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You have once again completely changed things around!
You see, you did manage to surprise us. This time it was Muffin who decided to change things. A great change, I must say. Congrats on those extra days at Disney!
Congrats on the extra days! Boy, that Muffin is a keeper!
Thanks, Marnie!!. He sure is!!
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Originally Posted by MayraLR
You see, you did manage to surprise us. This time it was Muffin who decided to change things. A great change, I must say. Congrats on those extra days at Disney!
So now we'll be arriving at MCO at 1:00PM on November 28th. When we were changing our plans, Muffin asked if I minded getting to WDW later in the day and I honestly thought he meant,like, 5:00PM. I said that it would be no problem and that I was just plain happy to be getting some extra Christmas time in at the World. So when he told me our flight would be getting in at 1:00 PM, you can imagine my surprise!!. I said,"That's not late!" He then explained that the other choice (remember I fly free and we are sometimes limited) was in fact a 5:00PM arrival and he didn't think I would go for that! Anyway!!
I figure we will get to AKL around 2:30PM or so and, hopefully our room will be ready and we can get settled. If it isn't, we will just head over to Victoria Falls for a nice drink and relax for a bit first. We have a 4:30PM dinner booked at Boma and then will head to MK. We aren't sure yet if we will drive or take the bus, so I guess we'll just play it by ear.
We have FP's for:
BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN
SPLASH MOUNTAIN
SPACE MOUNTAIN
Our First FP is between 6:00PM and 7:00PM, so we will take our time at dinner either way and just enjoy a leisurely MK evening. I hope we stay for Wishes, but if we are too tired, we will have a couple of other opportunities now to see it!
I also, of course, purchased Memory Maker as usual. There was some discussion as to whether or not to get it again, but we love getting Holiday photos!! I scrapbook and we also make photobooks on Shutterfly for our trips, so to me, it is worth the expense.
Next: Day 2-November 29th!
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So! Before I start with my plans for Day 2 there are a few things I'd like to share!!
First of all, I forgot to tell you about my Thanksgiving work issue. We only do 8 hour shifts on the holidays. We are able to do this because most of us are 12 hour people and both day shift and night shift agreed to share the 3-11 rotation. We have been doing this for years and it works out well. This is my Thanksgiving to work and being a 12 hour person and a senior nurse, I mistakenly assumed that I was scheduled for 7AM -3PM on Thanksgiving and I invited 21 people for Thanksgiving dinner. You can imagine my surprise when the schedule came out and I found out I was working 3-11 and also 7-7 the next day!!
So! I asked Muffin if he still wanted to have everyone over without me and he said no way. I even offered to help prepare everything as I am off Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Still no go. I had to call and text everyone and cancel the dinner..........
Honest to goodness, as soon as I did this, I got a phone call from a girl at work who offered to work my 3-11 on Thanksgiving if I would work day shift for her on Christmas.
I quick called everyone back and told them Thanksgiving was back on. I'm pretty sure everyone thinks I'm nuts, but they were all sort of relieved that they didn't have to make other plans. . I still have to work 7-7 on Friday the 27th, but I will have the rest of the week to pack and get stuff together before Thanksgiving. Anyway!
This weekend is jam packed for us!! We have our California cousins visiting for 3 weeks. They are staying with my SIL (who remember lives down the street). Tonight, I have a 'Painting with a Twist' class with my friends from work. I cannot paint to save my life, but you get to bring wine and cheese, so I'm sure no one will care! Tomorrow, Muffin has a reunion party at a friend from high school's house that he and his brother are going to. Then we are going to my SIL's for an hour or so to visit with our cousins. Then we are going to Sean and Jane's for dinner. On Sunday, we are going out to lunch with our friends that we are cruising with in December. I am dizzy just thinking about all of this!
Monday, I am totally slugging. I work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and then Muffin and I are off on another mini adventure to Chicago and Green Bay again! I am excited because we are somehow fitting in the Mall of America!! I have never been to this shopping mecca before and plan to do a little Christmas shopping.
Ok! Back to Disney stuff!!
Day 2-November 29th
I am incredibly excited about today!! Honestly, DHS is my least favorite park...............
EXCEPT at Christmas!!
I absolutely love the Osbourne Family Spectacle of lights and it will be the saddest thing to me to go again this time of year and not see them anymore.. We are also doing two brand new things this year at this park!!
1. We are trying out the Sci Fi Dine Inn for breakfast!! We love this campy restaurant and have never eaten here for the food, although I will say the adult milkshake is the bomb! Anyway! The breakfast menu looks pretty good and I am very much looking forward to eating here this morning!!
2. We are going to Minnie's Holiday Dine at Hollywood and Vine!! I am super excited about seeing the fab 5 dressed in their Christmas finery!! Fantasmic! is also included in this dinner and maybe this time we will actually get to see it!!
We also plan on attending the shows this time around. We did not do this in July as it was just too stinkin' hot and most of them are outside. Our FP's for today are for:
Toy Story Midway Mania
Star Tours
Tower of Terror
Our FP's are for the morning hours and we hope to see the shows in the afternoon. Our dinner is for 5:00PM and we plan to see the Osbourne Lights afterwards. The park has EMH until 10:00PM and I am thinking we will stay for the duration this time!
Wait, you change things in real life too?! Not just your Disney life?!
I'm sure, like your PP friends, your family has learned to roll with it. I will grant that this one wasn't your fault..
for Chicago! Not sure, though, how you end up at Mall of America when you're in Chicago and Green Bay?! Do I need to get a map out!?
Just don't get TOO excited about MOA. I've been many times as I used to travel to MSP once a month. It's a gigantic mall, with an amusement park in the middle. The only difference from any other mall? They have 2 of a lot of things - one at each end, as it's so big. But it still has all the "normal" places - chain stores.
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That is completely sacrilegious in my book!!
. We are also doing two brand new things this year at this park!!
! Anyway! The breakfast menu looks pretty good and I am very much looking forward to eating here this morning!!
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