Need some planning help!

[goofy53073]

Ack I thought I had my plan set but of course now I keep changing things My inlaws are joining us for the first 4 days of our trip (we will only have 3 full days with them to tour) so I am having trouble deciding what to do while they are there! Please tell me what you think of my plan and if there is anything I should switch??

Thursday- Hollywood Studios(wanted 1st day to be MK but since Thurs is AM EMH and we are not on property at this point I think we should skip MK this day??)
I plan to get there for rope drop and spend the day there. Lunch at 50's Prime Time Cafe
Back to house to BBQ and swim

Friday- MK
hoping to get a VERY early ADR at CM. Then head to MK for rope drop. Spend day at MK
Trying to decide if we should book WCC or HDDR for dinner before heading back to the house? If I book a 5:30 HDDR what time would we need to catch the boat to FW?

Saturday- EPCOT
We are surprising my inlaws with the Segway tour (dh will join them) Since we will only have one car I will have to also head over there with the 3 kids. My plan is to take the monorail to one of the resorts and have a QS breakfast. Any suggestions where to go?

I will head back to EPCOT for rope drop and hopefully get FP for either TT or Soarin then meet up with dh and inlaws when their tour is done at 9:30

We want to do Illuminations so we thought maybe would head back to the house for a bit mid day and then head back for dinner/Illuminations. BUt I am not sure if we are going to have enough time to do all we want to do if we take a break? If we tour Future World from 9:30-2:00 will that give us a decent amount of time to see stuff?

Dinner- I was going to do Coral Reef but how far will we be from where we need to be to view Illumionations? Should I book an ADR in one of the countires instead? Also, what time ADR for dinner?

Sunday- Pack up the house head to AK
Tour AK for the AM
Lunch at Yak and Yeti
Bring Inlaws to airport
Check into POFQ
Dinner at T-Rex

I still have to decide our plan for the next 6 days (after inlaws leave). But I feel most stressed about planning while they are there since they have not been in a loooong time and they are leaving EVERYTHING up to me

Thanks for your help!
Stacey

 

[eventamy]

Thursday- Hollywood Studios(wanted 1st day to be MK but since Thurs is AM EMH and we are not on property at this point I think we should skip MK this day??)
I plan to get there for rope drop and spend the day there. Lunch at 50's Prime Time Cafe
Back to house to BBQ and swim
I think this is an excellent plan. If you're not on property PLEASE skip the EMH mornings! NOT FUN! We also don't stay on property and skip those days, too crowded! We're also trying 50's for lunch for our DHS day.

Friday- MK
hoping to get a VERY early ADR at CM. Then head to MK for rope drop. Spend day at MK
Trying to decide if we should book WCC or HDDR for dinner before heading back to the house? If I book a 5:30 HDDR what time would we need to catch the boat to FW?
If you can't get CM then try for CP early, it's very cool to get into the park early!

Saturday- EPCOT
We are surprising my inlaws with the Segway tour (dh will join them) Since we will only have one car I will have to also head over there with the 3 kids. My plan is to take the monorail to one of the resorts and have a QS breakfast. Any suggestions where to go?
I surprised my Mom and DH with this 2 years ago and they LOVED IT!

I will head back to EPCOT for rope drop and hopefully get FP for either TT or Soarin then meet up with dh and inlaws when their tour is done at 9:30

We want to do Illuminations so we thought maybe would head back to the house for a bit mid day and then head back for dinner/Illuminations. BUt I am not sure if we are going to have enough time to do all we want to do if we take a break? If we tour Future World from 9:30-2:00 will that give us a decent amount of time to see stuff?
We usually tour Epcot for this amount of time but also do Epcot for more then 1 day, it's my favorite park. So, since you'll be there for longer just plan on coming back without the inlaws too!
Dinner- I was going to do Coral Reef but how far will we be from where we need to be to view Illumionations? Should I book an ADR in one of the countires instead? Also, what time ADR for dinner?
I don't like Coral Reef, had a very bad meal there last year. But I would suggest a restaurant in the countries anyway. What about Teppan Edo or Chefs?

Sunday- Pack up the house head to AK
Tour AK for the AM
Lunch at Yak and Yeti
Bring Inlaws to airport
Check into POFQ
Dinner at T-Rex
We LOVED T-Rex! The portions are humongous though so plan accordingly! They're very easy to share with lots left over. The Triasic Tuna is awesome for an appy! I had it as my meal and had a little of my DD's pizza too.

 

[goofy53073]

I thought about doing CP if we don't get CM. We did CP last time and got in early and it was great but I really want CM becasue my 2 year old is OBSESSED with Mickey and Minnie!

I thought about Teppan Edo but I am worried their will be nothing my kids (7,5 and 2) will like?

 

[eventamy]

I haven't done Teppan Edo yet, but am planning on it for this year. We've done a local Hibachi grill place and LOVED it. I haven't taken my kids to one yet and I know they'll love the "entertainment" factor (ages 2 & 6). My kids and I don't eat meat but we'll have the veggies, noodles and rice, which I'm sure all kids love! Plus they have chicken, steak etc. Plus tempura veggies and chicken, you can't go wrong with fried stuff right?