Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Disney on Youtube

I have talked about how we show the kids Disney Vacation movies from youtube to get them use to seeing the characters. It helps kids not to be afraid when they finally meet the characters!

Here are a few of our favorites!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Dining Reservations for 2012

Well, the dining reservations are made! I woke up at 645 Monday morning to prepare for the 7am rush to make reservations. (If you are staying on Disney grounds and have dining plan you may make reservations 180 days before your trip at 7am)

Like I said before, we are going with our friends the byrds on this vacation. So Saturday night we sat down and discussed our game plan. We worked out which parks we would be going on what days and what we wanted to eat.

We decided to make 2 different reservations for each day. Reservations must be cancelled 24 hours before. We wanted to be able to have options.


So here is what we decided on.

(Reservation Option #1)
Epcot first day Princess Dinner at Askerus. With 3 girls going we decided to get this one over with. This was the kids choice.

day 2: Breakfast at Chef Mickey's. Todd likes to start the vacation with this. He says it "pumps him up" so that was his choice.

Day 3. Hollywood Brown Derby (FYI: this is 2 table credits now) My choice

Day 4: Coral Reef. This was the groups choice. We all want to relive the Full House episode.

Day 5: Yak & Yeti. Darla and I thought this sounded fun. So we decided to try it.

Day 6: we will eat at The Rainforest Cafe per request of Gavin who heard how cool the animals were when they came alive via Madyson.

(Reservation Options #2)
Kept Askerus as the option. Kids priority. I would have liked to do Le Cellier (also now 2 table credits) but the girls begged. So they win. and Ill fill my belly with Rice Cream.

Day 2: The Crystal Palace for Lunch. We have a 1 year old going with us who loves Winnie The Pooh (secretly Todd does too) so we chose this an option.

Day 3: Sci Fi Drive In. Love their onion rings and milkshakes. I am the only one who has eaten here, so the rest of the group would have a new experience.

Day 4: La Hacinda (Mexico) at Epcot. LOVEEEE this place. 

Day 5: Rainforest Cafe (same reason as before)

Day 6: Dinner with Chef Mickey.


So a few favorites, a few new things....I am excited. Now...to decide what everyone is going to wear!!



Friday, January 6, 2012

Dining plans!!

We get to make our dining plans on Jan. 9th! I am so excited bc that is the 180 day countdown to the trip! Sadly though I discovered that Hollywood Brown Derby (my favorite in Hollywood Studios) and Le Cellier Steakhouse (in Epcot) are now 2 dining credits each =( Which means we have to readjust our dining plans!

Ill post more Monday once everything is booked!