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Proof
that Disney knows what it’s doing when it comes to the important things for handling people
better than anyone else. They’re doing
construction NOW on MGM bathrooms for increased capacity and access when Star
Wars Land opens.
February
11, 2019
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Kevin
from Up Wandering Animal
Kingdom! Cool!
February
12, 2019
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Anabelle
planned to wear her Brother Bear shirt to EPCOT in March for the band trip, since
she saw the bears in Canada when she was little…until she learned today that
Koda is in a Discovery Island Dance Party in Animal Kingdom. She thought she had all her shirts picked
out. The struggle is real.
February
14, 2019
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Disney
World celebrates Villaintines Day! Why
do we always miss those?
And Paige O’Hara showed up in France from now up to the 18th to see Belle and the Beast and showcase her art. (Since I had Jodie Benson behind me on a roller coaster and didn’t notice, I can’t complain about missing that.)
Ralph and Vanellope have moved into the Imagination Pavilion as the institute creates a portal to the internet, to take up the massive waste of space digital photography created in the former Kodak sponsored location!
And Paige O’Hara showed up in France from now up to the 18th to see Belle and the Beast and showcase her art. (Since I had Jodie Benson behind me on a roller coaster and didn’t notice, I can’t complain about missing that.)
Ralph and Vanellope have moved into the Imagination Pavilion as the institute creates a portal to the internet, to take up the massive waste of space digital photography created in the former Kodak sponsored location!
February
19, 2019
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One
hell of a morning!
I
got up to log in at 6AM to do the 180 days before Disney dining reservations
for all nine of us in August.
First,
our vacation days weren't accessible because the link from my email didn't
connect to the fact that I already logged in. But I fixed that quick.
I immediately found the new Wilderness Lodge Snow White dinner for all nine of us that looked
completely booked when I checked it last week.
Then
the site kept giving me error messages for the credit card (needed to
secure reservations, not pay for them). It finally worked but I didn’t know
how.
Then
after seeing two vanish while I looked, (AAAAAH!) I found a Castle Lunch
reservation for all nine of us on another Magic Kingdom day, and the same thing happened. I was totally
freaking out. Then I got it to work by accident and figured out the
glitch was clicking the box to "save my credit card" which I kept
doing because I couldn't figure out how to make it work and figured it would
save it if it happened again.
Now
that I was typing the number in each time, the rest of the picks went smooth
and I got all ten table service locations we wanted for the trip (plus a
Be Our Guest reserved quick service lunch) for all nine of us. (After all this typing of “All nine of
us” I may start to call us “The Fellowship.”)
I had to make a quick call at the end to get the Garden Grill since it wouldn't let me book an overlapping four and five on line like it used to.
[Later edit- However, just like it used to, they sat us all together anyway.]
Heck I even got a Sci Fi dine in theater for all of us, which
A) I had trouble getting for only three of us and
B) I was told didn't take reservations for over eight people.
I had to make a quick call at the end to get the Garden Grill since it wouldn't let me book an overlapping four and five on line like it used to.
[Later edit- However, just like it used to, they sat us all together anyway.]
Heck I even got a Sci Fi dine in theater for all of us, which
A) I had trouble getting for only three of us and
B) I was told didn't take reservations for over eight people.
Woo
hoo! Happy Half Birthday Mom!
I
can rest till FastPass time in June now.
February
20, 2019
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Since
nobody asked, here’s the logic behind the meal choices:
Day
1 Plaza Dinner the first day, Easiest to rebook during the trip if a delay
makes us miss it. Nice Main Street sigh of
“we’re here” beginning.
Day
2 Akershus. Food and Wine Festival may
start the next day we’re in EPCOT. Mom
should have princesses on her birthday. I figure it makes sense to do the EPCOT
Death March when we’re fresh instead of exhausted for a change. I’ll try to get
the Frozen FastPass near here, and put the Soarin’ one on the return to EPCOT
Saturday. We may be able to get on
Soarin’ this morning first thing without too long a wait. It’s worth two rides.
Day
3 Animal Kingdom closes a half hour earlier than other parks, but we’ll
definitely be at it the whole day. (EPCOT has Extra Magic this night.) Didn't want the Tusker House lunch on the
other day that we’re leaving earlier.
Possible Flame Tree Barbecue dinner (Mom…and Rosa, they have ribs!)
Day
4 Crystal Palace big ole buffet lunch. Looong Magic Kingdom day, with Extra Magic night, we’ll need fuel. Couldn’t get the Castle this day when I first
tried. Then when I booked Crystal palace it popped up , but I wasn’t chancing
cancelling anything. It’s destiny. (No escaping that’s for me!)
Day
5 HOLY CRAP I GOT THE SCI FI!!!!!!!!!
MILKSHAKES HERE I COME!!! YAAAAAAY!!!!
(Possible
Woody’s lunch box dinner.)
Day
6 HOLY CRAP I GOT SNOW WHITE TOO!!!!
It’s a late one, so I booked the Be Our Guest lunch to remind us to eat after
starting early with Extra Magic. (We forget that sometimes.) The food at the other counter service you can
book (Skipper Canteen) looks kind of eclectic and weird. (And that’s me saying that)
Day
7 Garden Grill lunch. Since we have park
hopper and this is later in the trip, I didn’t want to tie us down to our usual
late night Garden Grill meal. Plus if
the Food and Wine Festival starts, we want to steer clear of all but the edges of World
Showcase.
Day
8 Eating in the Castle, we take whatever time we can get. Minimum of twelve
hours in the magic kingdom that day, so a late stop at Sonny Eclipse isn’t out
of the question.
Day
9 Animal Kingdom “bonus day.” Possible Fame Tree Lunch. Possible shopping or
hopping. Dinner with Cinderella at 8 gives us time to get there from wherever
we end up, even if we stay in Animal Kingdom most of the day.
Day
10 (This is a long trip, thanx Mom!) MGM
all day. Nothing booked but there’s counter service everywhere, including
Woody’s toy box (Mom) and ribs at the commissary (Rosa.) Plus EPCOT is next
door (and has Extra Magic night hours) for more varied dinner options now that
we’re “hoppers.”
Day
11 Check out is at Eleven, but I think extended check out is free till 1PM if they
allow it. We could ask for at least one room (We did that last time, didn't we?) and leave
all the bags there until after breakfast. Good idea to see Mad Hatter this day.
(Nice one, Mom.) Then it doesn't cut into
park time.
I think our family motto is “You can never have enough park time.”
I think our family motto is “You can never have enough park time.”
February
21, 2019
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EPCOT
announcements: They’re redoing the whole area on both sides of the Big Ball and
the old Wonders of Life pavilion will be a play themed interactive city. They’re using the Odyssey “Pavilion” to
showcase sneak peeks of all the changes that will be there after we go. I'm just excited to finally get to see the
inside of Odyssey after all these years!
[Later edit- Or not. learn to read the opening dates, Mr. Where Will We Go Next Guy.]
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[Later edit- Or not. learn to read the opening dates, Mr. Where Will We Go Next Guy.]
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