kristenrice
NOT just an ambulance driver
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I'm headed back to WDW for my 9th F&W and I'm bringing my dear friend along for her first one
. We are arriving Sunday and departing Friday afternoon and we are staying in a value studio at AKV. She has been to WDW one time and her touring style is much different than mine. Since I have gone several times and plan to return for many more, I am fine with playing it by ear
. There are a few things, however, that I will need to plan, like ADR's and a few FP's. My friend has said that she is open to whatever I want to do, but she is not an early riser (I am) and she doesn't want to be forced into getting up early.
Here's what I have so far...
We are landing in Orlando at 11:00pm and staying at the Hyatt Regency in the airport. In the morning, we will catch the DME bus to AKV and check in. Since Sanaa was on my "must-do" list, I decided to make an ADR for lunch on our arrival day at 11:35. QUESTION #1: What time should we present ourselves to DME in order to make it to AKV (staying at Jambo) and then over to Sanaa? After lunch, I was thinking we could head over to her favorite park (MK) and take in MNSSHP. We don't plan on dressing up or anything special, but the parade, the candy and the overall experience of the party are really something that she would like since she is a true "Disneyphile" like me. I would like to skip the fireworks
because it is so much nicer to watch them from TOTWL which we intend to do later in the week.
Monday is my birthday. Right now, the only plan I have is to eat dinner at 7:45pm at Jiko. I haven't eaten there since my honeymoon in 2002 so I am really looking forward to it. We may sleep in and hit Epcot by 11 and head straight to the World Showcase. QUESTION #2: Is it any faster to take an Uber to the Beach Club and enter Epcot via the IG? Since we won't do anything in Future World, it would seem like it would be much less walking to go in the IG instead of walking from the bus stop and all the way through Future World.
Obviously, we really want to make sure we spend some time at Epcot, since F&W is the main objective. It's more for the booths than the demos and such, but we may decide to do a special event, depending on what is offered while we are there. We like to have table-service meals, but it seems like a waste on our Epcot days since we will be filling up at the booths.
The only other ADR's that I have are lunch at BOG on Tuesday (2:10), Lunch at 50's Prime Time Cafe (1:05pm) on Wednesday (this is the one restaurant that she requested) and breakfast at Boma on the day we leave. I really want to try the new Geyser Point bar so I am going to try and squeeze that in somewhere. I have NO idea how we are going to deal with FP's. I know that they will be in the afternoon for sure, and neither of us need to do the "thrill" rides so that will help.
I'm sure I will have more questions as the planning continues. It's very hard to plan when you really just plan to go without a plan
.


Here's what I have so far...
We are landing in Orlando at 11:00pm and staying at the Hyatt Regency in the airport. In the morning, we will catch the DME bus to AKV and check in. Since Sanaa was on my "must-do" list, I decided to make an ADR for lunch on our arrival day at 11:35. QUESTION #1: What time should we present ourselves to DME in order to make it to AKV (staying at Jambo) and then over to Sanaa? After lunch, I was thinking we could head over to her favorite park (MK) and take in MNSSHP. We don't plan on dressing up or anything special, but the parade, the candy and the overall experience of the party are really something that she would like since she is a true "Disneyphile" like me. I would like to skip the fireworks

Monday is my birthday. Right now, the only plan I have is to eat dinner at 7:45pm at Jiko. I haven't eaten there since my honeymoon in 2002 so I am really looking forward to it. We may sleep in and hit Epcot by 11 and head straight to the World Showcase. QUESTION #2: Is it any faster to take an Uber to the Beach Club and enter Epcot via the IG? Since we won't do anything in Future World, it would seem like it would be much less walking to go in the IG instead of walking from the bus stop and all the way through Future World.
Obviously, we really want to make sure we spend some time at Epcot, since F&W is the main objective. It's more for the booths than the demos and such, but we may decide to do a special event, depending on what is offered while we are there. We like to have table-service meals, but it seems like a waste on our Epcot days since we will be filling up at the booths.
The only other ADR's that I have are lunch at BOG on Tuesday (2:10), Lunch at 50's Prime Time Cafe (1:05pm) on Wednesday (this is the one restaurant that she requested) and breakfast at Boma on the day we leave. I really want to try the new Geyser Point bar so I am going to try and squeeze that in somewhere. I have NO idea how we are going to deal with FP's. I know that they will be in the afternoon for sure, and neither of us need to do the "thrill" rides so that will help.
I'm sure I will have more questions as the planning continues. It's very hard to plan when you really just plan to go without a plan
