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We are supposed to land around 11:35 and we have made arrangements for DME to get us to Boardwalk Villa's. I figure we will get there around 1pm. Not sure if room will be ready but we can drop off our carry on's and find some lunch. I am putting my money on us eating at Beaches and Cream for lunch. I am drooling already!!
We may walk over to Epcot after lunch to walk off our lunch if our room isn't ready at this point. We have a dinner reservation at Fulton's Crab House at 6:30. Back story: Fulton's is one of the places we ate on our honeymoon. My husband who isn't much on seafood loved it and has been wanting to go back ever since. I am hoping it doesn't disappoint this memory for him. The rest of the evening we are going to check out Disney Quest and Strikesville. Wonder if we can make it to 2am. Probably not!!
Sunday March 3rd
Epcot Day with an ADR that I have had to cancel twice on our previous 2 trips. Not happening this trip!!!
Via Napoli at 12:45.
Goal: To watch all the movies in the different countries and to try the new Bakery out in France. I am sure DH will find a beer to sample along the way. Unfortunately I am going to have to miss out on my Limoncello Margarita. No Kidcot stops this trip.
Monday March 4th
Morning no set plans until 2pm. We have an ADR at Garden View Tea Room and I am probably a little more excited about this than Don is. The rest of the evening we will head to MK. They are open until midnight and we also have a 7:30 ADR at Be Our Guest. The menu here doesn't excite me so I am hoping the atmosphere will.
Tuesday March 5th
Disney Hollywood Studios is on today's schedule. Lunch is Sci Fi at 11:45. Sci Fi is another restaurant we visited on our honeymoon and holds nostalgia for me.
DHS is only open until 7pm so we are going to spend the rest of the evening at Downtown Disney. We have an ADR at Raglan Road at 8pm. This has become a common place for us on our trips. I am hoping I can get Maria and Ben to come visit us this night.
Wednesday March 6th
Today is the opening of the Flower and Garden Show and I am excited with the new additions that are happening this year. Sounds like they are doing a small scale version of the Food and Wine Festival so this will be another full day at Epcot for us. Possibly go back to the room for a nap or since the pool at Boardwalk is closed head over to the Beach Club and try out their's since they are diverting pool goers that direction.
Thursday March 7th
This will be our Animal Kingdom day. No major plans or ADR's today. If we finish early at AK we probably head back to Epcot to enjoy more of the Flower and Garden show. I have been wanting to try the Territory Lounge at Wilderness Lodge since I read an article on the Disney Food Blog. This might be a good night for that.
Friday March 8th
Departure day. We don't leave until 7 so I figure our DME time will be 4ish. So we will have from 11-4 to entertain ourselves. I bet we can manage.
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Your plans are great! I love that you are reliving your honeymoon in a way for your 10th anniversary. We did the same for ours, we honeymooned in Disney as well. Enjoy every minute of it!
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Today is the opening of the Flower and Garden Show and I am excited with the new additions that are happening this year. Sounds like they are doing a small scale version of the Food and Wine Festival so this will be another full day at Epcot for us.
Ooohh, really?? This is the first I'm hearing of that. That is VERY exciting news! I've never been to the F&WF, but we will be there for the F&GF this year. Yay!
Your plans look great. I love that they've added a few food booths to the F&GF this year. Hope that's something that stays!
I am really excited about trying out the food portion...have to say I am a little disappointed I won't get to try out the adult beverages though.
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Your plans look great!
Thanks Cam!
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Your plans are great! I love that you are reliving your honeymoon in a way for your 10th anniversary. We did the same for ours, we honeymooned in Disney as well. Enjoy every minute of it!
I know most of my non disney family and friends are like really, again.....but it makes us happy. That's all that counts!
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Great plans!
Thank you. Wonder how close we will stick to them.
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Great plans!
Thanks Marnie !
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Your plans look great!!!
Thank you!
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Plans are looking great!
I think they are pretty much set...probably not in stone but close.
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Your plans looks great. Congratulations on the new baby!
Thank you. Sometimes it still seems a little surreal still to me.
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Ooohh, really?? This is the first I'm hearing of that. That is VERY exciting news! I've never been to the F&WF, but we will be there for the F&GF this year. Yay!
I know I was so excited when I saw it on the Disney Food Blog...that sight gets me a drooling on a daily basis.
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Great plans! A little walk down memory lane.
And no worries - no FB posts from me!
Each trip has a special meaning but this one will probably have a little more nostalgia in it for us.
Keep on eye on FB around Feb 24th....that's when we plan to do the big reveal to the parents. Hopefully we will can announce the "flavor" at that time too.
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