VACamm
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Happy Sunday y'all! Its a dreary, rainy day here in Virginia. I've been relaxing all day with my cat Obiwan, and sipping coffee while watching Pocahontas!
This weather has been such a bummer, as its been raining pretty much since yesterday morning. I guess the positive thing is that all of the grass and our landscaping looks super green and lush all of a sudden!
As of today, it is exactly 132 days until we are HERE >>>>
...and staying HERE >>>
I tend to think about our upcoming vacation ALL THE TIME lately. I guess that my job is so stressful, and I probably really am looking forward to our Disney vacation. I feel like time is going so slooooooow.... September needs to hurry up and get here!
Last week I was reading an article about the new AK land Pandora.
I can't say enough about how excited I am for this new land to open up! I love the idea of a whole new immersive experience with 2 new rides AND a new bar AND a new quick service restaurant. While I was reading about this, it got me thinking about our plans for AK during our September vacation. We want to save our FP+ to ride the Banshee Ride, Expedition Everest, and Dinosaur as many times as possible. This means in order to keep our FP's open for rides, that we would NOT be able to use a FP for the Rivers of Light show... which AlSO means that we would need definitely book a RoL dining package meal for SURE.
I ended up getting really lucky and I was able to get a Rivers of Light Dining Package for the Tusker House Breakfast at 9:15am! We did this character breakfast last year, and not only was the food absolutely delicious, but the character interaction was fabulous!
When I got the Rivers of Light Dining Package for Tusker House, it specified that we would be seated at the 1st showing of Rivers of Light. The BAD thing is that I can't find out what time that the 1st showing actually is?!?! Does anyone know what times the 2 showings are for in September? Since I'm not sure what time the 1st showing actually is, I ended up revising our dinner at Sanaa to 5:00pm that night to make sure that we are back in time for Rivers of Light. I can always revise that time if I need to.
With the new changes, our ADR's (for the moment...) are :
September 2:
Cinderella's Royal Table 5:50pm
September 3:
Tusker House Rivers of Light Dining Package Breakfast 9:15am
Sanaa 5:00pm
September 4:
Ohana 5:40pm
September 5:
Be Our Guest (Lunch) 11:45pm
Teppan Edo 6:10pm
September 6:
Hoop Dee Doo Revue 6:15pm
September 7:
Food & Wine Festival Lunch & Dinner
September 8:
Skipper Canteen 6:25pm
As soon as I can find out what time the Rivers of Light first show actually starts, I can reevaluate our Sanaa ADR time to see if I need to move it up or move it back to a later time.
I still have until the 4th of July to make a plan for our FP+ schedule. I do have a general idea of what we will need to do, and I actually MIGHT use my exact same plan that we used last year. Wouldn't that make things so much simpler!?!?! Getting those FP+'s are almost as stressful as getting the ADR's!
Also, in exciting news... as previously mentioned, ALL of our Disney T-shirts have arrived and we couldn't be happier with them! We ended up getting 7 days of matching shirts: 6 from Etsy, and then we placed an additional order of 1 from Tee Public.
September 2nd:
Travel Day and Check In at Port Orleans Riverside
AM Park: None
PM Park: Magic Kingdom
ADR: Dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table 5:50pm
FP+: TBD
Nighttime Show: Happily Ever After
Shirts: Best Day Ever
September 3rd:
AM Park: Animal Kingdom
PM Park: Animal Kingdom
ADR: Tusker House Breakfast Rivers of Light Dining Package 9:15am
ADR: Sanaa 5:00pm
FP+: TBD
Nighttime Show: Rivers of Light, Tree of Life Awakening, & Pandora at night
Shirts: Hakuna Matata
September 4th:
AM Park: Hollywood Studios
PM Park: Hollywood Studios OR EPCOT
ADR: Ohana 5:40pm
FP+: TBD
Nighttime Show: Star Wars Fireworks or Illuminations
Shirts: Darth Vader Mickey Ears & Stormtrooper Mickey Ears
September 5th:
AM Park: Magic Kingdom
PM Park: Epcot
ADR: Be Our Guest (lunch) 11:45am
ADR: Teppan Edo 6:10pm
FP+: TBD
Nighttime Show: Illuminations
Shirts: Maui You're Welcome
Unfortunately I have to go make supper now because I keep getting questions... "What's for supper?" & "What time are we eating?" So I guess its STAY TUNED for the rest of our shirts in a future update!
Have a FABULOUS rest of your Sunday!
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