We are very grateful to be looking forward to more than one Disney vacation in the coming months. Disney's Magical Express has sent us the luggage tags for more than one upcoming trip!
The trip to come first is a spring break jaunt to Walt Disney World. We will be celebrating the husband's Birthday--who we have decided has celebrated more Birthdays at Walt Disney World than any of the rest of us! We're staying at Disney's Coronado Springs for the first time since the summer of 2016. Coronado Springs is undergoing refurbishment and building a multi-story tower of rooms to add to the resort. Click here to read more about staying at Coronado Springs.
Our Fastpasses have been selected for this trip and grocery delivery is all set. Packing is the what's left for this trip--that and making the husband his set of trip cards.
Some things that we are looking forward to during this trip include:
- Dining at Raglan Road and House of Blues, both restaurants at Disney Springs.
- A parade viewing and dining combo package at the Magic Kingdom featuring lunch at Tony's on Town Square and reserved viewing location for Festival of Fantasy Parade. I did not know this offering existed until I was making Dining Reservations and uncovered it in the list of options. We'll let you know how it goes.
- Backstage Magic Tour which is a new for us experience and includes a 7 hour tour that includes at least two parks, experiencing the utilidors at the Magic Kingdom, and lunch at Whispering Canyon at Disney's Wilderness Lodge. An Annual Pass discount was available for this tour.
- Highway in the Sky Dine Around which is a 5 course progressive dinner of sorts that starts at The Contemporary and stops at all monorail resorts for a course and returns to The Contemporary for dessert and fireworks viewing. This, too, is new to us. We have been looking at this unique opportunity since last spring and either it wasn't offered while we were at Walt Disney World or it had no availability.
The next countdown is for another trip to Walt Disney World. We're staying at Disney's Pop Century, our fourth stay at this resort. Click here to read about staying at Pop Century. Some different experiences for this trip include:
- Discovering Enzo's Hideaway Bar at Disney Springs. No reservations are accepted so it's show up and see what happens. Enzo's has a "Sunday Supper" offering that is on our agenda.
- The opening of Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios!
- Taking Disney Cruise Line Transports from resort to port. Taking the transports is not new to us, but we usually take the transport from the airport and arrive early at the port. We're going to change things up this trip and take the transport from the resort, which will having us arrive at the port later--sometime after lunch.
I read an article about the positive effects of vacations and how cruises have a long-term positive effect for up to 6 months after the cruise. I agree!
When we disembark the cruise, we're headed to Disney's Grand Floridian Resort for a 2-night stay. This stay is complimentary to Disney as an apology gesture for some bumps in our vacation last summer. We've known about a 2 night complimentary stay since last summer and decided to use it almost a year later. What we're specifically looking forward to while staying at the Grand Floridian:
- Exploring a new resort. We've been to the Grand Floridian many times for dining, but have never stayed there, so exploring is on our agenda!
- Getting tickets for the 4th of July Celebration at the Grand Floridian that includes steak & shrimp fry along with 4th of July fireworks watching at a reserved location. Last year, the tickets went on sale May 8. I've got my eyes peeled for any releases! I called Walt Disney World and the event is in their system but they are not booking it yet.
- Trying Beaches & Cream, a restaurant located at Disney's Beach Club Resort. We have a reservation for this restaurant for us first timers.
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