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Here is the info. I found from All Ears regarding Flame Tree:
PDATE JANUARY 2015 -Flame Tree is currently closed for refurbishment. You can find some of your favorite items at other locations in the Animal Kingdom. The 1/2 slab of St. Louis ribs, the ribs and chicken combo and the 1/2 chicken can be found in Discovery Island at the Beastly Kiosk and Gardens (Allergy-Friendly) Kiosk. (These are located near the Adventurer's Outpost Meet and Greet with Mickey and Minnie.) The pork sandwich can be found at a food cart in Dinoland USA, diagonally across from Trilo-Bytes.
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For your Animal Kingdom day, what about a lunch at Yak & Yeti or just sharing some appetizers there?
Thanks! Yes, our traveling companions are a bit more laid back than we are
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Plans sound great so far!
Here is the info. I found from All Ears regarding Flame Tree:
PDATE JANUARY 2015 -Flame Tree is currently closed for refurbishment. You can find some of your favorite items at other locations in the Animal Kingdom. The 1/2 slab of St. Louis ribs, the ribs and chicken combo and the 1/2 chicken can be found in Discovery Island at the Beastly Kiosk and Gardens (Allergy-Friendly) Kiosk. (These are located near the Adventurer's Outpost Meet and Greet with Mickey and Minnie.) The pork sandwich can be found at a food cart in Dinoland USA, diagonally across from Trilo-Bytes.
Thank you! Just added the Flame Tree info to my notes!
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Do I have one? I'm using the Tapatalk app on my phone and haven't logged in from the computer. What does it say?! Lol
Yep - says 157 days!!!
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Great plans for Day 7!
Thanks!
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Nice plans for Day 7!!
Thanks!
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For those that may not have seen that I edited my post for Day 7 Plans - I added a 5:30 p.m. ADR for Kona!!! We figure if we change our mind, we can cancel it on Friday, but we really enjoyed it here last time, and when I checked my only choices were 5:30 or 8 p.m. so I figure it might be busy - so much for our "hidden treasure"
AND.................I just realized looking over my notes again that MK is open till 2 am that night!!!!!!!! hmmmm.......not sure we will make it that late, but if Emily has anything to say about it.....we will! Let's hope we are able to get much of the packing done ahead of time!!!
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Your countdown says 157 days! Didn't you say you were going in 2016?
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Yep - says 157 days!!!
That must have been a countdown I set up back before we decided not to go in 2015 because I was pregnant. I didn't even realize I had one! I will have to find time to get on the computer and change it. I am highly amused that I have a countdown I wasn't even aware of. [emoji12]
All caught up on your fun schedule! I am happy to hear that things have also settled down at home.. Life is funny like that, isn't it? It is never just one thing at a time. : Anyway! You are almost there!
Congrats on booking Kona Cafe! We have a breakfast ADR here in May, but like you Mark and Cheryl's dinners looked so good here that it is quite tempting.
Some great plans for your last full day and glad you got an ADR for Kona!
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For those that may not have seen that I edited my post for Day 7 Plans - I added a 5:30 p.m. ADR for Kona!!! We figure if we change our mind, we can cancel it on Friday, but we really enjoyed it here last time, and when I checked my only choices were 5:30 or 8 p.m. so I figure it might be busy - so much for our "hidden treasure" 
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did...
: Anyway! You are almost there! 
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