Last night we put the call out to the interwebs: “We’ll be at Walt Disney World Dec. 1-4. For you Disney fans: If there’s one thing you think we must do/see while we’re there, what is it?” We got a lot of fantastic suggestions, including (links added for future reference):
- Drink Around the World at Epcot (from several folks. You lushes! 🙂
- IllumiNations at Epcot
- Festival of The Lion King at Animal Kingdom
- ‘Ohana Restaurant at Disney’s Polynesian Resort
- The Haunted Mansion (several suggestions)
- Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon
- Jiko – The Cooking Place at Animal Kingdom (this looks amazing!)
- Enjoying the Christmas season events
- The evening parade at The Magic Kingdom
- The Richard Petty Driving Experience (looks like fun, but…um, a little spendy for us!)
That seems like a good list to start with, but if anyone else has further suggestions, we’d welcome them! Additionally, our travel agent, TC, suggested a great book Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World 2012. Dan picked this up on iBooks last night and it looks like it has a ton of useful info.
(Side note to anyone who has ever accused me of overplanning our vacations: After looking at some of the Disney websites, reviews, and guides, I have to say that these people make me look positively relaxed and easygoing! 🙂