Mouse Extra

I am just over a week away from heading down for a quick 5 day jaunt to Walt Disney World.  Now my planning is coming down to trying to squeeze everything I want to do inside only five day.  It’s a great problem to have, don’t you think?

It certainly says something about the Mouse when one needs to stress over trying to fit everything they want to do inside five days.  There are some new things, like the re-opened Haunted Mansion and the new film in Canada that I certainly can not miss, but that’s not enough to stress over.

The first problem is that two days are totally booked already.  The space shuttle is scheduled to launch when we are there, and me being a nut for that kind of stuff I simply can’t miss it.  So we plan on spending a day driving out to the Kennedy Space Center for the launch and a tour of the area.  Also, my wife and I always like to spend the better part of a day just strolling the World Showcase catching as much of the British Invasion and Off Kilter as we possibly have.

So that leaves me with 3 days.  The trouble here is we are not going alone.  My wife could care less where we go.  As long as there is beer and/or food at the end of the day she is happy.  But we have family going as well, and they have not been to Disney World in many years.  The last time they were at the Mouse, the Tower of Terror only dropped once and animals were still only robots.  There is an entirely new theme park now, not to mention the scores of new attraction, shows, and re-makes.  They’ve never seen Soarin, the Rock n’ Rollercoaster, Test Track, or Capt. Jack in the Pirates of the Caribbean.    Can I get this all in with only three days to do it? 

And remember, these are not Disney commandos like many of us.  I can’t expect everyone to get up for rope drop and stay on their feet until the last park closes.  That only works for us addicts.  Doing that will only make them tired, and less than enthusiastic with their tour guide.