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There are other changes as well.
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Great plans for day 1, even with an early start! On the Memory Maker, you will receive a card in the mail shortly after you order it. It has a number on it like your AP that you can link to MDE so it's already loaded on to your Magic Bands before you go.
Great job on the savings and plans for your first day!
Thank you!
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Great plans for day 1, even with an early start! On the Memory Maker, you will receive a card in the mail shortly after you order it. It has a number on it like your AP that you can link to MDE so it's already loaded on to your Magic Bands before you go.
Thanks! I was wondering with the Magic Maker if you had to stop in the shop or not - are you using it for your trip?
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Congrats on snagging one of those elusive Fastpasses! I hope it all works out and you can make it to dinner Ok.
Thank you!
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Today we will start our day at Magic Kingdom with breakfast at Crystal Palace with Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore & Piglet. As of now, our ADR is scheduled for 9:15 a.m., but I am checking the site almost daily to search for an earlier time. Either way, we will make sure that we are there to enter the park before the mass crowds!
After breakfast we have some Fastpass+ times for:
Meet Cinderella & Rapunzel @ Princess Fairytale Hall
Meet Anna & Elsa & a Visiting Princess @ Princess Fairytale Hall
Peter Pan's Flight
All these fastpasses are booked back to back, and we plan to enter Cinderella & Rapunzel near the end of that hour block, so that we can exit and enter right into Anna & Elsa! So depending on how quickly we get out of breakfast (CP seems to run very slow for the characters making their rounds to tables, as it is a very large restaurant) we may or may not have time to catch an attraction before meeting with our character friends.
Peter Pan is booked for the 12:15-1:15 block, so again, depending how quickly we get through there and how we feel, how the heat is, we may just hang out in MK for the day, OR more than likely we will take a mid-day break and head back to the resort to have a pool break and be able to change clothes - as we have a dinner ADR for Be Our Guest at 6:40 p.m. We have been fortunate to eat here before and it has become one of our favorites! Last time I had the Sauteed Shrimp & Scallops in puff pastry - which was very good, but I am looking for suggestions to try something different this time! And I don't/won't eat Lamb ~ sorry!
Magic Kingdom is open until 11:00 p.m. this evening, so again, depending on how we feel after dinner, we may or may not hang out in the park - my guess is that we most likely will and take advantage of riding rides while the parade and fireworks are going off!
Up Next: Day 3 plans!
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I'm not a lamb eater either Lisa. I just love the Crystal palace for breakfast!! I am curious to hear about the Anna\Elsa meets and how it works with the FP.
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I'm not a lamb eater either Lisa. I just love the Crystal palace for breakfast!! I am curious to hear about the Anna\Elsa meets and how it works with the FP.
Thanks! We are SUPER excited to meet Anna & Elsa!!! On the hunt for an Olaf tee for the occasion!
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Good luck with the United flights. I hate those smaller airplanes, but thankfully it is a short flight. Plans sound good so far!! Hope you find an Olaf t-shirt!
Thanks! We are SUPER excited to meet Anna & Elsa!!! On the hunt for an Olaf tee for the occasion!
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The meet and greet Fastpasses are great! I can't wait to see your interaction there. As far as a suggestion for BOG, I had the pork chop and it was amazing. I am not usually a carnivore to that extent, but it was so good! Plus the mac and cheese that came with it... I could have eaten a plate of it!
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I hope it all works out and you can make it to dinner Ok. 
And I don't/won't eat Lamb ~ sorry! 
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