4 Parks – 1 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Journey Home - Dec. 18-23, 2010 PTR UPDATED 12/13 - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Congrats on buying into DVC! What a great gift to receive.
Glad your waitlist came through for AKL.
Too bad I will be leaving the day you arrive. My DSis and her husband's family are staying at AKL, we will be there Dec 12-18.
Can't wait for more of your plans.
All caught up now. My family loves Kidani. Community Hall is so much fun for the kids. Can't wait to read more of your plans.
We have enjoyed reading about your fun times. Your pictures really got us excited about our stay at Kidani. Jared looked like he was having a ball checking out the resort with you. Thanks for reading along.
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Originally Posted by disneydreamer33
Congrats on buying into DVC! What a great gift to receive.
Glad your waitlist came through for AKL.
Too bad I will be leaving the day you arrive. My DSis and her husband's family are staying at AKL, we will be there Dec 12-18.
Can't wait for more of your plans.
That is too bad you are leaving when we arrive. We hope you and your family have a great time. Thanks for reading.
Oh, Did you hear about the Mary Poppins musical on Broadway? I saw the dancing troop from it on Dancing with the Stars the other night. It looks to be a lot of fun. It is also touring, so hopefully it will play somewhere near you.
Sounds exciting. I'm getting ready to try my first PTR for our trip in March and I just love reading everyone else's. Keep up the good story!
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Oh, Did you hear about the Mary Poppins musical on Broadway? I saw the dancing troop from it on Dancing with the Stars the other night. It looks to be a lot of fun. It is also touring, so hopefully it will play somewhere near you.
We look forward to reading about your plans. We also enjoy reading about everyone's adventures! We did hear about it but time slipped by before we could look into going. Maybe another time! for reading along!!
OurSupercalifragilisticexpialidocious Journey Home Day 1 – December 18, 2010
Departure day begins bright and early. NO LATER THAN 5:30AM, according to our dear driver….DH. Ddad will spend the night at our house due to the early departure time. If we haven’t mentioned it we have driven every year. We tried the first year stopping and spending the night in GA, but with DS that DID NOT WORK. None of us were able to sleep. So again we will drive all the way in one day. It will take between 9 and 10 hours.
We will arrive in Florida about lunch time. If weather permits, we will dine at the FL Welcome Center for the second time.
We hope to arrive at AKV-Kidani Villas around 3:00 to 4:00 PM. Hopefully closer to 3:00 PM. We plan to use online check-in. We hope to get our stuff settled in the room and then head out for a relaxing stroll and dinner at Epcot in the World Showcase. We have an ADR at Teppan Edo at 7:20 PM.
A sidebar…one note we made in our passporter after our 2009 trip (which was 9 days) was to take it easy on arrival…hang out at the pool or go to DTD. Well….with only 5 nights…we decided we really needed to take advantage of a park on our arrival day.
So….off to Epcot! Yeah!!! Our first stop will be at guest services to pick up APs for DH, DW, DD, & DS. We plan to come back September 2011 so it was more economical to purchase APs. We are planning to get a 6 day park hopper for Ddad.
Once in Epcot our plans are to head right and explore Canada first, taking our time as we know we will be tired from the drive. Quick sidenote….we will only do this if DH can resist getting on Spaceship Earth! LOL We hope to take in O Canada and perhaps the kids will want to stop at the Kidcot station. After picking up a Labatt Blue or two and maybe a snack, we will mosey over to the UK. Our plans there are just to check things out as it interests us. We may explore the shops, see the story tellers etc…
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After the UK we will be strolling through France and Morroco and enjoying those pavilions if time allows before our ADR.
We are so excited about experiencing Teppan Edo. DD picked this one as we will not be able to go to her favorite…1900 Park Fare Breakfast w/ Mary Poppins. If we have the energy after we’re full as a tick on a hogs back (thought we would throw in some southern slang ), we will grab a FAB and stake out a spot for Holiday Illuminations!
So that’s our magical start!
Up next….Day 2 our first full day in the world! Where will we go?
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Kidani Village! Hope you get to see lots of animals as you drink your morning coffee! 
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Ddad will spend the night at our house due to the early departure time. If we haven’t mentioned it we have driven every year. We tried the first year stopping and spending the night in GA, but with DS that DID NOT WORK. 
None of us were able to sleep. So again we will drive all the way in one day. It will take between 9 and 10 hours. 
and maybe a snack, we will mosey over to the UK. Our plans there are just to check things out as it interests us. We may explore the shops, see the story tellers etc… 
), we will grab a FAB and stake out a spot for Holiday Illuminations!
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