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All the anticipation on this I think is quite interesting in how it's evolving. A holiday season stay at Beach Club will be nice and see if you stick with it depending on the discounts that may or may not come out for other resorts. Too bad you had to cancel the cruise but seems you may be saving a bit this way. Interested in seeing how it is finalized! Either way, you'll have an amazing time! I stayed at the BC in 2007 for three nights and enjoyed the resort immensely.
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All I can say is Muffin had a great plan! It's pretty hard to say no to...Christmas decorations, Food and Wine Festival, MVMCP, and an extra night to boot!
We've definitely got you figured out, but it does sound like a sweet deal in order to change plans.
It always does, Cam!! Honestly, it usually works out just fine in the end.
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All the anticipation on this I think is quite interesting in how it's evolving. A holiday season stay at Beach Club will be nice and see if you stick with it depending on the discounts that may or may not come out for other resorts. Too bad you had to cancel the cruise but seems you may be saving a bit this way. Interested in seeing how it is finalized! Either way, you'll have an amazing time! I stayed at the BC in 2007 for three nights and enjoyed the resort immensely.
Thanks, Dave!! We usually end up having a wonderful vacation no matter what!!
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Beautiful pictures from the zoo! Congrats on the change in plans! Sounds like it will be a great time!
All I can say is Muffin had a great plan! It's pretty hard to say no to...Christmas decorations, Food and Wine Festival, MVMCP, and an extra night to boot!
Now you can see how he plots these things out!
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I have to say the change in plans sound fantastic to me
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We would definitely like to focus on the F&WF, but we also know that we will be there on the last weekend of it, so our preliminary thought is to go on the day we arrive, which will be a Thursday and the last day of the Festival, which will be a Monday and our MVMCP day.
We are thinking we will not book anything big this time around. Certainly nothing as extravagant as the Party for the Senses. : We thoroughly enjoyed this event last year but it would be way over the top to do it again so soon. We would love to do another tasting seminar, so we’ll see what shakes down.
As far as ADRs go, I have some ideas but will first need to figure out our Park days. Like Cam, I use Touring Plans as a guide for crowd levels to start.
Muffin has requested Narcoossees for dinner one night and has backed off of dinner at the Edison to just going for a drink to check it out. We are thinking maybe Wine Bar George for dinner that night.
We are planning on MVMCP on November 12th and BOG for an early dinner again that night. We really really enjoyed this combo last year! This is the only plan set in stone so far.
We arrived at the 12th for the Party by process of elimination:
A. We didn’t want to go the first day because you never know what will happen on travel day.
B. We did not want to go on a Friday night as everything we’ve read says those tend to be the most crowded.
C. Last year we went on a Monday night and had a ball!!
On Tuesday, November 13th, we will be moving over to the Rosen. Muffin has to set up his show today so he told me to make plans without him and says he has the evening to spend with me so this sounds like a good night for Disney Springs. I am so hoping that they have the Christmas Tree Trail up and running again!!
I am not yet sure what I will do this day. I am kicking around a few ideas including:
A. A tour
B. Some shopping at Disney Springs and a nice lunch if we decide to do something else tonight
C. Hang at the Beach Club for the morning
D. Go back to whichever Park I choose
Andy and Katie will be coming down on Wednesday, November 14th, now and staying until the 18th. We haven’t booked flights for them yet so I’m not sure what time of day they will be arriving. If feel I need a break from WDW, I may to go Universal Studios on the 14th. I already know from last year, that it is easy enough to get to both places from where we are! I am so happy that I have APs for both WDW and USF!!
I am thinking that Andy and I can do Epcot on Thursday the 15th since that is his first choice of Disney Park with maybe a lunch at the Biergarten or the Rose and Crown since Andy loves Germany, beer and Pubs! Muffin can’t do German food so we haven’t eaten at the Biergarten since the kids were little. Also, the Rose and Crown has never appealed to him so I won’t feel like he is missing out with either of these choices.
The 16th, 17th and whatever we have of the 18th will be Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure. I am especially looking forward to the 17th as we will get to enjoy a bit of Christmas at the parks!!
I love this stage of planning because there are so many possibilities!! Last year, we did everything to the nines! This year, we are touring casually and leaving a lot more open to the wind!!
Sometimes not a lot of plans turns out to be the best option. Not so tied into a specific park at a specific time and just go with the flow. We usually go during the food and wine festival and plan most of our eats there. We'd rather eat a lot of small eats versus a huge meal all at once, just our preference.
Nice plans for your trip. Probably not good to do PFTS on consecutive years. Might be good to experience something else. I remember you cancelled the Italian Wine lunch as something else came up. Perhaps, it may be good to do this one this year. I did this on my October trip and you'll find out about it in my TR. The various seminars are great at the Festival and did another one last trip.
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I was just saying to jeff tonight (after a lengthy conversation about options for the upcoming trip) that it's so much fun planning and anticipating what we're going to do when we get there!
Sounds like you've got some great things planned!
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A holiday season stay at Beach Club will be nice and see if you stick with it depending on the discounts that may or may not come out for other resorts. Too bad you had to cancel the cruise but seems you may be saving a bit this way. Interested in seeing how it is finalized! Either way, you'll have an amazing time! 
I stayed at the BC in 2007 for three nights and enjoyed the resort immensely.
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I look forward to all the other changes that I'm sure are coming along the track... 
: We thoroughly enjoyed this event last year but it would be way over the top to do it again so soon. We would love to do another tasting seminar, so we’ll see what shakes down.
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