Trip Report The Emmy and Matt’s Birthdays and Audrey’s First Trip Trip Report…!!!!!

Who: myself (Steve), my wife of almost 35 years (Carolyn), our 3 grown children (Megan, Matthew -Matt turned 31 during our trip- and Sarah), our son-in-law (Daniel), and our 2 granddaughters (Emory, “Emmy”, turned 5 during the trip, and Audrey turned 2 in June)…!!!

When: Oct. 3rd to Oct. 8th, 2023.

Where: AKL, and our first deluxe resort stay. My dear DWifey found some crazy deal online and we stayed for about 65% off regular room rates…all the beautiful women in my life do this, they find deals…!!!!!

Anyway, this is us…!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

BTW…
All that profile stuff is very dated, and I’m too lazy to go fix it all right now (hey, I’m also watchin’ football, here…!!!!! ), so just pay no attention to that man behind the curtain…!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Tuesday, October 3rd…

So, we had an 8a flight outta’ ABIA (Austin-Bergstrom International Airport) on American Airlines. Again, Carolyn found us a good deal…!!!
Megan, Daniel, Emmy and Audrey flew Outta’ Austin at about the same time on United, as they had points they could use. Our flights ended up landing only 10 mins. apart, and were both on time, and uneventful…!!!

We were close to ABIA by 5:52a…!!!

Figment Popcorn Bucket joined us on this trip, and some pics from the airport, the flight, and landing at MCO…!!!

 

[MickeyCB]

Ohh number 1 I am!!!!
Excited to follow along!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Ohh number 1 I am!!!!
Excited to follow along!!

Thank you, and so glad to have you along…!!!

 

[Tiggertoo56]

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[donaldtoo]

Tuesday, October 3rd, continued…

One last post for today…!!!

Then, it was off to the “Fonorail”, our Mears transport, the worst pic of the WDW arch ever (we were too far back in the bus for me to get a good pic through the windshield ), and then to our resort for the next 5 nights…!!!!!
We were at AKL before back in 2012 for dinner at Boma, but, only ever dreamed of staying here on a trip…this resort is gorgeous and amazing in so many ways…apparently, some dreams do come true…!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

In at no. 2 just dropping in to follow!

Thank you so much, and so glad to have you on board…!!!

 

[Wicked Sisters]

Looking forward to hearing all about your adventures.

 

[donaldtoo]

Looking forward to hearing all about your adventures.

Thank you so much for following, so many irreplaceable family memories made for us…!!!!!

 

[fractal]

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[donaldtoo]

Following!

Thank you, and great to have you along…!!!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Following along!

 

[donaldtoo]

Following along!

Thanks, and great to have you along, as well…!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

OK, I couldn’t resist posting a little more, as it’s still pretty early here…!!!!!

Tuesday, October 3rd, continued…

We ran into Pluto and Goofy in the lobby of AKL…!!!
Audrey wasn’t too sure about Pluto, but, Goofy was more than willing to get his picture taken with Figment Popcorn Bucket…!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Tuesday, October 3rd, continued…

We got our room ready texts when we got off our flights…!!!
Room pics below, along with our door and room number…!!!

Some giraffe from our balcony, and the location of our rooms below, which faced directly towards MK to the north/northeast…!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

We had a fun ADR comin’ up later in the day, so more on that tomorrow…!!!
And, again, thanks to all following…!!!

 

[littleroo]

I am here! I love staying at AKL. The ambiance is truly magical. Looking forward to more!

 

[Tiki Traveler]

How nice that your whole family got to go!

 

[MinnieM123]

You've got my attention here, too!