DAY FOUR- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
Well our trip is a Saturday-Saturday, 7 nights total. But we arrive by 10am on the first day, so that is really a full day. And we will have until about 3:30 on our last Saturday, so i consider our trip to be 7.5 days. We almost always take a break day on our longer trips- however, our 'longer' trips are usually 8-10 days.
So since time is precious and we have two first timers on board, I don't want to do a 'break day'. Usually our break day consists of sleeping in, touring the resort, other resorts, lunch at a resort, swimming or something else fun (like Hoop Dee Doo etc.). Just not going to the park, so we can rest a bit and not rush.
So instead of a 'break' day, i figured i would try for a 'break' night/afternoon. So since this is day 4 and we have been going for 3 days straight, i figured this was a good time for our break evening.
so here is how the day goes:
7am- wake up and eat breakfast in the room! We plan to head to the AK and be in the car by 8:15 or shortly after. We will arrive AK and hopefully be there in time for rope drop. AK opens at 9am that day. This is our only day/visit to AK. I do actually really enjoy AK- it seems after my third time there, i really started to fall in love with it more. I know it sort of gets cast off a lot of times by folks, but we do enjoy it, probably helps we aren't touring it in the heat of summer when it is pretty miserable there under all the foliage.
So arrive at AK for RD- I think i will let the crew take their time going in and have them head back towards the safari while i go grab FPs for Expedition Everest. Then I'll meet them at Safari (hopefully catch up before they get there) and do standby for the safari.
hopefully we will see some great animals! Pooh loves giraffes!
After that, we will probably make our way back towards Dinoland and try and do Dinosaur. Of course we will have to use child swap here, so one of us can take Pooh on the little Triceratop spin while the others do Dinosaur. I also want to try and do Primeval Whirl, it is one of my favorites and I missed it last time.
I figure it will be 11am by now or 11:30. So we will let Pooh have a chance to play in the Boneyard for a little bit while we have a little snack or drink and wrap up Dinoland. Last year, we didn't get to do the boneyard, so i want him to have the chance this time. Since we will have knocked out EE and safari, i am cool with slowing down some now.
So i figure by now it is say noon or 12:30- i figure we will head to EE and use our FP for whoever wants to ride. DH isn't a big coaster guy- he gets a little motion sickness especially on rides like Star Tours with a 'movie'. He will ride anything once, but usually declines a second ride on most coasters.
So after EE, it will be lunchtime!
We usually do flame tree barbecue, but i figured we will leave it open for discussion and maybe try Yak and Yeti quick service. Pooh loves the honey chicken at Pei Wei, so i know he would like it here and it would be a good change of pace. Since we are near the jungle trek, we will probably do it- we've done both before, but skipped the maharajah one last time.
maybe we will get lucky and run into:
We will then head back to Africa and board the train to the Conversation Station. I don't know if the train at MK will be closed due to FL construction or not, so we want to do the train here. We will spend some time at Conservation Station and head back.
Maybe Pooh can pet something!
at this point, depending on the time and FOTLK shows, we will either head to Camp Minnie Mickey for the show and characters or to the Tree of Life for the ITTBAB show and exploring the area around the tree.
After that, we are done! Now we don't usually devote a whole day to AK. And there are a few things we plan to skip- including Kali River Rapids, I've done it 3x now and just don't think it is anything special and we are there in December, could be chilly. I don't want to be all wet. We are also going to save the Nemo show for another trip. I also am skipping the flights of wonder show.
We don't have a set time we need to be done by, but I am hoping we can get out of there by 4 or so. I don't have plans for us to watch the parade either- we just aren't huge parade people- again, something to do with us not liking to wait and stake out a spot early. We will hopefully catch MSEP at the MK and also the Christmas parade during
MVMCP and that is enough parading for us. I figure we can get more done while the parade is going on maybe if we are still there (like characters in Camp Minnie Mickey). We've actually never done the characters at Camp Minnie Mickey before.
AK closes at 5 today, so we will be done by then at least hopefully. This is the ONLY day we are going straight through a park without a midday break (other than fast food lunch). I am hoping Pooh can handle it. He currently still takes a nap (2 hours) each day at his day care/Montessori. ON weekends he is starting to forgo naps, but can be cranky by evening. So we will see how he handles it.
So after tackling AK, back to the car, drive back to BLT and head to the room and relax a bit. Maybe go for a swim even. The plan tonight is to just enjoy the room/resort. We will cook some frozen stouffers lasagna, bagged salad and enjoy our only dinner in the room this night.
We are also going to take advantage of something really cool- the Top of the World Lounge!!! Since own at BLT and are staying at points, we get entrance to this exclusive lounge at the top of BLT. Since it is Tuesday, it is a MVMCP night, which means the holiday WISHES will be going off at 9:30pm. So we will head up at like 9ish probably and enjoy a cocktail or two and watch WISHES from up there! Should be magical. Then a quick hop skip and jump back to our room for a decent bedtime- hopefully by 10!
LOVE your plan for this day...and am SO jealous of the fireworks view you will have! That will be so special. I hope you really get to enjoy it. 
