Thoughts on a uniqe thing to do......

dtrippie · Parking Lot Shuttle Driver Joined: Nov 16, 2005 Posts: 53

So my wife and I, who got to Disney about twice a year, are planning a trip on our 5th anniversary. Grandma is watching the kids for a few days. We know that night one on our anniversary we are going to Victoria and Albertâ€™s, but we chose to surprise each other with how the next 2 days of our trip go. On the second day I get to organize a day plan go to either Animal Kingdom or MGM. She plans Magic Kingdom or Epcot the third day. To spice things up we randomly drew different â€œextra thingsâ€ that we can or canâ€™t add onto the day to make it different and special. Here is what I can add on extra:

Spa of any kind
Water craft Activity of any kind
Behind the scenes tour of any kind
Mini Golf
Water Parks
Off Site activity
La Nouba
Magic Kingdom resort restaurants
Special form of transportation

Here is what I canâ€™t add on extra because my wife drew these activities:

Night Life Activity of any kind
Character Meal
Downtown Disney Area restaurants
Boardwalk Area restaurants
Extremely expensive meal
Room customization of some kind (room service, flowers, cake, etc.)

So the question is how to plan the day and make it special and different. One plan I came up with was morning at the Animal Kingdom, at lunch time head over to the Grand Floridian for the tea time lunch activities and then a late afternoon soak at the Grand Floridian Spa. End the night at the California Grill for Fireworks during dinner.

Any thoughts of other day variation out there that anyone can give me ideas about?

kmiller15211 · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:46 am Post subject:

That sounds like a good plan, and a great idea to try 'different things'.

I have the Adventurer's Club on my 'different things for next time' list; It may be something to consider.

dtrippie · Parking Lot Shuttle Driver Joined: Nov 16, 2005 Posts: 53

Ellory · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:12 am Post subject:

Kim and I always enjoy Fulton's Crab House in Pleasure Island...great seafood, and then afterward, we like to go Club hopping (we love 80's music, and the Comedy Club was always fun), or shopping (even if it's just browsing)
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Figmentathm · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:

daveypoo · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:19 am Post subject:

Back about 6 years ago, I contacted a place called Gifts of a Lifetime to try and do something special for ltldeb's (mumble) birthday. I told them the occassion, where we were starting our day and what we'd be wearing (so they could identify us) and for the next hour+, they followed us (without being seen) to give deb little gifts for the occassion (all themed to it!). Their last visit with us was at Splash Mountain, where they gave deb (mumble) Disney Dollars and then waved to us as we came down the final drop. It was truely a special day and they did an awesome job.

I highly recommend them!
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Ellory · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:18 am Post subject:

MikeA · Airline Food and Beverage Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 397

I like to splurge for one thing each trip I take to Disney. A tour, a special meal, an expensive souvenir, reserved seats for Fantasmic, or something like that.

I'd suggest renting a boat for an evening fireworks cruise. You can get a boat with the soundtrack piped in, and you can also order champagne and/or deserts for the cruise too. They depart from several of the resorts, and you first get a nice tour of the whole lake, before you park out in fron of the Magic Kingdom for the show. It may nt be the very best viewing spot, but it's still real good, and the specialness (is that a word) more than made up for it.

RavenStGermaine · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject:

We just got back from WDW yesterday. I like the idea of surprising each other with special activities. I booked the Segway tour around World Showcase for us, but I am awful at surprises so my husband knew about five minutes after I'd made the reservation. It was a blast and I've never seen him have so much fun at Disney.

The one thing I wanted to do but couldn't because of the weather was the Sea Raycer boats. That would be some fun "just the two of us" time! And watercraft are on your list... What about afternoon tea at the Grand Floridian?

dtrippie · Parking Lot Shuttle Driver Joined: Nov 16, 2005 Posts: 53

WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

over the years I've read a lot of folks who spoke highly of both MikeA's idea for the fireworks from the boat, and also Daveypoo's Gifts of a lifetime site.

Any of the magic Kingdom tours are always a good idea.

rick2vick · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:14 am Post subject:

The last time we were there, we did Dolphins In Depth. It was awesome. We got to go behind the scenes at The Living Seas (pre-Nemo) and get in the water (in the big tank) with the dolphins.

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/tourDetail?id=DolphinsInDepthTourPage