N
minus 340
The
Liberty Square Riverboats are undergoing refurbishment…including their tracks.
Huh. I guess in hindsight it’s obvious
they’re on tracks, but I never considered it. Disney illusions are all encompassing, aren’t they?
September
17, 2018
N
minus 335
The
EPCOT transformation is in full swing.
End Summer 2019 will be the final Illuminations show. That should help
crowds…oy.
September
20, 2018
N
minus 332
Kidcot
stops are now sponsored by Ziploc. No
more masks, no more Duffys no more Perrys! They give out Ziploc suitcases and
each country has a fact card with a coloring image on the other side. That sounds way cooler to me than the old
stuff, kind of like a free passport.
Yay! Some things are better.
[Later Edit- we didn't get one. It probably says something significant about my maturity level that as a forty-nine year old, I was way more excited about this than any of the children.]
Yay! Some things are better.
[Later Edit- we didn't get one. It probably says something significant about my maturity level that as a forty-nine year old, I was way more excited about this than any of the children.]
September
27, 2018
N
minus 325
They’re
expanding the size of “Early Morning Magic” the “Paid Extra Magic Hours with
Breakfast.” I’m suspicious.
October
20, 2018
N
minus 302
Rafiki’s
planet watch closed. Guess we weren’t
the only ones who never went there. My daughter’s response summed it up well.
“GASP!!!!
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo(who cares)oooooooooooo”
Oops.
Nevermind, it’s reopening in the spring.
I'm still not going.
October
23, 2018
N
minus 299
World
of Disney reopens to look like an “animators studio.” Looks more like a snooty
mall store to me in pictures. The spitting Stitch is gone too. How sad.
October
29, 2018
N
minus 293
Ralph
and Vanellope are returning to Disney World with their new movie coming. First in
Innoventions, then at a permanent home in the Imageworks in Imagination! I guess Dreamfinder and Figment aren’t coming
back, fudge. I also wonder if the Cast Member punishment system (Baymax) is leaving to bring them in to begin with?
[Later edit- He didn't, yay!]
[Later edit- He didn't, yay!]
November
4, 2018
N
minus 287
Grandma
copied all the “Hidden Mickey” pages from the Birnbaum book big enough to read,
and carry with her when we go. I love
this family.
November
21, 2018
N
minus 270
They’re
“refreshing” both circlevision films in EPCOT.
I hope they keep Marty!
December
11, 2018
N
minus 250
Disney
Vacation time officially approved at work on the first day the calendar reaches
it. Yay!
Dec
13, 2018
N
minus 248
Disney
recovery day is approved. Miscounted ‘cause the trip is so long. Yay! Thanx
Grandma!
Dec
19, 2018
N
minus 242
New
Snow White Enchanted Forest meal at Wilderness Lodge opens. MyDisneyExperience
app is down...again, removing any hope of figuring out how hard it will be to
book.
January
2, 2019
N
minus 228
Free
dining plan announced! Attached only to Park Hopper tickets again. What a rip.
January
15, 2019
N
minus 215
The
park hours and extra magic hours aren't listed yet, but the Halloween parties
are.
Magic
Kingdom will close early (6PM now, I think) for them
Tuesday
Aug 20, Friday Aug 23, Tuesday Aug 27.
Add
that to avoiding Magic Kingdom on Saturdays and Mondays and at least it’s a
piece of the Grid Puzzle.
Extra
magic is usually Wednesday night and Friday morning.
Maybe
if there are four MK days we should use Wednesday Friday (Cinderella or Snow White hotel
dinner) Sunday and Tuesday (other night dinner , or head back to pack since we
do that sometimes.)
Like
I said, the first puzzle piece of many.
January
16,2019
N
minus 214
We
have airline tickets! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
It’s real! I have so much to do!!!!!
In more hilarious news Anabelle talked with her cousins and on the way home from dance told me they were all excited to meet the dwarfs “Dumpy and Gropey.” Pure Disney magic kept the car from crashing until I recovered and said, “That sounds like a whole different set of dwarves.”
In more hilarious news Anabelle talked with her cousins and on the way home from dance told me they were all excited to meet the dwarfs “Dumpy and Gropey.” Pure Disney magic kept the car from crashing until I recovered and said, “That sounds like a whole different set of dwarves.”
January
21, 2019
N
minus 209
Magic Mickey replaced with Mickey and Minnie together for the birthday
celebration. So much for skipping that
FastPass.
Pixar Place at MGM now rethemed as “Municiberg” for the Incredibles dance parties and Edna Mode meet and greet. Plus Mike and Sulley have moved into the One Man’s Dream area. (That has a new name too, but since I'm still using MGM, I won’t be changing that either.)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Live! Show returns to the World Showcase stage, because timing when to get halfway through the EPCOT Death March when we were just worried about the American Adventure show wasn’t hard enough.
Pixar Place at MGM now rethemed as “Municiberg” for the Incredibles dance parties and Edna Mode meet and greet. Plus Mike and Sulley have moved into the One Man’s Dream area. (That has a new name too, but since I'm still using MGM, I won’t be changing that either.)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Live! Show returns to the World Showcase stage, because timing when to get halfway through the EPCOT Death March when we were just worried about the American Adventure show wasn’t hard enough.
January
23, 2019
N
minus 207
We’re
booked! Awesome Happy Disney person
Lionel sets us up and also saves Grandma a bundle while getting us the free dining plan
and park hopping, with a switch to All Star Sports. That's the resort Grandpa took her
to when the two of them went for a long trip alone the first time they didn’t
go to the Contemporary. Having his birthday be the first two digits of the
confirmation numbers proves this is the correct choice. This is the first time I can remember that
we’re set more than 180 days before going.
Hooray, planning!
Hooray, planning!
January
24, 2019
N
minus 206
Grandma
suggests instead of trying to hit a park on the truncated last day, to do the
Mad Hatter breakfast. It gives us something to do and avoids cutting into park
time another day. That's a great idea...now the question is if I can book it?
January
25, 2019
N
minus 205
The Steam Punk Maleficent
Dragon returns to the Festival of Fantasy parade after the accident last
May. I’d probably need eight months of
sick leave if my head caught on fire too.
January
26, 2019
N
minus 204
I
act as consultant for Anabelle’s FastPass planning for her friend group on the March band
trip. Avatar, Slinky Dog, and Soarin’
already gone. She asks, “How do you do this for nine people without killing all
of us and going alone?”
January
27, 2019
N
minus 203
A
tip from a consultant at work leads to a website with projected attendance that
may help when to hop and when not to hop.
Then again, we won’t know if it’s right until we get there.
[Later edit- We were there, I'm still not sure, but have strong doubts about its rightness.]
[Later edit- We were there, I'm still not sure, but have strong doubts about its rightness.]
January
29, 2019
N
minus 201
The
sky gondolas are in test mode, opening in the fall. That means we can see them
but can’t ride in them. Sounds like a win/win!
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