Home for the Holidays: A Thanksgiving and Christmas Mashup (A Cam and Luke PTR) Updated 11/4 - Page 22 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Sounds like a fun day at DHS! I read online about the new shows at DHS and made some changes to our schedule also in order to see them! We haven't been back to WDW at the Christmas season since they did away with the Osborne Lights, so I'm really looking forward to feeling the Christmas spirit with these shows!
More great plans! I wish our fall break was either a little earlier, or a little later, as we seem to be missing both Halloween and Christmas festivities.
Too bad your missing both festivities! That is one of my favorite things about a fall trip.
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Wow, that's going to be a busy day with a lot of time in the park and then heading out to eat and back....
We have been talking about that and figure after our FastPasses we might head back to Saratoga Springs for some down time before dinner.
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You've got a wonderful day planned! The sunset seasons greetings looks very cool!
Thanks! We were glad when we realized we'd actually be there when it first started.
Sounds like a fun day at DHS! I read online about the new shows at DHS and made some changes to our schedule also in order to see them! We haven't been back to WDW at the Christmas season since they did away with the Osborne Lights, so I'm really looking forward to feeling the Christmas spirit with these shows!
Me, too! I can't wait to feel Christmas again at DHS. Our last Christmas trip was before our cruise in 2014 when we saw the Osborne Lights, which we had no idea at the time would be our last.
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Another great day!
Thanks!
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Another great and magical day planned. We all do love the beautiful Christmas decorations and special performances during this time of the year!!!!
Okay, now I’m starting to get soooo excited. As Luke and I walked yesterday, we talked about what clothes we might need to pack. We still feel it will be warm enough most days for us to wear shorts or skorts for me. I will be taking jeans after not having them when I wanted them back in May when the evening temperatures got a bit cool and it may well do so in November.
A correction/addition on the last update (11/11) – We’ll be meeting up with Carly (nemo125) and her sister Lindsay, actually their whole family for Toy Story Midway Mania and Tower of Terror as our FastPass times overlap.
Day 8 – Sunday, November 12
Today will be our third visit to the Magic Kingdom, but because it is a party night we’ll be leaving early. We have the following FastPasses: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at 9:45 (I will have taken Dramamine for this one because of getting sick on it back in May.), Jungle Cruise at 10:55, and Pirates of the Caribbean at 12:10. Our PotC FastPass overlaps today with Carly/Lindsay and all their crew again. Since the park closes early, we decided to dine tonight at Disney Springs, which gets us close to home at Saratoga Springs. At the 180 day I had not made an ADR for this evening as we didn’t know what we’d do once we left the Magic Kingdom. Then we thought that Rivers of Light might only be showing on certain nights as it had been posted for September and October. Sunday night could have worked if we needed this evening there. But as I mentioned earlier we were able to get an ADR for Tusker House Rivers of Light dining package for Friday, November 10. That meant we had options for this evening. Once we decided on Disney Springs, Luke asked me to name off some restaurants. I think I mentioned Frontera Cocina third and immediately we both knew that is where we wanted to eat. I easily found us a dinner ressie for 6:30. It’s quite possible after dinner that we will do a little shopping or, at the least, a little wandering through Disney Springs before heading back to the resort for bed.
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