We had decided not to do any Character Meals and then yesterday I had sudden change of heart (I think it had something to do with DH thinking it was a great idea, I was sure he wouldn't like it) but alas we couldn't get a ADR for the Crystal Palace at lunch that Wednesday (and that's our only MK day).

I'm thinking maybe I should try for the Norwegian restaurant with the Princess meal, but it's probably too late there too... Oh, well. I was hoping maybe me and DH could go out by ourselves on the Tuseday night (when Grandma and Grandpa will be there) but I'm not sure where. I'd like to see the Wilderness Lodge (I've heard it's beautiful at Christmas time) but Artist Point is a tad expensive (and probably already booked) so I was thinking Whispering Canyon. DH would like the food there better anyways, lol. But maybe they're also booked. We're such noobs at this!!
I've also looked at our intinerary (again!

) in more detail and tihs is what we have so far:
Friday - arrive and get settled. Set up sleeping arrangements. If we have time and feel up for it, enjoy the Pirate and Princess Party at the Village.
Saturday - Universal Studios
We'd try to eat breakfast right at 8am (there is an earlier continental breakfast, but we like a good hearty breakfast as it seems we get more energy for the whole day that way. We'd rather eat a smaller lunch). At the Studios we'd like to see the Barney show, the Animal Actors and the Fievel's Playground. That will all depend on the show schedules. But we hope to be done before lunch time, and then either have lunch in the park or at the Ice Cream Palace at the Village (they have sandwhiches I think). Then the kids (and me!!

) would have a napin our villa. In the later afternoon, I've been thinking of taking Tobias shopping at the
WalMart nearby for things we'll need during the week (DH and Lydia would play at the playground etc at the Village) and then eat supper at the Village. There is a Birthday Party for the Village mascot, Mayor Clayton, that evening at 7:30 After that the kids will have a bath and then bedtime.
Sunday - Islands of Adventure
This day we're going to try to not go back for naps (we'll see how that works...). As soon as we get to the park, we'll go to Seuss Landing and probably spend most of our morning there. We'll have lunch and then move on through the other Islands, just enjoying the scenery. There are not really that many other rides that the kids will enjoy but we will go check out the Jurassic Park area and possibly the Me Ship the Olive. At some point the kids will (hopefully) nap in their strollers while me and DH just walk around and look at stuff (that's one thing I really enjoy doing, just looking around and exploring). We'll probably be back around 5 or so and have supper at 6. In the evening we'll have some downtime and then an early bedtime.
Monday - Epcot
There is a meet and greet with Disney characters this morning at the Village

We're hoping that Lydia will be tall enough to ride Soarin'. She is 40 inches now but I've hard those bars are a bit higher than the actual height. So, we'll see. Otherwise I guess we'll have to do the baby swap with both of them. Then we'd like to maybe do the Living with the Land ride. Afterwards we'll head on over to the Living Seas and do the Nemo ride and Turtle Talk with Crush. After that we might have some free time to explore the nearby things. Sometime before lunch we'll head on over to the Norwegian Pavillion and take a look around. We'll have lunch here (probably at Kringla) and then head back for a nap at our villa. The early afternoon will be open to relax at the Village and then we'll eat supper at 6. At some point in the evening DH will have to pick up his parents and drive them to their hotel.
Tuesday - Animal Kingdom
We'll head out right after breakfast and the Grandparents will be joining us for the next two days.

First we'll ride the Safari. Then we'll do the Pangani Forest Trail. After that we can do any activities (Maharaja Jungle Trek or look at some of the smaller animal exhibits) until 11:30 when Finding Nemo starts. We'll watch that and then have lunch (either we'll go back for lunch or eat in the park at a counter service place). We'll head home for naps. Then I'm kind of unsure of what we should do... I'm sure that with all we'll be doing every day, half days are probably the best but it feels like we're "waisting" park time by not going back in the late afternoon. But from what I've understood it takes so long just to get back into the park that I'm not sure that is worth it. If we were going to go back, we'd probably go to MK in the early evening (4:00). If we end up not going back (most likely) we'll have the Grandparents babysit in the evening and we'll go out somewhere. At 7:30 there is a Nickelodeon Meet and Greet thing at the Village. Lydia hopes Dora will be there.
Wednesday - Magic Kingdom
We'll try to head out early this day . We'll head straight for Fantasy Land and ride Dumbo, Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan right away. Then we'll do Small World. If Tobias needs to run around after that we'll go to Pooh's Playful Spot. Later on we'd like to tour Toontown and have lunch at some point. We also would like to do the Space Ranger Spin (I hope our kids will like it) and Jungle Cruise. If we are going to Adventure Land we'd like to try out Dole Whip (yum!).

Hopefully our kids will nap in their strollers after lunch at some point. If we lots of time, we'd also like to go to Tom Sawyer Island and do the Railroad or redo any rides they loved. At 6:30 we'd like to find a spot to watch the Spectromagic (7pm) and then the Fireworks (8pm). After that we'll be exhausted and just drop into bed.
Thursday - SeaWorld
We chose SeaWorld for this day because we are probably not going to see a lot of the shows (Tobias can't sit still for that long, but we do hope to catch Believe) and there's a Christmas party that night at the Village with Sanata and presents and all.

Otherwise we'd like to just explore that park. I might come up with more of a plan for this day later on. We'll eat lunch in the park and then head back or naps and packing. Christmas will be great, I think, and tehn we'll try to get an early bedtime as I think our flight will be early the next day.
Friday - go home
That is all I have for now.
