Forming Our Future

Forming Our Future

Optional Activities

SHORTCUT:
Spouse/Guest Breakfast Golf Magic Kingdom
Cirque du Soleil Winter Park Airboat

Friday, March 8, 2024

Spouse/Guest Breakfast & Activity

8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. JW Garden Terrace – JW Marriott Bonnet Creek

Join PMA First Lady Tara Aznavorian for breakfast and an activity to support a local Orlando NICU/PICU. We will be working with the Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation and Creations from the Heart Volunteer Services to support the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies and the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. Following breakfast, we will be creating full-size and infant-size fleece-tied blankets for patients in both hospitals. Spouses and guests won’t want to miss this opportunity to enjoy each other’s company and to take part in this worthwhile project.

Fee is included in spouse/guest registration. Please indicate if you will attend on the registration form.

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Friday, March 8, 2024

Golf Shamble

12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Shotgun start at 1:00 p.m.
Departs from Group Bus Loop on 1st Floor at 12:00 p.m.
Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course

Named for its majestic magnolia trees, this course features elevated tees, spacious greens and challenging water hazards. Wide fairways invite you to hit the ball and hit it long, but beware—11 of the 18 holes boast water hazards and dozens of sand bunkers dot the landscape. This course was recently extensively reimagined in 2022. With its newly elevated design and innovative layout, the Magnolia course is sure to be the ideal stop on everyone’s Disney golf trip. New teeing grounds, redesigned greenside and fairway bunkers, as well as newly recontoured Bermuda grass greens that offer fast and true putting surfaces, all add up to offer some of the best golf course conditioning in recent years. Also, in celebration of the course’s 50-year history and the decades to come, each hole has been given a new Disney-themed name borrowed from a classic Disney film, and paired up with an inspiring quote from either Walt Disney or Arnold Palmer.

Timeline: 11:45 a.m. – Guests should make their way to the Group Bus Loop on the 1st floor and check in (take escalators down from the lobby)
12:00 p.m. – Depart for Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course
12:30 p.m. – Arrive at Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course
1:00 p.m. – Shotgun start
5:30 p.m. – Outing ends, depart shortly after
6:00 p.m. – Arrive to the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek

Pricing $275 per golfer and includes 18-hole greens fees, golf cart, pre-round practice range balls, box lunch on your cart with water, 3 alcoholic drink tickets, transportation and bag handling fees, and all taxes and service fees.

Transportation Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course is located 8 miles/15 minutes from the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek. A motorcoach will take all golfers to and from the golf course. Please meet in the Group Bus Loop for boarding at 11:45 a.m.

Rental Equipment TaylorMade rental clubs with 2 sleeves of TaylorMade Project (a) balls are available for $65 per player. Please register and prepay for your clubs during the conference registration process, if clubs are needed. If you register for club rental, your selection will be prepped and ready for you on your cart prior to the shotgun start.

Club Storage If you are bringing your own clubs to the meeting, you can check them with the hotel bellman upon your arrival or store in your guestroom. Please bring your clubs to the Group Bus Loop prior to our noon departure.

Dress Code To provide the best possible putting surfaces, Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course is a non-metal spike facility. Golfers may wear shoes with metal spike alternatives, or tennis shoes. Proper golf attire is also required; denim jeans or shorts are not permitted.

Men may wear polo-style shirts with collars, turtlenecks or mock turtlenecks shirts, slacks, or Bermuda-length shorts. Women may wear polo-style shirts with collars, suitable shirts or blouses with or without collars, slacks, skirts, or Bermuda-length shorts.

Prizes A $100 Visa gift card will be given to each foursome member of the winning team for the overall shamble.
A $50 Visa gift card will be awarded to each person mastering the following contest holes:
(2) Longest drive holes
(2) Longest putt holes
(2) Closest to the pin holes

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Friday, March 8, 2024

SOLD OUT

Half Day at Magic Kingdom

12:15 p.m. – Return on own
Departs from Group Bus Loop on 1st Floor at 12:15 p.m.

Let PMA handle your Magic Kingdom tickets, reservations and transportation! This tour is a great option for someone that wants to experience the Disney magic during Forming Our Future, but you might not have an extra day for a full park visit. Enjoy a discounted half-day park rate, but still experience all that Magic Kingdom has to offer, including the famous Happily Ever After fireworks show in front of Cinderella’s Castle. The show features lights, lasers and special effects – including all-new projections down Main Street, U.S.A.

Timeline: 12:00 p.m. Guests should make their way to the Group Bus Loop and check in (take escalators down from the lobby)
12:15 p.m. Depart for Magic Kingdom
1:00 p.m. Park Entry, guests are on their own to plan their day. Stick with a PMA friend, or venture on your own!
TBD Choose your departure time that best fits your needs*

*Please utilize the hotel’s complimentary park shuttles for your return by visiting the hotel’s transportation site. Reservations are required and can only be made 6 days in advance of the trip. Please start checking availability on March 2 for your return trip.

Pricing $130 per person and includes ½-day park ticket, transportation to Magic Kingdom, and all taxes, fees and gratuities. Guests under 3 years old enter Magic Kingdom complimentary. Please register the toddler/infant during FOF registration process and select the appropriate age group.

Please Note Maximum registration is 48. Registration will close once full. No refunds will be processed for canceled reservations onsite. Substitutions for canceled reservations are welcome. Please note this tour does not include lunch. This tour will not be canceled due to inclement weather.

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Friday, March 8, 2024

SOLD OUT

Cirque du Soleil Drawn to Life – Behind the Stage VIP Tour, Show & Disney Springs Exploration

1:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Departs from Group Bus Loop on 1st Floor at 1:15 p.m.

Set your imagination in motion and get ready for an enlivening collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering, iconic memory makers.

Start your excursion with a Behind the Stage VIP tour prior to the show, that will feature special access to some of the most important areas of production that bring this show to life. You will see the 12 stages of Principles of Animation upon entering the lobby, have a view of the 9th floor grid 70 feet above the stage, check out the 7th floor catwalk, see the control booth, band areas, backstage, trap rooms and more! Following the tour, you will have 90 minutes to explore all that Disney Springs has to offer on your own before returning for the evening performance.

Once back under the big tent, Drawn to Life draws you into an inspiring world where Disney animation can be experienced like never before. Join us with your whole family and leap into a live acrobatic journey where the stage becomes a giant animation table. This love letter to the art of Disney animation is a celebration of life and all of its deliberate and unanticipated movements.

A courageous and determined girl discovers an unexpected gift left by her father: an unfinished animation piece. Follow her as these few missing pages lead her into the whimsical world of animation. Guided by a surprising pencil, she embarks on an inspiring quest sprinkled with her Disney childhood memories. Through this journey, she will learn to imagine new possibilities and animate the story of her future.

Timeline: 1:00 p.m. Guests should make their way to the Group Bus Loop and check in (take escalators down from the lobby)
1:15 p.m. Depart for Disney Springs/Cirque du Soleil via motorcoach
2:00 p.m. Drawn to Life Behind the Stage VIP Tour to begin
3:30 p.m. Tour ends, guests free to experience Disney Springs on own (hundreds of shops, restaurants and bars)
5:00 p.m. Return to tent for show seating
5:15 p.m. Pre-show
5:30 p.m. Cirque du Soleil Drawn to Life begins
7:00 p.m. Show ends, return to bus
*If you plan to stay at Disney Springs following the show and will handle your own return transportation, please let a staff member know.
7:30 p.m. Arrive to the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek

Pricing: $340 per person and includes VIP Behind the Stage VIP Tour ticket, Golden Circle Drawn to Life show ticket, $25 Disney gift card to be used at any store or food vendor at Disney Springs during your self-guided time, transportation to/from hotel, and all taxes, fees and gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum registration is 12. Maximum registration is 36. Registration will close once full. No refunds will be processed for canceled reservations onsite. Substitutions for canceled reservations are welcome. Please wear comfortable walking shoes as there is significant walking for 90 minutes during the backstage tour. There is no age restriction for the tour/show, but please keep in mind the need to walk. Group rate applies to all guests ages 3 and up. This tour does not include lunch. This tour will not be canceled due to inclement weather.

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Saturday, March 9, 2024

Boggy Creek Airboat Adventure

12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Departs from Group Bus Loop on 1st Floor at 12:00 p.m.

Discover territory that remains unaltered by man in the wilderness of the Central Florida Everglades. Let the experienced Master Captains take you into the breathtaking beauty of natural wonders, including wetlands, cypress trees, and wildlife. Ride with a certified U.S. Coast Guard Captain and see Florida alligators, turtles, birds and more in their natural environment. This safe, exciting and educational airboat ride is filled with surprises and fascination. View wildlife on a U.S. Coast Guard Inspected 17-passenger airboat. Each airboat tour is a unique experience and never the same. You will enjoy whisking across the surface of the water at speeds up to 45 mph while shooting between walls of tall grass.

Timeline: 11:45 a.m. Guests should make their way to the Group Bus Loop and check in (take escalators down from the lobby)
12:00 p.m. Depart for Boggy Creek Airboats
1:00 p.m. Guests enjoy BBQ in outdoor picnic area
2:00 p.m. One-hour Private Everglades Airboat Tour
3:00 p.m. Guests Depart Boggy Creek
4:00 p.m. Arrive to the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek

Pricing: $185 per person and includes professional guides to facilitate entire tour, private airboat tour, hearing protection earmuffs, life jacket, bottled water, BBQ boxed lunch from Boggy Creek BBQ, transportation to/from hotel, and all taxes, fees and gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum registration is 17. Maximum registration is 40. Registration will close once full. No refunds will be processed for canceled reservations onsite. Substitutions for canceled reservations are welcome. This tour will not be canceled due to inclement weather.

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Saturday, March 9, 2024

SOLD OUT

Scenic Winter Park Waterways Tour & Lunch

12:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Departs from Group Bus Loop on 1st Floor at 12:00 p.m.

Located on Lake Osceola in the quiet suburb less than 10 minutes from downtown Orlando, the one-hour scenic, open-air boat tour offers guided cruises through three of the seven lakes and two, narrow manmade canals on the tranquil Winter Park chain. On any given tour, attendees may observe large cranes swooping waterside to snag a large fish or a lazy alligator languishing on a nearby bank. Attendees will ride past Rollins College and luxurious homes.

Prior to the tour, attendees will enjoy lunch at one of Winter Park’s signature restaurants, 310 Park South. Following the tour there will be a small window of time to browse the exclusive boutiques and art galleries filled with one-of-a-kind treasures, as well as stores bearing the names of your favorite designers. Take a break at one of the Avenue’s open-air cafes or just sit in the park and people watch.

Timeline: 11:45 p.m. Guests should make their way to the Group Bus Loop and check in (take escalators down from the lobby)
12:00 p.m. Depart for Winter Park
12:35 p.m. Arrive at 310 Park South for private lunch
2:00 p.m. Scenic Waterways Boat Tour
3:00 p.m. Guests have free time to explore Park Avenue (staff will be onsite to assist with suggestions and give directions)
3:45 p.m. Guests depart Park Avenue
4:15 p.m. Arrive to the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek

Pricing: $155 per person and includes professional guides to facilitate entire tour, private lunch, private boat tour, transportation to/from hotel, and all taxes, fees and gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum registration is 14. Maximum registration is 42. Registration will close once full. No refunds will be processed for canceled reservations onsite. Substitutions for canceled reservations are welcome. Please wear comfortable walking shoes. This tour will not be canceled due to inclement weather.

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