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Great plans for your first day and how can you beat seeing Doogie on your arrival? I too love Victoria Falls and is one of my faves in WDW...along with Mizner's (of course) and Belle Vue at the Boardwalk! Can't beat them for atmosphere, relaxation and service!
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Love your first day plans, and I might even be a little envious!
Thanks, Cam!!. Feel free to join us!. You guys are going to love DL!! Especially Carsland!! It is so cool!!
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First day plans sound great!
Thanks, Donna!!
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Day 1 sounds amazing! NPH is a fantastic narrator. He really looks like he's enjoying the performance.
Thanks, Laurie!!. I can't wait to see him!!
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Great plans!!!
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Great plans for your first day and how can you beat seeing Doogie on your arrival? I too love Victoria Falls and is one of my faves in WDW...along with Mizner's (of course) and Belle Vue at the Boardwalk! Can't beat them for atmosphere, relaxation and service!
So! I have been trying so hard to be really healthy lately and have lost five pounds,so far since we've been home. Muffin is doing his own plan and has also lost five pounds. I think he just has a goal to eat better, but I am determined to lose ten more pounds by this trip! I have always been a walker, but have recently added some jogging into the mix. My son has challenged me to do not one, but two 5K's with him this fall and I am not one to shy away from a good challenge!. I am currently using the couch to 5K plan and told him that I will be ready in six weeks! I sure hope I can keep my word!! Anyway! I wanted to be accountable for myself so I thought I would post my ambitious goal here and let you guys know how it is going!!
Our plans for Day 2-December 1st
We are planning a breakfast at Boma this morning and then we will head to AK. I am hoping to spend more time here this trip as we really only had a half day here in July. I absolutely love this park when the weather is cool and I just hope it doesn't rain all week! We missed so much of this beautiful park during the summer trip. So!
Our touring plan is to hopefully get there at rope drop. Then we'll head to Kilimanjaro Safari's. We would love to just stroll around for a bit and then head over to Triceratops Top Spin and Primeval Whirl. We were unable to do these attractions or enjoy much of Dinoland this summer between Logan being too small and the heat. We would love to do the Cretaceous Trail and then get a FP for Dinosaur! Our other plans for FP's are for EE and Festival of the Lion King.
We are planning on staying until around 2PM and then heading back to AKL to enjoy the resort for a bit. I would love to do some shopping at Zawadi Marketplace and see what activities are going on in the lobby!! We have a 3:00PM late lunch/dinner ADR at Sanaa. This is another restaurant we have not been to and are really excited about!!! Then we'll just have some chill time before heading back out for the evening.
Tonight is our MVMCP night!! We can't wait to get our hot cocoa and cookies and see the snow on Main Street. We plan to get to MK around 6:00PM. We don't really care what attractions we get to ride tonight and want to just enjoy the party. We love the Christmas Parade, Holiday Wishes and the Castle at night with icicles!! We also love the characters dressed in their Christmas finery!! We don't really have an agenda, so we may stay for the whole party, we may not. We are really looking forward to this event!!
Congrats on your weight loss so far and good luck with attaining your goal of 10 more pounds by your trip! It is not easy, that's for sure. Lately, I have been using the "My fitness pal" app which is very helpful keeping track of calories and exercise. i was very diligent for 4 or 5 months and got back to where I wanted to be, but sometimes I get lax and "forget" to track what I'm eating.
Love your plans for this day! Boma and Sanaa in the same day! And then the Christmas party! Very jealous!
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Congrats on your weight loss so far and good luck with attaining your goal of 10 more pounds by your trip! It is not easy, that's for sure. Lately, I have been using the "My fitness pal" app which is very helpful keeping track of calories and exercise. i was very diligent for 4 or 5 months and got back to where I wanted to be, but sometimes I get lax and "forget" to track what I'm eating.
Love your plans for this day! Boma and Sanaa in the same day! And then the Christmas party! Very jealous!
Thanks, Donna!!. I just figured out my Fitbit has a calorie counter on it!! I love that little thing!! It is a great motivator for me to get to 10,000 steps a day. I miss Boma so much and I can't wait to try out Sanaa!!
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with the upcoming 5ks, but I have no doubt you can do it!
Your plans look great for day two.
Thanks, Cheryl!!. I am determined to try!!
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A really nice day! AKL does have the best selection of restaurants. You can't go wrong with any of the three. I hope you love Sanaa!
Thanks, Laurie!!. I hope so too!! I am really looking forward to it!!
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This day sounds like my kind of day. I love the Christmas tree at AK, and Sanaa is my favorite WDW restaurant. So cool to end this day with MVMCP.
I that tree too, Cam!! I can't wait to try Sanaa and we are so excited about MVMCP!!
This morning, we plan to head to Epcot again whenever we get up. That being said, I still think we will get there pretty early. Sleeping in for us, especially at WDW, means 7:30ish!
We will tour a lot of Future World that we also didn't get to on our last trip. We are planning on seeing the Circle of Life movie and maybe grabbing a bite to eat at Sunshine Seasons if we haven't already at the Mara. We also plan on doing Ellen's Energy Adventure and Journey Into Imagination!. I know these are hokey, but we missed them in a weird way last time around. We also love the pavilions!! We will certainly check the lines out for both Soarin' and Test Track, but we are not counting on either one of these attractions today. We will then head over to World Showcase and really spend some time in the countries. We are going to wing lunch and we'll eat something light, maybe even just a snack, somewhere over there.
After lunch, we are planning on heading over to Hollywood Studios and spending the rest of the day there. We would love to see the Beauty and the Beast stage show and Indiana Jones this time around. We are going to try to get FP's for TSMM, Star Tours and ToT and, for dinner, this is where we keep wavering. We can't decide whether or not to just eat at the Brown Derby again, since we love it there OR just get a drink there and eat at 50's PTC OR do the Fantasmic! Dinner Package OR just totally wing it!! OR!! Maybe we'll get a nice lunch at Epcot and just snack at HS!! We have an ADR at The Brown Derby for dinner for now, but I'm not sold on it at this point. I am open to suggestions!!
Since this park closes at 8:00PM tonight, we are going to see how we feel. If we have enough energy, we may head over to MK, which is open until midnight. If we have had enough for the day, we will just head back to AKL and relax!
Next: Our plans for Day 4-December 3rd
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congrats on the weight loss. keep up the great work. can't wait to hear about the 5K. I'd love to see how the training of couch to 5K goes as I have been thinking about that myself.
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I too love Victoria Falls and is one of my faves in WDW...along with Mizner's (of course) and Belle Vue at the Boardwalk! 
Can't beat them for atmosphere, relaxation and service! 
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. You guys are going to love DL!! Especially Carsland!! It is so cool!!
I have always been a walker, but have recently added some jogging into the mix. My son has challenged me to do not one, but two 5K's with him this fall and I am not one to shy away from a good challenge!
I sure hope I can keep my word!! Anyway! I wanted to be accountable for myself so I thought I would post my ambitious goal here and let you guys know how it is going!!
We also love the characters dressed in their Christmas finery!!
We don't really have an agenda, so we may stay for the whole party, we may not. We are really looking forward to this event!!
with the upcoming 5ks, but I have no doubt you can do it! 
We have an ADR at The Brown Derby for dinner for now, but I'm not sold on it at this point. I am open to suggestions!!
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