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Countdown 22 - We found on HGTV Behind the Magic: Disney Holidays. It was in the middle of the show, but we found that it was going to be shown again on Monday at 11:00pm. We are DVRing the show, cuz we will be in the bed. I believe that this is the same as what was shown last year, but really a cool look at the holiday magic. I look forward to seeing the whole episode. This also makes me think to tell DDad about it so he can see some of what we will experience. Have a great night everyone.
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Day 4-December 21, 2010
We are back to Epcot, where we will again try to take advantage of early morning hours. We will head to Soarin ride and get FP for later. We think Ddad will love this ride. We have to ride Living with the Land as DH this ride and is a geek about landscaping so this is one of his favorites! He is limited to 50 pictures per ride. LOL
We will cross over FW and ride TT and some of us will try Mission Space Green for the first time. The kids really seemed to enjoy TT last time (as you can see from the picture below) but MS will be a first for us.
Head back over to the other side of FW to finish that side and eat at Sunshine Seasons. We thought last year it was good food with a nice variety.
Spaceship Earth and Innoventions will complete our tour of FW and we will go left to Mexico to start our adventures in WS.
We might watch Reflections of China as we have not seen this and we hear Voices of Liberty is a must do item. We will also try to ride milestrom as we have not rode this either. We will try to see the holiday items that we missed from our first night. Another thing we will try to do is eat/drink items from our Snack Wish List, but not too many we have a 6:30 ADR at Biergarten. Another first! We hopefully have already seen Illuminations so we can finish things we really want to do and head out as we wish.
A quick side bar is we are now discussing leaving a day early on Friday afternoon around 2:00 PM. DW has a half day off and DH thinks he might be able to slip off a few hours early as well. If so, we could leave at about 2:00 PM and head down for 6 hours or so. We are looking at staying a Springhill Suites on the north side of Jacksonville. That way we could get up on Saturday with less than 3 hours to go. We could almost arrive in the world about the times the parks are opening. We are leaning that way. Your thoughts????
Thanks again for reading along. Have a great Monday!
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Only 13 more days!!!! Did we decide to go down a day early?
Last week, we began discussing if we should leave a day early and spend the night in Jacksonville to get into the bubble earlier the next day. After a bit of encouraging from the boards and after discussing it with DDad, we decided to go for it!!!!
So heres the new plan. DW & DH will get off of work mid-day. We will have our van ready to roll with everything packed except DDads items. We will all be home by 1:00 PM, change, get some last minute packing done and then take off for Jacksonville no later than 2:00 PM. We hope to get to Jacksonville no later than 9:30-10:00 PM. Please send us some that we all get a good nights rest. We plan to get up early the next day , get some breakfast at the hotel and take off by 6:30 AM. We hope to arrive at AK Kidani Villas by 9:30 AM. Maybe we will get lucky and get into our rooms but if not, were heading to the parks.
Right now our choice is still Epcot (if you have read our other updates) but now we are questioning our plan. We keep looking at the touring plan and thinking should we rearrange our plans. The problem is we have already made our ADRs .
So we need your !!! For those of you that have gone during the peak seasons, should we use a guide like Touring Plans or just stick with our plan and go with the flow?
for your help!
We just discussed today that we only have one more weekend left before we leave!!! Next weekend we have a b-day party and a family holiday get together....so we need to get a lot done this weekend. We have been cleaning, washing clothes, and we hope to get most of our packing done. We have just made a list for all our supplies and will be heading to Wally World (Wal-Mart) later today. We also hope to get the Van all cleaned out...not that it will stay clean for two weeks . Only 13 days!!!
Up Next ..December 22-Our last full day in the world Places everyone, Hollywood Studios Scene 1 Take 1 (if we dont change our plans) J
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Congrats on leaving earlier and I have to say that traveling during a time when many of the parks are VERY busy . . . numbers in the 8,9,10 range on Touring Plans . . . I would definitely go with their park suggestions and follow some kind of TP, especially with smaller kids!
I'll be at the World some of the same date as you guys! I'll keep my eyes open for you! Wave if you see someone wearing a Passporter Button! (I'm the 20th-23rd)
I just love AKV, its our home resort. I know you guys will just love it. It sounds like you have some great ADRs planned!
You asked about snacks and FABs? I will second the carrot cake cookie--its awesome--get one and a hot chocolate before wandering around the Osbourne Lights! I also have to vote for the Butterfinger Cupcake at Starring Rolls. At Epcot I'm a sucker for Italian Margaritas. AK is great for Yak Attacks and at the MK I always stop for a treat at Main St Bakery or the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor.
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this ride and is a geek about landscaping so this is one of his favorites! He is limited to 50 pictures per ride. LOL 
We hopefully have already seen Illuminations so we can finish things we really want to do and head out as we wish. 
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that we all get a good nights rest. 
We plan to get up early the next day 
, get some breakfast at the hotel and take off by 6:30 AM. We hope to arrive at AK Kidani Villas by 9:30 AM. Maybe we will get lucky and get into our rooms but if not, were heading to the parks. 
We keep looking at the touring plan and thinking should we rearrange our plans. The problem is we have already made our ADRs
. 
!!! For those of you that have gone during the peak seasons, should we use a guide like Touring Plans or just stick with our plan and go with the flow? 
Next weekend we have a b-day party and a family holiday get together....so we need to get a lot done this weekend. We have been cleaning, washing clothes, and we hope to get most of our packing done. We have just made a list for all our supplies and will be heading to Wally World (Wal-Mart) later today. We also hope to get the Van all cleaned out...not that it will stay clean for two weeks 
. Only 13 days!!! 
Places everyone, Hollywood Studios Scene 1 Take 1 (if we dont change our plans) J
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