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I may have gotten just a bit confused with these plans. But I know there is fun in the works.
That is a very gracious way of putting things!. We basically just switched our plans around to spend Thursday at the F&WF and Friday at DHS for the morning and then DS in the evening.
Today marks the day we will be experiencing our very first split stay in all of the years we have been coming to WDW! I know we are huge geeks but we are very excited about this!!
Honestly, this was Muffin's idea and I couldn't be happier with the way it worked out!! Also, after seeing Cheryl's pictures from this resort, we are even more excited with our decision to make this the second half of our stay!!
Today we will bid farewell this morning to my beloved AKL by dining one last time at Boma. Then we will leave the morning open and see where today takes us. If we still feel we need to see more at AK or DHS, we will use this morning to do it. If we are ready to move on, we will head towards Epcot this morning with a plan to just stay until around lunchtime.
Then we will make our way over to the WL and hang out there for the afternoon and check the place out!! We have a 5:45 PM ADR for the California Grill and if we are brave enough and awake enough, we may just head over to MK after that.
Plans are looking good with some nice dining choices for these last two days and a split stay at the WL!
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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!
I like your idea of splitting the stay between AKL and WL. They are my two favorite resorts.
Two of my favorites as well with three stays ( 2 at WL and one at AKL) for a total of 20 nights! Time to return to the AKL especially as been since 2004 with a 10 night stay!
May rent points in future as more affordable not being a DVC member with a studio as it's the size I need. Prices can be good for these and I know Dave's DVC Rentals site. A good way for me to get back to the deluxe resorts without killing my bank account!
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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!
I like your idea of splitting the stay between AKL and WL. They are my two favorite resorts.
Thanks, Cam!
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Two of my favorites as well with three stays ( 2 at WL and one at AKL) for a total of 20 nights! Time to return to the AKL especially as been since 2004 with a 10 night stay!
May rent points in future as more affordable not being a DVC member with a studio as it's the size I need. Prices can be good for these and I know Dave's DVC Rentals site. A good way for me to get back to the deluxe resorts without killing my bank account!
You must get back to AKL, Dave!! I haven't been since 2012 and that is way too long for me!! I haven't stayed at the WL since 2004!!
Sunday, November 12th. A new brunch and a favorite dinner!!!
Today, we will visit the monorail resorts. This has become a tradition of ours and we look forward to doing it every year. We have a Sunday Narcoossees Waterfront Brunch scheduled at 10:15 AM.
We also plan to do a little Christmas shopping at the GF and we will definitely go to Basin to restock!! When we are finished with our monorail journey, we will hop over to MK for the afternoon. We plan to stay here until around 6:00 PM or so and then hop another monorail to Epcot.
I know it's Sunday. I know it's the last weekend of the F&WF. We are just planning on walking through to the International Gateway because we have a 7:25 PM ADR at the Flying Fish and we must go back to Abracadabar for a Conjurita!! Along with the Cali Grill, the Flying Fish has become a must do for us!! We absolutely adore the food and atmosphere here!!
After dinner, we would love to catch Illuminations before heading back to WL for the night!!
Next: Monday, November 13th. More Food and Wine and another new dinner!!
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Another great day in store with some good meals. Looking forward to your take on the brunch as I haven't done that one yet or the new Flying Fish. Will be doing the latter on my October trip. I will definitely go to the Abracadabar before dinner.
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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!
It's fun to visit the monorail resorts. I could make a whole day of resort hopping.
Me too, Colleen!!
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Another great day in store with some good meals. Looking forward to your take on the brunch as I haven't done that one yet or the new Flying Fish. Will be doing the latter on my October trip. I will definitely go to the Abracadabar before dinner.
You will love both the FF and Abracadabar!! Awesome venues!!
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. We basically just switched our plans around to spend Thursday at the F&WF and Friday at DHS for the morning and then DS in the evening.
I know we are huge geeks but we are very excited about this!!
We have a Sunday Narcoossees Waterfront Brunch scheduled at 10:15 AM.
Awesome venues!!
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