skier_pete
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Only eight more days to go, I figure I better get this going. I just ripped the calendar and now can look at the days to come.
So November 15th is our second MK day and our first "repeat" park (not counting a few hours in Epcot the night before). The day is somewhat up in the air. We are hoping for a second day of DIS meet between Tinker326's family and ours. The exact details of where and when we meet will be worked out the night before. (Where's the spreadsheet - ARGH!
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A few things of note today.
1) My experience with MK on a Friday before a Party (there's a MVMCP tonight) during slow season is that the park is INCREDIBLY uncrowded in the morning. In fact the least crowded I've EVER seen MK was in this exact scenario.
2) Peter Pan's Flight is scheduled to re-open from a 7 week refurb on November 14th. This will be a VERY popular destination today. We already have a FP+ booked for later in the day, but my preference would be to hit this ride at rope drop. Other than that, we should be pretty flexible about what we ride, because I expect to have gotten most everything done on the 11th.
3) We have a FP+ also for Enchanted Tales with Belle, at the same time as Tinker326's family. Should be fun doing this with fellow DISers.
4) DD has a BBB appointment at the castle at 1 PM. She's 10 years old, but has never wanted to do BBB before. (She's never been a "dress up" girl.) She actually keeps waffling on whether to do it. We've been encouraging it, and at the moment she's on the yes side. She's been told she can't say "NO" at the last minute, as they will charge us to cancel.
5) The other FP+ we have booked is to meet Rapunzel at the new Fairy Tale Hall. Again, DD is not big into character meets, but she has been saying she wants to meet Rapunzel, so we'll see...it is possible we won't do this one.
6) We have a 6:55 PM ADR dinner @ O'hana. With the park closing at 7 PM for another MVMCP, we would need to be out by then anyways. Believe it or not in ten trips to WDW, we've not only never been to O'hana, we've actually never stepped foot on the grounds of the Poly!
Typing this got me thinking what resorts have we never set foot in...and the only ones I can list are the All-Stars, Art of Animation (we haven't been there since it opened), Coronado Springs, Old Key West, and the Poly! We've only STAYED at 4 of them, but we've visited all the others at least once.
Anyways, O'hana has always been on my list to do, but keeps sliding off because I have heard such mixed reviews of it. I've heard one key is getting seated in the main dining room (especially if you have kids). But even so, it's crowded, noisy and they really push you through, which aren't exactly high appeal pieces. However, I am all about trying new things every trip, and it's high time we tried this one!
After O'hana, we'll be heading back to the resort. WE have an extra long day planned for day 8!
So November 15th is our second MK day and our first "repeat" park (not counting a few hours in Epcot the night before). The day is somewhat up in the air. We are hoping for a second day of DIS meet between Tinker326's family and ours. The exact details of where and when we meet will be worked out the night before. (Where's the spreadsheet - ARGH!
)A few things of note today.
1) My experience with MK on a Friday before a Party (there's a MVMCP tonight) during slow season is that the park is INCREDIBLY uncrowded in the morning. In fact the least crowded I've EVER seen MK was in this exact scenario.
2) Peter Pan's Flight is scheduled to re-open from a 7 week refurb on November 14th. This will be a VERY popular destination today. We already have a FP+ booked for later in the day, but my preference would be to hit this ride at rope drop. Other than that, we should be pretty flexible about what we ride, because I expect to have gotten most everything done on the 11th.
3) We have a FP+ also for Enchanted Tales with Belle, at the same time as Tinker326's family. Should be fun doing this with fellow DISers.
4) DD has a BBB appointment at the castle at 1 PM. She's 10 years old, but has never wanted to do BBB before. (She's never been a "dress up" girl.) She actually keeps waffling on whether to do it. We've been encouraging it, and at the moment she's on the yes side. She's been told she can't say "NO" at the last minute, as they will charge us to cancel.
5) The other FP+ we have booked is to meet Rapunzel at the new Fairy Tale Hall. Again, DD is not big into character meets, but she has been saying she wants to meet Rapunzel, so we'll see...it is possible we won't do this one.
6) We have a 6:55 PM ADR dinner @ O'hana. With the park closing at 7 PM for another MVMCP, we would need to be out by then anyways. Believe it or not in ten trips to WDW, we've not only never been to O'hana, we've actually never stepped foot on the grounds of the Poly!
Typing this got me thinking what resorts have we never set foot in...and the only ones I can list are the All-Stars, Art of Animation (we haven't been there since it opened), Coronado Springs, Old Key West, and the Poly! We've only STAYED at 4 of them, but we've visited all the others at least once.
Anyways, O'hana has always been on my list to do, but keeps sliding off because I have heard such mixed reviews of it. I've heard one key is getting seated in the main dining room (especially if you have kids). But even so, it's crowded, noisy and they really push you through, which aren't exactly high appeal pieces. However, I am all about trying new things every trip, and it's high time we tried this one!
After O'hana, we'll be heading back to the resort. WE have an extra long day planned for day 8!
We all have FP+ for the 2:30 PM Festival of the Lion King show.
the Poly Resort! It is, my favorite.... We got lucky to stay there when my cousin used to work on Disney property and got us cast member rates. I was an airline brat growing up (my mom worked for United) and we traveled everywhere back then because my mom LOVED to travel. Hawaii was her favorite and we went there once a year till I was about 12. This resort conjures up old memories of my 'old' Hawaii.... 
I am following your PTR/TR closely since we plan on going there about the same time of year, but not until 2015. Want to have plenty of time to save, pay off things and most importantly..PLAN! Can't wait to follow along with your actual TR! 
