Trip Report JenniferS was live! 9/6/17 - 9/16/17

This will be my fourth live trip report in a year, and after NYC last week, I thought Hubby had reached his limit, but he says, "No, go ahead, do a live trip report. It lets me control the tv while you talk to your friends." (As we meet more of my WDWDisney friends, he uses finger quotes around "friends" less and less.)

So, here we go, another live trip report. I really don't have the will to do a post trip report, so it's "live" or nothing. Once I'm out of the bubble, I'm out.

Introductions.
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That would be me, Jennifer, on the left. Big Disney fan, big Blue Jays fan, big Hubby fan. Ace, in the middle - although he will always be BJ Birdie to me. Hubby, Mike, on the right. Although Mike is the one who first introduced me to Disney in 1991, it's not really his thing. He goes with me most years to make me happy. And also for the food.

As with our past three trips, we will be spending 11 days, 10 nights at Coronado Springs Resort. We booked a BounceBack offer before checking out last year, before knowing how much construction would be going on. Oh well, it is what it is. And what it is, is my favourite resort in my Happy Place; so it's all good.

We have a Preferred King room booked, which means Casitas 1, 2, or 3. Nonetheless, I think I will be sending in a room preference fax tomorrow asking for a refurbed King room in either 7A or 8A. I'll be happy either way. I am ridiculously easy to please whilst in WDW.

Yes, I am one of those Free Dining parasites. By booking the BB offer last year, we are actually getting the full DDP for free, instead of having to upgrade from QDP. I put great thought and effort into our ADR's. Mike is a big guy and eats a lot. The heat and humidity really kills my appetite, so Mike eats at least half of my meals too. (I've recently packed on 20 pounds, so that may be a good thing.)

Next up, our somewhat loosey goosey itinerary.
 

NYwdwfan

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CSR is our favourite resort, but the Poly is our Dream Resort. Mike thinks we should do three days/two nights here in March when we come down for Spring Training.

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All up for consideration:
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Except these.
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I know I've said it multiple, multiple times, but I really miss that fountain.
 

PUSH

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We only got here 10 hours ago. You haven't missed much.
The thread was started in August, and I was so confused and thought I had completely not paid attention to the dates you were down there. To be fair, I was skimming your posts (since I needed to get a bunch of stuff done before tomorrow, not because I don't like what you have to say), so that probably didn't help.
 

JenniferS

Time To Be Movin’ Along
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We came. We ate. We conquered.
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There is some really grotty looking lettuce there. Mike ate that part.
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Salad #2. I ate the whole thing.
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No chicken for me. I need to save room for steak and shrimp.
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One word. Yum.
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Can you really get all choked up watching fireworks from a restaurant? Apparently yes.
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JenniferS

Time To Be Movin’ Along
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After dinner (where I ate a lot, but not too much; can't speak for my better half), we hopped on the monorail.

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In the space of < 90 minutes, we knocked out four classic dark rides.
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Pirates said a 10 minute wait - more like 20.
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Happy to report that the leaky boats appear to no longer be an issue.
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Did not buy this, but thought it was clever.
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Mike did buy this, as he was kicking himself that he didn't get it last year. (I'm thinking they didn't have his size, but I may be making that up.)
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JenniferS

Time To Be Movin’ Along
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After PoC, we headed to HM. Posted wait was 10 minutes; we walked right into the stretching room.
Not a single picture turned out. I'm not sure why I bother.

Next up, Peter Pan. I love this ride. It's classic. It's simple. It's a fun ride system. Also, first time ever through the extended queue, so that was interesting.

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Mike trying to catch butterfly shadows.
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IaSW. We practically had the ride to ourselves. Completely empty boats both in front of and behind us.
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This is my favourite room because of all the colours.
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We're famous!
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It was 11:05 when we got off that ride, and the park was closing.
We were able to cut through the castle and see the beautiful mosaics.
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krisri18

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CSR is our favourite resort, but the Poly is our Dream Resort. Mike thinks we should do three days/two nights here in March when we come down for Spring Training.

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All up for consideration:
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Except these.
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Love the Stitch and Scrump sharing Dole Whip picture! Is that new? Definitely haven't seen that one before!
 

JenniferS

Time To Be Movin’ Along
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Original Poster
I'm up. All caught up on Irma, and all my FB friends and family telling me to "be safe".

The alarm isn't set to go off for a bit, but I'm thinking I might try and do something with my hair and go get coffee. It's gorgeous out right now. If we were smart, we'd make the most of it before the rain comes this afternoon. (One of us IS smart. The other is snoring.)

He really hates this car. I say it's good practice for 7DMT later this morning.
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