Trip Report Tu in ‘25

Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise
Tu in ‘25

These lyrics came to mind when I thought about my trip reporting. (I also thought, Here we go AGAIN but the above sounds much more poignant.) It’s now that time of year when my Disney trips are frequent. And this Disney Senior loves sharing her visits with y’all because your engagement makes it fun!

Yes, there will be stuff that’s the same. Yes, there will be surprises (too soon for the reveals). And yes, there will be sun rises!

Spring break countdown is at 4 days.

Since this intro needs a picture, here are Tu.

 

[Tuvalu]

Sunday, October 12

Noisy neighbors on both sides of us woke us at 5 am with heavy foot stomping, chatter and exterior doors repeatedly slamming. Ironically there was no baby crying or toddler whining, leading me to believe neither room had requested that mysterious Pack ‘n Play.

Fully awake now, we both read a bit before eating our breakfast. Then we dressed, packed and departed our Toy Story room at 7:30. As we were rolling our luggage to the car we passed a room with a half-full 24 pack of bottled water outside the door. The curtains were open and the room was unmade and unoccupied.

Coincidentally I had just read an article about Disney guests “being green” and leaving behind leftover items (that they could not take with them) for other guests to use. Em confirmed that the unopened bottles were safe for consumption and we grabbed them. It was great to have some extra water!

As we were driving to resort #2 - POFQ - I thanked Em for suggesting that we leave home a day early. She replied, “And now we’ve got all the unpleasant things out of the way….the 8 hour drive, value resort, Animal Kingdom.”

Home for the next 4 days.

I’d received the “Your room is not ready at this time, we will send an update once it becomes available” text the moment we departed the guard shack. However I still wanted to go inside and speak with a Front Desk CM just in case another room was available. I’ve also learned that when checking into a new resort before 11 am, the digital transition from resort #1 to #2 goes more smoothly when a CM is involved.

The lobby refurbishment had been completed a week earlier. We liked it a lot!

The friendly CM helped with my MDE transition from AS Movies to POFQ. Sadly there wasn’t an available room (she said the resort was “fully booked” last night, but Disney’s definition of “fully booked” may differ from the norm ) but she noted on our reservation that we had arrived, pushing the likelihood of a room being ready for us prior to 3 pm.

So Em and I went to the bus stop and boarded a crowded MK bus at 8:25 am.

And I got the room ready text at 9:37 am.

 

[LadyBelle]

A LOT has changed since I last stayed there 21 years ago. I don’t even remember anything being done when we wandered over there after Hurricane Milton.

 

[Zipadeelady]

Sunday, October 12

She replied, “And now we’ve got all the unpleasant things out of the way….the 8 hour drive, value resort, Animal Kingdom.”

 

[Swissmiss]

I’m with you; AK is a must do for me.