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Our first full day at the World will start off at the Beach Club for the Cape May Cafe buffet breakfast with Goofy, Minnie and Donald. I am really looking forward to this meal! I wanted to try something different as we've always done Chef Mickey's, and I've seen some great reviews in other TRs that I've read. This will be one of several "firsts" for us this day.
From there we'll head over to Epcot, which, surpisingly to me, is both of my DD's favorite park. I thought for sure it would be MK, which was always mine as a child. However, they love exploring the WS countries, Innoventions and of course the Kidcot Stations. I really think they could spend days here!! They LOVED decorating their Duffy Bears last year, and we actually had to make a pit stop back at Epcot at the end of our last trip because my oldest DD realized that we were missing one country and she could not go home without a "finished" Duffy! To think of all the things to do in WDW, their favorite is coloring! We should be done with breakfast around 9:45, so I think we'll head first to Soarin to get a fastpass and then do some exploring in Future World. I think this time we'll also try to do the Kim Possible mission, another first for us. If anyone has any advice or tips on it, please share! Are their any country missions that are so so, or ones that we shouldn't miss?
Finally, I'm hoping to do some sampling at the F&WF that evening, which would also be a first for us! Last year we hadn't planned on partaking in it and had a big meal right before heading to Epcot. I could not believe how delicious all of the carts smelled, I wanted to try everything but was too full! All I managed to try was a FAB, the frozen cosmo from France. All I can say is Yum! This year I purposely did not plan any lunch or dinner ADR's for our Epcot day, as I plan on grazing around the world. I'm making myself hungry just thinking about it!
We should all be quite full and tired after a long day at Epcot, we'll head back to our resort before the park closes to get some rest for an early morning at MK the following day. We'll miss Illuminations, but I plan on catching it later in the week.
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Finally we make it to the Magic Kingdom, my favorite of all the parks . I'd like to make it to see the opening ceremony, as we've never done that before. It will all depend on how late of a night we have on Sunday I suppose. If everything goes as planned everyone will get up bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning, we'll grab a light breakfast in our room and we'll be out the door before 8 AM . The park opens at 9 that morning, but what time does the opening show start? 15 mins prior?
I've mentioned before that we have a very casual touring style, so I really don't have much planned beyond that. We'll be sure to hit some of our favorite rides, IASW, Dumbo, the Teacups, BTMRR, Splash Mountain, Jungle Cruise and the Magic Carpets. I'm looking forward to the new meet and greet with Mickey Mouse, and to see the progress being made on the Fantasy Land expansion. (I can't wait for it to be done!! Just one more reason to plan a trip in 2012! ) We'll hit a CS restaurant for a light lunch and later head over to the Grand Floridian for an early dinner at 1900 Park Fare. Hopefully everyone will not be too tired after dinner, since I don't have an afternoon break planned, but I'd like to head back to the MK to catch the Electrical Parade. This has been on my to do list for our last two trips, but both times we were unable to see it. First, we had a long wait even with our ADR at Tony's Town Square, and missed the parade while we were eating . We saw bits and pieces out the window, and caught the tail end as we were leaving the restaurant but really didn't see much. Last year we made it to the park early and got a great viewing spot, then the heavens opened up and the parade was cancelled. Maybe the third time will be the charm!
By then, we'll all be pooped, so we'll probably start making our way back to our hotel. We'll skip Wishes, we've seen it plenty of times, and we're planning on going to MVMCP on Wednesday, so at least we'll get to see Holiday Wishes there!
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Just signing on! How can I resist when you'll be at the World the same week as my family! This will be our seventh year visiting during "Jersey Week" as it is a wonderful time to go. We were thrilled to discover that the late dates this year allow us to attend MVMCP... that is a first for us, too! We always seem to miss it by a day or two. You have some great plans... great ADR choices. 1900 Park Fare is a absolute blast with the stepsisters. They are hysterical!
Just signing on! How can I resist when you'll be at the World the same week as my family! This will be our seventh year visiting during "Jersey Week" as it is a wonderful time to go. We were thrilled to discover that the late dates this year allow us to attend MVMCP... that is a first for us, too! We always seem to miss it by a day or two. You have some great plans... great ADR choices. 1900 Park Fare is a absolute blast with the stepsisters. They are hysterical!
Looking forward to your next update!
Thanks for reading along! Perhaps we'll cross paths during our trip I am really looking forward to MVMCP, I really didn't think that we'd ever be able to go to it. At first we were going to skip it because of the price tag, but I was able to convince DH that this year the late dates of our break are just a fluke and most likely "Jersey Week" won't coincide with the party for quite some time after this. Glad you confirmed this for me and that I won that battle
The resort you are staying at looks so nice and the pool area looks like a lot of fun. Great plans so far, I have not been (yet) to any of the table service restaurants you have chosen so I am looking forward to hearing about your experiences.
I'm so glad you will be able to do MVMCP on your trip! It is a great time and the fireworks are great! I know everyone says that the MNSSHP fireworks are better, but I really love the Christmas ones!
The resort you are staying at looks so nice and the pool area looks like a lot of fun. Great plans so far, I have not been (yet) to any of the table service restaurants you have chosen so I am looking forward to hearing about your experiences.
Thanks! We really do love the resort, but I'm still dreaming of staying on property one of these years. Maybe if I can get my hands on one of those elusive pin codes! All of these restaurants are firsts for us, but I've heard lots of good things about them!
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I'm so glad you will be able to do MVMCP on your trip! It is a great time and the fireworks are great! I know everyone says that the MNSSHP fireworks are better, but I really love the Christmas ones!
I can't wait!!! I LOVE Christmas, and I can't wait to see it "snow" on Main Street. That has got to be a beautiful sight!
Tuesday morning we will head on over to the Animal Kingom. Hopefully we will get to spend more time here than we normally get to. We always plan to spend a lot of time here, checking out our favorite attractions and exploring the trails, but it seems the weather always has another plan! On both of our most recent trips, rain storms have chased us out of AK early . While we normally would just throw on our ponchos and keep on going, I find that AK is the hardest park to do this as mostly everything is outdoors and their are not too many places to go in and escape the rain. Let's hope this time the weather cooperates!!
We'll start off by getting FP for EE, and then head over to the Safari for an early morning ride. By the time that's over we should be able to use our FP, and then we'll check out Dinoland. This is my DD's favorite spot in AK. They love the face painting and the games, so we'll probably spend a good amount of time here. We've yet to see Finding Nemo the Musical or The Festival of the Lion King as DD's usually don't show any interest in them, maybe this will be the year they do! Another thing we'd like to check out is Rafiki's Planet Watch, as we've never had the chance to see it before.
Once we are done at the AK, we'll probably head back to our resort for a quick break. We've got a 6:45 PM ADR at the Garden Grill in Epcot that evening, so I'm hoping to leave AK around 3 PM or so for our hotel. After some relaxing and maybe a quick swim we'll head to Epcot for dinner, some FW touring and finish off the day with a viewing of Illuminations.
We'll probably be pooped after a long day, but we'll have time to rest as we're taking the next morning off ... Up Next, Some Down Time and MVMCP ...
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last year, and we actually had to make a pit stop back at Epcot at the end of our last trip because my oldest DD realized that we were missing one country and she could not go home without a "finished" Duffy! To think of all the things to do in WDW, their favorite is coloring! 
We should be done with breakfast around 9:45, so I think we'll head first to Soarin to get a fastpass and then do some exploring in Future World. I think this time we'll also try to do the Kim Possible mission, another first for us. If anyone has any advice or tips on it, please share! Are their any country missions that are so so, or ones that we shouldn't miss? 
Last year we hadn't planned on partaking in it and had a big meal right before heading to Epcot. I could not believe how delicious all of the carts smelled, I wanted to try everything but was too full! 
All I managed to try was a FAB, the frozen cosmo from France. All I can say is Yum! 
This year I purposely did not plan any lunch or dinner ADR's for our Epcot day, as I plan on grazing around the world. I'm making myself hungry just thinking about it! 
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. I'd like to make it to see the opening ceremony, as we've never done that before. It will all depend on how late of a night we have on Sunday I suppose. If everything goes as planned everyone will get up bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning, we'll grab a light breakfast in our room and we'll be out the door before 8 AM . The park opens at 9 that morning, but what time does the opening show start? 15 mins prior?
. We saw bits and pieces out the window, and caught the tail end as we were leaving the restaurant but really didn't see much. Last year we made it to the park early and got a great viewing spot, then the heavens opened up and the parade was cancelled. Maybe the third time will be the charm! 
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I am really looking forward to MVMCP, I really didn't think that we'd ever be able to go to it. At first we were going to skip it because of the price tag, but I was able to convince DH that this year the late dates of our break are just a fluke and most likely "Jersey Week" won't coincide with the party for quite some time after this. Glad you confirmed this for me and that I won that battle 
. While we normally would just throw on our ponchos and keep on going, I find that AK is the hardest park to do this as mostly everything is outdoors and their are not too many places to go in and escape the rain. Let's hope this time the weather cooperates!! 
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