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How awesome to upgrade to Boardwalk! I remember how much you liked it last year. I didn’t realize that Trattoria al Forno was a choice for the CP dinner package. It’s been a while since we were there at Christmas and at the time I think only Epcot resorts were part of the CP package.
Thanks, Donna!! I'm pretty sure Trattoria al Forno is a fairly new addition to the dinner packages. I know they offered it last year as well.
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Congrats on the resort upgrade! I think this is such a sweet tribute to your Dad.
Thanks, Cam!! We are really feeling like he is looking down on us!!
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What a nice upgrade, I think it was your Dad’s way of sprinkling some more magic on your trip.
I think your Dad is looking down at you and your sister from heaven! 1st your great AC winnings and now this. It's almost like he's helping plan the trip. How awesome to stay at the Boardwalk!
How exciting to get that dining package you wanted. I, too, was on the phone trying to get the package that day. I don't believe they were in the system until about 10. I called a little before 10 and nothing was open. When I did call back, it was about a 50 min. hold but I got what I wanted. I know you will love seeing your niece perform. I have heard Whoopi Goldberg do the narration and she is very good. Congratulations on the new resort, although I will miss your presence at POFQ.
I think your Dad is looking down at you and your sister from heaven! 1st your great AC winnings and now this. It's almost like he's helping plan the trip. How awesome to stay at the Boardwalk!
Me too, Lisa! We can't wait!!
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How exciting to get that dining package you wanted. I, too, was on the phone trying to get the package that day. I don't believe they were in the system until about 10. I called a little before 10 and nothing was open. When I did call back, it was about a 50 min. hold but I got what I wanted. I know you will love seeing your niece perform. I have heard Whoopi Goldberg do the narration and she is very good. Congratulations on the new resort, although I will miss your presence at POFQ.
I am so happy to hear that about Whoopi Goldberg!! I've never seen her.We've seen Phylicia Rashad, McCauley Caulkin, Neil Patrick Harris and Robby Benson. All were excellent!! I am happy that you also got your dining package!! The only part that made me a little sad about changing resorts was that I wouldn't be guaranteed to see you guys!! I hope we can still meet up!!
We really didn't change that much around but in looking logistically about getting from place to place, we had to switch out a couple of things.
One thing I had a really difficult time with was deciding whether or not to switch out the ROL dining package for having dinner at the Flying Fish. You guys know that AK is my favorite Park and I ROL but it truly is the least Christmasy ( appropriately so) of all the nighttime happenings. I also thought it might be nice for us to just hang out at the Boardwalk area for one night as well. But in the end, I decided to keep that ADR intact because:
A. I really wanted Laura to see each Park at night.
B. I have yet to eat at Tiffins and have heard nothing but good things about it.
C. Animal Kingdom is just so beautiful after dark. And!
D. Muffin and I are huge seafood fans but Laura not so much.
So! We wound up keeping all of our dinner ADRs but just put them in a different order. We also switched out our lunch ADR on the last day at Frontera Cocina for one at San Angel Inn. This was purely due to the fact that it would be much easier to get back to the Boardwalk from San Angel.
This is what our original Park schedule looked like:
12/6 E/MK
12/7 DHS/DS
12/8 MK/AK
12/9 AK/E
12/10 MK/ DHS
12/11 DS
This is what it looks like now:
12/6- E/MK- Lunch at Teppen Edo
12/7- DHS/AK- Late lunch at Tiffins with ROL dining package
12/8- MK/DHS- Dinner at HBD with Fantasmic! dining package
12/9- AK/E- Dinner at Trattoria al Forno with CP dining package
12/10- MK/DS- Dinner at Morimoto Asia
12/11- E- Lunch at San Angel Inn
I am so happy with this schedule and the fact that it will allow us time to enjoy the Boardwalk and the Crescent Lake area!! We will certainly have some Conjuritas!!
We also added in the Caring For Giants tour on the morning we are at AK!!
We are still doing MVMCP the first night as well!!
I would have loved to throw a few more things in but I really didn't want to jam pack our schedule. :
Laura was so excited about staying at POFQ but she is over the moon about the Boardwalk!!! Two years ago, she loved visiting us at the Yacht Club and kept telling us that it was nice to see how the other half lived!! Now she will get the chance to experience that herself!!
Some nice changes you made. It all seems to fit in quite nicely! Those are some nice ADRs you will be experiencing. I've never been a fan of San Angel In as I've found the food to be mixed and I love Mexican cuisine. Although, the scenery is quite nice when dining there.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Some nice changes you made. It all seems to fit in quite nicely! Those are some nice ADRs you will be experiencing. I've never been a fan of San Angel In as I've found the food to be mixed and I love Mexican cuisine. Although, the scenery is quite nice when dining there.
I kind of agree with that assessment of San Angel, Dave. Hmmm. Maybe I need to look at another restaurant for lunch the last day.
I am so happy to hear that about Whoopi Goldberg!! I've never seen her.We've seen Phylicia Rashad, McCauley Caulkin, Neil Patrick Harris and Robby Benson. All were excellent!! I am happy that you also got your dining package!! The only part that made me a little sad about changing resorts was that I wouldn't be guaranteed to see you guys!! I hope we can still meet up!!
I have planned 12/9 as an Epcot day for us. We also will be in Epcot on 12/6 for our CP dinner and show. I see that is an Epcot day for you as well. Because DH loves to sleep in and not start early, we will be doing nearly every day with a midday start and spending the evenings in the parks.
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I kind of agree with that assessment of San Angel, Dave. Hmmm. Maybe I need to look at another restaurant for lunch the last day.
Some good choices to be had in Epcot. Tutto Italia, Chefs de France and Teppan Edo may be ones to consider. Others as well. Too bad La Hacienda is only open for dinner, otherwise I'd say go with that one.
Hope it works out!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Boardwalk is the best! If I had a chance to buy into it for DVC there would be no stopping me! DD, DGrD and I "rode out" Irma last September and we were treated royally! Your sister is going to love it!
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Boardwalk is the best! If I had a chance to buy into it for DVC there would be no stopping me! DD, DGrD and I "rode out" Irma last September and we were treated royally! Your sister is going to love it!
I love the Boardwalk as well and I think Laura will too!!
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Seems like your revamped plans were too difficult to work out!
They were easy to switch around!!
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Nice changes to your schedule!
Thanks, Cheryl!!
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Great news with the resort change, and glad the ADR’s didn’t need much tweaking!
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I'm pretty sure Trattoria al Forno is a fairly new addition to the dinner packages. I know they offered it last year as well. 
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