Home for the Holidays: A Thanksgiving and Christmas Mashup (A Cam and Luke PTR) Updated 11/4 - Page 19 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I hope you've actually got us meeting up on November 5th on your spreadsheet.
We've tried various methods of enjoying the F&WF, but this year our noshing will be during the lunch time as we have dinner ADRs both of our Epcot day.
Oops, yes, my typo! You’re on the spreadsheet for Sunday the FIFTH!
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I love how you did a few trips down memory lane as the background for this trip. I'm looking forward to seeing Disney World all done up for the holidays and looking forward to hearing about how your trip goes. I feel I learn a lot from your trips and honestly look forward to seeing the planning and the actual TR.
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I love how you did a few trips down memory lane as the background for this trip. I'm looking forward to seeing Disney World all done up for the holidays and looking forward to hearing about how your trip goes. I feel I learn a lot from your trips and honestly look forward to seeing the planning and the actual TR.
I love backstories and it's so cool that you all like to read them. I hope this PTR/TR will be helpful, too.
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So excited for you trip! Hope you get to see the tiger cubs and lots of Giraffe's! I can't wait to see your Pandora pictures!
Thanks! I'm hoping to take lots of day time and nighttime photos of Pandora.
Epcot is today’s destination, beginning with Soarin’ between 9:30 and 10:30. We love the newest version of it, too. Maybe this trip, we’ll get the new theater, too. Oops! I forgot to mention that we’ll probably have another Starbucks breakfast. I see lots of chocolate croissants in my future. After Soarin’ we’ll visit RELAUNCHED! Mission Space between 10:30 – 11:30. Luke will be riding both sides of this trip since both sides have been recently renovated. I’ll be sticking with the green side to avoid a total physical breakdown. From here, we’ll move back to the other side of Future World to view the Disney & Pixar Short Films at 11:40 – 12:40.
Hopefully, we’ll get there close to the 11:40 time because we really want to get noshing at the Food & Wine Festival for lunch. We’ve not made plans on where we’ll start on the food booths. Usually, we pick the Canada side or the Mexico side based on where we enter. I’m thinking since our last attraction is the films at the Magic Eye Theater that we’ll start with the Canada side. I’ve no idea how many booths we’ll manage to sample before we need to head back to the Festival Center in Future World for our Beverage Seminar, the Iron Horse Vineyards. I love their Fairytale Cuvee, so I’m thinking I’m going to enjoy this seminar.
After the seminar, our plans are currently vague. We might not feel like eating much as we do have an ADR for this evening. I’m hoping we’ll have time to visit Norway because Larry Dotson will be there with his Disney prints. Even if I don’t find one or two that I want to buy, I enjoy talking with Larry and his wife who are the sweetest folks. Eventually, we’ll make our way to Nine Dragons for dinner at 6:30. Then top the evening off with Illuminations.
Sounds like a lovely day at Epcot! I take it the new theatre at Soarin' is something you'd spot immediately? As I read this, I was thinking "I don't know if we've been in it or not..."
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Excellent Epcot plans for this day. We usually start our Epcot morning with Soarin' also. I love Larry Dotson prints. I do remember he was very nice when we met him.
Sounds like a perfect Epcot day to me I hope Larry and his wife are there when we arrive as I would love to pop in to say hello to them! They are such a sweet couple.
We have not seen the new Soaring as of yet, so we are very excited about that!!!!!! I am also looking forward to the Frozen ride. Your day sounds great!!!!!!
Great plans! We did the new Soarin’ at DL, and I was so distracted by the curve. Hoping I can ignore that this time. We can’t wait to try out the new Frozen ride!
Sounds like a great Epcot day. I'd forgotten about the new version of Mission Space! That another thing to look forward to for our January trip! Green side for me too!
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From here, we’ll move back to the other side of Future World to view the Disney & Pixar Short Films at 11:40 – 12:40. 
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I take it the new theatre at Soarin' is something you'd spot immediately? As I read this, I was thinking "I don't know if we've been in it or not..." 
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