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Sounds like a great day!!! The theming at AoA is incredible! We walked around there and took a ton of photos! And we are staying there for a couple nights in July.
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Cool! Maybe we will see you. If you see us be sure to say Hello. PM as we get closer and maybe we will both have FP+ for the parade and could meet up there?
That sounds like a plan. I will send a PM and I will post a pre trip report soon so we can recognize each other!
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I've really started to love days dedicated to pool time. I never thought of doing that until we had kids, but it's a must do now! So relaxing. And checking out AoA sounds like a good idea! The boys will love it.
Pool time and some exploring around AoA sounds like fun. Evan will LOVE the cars section, it's really great!
We have a Landry's card, and you are right, it does get you immediate seating at TRex. We had an ADR there last August, but when the hostess saw our card she told us that reservations weren't necessary. With the card, you are guaranteed to be seated within 10 minutes
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Sounds like a great relaxing day!
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Sounds like a great day!!! The theming at AoA is incredible! We walked around there and took a ton of photos! And we are staying there for a couple nights in July.
It does look so cute.
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Looks like a good "slower" day!
Thanks - now that I'm looking at it I'm not sure how much slower it will be
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That sounds like a plan. I will send a PM and I will post a pre trip report soon so we can recognize each other!
Sounds great
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Sounds like a great day to the explore the resort!
Hopefully it wont rain (I mean not all day as I'm sure there will be a thunder storm)
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Great non-park day!
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My hubby must always have at least 1 non-park day. I think he's nuts but...
I wouldn't have done it in my youth but as I get older I realize the hotles have a lot to offer too and slowing down isn't always a bad thing.
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Great few days! The P&P cruise sounds like so much fun! Can't wait to hear about it!
Hope Wrigley is doing better!
The 'down' day sounds great too!
Thanks Kelly
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I've really started to love days dedicated to pool time. I never thought of doing that until we had kids, but it's a must do now! So relaxing. And checking out AoA sounds like a good idea! The boys will love it.
I would have none done it either but kids love pools and mommy loves relaxing - something I don't get to do so much anymore
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Last night I bought Evan Disney Infinity - it was on sale at Target for $40.00 - regular $75.00. He has been bugging for it and when it went on sale I couldn't resist. I think I'm going to give it to him for and end of the school year gift. I'll have to let you know how he likes it. Any of you have it?
Plans for Monday, August 25th (day 9)
After a fairly low key day, yesterday, today we will be tackling a lot of walking because we are heading to Epcot’s World Showcase, well some of it anyway.
Per the usual, I hope to arrive around rope drop and do some things in Future World for the first 2 hours, until WS opens at 11:00. I would like to get done the Land and Seas Pavilions.
I’d like to be ready at 11 to head over into WS. My plan is to take the first boat across the lagoon and over to Germany.
We have a lunch scheduled at the Biergarten at noon so we will spend the time before/after exploring Germany, viewing the train display and doing an Agent P adventure.
All of these will be new to Evan. Last visit we just had poor timing and only saw UK, Canada and a little bit of France. So touring WS is a goal for me this trip. I think Eric saw most of the countries. I plan on getting the kids passports and doing the Kidcot stops and HAVE to visit the caramel store.
The Kidcot stops (most of them) will be new for both boys as will the Biergarten. I think they will enjoy this. It is just totally different than anything they have experienced. With the buffet I suppose they will be fine for the meal. I did this with my parents back on our first visit to Epcot. I remember it wasn’t a buffet and it was the first time I had veal. I liked it OK but now that I know how they make veal, I refuse to eat it.
I originally thought about doing Teppan Edo in Japan as I thought the boys would like the “show” of them cooking in front of you. But about a year ago a hibachi grill restaurant opened near us. We have gone a few times so it is no longer just something “special” that they could only get on vacation. So I thought about it a little more and came up with Biergarten.
We did one Kim Possible mission last trip (UK) and it was just a disaster – we didn’t know the characters, it was too noisy to hear the clues, too many kids trying to share, it was the end of the trip so patience was wearing thin…I’m hoping this is a much better experience. Agent P will be new for all of us.
After our lunch and exploring Germany I want to walk back toward FW so we will explore the Outpost – I still want to get a necklace made out of the beads of the recycled park maps – do they still have those? Then we will stop in China, Norway and Mexico. I’m sure we will do the rides in both Norway and Mexico but not sure if we will watch the film in China. I’d like to but we will have to see how the boys are doing. I do want to see the Terra Cotta warriors. My mom went to China twice on vacation and has pictures of the warriors and Evan is fascinated by them.
We have no major plans tonight so I figured we will leave Epcot whenever we get too tired. If we finished what I have listed above and we still have any energy, we may head back into FW and do some more stuff or circle around and do some more countries. I have the behind the seeds tour in the back of my mind as an option as well.
At this point we are free – no plans for the rest of the day. I’ll sort of let the boys dictate what they want to do tonight. We may head back into a park, try out Typhoon Lagoon, rest at the hotel ~doubtful~ maybe Disney Quest or back to DTD for a movie or bowling. It really is open. If they are bugging to get on something we haven’t done yet or repeat something we already did.
We have no dinner plans so we will eat whenever, wherever the mood strikes us. We may even split up. Hopefully by now Mom and Eric have gotten the lay of the lands so if I go somewhere with Evan they will be able to do something too. Also sounds like a good time to do some laundry. Although we would most likely have already done some as I’m only planning on packing about 5 outfits for this trip, maybe 6. With the summer heat usually my morning clothes are so sweaty that I want to change into fresh clothes after the afternoon swim time.
So that is it, have some Epcot time today and a whole evening with NO plans. This could still be a backup day to the Pirate and Pals Cruise for rain or if something later in the week looks liked it might get rained out we could move it up to tonight.
Firsts:
Evan – Agent P, Biergarten, Most of the Epcot Countries and Kidcot stops
Me – Agent P, Caramel Shop, having a night with nothing planned (see I can go non-commando style)
Mom – Agent P
Eric – Agent P, Biergarten
Love the plans for your relaxing day and your Epcot day sounds perfect. My kids loved the passports and hte kidcot stations, last year when we brought my neice she had a ball.
What a great end of the school gift - the girls got Disney Infinity for Christmas last year and they love it.
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