I suppose I should explain the title of this report before we get into it. 
My cousin, Pat, began the trip by saying we were “Disney Zombies” and it just kind of stuck throughout the trip. It was true that we did have some similarities to zombies. On this trip there were 8 of us so we moved in a herd. Like zombies, we also had very simple goals; we must visit attractions, eat food and have fun. The similarity to zombies ends there, I promise. Towards the end of the trip we began saying in our best zombie voice, “Must eat cronuts. Must eat churros.” It makes me chuckle so I thought it would be a good title for this October (not so scary) trip report.
The Details
Who: Me (Ashley) and my husband (Wes)
My cousin (Kevin) and his wife (Allyson). They were also with us on our November 2012 trip and were joining us again.
My cousin (Pat), his wife (Kim)
and their daughters, (Emily age 11 and Rylee age 6).
When: Monday October 13th – Saturday October 18th
Where: Disney’s Pop Century Resort
This was Rylee’s first trip and it was Emily’s first trip since she was 3. Rylee was 42 inches so she could ride almost all of the attractions, although some of them she skipped since she wasn’t quite mature enough to handle. It was Pat and Kim’s first trip in a long time so there were a ton of new attractions for them to see!
This, of course, wasn’t my first trip, but it was Wes and my first time going with kids. The last time I went with kids this young, I was a kid! We were really looking forward to seeing the girl’s reaction to everything. It was our first trip all together and I was looking forward to showing them the wonderful world of Disney!
Monday October 13th – Let the fun begin!
Today was an early morning. Our flight was at 6:05am so we were up super early. I didn’t get much sleep since I was too excited to sleep and I had to stay up until midnight so I could book our excursions and Palo dinner for our January cruise. (Tough life, right?) I think I had about 3 hours of sleep and then it was time to wake up and head to the airport. We spent the night at my parent’s house since they live close to the airport. Kevin and Allyson were on the same flight so we picked them up and all drove to the airport together. The rest of the group was driving down so we wouldn’t see them until later today.
Security was a breeze and we were to the gate with plenty of time before our flight. Our flight wasn’t even remotely full so we were able to spread out. Wes took a little nap on the flight and I listened to some Disney tunes to start this vacation off right.
So sleepy.
I thought it was very fitting listening to this song on the plane.
We arrived in Orlando about 20 minutes early. Sweet! That’s one of the many reasons I love Southwest and early morning flights. We made our way to Disney’s Magical Express around 7:45. (I know because I took a picture of this clock)
Pretty empty this morning
We checked in using our handy dandy MagicBands and got in line to board a bus to Pop Century.
We were on a Mears shuttle instead of a DME bus. Boo. I wasn’t too upset though because we got a front row seat!
We’re here!
Pop was the first stop (haha that rhymed!). We checked in and unfortunately our rooms weren’t ready yet so we dropped off our bags with luggage assistance and then made our way to Epcot.
Our rooms were going to be in the 50’s building.
It was only 9:30am and we were already at Epcot! We decided that the first attraction of the trip should be Spaceship Earth. It gave me a chance to take a ton of pictures while we waited in line.
My cousin, Pat, began the trip by saying we were “Disney Zombies” and it just kind of stuck throughout the trip. It was true that we did have some similarities to zombies. On this trip there were 8 of us so we moved in a herd. Like zombies, we also had very simple goals; we must visit attractions, eat food and have fun. The similarity to zombies ends there, I promise. Towards the end of the trip we began saying in our best zombie voice, “Must eat cronuts. Must eat churros.” It makes me chuckle so I thought it would be a good title for this October (not so scary) trip report.The Details
Who: Me (Ashley) and my husband (Wes)
My cousin (Kevin) and his wife (Allyson). They were also with us on our November 2012 trip and were joining us again.
My cousin (Pat), his wife (Kim)
and their daughters, (Emily age 11 and Rylee age 6).
When: Monday October 13th – Saturday October 18th
Where: Disney’s Pop Century Resort
This was Rylee’s first trip and it was Emily’s first trip since she was 3. Rylee was 42 inches so she could ride almost all of the attractions, although some of them she skipped since she wasn’t quite mature enough to handle.
It was Pat and Kim’s first trip in a long time so there were a ton of new attractions for them to see!This, of course, wasn’t my first trip, but it was Wes and my first time going with kids. The last time I went with kids this young, I was a kid! We were really looking forward to seeing the girl’s reaction to everything. It was our first trip all together and I was looking forward to showing them the wonderful world of Disney!
Monday October 13th – Let the fun begin!
Today was an early morning. Our flight was at 6:05am so we were up super early. I didn’t get much sleep since I was too excited to sleep and I had to stay up until midnight so I could book our excursions and Palo dinner for our January cruise. (Tough life, right?
) I think I had about 3 hours of sleep and then it was time to wake up and head to the airport. We spent the night at my parent’s house since they live close to the airport. Kevin and Allyson were on the same flight so we picked them up and all drove to the airport together. The rest of the group was driving down so we wouldn’t see them until later today.Security was a breeze and we were to the gate with plenty of time before our flight. Our flight wasn’t even remotely full so we were able to spread out. Wes took a little nap on the flight and I listened to some Disney tunes to start this vacation off right.
So sleepy.
I thought it was very fitting listening to this song on the plane.
We arrived in Orlando about 20 minutes early. Sweet! That’s one of the many reasons I love Southwest and early morning flights. We made our way to Disney’s Magical Express around 7:45. (I know because I took a picture of this clock)
Pretty empty this morning
We checked in using our handy dandy MagicBands and got in line to board a bus to Pop Century.
We were on a Mears shuttle instead of a DME bus. Boo. I wasn’t too upset though because we got a front row seat!
We’re here!
Pop was the first stop (haha that rhymed!). We checked in and unfortunately our rooms weren’t ready yet so we dropped off our bags with luggage assistance and then made our way to Epcot.
Our rooms were going to be in the 50’s building.
It was only 9:30am and we were already at Epcot! We decided that the first attraction of the trip should be Spaceship Earth. It gave me a chance to take a ton of pictures while we waited in line.
Ugh. Thank goodness I was able to use my body to shield my camera after the first second of the water hitting my face. It was hard for us in the front to enjoy the rest of the ride since we were now completely soaked.
