Colleen27
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Day four will be our earliest morning of the trip, and it will find us at my overall favorite park.
Stitch's class has a meeting time of 7:45am!
I still haven't decided if I'm going to attend with him or just drop him off; because he's a teenager he's allowed to attend by himself and is excited by that prospect but I'm not sure I want to miss it. The experience goes through Test Track and Mission Space and both components sound really cool to me, especially the NASA tie-in at Mission Space.
In the end I'll probably let him have his independence because that sort of thing has been big for him lately. And the alternative for the morning isn't too shabby either...
Since we'll be at the park that early, I figure there's no reason not to book an early breakfast. Besides, getting in our princess time for the girls while Stitch is busy elsewhere sounds like a really good plan!
We've done the pre-opening breakfast at Akershus once before but the morning didn't go as planned because of a stomach bug running through the family. I didn't get to enjoy the empty park photography the way I'd hoped and Ken missed it entirely, so this would be a very welcome do-over. The food wasn't anything to write home about - we mostly ate cheese and berries from the cold buffet - but the interaction was fun and the photo package is a nice bonus, especially with a bigger group since we get two.
With Stitch occupied for so much of the morning our plans are pretty loose. We'll probably hit the Character Connection, grab Soarin' FPs, maybe catch the Circle of Life film (a first for us), and spend the rest of the time in the Seas pavilion since that's Pocahontas' favorite place.
The class should wrap up by 11 and the plan is to meet at Test Track. If the waits aren't too bad we'll ride both that and Mission Space while we're in the area; otherwise, we'll ride Mission Space and grab Test Track FPs for later.
From there we'll hop a boat across the lagoon to Morocco.
I'm hoping we'll have time to catch Aladdin & Jasmine before lunch since we missed them last trip.
(The outdoor meet & greet just doesn't compare to the old setting, does it?)
We're doing something really unusual on this day - three meals. We generally don't plan three meal days because they're too much food but knowing that we're not going to breakfast for the cuisine and that Stitch will certainly want something substantial by lunch time, I made a lunch ADR in Japan.
Teppan Edo is a favorite of both my kids so it was an easy choice. They love teppanyaki dining and the food is consistently good.
After lunch we'll double back through Morocco to France.
My girls both love that Marie is out for meet & greets and none of us are big fans of the desserts at Teppan Edo so we might stop at Boulangerie Patisserie for a little sweet. If the Beast is out we'll stop to see him too, but if Belle is on her own we'll skip her as well as Aurora since we'll have seen them at breakfast.
Then we'll reverse direction again and make our way around the World Showcase. Along the way we'll pick up a Kimmunicator to do a mission or two. I would love to do the one in Japan!
In Morocco, I'd like to catch MoRockin and Pocahontas will certainly want a henna tattoo.
Back in Japan, I have to take Stitch through the anime exhibit in the gallery, and I am planning on surprising Pocahontas with a pick-a-pearl. I'll order the cage in advance so we can add it to her charm bracelet right away. Mitsukoshi is my favorite place to shop at Disney so I'll probably do a little damage to the souvenir budget too.
In America, we have got to stop to see the American Adventure. I've never seen it and it is on my must-do list this time.
Italy and Germany are mostly walk-throughs. A quick stop for a glass of rosa regale in Italy and a snack credit excursion in Germany are all that's on the list unless we get one of the Kim Possible missions in those countries. If we didn't see Snow White at breakfast we'll stop in for her meet & greet as well.
China is home to another must-do - the new acrobats. We really missed the old troupe on our last trip and I'm looking forward to seeing their replacements. The girls will probably also want to meet Mulan.
Back in Norway I'll leave it up to the group on whether or not to ride Maelstrom. Stitch liked it the last time we rode, which was back on our last Jan trip in '08, but I'm not sure anyone will be all that interested now.
And that brings us right to where we need to be for dinner - Mexico.
If we have time we'll see if Mariachi Donald is out and ride El Rio del Tiempo, but if not that can wait until after dinner.
Our ADR is at La Hacienda, which was without a doubt the best 1 credit meal of our last trip, and I'm really looking forward to a repeat.
After dinner we'll head over to use our Soarin' FPs and then call it a night.
We'll be back later in the week on an EMH night, so we can catch Illuminations and the lower-demand attractions that we missed then.
It'll be a long day to be sure. Epcot days always are. But the girls were fine going rope drop to close on our last trip so I'm hoping they'll do okay with it again. Boo still likes to shut out the world in her stroller when she's tired so I'm pretty sure she'll be happier with stroller naps than with leaving the park.
Stitch's class has a meeting time of 7:45am!
I still haven't decided if I'm going to attend with him or just drop him off; because he's a teenager he's allowed to attend by himself and is excited by that prospect but I'm not sure I want to miss it. The experience goes through Test Track and Mission Space and both components sound really cool to me, especially the NASA tie-in at Mission Space.
In the end I'll probably let him have his independence because that sort of thing has been big for him lately. And the alternative for the morning isn't too shabby either...
Since we'll be at the park that early, I figure there's no reason not to book an early breakfast. Besides, getting in our princess time for the girls while Stitch is busy elsewhere sounds like a really good plan!
We've done the pre-opening breakfast at Akershus once before but the morning didn't go as planned because of a stomach bug running through the family. I didn't get to enjoy the empty park photography the way I'd hoped and Ken missed it entirely, so this would be a very welcome do-over. The food wasn't anything to write home about - we mostly ate cheese and berries from the cold buffet - but the interaction was fun and the photo package is a nice bonus, especially with a bigger group since we get two.
With Stitch occupied for so much of the morning our plans are pretty loose. We'll probably hit the Character Connection, grab Soarin' FPs, maybe catch the Circle of Life film (a first for us), and spend the rest of the time in the Seas pavilion since that's Pocahontas' favorite place.
The class should wrap up by 11 and the plan is to meet at Test Track. If the waits aren't too bad we'll ride both that and Mission Space while we're in the area; otherwise, we'll ride Mission Space and grab Test Track FPs for later.
From there we'll hop a boat across the lagoon to Morocco.
I'm hoping we'll have time to catch Aladdin & Jasmine before lunch since we missed them last trip.
(The outdoor meet & greet just doesn't compare to the old setting, does it?)
We're doing something really unusual on this day - three meals. We generally don't plan three meal days because they're too much food but knowing that we're not going to breakfast for the cuisine and that Stitch will certainly want something substantial by lunch time, I made a lunch ADR in Japan.
Teppan Edo is a favorite of both my kids so it was an easy choice. They love teppanyaki dining and the food is consistently good.
After lunch we'll double back through Morocco to France.
My girls both love that Marie is out for meet & greets and none of us are big fans of the desserts at Teppan Edo so we might stop at Boulangerie Patisserie for a little sweet. If the Beast is out we'll stop to see him too, but if Belle is on her own we'll skip her as well as Aurora since we'll have seen them at breakfast.
Then we'll reverse direction again and make our way around the World Showcase. Along the way we'll pick up a Kimmunicator to do a mission or two. I would love to do the one in Japan!
In Morocco, I'd like to catch MoRockin and Pocahontas will certainly want a henna tattoo.
Back in Japan, I have to take Stitch through the anime exhibit in the gallery, and I am planning on surprising Pocahontas with a pick-a-pearl. I'll order the cage in advance so we can add it to her charm bracelet right away. Mitsukoshi is my favorite place to shop at Disney so I'll probably do a little damage to the souvenir budget too.
In America, we have got to stop to see the American Adventure. I've never seen it and it is on my must-do list this time.
Italy and Germany are mostly walk-throughs. A quick stop for a glass of rosa regale in Italy and a snack credit excursion in Germany are all that's on the list unless we get one of the Kim Possible missions in those countries. If we didn't see Snow White at breakfast we'll stop in for her meet & greet as well.
China is home to another must-do - the new acrobats. We really missed the old troupe on our last trip and I'm looking forward to seeing their replacements. The girls will probably also want to meet Mulan.
Back in Norway I'll leave it up to the group on whether or not to ride Maelstrom. Stitch liked it the last time we rode, which was back on our last Jan trip in '08, but I'm not sure anyone will be all that interested now.
And that brings us right to where we need to be for dinner - Mexico.
If we have time we'll see if Mariachi Donald is out and ride El Rio del Tiempo, but if not that can wait until after dinner.
Our ADR is at La Hacienda, which was without a doubt the best 1 credit meal of our last trip, and I'm really looking forward to a repeat.
After dinner we'll head over to use our Soarin' FPs and then call it a night.
We'll be back later in the week on an EMH night, so we can catch Illuminations and the lower-demand attractions that we missed then.
It'll be a long day to be sure. Epcot days always are. But the girls were fine going rope drop to close on our last trip so I'm hoping they'll do okay with it again. Boo still likes to shut out the world in her stroller when she's tired so I'm pretty sure she'll be happier with stroller naps than with leaving the park.
We'll see how this works out, because to get the reservation I had to book us as two parties (4 & 3) but I'm interested enough in checking out the new signature menu to accept splitting up if they can't seat us together and both ADRs are for the same time. The only problem is that the kids will fight over which one gets to sit with Grandma and Uncle B! 
last day in the parks.
I just love your sparkly graphics! 
This time she wanted to be Elizabeth Swan, but not in simple pirate gear... it had to look like the outfit from At World's End. The final product wasn't as elaborate as the movie version, partly because I ran out of energy before painting up the sleeves, but it came out rather nice. And she had the best idea for the armor/belt - that's all done with duct tape and she and Stitch handled that part while I did the sewing on the jacket. 
Stitch has actually asked for cardboard and duct tape for Christmas this year! 
But you should see them all get so excited here in Ontario...
I avoid it like the plague!! But happy shopping to you!! And good luck to Stitch...it's good to see all their hard work pay off!!
