So here we are again, about to embark on another magical trip to "the world" so let's get right to it!!
The Cast: Me (obviously) and my DBF Ryan. We will also have a few special appearances from other members of my family!
When: April 15 - 24 2011
Where: Pop Century Resort
Why: Well not that we needed any excuse to take our third trip to the world in 14 months but, my goddaughter was dancing with her dance troop as part of Disney's Performing Arts. I was also on spring break from work this week :animwink:
April 15, 2011
So if you have read my previous report you will see that Ryan and I have taken the drive to WDW before and we would be doing it again on this trip! Because it was leading into Easter, airfare was just astronomical so we decided to hit the road. Before work I packed up the car and at 2:45 Ryan was at my job and we were ready to go. Unfortunately we were not as lucky as we had previously been on the ride down. From where we are in NJ to the gates of WDW usually takes 15-16 hours; we only stop for gas, insane, I know. The traffic was just unreal through DE, MD, and VA; we made it to South of The Boarder in South Carolina by 2:50 am!!! Normally after being on the road for 12 hours we would have been somewhere in Georgia and not just entering South Carolina :fork:
Finally like music to my ears I see this..
Oh and yes, by this time it is:
April 16, 2011
I actually don't remember what time we finally arrived at the hotel (my guess was somewhere around noon), probably because I was dirty, delirious, and sleep deprived! I had used the on-line check in prior to leaving but our room was not ready when we arrived. The CM told us they were just finishing cleaning the room and would not be long so we decided to lay by the pool. Two hours had passed and we had not heard anything so Ryan went back to check on the room. He spoke with a different CM this time who told him we had been misinformed before, so we played the waiting game for another hour or so. I don't like to make a fuss or cause problems, I understand it's a busy time of year so I kept trying to not get all worked up. It seemed like an eternity of waiting and after being in the car for so long and not sleeping I broke down and started to cry. Ryan hated seeing me upset and went to speak to a manager about the room, within 10 minutes he had moved us from the 50s to the 90s building, with a king bed, and gave Ryan 2 flowers to give to me.
We threw our stuff in the room, got cleaned up, and headed right out to HS because we had a reservation at Sci-Fi! This was our first time there and although I wasn't trilled with my chicken sandwich the atmosphere was great. Ryan loved it, but than again, I feel like he would eat anything! After we ate there really was no time to stick around, we were meeting my Aunt, Nanny, God-Daughter, and Cousin over at Magic Kingdom! It was time to...
We headed over to the Haunted Mansion to check out the new interactive queue. Now, I should let you know, I am the certified Disney nut in the family and my Aunt had said that when they rode it earlier they did not see anything, little did they know, they took the wrong route through the cemetery!
My nan is not one for rides but she came along, as soon as our Doom Buggies turned around and went down hill she started freaking out, I should mention my nan was born and raised in Dublin and did not come to American until the mid 1960's so she has a pretty distinct accent, nothing was funnier to me than hearing her yell "AHHH JAY-ZUS GET ME OFF THIS TING" :ROFLOL:
Afterwards we headed into FL because I needed to see what was going on behind those construction walls, the suspense had been killing me since our previous trip in August of 2010 when there was nothing but dirt and some metal. But now what do I see peaking over the walls, in between the trees...
The Caste of The Beast (it's amazing how much has been done since these pictures were taken), at the time this was the only visible structure of the FLE
The Cast: Me (obviously) and my DBF Ryan. We will also have a few special appearances from other members of my family!
When: April 15 - 24 2011
Where: Pop Century Resort
Why: Well not that we needed any excuse to take our third trip to the world in 14 months but, my goddaughter was dancing with her dance troop as part of Disney's Performing Arts. I was also on spring break from work this week :animwink:
April 15, 2011
So if you have read my previous report you will see that Ryan and I have taken the drive to WDW before and we would be doing it again on this trip! Because it was leading into Easter, airfare was just astronomical so we decided to hit the road. Before work I packed up the car and at 2:45 Ryan was at my job and we were ready to go. Unfortunately we were not as lucky as we had previously been on the ride down. From where we are in NJ to the gates of WDW usually takes 15-16 hours; we only stop for gas, insane, I know. The traffic was just unreal through DE, MD, and VA; we made it to South of The Boarder in South Carolina by 2:50 am!!! Normally after being on the road for 12 hours we would have been somewhere in Georgia and not just entering South Carolina :fork:
Finally like music to my ears I see this..
Oh and yes, by this time it is:
April 16, 2011
I actually don't remember what time we finally arrived at the hotel (my guess was somewhere around noon), probably because I was dirty, delirious, and sleep deprived! I had used the on-line check in prior to leaving but our room was not ready when we arrived. The CM told us they were just finishing cleaning the room and would not be long so we decided to lay by the pool. Two hours had passed and we had not heard anything so Ryan went back to check on the room. He spoke with a different CM this time who told him we had been misinformed before, so we played the waiting game for another hour or so. I don't like to make a fuss or cause problems, I understand it's a busy time of year so I kept trying to not get all worked up. It seemed like an eternity of waiting and after being in the car for so long and not sleeping I broke down and started to cry. Ryan hated seeing me upset and went to speak to a manager about the room, within 10 minutes he had moved us from the 50s to the 90s building, with a king bed, and gave Ryan 2 flowers to give to me.
We threw our stuff in the room, got cleaned up, and headed right out to HS because we had a reservation at Sci-Fi! This was our first time there and although I wasn't trilled with my chicken sandwich the atmosphere was great. Ryan loved it, but than again, I feel like he would eat anything! After we ate there really was no time to stick around, we were meeting my Aunt, Nanny, God-Daughter, and Cousin over at Magic Kingdom! It was time to...
We headed over to the Haunted Mansion to check out the new interactive queue. Now, I should let you know, I am the certified Disney nut in the family and my Aunt had said that when they rode it earlier they did not see anything, little did they know, they took the wrong route through the cemetery!
My nan is not one for rides but she came along, as soon as our Doom Buggies turned around and went down hill she started freaking out, I should mention my nan was born and raised in Dublin and did not come to American until the mid 1960's so she has a pretty distinct accent, nothing was funnier to me than hearing her yell "AHHH JAY-ZUS GET ME OFF THIS TING" :ROFLOL:
Afterwards we headed into FL because I needed to see what was going on behind those construction walls, the suspense had been killing me since our previous trip in August of 2010 when there was nothing but dirt and some metal. But now what do I see peaking over the walls, in between the trees...
The Caste of The Beast (it's amazing how much has been done since these pictures were taken), at the time this was the only visible structure of the FLE
