I got such overwhelming responses and help on this forum when I posted a proposed itinerary earlier this year and have taken so many great suggestions to heart. With our trip coming up in just a few weeks I'm posting a revised itinerary for input suggestions. On this trip it's me (63) and DS (28) who are both HUGE WDW fans (about 30 trips for me and about 15 for DS). And we've also hit the parks in Disneyland, CA. This will be our first time to an overseas Disney park. We have 2 1/2 days allocated after a trip to Paris and we are following the Disney portion with a new nights in Belfast.
DS is a picky eater so what we are doing for dining probably won't be of much appeal to others, but we've looked at all the menus and know what we are doing.
Tuesday Sept. 26th -- partial day
After checking into the Sequoia Lodge I expect we will be at Casey's Corner around 1 p.m. for lunch
Our plan is to find out entertainment times and try to hit
-- The Disney Stars on Parade Parade
-- The Dream and Shine Brighter Stage Show
-- Disney D-lights and Disney Dreams
Where we have extra time between these activities thought we'd hit a few Fantasy Land attractions. What we don't get to we will do on Wednesday. DS and I are both really sad that the Dragon is closed for the duration of our visit, but I know we'll enjoy the parks despite that.
-- check out the castle (inside if open)
-- do Snow White
-- do Pinochio
-- check out Alice's Curious Labyrinth
-- check out the little Storybook ride (Le Pays des Contes de Fees)
-- do It's a Small World
-- At some point we'll go to the Village and have dinner at Annette's diner
Full Day Wednesday Sept. 27th (We are staying at the Sequoia Lodge so will have early entry)
food -- we'll just to counter service when we feel like it
-- Rope drop Big Thunder
-- Phantom Manor
-- Lion King show at the Chaparral Theater
-- Pirates (side note: (Indiana Jones is closed during our visit)
-- Hit anything on our Fantasyland list from the previous day we didn't hit
-- check out Adventure Isle
-- Space Mountain (might buy pass if line is long) This is a HUGE one for DS and he really wants me to go on it too, so I will try (will wear those wrist bands people sometimes take on cruises and take Dramamine an hour before as I hear this is so much more intense than the WDW one)
-- Mickey's Philharmagic
-- Any entertainment we might have missed the day before
-- Assuming we go to do the entertainment we wanted on Tuesday the 26th check out the Avengers Power of the night show
Full Day Thursday Sept 28th
food -- we'll just to counter service when we feel like it again.
-- Rope drop The Tower of Terror -- my favorite ride
-- Spiderman Web (this will be new for both of us) -- We'll skip the rethemed Rock n Roller coaster
-- RC Racers -- DS only if he is interested
-- Mickey and the Magician show
-- Pixar Musical Adventure show
-- Single line or purchase pass for Crush -- DS only -- I will skip this
(Looks like we'll have plenty of extra time if we missed anything, want to do something else, want to go to the Village, or want to go for a swim). We honestly just like chilling out at the parks so will play it by ear, but for our one and probably only visit ever we wanted to prioritize things we really want to do and do those first as we may not pass this way again.
-- Up to DS, but I would almost bet he'll want to go back to Disneyland Paris for the nighttime shows there again for his last night. He loves the Disney nighttime entertainment.
We won't be using our fourth day as we have a ride service picking us up and taking us to the airport on Friday September 29th. Belfast, here we come.
DS is a picky eater so what we are doing for dining probably won't be of much appeal to others, but we've looked at all the menus and know what we are doing.
Tuesday Sept. 26th -- partial day
After checking into the Sequoia Lodge I expect we will be at Casey's Corner around 1 p.m. for lunch
Our plan is to find out entertainment times and try to hit
-- The Disney Stars on Parade Parade
-- The Dream and Shine Brighter Stage Show
-- Disney D-lights and Disney Dreams
Where we have extra time between these activities thought we'd hit a few Fantasy Land attractions. What we don't get to we will do on Wednesday. DS and I are both really sad that the Dragon is closed for the duration of our visit, but I know we'll enjoy the parks despite that.
-- check out the castle (inside if open)
-- do Snow White
-- do Pinochio
-- check out Alice's Curious Labyrinth
-- check out the little Storybook ride (Le Pays des Contes de Fees)
-- do It's a Small World
-- At some point we'll go to the Village and have dinner at Annette's diner
Full Day Wednesday Sept. 27th (We are staying at the Sequoia Lodge so will have early entry)
food -- we'll just to counter service when we feel like it
-- Rope drop Big Thunder
-- Phantom Manor
-- Lion King show at the Chaparral Theater
-- Pirates (side note: (Indiana Jones is closed during our visit)
-- Hit anything on our Fantasyland list from the previous day we didn't hit
-- check out Adventure Isle
-- Space Mountain (might buy pass if line is long) This is a HUGE one for DS and he really wants me to go on it too, so I will try (will wear those wrist bands people sometimes take on cruises and take Dramamine an hour before as I hear this is so much more intense than the WDW one)
-- Mickey's Philharmagic
-- Any entertainment we might have missed the day before
-- Assuming we go to do the entertainment we wanted on Tuesday the 26th check out the Avengers Power of the night show
Full Day Thursday Sept 28th
food -- we'll just to counter service when we feel like it again.
-- Rope drop The Tower of Terror -- my favorite ride
-- Spiderman Web (this will be new for both of us) -- We'll skip the rethemed Rock n Roller coaster
-- RC Racers -- DS only if he is interested
-- Mickey and the Magician show
-- Pixar Musical Adventure show
-- Single line or purchase pass for Crush -- DS only -- I will skip this
(Looks like we'll have plenty of extra time if we missed anything, want to do something else, want to go to the Village, or want to go for a swim). We honestly just like chilling out at the parks so will play it by ear, but for our one and probably only visit ever we wanted to prioritize things we really want to do and do those first as we may not pass this way again.
-- Up to DS, but I would almost bet he'll want to go back to Disneyland Paris for the nighttime shows there again for his last night. He loves the Disney nighttime entertainment.
We won't be using our fourth day as we have a ride service picking us up and taking us to the airport on Friday September 29th. Belfast, here we come.