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Oh my time is flying by, only six days to go, at this time next week we will be at DHS soaking in all the magic, cannot wait! I still have not packed a single thing yet but lists are slowly getting made so hopefully I will not forget anything when I finally do start to pack. Came across a little bump in the road, I discovered yesterday that my charger for my camcorder has gone missing and I cannot find it anywhere. So I ordered a new one and hopefully it will get her in time but luckily my Mom has the same one and if I have too can share hers during the trip.
OK so where did I leave off, oh yeah we were up to day 5.
Day 5 12/15
Today is the day I plan to make rope drop at the MK, three down one to go. The park has EMH and opens up at 8am, so I plan to get the troops out of bed and hit the trail running to the MK. I have heard yummy delicious things about the Main Street Bakery, so that is where I plan to pick up something for breakfast. We plan on hitting any attractions we didn’t get to when we were there the other day, including Space Mountain, my DS2 and I were watching Disney ride videos on youtube yesterday and he was super excited about SM and wants to ride it whenever we go back, little does he know it is only 6 days away. I am looking forward to it too because it was closed for refurb last time we were there, however when we rode TTA it was cool to see SM with the lights on. Lunch will probably be eaten either at Cosmic Rays or Columbia House depending what section of the park we are in. Then after some more fun at MK we will hop on the monorail and head back to the Poly. We have a 6:45 ADR at Ohana’s , we have eaten here for breakfast but never dinner so this will be a new experience for us. After dinner is pretty much up in the air I have some options to suggest like pool, DTD or if they want Neverland Club again, so whatever the majority decides we will do.
High lights that I am looking forward to today:
Rope drop at MK
Something yummy at Main Street Bakery
Riding Space Mountain with my babies
Dinner at Ohana
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Today will be a late night at Epcot, they have EMH until 12:30am, so during the day we will take it easy. Moring will probably consist of resort time with breakfast at Captain Cooks. Then around lunch time, I would like to head back over to AK and catch the Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade. Since AK in not my favorite park, don’t get me wrong I like it but I just find it hard to navigate, we usually don’t spend a full day there and therefore have never seen the parades. I thought we could head over there around lunch, grab a bite at Flame Tree BBQ(a first for us), catch the parade, hit EE, Dinosaur and then head over to Epcot for our fun filled night.
In the past Epcot was not on the top of our priority list as far as parks go, so we would just hit future world and call it a day. However as I hear more about all the great things World Show Case has to offer makes me want to spend more time there. On our last trip we did finally walk around the world but I didn’t explore any of the countries or eat at any of the restaurants. So for that reason we have dedicated tonight as World Show Case Night. I plan to stroll leisurely through the countries and check out everything they have to offer. We have a 7:00pm dinner ressie at Via Napoli (new one) and then plan to watch Illuminations after. Overall I think it should be an awesome night and I am looking forward to it.
High lights that I am looking forward to today:
Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade
Our World Show Case adventure
Dinner at Via Napoli
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i just got caught up on your trip report and since i was behind I put all my comments together. hope thats ok!
i've actually had the debit card thing happen to me and it was a disaster, we were with BOA at the time and we left them because they were really awful with helping. I'm so glad you got it worked out!
Garden Grill and Ohana is awesoem, I haven't been to any of the other places to eat, so I can't wait to hear what you have to say about them in your TR.
I can't believe the reactions of those kids who didn't want to go to WDW, I was shocked.
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I still have not packed a single thing yet but lists are slowly getting made so hopefully I will not forget anything when I finally do start to pack. Came across a little bump in the road, I discovered yesterday that my charger for my camcorder has gone missing and I cannot find it anywhere. 
So I ordered a new one and hopefully it will get her in time but luckily my Mom has the same one and if I have too can share hers during the trip. 
delicious things about the Main Street Bakery, so that is where I plan to pick up something for breakfast. We plan on hitting any attractions we didn’t get to when we were there the other day, including Space Mountain, my DS2 and I were watching Disney ride videos on youtube yesterday and he was super excited about SM and wants to ride it whenever we go back, little does he know it is only 6 days away. I am looking forward to it too because it was closed for refurb last time we were there, however when we rode TTA it was cool to see SM with the lights on. Lunch will probably be eaten either at Cosmic Rays or Columbia House depending what section of the park we are in. Then after some more fun at MK we will hop on the monorail and head back to the Poly. We have a 6:45 ADR at Ohana’s 
, we have eaten here for breakfast but never dinner so this will be a new experience for us. After dinner is pretty much up in the air I have some options to suggest like pool, DTD or if they want Neverland Club again, so whatever the majority decides we will do. 
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