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July 24. Despite the late night, we were both awake by 9 AM. We decided to spend the morning relaxing at the pool. We got in a few hours of peace before the standard family of 10 from New Jersey showed up and ruined the peacefulness of the quiet pool. We got dressed and joined the waitlist...

July 23. We were not rewarded with a short wait for ROTR. In fact, the ride went down again just as we joined the queue. It would struggle to stay open for the entire event, and we would not get a ride this time. No worries though, we had gotten our fair share the previous month! Most of the...

July 23. The evening would be spent at DHS for our second after hours event of the summer. We arrived around an hour before park closing time. Wait times were quite high thanks to the afternoon of rain I’m sure. Star tours was the only walk on available. The next stop was Toy Story land. A...

Ok I guess three months is enough time between updates. Let’s pick up where we left off! July 23. Lunch was at blue ribbon corn dog. Notice the clouds gathering. I’ve never been a big corn dog eater, so I “settled” for a giant stick of fried cheese. Calories totally don’t count on vacation...

we visit Dollywood’s sister park Silver Dollar City each November. The Christmas offerings there actually blow WDW out of the water IMO! It was a bit wet this year, but we had a great time anyways!

July 23 continued. There was a drawing class starting soon. We hopped on the wildlife express in hopes of making in in time. Unfortunately we ended up missing the animation class. The good news is someone from the railroad found my chair 😉. We still made sure to go see our friends at the...

July 23 continued. The park was celebrating a special birthday! It had been a while since we’d walked the Maharaja Jungle Trek. The newest tiger, Basko, was reason enough for us to return. He’s grown a lot in 10 months! The young male was very active in the early morning. Mom was having...

July 23 We were up super early to try to make early entry for Animal Kingdom. We arrived at the bust stop at 6:45(early entry was at 7:30), and a bus arrived quickly. It’s a good thing we boarded the bus early, because our driver took a wrong turn and headed for MK! He said he usually drives...

It’s not my cup of tea, but that doesn’t mean it’s not for everyone. Most of the food they serve is very common where we live, for significantly less money. I’m sure it’s very good, but it doesn’t move the needle for me. Different strokes for different folks!

July 22 continued. Dinner was at an old favorite in Italy. Pro tip : order the giant pizza to have breakfast for several days afterwards. 😉 We were seated in the main room next to the window. After dinner we were both ready to head back to the room for the night. We did stop at the cake...

It was definitely a stressful trip down. I didn’t even mention the turbulence! 🤣 It’s one of our favorite things to do! I just wish it was easier to get to. I’m hoping they include this in the revamped animation experience at DHS that was just announced.

I agree with Em’s assessment of web slingers. It’s just ok. Clearly it’s designed to be the “B” attraction in that land. It also is exhausting for your arms!

Trip #2 July 22-27, 2025 Day one. Believe it or not, we actually flew down to Orlando this time(loco does not always drive). Our flight was scheduled for 9 AM departure from Dallas Love Field. Our inbound plane arrived from Atlanta just a few minutes late and we were instructed to line up...

This is true! 😆