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Plans look very good with some very active days! The massages sounds like a great idea and you also have some nice meals included, Mannheim Steamroller concert (hope you get in!) and some relaxing time in the bar and resort!
Thanks, Dave!!
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Your plans look great so far!
Thanks, Cheryl!!
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Your plans look wonderful!
Thanks, Linda!!
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Love your plans! I can't wait to read about and see photos from US/IOA as I'm just about ready to return there for all the new Harry Potter stuff.
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Tuesday December 6th- AKL, DHS and Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
Today we are getting up bright and early and catching a taxi to AKL. This will be our home for the next six nights!!! We were originally planning on AK today, a dinner at Boma and the Starlight Safari at AKL tonight. Then!!
Cam made me aware of a new show coming to DHS that sounded festive and fun. I immediately looked into that and liked what I saw. There is also a holiday snack/dessert party associated with the show that looked interesting. We normally don't do dessert parties as we just can't eat all of that sweet stuff in one sitting, but we liked the fact that savory snacks were also offered and we liked the reserved area and since I just won a ton of money, we thought 'why not?'!!
Now how to fit it in?? I started searching for availability and immediately found an opening for today. In fact, this was the only opening for our whole visit. Knowing we had to give up both the dinner at Boma and the Starlight Safari, we decided to go for it!! We were very much looking forward to both of those things but heck it's Christmas and we want to do Christmas stuf!! The cost is 138.00 for both of us and I will be sure to tell you if it was worth it or not!!
Of course, we also had to switch our first park to DHS and change our Fastpasses around. This was no problem whatsoever and here are our new Fastpasses for today:
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
We will probably grab lunch somewhere quick service. And dessert will be our dinner at:
Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Holiday Party at Disney's Hollywood Studios
5:45 PM
Last year, we pretty much knocked out DHS in a day and really enjoyed it!! We are hoping to do the same but have some flexibility later in our schedule if we don't.
Wednesday December 7th- AK and The Cali Grill
Today we are planning on spending the whole day at AK!! I love this park and cant wait to see it again! Our fastpasses are for:
Kilimanjaro Safaris
10:05 AM - 11:05 AM
DINOSAUR
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
We also love to just enjoy AK and spend a fair amount of time wandering here. When we are done for the day, we plan to head back to AKL and get ready fo our dinner at:
California Grill Dinner
7:40 PM
We have eaten here many times and have always had a great experience. We are hoping to stretch our meal out to see Holiday Wishes from here, but we are also attending MVMCP tomorrow night, so we will see what happens!! We may also head over to MK if we feel up to it as it is open until 1AM.
Very nice plans and nice going with the dessert party as it should be pretty similar to the recent one I did for the Star Wars Fireworks! You can never go wrong with the Cali!
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I'm a little jealous that you'll be staying at AKL over Christmas. I still want to do that some day. So glad you were able to change your plans to include the Jingle Bell! Jingle Bam!
Yay for Magic Bands!
I'm so glad you got a reservation for the DHS dessert party! The Christmas projection show sounds awesome!
I hope so!! We are so excited!!!
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Very nice plans and nice going with the dessert party as it should be pretty similar to the recent one I did for the Star Wars Fireworks! You can never go wrong with the Cali!
I can't wait to try Jingle Bell Jingle BAM! Out!! We love the Cali Grill as well!
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I'm a little jealous that you'll be staying at AKL over Christmas. I still want to do that some day. So glad you were able to change your plans to include the Jingle Bell! Jingle Bam!
I'm going somewhere special soon
I'll drop a little hint! ( Just pretend like you don't know where!)
I'm gonna see some silver bells,
And maybe eat a mint!!
Can't wait to see the Christmas lights!
All lit up on Main Street!!
And look in all the windows there,
And buy a little treat!!
I hope to see the castle too!
All lit up nice and bright!!
And see the twinkling icicles,
I think they will be white!!
We plan to spend the morning at Epcot and then go back to AKL to chill for a while before heading to MK for our dinner and MVMCP. Our Fastpasses are for:
Soarin'
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
Mission: SPACE
10:25 AM - 11:25 AM
Meet Disney Pals at the Epcot Character Spot
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM
Our dinner:
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016
Time: 4:15 PM
Guests: 2 Adults Update Guests Opens a page to modify guests for The Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen Dinner
Location: Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen - Adventureland - Magic Kingdom Park
This will be a new dining experience for us!!
Then: MVMCP
Friday, December 9, 2016 - Magic Kingdom Park
We don't know how long we will have spent at MVMCP last night so I made our Fastpasses for a little later today:
Again we are planning a respite at AKL before dinner.
Our dinner:
Date: Friday, December 9, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM
Guests: 2 Adults Update Guests Opens a page to modify guests for Sanaa Dinner
Location: Sanaa - Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas - Kidani Village
This is another new dining experience that I have been dying to try!!
We plan to hit up Disney Springs tonight after dinner and maybe do a little Christmas shopping or we may head back to DHS as they have EMH until 11:00 PM.
Saturday, December 10, 2016 - Magic Kingdom Park
Today, MK opens early and we know how nuts it gets on a Saturday so our plan is to get there at opening and do as much as we can and get the heck out! We have Fastpasses for:
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
9:15 AM- 10:15 AM
Jungle Cruise
10:15 AM- 11:15 AM
Peter Pan's Flight
11:25 AM- 12:25 PM
We have no set plans after that,so we will go wherever we feel like and then head back to AKL.
Our Dinner:
Date: Saturday, December 10, 2016
Time: 5:35 PM
Guests: 2 Adults Update Guests Opens a page to modify guests for Jiko - The Cooking Place Dinner
Location: Jiko - The Cooking Place - Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Tonight, we plan to hang out at AKL and enjoy the resort.
Sunday, December 11, 2016 - Epcot
Today we plan to spend the day at Epcot. We will meet up with Laura today and spend our Epcot time with her. It doesn't appear that she and Angela will be able to formally meet up with us during the rest of their stay, as their schedule is pretty packed but if anything changes, Laura will text me. Our Fastpasses are for:
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
1:40 PM - 2:40 PM
Frozen Ever After
3:05 PM - 4:05 PM
Our dinner:
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2016
Time: 5:15 PM
Guests: 3 Adults Update Guests Opens a page to modify guests for La Hacienda de San Angel Candlelight Dinner (8:15PM Show)
Location: La Hacienda de San Angel - World Showcase - Epcot
Then we are headed to the CP!!
Monday, December 12, 2016 - Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Today is our last day at WDW so we are staying close to home.
Festival of the Lion King
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
10:35 AM - 11:35 AM
DINOSAUR
11:35 AM - 12:35 PM
Our breakfast:
Date: Monday, December 12, 2016
Time: 7:35 AM
Guests: 2 Adults Update Guests Opens a page to modify guests for Boma - Flavors of Africa Breakfast
Location: Boma - Flavors of Africa - Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Our flight home is at 4:35 PM and we will use the Sad Bus to get to the airport.
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I started searching for availability and immediately found an opening for today. In fact, this was the only opening for our whole visit. Knowing we had to give up both the dinner at Boma and the Starlight Safari, we decided to go for it!!
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