Trip Report **Completed** It's My Birthday (and its a hot one...)!

Hey guys my computer isn't here yet but I really want to start my TR so I'm slowly uploading pictures hoping my computer can handle it :rolleyes: So, it will be a slow start but here we go!!

Who?
Just my Mom and I (Mary and Megan)...as if you don't know us by now :)
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When?
July 4- 14th!

Where?
The Polynesian :)

Why?
I'm off all summer and I always wanted to go to Disney for my Birthday so why not!

T-1 Day
I finished residency the Friday before leaving but this day was insane for me trying to get a bunch of training and applications done before I left. I was also trying to finish ALL our packing...since we are not light packers...:joyfull::joyfull: These are just my two suitcases
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Anyway we were finally all set to go and we were out for a quick walk before bed when my sister called me and told me Max (my nephew) was having trouble walking. :( Long story short she had to take him to the ER but it all turned out OK and it was just swelling in his knee from his recent ear infection. Luckily we knew all was OK by like 10:30 and could still get some rest!

Day 1 - July 4, 2017
We had a later flight (aka not 6 am) so we could sleep in a bit, but we were going to Disney so I still woke up at 6am :) I still didn't drag myself out of bed until 7 am though, don't worry :)
We got ready and took our usual "kidnapping" pictures :)
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Soon enough it was 8 am and we were off to the airport !
Southwest in our airport had a new self check in thing so we tried it out. This gave my flash backs to when I flew out of Canada to Punta Cana and struggled with self check-in but this was much easier and it only took me a few minutes to figure out the luggage tags :) The whole thing, however, made my Mom very nervous so she was glad I was doing it :p
When we brought our luggage to the counter the worker was saying that we MUST be going to Disney World (based off the DME tags and the Minnie Mouse suitcases) and how he and his coworkers go to Disney several times a year too :) We were lucky to have TSA pre-check and the TSA worker was so sweet about our matching shirts and saying she loved them. Anyway, the whole experience was very pleasant and I looked at my phone when we were through and it was 8:27 am. Drove to airport, checked luggage, and went through security all in 27 minutes :)
We were pretty hungry so checked out the Anchor Bar's breakfast menu but we were not feeling it (and we are creatures of habit) so went to get our usual bagel breakfast :)
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Petey was there of course
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We enjoyed our bagels then headed to our gate to wait. It was a VERY slow airport day (probably since its a holiday) so it was kind of nice to relax in the quiet. Soon enough we were on the plane!
When I got up in the morning my Lambie (yes I have one) was on the floor by my carry on. I had no idea how she got there but it was like a sign that I had to bring her so I did :)
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Magic Bands unite!
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We were lucky enough to be seated in row 3 and there was a dog behind us which made it even better :)
Our flight was actually about 20 minutes longer than usual but we entertained ourselves with The Keepers from Netflix (love that you can download stuff to use offline) and we had a fantastic flight crew!
You all know what happens first at the airport (well besides the bathroom...)! The fonorail!!
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Next up: down to DME!
 
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Doc Disney

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Day 1 continued
As soon as we got off the fonorail you could already see Pandora advertisements !
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We all know what happens second in the airport (for me)...
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And as I pointed out in my PTR the infamous Mickey sticker that appeared on Mickey's hand in @Tuvalu 's TR was gone! Phew!
What a lovely touristy picture of me :)
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Anyway, we made our way down to DME but first I got confused. I have a set path I use to go to DME and something was off and I got lost for a second!! :eek:
Turns out my confusion stemmed from the fact that there is construction and the escalator is closed....I think its at this point it hit me I travel to Disney way too much and can recognize subtle airport changes :joyfull::joyfull:
Anyway there was no wait at DME and we hopped right on our bus!
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We waited a short wait and soon enough we were on our way to Disney World!!
You guys I had read SO many TRs about how with the construction you don't go under the sign anymore so I wasn't even paying attention and I totally missed it when we did in fact go under :eek::jawdrop:. The driver didn't even make an announcement! I was too busy chatting away to my Mom about Disney rumors! :joyfull: She noticed it though :)
I made up for it was a MK sign picture !
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I'm telling you Polynesian has been the first stop every time I have been on DME but not today :) Last stop for us :)
Knowing me I was all sorts of stressed out about this and making our first FP but we had a ton of time to kill :)
Hello Poly! Our first stop was to do Club Level check in. For those of you who did not see it in my PTR I got a call before we left asking if it was OK if we were upgraded to club level for the first night. I was like...duh!
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Even though I had a text that said our room wasn't ready I knew we should probably do the club level check in. We waited at least 15 minutes for help. I was so annoyed. Mainly because there was a CM working there but she was chatting away with a couple who had a million questions. I would not have been so annoyed had I not overhead them say it was the END of their trip and I was like.....WHY ARE YOU JUST NOW ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS?!! Patience guys, patience is not something I have :) :hilarious:
Anyway finally we were escorted over to Hawaii and to Club Level Check in! These CMs were awesome and got us checked in super fast. Plus, bonus, our room was ready!
Really can not complain about this view!!
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We were in the room long enough to drop our stuff off and we were starving so hit up the lounge for a quick snack. I have no pictures but I wrote down that we ate chips, cookies, nuts and goldfish crackers. Sounds about right! After this we went up to the monorail (first time through monorail security and it was a breeze) and made our way to the MK!
We got red, white and blue leis upon check in :) (clearly this is a snapchat)
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MK!!!!
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Next up: more and more MK
 

DisneyGigi

Well-Known Member
Hey guys my computer isn't here yet but I really want to start my TR so I'm slowly uploading pictures hoping my computer can handle it :rolleyes: So, it will be a slow start but here we go!!

Who?
Just my Mom and I (Mary and Megan)...as if you don't know us by now :)
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When?
July 4- 14th!

Where?
The Polynesian :)

Why?
I'm off all summer and I always wanted to go to Disney for my Birthday so why not!

T-1 Day
I finished residency the Friday before leaving but this day was insane for me trying to get a bunch of training and applications done before I left. I was also trying to finish ALL our packing...since we are not light packers...:joyfull::joyfull: These are just my two suitcases
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Anyway we were finally all set to go and we were out for a quick walk before bed when my sister called me and told me Max (my nephew) was having trouble walking. :( Long story short she had to take him to the ER but it all turned out OK and it was just swelling in his knee from his recent ear infection. Luckily we knew all was OK by like 10:30 and could still get some rest!

Day 1
We had a later flight (aka not 6 am) so we could sleep in a bit, but we were going to Disney so I still woke up at 6am :) I still didn't drag myself out of bed until 7 am though, don't worry :)
We got ready and took our usual "kidnapping" pictures :)
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Soon enough it was 8 am and we were off to the airport !
Southwest in our airport had a new self check in thing so we tried it out. This gave my flash backs to when I flew out of Canada to Punta Cana and struggled with self check-in but this was much easier and it only took me a few minutes to figure out the luggage tags :) The whole thing, however, made my Mom very nervous so she was glad I was doing it :p
When we brought our luggage to the counter the worker was saying that we MUST be going to Disney World (based off the DME tags and the Minnie Mouse suitcases) and how he and his coworkers go to Disney several times a year too :) We were lucky to have TSA pre-check and the TSA worker was so sweet about our matching shirts and saying she loved them. Anyway, the whole experience was very pleasant and I looked at my phone when we were through and it was 8:27 am. Drove to airport, checked luggage, and went through security all in 27 minutes :)
We were pretty hungry so checked out the Anchor Bar's breakfast menu but we were not feeling it (and we are creatures of habit) so went to get our usual bagel breakfast :)
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Petey was there of course
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We enjoyed our bagels then headed to our gate to wait. It was a VERY slow airport day (probably since its a holiday) so it was kind of nice to relax in the quiet. Soon enough we were on the plane!
When I got up in the morning my Lambie (yes I have one) was on the floor by my carry on. I had no idea how she got there but it was like a sign that I had to bring her so I did :)
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Magic Bands unite!
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We were lucky enough to be seated in row 3 and there was a dog behind us which made it even better :)
Our flight was actually about 20 minutes longer than usual but we entertained ourselves with The Keepers from Netflix (love that you can download stuff to use offline) and we had a fantastic flight crew!
You all know what happens first at the airport (well besides the bathroom...)! The fonorail!!
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Next up: down to DME!

That luggage!!! :- /
 

mlegerto

Well-Known Member
I am SO happy that you've started this TR. Do take your time with it....the longer you take the more I have to keep myself occupied until our December trip ;)

Great start to the report.


Our flight was actually about 20 minutes longer than usual but we entertained ourselves with The Keepers from Netflix (love that you can download stuff to use offline) and we had a fantastic flight crew!

WHAT. WAIT...HOW? Teach me yours ways....how do you download off of Netflix to watch when you are offline, I need to know this! LOL
 

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