300 Days and Counting…
To commemorate the 300th day of our relocation to Florida countdown, we thought we would make a fun list of 300 things we plan to do after we have moved to Florida (in no particular order).
- Shop all of the Disney stores and outlets
- Have lunch with Lou Mongello
- Attend the “Food and Wine Festival” at Epcot
- Split a funnel cake at the Magic Kingdom
- Ride Splash Mountain with our family
- Meet “Mike” and the “Be Our Guest” crew at some type of event
- Give my Mom, Dad, and Brother a tour of our new home town
- Buy new furniture for our new place
- Visit the Kennedy Space Center
- See the Atlantic Ocean
- Get our Florida Driving Licenses
- Buy our Disney Annual Passes
- Apply at Walt Disney World for employment
- Check out Miami
- Visit a family restaurant in Naples
- Meet Bill from “Mousejunkies” in WDW somewhere
- Make friends with someone from the Disney Mom’s Panel
- Go back to the Titanic Exhibit
- Visit Busch Gardens
- Go to a special event at Sea World
- See a band concert in Orlando
- Volunteer at “Give Kids the World” Village
- Find every Renaissance Faire in FL and go to it
- Drink Florida orange juice
- Put Florida license plates on my vehicles
- Visit “Gatorland”
- Flick off my first ‘lovebug’
- Attend Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios
- Have an adult beverage on the balcony of the Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Eat at the T-Rex Café
- Buy lots of goodies at “Basin” in DTD
- Sun bathe on a FL beach
- Ride “Soarin” with anyone who will ride with me
- Build a sand castle with my kids near the ocean
- Help clean up any of the oil spill
- Dress up as princesses with kids
- Hang out with Craig Duncan somewhere in WDW
- Have an in-depth conversation with Beci Mankhen
- Attend the “Flower and Garden” Show at Epcot- buy Dad something
- Ride “Peter Pan” with my hubby any time I want
- Enjoy “It’s a Small World” with my Jessie
- Find a house of worship
- Get kids ready for their new schools
- Greet and meet neighbors
- Help at a local shelter
- See a Disney movie opening night at the Movie Theater in DTD
- Attend a Sunday worship celebration at the House of Blues
- Ride a Hot Air Balloon in DTD
- Meet a Disney Imagineer
- Draw every character possible at the Animation class at DHS
- Shop the IKEA
- Swim with the Dolphins somewhere
- Drink while blogging around the World Showcase
- Visit the Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Send out my first mail from my FL address
- Make my first phone call from my FL home
- Find my local Redbox
- See my first Gecko
- Ride the boat from Port Orleans to DTD
- Finally play in Disney Quest
- Check out a Cirque De Soleil Show
- Take a Segway Tour at Epcot
- Buy perfume in Italy at Epcot
- Have tea at the Grand Floridian
- Find the local Wal-Mart
- Play at Blizzard Beach
- Burn all of my winter coats
- Take the kids to the Disney parks after school
- Eat something daring
- Ride a city bus to get used to town
- Hang out at the MCO Airport
- Enjoy a Dole Whip in “Bawb’s” honor
- Ride “Pirates” while texting someone how cool it is
- Go Hidden Mickey hunting with the family
- Feed the Sting Rays at Sea World
- Enjoy the Christmas décor In WDW
- Tell anyone I want to that I am a FL Resident
- Find the fastest way to cool myself off in the FL heat
- Watch “Illuminations” anytime I want too
- Brave “Space Mountain”
- Drink a Butter Beer at the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter”
- Have a picnic under a palm tree
- Taking Belle to College
- Go to a FL dance club and have a girl’s night with Judy
- Meet Disney Celebrities
- Attend “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party”
- Run a Disney Marathon
- Read our first copy of “The Orlando Sentinel”
- Be a part of the televised “Walt Disney World Christmas Parade”
- Visit the campus of Full Sail and see where “The Daily Buzz” is taped
- Check out Daytona Beach
- Take a drive down International Drive
- See palm trees when I wake up in the morning
- Have Sunday breakfast after church at a Character Meal
- Get picture with Mickey and my FL License
- Make lots of FL friends
- Drive under the Walt Disney World arch every week
- Celebrate Christmas in WDW
- Take an Illuminations Cruise
- Find a new character each week to get our picture with
- Go to garage sales in my area
- Get a Marketing job with Disney
- See Carl get an IT job with Disney
- Go to Victoria and Alberts for my Birthday
- Renew our wedding vows in the Disney Wedding Pavilion or on the beach
- Have professional family pictures taken in front of the Castle
- Collect sea shells by the ocean
- Camp at Fort Wilderness
- Collect more Disney pins for our collection
- Finally eat at Le Cellier in Canada
- Take the “Behind the Seeds” tour at Epcot
- Learn how to garden
- Go on a Disney Cruise
- Spend a night in a room at Concierge Level at WDW
- Retire in Florida
- Walk around Caribbean Beach Resort after work
- Read in a hammock on one of the beaches
- Lose weight and fit into a tiny bikini
- See a Broadway play in Orlando
- Perfect my score on Toy Story Mania
- Enjoy a Mickey bar in the shadow of the Castle
- See something launch from Kennedy Space Center
- Visit a Disney spa for a massage
- Play with Emily in our first FL public park
- Watch the 4th of July fireworks in the Magic Kingdom
- Enjoy New Years Eve on top of the Contemporary Resort
- Buy into DVC
- Find the best local restaurants
- Bike around town
- Eat dinner at ”The Crystal Palace” in MK
- Try school bread at Norway in Epcot
- Dress up for Star Wars Weekends
- Open up a bank account at a bank in FL
- Adjust vehicle insurance
- Find a family doctor
- Eat a yummy Mexican lunch on the water at Epcot
- Play video games at Pizza Planet with my kids
- Shop at “Mousegears anytime
- Sit by the “Fountain of Nations” at night and just relax
- Ride “Test Track” with my hands in the air
- Walk slowly though the Nemo queue… I love the music and atmosphere
- Carl will take Jessie to see the Nemo Musical anytime she wants
- Ride the TTA at night while SpectroMagic parade is on
- Dress up for “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party”
- Watch Belle get to enjoy “Grad Night” at WDW
- Attend the DIS parties at DHS
- See the newest Pixar Character each year in the Animation Building
- Get to know Cast Members by name
- Help out any Disney Podcast or Magazine
- Invest in sunscreen
- Buy our Christmas ornaments each year from the Disney Christmas store
- Attend the Candlelight Processional at Epcot
- Do a character breakfast at Universal Studios
- Go to a WDW Radio Meet
- Enjoy an entire morning of watching the Gorillas at AK
- Get used to FL drivers and tourists as well
- Start a new hobby
- Have a big dinner with my friends at “Boma’s” at the AKL
- Hold our first “Relocated Tourist” Disney Meet
- Eat at Joe’s Crab Shack anytime I want
- Visit Celebration, FL
- See the opening of the Fantasyland expansion
- Ride the Ferry over to the Magic Kingdom
- Eat yummy rotisserie chicken with sautéed mushrooms and onions at Cosmic Rays
- Try riding “Mission: Space” again
- Do every Kim Possible Mission
- Enjoy a Hot Fudge Sundae at DTD
- Try a Carrot Cake Cooke at the “Writer’ Stop” at DHS
- Go to any special event held inside “The Great Movie Ride”
- Finally ride the “Tower of Terror”
- Learn to surf
- Shop “Tren D” with Belle
- Stay in Cinderella’s Castle (somehow)
- Vote for the first time in FL
- Take the Backlot tour
- Meet a Disney Animator
- Play cell phone tag
- Four Square myself everywhere in FL
- Show Kelly and the family around Walt Disney World
- Have the girl’s birthday parties somewhere in WDW
- Make up my own WDW Scavenger Hunt
- Get all prettied up and go on a night on the town in Orlando
- Locate the nearest Sephora
- Find the local Barnes and Noble for the girls
- Bottle sand from the first time I visit a FL beach.
- Get to complain about traffic on I-4 with everyone else
- Spend time with my Dad in WDW
- Dance down Main Street with my kids
- Write a book about our story
- Scrapbook our journey
- Buy a wand at “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter”
- Sing along to the Little Mermaid Show
- Have dinner at Planet Hollywood
- See the “Blue Man Group” at Universal Studios
- Do nothing but tube the Lazy River one Saturday
- Watch the Cloud Writer
- Shampoo a squirrel
- Watch the “Tour de France” at the EPSN Club
- See how many Brazilian groups I can upset
- Eat at “Via Napoli”
- Take an air boat ride through the Everglades
- Have family pic taken in bug glasses at “It’s Tough to be a Bug”
- Find every animal on the “Tree of Life”
- Ride the tea cups seeing how many times I can spin
- Attend a pin trading event
- Walk into the All-Stars Movie lobby anytime we want
- Attend the Campfire movie at Fort Wilderness
- Take the kids to “Hoop Dee Doo”
- Don’t ever have to hear Brett Favre’s name again
- Attend a Comedy Club
- Ride the monorail anytime
- Enjoy a Diet Coke on the Poly beach
- Ride “Journey into Imagination” with my girls
- Watch Jessie play with the jumping fountains
- Taste every soda at Club Cool
- Take Belle on the “Keys to the Kingdom” Tour
- Enjoy a dessert with my Carl at the Kona Café in the Poly
- Eat a yummy salad at Cosmic Rays on the balcony
- Sing along with the Pooh ride as we ride
- Dinner anytime with friends
- Sit in Tomorrowland and just listen to the awesome music
- Have lunch with someone new
- Meet Lisette Torano
- Shop the Test Track store for something new for our vehicle
- Visit the Swan and Dolphin fountains
- Eat at Wolfgang Pucks
- Go back to the Sizzler we ate at on vacation
- Just wake up any day and go to a Disney park
- See WDW Billboards when driving around Orlando
- Do “Pick a Pearl” in Japan
- Eat at “Coral Reef”
- Learn how to scuba dive
- Try on different Mickey ears
- Buy new art at the “Art of Disney”
- Collect more WDW candy tins
- Buy more monorail pieces
- Drink hot chocolate on Main Street during Christmas time
- Buy Florida oranges to send back to WI
- Purchase a new Disney sweatshirt ever year
- Have photopass pictures taken anytime we want
- Listen to my iPod as I walk through Epcot
- Enjoy “The Kitchen Sink” at Beaches N’ Cream
- Get to swim in the pool at the Beach Club
- Belle and Carl ride “Rockin’ Rollercoaster”
- Chase a monkey
- Ask Crush if he has ever been to WI
- Watch the divers in the “Nemo and Friends” Pavilion
- Find the Neenah Foundry Man Hole Cover outside Nemo Ride
- Wear every Disney World T-shirt I own to WDW
- Find every pressed penny machine and collect the rest
- Fight Captain Hook and Jack Sparrow at the same time
- Hug Stitch
- Find all of the Hidden Mickey’s at the Conservation Station
- Swim in our pool
- Get new cell phone numbers
- Visit our Relocated Tourist fans while they are on vacation
- Attend Jedi Training Academy
- Visit the Gulf of Mexico
- Check out the Florida Keys
- Batten down the hatches during our first hurricane
- Watch the Penguins at Sea World all day
- Hang out with Shamu
- Attend “Night of Joy” at the Magic Kingdom
- Watch ‘Yee Haw Bob’ at Port Orleans Riverside
- Go to our first Dessert Party at WDW
- Get a “Tables in Wonderland” card
- Plan Disneyland trip
- Find a new hidden Mickey for Steve Barrett
- Have Fish and Chips in the UK at Epcot
- Hang out with my brother, Ryan, in Epcot
- Celebrate when the Stitch ride is someday replaced
- Go to “Philharmagic” after dinner anytime
- Attend Lou’s 24 hour show
- Make a wish at the Snow White Fountain
- Put Christmas lights on our palm trees
- Attend the opening night of the Osborne Lights
- Play with Jessie in the “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” Playground
- See Captain EO for the first time
- Take the Sunset Safari ride from Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Be the family to open the Magic Kingdom
- Ride an attraction with a Disney Character
- Make our own Boom Dee Ya Dah Video at WDW
- Try something new every time we walk into a park
- See the “Kiss Goodnight” at the Magic Kingdom
- See the Main Street Electrical Light Parade
- Shop the Main Street Emporium
- Enjoy Walt’s presence at “One Man’s Dream”
- Get pictures taken with our hands in the cement in DHS
- Update our blog with our daily adventures
- Wake up every morning and realize we aren’t dreaming
- Send postcards as often as we can
- Help others who wish to relocate as well
- Start up official website with chat forums
- Extend the monorail track to our home
- Dig in the Boneyard with Jessie
- Ride “Dinosaur” over and over again with Belle
- Give our fast passes away each day
- Offer to take family pictures around the park with their cameras
- Take a sleigh- ride through Fort Wilderness
- Be thankful every day we live there that we made this decision.
Love love LOVE this post! You guys have given us the reality check we needed to say “why aren’t WE moving to Orlando?!” thanks for the blog and the inspiration! (we’re planning to move Oct 2012!)
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Thanks so much for the kind words! That is awesome that you are moving down too! One of the things we would love to do once we are there is maybe have an annual or bi-annual get together in the parks with all the people who have moved down there. A little get together – Disney style – with everyone who has relocated. Hopefully it will grow to have more and more people each time we would meet!
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I too would love to move to Florida! We’ve been talking about it more and more since we’ve been going to WDW every year for the past 4 yrs! Have a safe move!
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When you hold your first Relocated Tourist (#159) I want to be there; even if I don’t live in the area. So, give plenty of advance notice.
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Fantastic list! May I suggest another?
301. Carrot cake cookies at DHS with Amy and Chris of Growing Up Disney 🙂
Best wishes on completing your list! Please continue to update us all once you’re having all that fun!
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Oh I am so excited to have found your blog and am wishing you guys ALL THE BEST! Would love to be doing what you are doing….but still have a lot of convincing to do for my husband. 🙂 Sooo in the meantime, I will live vicariously through your experiences!
And my favorite? So many great things planned, but my favorite is probably #67.Burn all of my winter coats. 🙂
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So tell us Amy how many of things on this list have you done since you’ve moved? Very intrigued.
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