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Disney World Trip Report and Tips for Your Next Disney Vacation: Day 2

March 9, 2013 by Sandra 6 Comments


disney world trip report

I’m recapping our trip to Disney World! In case you missed Day 1, you can read all about it here.

Today, I’m moving onto Day 2! Get ready for lots of exclamation points. I can’t help but use exclamation points in my posts about Disney World.

It’s Disney World. I love writing about it, and it makes me very happy!Β So let’s get started!

On day 2 we went to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and while we could have easily spent three days touring this park, we were only able to spend two days of our trip there.

Actually, before I jump into the details, for those who are going to be following my entire trip report (hopefully, all of you ;)), I think it would be helpful to let you know what to look forward to and which parks we visited on each day of our trip.

Our Vacation “Schedule”

Day 1: Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Day 2: Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Day 3: Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Day 4: Epcot

Day 5: Epcot

Day 6: Magic Kingdom

Day 7: Magic Kingdom

Day 8: No parks. We checked out of our resort and tried to make it to our reservation at Chef Mickey’s. It was not meant to be…I’ll share the details as to ‘why’ in my Day 8 post. πŸ™

Okay, now that you know what to look forward to, I’ll jump right in! We tried to get wake up bright and early every day of our trip, because we knew that the earlier we got to the parks, the better.

TIP: If at all possible, it’s best to get to the parks early. Not only will you avoid waiting in long lines to ride rides and see attractions, but you’ll get to catch opening ceremonies that the characters perform to welcome guests to the park. It’s a wonderful experience. If you can only get to the park when it opens one time during your trip, it’ll be worth it.

disney world

After we got through the turnstiles, we started following the touring plan from my favorite Disney book, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. This book includes a two-day plan that was right for our family. And while we never stuck to the touring plans exactly, they were a great guide, and I wouldn’t leave home without them. Ever.

We didn’t get to the park right when it opened for three reasons:

1. Our bodies were still in shock from all the walking we did on Day 1 of our trip. I decided not to wear flip-flops on Day 2, and that made a huge difference.

2. One of the kids was now starting to get sick. We caught colds while we were at Disney, and that did slow us down. I was prepared, though. I had Zicam, throat drops, and tissues…which we were out of by the end of our trip as the cold virus spread to the rest of us.

TIP: It’s a good idea to pack medicine on your Disney trip, just in case. There are a lot of germs at Disney, and you want to try to be as prepared as possible. Oh, and if you’re not used to eating out a lot but know that you will be while you are on vacation, then be sure to pack medicine for possible upset tummies, too. I brought tummy medicine along, but thankfully, I never had to use it. Whew!

3. I have five kids. There was little chance we were ever going to be up, ready, and at the park when it opened. I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to do that on our next trip when the kids are older.

Because we didn’t get to the park right when it opened, we had to get fast passes for Toy Story Mania! We didn’t mind, but our fast pass return time was for that evening. I think the return time was actually after 6:00 pm, which says something about how crazy-fun the Toy Story Mania! ride truly is.

DID YOU KNOW? Fast passes are amazing. They’re completely free, and they’ll save you hours of standing in line. You simply insert your ticket into the fast pass machine and out comes your fast pass to a particular attraction. With your fast pass in hand, you can go on and enjoy other areas of the park and skip the long lines. You simply return to that ride or show during your fast pass return time, and you get ushered into a shorter, faster moving line. Genius. Thank you, Disney.

After we snagged our fast passes, we started touring the park. It wasn’t long before we were in line to meet a character. The kids had their autograph books ready for signing.

disney world

After we had spent a few hours in the park, we needed snacks. We ended up using our snacks credits on Mickey Mouse pretzels and delicious super thick chocolate shakes.

disney world pretzel

I love how Disney goes the extra mile and adds cute little touches to regular snacks. We noticed this over and over with meals and snacks both in the parks and at our resort. It was great, and pretty much anything that can be turned into Mickey, well, it’s either turned into Mickey or given a special Mickey touch.

disney world food

The kids loved the chocolate shakes. We shared two of them, because each person did not need their own and I wanted to be the best steward possible of our snacks credits. (If you want to find a huge list of snack credit options, be sure to check out this list. Trust me, it’s amazing!)

disney world shakes

After our snacks, we went back to touring the park! If you’re wondering how in the world we made it through Disney World with five kids, well, we had a double stroller (I recommend bringing your own stroller, if you can, to avoid the fees associated with renting a stroller at Disney).

disney world hollywood studios

I also purchased a baby carrier for our trip. It worked great when Elisabeth was happy. When Elisabeth was not happy, I looked a little crazy pushing a double stroller with a sometimes-very-wild-three-year-old andΒ a screaming baby attached to me — who no longer wanted to be attached to me. I only had to do that a few times when Ruben had taken the bigger kids to ride Star Tours or some other ride. It wasn’t pleasant, but for the most part Elisabeth was a happy girl in her carrier.

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I know this post is getting long, so I’m going to try to give you the quick version of the rest of our day — with pictures!

We had lunch at the ABC Commissary at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Because of its ample seating, the ABC Commissary is a great place to eat if you have a lot of people in your family/party and you’re visiting Disney during a busy season. We were there just after New Year’s, and for the first few days of our trip, the crowds were heavier due to people still being off of work and school and spending their vacation time at Disney World. The second half of our trip was much better crowd-wise when school was back in session. Being able to go to Disney World without worrying about our kids missing school is definitely one of the perks of homeschooling.

Anyway, our quick service dining plan included desserts, so we opted for cupcakes!

cupcake disney world

We had tried to have lunch at Pizza Planet but couldn’t find enough seating for our family. Instead, we just took pictures there after lunch at the ABC Commissary.

pizza planet

pizza planet

We took more pictures around the park.

disneys hollywood studios

We finished touring the park and then headed back to the resort. We left shortly before the park closed, and we were exhausted. But it was a great day.

disney

We had a late dinner at the resort (we did that often during our trip) and then got to bed late so that we could get up early and do it all over again the next day.

And we did. πŸ™‚

Stay tuned for Day 3 and see what we did on our second day of touring Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

Have you been to Disney World? Do you have any tips to share? I’d love to read them in the comments!


Filed Under: Disney World, Family Fun, Travel Tagged With: disney, vacations

Disney World Trip Report and Tips for Your Next Disney Vacation: Day 1

February 22, 2013 by Sandra 14 Comments


disney world trip report

If you’re a regular reader here on The Sensible Mom, then you know that my family and I were extremely blessed to be able to take a trip to Disney World in January of this year.

It was a very spur of the moment trip because we were selling our home in Georgia (had a buyer in less than a week and the closing was not far off), and we wanted to go to Disney World while we were still living there. Disney World was roughly 6 hours from our home in Georgia, and it’s about 21 hours from where we live here in Illinois. It was a no-brainer. We’d save a lot of money in travel expenses by making the drive to Disney World, while we were still in Georgia.

So, after mulling over the idea, we decided to go for it and got to planning our trip! It was only 3 weeks away from the date we booked it on Disney’s website. That didn’t leave us a whole lot of time for planning, but there was no way that I’d be taking a trip to Disney without at least making a bare bones plan of what every single day of our trip would look like. You MUST plan your Disney trip. That is, of course, unless you want to be completely overwhelmed and disappointed. You’ll also probably end up yelling at your family and spending way more money than you’d budgeted for your trip.

Planning is essential

I’m not saying you have to plan every minute, butΒ do,Β at the very least, make a bare bones plan for what each day might look like. For instance, what park(s) you’ll visit, what and where you’ll eat, what time the parades are happening, when the fireworks start, where you can find ice cream sandwiches as big as your head, and things like that…plan.

The bonus to planning for Disney World is that it is SO. MUCH. FUN! It’s exciting to plan for a Disney trip and realize all that Disney has to offer. The characters, rides, food, resort…it’s like no other vacation spot you’ll ever visit. It’s Disney World.

It’s fun to get the kids involved in planning, too. We enjoyed checking out the resort on Disney’s website and on YouTube. We loved seeing videos of the rides we’d be experiencing. Planning for Disney World is fun for the whole family, at least it is for our family. I totally get the way some parents surprise their kids with a Disney World trip, and those videos are fun and adorable to watch on YouTube.

But I just couldn’t do it

I love the excitement and experience of planning our Disney trip together. Plus, I’m not one for surprises, and I know I’d have a very hard time keeping a Disney trip a secret from my kids. I couldn’t do it. πŸ˜‰

Planning pays off

Because we’d planned our trip, we ended up having a wonderful time, despite the fact that we got sick with colds while we were there. I’m going to be sharing what each day of our trip looked like, and I’ll also be sharing tips you can use when planning your next Disney vacation.

We visited Disney World from January 2nd through January 9th. That’s a total of eight days. I hope you’ll join me and share your tips and experiences as we go through this series of posts. πŸ™‚

Let’s get started!

Day One:

We left the house around 4:00am, and we arrived at our resort shortly after 10:00am. Because we left early and didn’t have to deal with a lot of traffic, we made great time.

art of animation resort disney world

We were super excited to be staying at the brand new Art of Animation resort! There aren’t a lot of budget-friendly resort options when it comes to Disney World and there are seven people in your family, but Disney recently built hundreds of new value resort family suites that met our needs. We stayed in a Cars themed suite, and it was fantastic. It met our needs, and it was super-themed, which was a lot of fun. I would definitely stay in this suite again.

cars suite at the art of animation resort

After we checked-in and had our ‘Keys to the World,’ we headed to our first park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom! We decided not to take the Disney buses, because of our large family and the fact that we’d have to carry a double-stroller and all of our stuff on and off of possibly very full buses. Instead, we opted to drive to all of the parks in our own car (parking is FREE for resort guests), which ended up working out well…except when we wanted to die walking back to our car at the end of a long fun-filled day. And, no, that wasn’t me you saw sitting in the front seat of the double stroller…or was it? πŸ˜‰

TIP: Before you visit Disney, please, please, please, please make sure to start walking daily in preparation for the TONS and TONS of walking that you’ll do at Disney. We actually paid our kids $2 a day (souvenir money) to walk on the treadmill the weeks leading up to our vacation.

After we arrived at Animal Kingdom, it wasn’t long before we were riding TriceraTop Spin and snacking on the ever-popular Mickey Mouse ice cream bars.

Mickey mouse ice cream bars

We toured the park some more (loosing following the touring plans from my favorite Disney book) and then decided to eat lunch. I knew we’d be eating at Flame Tree Barbecue, so we headed there and found a table under the shade.

disney world

I went to order with the older kids while Ruben stayed with the younger kids. I already knew what we’d be eating, because I had printed the menu options at home.

DID YOU KNOW? You can see probably find out what is on just about every single menu at Disney World from the comfort of your computer chair? Just visit websites like WDWInfo.com to familiarize yourself with Disney menus ahead of time. Visiting their forums is also a great way to find reviews on Disney food. You can get a heads-up on the best snacks, quick-service, and table-service meals.

flame tree barbecue meal

Our meals included dessert, because we were using Disney’s Quick Service Dining Plan. Overall, I liked this dining plan, and I would use it again. I think the dining plan is a good option for our family for two reasons. One, being that our vacation package was a good deal, and it included the dining plan. Two, being that I couldn’t handle the difficulty of leaving the park for lunch or dinner to save a little money then returning to the park to finish our day.

Doing THAT + five kids = crazy to me

The Disney parks and parking lots are HUGE. The idea to leave to eat somewhere cheaper then go back to the park…this would have taken a lot of time and energy. It made more sense to have the dining plan and be able to eat in the parks. It was definitely the best deal for us.

DID YOU KNOW? The Disney World Quick Service Dining Plan includes two quick-service meals per night of your stay at a Disney resort, a refillable drink mug (great souvenir! and about a $15 value) per person, and one snack credit per person per day (we used these on treats like the Mickey ice cream bars).

After lunch, we went on the Kilimanjaro Safari ride — this ride is amazing! It’s not only entertaining, but you get to see the animals up close and personal. So cool.

kilimanjaro safari ride at disney world

We stayed at the parkΒ as long as we could. I think it closed at 8:00pm on the day we were there. And even though we were there for all those hours, we still didn’t get to do and see everything we wanted to. We had a great time, though, and we ended our time at Animal Kingdom on an exhausted but happy note.

animal kingdom

I loved that Disney still had their Christmas decorations up the week we were there. Just wait until you see the light display at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. AMAZING! I can’t wait to share that post with you guys. For now, this wraps up our first day. After the park, we headed back to our resort, rested a bit, and then we enjoyed a late family dinner at the Art of Animation food court.

Stay tuned for Day Two!

Have you been to Disney World? I’d love to hear about it!

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Just peeked πŸ‘€ at the pork roast for dinner and Just peeked πŸ‘€ at the pork roast for dinner and it's looking goodπŸ‘I'm cooking it low and slow and going to shred it and make barbecue pulled pork sandwiches 😁 What's for dinner at your house? #inthekitchen #momlife #weekend #mealideas #dinner #dinnertime #mealtime #meal #pork #porkroast #weekendfun #marriedlife #whatsfordinner #dinnerideas #mmm #yum #delicious #delish #sogood #food #foodstagram #meat #delicioso #flavor #sabroso #tasty #tastyfood
We went to IKEA and picked up a new dresser for me We went to IKEA and picked up a new dresser for me. I ❀ it. We have a super small bedroom because we gave the master bedroom to our 3 boys, and the dresser fit perfectly in the spot next to our bed. It's tall, yes, but not too tall.πŸ‘ My old dresser became hubby's because he gave his dresser to my oldest daughter. Lol - It's musical dressers around here.πŸ˜‚ #yay #momlife #ikea #new #dresser #white #furniture #bedroom #ikeahome #dressers #bedroomideas
I haven't shared a #cleankitchenatnight picture in I haven't shared a #cleankitchenatnight picture in ages so here's my kitchen tonight. Dinner is done, the kitchen is clean and I'm about to make myself an iced coffee.πŸ‘ #momlife #cleaning #kitchen #marriedlife #momof5 #simpleliving #simplelife #clean #inthekitchen #inspiration #mom #motherhood #tired #cleankitchen #motivation #blessed #thankful #done
Mexican Meatball (Albondigas) Soup is one of my ve Mexican Meatball (Albondigas) Soup is one of my very favorite soups and takes me back to my childhood 😊 Is there a soup that brings back childhood memories for you? #remember #memories #soup #meatballs #meatballsoup #albondigas #albondigassoup #momlife #mexican #inthekitchen #food #foodstagram #eat #eats #dinner #delicious #delicioso #delish #tasty #tastyfood #flavor #yum #mmm #mexicanfood #comida #comidamexicana #childhood
Mango smoothie made with frozen mango chunks from Mango smoothie made with frozen mango chunks from @costco and sparkling water 😁 I made it in my little Magic BulletπŸ‘ #easy #momlife #mango #yum #smoothie #smoothies #delicious #healthy #simpleliving #simplelife #snack #snacktime #drinks #mangosmoothie #inthekitchen #magicbullet #healthysmoothies #costco #funtimes #mmm #drink
I can only have these Costco praline pecans in the I can only have these Costco praline pecans in the house once or twice a year because it's so hard to be self-controlled when they're around. They're so sweet and delicious that I can't eat just one or a couple. 😱 Lol - Hubby knows this so he bought me some for Valentine's Day and the container is already halfway empty.😳 Oh well! I'm enjoying them! 😁 Do you have a favorite food you can't keep in the house much? #pecans #delicious #snacks #sweets #sogood #yum #selfcontrol #valentines #valentinesday #love #praline #nuts #momlife #snack #delish #delicioso #eatsandtreats #treat #eats #costco #kirkland #good #foodstagram #pecan
Homemade m&m cookies 😁 My daughter, Breanna, ma Homemade m&m cookies 😁 My daughter, Breanna, made these for homeschool this week. I found the m&ms on clearance after Christmas hence the red and green πŸ˜‰ #cookies #homemade #homeschool #homeschooling #baking #inthekitchen #sweet #treats #delicious #delish #delicioso #yum #eatsandtreats #momlife #homeschoollife #home #simpleliving #simplelife #sweets #christmas
I did my taxes this week and I'm so happy to have I did my taxes this week and I'm so happy to have that task done! I was pretty happy to see that we finally didn't owe the State this year and instead we're getting back $1. Lol πŸ˜‚ I'll take it! I love doing my taxes using @turbotax It's super easy and not intimidating because the TurboTax program is so intuitive and walks you through everythingπŸ‘ Seriously, I've used TurboTax MANY times and it keeps getting better. Do you use TurboTax? πŸ€“ Thanks to @influenster for a #complimentary code they sent me to try out #TurboTaxLiveExperts #contest #taxes #momlife #selfemployed #tax #taxtime #turbotax #money #todolist #refund #taxseason #simpleliving #simplelife #breakfast #done #coffee #taxrefund
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