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I was reviewing our travel plans and noticed our Delta flights had changed - and now had us arriving for our layover five minutes after our connecting flight departed. A call to the lovely Disney planners fixed the flights and we now have FOUR extra hours in WDW! Our original plans had us on DME shortly after lunch, so we planned to spend the morning at the pool, go back to the room and clean up before checkout, then have a leisurely lunch before leaving. Now, however, we actually have time to DO something! We will probably will spend the morning at the pool, but what should we do for the rest of the day, post checkout time? We will probably be getting picked at around 4:30-5:00pm (7:30 flight). Suggestions, please? We are staying club level at AKL if that helps
I guess it depends on how long your trip is...for us...we need a day of down time to recover from the excitement--and downtime at WDW is better than downtime at home!
Our upcoming flight home kept getting pushed back. We now depart Orlando around 4PM. Our plan is to have a great breakfast at our hotel (Kona Cafe), can't wait to have those macadamia nut pancakes! We will check out and probably hang out at DTD until its time to head to MCO. It will be nice to have a leisurely morning, unlike previous trips with early return flights.
Our flight is at 7:30 or so PM. So we'll check out, leave out carryons with bell serviced, and hit either Epcot or the Magic Kingdom one more time.
I always get park tickets for both the first and last day-- I get an early flight in and a late flight home. Once you get past 3 or 4 days, the extra days on the park tickets cost next to nothing.
we will be there for 7 days and I purchased a 6 day ph so I have one day to fill we used to go to a park and say "good-bye" but I think we may just relax. I booked Boma for a late breakfast and our flight isn't until 8pm so not sure
We were just discussing that very thing. We will probably check our bags with DME after checking out,then go to DTD,or maybe just ride the train at MK for one last time.
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On our last day we did the pool in the morning,then got all cleaned upped and packed. Took our checked luggage down to get taken care of.
Then we checked out at 11am and had our carry on bags held with the bell hop. jumped on the bus to DTD for lunch and final shopping,don't forget that can only buy what will fit on you carry on since luggage is already checked.
back to resort to wait for DME to take us back
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This year we are leaving very late, (our flight is not until 9 pm). We plan on having a leisurely morning at the pool, checking out after we get cleaned up. We have late lunch reservations at TRex, so we'll probably spend the afternoon shopping at DTD and then probably do some resort hopping before heading back to our resort for DME.
I usually spend as much of it in the parks as I can!! I also get an early flight on arrival and a latter flight on departing (not too late though as I have to be considerate of those that will be picking me up!!) I tend to go Saturday to Saturday (has to do with how they prefer us to schedule vacations at work...don't ask!!) so I have 8 day park hoppers usually. The last 2 trips I had an AP though because I purposely planned the second one so I could get the AP for the first one!!!!
Our flight is at 7:30 or so PM. So we'll check out, leave out carryons with bell serviced, and hit either Epcot or the Magic Kingdom one more time.
I always get park tickets for both the first and last day-- I get an early flight in and a late flight home. Once you get past 3 or 4 days, the extra days on the park tickets cost next to nothing.
We do the same, but our last day always starts with breakfast at Chef Mickeys! We usually take a leisurely walk from CR to MK to savor our last hours and "say goodbye" to our favorites. Last minute shopping at the Emporium, and back to hotel for ME pick-up.
We also like to use the morning to swim and after we get cleaned up we always head to MK for as much time as permitted. I like to say goodbye to my castle before going back to the resort to wait for DME!
I debated on this for the longest time. On this past trip, our flight left at 11:25pm, leaving us a whole day at DW. We had a 1:00pm adr at TRex and we thought about adding an extra park day but decided against it. We checked out, stored our stuff and went to DTD. After our lunch, we shopped and when we got tired we went back to the resort and hung out.
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Our original plans had us on DME shortly after lunch, so we planned to spend the morning at the pool, go back to the room and clean up before checkout, then have a leisurely lunch before leaving. Now, however, we actually have time to DO something! We will probably will spend the morning at the pool, but what should we do for the rest of the day, post checkout time? We will probably be getting picked at around 4:30-5:00pm (7:30 flight). Suggestions, please? We are staying club level at AKL if that helps 
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