The last bit of planning for Disney World

All of my planning for our Disney trip is almost to an end.  There is one thing that we are going to try that I found through reading the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World.

I highly recommend reading this if you are taking a big Disney trip.  It has all kinds of recommendations and with it, you get a discounted price to use their Touring Plans.  In the Touring Plans, you put in the rides/attractions you want to see at each park, your scheduled breaks (a must for little ones), and your meals.  It then tells you which order to see the rides, with the least amount of waiting in line.  And for this highly organized GOLD personality, it makes me feel much more at ease than arriving at the park without a plan!  I did however, go against their recommendations on not going to a park with Extra Magic Hours, but that is because I wanted to take advantage of the early morning hours as we are morning people, and I know that Maddie will be up by 6:30am everyday, so I'm hoping we make it to all the parks at "rope drop".  Then head back to the resort for a nap, then come back for dinner and more rides.  I also didn't want to pay the extra price for the park hopper.

This is what a touring plan looks like, you can move the attractions around, and you can get the app on your smart phone and while you are at the park, you check "done" and it will tell you where to go next.

 

I have also printed out a customized map for each day from the Disney site, and added our touring plan with each one so I can just grab the map each day and be prepared.

 

And the last thing I had to do was make some cute iron on t-shirts for Maddie to wear under her princess dresses (I may have made a couple for me too).   All of these designs came from the DIS Boards. So we are all prepared for our big trip to Disney.  I love to plan and be organized, so this just makes it more fun, and besides all of the books tell you that it is better to have a plan in mind for Disney, as you will get to experience more.  No matter how much people tell me that a vacation is supposed to be spontaneous, that's just not me!  But we are ready for our big Disney trip and our little princess is so excited, I can't wait to see all of her reactions!