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Thanks, Heather!! If we end up at Casey’s, I will try the pulled pork dog for sure!!
And of course I have a garbage plate joint! I live in the capital of garbage plate central! I actually am friendly with the couple who owns it. It’s an awesome little place. Tracy, I will take you one day. <3
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it hasn't helped that i've been on what i'm calling a 'healthy eating plan' (NOT a diet!) for the last few weeks. let me tell you, when you're having steamed tilapia for dinner, a pulled pork hot dog sounds REALLY REALLY good!
and melissa sue--i'll take you up on that offer! i actually google image searched 'garbage plate' last night to see if it was what i thought it was--yep.
My mom came over tonight and we basically planned the entire 'us' portion of the trip whilst my dinner cooked (it only got a little crispy around the edges... ) here are the things she wanted to do...
-see her new 'home' resort
-possibly tour other DVC properties she's not yet experienced
-go to DTD
-spend an evening in epcot for illuminations
-do a behind the scenes tour
-see fantasmic for the first time
-have a laid-back, relaxing trip
you should note that the 'mom' portion of the trip is only thursday afternoon through sunday morning...so that last item is pretty challenging given the first six items. however, we managed to fit in all but number two (which is still possible, just not planned)
here are our official plans. i've put the 'highlight of the day' in bold.
Thursday--
-I arrive at AKL at 11 am. I go to AK solely to ride EE via single rider line.
-Mom arrives at AKL at 1:30 pm. I meet her there after EE.
-We check in.
-Dinner/Lunch at Brown Derby at 3:45 for Fantasmic Package. Yes, that's right--I said 3:45. We will both have skipped lunch and need to eat early...plus that was the only ADR available!
-Fantasmic at 7:00
Friday--
-Keys to the Kingdom at 8:30
-Afternoon free--likely spent at the resort watching the animals
-Early evening--shopping at DTD
-Dinner--(this is crazy, because I've never heard of anyone eating here) Turf Club at SSR. (this fulfills my mom's desire to spend some time at her DVC home resort)
EDIT: I have since cancelled the above reservation after reading several positively awful blogs about Turf Club. I'm going to make a reservation at Raglan Road instead; we can check out SSR but eat in DTD!
Saturday--
-we give our bags to the concierge at AKL
-AK for the morning/early afternoon
-lunch somewhere
-arrive at BWI late afternoon, check in
-walk to epcot
-Dinner--Rose and Crown at 7:35 for Illuminations
Sunday--
-check out of BWI; give my bags to concierge again
-walk to epcot; ride Soarin at least twice
-mom leaves by noon for airport
-I meet Melissa Sue somewhere; begin next stage of trip
so...what do you think? did we do a good job of fitting everything in without doing too much? or have we gone overboard yet again? please note--we realize that we will be there during a very busy time (the crowd levels don't drop until the day my mom leaves) so we've tried to plan non-ride-dependent activities.
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Just got caught up. Your plans sound great(except maybe eating at The Wave). We just got back and we ate at the Wave for breakfast. Not impressed. I have had better food and service at a Cracker Barrel. And I don't think that you are doing too much with your mom. It sounds like you have planned it out nicely. Hope dinner was still ok. ;-)
Looks like you've struck a nice balance of relaxing and checking off things on your list!
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1. Thanks everyone for convincing me that we're NOT trying to do too much. As you may well know, I can go a bit overboard sometimes.
2. LOOK AT MY COUNTDOWN! Double digits, baby! Oh yeah!
3. I realize at this point that this would be just a random guess, but what do you all consider 'early 2012'? Because phase 1 of the new Fantasyland is supposed to open in 'early 2012'. Now, I'd consider the end of February to definitely be EARLY 2012. Is there any hope of me getting to see that? Because I don't think I could accurately describe how happy that would make me...
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