okay that makes sense! Except sadly, I will need park reservations because I bought Canadian tickets a LONG time ago (2017?). They don't expire until 2030 but with my daughter going into high school next year this is the last year I think we can pull her out during school. We toyed with August but then thought that would be insanely hot! So I'm in the dilemna of making park reservations. We get in fairly late on the 14th and we were going to make our first day a rest day but since we are staying at Swan we will have extended evening hours at Epcot the next day (hopefully) so we may just head over in the afternoon. I do hope we can book LL in advance because I'm not looking forward to doing that at 7am! I'm thinking lazy breakfast/brunch at Ale and Compass before heading to Epcot for the rest of the day (or maybe even later!) and through extended evening hours (dinner at Epcot - not sure where yet?). I figure if the evening hours are 9-11pm as they have been historically there's no need to rush to Epcot (plus the extra ILL drop at 6pm for Guardians).I know not needing a park pass starts on the 9th, but IDK if they have confirmed when the changes to Genie will be happening. I am crossing my fingers they announce something at D23 and that it will join Jan 9th as a change date!
We are flying in super late so will likely have a late start the next day!My mother and I will be going Jan 20 - 27. Just us this time, a much more relaxed trip is planned. Although we’re coming in on a red eye from the west coast. So that will be interesting.