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I just double checked my touring plans, and we will be at DHS in the afternoon on 9/30. We plan on arriving about 3 and leaving by 6:45 for a dining reservation. And then on 10/1 we are having breakfast at 1900 Park Fare and plan on being at Epcot by about 10:45. We don't plan on staying long, just long enough to do a couple things before hopping over to MK, because I'm scared of the weekend F&W Festival Crowds! So it seems like we can choose whichever of those days works best! How funny that our plans mesh so well!
Yeah! We'll finally get to meet! I'll send you a PM.
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The 2BR unit at OKW looks very nice and spacious - I'm sure you'll love it!
It does look very nice, and we are so thankful we'll have plenty of room for us all.
You will immediately notice that these plans are not as detailed as Part 1 when it is just Luke and me. I want to leave room for our travel buddies to select some of what we do. I’ll update with a couple of days’ plans at a time.
Sunday, October 2 (Magic Kingdom)
9:10 - 10:10 AM it’s a small world (June’s favorite ride; not-so-much a favorite of Morgan and JP who roll their eyes as June sings along.)
10:15 - 11:15 AM Space Mountain (June and I will do something else. I’m thinking maybe CoP because we both love it.)
12:00 - 1:00 PM Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (I’m hoping this will compensate a bit for the closure of BTMMR while we are there. All of the Vaughns feel in love with this coaster back in 2013.)
Lunch will be counter service
Magic Kingdom closes at 7:00 PM for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party
6:45 PM Morimoto Asia for dinner – Luke and I really liked this new Disney Springs restaurant in May, so I checked with June to see if they liked Pan-Asian cuisine. They are fans of sushi, a dish neither Luke nor I like, but this will give them an opportunity to have some on this trip.
Explore some of Disney Springs
Monday, October 3 (Disney’s Hollywood Studios)
9:50 - 10:50 AM Toy Story Mania
10:55 - 11:55 AM The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (June and John will do something else.)
11:55 AM – 12:55 PM Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Lunch will be counter service
5:50 PM Trattoria al Forno – This is another new favorite with Luke and me. We first ate here in May 2015. Soo when I checked on possible restaurants that they might like, I mentioned that new Italian restaurant we had liked and she thought it would be a wonderful choice.
Right now Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular fireworks is not on the calendar for any of our nights in October. This was something I’m hoping is added back in as JP would love it. We might end up seeing Fantasmic this night if everyone is willing.
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Plans look good and too bad BTMRR will be closed for rehab on your trip! I think it will still be closed on my trip as well. Any idea, when it is scheduled to reopen, if you know off hand?
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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they are slow to put those dates out...I'm still waiting to see if Chewie and Kylo Ren are having meet and greets for the littles trip. March of the First Order isn't scheduled either. Does this mean they WON'T have meets or they don't have it scheduled yet?
Your plans look great! I'm sure the Vaughns are going to have a blast with you two!
Your plans look great! Based on your reaction in your previous TR, I'm not surprised you guys are going back to Morimoto Asia - you guys really seemed to enjoy that restaurant
Plans look good and too bad BTMRR will be closed for rehab on your trip! I think it will still be closed on my trip as well. Any idea, when it is scheduled to reopen, if you know off hand?
BTMMR is down until November 19. It was supposed to be down for our May trip but the refurb got pushed back. We got to ride it then, but I know my nephew really would have liked to ride it in October.
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I did not realize there was a new Italian restaurant! I'll have to keep it in mind for future trips.
Trattoria al Forno is very classy and very delicious.
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Great plans!! Sorry about BTMRR. It went down during our trip but thankfully was still open our first MK day!
We got to ride in May, and I knew it would be down for the October trip, but I hated having to tell JP that he wouldn't get to ride it.
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We might end up seeing Fantasmic this night if everyone is willing.
I think it will still be closed on my trip as well. Any idea, when it is scheduled to reopen, if you know off hand?
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They only appeared for our dates literally a couple of weeks ago.
I sure hope the Star Wars fireworks get extended for you guys!! 
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