So here is the (hopefully) final set of plans for our trip.
Aug 25-27-All Star Movies We plan to spend these two days lounging by the pool and exploring Disney Springs. There is a chance we will add an extra days' ticket, but we are going to wait and decide that once we get down there.
Aug 27th- EPCOT. Our friend will arrive Saturday morning and will get us checked into the Contemporary and meet us at the park. We have FP+ for the Disney Pals meet and greet at 10:20, Frozen Ever After at 2:00 and Turtle Talk at 3:10. Dinner will be at Tutto Italia at 5:15. We plan to stay for Illuminations if we can make it that long.
Aug 28th- Magic Kingdom (Our friend will be going to Hollywood Studios on this day) FP+ for Mine Train at 9:05, Pirates at 11:20 and Little Mermaid at 12:20. Dinner will be at the Grand Floridian for our first ever 1900 Park Fare experience. We will probably take a break in the afternoon on this day so that we can either return to Magic Kingdom for Wishes, or, depending on our room location at Bay Lake Tower, watch from our balcony. We have also considered watching from the observation deck there as well.
Aug 29th check into The Polynesian. This will be our rest day. Breakfast is at 8:10 at 'Ohaha with Lilo and Stitch. The rest of the day will be spent lounging by the pool and enjoying some adult beverages. We will enjoy Wishes either from our balcony or sitting by the pool!
Aug 30- EPCOT We have breakfast planned with Chip and Dale at 8:20 and FP+ for Soarin' at 9:00, Mission Space at 10:10 and Nemo at 11:25. We will also be finishing our "drinking around the world" task. Yikes! We don't typically drink much, but our friend insisted we complete this, so we will do our best by sharing most of the beverages. We will probably take a break during the heat of the afternoon and come back for Illuminations if we miss it the first time.
Aug 31- Animal Kingdom. We intend to spend an entire day at AK which is something we have never done, even though it is the hottest place on the planet!
We begin our day with Breakfast at Tusker House at 8:20 with the Jungle Book dining package. FP+ for the day include Nemo at 1:30, and the Safari at 7:00 and Expedition at 8:00. Looking forward to seeing both of those things at night. We will stay for the first viewing of the Jungle Book show as well.
Sept 1- Magic Kingdom- sadly our very last park day- We made lunch reservations at Skipper Canteen and FP+ for Tales with Belle at 9:00, Mine Train at 10:05 and Splash Mountain at 11:10. We have dinner reservations at BOG for 6:00.
Sept 2- check out...BOO HISS! Our friend has a late afternoon flight home and we will move back to Movies sometime during the day. We plan to get a Tonga Toast breakfast and spend the last few hours at the pool before departing the Deluxe and heading back to the Value. :-(
Sept 3- Flight home early in the morning...Double BOO HISS!!
On a fun note, I got in touch with a friend of a friend who works as a Concierge at The Contemporary last night just to let him know we would be there and hoped that we would get to see him while we are there. He asked me for our confirmation number so that he can hopefully "Sprinkle some Pixie Dust"! Yipeee!!! His wife works at EPCOT, too, so hopefully we will be able to connect with both of them. It has been several years since we have seen either of them. This trip could be more epic than we thought!!
57 days and counting.....
