I know I have been saying I will post this for a few months now but I am getting my life together and so here we go!
I love to travel and you can check out some of those recent trips Mexico, Cruising & Denver: Red Rocks! I still need to post about the rest of the Denver trip and get my old posts together so I can share all my different Asia trips.
But today we have celebrating New Years in Orlando!
First things first…some things I want to share.
- If you want to see the fireworks over the castle go the night before. They do the exact same thing and even count down like its really NYE. **Listen to this warning unless you plan to be in line at Magic Kingdom at 6 am on NYE and hope you get in.
- Tickets to Orlando for NYE were effing expensive. Everything was expensive.
- You can bring food into Disney parks…just no glass. Bring food. or spend $50.00 on a lunch for two people.
- Staying off the Disney resorts afforded us a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment for 1/4 of the price of the Disney resorts (even w/the added price of taking ubers back and forth) We stayed at Polynesian Isles Resort
- Book your fastpass ASAP. Unfortunately we did not purchase our Disney tickets until 1 week before the trip so there were no free times for any of the rides that were convenient for us. You can book a minimum of 30 days ahead. do it.
Now the fun part!
We hopped off the plane, got checked into our hotel and right into an uber to Magic Kingdom where we stayed until the 1:00 am.
The fireworks were beautiful…as you can see! 100% worth going the day before to see them!
On NYE we started the morning at Animal Kingdom.We ended up waiting 3 hours in line for the Flight of the Avatar ride. I am not usually one to wait in a long line but the weather was nice (high 60’s) it was sunny, and I wanted to check it out!
It was awesome and so worth the wait!
Then..we headed from there to Epcot to walk around and wait for the countdown. I am not sure what I was expecting since I have been to Epcot before but it was really amazing to see each country had its own little party going on. We ended up finding a spot in Italy since they had a huge stage and dance party going.
I have no idea why I can’t find the photos of the fireworks…I know Thenewguy took video but I was just so excited and exhausted that I put my phone down and enjoyed the moment and the music.
Next time I will share the photos from our New Years Day at Universal Studios!
I've yet to go to Disney World and am thankful for your advice because I'd like to go at least once in my life. Looks like you had a blast! Aren't ubers great?!