Trip Report The (second) ONE with enhanced cleaning and (a little less) Physical Distancing. Sept 2020

How is everyone doing out there???

A little background on this trip. This trip was origionally booked as a Food and Wine/Birthday girls getaway with two of my friends. We booked The Poly at 7 months Thursday through Sunday. (One friend’s bday was Thurs, the other was Sunday! Sooooo perfect!!!)
Buuuuut, they are both teachers and were not allowed to go. (Read that again. Not Allowed☹️)
I had the reservation and I wanted to go. My friend, R and I had a trip in April we had canceled. We had rescheduled for October to do a Halloween party (Nope!) and a DVC moonlight madness (Nope again). Then, she lost her job😞 so she came back to work with me. Her Mom, Gpa and Uncle own the business.
“Hey R, want to go to Disney in September instead?”
“Yeah!”
“Should we add a night? I still have 18 points I can use.”
“Yeah”
“Do you think we can get the extra day off?”
She looks at me. I look at her. 😂😂😂
I mean, her Mom makes the schedule.

She booked her flight, bought her park tickets, made her park reservations and we were set.

Tuesday night, September 15th I caught the sunset and headed to bed for an early start the next morning.
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Wednesday, September 16 came early. R’s Gma was flying back to Ft Lauderdale an hour before our flight. So we all went together to help her out.


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We were not sitting together because our flights were booked seperately. I asked to move us together but I asked on the late side and it was a no go. It was fine. We watched movies. I love Jet Blue TV’s!
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Yay! The sign said 45 minute wait. The woman who checked us in pointed out the sign and said it “could” take 45 minutes.
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Overheard on the ME: “Mom, I dont want to go to the Magic Kingdom!”
“Where do you want to go?”
“Legoland!!”
Haha😂
Lets check the weather...
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Notice my phone is only at 44%🤦🏼‍♀️
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Back of the bus. Not a 45 minute wait but about 20.
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Too far in the back of the bus to get THE SIGN. How about the side of the road? Almost as good???

For the record, we went to Wilderness Lodge, BLT, the Contemporary and then The Polynesian.

We finally made it and were ready to let the fun begin!!
 

Darstarr

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I just realized that we've made it to the "a little less" part of your report.


Geez, were you two separated at birth?

I have been busy! I had the World Series to watch and the bosses were taking turns going to Aruba so we were short handed at work and I got a stomach thing from drinking too many mimosas at brunch. (99% OJ👎)

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DryerLintFan

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I don't know if I could go on ROTR because I have some stupid, irrational fear of the storm troopers :jawdrop: . LOL, really, they creep me out,much to my families delight! They tease me about it and point them out at disney, even try to drag me over to see them!!!!!
I'm probably the only one who is afraid of the storm troopers? I know they are just people dressed up in costumes, but still................ Anyway, I'm enjoying your report as always:)

My kid is also terrified of them. IMO, if you aren't scared of the officers or whatever the ones that don't wear the masks are, you'll be fine. Those are the only ones that interact. The storm troopers are basically lawn ornaments. And honestly your first time through you might not even notice most of them because so many things happen
 

Darstarr

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Friday September 18 cont

We exited RotR and all agreed it was better than Star Tours. (Which we never did get to go on)
It was time to say “see ya real soon” to our new friends. They had an appointment with Oga and R and I were famished!

R and I headed to Rosies. No need to see a bouncer for the allergy book, R kept it simple with some chicken nuggets.
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I had one if my most favorite things...the fried green tomato sandwich. This sandwich is really well done. Crispy and soft. Hot and cold. Savory and sweet and salty. When executed properly it is amazing. And it was!
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Next was Rock n Rollercoaster.
Look how empty it was down here. It was about 6:30 pm.
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RnR selfie
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We stood in line for about 15 minutes and never moved. Cleaning cycle? Nope. Broken. Drat. “Hurry, get to Tower of Terror before everyone else does!”
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Lightning McQueen was closed too😞

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We just couldn't stop with the selfies.
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Hand sanitizer!
This could totally be an episode of The Twilight Zone.
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One of the best ride sequences I have had in awhile. We were very happy with our ride!
 

Darstarr

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Friday September 18 cont

It was now after 7:00pm which was closing time this evening. We had such a great day. How could we put the exclamation point on it???
If you know R, you answered, “shopping!”

R’s favorite is sorcerer Mickey soooo...

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And I am a Cali girl at heart soooo.....
(I was trying to get my kicks 🎶on route....nevermind. Just look at the picture)
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Beloved palm trees and...the blimp????
I did feel like I was in Cali!
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The goodyear blimp was kept not too far from where I grew up in LA. It sat along side the freeway and we would pass it sometimes on the way to volleyball practice.
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Seeing her made me feel like I really was in California!!!
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These palm trees helped as well.
And look how empty!!!
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So cute!
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Darstarr

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Friday September 18 cont

R shopped.
And shopped.
And shopped.
I took pictures, it’s cheaper😂

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Love this guy!
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Best Dad! Worst hair😂
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My absolute fave!
The GOAT!!!
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So funny.
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Just out...
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Buy one get one!!!
Some may not want to remember 2020, I see it as, the year...the year....hmmmm. I will finish that thought later...or not.
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Final photos on the way out.
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Look at the sky. Cool and foreboading!

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We had a private bus back to the Poly.

We realized we were hungry again (or still), we had not had much to eat all day. Lets try Captain Cook’s. Finger’s crossed.
 

Darstarr

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Friday September 18 cont


We headed to Captain Cooks.
There was a small line of people waiting for their number to be called. We politely passed the commoners waiting to get in. We had the password. “Allergies”. We felt so exclusive. Like one of us was sleeping with the bouncer which enabled us to bypass the line.



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The CM’s were very nice. And quick to accommodate R’s special dietary needs. I had told R everyone raves about the Pork Nachos. She looked at the description/ingredients and we decided we would split one. With all the stuff (except pork and cheese) on the side. Then, because we were hungry, we each picked a dessert with plans to share.

“Do I want a beer?” Haha does a bear 💩 in the woods?? I didnt get one though. I wanted to rehydrate for tomorrow😉

And then I got one anyway😂(I thought the wait may be long).

We gathered our order which was bagged and placed on a table. We then walked back to our room.

Raise your hand if you see where this is going...

Pictures in our hallway...
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The beautiful cupcake
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Yummy brownie
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“But where are the nachos”, you ask.
They had made them plain but had forgotten to include the toppings that were suppose to be on the side.

I had had it with the Polynesian. It had been one thing after another after another.
I told R to eat, I was going back.

So, beer in hand I marched back. By the time I got there I was fuming! I firmly but politely told them I wanted a new one because by the time I got back to our room the one we had would be cold.

The same CM’s were there and they were so nice and apologetic. I couldn't stay mad. The boss came over and asked what was wrong. I said, “nothing. Everything is great.”
They were closing and cleaning up but they stopped to chat with me. The CM who goofed offered me a free cupcake. “ No thanks, we bought one already.” (Why don’t they offer free drinks??? Nothing says forgive me like a cold Big Wave!)
Bossman was from California so we traded some stories.

When I got back to the room I was to annoyed/exhausted to eat. I went to bed.

From the internet. Ours did not look like this. Not even the second one because they put everything on the side, which technically wasn't wrong.
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cgersic

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Oh man! I stayed at the Poly close to 20 years ago. Never been back and you're making me feel solid about that choice! Eating at Disney is sooooo hard! And next time, you should definitely suggest the Big Wave to soothe yourself.
 

Darstarr

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Oh man! I stayed at the Poly close to 20 years ago. Never been back and you're making me feel solid about that choice! Eating at Disney is sooooo hard! And next time, you should definitely suggest the Big Wave to soothe yourself.
Eating should not be this hard. Just sayin’.
Big Wave? Did someone say Big Wave???

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Darstarr

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Saturday September 19, 2020

I forgot to mention, the previous day I had not been able to get in touch with my husband. I texted with the kids a bit to check in on them and see how school was etc. They said their father was sleeping. Huh? His allergies were bothering him. Ok. I assumed he took a boat load of allergy medicine and was sleeping it off...

Morning arrived and my alarm went off 3 seconds before R’s even though both our iphones were set for the same time. Was that three seconds what killed us the morning before trying to get the BG?

Animal Kingdom day!!!
Woo Hoo!!
R and I both love animal kingdom but she was unable to go on her last wdw trip so she was extra excited!

I had my usual oatmeal and green tea on the balcony. I tried to get in touch with my husband as well. No luck.

We headed to the bus about 8:00.
what a glorious day!!! (I had gotten some sleep. That helps!)
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Such a different morning scene compared to the packed HWS!
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We arrived about 8:40. R set off the security scanner again. She got pulled to the side again. It was her epipen again.

Good morning beautiful palm tree🌴
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No PP photographers but the custodial staff was lined up on either side waving and welcoming everyone as we power walked to Flight of Passage.


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Darstarr

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Saturday Sept 19 cont

We headed towards Flight of Passage. My notes say it was a different queue configuration than in August but I dont recall what, how or why. Maybe the photos will jog my memory?
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Hmmmm, we seem to have passed the drumming area during our wait.

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The wait was posted at 30 minutes.
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Haha....
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The two ladies in front of us seemed so engrossed in their phones they were up the peoples rears in line in front of them the whole time. Until the woman in front of them finally gave them the death stare.

We mostly walked, except to wait for crossing traffic, up until here:
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The bathrooms we have all just discovered. Something good came from the pandemic after all.
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Uhhhh
What can I say?
I miss the original preshow. I miss the line where he says, “and, uh, fly!”
 

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