We'll be there Nov 16 - 21.
Try not to laugh at me; but that date was because I didn't check up on what day Thanksgiving fell on this year and just made an assumption. (I know what it means). I literally submitted a request to rent
DVC points and got it approved and had the contract locked in before I realized it wasn't Thanksgiving week!! We're doing an Annual Pass and activating it on this trip, but I need to try to work with DS's school breaks so they don't flunk him out of classes. So obviously now, it's not Thanksgiving week, so I just have to be careful of when I pull him out of class for the rest of the year (5 unexcused days per Term). But in the end, I think it'll be much nicer to have a slow week our first time back in WDW in 4 years. (we did the annual pass splurge in '14 - 15 - as you can see in the picture, it was the last year they had Star Wars weekends).
So, good news, I got Beach Club Studio Villas for the trip at the 11 month mark.
We're drivers; coming down from DC, so here's our plan:
11/15 - all night drive
11/16 - Swing by Disney Springs to activate our AP, grab lunch at D'Luxe Burger, Check in Resort, head into HS and Oga's Cantina at 6pm. Try to go to sleep at a reasonable hour to recover from trip.
11/17 - EMH at HS, be there before rope drop. Head back to resort, go swimming, head into Epcot for the evening, Fireworks time reservations at La Hacienda De San Angel.
11/18 - MK, grab breakfast at Westward Ho (Bacon on a stick!), Lunch @ Crystal Palace, and Qserve at Sleepy Hallow for Dinner. (Figure crowds are low enough we can do some QServes), stay for fireworks.
11/19 - Epcot, grab breakfast at Les Halles (coming in International Gate), Eat to the Beat dinner @ Via Napoli, jump out and go swimming again, back for Concert. Snack at F&W
11/20 - Ale & Compass breakfast, HS, Savi's workshop reservations at Noon, Oga's at 2:30 again (w/ relatives), Dinner at 50's Prime time, stay for fireworks, drinks & snack at Crew's Cup at Beach club late night
11/21 - AK, qserve at 8spoon, lunch at Tiffins w/ ROL package, Qserve later tbd, ROL dining package seating
11/22-24 - Visit local relatives and drive home