Trip Report "BOAT!" "Boat?" "BOAT!" A November Trip Report

Hello, my fellow Disney nuts. Welcome to another Bee trip report. If you're here for a pixie-goggled traipse through the Happiest Place on Earth...this ain't that. While there were a lot of things we really enjoyed on this trip, there were also plenty of annoying and disappointing things, and I want to get that out there so that if you only read trip reports where everyone is smiling all the time and nothing goes wrong, you can take the chicken exit right now and there will be no hard feelings. But if you're here for the whole package ranging from DRAMMA to delight to disappointment...stick around!

Who:
Me, M, and my brother Jay
Where: WDW Dolphin
When: November 22-27 in Disney, November 27-30 visiting M's family in north Florida

A little background: This trip was supposed to be November 23-29, with four nights at Disney and two nights with M's parents. But Southwest has ceased all operations to Newark Airport, and we had already booked all our holiday travel to/from Newark, so we had to change ALL of our flights to different airports. This was suuuuuuper annoying, but we made the best of it by extending our vacation an extra day on each end.

We also originally (after we changed our flights) planned to spend the first night at a Disney value resort since we would be arriving so late and to take advantage of DME, but I had a lot of Marriott points so we ended up saving $400+ to just stay all five nights at the Dolphin using points for some of the nights.
 
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bee

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Day 3, cont.

Since we were very near Storybook Treats we decided it was time for a treat!

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M and I shared the Arendelle Aqua cone and Jay had...something else that I didn't get a photo of. Unfortunately by the time I made it back to M after purchasing the cone, both of the Mickey sugar cubes (or sugar Mickeys?) fell off. :rolleyes: The ice cream itself was very tasty, however! I expected to only like it for the novelty but I'd actually get it again.

Next we had Little Mermaid FPs so we walked in that direction.

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M and I call him SCUMBAG SCUTTLE

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Up next: UNDA DA SEA
 

bee

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Day 3, cont.

We walked toward the front of the park.

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I feel like the back of Cinderella Castle doesn't get nearly enough attention. She's beautiful!

As we approached the hub we realized the parade was happening. We almost never watch parades on purpose, but we often accidentally happen to be at the right (or wrong) place at the right (or wrong) time and end up seeing them. And today was one of those days!

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On the plus side, we were stuck in this spot long enough to get a few nice shots of the front of the castle!

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Sometime during the journey out of the park we decided to go to Epcot. My brother kept saying that he needed to drive home in the early afternoon, but he kept delaying his departure. He does this every time he takes a weekend trip. :hilarious: Since he was nowhere near actually leaving I got a FP for all of us at Epcot.

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Up next: Epcot!
 

bee

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Day 3, cont.

We arrived at the mess that is the Epcot entrance and Future World.

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We had a FP for the Vegetable Boat Ride, but first we needed a Mickey pretzel!

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Protip: Mix a packet of hot sauce with the cheese sauce to add a bit of zing to your pretzel!

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Front of the boat!!!

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Up next: More VBR
 

bee

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Day 3, cont.

After we rode LWTL we all decided to exit the park. M and I had dinner plans later in Epcot and wanted to take a break in the room, and Jay had parked at DHS so we all rode a Friendship together.


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M and I said goodbye to Jay and got off at the Swolphin dock and he continued to Hollywood Studios.

Back in the room we had a bag of goodies because I had requested a few toiletry items via the Marriott app earlier in the day.

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Up next: Back to Epcot
 

bee

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Welp. Another TR is left incomplete before I go on the next trip. Oops. M and I are leaving tomorrow for what promises to be a DRAMMA-filled trip. We will see M’s parents, M’s brother, my brother, and...MY parents...yikes! They have never been particularly accepting of my and M’s relationship, but after almost 13 years there isn’t much they can do about it. Wish us luck!
 

MinnieM123

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Drama is for the stage and movies. Vacations are supposed to be a drama-free zone!!

Wishing you all the best for your next trip, and Happy New Year to the both of you, by the way. :)
 

dizfan917

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Welp. Another TR is left incomplete before I go on the next trip. Oops. M and I are leaving tomorrow for what promises to be a DRAMMA-filled trip. We will see M’s parents, M’s brother, my brother, and...MY parents...yikes! They have never been particularly accepting of my and M’s relationship, but after almost 13 years there isn’t much they can do about it. Wish us luck!

OMG. good luck. I think it's time that they accept that it is "for real" and they be happy for you. If not... well... we need to surround ourselves with people who love and support us. everybody else can step to the rear.

Fingers crossed for a nice (tolerable) time!!

🧡💛💚💙💜
 

RememberWhen

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Welp. Another TR is left incomplete before I go on the next trip. Oops. M and I are leaving tomorrow for what promises to be a DRAMMA-filled trip. We will see M’s parents, M’s brother, my brother, and...MY parents...yikes! They have never been particularly accepting of my and M’s relationship, but after almost 13 years there isn’t much they can do about it. Wish us luck!
Hoping it all goes way better than you expect. My wife and I have been lucky with supportive families (though they have their annoying quirks) and send you love from all of them!
 

Darstarr

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In the Parks
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Welp. Another TR is left incomplete before I go on the next trip. Oops. M and I are leaving tomorrow for what promises to be a DRAMMA-filled trip. We will see M’s parents, M’s brother, my brother, and...MY parents...yikes! They have never been particularly accepting of my and M’s relationship, but after almost 13 years there isn’t much they can do about it. Wish us luck!
Hope you are having fun!! Can’t wait to hear about it!!!
 

RememberWhen

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I don’t care what the 90s commercials said. Today, Animal Kingdom ISAZU!
We are in the area but not doing parks (!?) and we went to hoop-dee-doo tonight because it’s my favorite. There were a LOT of cranky people. I’m guessing the parks are all one giant mass of people. We had a great time (even though the magic kingdom boat was definitely calling me).
Hope you’re having a great trip!
 

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