One more day and then I am off to the most magical place on earth….Walt Disney World! I have to say that I have traveled to Disney 24 times going on my 25th time and by far this has to be the trip that I have anticipated the most. I feel like it has been a long year some good and some not so good but in the end here I am being able to live my dream. I feel so blessed that my family and I are able to make yearly trips to Disney World.
That being said here are some stats for the Ortiz Family 2011 Walt Disney World vacation!!!
The cast:
Me aka Disney Guru
Dan aka Dan aka my much better half aka the love of my life!!
Lexis 14
Logan 6
Lucas 3
My mom aka Grandma
Katie aka tiki hut aka Auntie Katie aka the best friend a girl could ever ask for!!
Dates:
9/30/2011-10/9-2011
Where:
Disney’s Pop Century Resort aka the best value category Disney resort ever!! This is of course according to the Ortiz family. :0)
Our Plans:
Well I wont bore you with the day to day itinerary but I can tell you that we have several new things planned this trip. We are Trying a new dining location for dinner, Via Napoli. We are really excited about this location and have heard nothing but good things about it. In addition, we are not big breakfast people and I have to admit I am not a HUGE Crystal Palace fan, well to be honest I should specify, I have had dinner there and it was not my favorite. I have, however, always wanted to have breakfast at Magic Kingdom before the park opens so I made my dreams come true this trip around and we have an 8:05 AM reservation at CP on 10/1…whoo hoo!
In addition, to trying new dining locations we are also trying out quite a few new attractions for us. Now, I have to say that we are people of habit. We have a tendancy to run our trips similar to the rest of our trips as far as the types of attractions that we do. It is not that the following attractions did not ever appeal to us, it is more that we just could not fit them in before. Here is a list of our firsts:
- Tom Sawyer Island
- Liberty Boat
- Meeting Mickey and Minnie on Main Street USA
- Finding Nemo the Musical
- Captain EO
- Turtle Talk with Crush
- We are going to try to get Logan in for Jedi Training…any suggestions?
- Phineas and Ferb Meet and Greet
- Star Tours
6 Comments.
I am excited for you!! My thoughts: I think you’ll be disappointed with Captain EO, or at least I was. I suppose it was state of the art for when it originally was made. Get there EARLY for the Jedi Training. First thing as it fills up fast. Turtle Talk with Crush is so cute! My boy told a joke and turned it into comedy hour Crush said as all the other kids then told jokes. I loved the Nemo musical. It was really fascinating how they designed the costumes.
Have a wonderful time. I hope you can sit back and enjoy the time with your family and not worry too much about it being perfect. I say that because that’s exactly what I do on our trips.
Kelly, I hope you have an amazing 25th visit to the world.
You will LOVE Turtle Talk with Crush, I try to go twice every visit.
Bring a kleenex when you see Finding Nemo the Musical, the movie didn’t make me cry but the stage show does every darn time!
Awwww…Gaylin I am a crier and I can totally see myself crying at that show. I will be sure to let you know. :0) Thanks for stopping by and have a truly magical week!
Thank you so much for the advice! I know, it is so hard to sit back and relax…I am determined to do it though…I need to. I will be sure to let you know how it goes. :0)
hope you have a wonderful trip & safe travels!!
Sounds like a blast!! Hope you have a great trip!