BAY PORT HIGH SCHOOL BAND LUTHER APPEL, BAND DIRECTOR DESTINATION: ORLANDO -THANKSGIVING PARADE OF BANDS DATES: NOVEMBER 19-25, 2018 Number of Students: 127 Number of Adults: 15 Total number on the Trip: 142 (plus TD 143) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 FINAL ITINERARY AS OF November 13, 2018 BRT Emergency Phone number: 1-800-373-1423 3:00 Three (3) 49 pax driver bunk Lamers Motor coaches arrive at Bay Port HS Phone: 1-800-236-1240 2710 Lineville Rd Green Bay, WI 54313 Begin loading 4:00 Depart for Orlando, Florida (1,360 miles, 24 hr drive time, plus 3 hr for meal stops, 1 hr for time change) Dinner en route (student cost) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AM Breakfast en route (student cost) Lunch en route (student cost) Dinner en route (student cost) 9:00 Arrive at the Rosen Centre Hotel 9840 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 Phone: 407-996-9840 **Meet your BRT Tour Director upon arrival*** Check in; get settled for your stay 9:30 One pizza per hotel room to be picked up at Red s Café
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Animal Kingdom park hours 9:00 am to 8:00 pm 8:00 AM Enjoy breakfast at the hotel 9:00 AM Load motor coaches; depart for Disney s Animal Kingdom 10:00 AM Enter Disney s Animal Kingdom Disney storytelling comes to life in a kingdom alive with fun, wonder and adventure. Celebrate thrilling attractions, shows, the majesty of nature and the fascinating animals, real and imagined, that enrich our planet Head to: Kilimanjaro Safaris: Climb aboard your open-sided safari vehicle for an exciting expedition for your entire crew. Animals from Africa freely roam through acres of savannah, rivers and rocky hills. Look out for giraffes, hippos, elephants, rhinos, lions and poachers,too. Lunch in the park ($15 Disney Dining Card provided) 3:00 Load motor coaches; return to the hotel 4:15 Buffet dinner in the Rosen Centre Junior Ballroom Students should bring everything that they will need for rehearsal, including instrument cases, with them and place those items in the Executive Ballroom prior to proceeding to dinner. 5:00 Mandatory Band Directors Meeting in the area outside the Junior Ballroom The band director(s) and auxiliary instructor(s) must attend; one head chaperone may attend if desired. 5:15 Setup for rehearsal in the Executive Ballroom 5:30 Mass Band Rehearsal begins 9:15 Chaperones arrive at rehearsal 9:30 Rehearsal ends; final instructions for tomorrow are given Students may leave their instruments in the rehearsal room overnight and retrieve them in the morning prior to departure. Afterward Individual band meetings (optional)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Epcot park hours 9:00 am to 9:30 pm 2 BAND 4:15 AM Band loads motor coach (bring everything needed for the entire day) Only band performers and a small number of essential chaperones with photo ID are permitted to attend the rehearsal. 4:45 AM Depart for Epcot 5:15 AM Arrive at Backstage Epcot; proceed through security 6:00 AM Instrument warm up inside World Showplace 6:10 AM Line up in parade block at UK Gate 6:20 AM Mass Band Rehearsal in the park 7:35 AM Rehearsal ends; return and pack instruments 7:45 AM Buffet breakfast at the World Showplace Pavilion 9:00 AM Change into uniforms and warm up 10:15 AM Line up in parade block at UK Gate 10:30 AM Bay Port HS Band performs in the Thanksgiving Parade of Bands 11:00 AM Performance ends; parade back to World Showplace Pavilion to pack instruments and change out of uniforms Enter the park CHAPERONES 7:30 AM Chaperones enjoy breakfast at the hotel 8:30 AM Chaperones depart for Epcot 10:30 AM View the Thanksgiving Parade of Bands performance Enjoy free time in Epcot Lunch in the park ($15 Disney Dining Card provided) 6:00 Group meets at the large brown gate between Canada and the United Kingdom 6:20 Thanksgiving Dinner at the World Showplace Enjoy a plated Thanksgiving meal complete with entertainment and a meaningful awards presentation. 8:50 Dinner ends; proceed to Dessert Party location(s) 9:30 Private Dessert Party and Viewing of IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth 10:30 Load motor coaches at charter bus parking; return to the hotel
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Magic Kingdom park hours 9:00 am to 10:00 pm 8:00 AM Enjoy breakfast at the hotel 9:00 AM Load motor coaches; depart for the Ticket & Transportation Center Take the ferry across and enter through the main gate 9:30 AM Enjoy your day at the Magic Kingdom Follow your Disney dreams to a place where storybook fantasy comes to life. Seek out adventures, create magical memories with beloved characters and discover the fun where imagination reigns. Lunch in the park ($15 Disney Dining Card provided) Check-out: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: Ride this rollicking runaway train that rushes through the gold-mining, Old West town of Tumbleweed in Frontierland. Beware when the rails go clackety-clack because your car's about to run over treacherous terrain! Space Mountain: Dare to be a rocket jockey and blast into the outer galaxy past shooting stars and other-worldly celestial satellites. Twist and turn in a tumult of fun as you launch into the inky blackness of the outer reaches of space. Have a blast! Dinner in the park ($15 Disney Dining Card provided) 10:00 View Happily Ever After Fireworks Happily Ever After starts with a dream and takes you on an unforgettable journey that captures the heart, humor and heroism of many favorite Disney animated films. Featuring lasers, lights, projections and fireworks, you ll witness the many transformations of Cinderella Castle as it becomes part of popular Disney stories. 10:30 Take the ferry across to Ticket & Transportation 11:00 Load motor coaches; return to the hotel
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Hollywood Studios park hours 9:00 am to 9:00 pm 8:30 AM Enjoy breakfast at the hotel 9:30 AM Check-out of the hotel; begin loading motor coaches 10:00 AM Depart for Disney Hollywood Studios AM Enjoy the day at Disney s Hollywood Studios Stop by Star Wars Launch Bay Explore immersive special exhibits and get a peek behind the scenes of the new movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Discover sights, sounds and surprises that are sure to delight any Star Wars fan. Get a chance to choose the Light Side or the Dark Side to interact with Chewbacca or encounter Kylo Ren. Don t miss Lunch in the park ($15 Disney Dining Card provided) Rockin Rollercoaster staring Aerosmith! Aerosmith's having a backstage party across town and you're invited. Ready to brave the LA freeways? Zoom from 0-60 mph with the force of a supersonic F-14, take in high-speed loops and turns synchronized to a specially recorded Aerosmith soundtrack and zip through Tinseltown in the biggest, loudest limo you've ever seen. Dinner in the park ($15 Disney dining card provided) 6:00 Load motor coaches; depart for home (1,360 miles, 24 hr drive time, plus 3 hr for meal stops, minus 1 hr for time change) SUNDAY, NOVMEBER 25 AM Breakfast en route (student cost) Lunch and Dinner en route (student cost) 8:00 Approximate arrival at Bay Port HS-Welcome Home!