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

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
Day 1 continued
Thankfully I remember reading in @Figment Forever 's TR that the airport counters aren't always open extra early in the morning so I spoke with Southwest and they let me know that the counters would open at 4:00 am. We asked for the shuttle around 4 and it came quicker than we thought so we were at the airport right after 4 and we had TSA precheck so of course we were through security by like 4:15 am. Probably didn't have to get there so early but I am an anxious person so oh well!
We stopped at our usual breakfast spot and grabbed a bagel to share. Petey was ready!
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My Mom yelled at me for not taking a picture of our bagel so here is a half eaten bagel sorry !
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While we were eating our bagel we were sitting by some business men and one guy was talking about this woman he knows and how her body went downhill ever since she got married. "She used to be in such good shape and now...*makes gestures with hands about gaining weight*." I was like....:eek: and one of the other guys saw my face and made him shut up quickly. Like, how rude. The guy talking was no James Dean himself :( if you know what I mean. I mean jeez people can be rude.
Anyway soon enough it was time to board!
The gang was all ready
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Our flight was uneventful and we rested a bit, watched some TV and listened to music and soon enough we were in Florida!
FONORAIL!
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I was making this face because my Mom knows I hate fonorail pictures because it makes my hair look yellow :joyfull:
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Usual picture...
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A new usual...
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We headed down to the Magical Express (via the newly opened escalator) and found ourselves in a bit of a Shirley status @Tuvalu
A completely empty DME!
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Next up: getting to Disney
 

dclfan

Well-Known Member
Oh fun I wish I was tech savvy and could get Gifs in haha



I mean...I think its normal but I don't think it actually is hahaha

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
 

BuddyThomas

Well-Known Member
Day 1 continued
Thankfully I remember reading in @Figment Forever 's TR that the airport counters aren't always open extra early in the morning so I spoke with Southwest and they let me know that the counters would open at 4:00 am. We asked for the shuttle around 4 and it came quicker than we thought so we were at the airport right after 4 and we had TSA precheck so of course we were through security by like 4:15 am. Probably didn't have to get there so early but I am an anxious person so oh well!
We stopped at our usual breakfast spot and grabbed a bagel to share. Petey was ready!
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My Mom yelled at me for not taking a picture of our bagel so here is a half eaten bagel sorry !
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While we were eating our bagel we were sitting by some business men and one guy was talking about this woman he knows and how her body went downhill ever since she got married. "She used to be in such good shape and now...*makes gestures with hands about gaining weight*." I was like....:eek: and one of the other guys saw my face and made him shut up quickly. Like, how rude. The guy talking was no James Dean himself :( if you know what I mean. I mean jeez people can be rude.
Anyway soon enough it was time to board!
The gang was all ready
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Our flight was uneventful and we rested a bit, watched some TV and listened to music and soon enough we were in Florida!
FONORAIL!
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I was making this face because my Mom knows I hate fonorail pictures because it makes my hair look yellow :joyfull:
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Usual picture...
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A new usual...
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We headed down to the Magical Express (via the newly opened escalator) and found ourselves in a bit of a Shirley status @Tuvalu
A completely empty DME!
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Next up: getting to Disney
Amazing pics!!!
 

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