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Tuesday will be our AK day, and we'll be there bright and early for an 8:05 am breakfast at Tusker House (another first for us!). Hopefully the good weather pixies will be with us this day, it always seems that we get shooed out of AK earlier than planned because of rain We've still got so much stuff in this park that we haven't seen , so we'll need lots of time!
Hopefully this time we'll get to do some exploring along the Jungle Trek and Pangani Forest trails, FOTLK and Finding Nemo the Musical are high on my list as well. Of course we will hit up some of our favorites like the Kilamanjaro Safari, EE and the character trails. Last year Abby was just shy of the 48 inch mark for Primeval Whirl and was really dissappointed Well, she was excited to find out at her last doctor appointment that she had hit that mark and then some! But now what am I going to use as motivation for her when she won't eat her veggies? So, of course, that is on our list too!
At some point in the afternoon we will make our way back to POR for a little rest, and then it's back to the MK for the evening. Tonight it will be dessert for dinner, as long as I am able to score a reservation for the Wishes Dessert Party. Does anyone know how far in advance they open up the dates for the party? I've checked online and called, but no one can give me an answer I'm thinking dates for November would open up late summer/early fall, does that sound about right?
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I agree AK and rain aren't my favorites either, so I hope the sun gods are on your side for bright beautiful day. We did Tusker House for breakfast once and thought it had great food and character interaction. I was told by a CM that the dessert party dates would open up in August, so sending some pixies that the date works out for you.
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Great plans for AK. Good luck with the Dessert party Res. I tried to book for last October and never saw anything on line and I began at the 180 day mark and when I'd call nothing was open so I gave up and just figured they weren't doing it. But they did have it so I don't know when people booked it becuse I checked online from 180 days to just about 1 week before our trip and there was never anything open online.
Good luck - I would keep calling and not trust the Dessert Party online system.
We're hoping for a TT soft opening while we're down there, or an early re-opening. We'll keep our fingers crossed with you.
Coral Reef was Tyler's choice this trip, but he has no problems eating the fish in front of the tank. That's hysterical!
Congrats! Abby on hitting the PW height requirement. Just don't go on it right after you've had pulled pork from FTB...trust me.
Good luck with the Wishes Dessert Party. Let me know when you hear anything...I might actually look into that if there's stuff for the boys to eat.
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I agree AK and rain aren't my favorites either, so I hope the sun gods are on your side for bright beautiful day. We did Tusker House for breakfast once and thought it had great food and character interaction. I was told by a CM that the dessert party dates would open up in August, so sending some pixies that the date works out for you.
AK is the only park that I don't like in the rain, I guess because so many of the attractions are outdoors. Any other park and I'll gladly get on my poncho and keep touring, but no thanks in AK Glad to hear good things about TH, I am really looking forward to it! I hope that CM was right about the November dessert party dates opening up in August
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Love your plans! I know my son is excited because he wants to ride Dinosaur and he was just a tiny bit too short last time.
Thanks! I hope you son is tall enough for Dinosaur this time! It's so hard when they just miss the mark.
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Great plans for AK. Good luck with the Dessert party Res. I tried to book for last October and never saw anything on line and I began at the 180 day mark and when I'd call nothing was open so I gave up and just figured they weren't doing it. But they did have it so I don't know when people booked it becuse I checked online from 180 days to just about 1 week before our trip and there was never anything open online.
Good luck - I would keep calling and not trust the Dessert Party online system.
Good to know, I'll definitely keep calling instead of just relying on the online booking system. I'm sorry you missed out!
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We're hoping for a TT soft opening while we're down there, or an early re-opening. We'll keep our fingers crossed with you.
Coral Reef was Tyler's choice this trip, but he has no problems eating the fish in front of the tank. That's hysterical!
Congrats! Abby on hitting the PW height requirement. Just don't go on it right after you've had pulled pork from FTB...trust me.
Good luck with the Wishes Dessert Party. Let me know when you hear anything...I might actually look into that if there's stuff for the boys to eat.
I don't think I want to know the story about the pulled pork and PW, I'll take your word on it and won't do it
I never thought of doing the dessert party because of Kaeli's allergy, I figured there wouldn't be much for her and it wouldn't be very nice of us to be pigging out on tons of things in front of her. Then I made a comment about it on a post last year, lots of people said that they are very accommodating to allergies there and will make up special plates. I contacted special diets about it, just to make sure before I make a reservation. I know that your boys have more allergies than us, but I'll let you know what they say!
This weekend is my get caught up on PTR/TRs weekend so here I go!
Thanks for your review of the GWL. I have been tempted to check out the one here in TX. I'm sure there are some differences between the two but they should be pretty similar. It seems it would be a cool place for a weekend get away!
That was awesome you ended up with an extra night at WDW because of the cheaper airfare. I'd take that trade off any day!
Your dining plans look delish and I will keep my fingers crossed for free dining during y'all's stay.
Loving your countdown quotes and the countdown calendars were a great idea. Funny how kids don't fight over certain things.
How sweet of Kaeli not to want to make the fish in the aquariums not feel uncomfortable by her eating fish in front of them. And then you mentioning she was apologizing to the ham for the pig. So adorable. She may decide to give up eating meat if its that concerning for her.
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Good luck with the Wishes Dessert Party. Let me know when you hear anything...I might actually look into that if there's stuff for the boys to eat.
I just sent you a message on FB with the response I got from special diets You should totally do the party on Tuesday, it's the perfect spot for a little PP meet
This weekend is my get caught up on PTR/TRs weekend so here I go!
Thanks for your review of the GWL. I have been tempted to check out the one here in TX. I'm sure there are some differences between the two but they should be pretty similar. It seems it would be a cool place for a weekend get away!
That was awesome you ended up with an extra night at WDW because of the cheaper airfare. I'd take that trade off any day!
Your dining plans look delish and I will keep my fingers crossed for free dining during y'all's stay.
Loving your countdown quotes and the countdown calendars were a great idea. Funny how kids don't fight over certain things.
How sweet of Kaeli not to want to make the fish in the aquariums not feel uncomfortable by her eating fish in front of them. And then you mentioning she was apologizing to the ham for the pig. So adorable. She may decide to give up eating meat if its that concerning for her.
Gotta love the Disney math! I'm so glad we added the extra night, it looks like 11/1 is going to be the cutoff if they extend free dining so we'll just make it!
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We've still got so much stuff in this park that we haven't seen , so we'll need lots of time! 
Well, she was excited to find out at her last doctor appointment that she had hit that mark and then some! 
But now what am I going to use as motivation for her when she won't eat her veggies? So, of course, that is on our list too! 
I'm thinking dates for November would open up late summer/early fall, does that sound about right?
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