Trip Report Change of Plans for Thanksgiving...Let's Just Spend the Entire Time in Disney!

Good afternoon everyone, and thank you in advance for checking in and following along with our next Disney adventure. During the summer, Crystal and I starting planning with Maddy and Brayden to visit both of them at their schools (Maddy at the University of South Carolina, Brayden at Florida State) during Thanksgiving with a few days at Disney between stops. Crystal and I had planned to drive from the Lehigh Valley starting after school today and make our way to Columbia by 2 am tomorrow. We would then stay for the Wofford- South Carolina football game then drive to Disney on Sunday since USC is off for Thanksgiving after today. Brayden has classes Monday through Friday next week, so he would bus it Wednesday afternoon to meet us. We would then leave Disney on Friday and drive to Tallahassee for the FSU-UF game on Saturday.

Well, as the season went on, USC football tickets went up as the team is having a great season. For some reason, FSU tickets started high (they were preseason top 10, so that I get) and have stayed high even though they are awful! We had a great hotel in Columbia at a very reasonable rate, but we had no luck in Tallahassee even though they are 1-9. Plus, I wasn't really looking forward to driving so much when we only had about 10 days.

Crystal and I started talking and we decided to talk to the kids about flying down and just meeting at Disney. We had to work a few things out, like Brayden's classes and not going to the games (which has all been worked out), but we are now set to leave tomorrow and all meet up in Disney!

Crystal and I leave from Philly at 5:40 am, Maddy leaves Columbia at 5:10, and Brayden leaves Tallahassee at 9. We are staying at Riverside for only the second time. We have all of our park and dining reservations and LL's selected. The plan is to start at Epcot for the final day of Food and Wine.

The trip just happens to coincide with our 25th Anniversary which was November 20.

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We have a few new things planned this trip that we are excited for, but we are just looking forward to being together for the next week.
 

coachwnh

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Good morning. After the very early start to our day yesterday, we decided we would sleep in today. That means we were all up before 6:30 😂. Today, we are heading to Magic Kingdom. We have our LLs for this morning, our virtual queue for Tiana, and a late breakfast at Kona.


Might check out Animal Kingdom after dark later today.
 

coachwnh

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First,
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Second, your family always makes Thanksgiving at Disney World look fun! Thanks for making me consider additional times to visit!

Lastly, we attended the FSU - ND game at ND. The ND Marching Band did a half-time Bon Jovi tribute and Jon Bon Jovi came out to watch. Below is my very bad pic. 🤣

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Enjoy your trip!
Thank you. We are having a great time so far. Unfortunately, unless you’re a ND person, FSU has been awful. Brayden’s is still heading up for the game this weekend, however.
 

coachwnh

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We then made our way to Guest Services to fix an issue with Maddy’s AP.

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We are heading back to Riverside hoping our Amazon order is delivered as it’s been changed 4 times since yesterday afternoon. It will give us a few hours to relax before we finish our day at Animal Kingdom tonight.
 

coachwnh

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Just a quick correction, it was Target who we ordered from. All good, though, as the shopper did a great job staying in contact and was early with the delivery!

Brayden and I walked around the resort a bit. It’s a beautiful resort. As I mentioned earlier, we stayed here many years ago just after the Princess rooms opened, but I don’t remember much. It’s seems smaller then I remember.


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coachwnh

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Animal Kingdom was the very first Disney park we visited as a family in 2008. We played games back then, and we did again today. Maddy did well, and Brayden struggled 😂😂. Maddy ended up hitting 5 of 6 and won twice. Brayden would make his first two shots on his second try. All was good after that 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️👍😂

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