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Miss the Magic? Plan Out Your Perfect Day at Disney
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f you’re home sick for Disney, there are many things you can do. A while back I posted a list of things to do when dealing with those Disney withdrawals. The list included things like listening to park music, looking at pictures, and discussing WDW with others. It’s time for me to add something to that list.
Plan your perfect + ideal day at Disney.
It doesn’t have to take up a lot of time, but the more you put into it, the better you will feel. To get you started, here is part of my perfect day at Disney (in Magic Kingdom):
- Wake up at 6 am.
- Jog to Food Court for a large, healthy breakfast.
- Be at the Magic Kingdom entrance by 9 am opening.
- Head straight for Tomorrowland & get Fastpass for Space Mountain.
- Go to Adventureland. Do Pirates, Jungle Cruise, + Tiki Room.
- Visit the 999 happy haunts of the Haunted Mansion.
- Walk across the bridge to Frontierland to ride Splash + Thunder back to back.
- Back to Tomorrowland to blast off on Space, then Monster’s Inc. Comedy Club and Stitch.
- Time for lunch. Maybe a quick bite at Columbia Harbor House with view of Fantasyland!
I’ll stop at lunch. I would love to hear your perfect day at Disney, though! If you’re missing Walt Disney World, the perfect thing to do is plan out your ideal day – it really works in getting you into that Disney mindset.
Share yours with me! I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with. It can be brief or detailed, but I want to hear what your perfect day at Disney would entail. Share below.
Angela are discussing. 
Angela 4:50 pm on March 2, 2010 Permalink |
I havent been to Disney World in a year now, but I’m going in a few weeks… and only get ONE day at one park. So I’ve been planning this day for months now!
I’m also heading to the magic kingdom for the 9am opening, and heading straight to space mountain for a fast pass. I can’t decide though whether to eat breakfast at the pop century cafeteria, or to save it for a cheese danish/cinnamon roll from the main street bakery!
After grabbing the fast pass I’m going to head to fantasyland to do mickeys philharmagic (to get me in the disney magic mood!) and peter pan’s flight. Then depending on how long I have left till my fast pass I’ll either head back to tomorrowland or I’ll head to the haunted mansion. Everything else I will play by ear… but for SURE splash mountain will be done, as well as pirates and the jungle cruise. The night will also end with wishes of course, and dinner will be at cosmic rays (it’s tradition).
Any suggestions for lunch?
Matt 7:08 pm on March 2, 2010 Permalink |
Hey Angela!
I recommend eating breakfast at POP mainly because, as is my case, when I get to the parks, I don’t really want to bother with food the first thing.
For lunch I suggest Columbia Harbor House (between Fantasyland & Liberty Square – great views of FL or Haunted Mansion), Pecos Bill (Frontierland), or Cosmic Rays Starlight Cafe (half Fantasyland and half Tomorrowland).
Sounds like a great plan for one day, let me know how it works out!
Brooke 1:03 pm on March 7, 2010 Permalink |
I came across this blog and it just makes me so happy! This post particularly makes me happy because this is the first year that I cannot make the trip to WDW and I miss it so much!
My perfect day would start out at a breakfast reservation at the Crystal Palace around 8:30am so I can get into MK before it opens for amazing photo opps before the crowds get in! Ever since I started going to DW when I was a 5th grader our family tradition would be to go eat at Crystal Palace or any character breakfast for that matter to get us in the Disney mood to start our trip off right!
After that I would run over to Space Mountain to fast pass it then head over to Toon Town for some character pics. Then back to Tomorrowland for Space Mountain then all the rest of the rides in Tomorrowland.
Next I would try to knock out most of Fantasyland before lunch. Then I would run over to Frontierland and try to fastpass Splash Mountain then go eat lunch at Pecos Bills. Then off to Adventureland for all it has to offer then back to Frontierland and knock it out before dinner.
I would eat dinner at Cosmic Rays and try to get in a couple more rides that I missed out on or would like to ride again before it’s time to save me a spot around the hub for Spectromagic and Wishes.
After Wishes I would head over to the Bakery on Main Street for a delicious cinnamon roll and some shopping! After the crowds are gone I would head back to the castle to park it at a bench while people watching and listen to the Kiss Goodnight. Then off to my hotel room!
Note: this is my perfect Disney day in a park which I figured there would be minimal crowds as well.
Matt 4:14 pm on March 7, 2010 Permalink |
Wow Brooke, what an awesome and extensive perfect day at Disney! I love it!
Nice work, I have to agree with the Crystal Palace before opening thing. While we have never done this, it does seem like an awesome idea and would bring many great photo opportunities and a nice relaxing, calm intro to the day.
Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed reading your perfect Disney day! Thanks for the compliments on the blog as well. Appreciate it! =)