Our Dining reservations are made!

Things are looking pretty concrete now that our dining reservations are made. Making dining reservations also means another thing. We have less than 90 days until our trip! Actually I think we're at 81 days today. So we are dining at

Tues 8/18 dinner Whispering Canyon 7:45 pm (I had wanted more like 6:00 this could be rough with Lily)
Wed 8/19 breakfast Princess Storybook Epcot 10:45am (just what I wanted)
Thurs 8/20 dinner Kona Cafe 6:20 pm (perfect)
Fri 8/21 breakfast Crystal Palace 10:15 am (perfect)
Sat 8/22 dinner WAVE at Contemporary 7:05 (great)
Sun 8/23 dinner 50s Prime Time 5:30 (would have preferred 6 but can't complain)
Mon 8/24 dinner Chef Mickey's 5:25 (again would have preferred 6-7 but can't complain)
Tues 8/25 dinner Yak & Yeti 6:45 (wanted 7, pretty close)

Coming up next a day by day itinerary, like I tried to do before I had concrete park hours and dining times!

Well those first two days of plans were fun. Now throw them out the window!!! The hours came out for August and they are not totally as I expected so I have to rearrange the itinerary. There are no evening Extra Magic Hours (EMH) at AK during our whole trip. This is such a bummer! And Fantasmic does not show on EMH nights. So I'm working out a new itinerary and it looks like the only EMHs we'll be doing will be at the Magic Kingdom. I think I'm also going to rearrange our Epcot dining and drop the sit down dinner. Since we won't be there for EMH I don't think there's time for a sit down breakfast and dinner especially with taking a break back at the resort in the mid day (which for me in Aug is a must) Oh well back to the drawing board...

8/19 Wednesday- I'd like to do Animal Kingdom today. They should open at 9 so I'd like to get there before they open. We'll have a quick breakfast in the room and try to be out the door by 7:45




I'd like to get the Safari out of the way and get some fast passes for things to do later in the day. I think an early CS lunch would be nice. Probably at Flame Tree BBQ



or maybe Pizzafari if Tony has his way



I think after lunch we could do a show, maybe Nemo



or Festival of the Lion King



or It's Tough to be a Bug



then we'll head back to the resort for some down time, maybe at the pool!



with a nice cool drink



After our rest we'll head back to the AK to ride an attraction or see a show before we have dinner (hopefully) at the Yak and Yeti



Then AK will have Extra Magic hours so we can tour the resort a bit after dark.



Even with EMH's we should be out of the Animal Kingdom by 9 or so and then we'll head back to the resort for a good nights sleep!

I am a big planner when it comes to Disney and i never head down without some idea of what we're going to do when. The park hours for August won't be released for a few more days and I can't make dining reservations yet so this is just a rough plan but heres what I have in mind.

8/18 Tuesday -flight arrives 11AM, pick up rental car, drive to Coronado and check in. Then drive to POP
and check in, have lunch at the POP food court and show Rick/Shelli/Tori the resort since they've never seen it. Go back to Coronado for some swim time and get settled in our rooms. I hope to have dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe
then maybe swim at Corondo again or go mini golfing.

Wow that 1st day took a lot out of me... The rest of the itinerary to come...

We're taking an August trip, all the details!

Well my blog has been uneventful lately but Carrie becoming a subscriber has remotivated me! I'm going to post my travel plans here and after our trip hopefully a trip and dining report. So here are the details about this August trip.

We are traveling with friends this time! Shelli, Rick and Tori will be with us. We have booked August 18th-26th at Coronado Springs resort. We were able to get the "free dining" promotion for our reservation. It's such a pretty resort!




We just purchased our airfare last week. We’re on Southwest out of Hartford, CT direct to Orlando. We paid $250pp r/t. Not great, but I can live with it. I’m actually hoping the prices go down and I can get some credit to use on our Febuary trip, yup that’s already in the works, in my head anyway!

2009 Deal

So now I know what all the hoopla is about, but I'm not really excited, that doesn't mean you shouldn't be. This deal is about discounted rooms and tickets and is for a 7 night stay. I already have tickets and I can't stay for 7 days. So no good for me but if you don't already have tickets and can/want to stay for 7 nights this is a wonderful deal. Details below...

* Buy a 4-night/4 day vacation package, get a 7-night/7-day package. That gives you 3 FREE hotel nights and 3 extra days on your theme park admission tickets!

* Travel between January 4 and March 29 and you will also get a $200 Disney Gift Card, redeemable for dining, souvenirs and more at Walt Disney World! (Travel after March 29 does not include the Gift Card.)

When booking your package you can book for longer than 7 nights (up to 10 nights), but there is a maximum of 3 free nights and 3 extra days per ticket, per stay. You can stay less than 7 nights, but you still must purchase 4 nights, so you'll end up with less than 3 free nights/extra days: stay 5 nights, get 1 free; stay 6 nights, get 3 free. Obviously a 7-night stay is the best deal.

You can add any of the Dining Plans, but you will pay full price for your dining plan (no free days of dining).

You must book this special package by 12/20/08.

If you are considering getting in on this deal I would be happy to work through pricing with you and help you be prepared when you call Disney to book. Post a comment with your info or e-mail me at casprelli@yahoo.com and I'll help you out!

New deal coming out for 1st half 2009

There is a deal to be announced at 5pm EST tonight for travel to Disney World. It's supposed to be pretty great. We'll see. If you're interested in what this deal is check the front page of mousesavers.com after 5pm EST November 6th.