Feedback and pointers please!

[NewlyDisneyCrazed]

I posted this a few days ago and got a bit of feedback (thank you!) but would be up for more! Any experienced Disneyers out there, please let me know what you think:

The cast is me, DH, DD (7), DS (5). We (at least I) am soooo excited!

We're flying out of Detroit on Wednesday, August 24th and scheduled to get to Orlando around 2 pm. We have booked Magical Express and are staying at POP Century for all 7 nights of our trip and have the Disney Dining Plan.

Here's the plan (feedback welcome):

Day 1 -arrival, check-in, tour resort and then head to Polynesian to try to get a walk-in table at O'Hana. If not possible, we have a ADR for Kona Cafe.

Day 1 - evening After dinner (somewhere) at the Polynesian, head to MK for the evening. Maybe try to do Tomorrowland (or as much as possible) and then watch the parade and fireworks.

Day 2 - Magic Kingdom again! EMH morning but I'm not sure we'll make it because my kids will need their sleep after staying up to watch Wishes. If they wake up early anyway due to excitement, we'll take advantage of EMHs. If not, oh well! Our plan is to do as much of MK as possible but not sweat it if we don't do everything. Hopefully we will have done a couple of our "must-dos" the night before and we're also going back to MK on our last evening in case we missed anything and to end our trip the way it started!

I know it's highly recommended to take a break from the August heat in the afternoon but we have an ADR at Wilderness Lodge at 5 pm so I'm hoping we can last in the park until then. (We'll try to get wet or do some indoor shows if it's really hot!) After dinner, we'll play it by ear. Back to MK? (No park hopper.) Or most likely back to resort for an early night so we can get up for EMH at Epcot the next day!

Day 3 - Epcot Day! Going to try to make it by 8 am to make sure we get on Soarin' and also get fastpasses for it! (Heard such great things, really CANNOT wait for that one!!) Then we'll try to do as much of Future World as possible and see how it goes. I'm open to taking a break at the resort that afternoon (POP is close to Epcot, right?) We're also looking forward to touring around Showcase and whatever we do, we have to end up in Norway for our ADR at Akershus for dinner! Princess dinner here we come! Hopefully that will re-energize us to be able to stay for IllumiNations!

Day 4 - Chef Mickey's and Typhoon Lagoon! After a couple of mornings of getting up early, I know we'll all need a sleep in so we have an ADR at Chef Mickey's for 10:30 brunch. I'm sure we'll want to tour around the Contemporary too. Then, I think a (hopefully) low stress afternoon at Typhoon Lagoon will be in order. We will be tired from walking for two days of theme parks right? I was sad to see the water parks close at 6 though. Maybe Downtown Disney that night? Maybe back to the resort for more play and/or rest?!

Day 5 - DHS! I'm really looking forward to this day and think after a day of taking it easy I'm hoping we'll be ready to go 9 to 9. We have a lunch ADR at Mama Melrose so that will provide a midday break. For some reason, when I look at the map for Hollywood Studios I want to do EVERYTHING. It's the smallest park so it might be possible. It's my goal. I know to head straight to Toy Story Mania for FPs when we get there! I'm also soooo looking forward to capping the night off with Fantasmic!

Day 6 - AK! Prediction: It will be my family's favourite park! Both of my kids are crazy about animals and could spend days in a zoo without getting bored. Combining that with some amazing shows and even rides will be their heaven on earth! I know most people think a five and seven year old would prefer MK but I know my kids. They'll like it all. They'll LOVE AK! We're going to try to get there for EMH at 8 am and do the safari first thing. (Like everyone else there right?) Then I think we'll have no trouble staying occupied until our 5 pm ADR at Tusker House. I'm hoping there's enough indoor shows and that Kali River Rapids gets us soaked so we can keep cool! The only thing I'm worried about is having tired kids by then from lack of sleep. They rely on a solid 10 hours/night at home and hotels have historically meant that they don't sleep near as well! If they aren't too tired, I'd really like to do Downtown Disney and Disney Quest in the evening! We'll see!

Day 7- Down time and maybe a few hours at Blizzard Beach and 1900 Park Fare Dinner!!! We can decide the plan for this day depending on how our week went but I'm thinking BB since it will be the only place we haven't been to. The evening is for sure ADR at 1900 Park Fare - heard the step-sisters are amazing! - and then back to MK for the evening to do anything we missed or loved and watch the Wishes fireworks to close the trip the way it opened.

Day 8 - Sad just thinking about it! We will have the morning to go back to whatever park we want for just a few hours but will probably have to get our ride back to the airport around 1 pm. We're going to let the kids recommend their favourite places to spend their last few hours at WDW and then we'll vote as a family where to go. (My guess: AK all the way! I'll let you know if I'm right sometime after August 31st!) Then it's back to the north to get ready for the start of the school year and hopefully start dreaming/planning/saving for our next trip!!