Okay...today was day one of feeling semi human again...the flu really stinks!
Hopefully this will be our one and only bout with illness this season!
So...being as I felt a bit better, I did some trip planning!
Based on the July/August schedules here is my tentative what day where plans...I will have to wait for the September ones to come out before I can set this in stone..but I am overly anxious. I want my ressies on day 180....
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE MAYBE??!! I don't know.
SEMI FINAL PLANS:
Here goes nothing:
Saturday 9/1 arrive mid to late morning and then spend a day soaking it all up at AKL. And then do one of the following:
1. Dinner at Jiko (yummy)
2.Grab dinner while shopping at DTD (Wolfgang Pucks, Rain Forest Cafe or Earl of Sandwich)
**We LOVE Earl of Sandwich...but are interested in the other two as well...any feedback on either of them?**It depends on what time Jiko opens for dinner and how long we want to spend shopping.
Saturday night our only for sure thing would be the 9:00 PM Cirque show!! WOO HOO!! I am excited to see that! It's the reason we added on another day!
Sunday 9/2: Sunday- more resort relaxing during the day. Let the kids collect beads at the activities. Swim. Watch the animals. RELAX!!! Lunch will be a very special one!! We will have lunch in our room set up out on the balcony overlooking the savanna (hopefully...you cannot reserve the view at the concierge level...but I have heard that if you request it...it's VERY likely you will get it...so here's for hoping
). Ahhhh...I am so looking forward to this moment!! I spent my many hours of half napping/half coughing up a lung day dreaming of this moment!!
The following is taken from the In Room Dining menu on Allears.net
Savanna Romance Package for Two - served on your own private balcony
Your private Savanna feast includes:
Mixed Green Salad with mango vinaigrette
Choice of Any Two Dinner Entrees on the Private Dining menu
A Special Dessert made for sharing
Choice of a glass of house wine
*We will also be adding an order of jumbo shrimp cocktail for five (and only four of us like shrimp....
).
We would just grab some Mara food for the boys and let them have an "indoor picnic" while watching a Disney movie on tv...trust me...this is heaven for them.
Dinner will be at Ohanas. Dh loves it there. I like it quite a bit and even the pickiest of our eaters can always find something they like. The peel and eat shrimp are a huge hit with our family!!
Depending on if MK still has an EMH that night we will either just do a circuit on the monorail and watch Wishes from the Poly OR we will do that and then head over to MK for a few hours of nighttime fun!
Monday, September 3 (our 12th anniversary): EPCOT BABY!! (maybe...unless TGM gives it a no go for Labor Day crowds...yes, I do listen to TGM with a blind faith
). But...as long as he doesn't "forbid" it...we will go! After breakfast in the concierge lounge, our "early" day will be spent enjoying all that the "Future World" part of Epcot has to offer. We don't like to rush...we like to take our time and really enjoy everything...so we don't want to hurry and smash all of Epcot into one day. We plan on doing lunch at the Garden Grill by popular request of our three darling sons. This is one of the number one character meals at Disney according to them. So...to the Garden Grill we shall go!
After a late lunch we will enjoy a few more "front of the park" attractions before heading back to the WS. First up on our list will be a visit with Miyuki! We love Miyuki the candy maker!!
Then we will enjoy working our way slowly towards Canada. We will dine at Le Cellier for our anniversary dinner. YIPPEE!! Dh loves this place. I am going to investigate and see if I can have anything special done for him there. Last year I had a diver hold up a sign in the tank at the Coral Reef...how does one compete with that??!!
After that we will grab a spot and watch Illuminations before finally making our way back to the resort.
Tuesday 9/4 will find us at MGM after first eating breakfast in the lounge. Here we run into another "where to eat moment". We know we want to do Sci Fi for lunch (another family favorite...although the movies do sort of creep our middle son, "Goofy", out). But what to do...what to do for dinner?
SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!! We usually do Hollywood and Vine and like it well enough...however, we would like to branch out and try something new. Of course, we would like to dine somewhere that has the Fantasmic package so we don't have to line up super early for decent seats!
Wednesday 9/5 MAGIC KINGDOM OR BUST!! And this day will be full of dining fun! We will start the day by eating at the Crystal Palace as early as possible so that we are finishing up before the park even opens!!
Lunch will be CS on the go!
Dinner will be LTT!
Thursday 9/6 The day we will celebrate little "Goofy's" 8th birthday! We will spend the day at AKL. Breakfast will be with the cranky yet lovable Donald Duck before the park opens. We will spend the day enjoying ourselves immensely!! We do so love this park! We will grab a counter service lunch. Dinner will be at Jiko tonight if we didn't fit it in on Saturday night. Otherwise, Boma. Either way...YUM! We will have a relaxing evening at the resort and will make sure to let the boys go and use the night vision goggles for animal viewing and go and sit around the fire and listen to the African story teller. We will also make sure to take advantage of the dessert offerings in the club lounge! YUM times two!
Friday 9/7 Once again breakfast will be in the lounge. Followed by a morning of fun at Epcot. Then just before lunch we will head over to BB or TL and spend the rest of the day at a water park. Lunch will be a counter service deal at whichever water park we end up at.
Dinner this night is up in the air...California Grill and then over to MK for Spectro? Or should we head back to Epcot again and do dinner at the Coral Reef? OR maybe back to the resort for another night of relaxation...in which case it would most likely be Mara CS. Hmmm...
input on the Cali Grill would be most welcome!!
Saturday 9/8Back to MK (I think). Yes, I know it's a Saturday
BUT...we do so love MK. And the boys will really love spending a second day here. And it is low season. On this day we will eat breakfast in the lounge and then head out to MK. CS lunch (or maybe Crystal Palace). Then we will have dinner with Cindy in the castle. After dinner head back to the resort and enjoy our last night by relaxing in the resort and spending our last night out around the fire listening to a story!
Sunday 9/9Wake up and do the sunrise safari at AK!!
This is a big benefit to staying CL level at AKL...we are so excited about this safari!! After the safari we will have breakfast (included in the price) and then hit a few last "have to do" things at AK and head for home.
AHHH...the sadness of having to head for home...however, it will be okay. I can survive!
Knowing that in just over two months I will once again be back for another 8 days of fun at WDW!!
Notice I tried to avoid most "monorail hotel" things (other then maybe the Cali Grill and Ohana). We will have plenty of time to soak that up when we stay at the CR at the end of Nov-start of Dec.!! WOO HOO!!
Have fun planning!!!
to complete my assignment!
) we knew there was no way to make her move before she was ready. We managed. Just like you will. If "Grumpy" needs a break, you'll give it to him.
As you read, I am no good at saying no to that! 
