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Sounds like your DD is really primed and ready for this trip that she doesn't even know is happening. At the reveal she'll probably either jump up and down and go crazy or she'll be so overwhelmed she'll just stare at you!
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Today is AK! I really like this park, but DH is the total opposite. He'd avoid it completely if given the choice (he's not... ), so I need to make the most of the day we have. None of us have ridden EE before, so we'll be heading straight there at rope drop (or whatever it is now!). I'd like to stay in the vicinity of Yak and Yeti since this is where we are having lunch (Yak Attack! Another first )with my BF and her family. So, we'll probably do Kali, MJT, and maybe Flights of Wonder (another new to us thing!).
Flights of Wonder is one of my favorite things at WDW. Don't give it a pass! Maybe it'll convince your DH into being an AK convert!
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Today is AK! I really like this park, but DH is the total opposite. He'd avoid it completely if given the choice (he's not... ), so I need to make the most of the day we have. None of us have ridden EE before, so we'll be heading straight there at rope drop (or whatever it is now!). I'd like to stay in the vicinity of Yak and Yeti since this is where we are having lunch (Yak Attack! Another first )with my BF and her family. So, we'll probably do Kali, MJT, and maybe Flights of Wonder (another new to us thing!).
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Sorry to repost, but my last one was confusing, as my post seems like part of the quote.
Anyway -- don't miss Flights of Wonder. It's one of our absolute favorites in any of the parks.
Just getting on board. I hope you can keep the surprise. All your plans sound wonderful. You are so brave to be taking a vacation right befor moving. When I moved it just consummed all my time. I can't imagine have a vacation in the midst of all the packing.
I had a thought as I was reading your MK plans. Rapunzel isn't part of the Princess meet and greet in the Town Square theatre. She's across the way at the courtyard next to Town Hall. There is no FP option to meet her. She appears most of the day--check the times guide when you get there.
Excellent plans! We did so much at AK this past trip, but we never got to Flights of Wonder, which I had hoped to see. Hope you all do!
I'd really like to see this, as we never have.
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Sounds like your DD is really primed and ready for this trip that she doesn't even know is happening. At the reveal she'll probably either jump up and down and go crazy or she'll be so overwhelmed she'll just stare at you!
LOL! I'm really not sure what she'll do. Again tonight, she talked about going. There was a commercial on TV about a contest to win a trip to WDW, and Sabrina and Alex were begging me to enter, saying if we won, they'd faint
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More great plans!
Thanks!
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Ohanas for day 3 sounds great...we really like eating there.
Yak & Yeti for day 4!!!! - Love, love eatting there!
Glad to hear some good reviews - I always worry about trying new places. I'm a creature of habit, what can I say
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Great plans for day 3! I had dinner at Ohanas and loved it!
So glad to hear! We loved breakfast here, hoping for an excellent dinner as well
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Anyway -- don't miss Flights of Wonder. It's one of our absolute favorites in any of the parks.
Have fun!
It's moving on up my priority list. Do the birds come very close to the audience? That's my only issue - DS is deathly afraid of ummm....anything that moves . He's working on it, but I'd hate to scare him at all!
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More great plans!!!
Thanks!
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Just getting on board. I hope you can keep the surprise. All your plans sound wonderful. You are so brave to be taking a vacation right befor moving. When I moved it just consummed all my time. I can't imagine have a vacation in the midst of all the packing.
Welcome aboard!! As for being brave taking a vacation when we are, I prefer to say that I've clearly lost my mind! LOL! I'm doing a LOT of deep breathing and trying to prioritize things!
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More great plans!
Thanks!
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Sounds like another great day you've got planned !
Hopefully
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I had a thought as I was reading your MK plans. Rapunzel isn't part of the Princess meet and greet in the Town Square theatre. She's across the way at the courtyard next to Town Hall. There is no FP option to meet her. She appears most of the day--check the times guide when you get there.
Thanks Heather! They've actually just moved her - I read it on a couple of sites, so hopefully they were right! She's replacing Aurora in the theatre until 4:00, then Aurora will head back in for greets. I'll check some times guides closer to our trip to be sure, because we definitely can't miss her!
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Today will be another early morning, but since we won't have any really late nights as of yet, I'm sure it won't be a problem. We are heading to HS for EMH; here DH will join the insane masses and book it to TSMM to get FPs and I will go with the kids to sign them up for Jedi Training. Last trip we got royally shafted at the JT, so I'd love to make it up to the kids this time. Then we'll meet up with DH and ride TSMM if the standby isn't outrageous; we've never done this queue, so I'd like to see it.
The rest of the day is fairly loosy-goosey; we will be planning to leave around 2:30-3:00 for a late lunch/early dinner at Beaches and Cream (another first for us!!). Were aiming for this time because I've heard there will be less of a wait.....
Depending on what the day is like, we'll either head back to WL for the night or back to HS for a bit.
Day 6: August 26
Today is a no park day....
Whenever we get up, we'll get ready and make our way to DTD for some shopping! Can I get a woohoo!!?? We (like most of you I'm sure!) can spend forever and a day in World of Disney, so whenever we are done browsing/buying, we'll grab some lunch at EOS or WP and then go back to the resort for an afternoon by the pool. WL has all sorts of activities that I'm sure the kids will love, so we'll definitely be taking part in some of those. Dinner tonight is at Whispering Canyon; I am excited to go to the room and get ready, then just head downstairs to the restaurant - no sticky heat, no long bus ride After dinner we'll check out the movie at the beach and just relax.
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Why do these kids look so pathetic?
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We did so much at AK this past trip, but we never got to Flights of Wonder, which I had hoped to see. Hope you all do!
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), so I need to make the most of the day we have. None of us have ridden EE before, so we'll be heading straight there at rope drop (or whatever it is now!). I'd like to stay in the vicinity of Yak and Yeti since this is where we are having lunch (Yak Attack! Another first 
)with my BF and her family. So, we'll probably do Kali, MJT, and maybe Flights of Wonder (another new to us thing!). 
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