KiniShakenBake
Disney is for Adults, too!
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- Oct 4, 2015
So forgive me, because I really am quite awful at getting photos of the things that we eat. I'm not a foodie, and don't really do photos of my food very well. I've included all the photos I can and have, without oversharing our honeymoon. If you're not so keen on posts without a ton of photos, this has few, and it won't be getting any more.
We *just* got back from our Disneymoon.
Our trip had a fixed set of dates attached to it. DH laughed at me a lot as I compulsively scheduled thises and thatses so that we had a minimal amount of rushing about to get to the next ADR or the fastpasses or the culinary demonstrations. Everything was planned to be as easy a transition as possible, while maximizing all of the things that we had going for us as the result of our timing.
1. We had to go between 10/22 and 10/30.
a. 10/23 - 25 were better rates for annual passholders than the end of the trip at the Royal Pacific Resort, which was where we stayed at Universal.
b. 10/25 was the start date to free dining that fell during F&W, and no other discounts were available to us at the Boardwalk, so we got dining thrown in for the same price as not. While many are quick to point out that free dining is not free, we were absolutely thrilled to enjoy dining without concern for cost as an extra perk of scheduling. Because we wanted to go for F&W and one can only eat so many meals in any given time span without exploding, I went ahead and scheduled us into as few table service meals as I could manage and still use all the credits. Darn. That meant three signature meals: Yachtsman and Narcoossee's for four of our table service credits, then finished with a visit to Le Cellier on the last day to use the last pair, and paid out of pocket for the other meal.
c. We also managed to lay our Disney time right over a Sunday to Friday span, which meant that while we didn't get to do any of the cool seminars on weekends, we also got to completely avoid Saturdays at F&W, and really maximize use of a Premium Package perks as much as possible. We worked it hard. Free dining plus Premium Package was a SWEET combo thanks to the transaction payment point and the quickservice to 3 snack conversion option. See my post on that below.
We wore our Honeymoon buttons for both places while we were there, and definitely had pixie dust sprinklings all over the place. It was really nice. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, congratulated us. Minnie was probably the funniest.
10/22 Day 1: Redeye flight to Miami, then on to Orlando
10/23 Day 2: RPR and Islands of Adventure, Confisco's
10/24 Day 3: RPR and Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios, Cowfish, Leaky Cauldron - And Hubby gets a Power Pass!
10/25 Day 4: Universal Studios, then Islands of Adventure, then a transfer to Boardwalk Inn, and an evening at Epcot
10/26 Day 5: BWI, Hollywood Studios, Yachtsman Steakhouse, plus Epcot and Magic Kingdom in dress clothes!
10/27 Day 6: BWI, Wild Africa Trek, Animal Kingdom, YC/BC Spa, and Narcoossee's plus Happy Hallowishes Fireworks - Bonus: Info on QS plus Premium Package Conversion
10/28 Day 7: BWI, Sleeeeeeep In. Epcot for F&W lunch and culinary demo, and Magic Kingdom until 1am
10/29 Day 8: BWI, Sleeeeeeep In. Epcot all day, including culinary demo and Illuminations Dessert Party
10/30 Day 9: BWI, F&W Festival, Le Cellier for a walk-up lunch and Home
I tried to keep the honeymoon stuff mostly out of it, focusing instead on the Disney and Universal parts. It is light on the photos, because neither of us is particularly good at taking them, and the memory maker ones are great for us, but not so much for you.
Also, I'm putting more granular information behind Spoiler tags, so if you're interested in that level of granularity, such as how the Disney Dining Plan worked with the Premium Package this year, then you can read it. If you're not, then go ahead and skip it.
HERE WE GO!!!
We *just* got back from our Disneymoon.
Our trip had a fixed set of dates attached to it. DH laughed at me a lot as I compulsively scheduled thises and thatses so that we had a minimal amount of rushing about to get to the next ADR or the fastpasses or the culinary demonstrations. Everything was planned to be as easy a transition as possible, while maximizing all of the things that we had going for us as the result of our timing.
1. We had to go between 10/22 and 10/30.
a. 10/23 - 25 were better rates for annual passholders than the end of the trip at the Royal Pacific Resort, which was where we stayed at Universal.
b. 10/25 was the start date to free dining that fell during F&W, and no other discounts were available to us at the Boardwalk, so we got dining thrown in for the same price as not. While many are quick to point out that free dining is not free, we were absolutely thrilled to enjoy dining without concern for cost as an extra perk of scheduling. Because we wanted to go for F&W and one can only eat so many meals in any given time span without exploding, I went ahead and scheduled us into as few table service meals as I could manage and still use all the credits. Darn. That meant three signature meals: Yachtsman and Narcoossee's for four of our table service credits, then finished with a visit to Le Cellier on the last day to use the last pair, and paid out of pocket for the other meal.
c. We also managed to lay our Disney time right over a Sunday to Friday span, which meant that while we didn't get to do any of the cool seminars on weekends, we also got to completely avoid Saturdays at F&W, and really maximize use of a Premium Package perks as much as possible. We worked it hard. Free dining plus Premium Package was a SWEET combo thanks to the transaction payment point and the quickservice to 3 snack conversion option. See my post on that below.
We wore our Honeymoon buttons for both places while we were there, and definitely had pixie dust sprinklings all over the place. It was really nice. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, congratulated us. Minnie was probably the funniest.
10/22 Day 1: Redeye flight to Miami, then on to Orlando
10/23 Day 2: RPR and Islands of Adventure, Confisco's
10/24 Day 3: RPR and Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios, Cowfish, Leaky Cauldron - And Hubby gets a Power Pass!
10/25 Day 4: Universal Studios, then Islands of Adventure, then a transfer to Boardwalk Inn, and an evening at Epcot
10/26 Day 5: BWI, Hollywood Studios, Yachtsman Steakhouse, plus Epcot and Magic Kingdom in dress clothes!
10/27 Day 6: BWI, Wild Africa Trek, Animal Kingdom, YC/BC Spa, and Narcoossee's plus Happy Hallowishes Fireworks - Bonus: Info on QS plus Premium Package Conversion
10/28 Day 7: BWI, Sleeeeeeep In. Epcot for F&W lunch and culinary demo, and Magic Kingdom until 1am
10/29 Day 8: BWI, Sleeeeeeep In. Epcot all day, including culinary demo and Illuminations Dessert Party
10/30 Day 9: BWI, F&W Festival, Le Cellier for a walk-up lunch and Home
I tried to keep the honeymoon stuff mostly out of it, focusing instead on the Disney and Universal parts. It is light on the photos, because neither of us is particularly good at taking them, and the memory maker ones are great for us, but not so much for you.
Also, I'm putting more granular information behind Spoiler tags, so if you're interested in that level of granularity, such as how the Disney Dining Plan worked with the Premium Package this year, then you can read it. If you're not, then go ahead and skip it.
HERE WE GO!!!
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