Pre-Trip Actually, she's out at the market buying Pampers for all us kids.

Confused by the title of this Pre Trip Report? Good, you should be, lol! But fret, not. All will be explained.


Who: C minor (my niece) and myself.

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When: May 25-?

Where: Beach Club/ AKL

Why: Because we like you.


This trip was one of those family planned trips with several different members of our family going, but of course, like most big family trips, several us were clashing over certain aspects. It was originally my sisters family, my brothers family and little old me tagging along and crashing in someones room. Over the course of the last two months it has become just my sister and her family and I wound up getting my own room at BC.

This leads us to my title, which is a great example of my immature humor which often leads to my wife looking at me and asking, "did you eat paint chips as a baby?"

With the family drama, I decided to book a room but could only get a few days at BC, so i took it. Needing more days, I could only see a DVC opening at AKL . We have DVC but have already booked several trips for the rest of the year and used all our points. I messaged my good friend, @lostpro9het , who owns DVC, to ask if he had any points he could rent me. He said yes! The weeding will be set for a fall date and youre all invited....oh wait, a wedding would be in order when she "says yes". Oh well, sorry Sean, it would have been a beautiful wedding. We should probly still go shopping for China patterns and then get some beers at Cherry Street.

So after booking AKL, Jambo, Savana View, we commenced with several back and forth texts of paint chip eating humor and movie quotes, one of which is the title of this PTR. So there you have it. The big reveal of this ridiculous title. Extremely anticlimactic, but hey, Im trying here. Feel free to guess what movie, and no using Google!!!!

We are set to leave this Saturday! More updates to come. and here is another hint for the movie quote: "follow those size fives" .
 
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wdisney9000

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Upgraded the magic band for C Minor at Dark Room

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And then it was time to check in to our hotel....no, not Beach Club. We still hadnt received the room ready text and it was after 3 pm. Tower of Terror had room available tho and the luggage was waiting

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After ToT we headed out of the park to get back to Beach Club for some pool time. We crossed paths with Phasma...

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It was 4 pm and still no room ready text.

We arrived back at BC around 420 and still no text. I went to Concierge to let them know we hadn't received a message. He apologized for the delay and blamed it on the busy holiday weekend. I politely told him that they had no problem charging my card even though it was a busy holiday weekend and that the payment was for a 3 pm check in, no later, per the verbage on the website, MDE app, etc. We got a room, and he gave us a $50 credit for the inconvenience. We have had issues at check in for our last 2 trips. They always offer something for the inconvenience, but I would seriously prefer we just get into our room.

We did get a room at the corner of hallway and it's a bit larger than normal, so that was a bonus.

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Luggagae arrived and we stocked the fridge.

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MinnieM123

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Best. Uncle. Ever.

Why didn't I ever have a cool uncle like that? :(

We got a room, and he gave us a $50 credit for the inconvenience. We have had issues at check in for our last 2 trips. They always offer something for the inconvenience, but I would seriously prefer we just get into our room.

Late availability for a room that you're paying a premium for, should not happen, except in rare instances -- and yes, they should compensate in some way for that. This is a real ISSUE in many hotels, and it really ticks me off. When you reserve your room, they'll tell you something like check-in is at 3:00 (for example) -- and at 4:30 or after, your room is still NOT ready. Um . . . well take that amount OFF my credit card, will yah?! :mad:
 

wdisney9000

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Good morning from our tiny balcony with a view of the front of Beach Club

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Quick recap of yesterday...

We got some good pool time in to cool.off at Stromalong Bay

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I tried this Swamphead Brewery and yet another Florida brewery I'm not impressed with.

After pool time we freshened up at the room to head to Epcot. I had bought a 6 pack of a different Florida brewery and was hoping to not be let down.

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I took it with us for the walk to Epcot. Glad to report this was a good trippel.

Quick shot of the gondola (or as C calls it, the "rif raff transport"), entrance

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All kinds of walls and construction around IG entrance
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Weather was good and we were enjoying it

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Minor loves the joffreys slushie lemonade

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Shirley status in the refurbed Odyssey bathroom
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But wait... I noticed I was not Shirley when I heard a....grunt

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Ya, I took a pic of a guys feet in the bathroom. The things we do for a Trip Report.
 

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We headed to TT after my weirdo photo shoot in the bathroom

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I finally convinced her to design a ridiculous vehicle!

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After TT we hit up Norway

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I was trying to pose. #fail

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Quick ride on Grand Fiesta

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I grabbed a flight at Odyssey. All three were horrible, IMO
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Minor had never seen the backside of Canada pavilion so we had a quick tour

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we headed back to the room but first we stopped at Crews Cup for some filet mignon burgers. We asked for extra mayo and the waitress said they were out. She had a snarky tone for some reason. I asked of there was anywhere else to get some and she said no. I just told her I would go over to Yachtsmens and ask them. Then she said, oh , well I can just go ask them I'm the kitchen in the back. Smh, why would I have to help her figure that out, lol.

we got our burgers and mayo and went back to the room

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they were great!
 

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Kudos to you and @lostpro9het for an awesome title. I actually saw that in the theater when it came out.

I hope you did the typical C wipe down of the room or she'll be very disappointed and Puddin, I don't think you've quite hit Tommy Boy status yet unless you chugged a lot of those Stone City IPA's.
Minor is keeping up with C' s tradition of cleanliness and making sure I drink bottled water after every two beers, lol.

Well done with the Tommy Boy reference as well. Your aces in my book, kid! And I had forgot about puddin' , hahahahaha
 

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I had to send @lostpro9het a message to show him what Minor picked for her breakfast snacks.

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We made it MK for Rope drop

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I used the restroom by Casey's while we waited for the park to open and there was a dad in there literally yelling at his kid to hurry up because, "the park was gonna open without them". The poor kid was just trying to go to the bathroom and the dad was relentless. As the dad continued to berate the boy, they made the announcement that the park would be opening in 5 minutes but the guy just kept harassing him to hurry. Smh

Soon the ropes were down and we went to BTMRR to start

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And Splash was still a short wait after

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Up next was Pirates

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We stopped by the sunglasses store for a pic to scare her auntie C that I was buying her these Versace frames. C wouldn't care if I bought Minor some sunglasses, but she would kill me if I let her wear these specific ones because she thinks they're ghastly.

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Minor seems to agree with her aunt, lol.

Next we made our way over to Tomorrowland so Minor could get her favorite beverage...a joffreys slushie

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we found a shaded spot for her to drink it before we jumped on People Mover for some fresh air to cool off.

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i snapped a pic of the glue that is currently holding every Disney vlogger together...the Tron construction.

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It's so beautiful. They should have sent a poet! Lol.

Space Mountain was next.

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Then CoP for a/c!

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Minors backpack zipper broke see we did some shopping to find her a new one. She decided on a "Loungefly" Haunted Mansion one.

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We hit the bust stop and are now back at the resort for some pool.time.
 

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I've always enjoyed all the beers your and @lostpro9het reports have introduced me to. "Reef Donkey" however may just take the cake!
I ABSOLUTELY bought the Reef Donkey because of the name. I was glad it was actually a good beer.

Golden Monkey is such a good beer, I figured Reef Donkey was a "must do".
 

wdisney9000

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Minor and I headed over to the Boardwalk for lunch and to check on our home resort as well.

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The nanny chairs were doing well.

We were VERY hungry after such a long, hot, high ride count morning. It was time to grub.

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We both LOVE the greasy food at the Boardwalk walk up cart. I got the pulled pork cheeseburger and Minor wanted the nuggets.
 

wdisney9000

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We headed over to HS after our lunch. First stop was Baseline. I'm sure you're thinking that we went B-Line because I wanted beer (which, of course I did), but Minors desire for a strawberry lemonade trumped my need for ale. She seriously loves her lemonade.

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I enjoyed a hefeweizen while she downed her lemonade.

We caught a boat to HS. It was seriously waaaaay to hot to walk. Florida is on a heat advisory warning and it's NO JOKe.

And shortly after, we were watching the First Order pass by...on the authority of General Hux, course.

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Just as a reminder. This is why we do Disney!


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Time for RnR...but perhaps they could use a little trash service. Yikes.

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I'm not sure which is worse. The trash that is overflowing, or the people who throw bottles and cups on the ground.

In fairness, there was a CM that came out and got on the radio right away to ask for assistance.

We headed into the studio and then onto the ride.

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C had called me to inquire about getting a Disney Parks Collection Pandora charm/thingy so we headed into the shop and we found it. I bought it, and C promptly put Minor in charge of keeping it safe until we get home. Thanks for the trust, babe, lol.

Minor wanted a pressed penny

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Minor stayed back in the room to relax while I went to ESPN Zone to grab a burger. I wound up just having a beer then headed to Big River Brewery as I remembered they had a better burger

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I ordered the sour ale at BR and it was definitely unique. It was completely red in color. Not as sour as flemmish ale but still good

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Went back to room and hit the sack
 

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