kittylady1972
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AND the Touring Plan Revision ONE! Thanks to the change in dining plans, this means a slight change in our touring plan as well. So here we go:
DAY 1 (THUR): Travel day; plan is to depart Maryland sometime between 3am and 4am and be on the road, stopping for breakfast and lunch but only at fast food joints; there is even talk of saving more $$$ by packing lunches with us...a good possibility; with any luck we'll arrive at Bay Lake Towers sometime in the early evening hours, check-in and relax in the room
DAY 2 & DAY 3 (FRI & SAT): Universal Studios parks; kids have never been to either of these parks so they should enjoy it; it might be strange to come back to our room each night overlooking the Magic Kingdom park, but we know we'll get there eventually! Perhaps we can even wander over to the Magic Kingdom in the evenings if we are up for it...for dessert...DOLE WHIPS!
DAY 4 (SUN): Early morning breakfast with Chef Mickey with the whole gang and spend the day exploring Magic Kingdom; we may end up back at the room for a pool/lunch break...easy enough since we can walk right over; it's an extra evening day for Magic Kingdom so we can always go back later that night if we've had a break in the afternoon
I ended up making an 8:05am reservation at Crystal Palace on the day the MK opens at 9am, so we won't start off our visit with Chef Mickey after all. We'll still spend the day at the park, but with any luck we'll be in the park before it opens!
DAY 5 (MON): This is an early entry day for Animal Kingdom, so I'm hoping we can be there close to rope drop since that park gets SO hot so quickly; we have a 10:20am breakfast at Tusker House...which will be more like a brunch since lunch starts at 10:30am there; back to the room in the afternoon for cooling off time and then we have a 7:25pm dinner at California Grill
DAY 6 (TUE): Early morning at Hollywood Studios - Toy Story Mania, Tower of Terror, RnRC are the big ones to hit and anything else is a bonus; 11:45am lunch at the Hollywood Brown Derby; back to our room in early afternoon for a break; head to EPCOT later where we have a 7:45pm dinner at Rose and Crown Pub and hopefully will view Illuminations there; it's an extra evening day for EPCOT so we can stay as long as the kids will tolerate
We also have a 7:05am reservation at Chef Mickey this morning which we can do before heading to Hollywood Studios. Not sure this is the greatest of ideas since we have lunch at the Brown Derby pretty early. May need to move that lunch back a bit or NOT do breakfast this day.
DAY 7 (WED): Possibly a morning at Magic Kingdom again then back to the hotel for a swim and lunch; heading to Hollywood Studios that evening for a 5:15pm dinner at the Prime Time Cafe
We will head to EPCOT this evening instead for dinner at Chef de France. If we don't want to do dinner there, we can easily walk over the Yacht Club and eat at Captain's Grill instead.
DAY 8 (THUR): Morning is pretty open...so we can hit a park or just chill; this is an early morning day at Magic Kingdom I have a lunch at Coral Reef planned as well as a dinner, so I'd like to hit one of those.
I have planned a 3:30pm lunch at Mama Melrose this day and cancelled Coral Reef. Since we're doing the Fantasmic! Dining package, we'll try to get to Hollywood Studios sometime early afternoon and then stay for Fantasmic!
DAY 9 (FRI): Our last full day...so plan is to spend it at Magic Kingdom again since it's close, then of course the packing and stuff to be ready for out trip home the next day; it's also an early morning at EPCOT so if we want to do a few things there first thing in the morning, we may do that
DAY 10 (SAT): Another travel day; probably leave early in the morning after a nice breakfast at our hotel for the long drive home
DAY 1 (THUR): Travel day; plan is to depart Maryland sometime between 3am and 4am and be on the road, stopping for breakfast and lunch but only at fast food joints; there is even talk of saving more $$$ by packing lunches with us...a good possibility; with any luck we'll arrive at Bay Lake Towers sometime in the early evening hours, check-in and relax in the room
DAY 2 & DAY 3 (FRI & SAT): Universal Studios parks; kids have never been to either of these parks so they should enjoy it; it might be strange to come back to our room each night overlooking the Magic Kingdom park, but we know we'll get there eventually! Perhaps we can even wander over to the Magic Kingdom in the evenings if we are up for it...for dessert...DOLE WHIPS!
DAY 4 (SUN): Early morning breakfast with Chef Mickey with the whole gang and spend the day exploring Magic Kingdom; we may end up back at the room for a pool/lunch break...easy enough since we can walk right over; it's an extra evening day for Magic Kingdom so we can always go back later that night if we've had a break in the afternoon
I ended up making an 8:05am reservation at Crystal Palace on the day the MK opens at 9am, so we won't start off our visit with Chef Mickey after all. We'll still spend the day at the park, but with any luck we'll be in the park before it opens!
DAY 5 (MON): This is an early entry day for Animal Kingdom, so I'm hoping we can be there close to rope drop since that park gets SO hot so quickly; we have a 10:20am breakfast at Tusker House...which will be more like a brunch since lunch starts at 10:30am there; back to the room in the afternoon for cooling off time and then we have a 7:25pm dinner at California Grill
DAY 6 (TUE): Early morning at Hollywood Studios - Toy Story Mania, Tower of Terror, RnRC are the big ones to hit and anything else is a bonus; 11:45am lunch at the Hollywood Brown Derby; back to our room in early afternoon for a break; head to EPCOT later where we have a 7:45pm dinner at Rose and Crown Pub and hopefully will view Illuminations there; it's an extra evening day for EPCOT so we can stay as long as the kids will tolerate
We also have a 7:05am reservation at Chef Mickey this morning which we can do before heading to Hollywood Studios. Not sure this is the greatest of ideas since we have lunch at the Brown Derby pretty early. May need to move that lunch back a bit or NOT do breakfast this day.
DAY 7 (WED): Possibly a morning at Magic Kingdom again then back to the hotel for a swim and lunch; heading to Hollywood Studios that evening for a 5:15pm dinner at the Prime Time Cafe
We will head to EPCOT this evening instead for dinner at Chef de France. If we don't want to do dinner there, we can easily walk over the Yacht Club and eat at Captain's Grill instead.
DAY 8 (THUR): Morning is pretty open...so we can hit a park or just chill; this is an early morning day at Magic Kingdom I have a lunch at Coral Reef planned as well as a dinner, so I'd like to hit one of those.
I have planned a 3:30pm lunch at Mama Melrose this day and cancelled Coral Reef. Since we're doing the Fantasmic! Dining package, we'll try to get to Hollywood Studios sometime early afternoon and then stay for Fantasmic!
DAY 9 (FRI): Our last full day...so plan is to spend it at Magic Kingdom again since it's close, then of course the packing and stuff to be ready for out trip home the next day; it's also an early morning at EPCOT so if we want to do a few things there first thing in the morning, we may do that
DAY 10 (SAT): Another travel day; probably leave early in the morning after a nice breakfast at our hotel for the long drive home