Yes! I have been missing in action! I don't know how all you guys do it, keeping up with posting, planning your trips, shopping, organizing, working the job to make the money to go to D-world, keeping up with the kids and their activities....jeeeesh! Life is full, isn't it??? Anyway...we are SUPER close to our departure day! Waaahooo!
Here's some stuff I've been up to:
Got elusive ADR for Ariel and Charming at CRT - score! But no dining package for Fantasmic when we do that on the 4th of July...but they did just add a 2nd Fantasmic to the calendar for that night, so we should be just fine without the package now! yay!
Packing/laundry - started last night!
Online check in - done today!
Garden Grocer order - placed yesterday!
Shopping - last of it done last night - so many odds and ends! well...maybe I do have still even a little more to do on this front - I think I am going to be the World's Most Over-Prepared Dance Mom!
But most of all: The Mother of all Itineraries! Dare I post it here for fear of being ridiculed???? Will everyone think I have over-thought and over-planned every little detail??? And keep in mind, the itinerary does NOT include my actual touring plan for each theme park's attraction - you all know it's important to hit things in the proper order for maximum fun at a miniumum wait, right???
And just so you know, I have neither the time nor desire to plug in my Disboard nicknames that I have used in this PTR for my cast members, all names are truly us!
Oh well...here goes (keep the snickering down to a dull roar folks!)
P.S. - DOTY stands for Dancer of the Year - prestigious extra competition for pre-qualified contestants. You will see that acronym quite a bit
Tuesday, June 29 no ticket day
Make sure to pack carry-on bags with everything we need for the night and morning because luggage delivery may come very late Tuesday over night!!! Make up/hair stuff, change of clothes/park shoes/underwear, face cleaning stuff, Park bag pre-packed with its stuff, toothbrush/paste, pajamas
*Tays carry on bag to also have all costumes/shoes/makeup/accessories/props/1 day of dance clothes/DOTY interview outfit.
Disney/Orlando Arrival Day!
-2:00 PM Head to DSM airport straight from rehearsal at IBA (12-2 PM)
Depart DSM 4:34 PM
Arrive ORL 8:14 PM
To Coronado Springs by approximately 9:45 PM
-11:00 PM - Eat dinner/late evening snack - Pepper Market/Café Rix/Panchitos
-Swim @ Dig Site pool until midnight or earlier if tired (early morning tomorrow!)
Wednesday, June 30- Day 1 on tickets
MAGIC KINGDOM Day Rope Drop! ADR at Crystal Palace 6:30 PM
-6:30 AM - Get up get ready and TAKE breakfast for bus/turnstile wait time
-7:30 AM - Leave CSR at 7:30 AM
-8:00 AM - Arrive at MK 50-60 minutes early at approximately 8-8:15 AM
-9:00 AM - Rope drop at 9:00 AM
-2:00 PM - possible Afternoon Break 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eat/swim/ nap?
-5:00 PM - Back to MAGIC KINGDOM ADR at Crystal Palace 6:30 PM
-6:15 PM check in for 6:30 PM Crystal Palace ADR
11:00 PM closing
Thursday, July 1 no ticket day
DOTY Day! Kona Café at Poly ADR at 8:30 PM
-9:30 AM- Sleep in Get ready, eat in room/Café Rix/Pepper Market breakfast
-11:00 AM - DOTY check in/orientation from11 AM-12:30 PM
-12:30 PM - DOTY rehearsal from 12:30-7:00 PM (Tracy on call for Tay resort day pool- shop)
-7:15 PM - Get cleaned up for dinner - ADR for Kona at Polynesian at 8:30 PM
-8:00 PM Leave for Kona Cafe
Followed by either a swim at CSR Dig Site pool or go to Downtown Disney? (taxi)
Bedtime by 10:30-11:00 PM
Friday, July 2 no ticket day
DOTY DAY!
-7:45 AM - Wake up Get ready and in room/Café Rix/Pepper Market breakfast
-9:00 AM - DOTY Rehearsal from9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Tracy get Mere and Matts grocery order and miscellaneous stuff ready for them to pick up when they arrive at midnight and drop Courtney off at our room.
-1:00 PM - Break from 1:00 to 4:45 Eat! Swim? Rest? Downtown Disney? (taxi)
-4:45 PM - Shower! Dress for DOTY interview
-6:00 PM - DOTY interview from 6:00 PM to 6:15 PM
-6:15 PM - Eat snack and change from 6:15 to 7:35 PM
-7:30 PM - DOTY combo segment from 7:35 PM to 8:10 PM
-8:30 PM - Dinner Pepper Market or Maya Grill? Swim at CSR?
-10:30 PM - Bedtime by 10:30-11:00 PM Courtney/Meredith/Matt arrive at CSR at midnight Get Courtney into our room, give Mere and Matt groceries and other stuff.
Saturday, July 3 Day 2 on tickets
½ DOTY DAY ½ EPCOT DAY! Coral Reef ADR at 4:05 PM
-7:45 AM - Wake up Get ready and in room or Café Rix/Pepper Market breakfast
-9:00 AM - DOTY Rehearsal from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Nicks solo at 9:30 AM)
-1:00 PM - Freshen up/change for park visit leave CSR by 1:30 PM
-1:30 PM- Bus to EPCOT World Showcase for rest of the day 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM
-3:50 PM check in for ADR for Coral Reef restaurant at 4:05 PM Epcots The Seas with Nemo & Friends Pavilion
4:05 PM Coral Reef ADR
-9:00 PM - Illuminations to park closing at 9:00-10:00PM
-10:30 PM - Bedtime by 10:30-11:00
Sunday, July 4 Day 3 on tickets
(3 phase day)
Disneys Hollywood Studios - MORNING for Rope Drop! (MIDDAY DOTY REHEARSAL) - Mama Melrose ADR at 5:40 PM
-6:00 AM - Wake up Get ready TAKE breakfast for bus/turnstile wait time
-7:00 AM - Leave CSR by 7:00 AM
-7:45 AM - Arrive 1 hour 15 min minutes early before rope drop
-9:00 AM - Rope drop 9:00 AM (Drews solo at 10:45 AM)
-1:00 PM - Leave Hollywood Studios no later than 1:00 PM
-1:00 PM - Back to CSR for DOTY REHEARSAL
-2:15-3:00 PM DOTY rehearsal
HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS EVENING
-3:30 PM - Leave CSR for Hollywood Studios around 3:30 PM
-5:20 PM T,T,C,M & M check in for 5:40 PM Mama Melrose dinner reservation MUST BE DONE eating/touring by 7:30 w/out pkg if going 1st Fantasmic at 9:00 PM
-7:30 PM - Line up for the 9:00 PM Fantasmic (90 minutes early w/out pkg)
OR
-10:00 PM Line up for 10:30 PM Fantasmic, preferred over 1st show
-10:00 PM DHSs 4th of July fireworks follow 1st Fantasmic or before 2nd Fantasmic
-Bedtime by 11:30 -12 PM or so
Monday, July 5 no ticket day
COMPETITION off and on ALL DAY! (Edgar Allen Poe/Solo/DOTY dance performance)
-8:00 AM - Wake up roll out of bed and go directly down to grab breakfast at Café Rix/Pepper Market and take it in to eat while watching Amandas solo at 8:40 AM
-9:00 AM -Go back to room to get ready for Edgar Allen Poe (have until 10:00 AM)
-10:15 AM -Check-in with Ami for competition at 10:15 AM
-12:15 PM-Edgar Allen Poe then 2 ½ hours until awards (12:30 to 3:00)
-12:30 EAT lunch hang with team until awards
-3:00 PM - AWARDS
-3:45 PM - Get ready for Solo/snack - break from after awards until next session starts at 4:00 PM
-5:15 PM Antebellum Lyrical SOLO
-5:30 PM - Break - 5:30 9:30 PM until check-in time for DOTY Dance performance (check in guesstimate of 10:00 PM????) EAT (go to an ADR? Or quick dinner?) Then swim??? or Downtown Disney (6:30-8:30) (Taxi)???
-9:30 PM - get ready for DOTY dance performance touch up hair/makeup/costume
-10:00 PM Check in for DOTY dance performance
-11:00 PM Perform DOTY dance!!!
11:15 PM AWARDS for solo
Tuesday, July 6- Day 4 on tickets if going to fireworks in a park (otherwise a no ticket day)
COMPETITION DAY until 7:30 PM! (Hater/Awards/Do You Know Me/
Set Free/DOTY performance/Awards)
-7:15 AM - Wake up by 7:15 AM eat and get ready
-8:45 AM - Check-in with Ami at 8:45 AM
-10:45 AM Hater (break from 11:00-awards)
-2:00 PM AWARDS
-2:30 PM Break EAT/stick with team!
-3:00 PM Check in with Ami
-4:15 PM Do You Know Me?
-5:45 PM Set Free
-6:30 PM DOTY Dance Performance
-6:45 PM FINAL AWARDS CEREMONY Teacher introductions (Mere)/Hollywood Studios performers announced
-7:30 PM approximate finish time
-7:45 PM Eat dinner/early night in OR - park visit for parade/fireworks or Downtown Disney (taxi) or Swim?
-11:30 PM or earlier if need catch up rest Bedtime
Wednesday, July 7- Day 5 on tickets
POSSIBLE DANCE CLASS MORNING
POSSIBLE UNIVERSAL DAY (9 AM-10 PM)
OR
DISNEY DAY (Epcot and Magic Kingdom)
OR
SPLIT DAY (UNI/DIS)
-7:30 AM Wake up time get ready, eat breakfast
-8:35 AM head to whichever option is chosen: (call for TAXI now, if needed)
Options:
-8:45 AM-9:40 AM Lyrical Class then leave for park of choice at 9:45 AM
OR
8:45 AM leave for either Universal Studios or a Disney Park (EPCOT! &/or M.K. recommended for both AM and PM)
OR
-could also do a split day with Universal in AM/Disney in PM(EPCOT! recommended (or MK))
-Bedtime by 10:00 PM
Thursday, July 8 Day 6 on tickets
DOTY AM Rehearsal/Animal Kingdom Day/DOTY Performance Night at Hollywood Studios
(Not planning to doing any dance classes today)
-5:30 AM get up and ready for DOTY rehearsal
-6:00 AM DOTY rehearsal until ???? guesstimate is 7:00-7:30 AM end time
-7:45 AM guesstimate??? Leave for Animal Kingdom rope drop TAKE breakfast for bus/turnstile wait time
-9:00 AM Rope Drop at Animal Kingdom!
-3:00 PM Leave Animal Kingdom to go back to CSR and freshen up/EAT before DOTY performance night at DHS full makeup/hair/costume done before boarding bus (take tshirts/shorts/shoes for after performance)
-?5:00 PM???? guesstimate of DOTY check in time for charter bus to DHS (no need for bus Tays $15.00 bus fee already paid through our DOTY fee we paid in April)
7:30 PM DOTY/Disney Showcase Hollywood Studios Performance at the
Theatre of the Stars (Beauty and the Beast auditorium)
**No charter bus AFTER! Dancers are on their own for transportation AFTER the performance and after they are done in the park for the night. EAT late dinner.
**Mere and Matt pack up room tonight as much as humanly possible! Make Magical Express reservation tonight for 9:45 AM tomorrow!
-10:00 PM - Bedtime by 10:00 PM
Friday, July 9 Day 7 on tickets
(not planning to do any dance classes today)
Magic Kingdom/Epcot split day Chef Mickeys character breakfast ADR at 7:20 AM
6:15 AM Check out! *Matt and Meres departure day they need to finish packing up room, check out of room and check in luggage at RAC and get airline boarding passes BEFORE going to breakfast both need to go TOGETHER to lobby to start this process by no later than 6:15 AM (get up by 5 AM?) Store carry-on at Luggage Storage. Wear what you want to fly in!
T, T & C -
-5:30 AM get up and ready for character breakfast and travel day M & M - T, T, & C park visit day
6:30 AM call for Taxi
-6:45 AM - leave for Contemporary Resort by 6:45 AM for Chef Mickeys character breakfast - TAXI (cash)
7:20 AM ADR for Chef Mickeys at the Contemporary Resort
-8:30 AM Matt and Mere back to CSR for departure Have ONE HOUR 15 MIN to get back to CSR and check in at Magical Express by 9:45 AM (TAXI (cash) to CSR or walk or monorail to MK/TTC to catch BUS to CSR) GET CARRY-ON FROM STORAGE!
8:30 AM Court/Tay/Tracy onto the Magic Kingdom for 9:00 AM Rope Drop!
12:00 PM BREAK! Take afternoon break back at CSR rest/swim/eat
3:00 PM leave for either Animal Kingdom (closes at 7 PM) and/or Hollywood Studios for the rest of the night until 9 PM.
9:00 PM CSR pack up room as much as humanly possible tonight!!!! Make Magical Express reservation tonight for 11:45 AM tomorrow!
11:00 PM Bedtime by 11:00 PM
Saturday, July 10- Day 8 on tickets
T/T/C DEPARTURE DAY! Cinderellas Castle ADR - character breakfast 9:20 AM
-6:00 AM get up and ready, finish packing wear what you want to fly in!
-7:15 AM ALL must go to lobby together with luggage to RAC, get airline boarding passes and check out of room. Store carry-on with Luggage Storage
-8:15 AM TAXI (cash) or bus to Magic Kingdom arrive by 9:00 AM
-9:20 AM ADR at Cinderellas Royal Table
-10:30 AM TAXI (cash) or BUS - we have ONE HOUR 15 MIN to get back to CSR to check in for Magical Express by 11:45 AM. GET CARRY-ON BAGS FROM STORAGE!
11:45 AM Board Magical Express to Orlando International Airport
Flight 2:42 PM
If you stuck around to the end of this novel, congrats!
or you are as crazy as I
Critique away! Let me know if any of the plans are crazy or just plain not gonna work! Or any helpful suggestions would be gratefully received, too!