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Old 08-13-2015, 07:47 AM   #166
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I absolutely love AKL at Christmastime!
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Some nice changes and seems to be coming together! Good choice in AKL. You will love the Orlando Airport Hyatt as I did prior to my cruise (check out my cruise TR). Some great tarmac views from my room, which I just posted yesterday. Go for the tarmac view as it's amazing!
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Thanks for the update. I think Change should be your middle name. But everything always works out in the end doesn't it?
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Okay, so I know I said I would finish my other TR before writing more here, but I just want to say that we are now in double digits for this trip!!

P.S. I just have to say one more thing!! We scored Candlelight Processional tickets for our first night with dinner at La Hacienda de San Angel!!!!

A. I have been dying to try this restaurant and

B. I Neil Patrick Harris!!!!!!
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Okay, so I know I said I would finish my other TR before writing more here, but I just want to say that we are now in double digits for this trip!!

P.S. I just have to say one more thing!! We scored Candlelight Processional tickets for our first night with dinner at La Hacienda de San Angel!!!!

A. I have been dying to try this restaurant and

B. I Neil Patrick Harris!!!!!!
Congrats on double digits!

On La Hacienda and CLP! You'll love La Hacienda as I've dined there twice!

Neil Patrick Harris is quite funny and a good actor and host of various award shows. So you love Doogie? With How I Met Your Mother, Broadway and most noteworthy Doogie Howser he will always be the latter to me!
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On La Hacienda and CLP! You'll love La Hacienda as I've dined there twice!

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. Thanks, Dave!! I was a huge Doogie Howser fan as well!! I haven't seen anything I didn't love Neil Patrick Harris in. EXCEPT!! Gone Girl. I just hated that whole movie.
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So nice that you got Candlelight Processional tickets! We've just seen it once but someday I would love to go again at Christmas and see it again!
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November 30th- We plan to hit the ground running!

Well! Our plans have changed so many times that I don't even know where I left off, so I will just tell you guys what we are doing now!!

Who: Me and Muffin

When: November 30- December 5th WDW then!
December 5th-December 6th a night at the Orlando Airport Hyatt then!
December 6th- December 13th A cruise on the Freedom of the Seas!

Where: Animal Kingdom Lodge Savanna View

Why: We are AP holders and are in love with WDW at Christmas time!! We were going on the cruise anyway, so we tacked on some time to see the beauty of the parks and resorts during the holiday season. We also got the cruise for free and we are going on that with a couple who are dear friends!!

Day 1- A Travel/ Epcot day

We plan on getting up at around 6:00AM this morning as our flight on SWA leaves at 9:35AM and arrives in Orlando at 12:20PM. Our custom is to stop at Starbucks on the way to the airport and grab some drinks.

We are taking DME and we will hopefully get to AKL around 2PM and plan to head right over to Epcot. We did not book a dining package on this trip because we decided to see how we made out with our AP discount and our TIW card. We also wanted to eat at places we didn't on our summer trip. So!!

We have the Candlelight Processional dinner package booked with an ADR for La Hacienda de San Angel for dinner at 4:30PM. (I do understand that this is not a discounted meal.). I cannot tell you how excited I am about this ADR!!! I have wanted to eat here since it opened but was afraid that Muffin wouldn't be able to find anything on the menu that he could eat, so I never brought it up. As it turns out, when we were looking at menus for this trip, Muffin is the one who suggested it!! He assured me that there was plenty he could eat at this restaurant.

As far as FP's go, we are hoping to do Finding Nemo before dinner and if we have any time before eating, exploring the Living Seas a bit and then heading over to Mexico. After dinner, we would love to do Test Track and then we really don't care about the third one (but I'm sure we'll pick something else) before heading to the Candlelight Processional.

Even more exciting is that we will get to see Neil Patrick Harris as the narrator this evening!! We both think he is terrific and that this will be a perfect start to our trip!! We are scheduled for the 8:15PM CP, which makes it perfect for us to see Holiday Illuminations right afterwards!!

When we get back, if we are not too tired, we plan to head to Victoria Falls for a beverage. This beautiful lounge is my absolute favorite in WDW!! For those of you who haven't been, the lounge is situated in the beautiful open lobby and the views are amazing!! I also love the smells wafting up from Boma!! We will most likely be beat at this point and head to our room.

Next: Our plans for Day 2!
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