over a year - you have got to be kidding me...

Life has been crazy hectic - far too long of a list to start it now... but will over time....

We are embarking on a new HUGE project.... well it wasn't our choice.

Lets just say for now....

Horrific rain over hours and hours......... clogged main sewer line = sewer back up in our finished basement.

12 inches of yucky gross dirty water.

We lost everything.....

what a ton of work

When I decided on a WDW vacation little did I know that there would be so much research in our trip and coming up with an itinerary....

A couple weeks later I feel relieved that we have one - still all subject to change....

Still have to figure out where we are going to be eating other than our first night....

so far this is what I have....

Saturday May 9th

Flight arrives @ 2:30pm – get rental car @ airport – stop and get some groceries and head over to All Star Music, unpack

Dinner – T Rex?

Downtown Disney – Disney Quest –

Sunday May 10th
Morning – Epcot - lots and lots of walking
Evening - Magic Kingdom – closes @ midnight.

Monday May 11th –
Kennedy space center and Cocoa beach – shopping downtown Orlando – outlet malls


Tuesday May 12th
Animal Kingdom
Hollywood – closing show


Wednesday May 13th Animal kingdom open until 8pm
Typhoon Lagoon
Animal kingdom ?

Thursday May 14th
Magic Kingdom
Hollywood Studios

Friday May 15th
FREE – Blizzard beach??
Epcot – open till midnight

Saturday May 16th – home day – check out – return rental car @ Airport – flight leaves @

extended hours

If you are staying @ Disney there are parks that open and close before and after regular hours...

this is the schedule for the week we are there:

May 2009 Morning
Extra Magic HoursMagic Kingdom Park – May 7, 14, 21, 26, 28

Epcot – May 5, 12, 19, 24, 31

Disney's Hollywood Studios – May 2, 9, 16, 23, 25, 29

Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park – May 4, 11, 18, 27, 30

Blizzard Beach – May 28

Evening

Extra Magic HoursMagic Kingdom Park – May 3, 10, 17, 24, 29, 31

Epcot – May 1, 8, 15, 22, 26, 28

Disney's Hollywood Studios – May 4, 11, 18, 27 Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park – May 6, 13, 20, 25

Here are the attractions open during Extra Magic Hours:
Magic Kingdom ParkMornings:

Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Cinderella's Golden Carrousel, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, "it's a small world", The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mickey's PhilharMagic, Peter Pan's Flight, Space Mountain, Stitch's Great Escape!, Tomorrowland Indy Speedway

Evenings:Includes attractions listed above and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, The Haunted Mansion, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain
EpcotMornings: Mission: SPACE, Spaceship Earth, Living with the Land, Soarin', Test Track

Evenings: Includes attractions listed above and Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, Journey Into Imagination With Figment, Mexico-Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros, Norway-Maelstrom, The American Adventure

Disney's Hollywood StudiosMornings:

Muppet Vision 3-D, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster® Starring Aerosmith, Star Tours, The Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorEvenings: Includes attractions listed above and The Great Movie Ride, Voyage of The Little Mermaid


Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme ParkMornings:

DINOSAUR, Expedition Everest, It's Tough to be a Bug!, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Pangani Forest Exploration TrailEvenings:DINOSAUR, Expedition Everest, Festival of the Lion King, It's Tough to be a Bug!, Kali River Rapids, Primeval Whirl, TriceraTop Spin


Disney's Blizzard Beach Water ParkDisney's Typhoon Lagoon Water ParkMornings and Evenings:All attractions will be operational.

OH MY

The countdown has started

Bit the bullet yesterday and put down the cold hard cash for a Disney Trip for the famn damily May 9th to 16th.

So far I have come to a few conclusions:

• There are some people who are completely and totally Disney obsessed almost cult like- this is scary and i for the love of God hope I don't catch it.
• There are too many chat forums / web pages dedicated to the above cult
• There are too many choices that have to be made I was and have been told by numerous people that we MUST HAVE AN ITINERARY. So much for playing in by ear.
• See item one - I am lucky enough to have a friend who belongs to said cult and has offered to do up an itinerary for me. whew.
• I am on WDW overload and only 24 hours into my WDW countdown....

OH MY!!!

Purpose of this blog is to keep track of the random pieces of information / advice i receive and to be able to remember such information such as the random pieces of information.....

I do know we are leaving (insert WDW cult followers - GASP) WDW for at least one of the 7 days - going to hit up Cocoa Beach - the quintessential surfers beach....