OK so we all knew this was coming.
There are 15 days left until we leave, and I made a few changes to our ADR schedule.
I found out that on 10/21, which is our first DHS day, the park will actually be open until 9pm and they are showing Fantasmic twice...once at 7:30pm and again at 9pm. I didn't know there was a second show, and so I had settled for a 4:15pm ADR for 50's PTC on that day. Now that I know that Fantasmic will show again at 9, I checked into later ADRs for Mama Melrose's, which is the one I really wanted. Score! They had a 6:30pm available! So I canceled 50's, booked the 6:30 at Mama's, and we'll go see the 9pm showing of Fantasmic.
Now, Lumar and I were scheduled to have breakfast at Captain's Grille at the Yacht Club at 9:15am on this same morning. However, I was reading KatMark's TR and she got me thinking about FPs for TSMM. She said that they were out of FPs for the day by 11:15am! My first thought was that we would get to DHS for rope drop, run and get FPs for TSMM, then head to Yacht Club for breakfast. However, rope drop is at 9am and our ADR was for 9:15am so there was no way we would make it. They did have a 9:45am still available, so that would give us more time...but neither of us really wants to rush from one place to another, wasting park time. So I canceled our breakfast ADR all together. I was looking forward to it, but at the same time, I don't want to be in transit all over The World for half of our vacation. So we'll have breakfast at the resort that morning and then head to DHS for rope drop.
I have a similar quandary for 10/24. That is our 2nd DHS day and again, I scheduled breakfast for that morning. When I made these ADRs, the FPs for TSMM never even crossed my mind! We have breakfast for Cape May Cafe scheduled for 9:40am that morning. I REALLY want to do this meal, so Lumar said we could keep this one, get to the park for rope drop, get our TSMM FPs, and then head to breakfast. Since we would only have to do this once on the whole trip, he is OK with it. It sounds like a pain, but I think since it's only the 2 of us, it won't be too bad. If my brother was still coming, I would just cancel the ADR because we'd never make it!
So....for those still playing along at home, here is a new up-to-date itinerary.
Tuesday 10/19 - Arrival Day!
Flight leaves at 11:25am
Flight lands at MCO at 2:00pm
MNSSHP
Wednesday 10/20 - Epcot
Breakfast: either Pepper Market at CSR or Season's at Epcot
Lunch: 1pm @ Rose & Crown
Dinner: 7:15pm @ San Angel Inn
Illuminations
Thursday 10/21 - Hollywood Studios
Breakfast: Pepper Market
Lunch: QS, probably at Pizza Planet
Dinner: 6:30pm @ Mama Melrose's
Fantasmic at 9pm
Friday 10/22 - Animal Kingdom
Breakfast: Pepper Market
Lunch: QS somewhere in the park
Dinner: 5:15pm @ Yak & Yeti
EMH til 8pm!
Saturday 10/23 - Magic Kingdom
Breakfast: 9:20am @ Kona Cafe
Lunch: QS somewhere in the park
After lunch, we'll head back to CSR for a swim and a nap.
Dinner: 5:00pm @ Planet Hollywood
Cirque du Soleil @ 9pm
EMH at MK til 2am!
Sunday 10/24 - Hollywood Studios
Breakfast: 9:40am @ Cape May Cafe
Lunch: QS somewhere in the park
Dinner: 4:50pm at Sci-Fi
Fantasmic at 7:30pm
EMH til 10:30pm!
Monday 10/25 - Epcot
Breakfast: 9:15am @ The Grand Floridian Cafe
Lunch: QS somewhere in the park
Dinner: 5:15pm @ Biergarten
Illuminations
Tuesday 10/26 - Free Day
Breakfast: Pepper Market
Mini Golf at Fantasia Gardens
Lunch: 3:30pm @ T-Rex
MNSSHP
Dinner:QS somewhere in the park.
Wednesday 10/27 - Animal Kingdom
Breakfast: 9:25am @ Tusker House
Lunch: QS somewhere in the park
Dinner: 5:35pm @ Jiko
DTD after dinner
Thursday 10/28 - Epcot
This was originally scheduled to be another MK day, but we'll be at MK for a full day on 10/23, plus two Halloween Parties. So we opted for another day the F & W Festival
Breakfast: 9:30am @ The Wave
Lunch: QS somewhere in the park
Dinner: 5:15pm @ Ohana
Head back to Epcot after dinner
Illuminations
Friday 10/29 - Going Home Day
We'll get up and check out, leave our luggage with the air-line check in people, and head to DTD. I definitely want to get breakfast at Earl of Sandwich then we'll have a few hours to kill before DME comes to pick us up. Our flight leaves at 5:35pm to bring us back to Crapnecticut.