Going back a few steps, youll recall my addition of an extra night on 11/30. And a primary reason for the addition was the listing of 12/1 as an optimum touring day. Which leads me to CHANGE OF PLANS, part 139.
I had been planning to hit the MK on 12/2, but the parade taping made me seriously question the wisdom of that idea. Sure, the taping will occur on 12/1 too, but thats a Friday. Im pretty sure more Central and West Floridians will try for the Sat. parade taping, thus boosting crowd levels at the MK on 12/2. No thanks. Back to the spread sheet.
Upon further review, this little change worked wonders for the rest of the trip! Switching the MK morning to 12/1 opened the morning of 12/2 for the AK, a much better day for us than was originally laid out. And, switching AK opened an extra morning to fit in MGM, so Leo can visit with his buddies at Playhouse Disney! It was a trifecta of scheduling wins. The only loss is of my AP preview reservation for Finding Nemo at AK: I already reserved it for 12/3 and cant change it.
(Sorry Lauralee!) But, well be back and if we dont see it this trip, well catch it next time.
Of course, you know whats coming next, right? All these changes messed up my ADR plans. No problem at all I called up with my list in hand, (including back-up times and locations for each request), and
I GOT THEM ALL!!!
The only not-quite-what-I-wanted ADR I got was for Boma, and it was only 30 minutes earlier than I wanted. From what I hear, it'll take 45 minutes to seat us, anyway. Im golden now, baby!
The new, complete and final (ish) plan is this:
11/30: drive, dinner @ Boatwrights, maybe a carriage ride at POR
12/1: MK in the morning, lunch @ Liberty Tree Tavern, evening at DTD with dinner @ Wolfgang Puck Express
12/2: AK, dinner at Boma
12/3: check in at BWI, MGM in the morning, lunch @ Sci Fi, evening at EP
12/4: free morning maybe a pony ride at FW,
MVMCP, dinner at Tonys
12/5: breakfast @ Spoodles, free morning, evening at MGM
12/6: EP, lunch @ Garden Grill, drive home
I think this is a good one plenty to do, but plenty of room to make some last minute decisions and changes, too. Enough ADRs to give Gramma and me a break from transporting and cleaning up after meals, but not so many as to wreak havoc with park touring. A few evenings out, but a good balance of early-to-bed nights, too, to keep Leo performing at his very bestest.
Only
4 business days left
(we dont count today, Wed. is a half-day, Thurs. and Fri. are holidays, and Ive got a dentist appt. Mon, so thats another half day! Ah, the powers of rationalization
.) Its game-on!!!!!!!!
Baby steps I guess!
Not too much longer now!!
I even offered to split my room with someone, but they all chose to stay off-property. FYI, they also didn't understand that you have to get there early in the morning if you actually want to do the attractions. DISers, they are NOT!!
You are going to have a great time. I think I am looking forward to your trip as much as you are. I can't wait for the real TR from 
