I can’t believe we’re leaving tomorrow! All my things still need to be packed, and our shirt designs have yet to be finalized. Sister and I got matching purple shirts, but we’re designing a little something for the back. The original plan was to puffy paint, but the ease and greater graphicability won over for our new plan. No costumes for this race… I think I’ll save that for Halloween ;).
Plans for this vacation are still not set in stone, but here is the general schedule of our trip!
Wednesday
Flight to Orlando after work. Staying at a hotel near Universal Studios for the night.
Thursday
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! I’ve been slightly obsessed with Harry Potter for the past 12 years and I finally get to visit Hogwarts! Plans for the day include going to Ollivanders and look at all the wands, drinking both Butterbeer and Pumpkin Juice, going to Honeydukes and of course going on all the rides they have there ;). Pretty sure I’ll be geeking out the entire time. And that reminds me… pack maroon + gold clothing…
At night we’ll probably hit up a Disney park for a night parade or something, not sure exactly what but we’ll probably be getting the 5 day pack for Disney parks. It seems to the best deal and that way we won’t feel stressed about not having enough time at the parks we want to go to! We will also be staying at a Disney property from Thursday-Sunday night so we will have to get checked in there today as well.
Friday
The race expo is Friday near Downtown Disney so we will definitely be stopping by to pick up our race bibs/packets and spend some time “Downtown”. A trip to Babycakes will also be in order! Gluten free heaven :).
We’ll also spend some time at a Disney park, possibly some hot tub time and early to bed!
Saturday
I’m hoping I will be able to successfully sleep for at least a little bit on Friday night. It’ll be an early wake up, so I’m not sure how that will go but I guess there’s no reason to worry about it now! I’ve heard the night before the night before the race is the most important night to sleep well, so Thursday is the night to hopefully pass out ;). We’ll be getting up around 3?am for coffee + rice cakes and to get to the start line. Mom’s coming along and she’s part of the chEAR squad and has a special pack of goodies to use to spectate during the race! It’ll be so nice because we can wear sweatshirts close to the start time of our corral and then give them to her when we’re queuing up.
The rest of the day will include showering, eating, stretching, sleeping (?) and spending some time at a park later on. At least for a show or something!
Sunday
This is the only full day we’ll have for a park, so we will probably spend as much time at one as we can! I’m thinking Hollywood Studios since it has my favorite rides and things to do, but I also want to spend a bit of time at Epcot. I guess only time will tell. And maybe we will go spectate at the Marathon for a little bit? Hopefully I’m not too wiped out – I’ll just have to get a couple shots of Espresso if need be.
Monday
We will be spending the morning/early afternoon at another Disney park. Not sure which one, but I’m sure it’ll be a blast :). We definitely want to get to Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Animal Kingdom isn’t a necessity so we will see what we feel like when the time comes! Our flight out is at 4:30pm so we will have a good part of the day to dedicate to a park. And then back to cold, snowy Wisconsin!
Man, it still blows my mind I will be a half marathoner in a week… definitely has not sunk in yet! Time to pack!!
Living the Gluten Free Life 
WOW – what a fun itinerary!! I hope I can keep up! My goal for Saturday is to be sure to make it to the finish line to see you both cross it!!
Oh you’ll definitely be able to keep up. I’ll be limping by Saturday haha š
I AM SO EXCITED! This is going to be exhausting but so much fun! Pretty sure the people at work think I am weird but seriously, who cares what they think!
Yeah, this is a vacation I’ll need a vacation from, for sure!! And people at my work probably think I’m crazy, but they’ll get over it. There are THOUSANDS of people doing it, so we’re not the only ones! Plus, we’ve got to be some of the younger participants :).