Great report so far!

(I fear this will be a long reply, sorry

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Can I just say, I'm envious of your AP

...there I said it.

I could have gotten one last year, but we knew there was no way we'd get back this year, so we didn't.
Anyway, I love that you took a sign for K8 and used it!
The POP food court has been my favourite food court so far of any place I've stayed on-site. The French Quarter one was creepy because of the giant masks, but aside from that I didn't find the menu choices to be all that varied, and while I did like the Peppermarket, I didn't like the set-up and staff working there. I'm sure things have changed now though, it's been a while since I've been to either of those places. The POP seems to have pretty consistently good food, with lots of choice, despite it being busy in there almost all the time.
I totally agree with you on the One Man's Dream exhibit. It gets bypassed far too often. The more times I go to WDW the slower of a pace I take it...not because I'm getting older

but because now it's not as much about the rides as it used to be for me...it's about the atmosphere, or
the feeling I believe you described once before.
Anyway, your partial day at MGM sounded awesome

A great way to kick things off!

And then, your first full day at AK.
Can you imagine 6 visits and still no expeditions up everest?

Shocking, I know. But, I vow that next trip, it will happen. I can't say that I'll go on it even 3 times in a row

but the point is that I
will go on it! I chickened out last year after watching it go down the "big" drop for about 5 minutes. I've also never been on RR or ToT, though, it would take something extremely special to get me on ToT...I
do not like big drops

I did tell my dad that next time we go together I would go in RR with him, so I'm hopeful that will entice him to go with my September 2014 plan
The RFID scanners look so cool! They weren't there in November when I was, so it'll be something else new to see next time
I am SO glad you got your wallet back so quickly!

I would have been beyond sick with worry. And to be there
alone when it happened...I can't even imagine
Can't wait for more!