Shhhh ... A Very Merry Surprise! ~ PTR for 11/4 - 11/12 2011 - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great dining choices! I love the breakfast at CMC! We've had some of the best character interaction there. I haven't done dinner at 1900PF, just because we like to do fine dining for dinner--most of the time. I'm looking forward to my first visit to Garden Grill in October. It has become a very difficult reservation to get since they changed from offering lunch as well. I tried to get a rezzie for our last two trips with no luck at all. Your favorite CS are mine as well--minus Cosmic Rays--I really love the sandwich offerings at CHH!
Great dining choices! I love the breakfast at CMC! We've had some of the best character interaction there. I haven't done dinner at 1900PF, just because we like to do fine dining for dinner--most of the time. I'm looking forward to my first visit to Garden Grill in October. It has become a very difficult reservation to get since they changed from offering lunch as well. I tried to get a rezzie for our last two trips with no luck at all. Your favorite CS are mine as well--minus Cosmic Rays--I really love the sandwich offerings at CHH!
Glad to hear another great thing about CMC, we are looking forward to it and the Garden Grill. That was one of the rezzies I had a harder time with though, they had nothing available for the time I wanted so we had to settle for an hour later. Not bad, atleast I got it, right?! I wonder why they got rid of lunch since it seems like such a popular restaurant? And as for Cosmic Rays, it's more of a favorite for our DDs, they like to watch Sonny Eclipse
I can't comment on 1900 Park Fare since we haven't done that yet, but CMC is on our list every trip, we love this breakfast and the character interaction is GREAT, I think we like it alot becuase it isn't as loud and hectic as Chef Mickey's! We went to Garden Grill in April after not eating there for several years and that is now another fave of ours. We have a 3 year old and he just had a blast at that meal, the characters were great, they spent extra time with him, the food was yummy and I liked the feeling that we were alone with how the seating is set up.
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Great start .. I think Ill be in the world the same time as you as long as my plans work out ..
I hope your plans work out! Maybe we'll cross paths!
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I can't comment on 1900 Park Fare since we haven't done that yet, but CMC is on our list every trip, we love this breakfast and the character interaction is GREAT, I think we like it alot becuase it isn't as loud and hectic as Chef Mickey's! We went to Garden Grill in April after not eating there for several years and that is now another fave of ours. We have a 3 year old and he just had a blast at that meal, the characters were great, they spent extra time with him, the food was yummy and I liked the feeling that we were alone with how the seating is set up.
I am looking forward to the character interaction here! We had a couple of character meals on our last trip that were lacking in the interaction department. The restaurants were crowded and I felt like the characters were just rushing through to get to each table. I barely had any time to snap my photos!
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Great start! Hope you can keep your secret until departure day. Great dining choices! can't wait to read about the rest of your plans.
Thanks for reading along!
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I liked Garden Grill. DH didn't because of the rotation, but the rest of us didn't notice. The character interaction is great.
We're doing 1900 Park this next trip so I am looking forward to your review.
Hopefully we won't mind the rotation either
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Good luck with your surprise! Congrats on getting your ADRs!
Right now we plan on arriving in Orlando on Saturday, 11/5. With a 17 1/2 hour drive ahead of us, we'll need to leave on Friday morning. As long as we can keep the secret that long (DH didn't have faith in me, but so far I've proved him wrong ), we plan on waking up the girls and have them get ready for school like they normally do, but instead of school we'll pack them up in the car and hit the road. I'd really like to wait until we are in Orlando to reveal the surprise, but I know getting into the car is going to throw them for a loop since we only live a half block from school and walk every morning, lol . I can just hear them now . Maybe I'll wait to hear what they have to say when we drive away, and then I'll decide on what to reveal.
We are going to do the majority of the drive on Friday, so then we'll only have a short drive on Saturday morning to Orlando. I've already made a reservation for our pitstop that night. (I know, it's super early, but I got a great deal!) We'll stop that night in Kingsland, GA, which is just above the FL border. As long as there is no traffic, it will leave us with just over a 3 hour drive on Saturday morning. The less time we have to spend in the car that day, the better! Hopefully we'll be at our resort by noon, which will give us plenty of time to hit the grocery store, unpack and do some swimming before dinner. We'll take advantage of the BBQ grills and cookout before heading to FW for Chip and Dale's Campfire. We had so much fun there on our first trip, I'm looking forward to doing it again!
Oh I think it is so neat that you are going to cook a BBQ dinner on your first night! We've never done the Campfire, but it looks like fun! I can't wait to hear what you think about the Marriott Harbor Lake--we're staying at the Sabel Palms for two nights next April so that we can do Universal.
Oh I think it is so neat that you are going to cook a BBQ dinner on your first night! We've never done the Campfire, but it looks like fun! I can't wait to hear what you think about the Marriott Harbor Lake--we're staying at the Sabel Palms for two nights next April so that we can do Universal.
Yes, the campfire is so much fun! My favorite part ... it's FREE It's a great way to get our Disney fix on our first day without using a park ticket too. This will actually be our third time staying at the Harbour Lake, and we love it there. I like the area, it is nice and quiet, and not too much traffic. It's not too far from Sea World, at night we get a great view of their fireworks from the parking lot. We've also seen Wishes from our balcony (way off in the distance of course!). Harbour Lake is great for families, but I wouldn't recommend it for couples who are looking for a romantic getaway, as there are lots of children. I hope you enjoy the Sabel Palms, you'll have to let us know what you think!
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Great travel plans! with the reveal!
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Great update. Keeping the secret will be so worth it.
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), we plan on waking up the girls and have them get ready for school like they normally do, but instead of school we'll pack them up in the car and hit the road. I'd really like to wait until we are in Orlando to reveal the surprise, but I know getting into the car is going to throw them for a loop since we only live a half block from school and walk every morning, lol 
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. Maybe I'll wait to hear what they have to say when we drive away, and then I'll decide on what to reveal. 
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