I REALLY need to finalize my ADRs

[la79al]

Here are the ADRs I made on our 180 day mark-
6/24 CRT at 1:20 p.m
6/25 Ohana at 9:45 p.m
6/26 Teppenyaki at 7:30 p.m
6/27 Chef Mickey's at 9:10 p.m

But now I think we are going to stay the full 7 nights we have booked. I am going to keep CRT on the 24th. I am thinking we will be doing Epcot the 25th now and Teppenyaki will be closed for refurb so I am going to try to get Coral Reef for 7ish. The 26th I am looking at AK and I think I am going to pair that with a dinner at Ohana. I don't anticipate doing the p.m. EMH at Epcot that night so I am going to try to get Ohana around 9. The 27th we will most likely do MGM. I can't decide though whether to get lunch at Sci-Fi so we can stay in the park in the evening (we don't want to see Fantasmic) or leave the park to do Chef Mickeys for dinner. The 28th we are probably going to see a shuttle launch. I am thinking dinner at Downtown Disney (suggestions ?) or Chef Mickeys if we didn't do it on the 27th. The 29th we have no real park plans so I am not sure where or when to make ADRs for this day. Suggestions?
So a summary-
6/24- CRT at 1:20 p.m (spend day at MK)
6/25- Coral Reef at 7ish (spend day at Epcot)
6/26- Ohana around 9 p.m (spend day at AK)
6/27- Sci Fi for lunch or Chef Mickeys for dinner (spend day at MGM)
6/28- DTD or Chef Mickeys for dinner (spend day at Kennedy Space Center)
6/29- ???? (extra day)
6/30- No TS this day (extra day/departure day)
Suggestions, thoughts, ideas? It is going to be me, DH, DSS 10 and DSD 6 on the dining plan.

 

[Seahunt]

I just wanted to mention that you should keep an eye out on the shuttle schedule - the shuttle that was on the pad suffered hail damage yesterday, so it will have to be rolled back to be repaired. I don't know if this will affect any other mission beside the one it was supposed to go on, but I thought I'd post it so you can have a "plan B' ready just in case

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hail storm left hundreds of small dents on the spacecraft's external fuel tank and on a wing.

The launch, which had been set for March 15, was pushed back to at least late April to give NASA time to make repairs.

NASA technicians planned to move the orbiter back to a giant hangar to examine the damage and decide if repairs can be made at the Kennedy Space Center.

"This constitutes, in our evaluation, the worst damage we have ever seen of hail on the external tank," said Wayne Hale, manager of the space shuttle program.

The need to make repairs had raised the likelihood that the launch would be delayed since NASA only had four extra days to spare in its launch-preparation schedule.

The damage was concentrated in the upper third of the 153-foot-tall external tank, a section which holds liquid oxygen propellant.

During their 11 days in space, Atlantis' astronauts must deliver a 35,000-pound addition to the international space station, the heaviest ever, along with a new pair of solar arrays. Crew members are also supposed to unfurl the solar arrays, fold up an old pair and conduct at least three spacewalks.

Monday evening's thunderstorms moved quickly and had winds of up to 60 miles per hour. The size of the hail was between a half inch and two inches and landed only at the NASA space center. The National Weather Service considers three-quarters-of-an-inch-sized hail to be "severe," said David Sharp, a meteorologist with the weather service.

"Most people didn't see thunderstorms, let alone severe thunderstorms," Sharp said. "It only occurred in one location, and that was NASA's Kennedy Space Center complex."

In 1999, hail from a storm made 650 divots in space shuttle Discovery's external tank, forcing NASA to delay a launch and return the spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In 1995, space shuttle Discovery was sent back to the Vehicle Assembly Building because of fuel-tank damage caused by a pair of woodpeckers that drilled about 200 holes in the rust-colored foam insulation, apparently in an attempt to roost and build nests.

Hail also hit the external tank of space shuttle Atlantis in 1990, causing minor damage.

The insulating foam on the external tank is of special concern to NASA since foam flew off space shuttle Columbia during lift off in 2003 and struck the orbiter. The damage allowed fiery gases to penetrate Columbia during re-entry, breaking up the craft and killing its seven astronauts.

NASA redesigned the external tank, removing large amounts of foam, before last year's three successful shuttle missions. The space agency plans another design change to the tank before the shuttle program ends in 2010.

 

[karibritt01]

For your MGM day... since you don't care to see Fantasmic, I would plan to be in the park at that time, and hit the big rides. Most of the crowd goes to the early show, and lines drop dramatically. You could either do Sci-Fi for lunch, or do Chef Mickey, and then go back to the park.