In September 2023 we are going to be travelling to Orlando, Florida for 15 days. Although I am starting a Disney based blog and business, I have never been to a Disney resort. Not even Euro Disney! As a family we loved Disney, but our parents weren’t keen on taking us to any of the resort. Over the years things have gotten in the way and partners have not supported my love of Disney until… Olly. My wonderful fiancé.

Olly is also a big Disney fan. Not as much as me, but it’s lovely to finally meet someone with a mutual love. He has actually been to Disney World and Disneyland Paris many times with his family growing up.

So I am quite understandably very excited, being an avid Disney fan I have been planning this since I was little. I stay up to date with all the latest news and announcements, and I watch Disney vlogs daily. I have planned our days almost to the second with a little bit of wiggle room because you never know how you’re going to feel on the day. I’d like to see a lot of Florida too, as I’ve never been to the states.

SUNDAY 3RD SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Travel to Manchester from the North of England – via car 1.5/2 hours.
• Flying from Manchester Airport, aim to be there around 10:30am
• We will be booking a lounge shortly and I will update this
• Virgin – Premium Economy, which we have never done before
• Flying at 13:50pm
• We should arrive in MCO at 17:50pm
• Shuttle with Mears
• Which should take around an hour to arrive at Disney’s Pop Century around 18:50pm.
• Check in & collect badges and arrange things for Olly’s Birthday.
• Aiming to unpack and go straight to Walmart to pick up some essentials

MONDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2023

• Wake up early, grab a coffee and have a relaxed morning.
• Go to Epcot and get our baring’s, maybe partake in the Food & Wine Festival.
• Come back, chill/nap/sunbathe then go to Magic Kingdom on the afternoon/night time.

TUESDAY 5TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Wake up 6:00/6:30am, have a coffee and book Genie+
• Bus to Magic Kingdom 7:00/7:30am
• No plans for the rest of the day just see how we feel

WEDNESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER 2023

• Wake up 6:30am, have a coffee and look at wait times.
• Bus to Animal Kingdom for 8:00am
• Aim to spend as long as possible there.
• Chill night in the resort or Disney Springs

THURSDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2023

• Wake up 6:00/6:30am, have a coffee and look at wait times.
• Bus to Magic Kingdom 7:00/7:30am
• Tick off all the things we wanted to do that we didn’t on the Tuesday.
• Afternoon in the outlets and discount stores.

FRIDAY 8TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

OLLY’S BIRTHDAY

• Wake up 6:00/6:30am, have a coffee and book Genie+
• Skyliner for Hollywood Studios for 7:30/8:00am
• Want to spend the entire day at Galaxy’s Edge having a Star Wars day.
• Make sure we get booked into Oga’s & Lightsabre workshop.
• Going to be having a drink for Olly’s Birthday, may go out into Florida to some bars or drink in the resort.

SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2023

• Easy breezy day, seeing as we’ll be hungover (we don’t handle alcohol well)
• Might have a pool day, go out in Florida. See how we feel.

WEEK 2

SUNDAY 10TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Wake up 6:00/6:30am, have a coffee and book Guardians.
• Making sure we get everything we want to get done in the park.
• Eating and drinking around the world showcase for Food & Wine festival.
• Aim to spend the whole day and see the fireworks.

MONDAY 11TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Magic Kingdom during the day.
• Animal Kingdom on the night.

TUESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2023

• No plan for the day
• Magic Kingdom for the night time i.e fireworks
• Potentially Mickeys not so scary when dates come out.

WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Check out at 10am from Pop Century & leave bags at hotel.
• Skyliner to Hollywood Studios.
• Get as much done in Hollywood Studios as possible.
• Get back to Pop Century for 1:30pm to taxi to Cabana Bay for check in at 2:00pm.
• Get Settled in Cabana Bay and have a relax night in Universal

THURSDAY 14TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Wake up early for early entry to Hogwarts.
• Do as much in the Harry Potter related attractions
• Take it easy do as much as we can.

FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Get up early & have a coffee.
• Relaxed morning.
• Volcano Bay for the morning till mid afternoon.
• Go back to Universal for some food.
• Shopping day at Springs or the outlets.

SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Universal day
• See how much we get done.
• May even go back to a Disney resort as we have a 14 day ticket.

SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Check out of Cabana Bay at 10:00am, leave bags with reception.
• Haven’t made any plans yet.
• Go to the airport for 8:30pm for flight at 11:10pm

MONDAY 18TH SEPTEMEBER 2023

• Arrive in Manchester Airport 12:15pm
• Travel Home around 1/2 hours.
• Will likely arrive home around 3/4pm

These plans are going to change quite a bit depending what we have done on previous days and how we are feeling. I’ll be honest, Olly would love to do Halloween Horror Nights but I am a chicken when it comes to jump scares. I can watch all the Horror movies at home no problem, but I see it being something that would make me more uncomfortable then enjoyable. And I’d have to wear an adult nappy.

There is a lot of places I’d love to go out to eat at in Florida and shops I want to visit but it’s all down to how we feel and how much we can fit into a day. I would of loved to have gone and seen a Miami Dolphins game as it’s Olly’s American team. We’d definitely want to schedule that for another trip.

In my other posts I have put a list of restaurants and quick service locations within each resort that offer gluten free food, I won’t be able to get through most of them but I will write reviews when we are back on our experiences and where we would recommend.

Stay Magical!