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Ok so we arrive late on Oct 3, so a meal in the food court will do fine.
Then off to bed for an early start.
Oct 4 We hope to be off to the Magic Kingdom for opening to see the
show. Then we plan to go to the Main Street Bakery for a sweet start
to the day. Alicia wants to meet Tinkerbell today, along with her main
ride, Splash Mountain. As long as she does there 2 today, she is good.
Everyone else will just play by ear. We have dinner ressies at Fulton's
Crab House at 5:00. We have never eat here, so this will be a new
experience. MK has EMH, so after some relaxing, we will head back there.
I love the MK at night.
Oct 5 we plan to sleep late sense EMH were the night before & we will
close down the MK, so we will head over to HS later in the day after a swim
and some lunch in the food court.We have dinner ressies at Chef Mickey's at 6:35pm.
EMH at HS tonight so we will probably close it down too. They had dance parties
with the characters here last year, hope they do this time too. Alicia danced till 2am with JoJo & Goliath & Minnie. She adores these. If so, this is where we will be.
Oct 6 We will sleep in today,then have breakfast or lunch in the food court(depending
on the time) & take a swim. Our Halloween Party is tonight, so we will hang out until
1:00. Alicia has a BBB appt at 1:30 to get her costume for the party. Kesslie (17) is
going as Alice in Wonderland. We have dinner ressies at Crystal Palace at 4:15, then
on to the party(this is our first). Alicia loves dance parties with characters. This will be her main focus.
I want to be sure to see the parade. Will try to get to trick or treating too. It will be a
late night for sure.
Oct 7 We have a breakfast reservation at Askershus at 9:15, didnt think when I asked for
a breakfast about being out late. We will probably do for awhile, then take a mid day break.
Come back around 4 to world showcase Its open late tonight. Not sure what to expect of the
F & W festival, I have never been. Want to check it out.
This is the first half of our itenirary. As you can see we are taking it as it comes this trip.
We have ADR's made but the rest of it is by ear. I will have the next set soon!!
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Thank Goodness your Doctors listened to you concerning the Colonoscopy. with your surgery, and hope you recovery quickly. Your family's plans sound great and I hope you have a beautiful trip and everyone will have a blast at MNSSHP!! LouigiAnne
What a wonderful thing to celebrate! I am glad that you pushed for the test! Good luck with everything! and ENJOY YOUR TRIP! We will be at POFQ at the same time (5-11th) so maybe we will run into you!
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PREVIOUS TRIPS: 1997- Off-site, 2002-Contemporary, 2009- POFQ, 2011- Beach Club, 2012- Disney Magic, 2013 Disney Fantasy
Ok were up to Oct 8th
Today we have breakfast at Tusker House at 10 am. So we will spend today at animal kingdom. Must do the safari, meet the characters & ride everest. Alicia is tall enough to ride this year so we will have to presuade her to ride LOL Sense breakfast is so late we will eat an early dinner somewhere here. Boy taking it as it comes is kinda fun!!
Oct 9 we have breakfast at O'hana at 10:15. We love this one, its so upbeat & the food is great too. Later we are going over to DTD to walk & shop. Alicia loves the little rides they have here, plus I want to check out TrenD Looks really cool. May go back over to AK for EMH. You can tell we never to the early EMH! LOL We cant get up that early.
Oct 10
Today is breakfast at Cape May CAfe at 10 am This is a new experience for us. Never been to this one. Then we are heading over to Epcot to do Nemo & things. Dinner is at the Garden Grill at 5:10 pm. Then over to MK for EMH.
Oct 11 is our last full day We start with CRT at 10:15 am for breakfast. Love eating in the castle. Something about this place is so magical to me. Tracking down more characters today, DInner is at 4:30 for 1900 Park Fare. MK is open till 2am so off we will go!! Need to go at 6:40 to get boarding passes printed.
Oct 12 We head home today. Our flight is at 6:40 pm, so we have some wiggle room. Buy some souvies, snacks check out & see. Thats it in a nutshell. Thanks for reading it & I will report once I get back!!
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Sense breakfast is so late we will eat an early dinner somewhere here. Boy taking it as it comes is kinda fun!!
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