Trip Report ♪ I picked a pearl and I liked it...♪ May 2014 Trip Report COMPLETED (Finally, 5 months later)

Waiting around to check out (They let us have a late checkout of 1pm yay!)and head to DtD before our 6:30 MDE pick-up, so I figured I'd get a head start on my report to help carry me through the leaving Disney blues. We had a great trip, some hiccups and incidents, but overall we had a great time! I can't upload any pics on this super slow wi-fi, so I will add them when I get home. I posted some stuff here and there during our trip and you can find that in my pre-trip report here.

Who: Me, DH, DS(8), and DS (4), joined later by MIL and FIL
When:5/14-21
Where: Port Orleans Riverside Alligator Bayou


Day One
Technically our trip started on 5/13, but I will begin on the morning of 5/14. We had an early 5 am wake-up call and my bestie dropped us off at the AC airport to catch our 730 flight on Spirit. Despite all the negative reviews, our flight was flawless- new plane, friendly employees, no delays :) We arrived a little bit early and before we knew it we were sitting on an MDE bus on our way to PORS! After a quick stop at Saratoga, we were home!
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Online check-in was a breeze and when the CM handed us our packet we noticed that we had been upgraded to a preferred location room in Alligator Bayou, woo-hoo!! We had called and requested building 16 or 17, but they put us in a wonderful room in building 15! Love that pixie dust!
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We headed over to our room to check it out.
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So after checking everything out we decided we'd get an early start at the MK. We go to head out the door and I have this nagging feeling that we are forgetting something important. SUNSCREEN!! Oh no! All three bottles are tucked safely away...in our luggage! I race over to the store, but cannot bring myself to spend $13 on a bottle when I know that we have three in our bags. The skies were also not looking so friendly, so we collectively decided to head back to the room to take a nap and wait for our bags.
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Ember

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We just officially booked our trip for April!!! Finally getting around to posting our last night in MK and last day at DtD. I don't really remember the timeline, but I will post the pics anyway.

Mine train! We were so close to riding you! It soft opened the morning we left. I have to admit that I cried. We watched cast members riding it our whole trip, patiently waiting for a soft opening :(
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I sat this one out.

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Little Mermaid, one last time.

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And one more LeFou's brew. Miss that deliciousness.

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I miss this beautiful castle!

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One more trip down Splash Mountain. We rode this ride and BTMR too many times to count on this trip and they never got old. So much fun!

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We closed the park down on our last night. Cast members followed right behind us as we reluctantly left. We didn't want to go!

But all good things, must come to an end.
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Ember

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Splash Mountain face

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We had about 6 hours before Magic Express would whisk us away to the airport so we decided to head Downtown. We would later find out that Mine Train was unofficially opening while we preparing to leave.

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Raglan Road! Finally!!
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I don't want to leave either little buddy.

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Ember

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I have been away for so long! Disney withdrawal is an evil villain!! I will eventually post the rest of our trip as I am now in the mourning recovery period and looking into booking our trip for May 2015! It will be a shorter one because we are staying at the Beach Club!!! (And we are also going to Universal to check out the HP stuff Shhhh!)
Of course we finally decide to stay at a Deluxe and when we went to book we saw that Beach Club is undergoing renovations!! So we are skipping that this trip and will visit there when they are finished. If I'm going to shell out for a Deluxe then I want it to be in tip top shape. Instead we are going to stay at CBR as it's the only moderate we haven't been to and we got a fabulous deal with a pin code.
 

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