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Awesome!! I'm hoping to do this in the next couple of weeks!! Yaaay!
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That would be nice if we crossed paths. Didn't your son want to ride a ride you didn't want to go on. Maybe Kelsey could take him on it, for some reason I think it was space mountain. Although with my horrible memory it could have been a totally different passporter haha!!!!
No my son won't ride Splash Mountain - but I love it. Must have been someone else but either way we could meet up and she could take him on some rides.
Well I'm definately in the planning holding period. I think we have our dining figured out and booked but now it's that awkward time between making ADR's and doing last minute things. I want to plan I just have nothing to plan.
So DD is finally home from college. Freshman year is over and we both survived!!!! We took a look at our plans and made a few changes to the dining.
A few dining updates
8/23-travel day then Epcot
lunch at LaCanita in Mexico
dinner - Katsura Grill CS
8/24 MK BOG for lunch (hoping for a fastpass+)
8/25 DHS Cape May Cafe Character Breakfast 9:40 am
8/26 AK/Resort/EWP lunch at Hurrican Hannah's
8/27 TL/Epcot Cape May Cafe Clam Bake 6:45 pm (our favorite restaurant at WDW)
8/28 DHS/DTD lunch at Sci Fi moved from 8/25 because after the big breakfast at Cape May Cafe we didn't want a scheduled lunch
Dinner this day switched from Smokehouse to Wolfgang Puck Express
8/29 Epcot dinner Coral Reef (this might get removed due to budget constraints)
8/30 MK Kona Cafe 9:45 am
8/31 travel day home quick breakfast in room then DME bus to airport
We plan to stay up (or in my case get up) at 12:01 am on 6/24/14 to book our Fastpasses. I know this probably isn't necessary and we could do it the next day but this just makes it more fun. Plus we are really excited to try the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train once during the day and once at night and since we are at MK more than one day we really want 2 fastpasses for it.
We picked our colors for our Magic Bands - really wish they had a few more colors, would have loved yellow but online the color doesn't look bright and happy. Oh well I picked blue and Kelsey picked pink. Looking forward to heading into the parks at night with nothing but our bands. During the day we usually bring a back pack to carry our water bottle and sunscreen and hats etc. but in the evening we don't need anything and since we can charge on our bands we are set!!
Not sure when the next update will be as all we are doing now is saving money for food and fun stuff. Just wondering if there are places where you can't charge using your bands??? I would think you can at all the restaurants both CS & TS.
The yellow MB is very much just your standard yellow. I have yellow, blue, pink and green LOVE Coral Reef and hope you get to keep it! Do they still have Lunch and Dinner menus? Might be a bit cheaper to go for lunch? Plus it's a greeeat break from the heat!
The yellow MB is very much just your standard yellow. I have yellow, blue, pink and green LOVE Coral Reef and hope you get to keep it! Do they still have Lunch and Dinner menus? Might be a bit cheaper to go for lunch? Plus it's a greeeat break from the heat!
Unfortunately the prices are the same for most items at lunch and dinner. We are thinking about sharing an entree and a salad and then we will have room for a snack later that night.
Sharing entrees is great for the wallet and the waistline Love it! Mom and I did that a time or two on our January trip, the portions can be so huge anyway! If Cody and I liked more of the same foods we'd probably do it too!
I just finished reading your PTR and am all caught up!! Everything sounds great. Congrats on the YC, I heard it is very nice. We do love the MBs too, they are so awesome, even my DH likes them and that is saying a lot.
Congrats on both of you surviving the first year of college!
Looks like this will be a fun and relaxing mother daughter trip. I think that sharing an entree at Coral Reef would be a good budget friendly option, while still giving you a chance to enjoy the restaurant.
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Luke's yellow band was very bright and happy. 
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