Sept 15-22 itinerary

[Amy1219]

Right now my trip is booked for Sept 27-Oct 2, but I am thinking about changing it so that we can stay for a full week & give the girls a day to rest at home before they go back to school. This is a girls only surprise trip for DD8 & DD5. We will be at AoA with free dining upgraded to the regular plan.

Sat Sept 15-arrive at MCO 6:55pm; Magical Express to AoA; bed
Sun Sept 16-RD Epcot; Akershus (12:25); leave around 3; CS dinner at AoA; swimming
Mon Sept 17-RD MK; Crystal Palace (12:15); leave by 2; return 5:30; CS dinner; MSEP (8:00)
Tues Sept 18-sleep in; swimming; 1900 Park Fare (4:40); MNSSHP
Wed Sept 19-sleep in; CS brunch at AoA; swimming; Mama Melrose F! package (2:55); F! (8:00)
Thurs Sept 20-RD AK; Tusker (10:05); leave around 3; CS dinner at AoA; swimming
Fri Sept 21-'Ohana (10:30); relax at AoA; MNSSHP
Sat Sept 22-check out; CS lunch at AoA; Magical Express at 1:00 for 4:00 flight

All of my days are green except MK because of MSEP & Wishes.

I would appreciate any thoughts! Thanks!
Amy

[BlountFam5]

Congrats on yoyur stay at AoA! Can't wait to try it out one day soon!

If your girls can afford a week off from school, I'd do the week. Doesn't FREE Dinning only go until the end of Sept.? You have your first trip dates thru Oct. 2nd - do you have to pay your last day or 2? (BTW- Oct 2nd is my B-day. So, Happy Birthday to me! tell Mickey I said, "Hi!")

Are you doing MNSSHP x2 - Fri and Tues.? If you are wondering about picking one, I'd go with Tues. Friday will be more crowded. One night should be enough.
Your first night will be late, are you going to make RD at Epcot or will it be a little later?
The nights and then later starts are good. Your AM after F!, you will probably have another later start. You probably won't be in bed before 10PM. But you have 4 later nights planned - that is a lot.

You don't have a RD at HS planned, is that intentional? You will want RD for TSM.

Just my initial thoughts...Good luck with the plan.

[Tinkerkell]

I'll be there during the sme timeframe. Your schedule looks good! The only thing I'd suggest is leaving the MK a little earlier on the 17th for a longer mid-day break.

You may want to consider buying party tickets now for just Tuesday and during your trip decide if you want to attend the party again and buy tickets on the spot. The party is fun, but one night might be enough.

[Amy1219]

They will miss 5 days of school either way but moving our trip gives us an extra night & a rest day when we get home. This trip started as more of a long weekend for MNSSHP but it has grown!

With free dining as long as you check in on an included date, it is good for your whole trip.

I am planning on MNSSHP 2x...that is the main reason for the trip. I think I will buy tickets for the 1st party & wait to buy for the 2nd just in case (Great idea Tinkerkell!) My girls love characters & will want to meet as many as possible at the party. If I plan for 2 parties, we can take it a little slower & I won't have to worry as much if we just can't make it to the end each night.

I was planning on trying to make RD at Epcot & AK but we will be ok with both of those if we are a little late. My girls don't do thrillers (Mission Space, Everest, Kali) so we just have to get on Soarin' and the safari & 1 ride on each will be enough so we can use FP if we are a little late.

We are going to skip TSM on this trip. They like it but they don't love it.

I appreciate the thoughts!! Thank you!!!

[WDW Vet]

What we use to do is have the kids start class late about 10 am so they are not absent from a school day but just marked late. That gave us a little flexibility for our last day and since my wife and I work at home it was no problem dropping the kids off at school