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This time next week I’ll be in the air on my way to WDW!!!! So stinking excited!!!! Anyway, here’s some more of the excitement we have planned:
5/9 – Day 4: We will be spending this day in the parks J We’re gonna start the morning at Animal Kingdom and take in some of the attractions we haven’t been on in awhile (It’s Tough to Be a Bug & Kali River Rapids hopefully). Depending on how the day goes, we may or may not stay for the Jammin’ Jungle Parade. At some point in the afternoon or early evening, we’re going to head to MagicKingdom. DH wants to check out MSEP that night and they have EMH until 2:00 am!
5/10 – Day 5: This is the other day we will be spending off-property. We’re driving over to CocoaBeach. DH wants to visit the big Ron Jon shop and just hang out on the beach. Can’t complain about that!!! (Any suggestions of good (local) places to eat in CocoaBeach would be appreciated J) We likely won’t visit any of the parks unless we just get back to Orlando extremely early.
5/11 – Day 6: EPCOT, EPCOT, EPCOT!!! We are so stoked that we will be here for the Flower & Garden Festival!!! We were able to attend in 2009 also and loved it, so it’s amazing that the timing worked out so that we’ll be there for it again this year. DH is especially stoked to see the Toy Story topiaries. We have an ADR at Garden Grill for dinner which we’re pretty excited about. We tried to get into Garden Grill while we were at WDW in December but could never get in.
5/12 – Day 7: The start of the Scavenger Hunt! I’m a wee bit nervous about this. I think it will be completely awesome, but of course it would be nice to do well too. We have a breakfast ADR at Kona Café since it’ll be a busy day, and we have to check in for the Scavenger Hunt at MK at 10:00. Once we finish MK we’ll head to another park to complete another part of the hunt…but I think 2 parks is the max for us in one day when it comes to the Scavenger Hunt J. Depending on how tired we are, we may try to visit a park this night…but I doubt it!
5/13 – Day 8: Day 2 of the Scavenger Hunt! We have another breakfast ADR (this one’s at Kouzzina—never been here, so I hope it’s good) since time is of the essence with the scavenger hunt. We’ll finish the last 2 park hunts this day and probably go to the awards ceremony at 8:30. EPCOT has EMH until midnight, so we might try to end the evening there depending on what our energy levels are like.
5/14 – Day 9: This is the first day of Destination D, so our whole day is basically planned out for us. I’m really looking forward to the programs about “Weird Walt Disney World” and the “Disney World that Never Was.” We have breaks at lunch and dinner time to eat, so I think we’re going to head over to MK during these times to eat and walk around some (the Destination D event is at the Contemporary, so it’s a quick & easy trip). If we’re feeling particularly crazy, MK is open until 1:00 am…don’t see that happening!
5/15 – Day 10: Last day of Destination D! Again, our whole day is basically scheduled for us, except for our lunch/dinner breaks, which we’ll probably take at MK again. There is a program about Disney Music on this day that I’m really looking forward to. Should be super fun! Again, MK is open late (EMH until 2:00 am) so we’ll see if that factors in at all…probably not likely!
5/16 – Day 11: L This is our final day…our flight leaves around 5:00 pm, so depending on how exhausted we are, we will either have a leisurely morning of packing at the resort or get up early and try to get in one last hurrah at one of the parks…we’ll just have to see how it goes.
WOW! Now that I’ve typed all that up it seems a bit overwhelming! We’re really looking forward to it though and I know we’ll have an AMAZING time.
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Countdown:
7 - 7 lands are in both the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom
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Thanks for the tip! We are looking into that right now....definitely sounds awesome! Today is our first major packing day, so chaos is reigning supreme in our house
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6 - 6 dining options can be found on Main Street USA
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