back to airport, hand over car. Flight with Virgin back to Gatwick @ 17.05
Sat 2nd June - Land @ Gatwick 06.55. Catch coach back to Birmingham around 11.45 (can try to board earlier coach if land on time & get through airport quickly)
We're not wanting to do lots of ADR's as we don't know yet which restaurants we want to eat at & having the villa means we can sometimes have a BBQ or order takeaway. For meals the spontaneous approach will suit us better. We may book some while we are there if we see somewhere that we want to eat at later in the holiday.
The other consideration is that I have a back condition so I will need to do some tweaking to fit in more rest time if I'm struggling so I can rest my back. Water park days will be good for this as I'm not too bothered about loads of water slides so will spend a fair bit of time sunbathing!
Any advice would be gratefully recieved as I found the itinerary one of the most stressful aspects of the holiday to organise!