LBollengier
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PTR - December Dream Trip AKL Dec. 2 - 13th - Savannah View Bunk Room
Hi there!! We are the Bollengier Family - Linda (49 & 50 in December!) DH Gary 52, DD (E) 16 & DD (F) 10

We are from Texas!

Dec. 2nd we will fly from DFW to MCO and arrive early at the AKL with our request in on July 4th for a *Arusha Savanna View room on the*Third or Fourth Floor &*IF POSSIBLE Zebra Trail*
We stayed at the AKL in 2002 & the DD10 doesn't remember it and there wasn't (as far as we know) a special Safari for guests then... Asked for this room choice because of tips from the AKL Dis Boards:
Here are a couple of pics from the AKL in 2002!!



My priorities for the trip are (1) not feeling rushed or panicked... (2) Character meals, Hoop Dee Doo, Mickeys Christmas party, eating at some of our favorite places, taking our DD16 to Harry Potter land & working in as many of our favorite rides as possible around this itinerary!! (3) not wasting any of our credits on our Free DDP!!
For the first time ever, I got help with planning after reading about others on the DIS boards!! I emailed Dreams Unlimited for help with my Disney plans and even though I pride myself at doing a great job, I feel much less panicked and stressed! It isn’t costing me any more and IMHO, I have definitely saved a lot thanks to Beth!! Time, energy, not to mention $1800
I made my list and I’ve changed it twice (actually ten times that!) I cannot believe how much easier it is allowing someone to help me! She even managed to get us reservations I was unable to get myself last time to CRT & the day I wanted at the Princess Breakfast at Akershus!! The last important thing I do not have planned (as of July 18) is the Candlelight Procession dinner package…
In years past we all made a list of what was important to do while at WDW, my list always has Hoop De Doo, younger daughter always has Tower of Terror all the mountains and character meals, we all want to do the MVMCP & CP… Hubby is easy and pretty much just sits back and watched me plan away!! I think he’s secretly almost in love with Disney as much as me!!
This year I have a new & better (of course) strategy which is centered around the extra magic hour nights!! This is a big deal to my family since 3 out of 4 of us are nightowls (as I write this at 2AM- lol) Bless you -(whoever at Disney) came up with the idea to have them at night and not just the morning!! YAY!!!
I had the 3rd through the 12th all planned out - then we added the 13th so we could see Steven Curtis Chapman on the 12th! Lots of reasons we wanted to see him and not some of the other choices!! Then we got the note from Beth about the dining package and voila we’re getting there on the 2nd!! Vacation went from 9 nights to 11 nights!! This is a record length for us without a cruise to Disney!! We are going to bet 8 day ticket and spend 2 days at Harry Potter Land too...
On earlier trips I had glanced at the Passporter boards since I LOVE their books you can customize!! I had a hard time doing their boards, just harder for me to navigate around for some reason… This time I got into the Dis boards and now I’m hooked!! I feel like I’m learning more here than all the past studying put together!! So I still have my books I love but doin' the Boards here!!
DECEMBER 2 - YAY! Off to WDW Day!!
Flying (with hubby’s miles) free 1st class to Orlando!
Arrive at AKL for our Savannah View Bunk Room… (I hope this room is nice - Not much info out there on these rooms.. We had a Savannah View room like in 2002 but when we changed our res to the 2nd we could only get this room for Savannah view)
----->> ** Oct. 2, 2010 redid a LOT of the plans!!!
Mid September - after adding all the Dining we wanted and deleting what wasn’t important, we were scheduled to use 28 more TS credits than we had!!
Decided to boost up to Deluxe Dining for $1320…. BECAUSE:
Did the math and it didn’t make sense to spend that much out of pocket
Noticed that the Deluxe comes with APPETIZERS!!! We sometimes like appetizers better than dessert!!
Realized we got Refillable Mugs and DOUBLE Snacks with Deluxe!! Major Plus Plus!!
Also planning to change our park hopper tickets to Annual Passes since we are going with one of our daughter's Marching Band in March... Maybe for our 25th Anniversary in the spring also!
Day 1 - DHS (still call it MGM) as soon as we can get there!
Fingers crossed we can check in our room early and make it to
ADR #1 SCI-FI 3:20PM
Then we are doing the FANTASMIC Event at Mousetacular
I am hoping to meet some other very nice people who love Disney as much as I do…
One secret reason is so that my family won’t think I’m the only Disney Wacko out there!! LOL ** I also hope that we will meet some people who are staying at the same time as us at AKL (hopefully) and have kids close to the age of our kids. DDs 10 & 16
We are excited to be going to the
Mousetacular Event - sounds like fun!!
Hoping to have time to do our favorite rides at DHS - and the new one we've only seen at DL -
Toy Story Mania!!
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Rock-N-Roller Coaster
Muppets 3D
Studio Backlot Tour
Great Movie Ride
No Star Tours this time... 


LATER we expect to be hungry again!! So we have a Ressie at Wilderness Lodge for
ADR #2 - ARTIST POINT 9PM,
… should have time to get to WIlderness Lodge after DHS closes at 8PM… I hope!!
*Dec. 3, 2010 ~MVMCP
DAY 2 - Magic Kingdom Going to MVMCP - Originally was going to wait until 4PM and save a day but then I read that the 4PM entry for MVMCP is a thing of the past…
This was almost enough alone to push me into the Annual Pass!!
Anyway, SO we’ll be at MK all day added some ADRs!
Brunch at Tony’s and Lunch at Plaza or Liberty Tree (Need to cancel Plaza or Lib Tree)
ADR#3 Tony’s 11:35AM
ADR#4 Liberty Tree Tavern 2:35PM
ADR#5 Plaza 3PM
Here's the scoop on why we want to go to MVMCP!! aka: Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party -

Elora & Faith with their favorite PLUTO at Liberty Tree Tavern where we ate last time at MVMCP in 2006[/B]
Day 2 cont-So we’ll ride a few rides - hoping our our faves will be open for the party!! We love the MOUNTAINS!! Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Pirates & Haunted Mansion (standard Disney Fare for most so hopefully these will open for the partay!!!)
ADR#6 Cinderella’s Royal Table 6:50 dinner
this will be the first time we’ve eaten dinner at the castle since it was the wrong King’s banquet hall!! Never understood why King Stephan’s hall would be in Cinderella’s castle??
We had breakfast here with Princesses and Mary Poppins in 2004. The last trip to WDW in 2006- I couldn’t get any reservations here! THANKS BETH for getting them this time!! 

Faith (4) and ELora (10) Last time we had a meal in the castle was breakfast with Cinderella in October 2004!!
After reading so many GREAT things about the Wishes Dessert Party, I decided to add this to tonight also! Woohoo!!
Day 3 - We'll do EPCOT!!
Saturday December 4th - 1st ADR for today puts us at a 10:35 breakfast at Princess Storybook Dining at Restaurant Askershus in Norway
ADR #7 Princess Brreakfast at Norway 10:35AM
Alright I’m hoping this won’t be the last time my daughters want to go to the Princess breakfast, I will still want to go!!! Hopefully won’t have to wait for the Grandkids to go with me!!

Here are ELora (12) and Faith (6) at the Princess breakfast the last time we were at WDW in November 2006...
SO we'll do all our Faves at Epcot today!
Time for a lunch at Via Napoli at 3:10PM - the pictures of the food there look so delicious!!
ADR #8 Via Napoli Sat 12/4/10 3:10PM
Later we'll have 7:15 dinner at La Hacienda de San Angel and we want to go in the Mexico Pavillion afterward! We haven't seen the new (new for us anyway!) Mexico River ride, I am excited to hear that they've incorporated some of the early Disney Latin influenced films here!! We love the Three Cabelleros & Saludos Amigos!
I've always loved this pavillion - I love the way it feels like you are outside at night even in the middle of the day!!

ADR #9 La Hacienda de San Angel Sat 12/4/10 7:15PM
This night we'll do our 2nd of the 2 Mousetacular Events we've signed up for! I've always felt like I belong at these Mouse Loving events!! Hope the fam feels right at home too!! 
Sunday December 5th, 2010 - Day 4 will be spent at Disney Holiday STudios!!
Brunch at Hollywood Brown Derby & Dinner at 50’s Prime Time We haven't eaten here in forever... I think since before Faith was born in 2000. She is a HUGE "I Love Lucy" Fan and I hope she will see it on TV there! I would rather have had
ADR #10 Hollywood Brown Derby Sun 12/5/10 11:30AM
Lunch no Adr - Snack or CS? Toy Story Pizza?
ADR #11 50’s Prime Time Sun 12/5/10 9:50PM
Monday 12/6 - Day 5 of vacation!!...
Start out today with 9:20 ADR - Breakfast at Donald’s Safari Breakfast. Last time we were here this was at Restaurantosaurus, I thnk I read it is at the Tusker House now! We'll get to our favorite rides at AKL before heading over to MK for the EXTRA MAGIC HOURS Lunch at Yak & Yeti - I’m loving the pics of their Potstickers!
For dinner, we are trying a new place! 7:25 dinner at Narcoosee’s – At the Grand Floridian on the 7 seas Lagoon. From the balcony, beach or restaurant (window seat) we hope to view Wishes. – Wishes is at 8:00 this evening and then back to MK after dinner for more fun. The menu is mainly seafood but they have an excellent steak option... Hoping my fam likes it! I know we'll love the view!
ADR #12 Donald’s Safari Breakfast Mon 12/6/10 9:20AM
ADR #13 Yak & Yeti Mon 12/6/10 2:30PM
ADR #14 Narcoosees Mon 12/6/10 7:15PM
Tuesday December 7, 2010 - Off to day 1 of our 2 day Universal Tickets! DD16 is one of the biggest Harry Potter HP fans you will meet anywhere!! I hope they have some kind of HP trivia there, she will kick butt!!
Still waiting to learn US park hours for December!
We will eat breakfast at Boma then head off to Universal,
Need to come back here and add some itinerary for HP Land... Will see if DD16 does it first!!
ADR #15 Boma Tues 12/7/10 8:55AM
ADR #16 Jiko Tues 12/7/10 9:15 pm
Wednesday December 8, 2010 - Back to WDW Parks! Day 7 of vacation
Try out the WAVE for breakfast! Then do MK for a while - Lunch at Crystal Palace - After lunching with the residents of 100 Acre Woods we’ll head to Animal Kingdom for EMH!
see what we didn't see on Monday and ride the Expedition Everest and Dinosaur again!! And again!!
ADR #17 The Wave Wed 12/8/10 9:15AM
ADR #18 Crystal Palace Wed 12/8/10 2:20 pm
ADR #19 California Grill Wed 12/8/10 9:35 pm
THursday December 9, 2010 Day 2 of 2 at Universal - get all of our daughter's HP rides ridden, hopefully for Mom we'll get to ride a few of my faves like Back to the Future & Twister!!
ADR #20 Boma Breakfast Thur 12/9/10 8:50 AM
Spec Res Sleigh Ride Thur 12/9/10 7:00 PM
ADR #21 Hoop Dee Do Review Thur 12/9/10 9:30 PM
We'll catch a cab this night to get to Fort Wilderness for a 7PM Sleigh Ride! then head over to Pioneer Hall for my favorite show at Hoop Dee Doo - we have ADR for the 9:30 show... We've had a few difficulties after this show getting back to our hotel... Hope we do better this time!
Friday Dec. 10 - Day 9 of Vacation
CHEF MICKEY’s for lunch, no trip to disney is complete without Breakfast with the big cheese!!
ADR #22 Chef Mickeys FRI 12/10/10 9:20 AM
OKAY SO WE CAN GO TO EPCOT THIS DAY OR BACK TO MK? MADE A COUPLE OF RESSIES UNTIL WE DECIDE… CANCEL ONE OF THESE
ADR #23 KONA CAFE FRI 12/10/10 2:00PM
ADR #24 NINE DRAGONS FRI 12/10/10 2:00PM
Planning to go back to Epcot this day - do what we've missed, want to do again and probably save the world again with Kim Possible!!
CANCEL ONE OF THESE
ADR #25 NINE DRAGONS FRI 12/10/10 8:45 PM
ADR #26 TUTTO ITALIA FRI 12/10/10 9:15 PM
ADRS FOR TONIGHT - CANCEL ONE… HAVE dinner at Nine Dragons IF NOT LUNCH - we've never eaten here before and are really looking forward to eating here!!
Saturday 12/11 - IF WE GET THE ANNUAL PASS - GO TO PARKS THIS DAY!
BREAKFAST AT BOMA OR BRUNCH AT WOLFGANG PUCKS
ADR #27 BOMA SAT 12/11/10 9:15 AM
ADR #28 WOLFGANG PUCK SAT 12/11/10 11:30 AM
3:45 PM we start our Waynama Safari with Dinner at Jiko -
SHOULD WE MAKE DINNER PLANS HERE - WILL WE BE HUNGRY AT 9:30PM?
ADR ?? DINNER SAT 12/11/10 9:30 - 10:30PM
Sunday December 12th - BREAKFAST AT BOMA - We have lunch plans with Remy at Chefs and We'll be at Epcot THE REST of the day…
ADR #29 BOMA SUN 12/12/10 8:20 AM
ADR #30 CHEFS SUN 12/12/10 12 NOON
ADR #31 LE CELLIER SUN 12/12/10 5:00 PM
We added a day on our trip to see Steven Curtis Chapman!! I am so excited to see little Stevie !! He was the little brother of a friend and classmate of mine where I grew up in Paducah, KY! We even went to the same church until I was 15... He wouldn't remember me but it will be special for us to see him there!! I love his music and think he is the right kind of speaker for a CHRISTMAS event!!!
Monday Dec. 13 - Our plane doesn't leave until the night time so hopefully pixie dust will be flying and we'll get to check in our luggage at our hotel giving us several hours in the parks!! I have promised this day to whichever DD gets the most hidden Mickeys during the trip! So chances are DD10 would pick MK or DHS and DD16 would pick Epcot! if the Kim Possible thing is as popular as I think it might be, they might actually AGREE on Epcot!!!
ADR #32 BOMA MON 12/13/10 9:05 AM
ADR #33 CORAL REEF MON 12/13/10 12:50 PM
Then we'll be sad to go home but at least we're goin' in style!!
Hi there!! We are the Bollengier Family - Linda (49 & 50 in December!) DH Gary 52, DD (E) 16 & DD (F) 10
We are from Texas!

Dec. 2nd we will fly from DFW to MCO and arrive early at the AKL with our request in on July 4th for a *Arusha Savanna View room on the*Third or Fourth Floor &*IF POSSIBLE Zebra Trail*
We stayed at the AKL in 2002 & the DD10 doesn't remember it and there wasn't (as far as we know) a special Safari for guests then... Asked for this room choice because of tips from the AKL Dis Boards:
Arusha Savanna View: There are three different savannas at AKL—Sunset, Arusha, and Uzima. Arusha savanna gives a backdrop view of the beautiful lobby’s picture window. The Arusha savanna is also the hotel’s “main” savanna, located right off the lobby; because of this, you can be assured that there will always be a wide variety of animals on this savanna Zebra Trail: the Zebra trail offers the added benefit of being closer to the pool and restaurants.
Here are a couple of pics from the AKL in 2002!!



My priorities for the trip are (1) not feeling rushed or panicked... (2) Character meals, Hoop Dee Doo, Mickeys Christmas party, eating at some of our favorite places, taking our DD16 to Harry Potter land & working in as many of our favorite rides as possible around this itinerary!! (3) not wasting any of our credits on our Free DDP!!
For the first time ever, I got help with planning after reading about others on the DIS boards!! I emailed Dreams Unlimited for help with my Disney plans and even though I pride myself at doing a great job, I feel much less panicked and stressed! It isn’t costing me any more and IMHO, I have definitely saved a lot thanks to Beth!! Time, energy, not to mention $1800
I made my list and I’ve changed it twice (actually ten times that!) I cannot believe how much easier it is allowing someone to help me! She even managed to get us reservations I was unable to get myself last time to CRT & the day I wanted at the Princess Breakfast at Akershus!! The last important thing I do not have planned (as of July 18) is the Candlelight Procession dinner package…
In years past we all made a list of what was important to do while at WDW, my list always has Hoop De Doo, younger daughter always has Tower of Terror all the mountains and character meals, we all want to do the MVMCP & CP… Hubby is easy and pretty much just sits back and watched me plan away!! I think he’s secretly almost in love with Disney as much as me!!
This year I have a new & better (of course) strategy which is centered around the extra magic hour nights!! This is a big deal to my family since 3 out of 4 of us are nightowls (as I write this at 2AM- lol) Bless you -(whoever at Disney) came up with the idea to have them at night and not just the morning!! YAY!!!
I had the 3rd through the 12th all planned out - then we added the 13th so we could see Steven Curtis Chapman on the 12th! Lots of reasons we wanted to see him and not some of the other choices!! Then we got the note from Beth about the dining package and voila we’re getting there on the 2nd!! Vacation went from 9 nights to 11 nights!! This is a record length for us without a cruise to Disney!! We are going to bet 8 day ticket and spend 2 days at Harry Potter Land too...
On earlier trips I had glanced at the Passporter boards since I LOVE their books you can customize!! I had a hard time doing their boards, just harder for me to navigate around for some reason… This time I got into the Dis boards and now I’m hooked!! I feel like I’m learning more here than all the past studying put together!! So I still have my books I love but doin' the Boards here!!
DECEMBER 2 - YAY! Off to WDW Day!!
Flying (with hubby’s miles) free 1st class to Orlando!

Arrive at AKL for our Savannah View Bunk Room… (I hope this room is nice - Not much info out there on these rooms.. We had a Savannah View room like in 2002 but when we changed our res to the 2nd we could only get this room for Savannah view)
----->> ** Oct. 2, 2010 redid a LOT of the plans!!!
Mid September - after adding all the Dining we wanted and deleting what wasn’t important, we were scheduled to use 28 more TS credits than we had!!
Decided to boost up to Deluxe Dining for $1320…. BECAUSE:
Did the math and it didn’t make sense to spend that much out of pocket
Noticed that the Deluxe comes with APPETIZERS!!! We sometimes like appetizers better than dessert!!
Realized we got Refillable Mugs and DOUBLE Snacks with Deluxe!! Major Plus Plus!!
Also planning to change our park hopper tickets to Annual Passes since we are going with one of our daughter's Marching Band in March... Maybe for our 25th Anniversary in the spring also!
Day 1 - DHS (still call it MGM) as soon as we can get there!
Fingers crossed we can check in our room early and make it to
ADR #1 SCI-FI 3:20PM
Then we are doing the FANTASMIC Event at Mousetacular
I am hoping to meet some other very nice people who love Disney as much as I do…

We are excited to be going to the

It’s Fantasmic! on the patio for a special viewing area complete with dessert delights! After the show, what could be better than our gathering being lead onto a favorite ride!
Hoping to have time to do our favorite rides at DHS - and the new one we've only seen at DL -
Toy Story Mania!!
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Rock-N-Roller Coaster
Muppets 3D
Studio Backlot Tour
Great Movie Ride




LATER we expect to be hungry again!! So we have a Ressie at Wilderness Lodge for
ADR #2 - ARTIST POINT 9PM,
… should have time to get to WIlderness Lodge after DHS closes at 8PM… I hope!!
*Dec. 3, 2010 ~MVMCP
DAY 2 - Magic Kingdom Going to MVMCP - Originally was going to wait until 4PM and save a day but then I read that the 4PM entry for MVMCP is a thing of the past…
This was almost enough alone to push me into the Annual Pass!!
Anyway, SO we’ll be at MK all day added some ADRs!
Brunch at Tony’s and Lunch at Plaza or Liberty Tree (Need to cancel Plaza or Lib Tree)
ADR#3 Tony’s 11:35AM
ADR#4 Liberty Tree Tavern 2:35PM
ADR#5 Plaza 3PM
Here's the scoop on why we want to go to MVMCP!! aka: Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party -
• The enchanted Castle Dream Lights on Cinderella Castle
• Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade, complete with a special appearance by Santa Claus himself
• An exclusive holiday fireworks extravaganza — Holiday Wishes: Celebrate the Spirit of the Season
• Live entertainment featuring Disney Characters
• Meet and greet opportunities throughout Magic Kingdom theme park with some of your favorite Disney Characters
• Complimentary cookies and hot cocoa
• A magical snow fall on Main Street, U.S.A.
Many of the most popular Magic Kingdom attractions
Elora & Faith with their favorite PLUTO at Liberty Tree Tavern where we ate last time at MVMCP in 2006[/B]
Day 2 cont-So we’ll ride a few rides - hoping our our faves will be open for the party!! We love the MOUNTAINS!! Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Pirates & Haunted Mansion (standard Disney Fare for most so hopefully these will open for the partay!!!)
ADR#6 Cinderella’s Royal Table 6:50 dinner
this will be the first time we’ve eaten dinner at the castle since it was the wrong King’s banquet hall!! Never understood why King Stephan’s hall would be in Cinderella’s castle??


Faith (4) and ELora (10) Last time we had a meal in the castle was breakfast with Cinderella in October 2004!!
After reading so many GREAT things about the Wishes Dessert Party, I decided to add this to tonight also! Woohoo!!
Day 3 - We'll do EPCOT!!
Saturday December 4th - 1st ADR for today puts us at a 10:35 breakfast at Princess Storybook Dining at Restaurant Askershus in Norway
ADR #7 Princess Brreakfast at Norway 10:35AM
Alright I’m hoping this won’t be the last time my daughters want to go to the Princess breakfast, I will still want to go!!! Hopefully won’t have to wait for the Grandkids to go with me!!
Here are ELora (12) and Faith (6) at the Princess breakfast the last time we were at WDW in November 2006...
SO we'll do all our Faves at Epcot today!
- TEST TRACK
- Mission Space
- Soarin (For some reason DH & I like this a lot better than the kids?)
- Honey I Shrunk The Audience
- Visit Figment at Imagination Pavillion
Time for a lunch at Via Napoli at 3:10PM - the pictures of the food there look so delicious!!
ADR #8 Via Napoli Sat 12/4/10 3:10PM
Later we'll have 7:15 dinner at La Hacienda de San Angel and we want to go in the Mexico Pavillion afterward! We haven't seen the new (new for us anyway!) Mexico River ride, I am excited to hear that they've incorporated some of the early Disney Latin influenced films here!! We love the Three Cabelleros & Saludos Amigos!
I've always loved this pavillion - I love the way it feels like you are outside at night even in the middle of the day!!

ADR #9 La Hacienda de San Angel Sat 12/4/10 7:15PM


Saturday, December 4 @ 9pm
It’s Illuminating!! Gather Up Your English Spirit and head to the Landing. It will be all about the Chocolate…. Biscotti with warm chocolate, chocolate pretzels, chocolate cheesecake and more View Illuminations in this amazing private location We’ll include a little twist and you’ll see Illuminations like never before!
Sunday December 5th, 2010 - Day 4 will be spent at Disney Holiday STudios!!
Brunch at Hollywood Brown Derby & Dinner at 50’s Prime Time We haven't eaten here in forever... I think since before Faith was born in 2000. She is a HUGE "I Love Lucy" Fan and I hope she will see it on TV there! I would rather have had
ADR #10 Hollywood Brown Derby Sun 12/5/10 11:30AM
Lunch no Adr - Snack or CS? Toy Story Pizza?
ADR #11 50’s Prime Time Sun 12/5/10 9:50PM
Monday 12/6 - Day 5 of vacation!!...
Start out today with 9:20 ADR - Breakfast at Donald’s Safari Breakfast. Last time we were here this was at Restaurantosaurus, I thnk I read it is at the Tusker House now! We'll get to our favorite rides at AKL before heading over to MK for the EXTRA MAGIC HOURS Lunch at Yak & Yeti - I’m loving the pics of their Potstickers!
For dinner, we are trying a new place! 7:25 dinner at Narcoosee’s – At the Grand Floridian on the 7 seas Lagoon. From the balcony, beach or restaurant (window seat) we hope to view Wishes. – Wishes is at 8:00 this evening and then back to MK after dinner for more fun. The menu is mainly seafood but they have an excellent steak option... Hoping my fam likes it! I know we'll love the view!
ADR #12 Donald’s Safari Breakfast Mon 12/6/10 9:20AM
ADR #13 Yak & Yeti Mon 12/6/10 2:30PM
ADR #14 Narcoosees Mon 12/6/10 7:15PM
Tuesday December 7, 2010 - Off to day 1 of our 2 day Universal Tickets! DD16 is one of the biggest Harry Potter HP fans you will meet anywhere!! I hope they have some kind of HP trivia there, she will kick butt!!
Still waiting to learn US park hours for December!
We will eat breakfast at Boma then head off to Universal,
Need to come back here and add some itinerary for HP Land... Will see if DD16 does it first!!
ADR #15 Boma Tues 12/7/10 8:55AM
ADR #16 Jiko Tues 12/7/10 9:15 pm
Wednesday December 8, 2010 - Back to WDW Parks! Day 7 of vacation
Try out the WAVE for breakfast! Then do MK for a while - Lunch at Crystal Palace - After lunching with the residents of 100 Acre Woods we’ll head to Animal Kingdom for EMH!
see what we didn't see on Monday and ride the Expedition Everest and Dinosaur again!! And again!!
ADR #17 The Wave Wed 12/8/10 9:15AM
ADR #18 Crystal Palace Wed 12/8/10 2:20 pm
ADR #19 California Grill Wed 12/8/10 9:35 pm
THursday December 9, 2010 Day 2 of 2 at Universal - get all of our daughter's HP rides ridden, hopefully for Mom we'll get to ride a few of my faves like Back to the Future & Twister!!
ADR #20 Boma Breakfast Thur 12/9/10 8:50 AM
Spec Res Sleigh Ride Thur 12/9/10 7:00 PM
ADR #21 Hoop Dee Do Review Thur 12/9/10 9:30 PM
We'll catch a cab this night to get to Fort Wilderness for a 7PM Sleigh Ride! then head over to Pioneer Hall for my favorite show at Hoop Dee Doo - we have ADR for the 9:30 show... We've had a few difficulties after this show getting back to our hotel... Hope we do better this time!
Friday Dec. 10 - Day 9 of Vacation
CHEF MICKEY’s for lunch, no trip to disney is complete without Breakfast with the big cheese!!
ADR #22 Chef Mickeys FRI 12/10/10 9:20 AM
OKAY SO WE CAN GO TO EPCOT THIS DAY OR BACK TO MK? MADE A COUPLE OF RESSIES UNTIL WE DECIDE… CANCEL ONE OF THESE
ADR #23 KONA CAFE FRI 12/10/10 2:00PM
ADR #24 NINE DRAGONS FRI 12/10/10 2:00PM
Planning to go back to Epcot this day - do what we've missed, want to do again and probably save the world again with Kim Possible!!
CANCEL ONE OF THESE
ADR #25 NINE DRAGONS FRI 12/10/10 8:45 PM
ADR #26 TUTTO ITALIA FRI 12/10/10 9:15 PM
ADRS FOR TONIGHT - CANCEL ONE… HAVE dinner at Nine Dragons IF NOT LUNCH - we've never eaten here before and are really looking forward to eating here!!
Saturday 12/11 - IF WE GET THE ANNUAL PASS - GO TO PARKS THIS DAY!
BREAKFAST AT BOMA OR BRUNCH AT WOLFGANG PUCKS
ADR #27 BOMA SAT 12/11/10 9:15 AM
ADR #28 WOLFGANG PUCK SAT 12/11/10 11:30 AM
3:45 PM we start our Waynama Safari with Dinner at Jiko -
Wanyama Safari and Dinner is exclusively for Guests staying at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas. The Wanyama Safari and Dinner is offered in the afternoon seven days a week, subject to availability.
Join the group of adventurers, no more than 12 Guests per excursion (ages 8 and up, please), in the lounge area at Jiko–The Cooking Place, and embark on an adventure of a true African afternoon safari drive. Get up-close to the animals and end the event with a multi-course meal served family style at Jiko - The Cooking Place.
This safari is an opportunity to spend time with members from the Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge animal programs team. Learn about the natural history and management of the animal collection at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. Enjoy incredible photo opportunities of the animals and architecture of Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge that can only be experienced from the perspective on the savanna.
Dinner at Jiko – The Cooking Place
After the safari, return to Jiko in Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge for a savory dinner. The menu begins with traditional African dips, breads and appetizers. The entrees include vegan, vegetarian and meat-based dishes, like oak roasted filet of beef with mac & cheese and chermoula roasted chicken. The meal ends with choices from the sweet dessert platter.
SHOULD WE MAKE DINNER PLANS HERE - WILL WE BE HUNGRY AT 9:30PM?
ADR ?? DINNER SAT 12/11/10 9:30 - 10:30PM
Sunday December 12th - BREAKFAST AT BOMA - We have lunch plans with Remy at Chefs and We'll be at Epcot THE REST of the day…
ADR #29 BOMA SUN 12/12/10 8:20 AM
ADR #30 CHEFS SUN 12/12/10 12 NOON
ADR #31 LE CELLIER SUN 12/12/10 5:00 PM
We added a day on our trip to see Steven Curtis Chapman!! I am so excited to see little Stevie !! He was the little brother of a friend and classmate of mine where I grew up in Paducah, KY! We even went to the same church until I was 15... He wouldn't remember me but it will be special for us to see him there!! I love his music and think he is the right kind of speaker for a CHRISTMAS event!!!
Monday Dec. 13 - Our plane doesn't leave until the night time so hopefully pixie dust will be flying and we'll get to check in our luggage at our hotel giving us several hours in the parks!! I have promised this day to whichever DD gets the most hidden Mickeys during the trip! So chances are DD10 would pick MK or DHS and DD16 would pick Epcot! if the Kim Possible thing is as popular as I think it might be, they might actually AGREE on Epcot!!!
ADR #32 BOMA MON 12/13/10 9:05 AM
ADR #33 CORAL REEF MON 12/13/10 12:50 PM
Then we'll be sad to go home but at least we're goin' in style!!