Annual Christmas/Anniversary Trip*Updated~Full Pre~TR*

In less than 72 hours, DH and I will be enjoying 5 full days at WDW and I am so excited

Each year we go to Orlando the week of Thanksgiving for 4-5 days to celebrate our wedding Anniversary(It's one week before Christmas) and to enjoy Christmas(a little early) in Disney world. This year I have planned more for this trip than I ever do for our weekend trips so I thought I would do a Trip Report.

The lucky participants: Patrick(DH) and Annie(ME)

We are staying in a one bedroom at the Westin Orlando. We will be visiting the parks Nov. 26-Nov. 30 and driving home Monday Dec. 1 after breakfast.

We live about 2 1/2 hours from WDW, so we will pack the car the night before and leave in the morning right after we feed our 3 kitties breakfast.

WED 26: We will leave our driveway no later than 10am. We'll stop once or twice on the way for gas or something to eat and that should get us to MK between 1-1:30 pm. We are going to spend the entire day and night at MK because we are going to avoid MK tomorrow(Thanksgiving day!) at all costs, so we want to enjoy MK as much as possible today. Our FP+ for today: UTS, BTMR, and 7DMT.*This is only the second time I've ever been able to get a FP+ for 7DMT. The only other time was on the day Disney officially announced what day the 7DMT was opening I happened to be on line and 10 minutes later I had already booked our FP+. Florida resident AP only get 30 days out to pick FP+, so they are never available.*

THURS 27~THANKSGIVING DAY: We decided we wanted an "Un-Thanksgivingy" Thanksgiving, so we chose AK in the morning and HS afternoon/night. We have an ADR today at Sci-Fi-Dine in Theater. We figured this would be the most "Un-Thanksgivingy" option at a HS TS restaurant. Our FP+ today are ToT(my favorite ride in all of WDW) TSM and B&tB. Our last FP+ is at 7:15pm and the rest of the night will be spent at The Osborne Spectacle of Lights. I LOVE these Christmas lights SO much. We spend a few weekends every Nov. & Dec. just enjoying the Lights each night!

FRI 28: MK morning EPCOT evening. Our FP+ selections today are HM, "Jingle" Cruise, and PPF. We will have dinner snacking around EPCOT tonight. It's EMH at Epcot so we will take our time walking around and just enjoying our evening in the WS.

SAT 29: EPCOT morning/afternoon, *maybe* AK for a few hours in late afternoon/ early evening HS night. We have FP+ today for TT, MS, and Turtle talk. We very possibly may only do TT, but you need to pick 3. After lunch in WS, we might go to AK to watch NEMO and ride EE only. Then we will go to HS to end the night with ToT and Osborne lights again. I could spend each night with the lights, but DH doesn't love them quite as much as I do.

SUN 30: FIRST EVER MVMCP
Tonight we have our first MVMCP party so we are going to sleep late, have lunch at Whispering Canyon(DH Aunt has been a waitress there for 12 years) and tour the Christmas decorations at the Deluxe Resorts. We've never done the resort Christmas tour, so it should be fun. We will go to MK around 3pm to avoid the 4pm stampede of people going to tonight's party.
To say I am excited about MVMCP is an extreme understatement. Even though we are lucky enough to be locals who go to WDW every few weekends, we don't do the parties, and only rare ADR'S. Christmas and WDW are my two favorite things in the world, so combining them is amazing! This year, Jack "Sandy Claws" Skellington is doing a M&G for the first time and I am thrilled!!! NBC is one of my all time favorite movies and I especially love him dressed as Sandy Claws. I don't know if I'll be able to do the M&G though because I have very severe Rheumatoid Arthritis and if they don't let me use my DAS card with a return time, I'll never be able to stand in line for Sandy Claws. So that I am allowed to use my DAS card at the party.
Our plan for the party is do all party activities and *maybe* ride 7DMT once, but that's all for the rides. We are park commandos every weekend we visit. Riding every ride possible, all our time always spent in the parks. But for the MVMCP we want to enjoy every moment of the activities that are only available during the party and not go on rides.

MON DEC 1: We will sleep in this morning, check out of our hotel sometime before 12pm and drive right home. We should be home by 3pm.

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