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Excellent tweaking! I'm really glad you're going to break the drive. Twelve hours straight seems just so exhausting I don't know how you'd be ready to have fun when you arrive. I wouldn't put any money at all on your being finished with tweaking, though. Considering you have so little time at WDW before and after the trip, you've packed in a lot!
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I would go with breaking up the drive. We drive from Scotland to Paris and I suspect it is a similar distance and we wouldn't do it now without stopping at least overnight somewhere.
We will be in Florida in 2015 but it will probably be the summer. We are thinking doing a mad west coast east coast and back to west coast holiday.
Hope Chef Mickey's becomes available for you! Otherwise everything will work out!
We know about those long drives - we do it straight, but only because DH doesn't mind driving through the night.
Excellent tweaking! I'm really glad you're going to break the drive. Twelve hours straight seems just so exhausting I don't know how you'd be ready to have fun when you arrive. I wouldn't put any money at all on your being finished with tweaking, though. Considering you have so little time at WDW before and after the trip, you've packed in a lot!
I prefer to drive straight through, because I'm impatient... but if breaking it up means I can get there a few hours earlier... well... count me in!!!
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Wow, just read through this thread and I am so excited for you all! Can't wait to hear how the big reveal goes!
I can't wait, either! I hope it's noteworthy, lol!
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How well we've all learned, right?!
Plans look great - as they stand now, and as they end up!
LOL yeah, it's true, I'm a tweaker!
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Good tweaks... breaking up the drive sounds like a good idea to me!
It will make it a bit less tedious for sure!
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I think breaking up the drive sounds like a great change to the plans!
Mom far prefers to break it up, so I know she's glad, too!
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I would go with breaking up the drive. We drive from Scotland to Paris and I suspect it is a similar distance and we wouldn't do it now without stopping at least overnight somewhere.
We will be in Florida in 2015 but it will probably be the summer. We are thinking doing a mad west coast east coast and back to west coast holiday.
You should drive across the country!
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I think your changes in plan make a lot of sense.
Mom did, too. She likes shorter spurts.
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Hope Chef Mickey's becomes available for you! Otherwise everything will work out!
We know about those long drives - we do it straight, but only because DH doesn't mind driving through the night.
I don't mind driving through, either, but mom can't sleep in the car, so it becomes an issue. I, on the other hand, have no issues sleeping just about anywhere, ha!
Ok all I'm saying is that this tweak is completely Heather's fault (and I'm SO glad for it, lol).
She posted on here and then PM'ed me, and then I talked to mom, and then Heather and I arranged Wednesday as follows...
NOW, we will still arrive somewhere between 3-4. Instead of going to Kona Cafe, I'm going to have Bev meet us at the food court at POR, and we will eat there and visit. Honestly it's a better deal for Bev, because with her severe dietary issues, she actually has more options at a food court. We will visit until about 615pm, and then we will say goodbye to Bev, and we'll hop a bus to MK, where we wil meet up with Heather some time shortly before 7pm. MK is open until 10pm this night, so I'm hopeful that we can get a few good rides in.
Meri really wants to see Beast's castle, and she wants to ride the new Ariel ride. Then, if time allows, she wants to ride BTMRR and Buzz Lightyear. And she'd like to ride Buzz with Heather, I've been informed. Of course, as Mark and Cheryl know, at the very last minute, she may change her mind and ride with me, lol.
So, I think in my mind, since we've got such a short time at MK, and since Meri's three "must do" rides are in three different lands, we should probably go straight to Buzz, and knock that out, and then continue around to New Fantasyland, since by that point, crowds should start to get situated for the castle show / fireworks. By the time Wishes starts, I'm thinking we should be able to watch from New Fantasyland (it's actually neat to watch the fireworks from behind the castle - a different perspective). Though I think we'll need to pause to watch Tink fly if we can - that's always Meri's very favorite part. Then when Meri is done with New (and old) Fantasyland, we'll continue around to BTMRR. But, of course, as is always the case, we'll see how the crowds are, and do what makes the most sense. I just like to go in with a game plan, since we've got a tiny window to work with!
I'm very hopeful that on a Wednesday night in early February, there will be minimal crowds, so we can get more done than usual... but we'll see!
Either way, I'm glad we'll get to set foot in the park, and that we'll get to spend time with Heather! YAY! So it's a wonderful tweak! Hazel is the only "missing link" here. But I'll get to see her in 2015! I'll make sure of it!
Very glad you'll be able to get to MK! I think with a combination of short lines and FP+ you should be ok to do the rides you need to get in. I'm hoping for low crowds that week, too!
Just to add a little more confusion into the loop Rory has a little Birthday present for Meri. Are you still going to the Polynesian on Sunday morning because if so I could drop it off for her at bell services or something?
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