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Love your plans so far, as for the tea I think there will be more than enough to tempt Kevin'a appetite. I could not eat all of them them due to my allergies but there is quite a nice selection of tea sandwiches, the scones are too die for...and they had some cute little tarts (again...I did not get to eat any ) but everyone said they were delicious. They also had a nice cheese platter that I saw someone at another table eat...so I think he will be fine, and there were some men there as well so I think he will fit in fine (plus his girls will be enjoying his compnay so I am sure that will put a smile on his face as well).
Love your MK plans, I also love TGM but like you use it morefor least crowded days then to really follow a touring plan. Can't wait to hear more of your plans and I love how you are going to search out the facts from the book Cam is reading, I am really enjoying all those little facts, they are great!!
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I'm planning on bringing the book with us too and looking for some of the stuff we've never noticed or even realized existed. Your MK plans are looking very good! I actually like the Rose Garden for Wishes viewing.
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News on the planning front: we have decided not to add an extra day onto this trip. If we are going to possibly slip a quick trip down to Universal Studios during the Thanksgiving holidays, we’ll need to budget for it. The US/IoA trip will depend solely on Cory’s ballet schedule – and we won’t find out about that until early fall. And we’re all okay with that – we’ve been waiting sooooo lonnnggg to visit WWoHP.
We’ve also decided the next trip to WDW will be at least 8 days and (fingers crossed!) at a Deluxe resort!!!! Of course, winning the MegaMillions this week would put us at a DVC resort for sure…
On to Epcot….
Epcot is Kevin’s favorite park by far. Corinne informs me that it’s really unfair to ask everyone their favorites, because really we love them all and, as she puts it, “It really depends on my mood that day.”
Spaceship Earth should be very relevant for the girls this year as we just finished our Ancient History curriculum and will soon be starting the Middle Ages. While we were studying about Alexandria this fall, I mentioned the Library Scene at SE and the girls were like, “Huh?” I had no idea they really didn’t have a reference point for what they had seen at SE. This time will be a lot more exciting.
NOT-TO-MISS:
Ellen’s Universe of Energy
Living with the Land
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FAVORITES at WORLD SHOWCASE:
Kevin: U.K. (when he was a little guy, his nickname was ‘Beatle Boy Brockway!’
Cathy: Morocco – with U.K. a close second
Kelley: Japan
Corinne: “It depends…”
Okay – truly we love them all.
NOT-TO-MISS:
More performers, more movies, more exploring. (Kelley says more shopping!)
With possible PHing, we may not do everything in one day, but if we do, here’s what it will look like…
~ Today is Kevin’s Around the World at Epcot tour – so we’ll be there bright and early.
~ While he’s off tooling around on his Segway, the girls and I will be hitting The Big Three – Soarin’, Test Track and Mission: Space, collecting some FPs along the way.
~ We’ll meet up afterwards and do SE and Ellen’s Energy Adventure.
~ Lunch…well, there’s likely to be a fight this year. My family has forbidden me to head straight for Tangierine Café - so we may compromise and eat at Sunshine Season before heading over to WS.
~ The rest of the afternoon will be spent strolling around WS. I’m sure Kevin will probably be our guide and point out lots of cool things he saw during his tour.
~ Dinner and a birthday celebration for Kelley at Chefs de France. Hopefully Remy will be there so Kells can ask him advice on opening her own restaurant.
~ We’ll head back to FW to use our FPs and then back to WS to find our viewing spot for Illuminations. If everyone’s exhausted, we may skip the show tonight and come back to see it on our anniversary evening.
Great plans for Epcot! I can't wait to hear what Kevin thinks of the segway tour as Luke and I really want to do this some time. (My DSis has said if we want to do it, she'll watch Stefanie the next time they come along with us.) I think Remy only appears at lunch, so he may not show up for the birthday dinner.
Great plans for your day at Epcot. We did a late lunch at Les Chefs last month (complete with a visit from Remy!). It was a highlight of our trip, I'm sure Kelley (and the rest of your family) will love it too!!!
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) but everyone said they were delicious. They also had a nice cheese platter that I saw someone at another table eat...so I think he will be fine, and there were some men there as well so I think he will fit in fine 
(plus his girls will be enjoying his compnay so I am sure that will put a smile on his face as well).
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Of course, winning the MegaMillions this week would put us at a DVC resort for sure…
I had no idea they really didn’t have a reference point for what they had seen at SE. This time will be a lot more exciting.
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