Trip Report **COMPLETED** A Grand Christmas Trip (in November!)

Hey all! We have been back for about a week now so I will slowly work on my Trip Report :) Not sure if anyone even knew I went on this trip aside from people who follow me on IG and snapchat :joyfull:

Who?
Who else...my Mom (Mary) and I (Megan)
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When?
November 16-19

Where?
The Grand Floridian :) First time stay for us....and won't be the last! We fell in love! :inlove:
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Why?
We wanted to see the Christmas decorations...and well, why not?

T-1 Day November 15, 2017
We had a very early morning flight so instead of making my Dad get up early to drive us we planned on staying at a hotel across the street from the airport the night before. For some reason this plan continued to morph and we decided we should eat at the Cracker Barrel before going to the hotel. I have no idea why but it felt like a thing people do before Disney trips and we had never been before so why not?
So, after a busy day at work I headed to my parents house and we packed up the car and drove off to dinner.
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My Mom and I both got the Southern Chicken biscuits
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We both got Mac and Cheese and she got fries while I got hashbrown casserole (which had a bit too much onion for my taste).
My Dad got the chicken fried chicken (with mashed potatoes and hashbrown casserole) just because it seemed like a thing people eat in the South/at Cracker Barrel. I don't know...we are very Northern :)
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Yum!!! I have no idea why it took us so long to eat at Cracker Barrel but we really enjoyed it! It was way too much food though, my Mom and I should have shared. My Dad ate the rest of it over 2 meals the next day :joyfull:
Is it a visit to Cracker Barrel without a rocking chair picture?
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Anyway, after dinner my Dad drove us to the hotel and dropped us off. The worker was like "where are you visiting from?!" and we sheepishly said we were from here and just staying over for an early flight :p
We dropped our stuff off in our room and headed to the bar for a drink but it was full of business men who were sitting every other seat and we didn't feel like asking someone to move over or having to make awkward/polite small talk so we went back to the room. :p I talk to people all day long...sometimes I just don't want to talk anymore!
This is the only picture I have of the room because I thought it was funny that the phone was extra old :)
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We watched some TV then went off to bed early.....only we didn't. We were on the first floor and could hear everything outside including cars parking, backing up beeping, etc etc. :banghead:

Day 1 November 16, 2017
After a very eventful night of minimal sleep we both got up around 3:30 to get ready. We have an early flight coming up in a few months and we, after some discussion, decided it was not worth staying at the hotel the night before again. Too hard to sleep. If I am going to have to get up early I would rather it be from my own bed (because yes I still have a bed at my parents house...because I'm the baby child aka the most important :joyfull:) :hilarious:
I know you guys think these pictures are weird but its our tradition!
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Next up: flight time
 

12in12

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I'm here, I am also the baby of the family (can I still say that at 40?).
I don't have bed at my mom's any longer as she moved to a senior complex and doesn't have room.
I am looking forward to all the lovely Christmas decorations pictures and stories that go with them.
 

Doc Disney

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Original Poster
Your probably right. I justify it by saying I live out of state and it makes sense for me to have a room at my parents when I visit but it’s still probably weird. Me and my fiancé will be staying there the night before we fly to Disney hahaha

hahah well I live like 20 minutes from my parents so I don't know what my excuse is :)

Amazing pics!!!

Thank you so much!
 

Doc Disney

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Original Poster
I'm here, I am also the baby of the family (can I still say that at 40?).
I don't have bed at my mom's any longer as she moved to a senior complex and doesn't have room.
I am looking forward to all the lovely Christmas decorations pictures and stories that go with them.

Thanks for following ! I mean...it makes sense why you don't gave a bed any more :) Of course you can still say you are the baby! I plan on milking this my entire life :joyfull:

Following!

Thanks for following !
 

Doc Disney

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Original Poster
Day 1 continued
We didn't have a long wait to get on the bus...but we were on the bus for at least 25 minutes before we went anywhere :cautious:
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Woohoo Disney!
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We just wanted to be in Disney but the construction was pretty bad and we ended up on the bus for well over an hour...plus the Grand Floridian was the last stop! Oh well, we did eventually make it to the GF!
Our room wasn't ready yet so we got dressed in the lobby bathroom (we almost didn't change because it was chilly but thankfully we did because it got warm fast), changed credit cards on Magic Bands and headed out. We almost forgot to look at the Gingerbread House !
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It is very nice that the Magic Kingdom is the first stop from the GF! We were there in no time and - bonus - as soon as we stepped in the park our room was ready! It was 9:48 am according to my phone :)
First signs of Christmas !
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As we walked in we ran straight into the parade so we stopped to watch!
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Next up: more parade !
 

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