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Plans look great. I think you made the right choice, skipping BLT for now. It's a good option when you can do a one bedroom, but might be tight with 2 adults and the kids.
Plans look great. I think you made the right choice, skipping BLT for now. It's a good option when you can do a one bedroom, but might be tight with 2 adults and the kids.
Hi all! I'm back to posting after a bit of a break. Well, so far we have no new changes! Here is our itinerary:
Day 1 - Drive from NC to WDW - We will leave home around 4:00 am. Arrive at AK around 2:00pm. Visit the park for a few hours, then check in to Hampton Inn. Have dinner at ESPN Club and go back to hotel for early evening.
Day 2 - Check out of Hampton Inn and check in to AKLV Jambo House. Visit Epcot and have dinner at La Hacienda.
Day 3 - Visit MK. Boat over to Ft. Wilderness for dinner at Trail's End. Boat over to Contemporary to view Wishes from the BLT Lounge.
Day 4 - Visit DHS until late afternoon and return to resort. We will have dinner at Mara and swim for a bit.
Day 5 - Drive to Universal Studios for our Day of Harry Potter! ( Now DS has gotten into Jurassic Park, so we will be spending time in that area also. ) One meal will be at the Monster's Cafe and we haven't decided on the second meal yet. ( Any CS suggestions? )
Day 6 - Sleep Late! This is our non-park day. We plan on swimming, visiting Community Hall and exploring the resort. Dinner will be at Sanaa.
Day 7 - AKL open to close. Dinner will be at Yak and Yeti.
Day 8 - DH and DS will be fishing in the morning. Dd and I will either take our time until the guys get back or meet them at Epcot late morning/noonish, and then a late lunch will be at Biergarten.
Day 9 - This will be a full day at MK with all CS meals.
Day 10 - We will have breakfast at Boma (yay) and drive home (boo).
As you might have noticed, there is no time allotted for DTD. The past several trips we tried to get in ( by car ) on our Friday night arrival. We will not be doing that again! After eventually finding a parking spot, the shops and outdoor areas are just too crowded to navigate. No need to start the vacation stressed! We usually have two non-park days built in to the week and spend a few hours shopping on one of those days. However, the addition of a Universal day has taken away one of those. Dd noticed that we have no plans to go to DTD and requested that we do so. I told her maybe a morning visit on our pool day would be possible, but it's kind of wait and see.
Last summer DH and DS took an early morning fishing excursion and had an absolute blast! They want to do it again and have scheduled another excursion for the morning of our second Epcot day. Dd and I will take advantage of this time to have a morning of leisure and wait for the guys to come back to the resort. We might head over to Epcot and meet them whenever they get there.
One thing we seem to neglect on most of our trips is time at the resort. AKL is such an amazing place and we usually rush to the room, rush to a park and rush to go eat. Just sitting in the massive lobby is so relaxing. Studying all the architectural details, looking for hidden Mickeys and animal watching from the common areas are activities we enjoy, but somehow decide to do them as we prepare to leave. We hope to dedicate more time for these unique opportunities. In the past, we have wandered into Community Hall, but never took the time to really enjoy its crafts and games. The kids and I plan to take advantage of this DVC perk.
A new experience for us will be watching Wishes from the BLT Top of the World Lounge. We have missed the show so many times, due to the thought of the crowds on top of our fatigue from a full day. We are just too tired to enjoy it. So, instead of going full steam all day on our first MK day, we will end our park day by boating over to Trail's End at Ft. Wilderness for a 7:00pm dinner. After dinner, we will boat over to the Contemporary to watch Wishes.
Dd will continue her pin trading this week. DS isn't as eager to start conversations with strangers. I think he's going to focus on pressed pennies this year. Both kids really enjoy the Sorcerer's of the MK and Adventurer's games. Part of each MK day will be allotted to those. We will wait to see if there is still interest in the Phineas and Ferb game at Epcot. I think they have solved all the assignments already.
So, a few more weeks and I will be able to schedule FP+s! The trip will be here before we realize!
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AKL and we are planning on staying there in December! Can't wait to hear more about your trip!
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