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
 

Doc Disney

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Yay, how exciting for your family. What a beautiful dress. Look forward to the rest of the report when you get round to it.
You (and others) helped me when I arrived at Orlando airport last week. I headed in what I thought was the correct direction for the magical express and then realised I hadn’t seen any of the landmarks I see in your reports and so you helped me find my way to the bus!

Thank you! And I'm glad we could help out! Sometimes the ME is really hard to find ... especially with all the construction!
 

Doc Disney

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Alright...I will slowly but surely work on this TR :oops:
Day 1 continued
Our first FP for the day was Buzz...as if that should surprise anyone since we live on Buzz I think :)
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I don't have the ride photo for some reason but I won :)
We were absolutely starving at this point so we wandered over to Fantasyland for lunch. It was about 10:45 and nothing was open yet. I have no idea why but I thought lunch started at 10:30 am....but its 11. We wandered back and forth between Friar's Nook and Pinocchio's Village House to see which one would open first. Pinocchio won...mostly because we knew they would serve our food faster :p
We decided to sit outside to get some sun and it turned out to be a beautiful day despite feeling cold when we first got in.
My Mom got chicken nuggets
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And I got the Caprese flatbread. This was a first for me and it was super yum!
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I don't even usually like tomatoes but I figured I would give it a try because it gets so many compliments and it did not disappoint!
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After feeling human again after eating (and after consuming caffeine) we moved on to the Tangled Restrooms :)
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Our next FP was for HM!
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I figured you guys may miss some light fixture pictures so I thought I would throw a few in :)
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Next up: more HM!
 

Doc Disney

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Day 1 continued
More HM!
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After the ride we ran into this weird Photoshoot. I think they were doing it for the Cherry Tree Lane dress shop. Enjoy my stalker like photo :rolleyes:
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Next up was .... more pictures!! :p
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On our way to our next FP we ran into the Muppets. It was the same one we saw last time (Declaration of Independence) but we stopped to watch again :)
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Alright sorry guys I have to go to work....will finish Muppets next post :)

Next up: more MK
 

Songbird76

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Alright...I will slowly but surely work on this TR :oops:
Day 1 continued
Our first FP for the day was Buzz...as if that should surprise anyone since we live on Buzz I think :)
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I don't have the ride photo for some reason but I won :)
We were absolutely starving at this point so we wandered over to Fantasyland for lunch. It was about 10:45 and nothing was open yet. I have no idea why but I thought lunch started at 10:30 am....but its 11. We wandered back and forth between Friar's Nook and Pinocchio's Village House to see which one would open first. Pinocchio won...mostly because we knew they would serve our food faster :p
We decided to sit outside to get some sun and it turned out to be a beautiful day despite feeling cold when we first got in.
My Mom got chicken nuggets
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And I got the Caprese flatbread. This was a first for me and it was super yum!
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I don't even usually like tomatoes but I figured I would give it a try because it gets so many compliments and it did not disappoint!
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After feeling human again after eating (and after consuming caffeine) we moved on to the Tangled Restrooms :)
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Our next FP was for HM!
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I figured you guys may miss some light fixture pictures so I thought I would throw a few in :)
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Next up: more HM!
You would get along well with my DS. He LOVES Buzz. When we went to DLP in October, he rode that and Autopia (tomorrowland speedway) over and over and over. He would have no problem living on Buzz.
 

Doc Disney

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Day 1 continued
We happened upon Mickey's Royal Friendship Fare so we stopped to watch. We were in an awkward spot so I will spare you (most) of my pictures :joyfull:
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I have no pictures but apparently we did go on the Peoplemover after this :)
Then our last FP for the morning was Space Mountain!
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Accidental eye closure :p
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Something was for sure rattling around on Space Mountain and I legit thought the whole thing was going to fall apart and I was on my way to my death :joyfull: Not that it will stop me from riding it again :rolleyes:
After our ride we wandered through the Emporium a bit then took a boat back to the GF
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We took the boat because we were in Conch Key and according to the map it was close to the boat dock...which it was! We had no trouble finding our room at all!
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We were on the 3rd floor which was nice and it was right off the elevator. When I first booked the GF I was bummed about not being in the main building but once we walked into Conch Key I realized how beautiful these outside buildings are as well!
The first thing we did when we got to our room was walk outside to the balcony and look what was driving on by! :joyfull:
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Next up: room pictures
 

Doc Disney

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Day 1 continued
More room pictures
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The room was absolutely stunning! This kind of decor is for sure my style...I can see why some people may not like it but I felt right at home :joyfull:
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After our carryons were delivered and we unpacked a few things we headed down to the pool! The Courtyard pool was closer to us so we chose that one
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Next up: more pool time
 

Courtney6682

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Long ago I went on SM and my lap bar didn;t work...I thought I was going to do a flip over the front!It was a very interesting ride!
Jim

Too funny lol....while this isn't the best or most recent pic...it's all I could find of what I needed to point out. See that little T shaped thing? When the CM's ask us to wiggle our lap bars we just always yank on those. Well a yr or two ago my husband's ripped off...and he got all nervous lol...the rest of us had a good laugh tho lol
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