"The Only Place I Don't Want to Eat at is Tony's!" PTR June 3-8, 2017 - Page 17 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Tonight we ran errands. I got a new phone because mine kept going psycho. Yay! And it takes great pictures. Perfect!
We ran to Target for our... I don't know how many times this week. We got more than we went in there for and still forgot on of the items, so you know what that means... another trip.
I had a school errand that didn't work out quite as planned. It all worked out, but can't get everything I need until Thursday.
I am planning to break some of my shoes in on Thursday and hope that they don't hurt me too badly in the process. We are walking around the zoo. It should be good practice.
I was able to schedule our tea away from our AK day and back to our MK day. But the biggest happiness is that we booked the Dessert party for the Happily Ever After show, we are doing the Garden View this time. I'm looking forward to doing this. We have done it on every family trip. I had a hard time not doing it this time. Remember I hate massive crowds. Well I should say I had being unprepared for massive crowds. I travel in crowded times all the time, but I know how to make it work for us. And while I had to cancel the Star Wars Dessert party, that was considerably more than this.
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In two weeks from today I will be on a plane headed toward Orlando.
And also, you didn't really think I would keep things the same, did you? Because as much as I told myself to stop looking, "I often give myself very good advice, but very seldom follow it." Thanks Alice for those wise words. Again, it was 'Ohana for the change. Remember I didn't really want to eat late our arrival day? Well that's fixed.
June 3: We arrive in Orlando at 9:35 am and eat lunch at Port Orleans Riverside. Hopefully our room opens up and we can rest a bit before heading to Epcot. We have Fastpasses for Mission Space, Frozen Ever After, and the Character Spot. Since I was able to move 'Ohana to a different day, we needed a dinner for 6:00 in Epcot. I tried for Coral Reef. I really did. But the only times available were during our Frozen Fastpass or too late.
So we were left with Biergarten or Chefs de France. We've been to Biergarten before and liked it. So much so that Tim and Caden wanted to go back. Preston and I like to try new things, so we voted for Chefs de France. We needed a tie breaker. It was late or I would have called Connie and asked her. However, Caden had a friend spending the night, so I presented the pros and cons of each. He wisely chose Chefs de France, so that is where we are going.
After dinner we will head back to our resort and see Piano Bob's show.
June 6 is the other day that changed.
We head to Animal Kingdom that morning. We ride Flight of Passage and then grab breakfast at the new QS place in Pandora. After that they ride Expedition Everest while I go meet Mickey and Minnie. Then we all take a long Safari.
We will take a resort break after that. We then will head to 'Ohana for dinner. After stuffing ourselves silly, we will head back to AK. I hope to catch a couple of shows, ride the Safari at sunset, catch the second showing of Rivers of Light, and stay for Extra Magic Hours, when we will ride the Pandora boat ride.
So now instead of Tusker House we are doing 'Ohana. Instead of Yak and Yeti, Tim and the boys will probably go to Trex in Disney Springs while I am at the tea with Connie. Can't keep up with all that? Me either really, but it does work better!
Those sound like good and fun changes!! Just two weeks left!!
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Nice changes. My goodness, it'll be here really soon!
Thanks! They changed again because I've been hearing some not so nice things about Chefs de France. Let's hope that Coral Reef opens up since Tim wants it so badly.
I love & hate Target bc of what you said - there is no way to go there without spending more than what you planned.
Glad you were able to adjust your 'Ohana dining. Hopefully all of these changes work out more smoothly for all of you.
Funny but I usually break in my shoes at our local zoo too. It gives me the best experience for determining if a shoe is good long term or just for short outings.
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