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I'm very interested to see what you think of staying at the Poly now. And I sure hope you get that same room at the BWI.
So I noticed that you went to Teppan Edo on the work trip and are going back on this trip. I assume that means you liked it? We've never been there but I'd like to try it.
I know you've never cared for AK but I love it. Have you ever done the walking trails? They are nice and shady.
I want to hear about the changes to DTD too. I haven't seen any updates on it.
I'm curious about the lunch at BOG. We did the dinner and really enjoyed it. It's so pretty in there too.
Yes!! I found myself saying that to DH this morning at Church. Yes, I'm bad!!
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I'm very interested to see what you think of staying at the Poly now. And I sure hope you get that same room at the BWI.
So I noticed that you went to Teppan Edo on the work trip and are going back on this trip. I assume that means you liked it? We've never been there but I'd like to try it.
I know you've never cared for AK but I love it. Have you ever done the walking trails? They are nice and shady.
I want to hear about the changes to DTD too. I haven't seen any updates on it.
I'm curious about the lunch at BOG. We did the dinner and really enjoyed it. It's so pretty in there too.
I am too!! I don't think it's going to be the same, just hoping it's still great!
Yes, we went to Teppan Edo in June and I loved it!! I'm hoping DH will love it too! The kids will stay behind that evening, I know they wouldn't like it!
Nope, we've never done the walking trails at AK. Hoping to this time!
I didn't make it to DTD in June, so I'm looking forward to seeing the changes.
We liked dinner at BOG, and I loved breakfast. Curious about lunch. I've heard some not so great reviews...
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Believe it or not, our daytime plans aren't set in stone for this day! We have free water park tickets with our package. Last year we went to Typhoon Lagoon. This year we plan to try Blizzard Beach! So, it will either be on this day or on Day 7. Not sure yet!
If we go to BB, we will get there when they open at 10:00 and stay for about 3-4 hours. If we don't go, we will just hang out at the Poly pool all day! Lunch will be CS either way.
The afternoon/evening will bring our first trip to Epcot on this trip!
We have Fast Passes for:
Nemo 3:30-4:30
Soarin 4:30-5:30
Spaceship Earth 6:30-7:30
And we have a dinner reservation at the Garden Grill! We haven't been there since 2007, so we're looking forward to it.
We will leave before IllumiNations. We will wait and see it later in the trip when we are staying at the BWI and we can walk back to the resort!
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DAY 4:
This will be Hollywood Studios day! I love this park! We will arrive at rope drop and stay a good part of the day.
We have Fast Passes for:
RNRC 9-10 (DS16 and I)
TSM 9-10 (DH and DS13)
TOT 10-11 (DS16 and I)
Muppet Vision 10-11 (DH and DS13)
Star Tours 12-1
Lunch will be CS, not sure exactly where yet.
The evening will be spent at the Poly and dinner will be at Ohana!
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Blizzard Beach! Yay! We want to try that one next time. We loved TL so I think we would like BB too. I think TL is prettier though. :0)
We haven't been to Garden Grill since 2008, so it's been awhile for us too. I hope it's still as good as it was back then.
So are you not going to be able to ride TSM? I seriously hate the tiers. I was really hoping they would get rid of them. Looks like that's not going to happen though.
Blizzard Beach! Yay! We want to try that one next time. We loved TL so I think we would like BB too. I think TL is prettier though. :0)
We haven't been to Garden Grill since 2008, so it's been awhile for us too. I hope it's still as good as it was back then.
So are you not going to be able to ride TSM? I seriously hate the tiers. I was really hoping they would get rid of them. Looks like that's not going to happen though.
I'm excited for Ohana!
Looking forward to BB. Should be fun!
We will likely do TSM as soon as we get there in the stand-by line. Then we will head off to RNRC and DH & DS will do TSM again with the FP. Or else we will just skip it. DS16 and I can take it or leave it!
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If you go to BB make sure you ride the family slide. It's so much fun!
We've never eaten at GG but plan to next time now that they are going to be serving breakfast.
Your DHS day looks great. No TSM for you?!?!
The family slide at BB looks like so much fun!!
We had dinner at GG a long time ago. Looking forward to it!
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More great plans!
Thanks!
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Today will be a sleep in day! We have a late morning Kona breakfast ADR. Our favorite! We will spend the morning at the Poly and likely have some pool time.
Around 3:00 or so we will take the monorail over to MK, where we will spend the rest of that day! We have Fast Passes for:
Big Thunder Mtn 3-4
Haunted Mansion 4-5
Jungle Cruise 6-7
Dinner will be CS. I'm sure the kids will eat at Casey's Corner, they love that place! Not sure where DH & I will eat. Wishes was at 9:00, but I just checked the park hours last week and it is now at 10:00.
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Day 6:
Today is moving day! We will pack up in the morning and take a cab over to the BWI!! We will get checked in and since our room has never been ready before 3:00 at the BWI, we will head to Epcot.
Lunch will be at Via Napoli! We have Fast Passes for:
Soarin 2-3
Character Spot 3-4
Spaceship Earth 4-5
I'm sure we will walk the countries and also ride Test Track in the single rider line!
We will head back to the BWI in the evening and get unpacked. We will probably hit the pool there for a bit! Then walk back over to Epcot for IllumiNations.
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Hey there! Have you seen the weather? It looks like you are going to get a taste of hurricane season during your trip. They are showing it coming over Orlando around Tuesday. Better pack some ponchos!
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Plans look great! 
We ate at Paradiso 37 this past May and really enjoyed our meal. 
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We will arrive at rope drop and stay a good part of the day. 
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