Planning the 2014 Schedule

We plan a day-by-day itinerary that details everything we want to do for every trip to Disney. During 2013 I noticed something interesting happening: we would often swap days around inside the plan ar the last minute. Perhaps it was raining the day we planned a water park, or extra hot the day we planned Animal Kingdom. I realized we needed a schedule that could be flexible!

We will be in Florida for 32 days. We will be renting a villa so I can convert one of the bedrooms into a home office. During those 32 days there are 4 kinds of days: days when I am not working, days when I work only in the morning, days when I work all day, and special days like the 4th of July and the days we see our friends in Melbourne.

With this knowledge, all I needed to do was plan various A-Days, B-Days, and C-Days. Then we can pick which plan we want to execute each day.

For example, our first trip to Epcot will be an A-Day (full day). But our second trip could be a B-day (half day). And if I just want to see 2U in the summer concert series at Epcot? That could be a C-Day (after work).

To save money we decided to limit our ADR to only two. This change should aid my new scheduling plan. However, I am still not sure if Fast Pass + will accommodate the level of flexibility I hope to obtain.

I will design all the days. We'll pick them in whatever order we want and cross them off the list as we complete them. By doing it this way, I can plan the trip yet we remain flexible.