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You sure make the most of your time away, we leave Feb 7th to 25th but I can only manage to swap out hotels once. We are hoping to do Kennedy Space Centre, Busch Gardens, Universal and 4 days at Disney.
Sounds like everything came together nicely! I look forward to hearing your review of Lego land.... There are so many parks and such in the Orlando area I want to visit, but never seem to make the time for when I'm at Disney.... At some point, I'm seriously considering a non-Disney trip to Orlando to check out all these other places...
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Cheryl, you will love Kennedy SC. The pre show before seeing the Atlantis shuttle is really good and gave me goosebumps. It's also different from when you saw the shuttle in Los Angeles. You actually get to see inside the shuttle. Just incredible! We spent the whole day there and didn't see everything. It really is a two day experience.
Just love how you pack it all in there! But with a cruise in the works, I'm wondering if you have to cross off some of those restaurants on your list?!
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I am bummed we missed you by a few short weeks, but because we were unable to take a trip last fall because of DH's work we had a deadline to activate our PAP from DVC.
Your plans sound wonderful. When we went in fall 2013 we did 4 resorts (WLV, BLTV, BWV, and OKW). This trip we did 2 (BWV and WLV). Although we rented a car the only time we used it was to go to AK. In hindsight we should have used Disney transportation and/or cabs (to move from one resort to the other) and saved a bunch of $$$. Next trip for us is on the other side of yours - June with our DD and her family. And one more in perhaps late October. DH and I are starting to feel like the Chez and Mark!
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You sure make the most of your time away, we leave Feb 7th to 25th but I can only manage to swap out hotels once.
I think it's got a lot to do with the fact that we love Bay Lake Tower, Animal Kingdom Lodge and Beach Club Villas and like to stay at each every trip if we can.
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We are hoping to do Kennedy Space Centre, Busch Gardens, Universal and 4 days at Disney.
Your plans sound great! So you're there when we are? Is there any chance we'll see you around the parks over the few days we're there? We'll be in the Magic Kingdom on 21st, Universal on 22nd and Magic Kingdom early on 23rd.
Sounds like everything came together nicely! I look forward to hearing your review of Lego land.... There are so many parks and such in the Orlando area I want to visit, but never seem to make the time for when I'm at Disney.... At some point, I'm seriously considering a non-Disney trip to Orlando to check out all these other places...
That's the problem we usually have, especially as we often combine a visit to Orlando with elsewhere in the States. I think this is the first time since about 2007 that we're spending the best part of two weeks there.
Cheryl, you will love Kennedy SC. The pre show before seeing the Atlantis shuttle is really good and gave me goosebumps. It's also different from when you saw the shuttle in Los Angeles. You actually get to see inside the shuttle. Just incredible! We spent the whole day there and didn't see everything. It really is a two day experience.
Oh cool! I honestly don't remember the last time we went to the Kennedy Space Center. I know Mark went in 2011 with friends, but I didn't bother, as I was so disillusioned by the state it was in on our last visit. I was so happy to read that they were finally getting some new stuff and I do love the shuttle. I'm so excited that it's different from the California Science Center and now I can't wait to go - you get to see inside it? Excellent!
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So you're there when we are? Is there any chance we'll see you around the parks over the few days we're there? We'll be in the Magic Kingdom on 21st, Universal on 22nd and Magic Kingdom early on 23rd.
I was so happy to read that they were finally getting some new stuff and I do love the shuttle. I'm so excited that it's different from the California Science Center and now I can't wait to go - you get to see inside it? Excellent! 
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