Trip Report **COMPLETED** It's My Mom's Birthday (and it's still a hot one)!

Hey guys, since I essentially failed at making a live TR I will be doing a real one :joyfull::joyfull: I give all you live trip reporters credit! I kept forgetting!! To be fair, though, I have my hands tied most of the time taking videos for my YouTube channel :)

Who?
I'm sure you know but it was my Mom (Mary) and I (Megan)!
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When?
August 8 - 13, 2017

Where?
The Contemporary!

Why?
Today is my Mom's actual Birthday but she can't get off easily on Monday's since its her long day so we went earlier to celebrate her Birthday - ish :)

Day 1 - August 8, 2017
My Mom had to work a half day so I impatiently waited to leave for Disney :rolleyes:. When she got home we checked our luggage, went for a walk and relaxed before my Dad got home to drive us to the airport.
The Gang was ready to go..:joyfull: We are weird I know!
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We left for the Airport around 3:30, got there around 3:45, and we had our bags checked and went through security by 3:50 :p I love the Buffalo airport!
We were starving since neither of us ate anything but breakfast so we headed to the Anchor Bar (birthplace of chicken wings). (PS For anyone not from Buffalo who wants to visit and try chicken wings let me know...I can name at least 10 spots better than the Anchor Bar :p)
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We split the appetizer sampler like we always do :) Boneless wings, chicken wings and mozzarella sticks. So healthy! ;)
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After dinner we headed to our gate to wait for our flight. In the morning of this day there was a fatal hit and run right outside the airport which was sad enough but while we were waiting I found out it was one of my friend/co-worker's uncles. So sad :(. They still haven't found the guy driving the car either :(:(
We were watching the news while we waited to see if they had any leads and soon enough it was time to board the plane.
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Next up: Getting to Florida!
 
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Doc Disney

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Minnesota disney fan said:
I'm late to the party,too, but am enjoying following very much. I will have to hint to my daughter about you taking your mother to WDW for her birthday!LOL! Staying at the Contemporary in a MK view is on my bucket list too. The fireworks look awesome. Thanks for the great report and pictures!
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Thank you so much! Definitely drop some hints for her :joyfull:
 
Doc Disney

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Sorry guys for the slight delay! Had a busy weekend!
Day 3 continued
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For some reason both my Mom and I thought that the hill seemed bigger this time :joyfull:
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After our ride we tried to find some shade because it was brutally hot (for us anyway haha) so we stopped and watched the monkeys
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Random flower...thought the color was so pretty!
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Random bench picture
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Next up was the safari!
We were squished on with other people (which is especially unpleasant when its hot) so I will spare you my dreadful pictures except for these two :)
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There was a super grumpy man behind us who kept asking why Lions had to be on the lookout if they were "at the top of the food chain." I'm like, hello, haven't you ever seen the Lion King? :joyfull:
We were hungry after our Sarfari and considered a few places but we happened to be right by Pizzafari and we never ate there so we figured why not? The line was crazy in there so we found a table, I did mobile ordering and picked up our food in like 5 minutes (easily would have been double that in the line). I really liked mobile ordering but it did not occur to me until later you can't get the AP discount with it yet. We both got kids meals so it wasn't like we were breaking the bank anyway. We also both got Mac and cheese instead of pizza :joyfull:
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For some reason I just love Disney's Mac and cheese...so yummy!
We both got the grapes and cookies as a side. The grapes were good but the cookie was so-so. I think I still ate most of it though :joyfull:
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After lunch we headed over to Pandora!
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Next up: More Pandora
 
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Day 3 continued
I love how nicely the photo pass pictures turn out in Pandora :)
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Our last FP for the day was for Flight of Passage
Some que pictures
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We got slightly delayed in the second pre-show because one of the ride vehicles broke so we volunteered to wait. It was no big deal and gave us a chance to chat with the CM :) We loved the ride just as much as the first time! The only thing I noticed this time was that the glasses you wear were so big they kept falling off my head :confused:
We headed out to the bus after our ride and back to the hotel. My Mom got a cupcake treat :)
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I was on the hunt for a creamsicle but couldn't find one and I ate that whole cookie at lunch anyway so I didn't get a treat :)
Down to the pool we went for a much needed break! But as soon as we walked out it started lightening and pouring so we headed back in :joyfull: We waited it out with some TV time and spent way more time than we should have deciding what to eat for dinner :) My Mom had us both make lists of places we wanted to eat *that had reservations available* and we couldn't find a match :joyfull::joyfull:. Eventually we decided on Beaches and Cream so I booked it.
The rain stopped fairly quickly so we headed back down to the pool.
The pool was still closed for a minute when we got down there
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The rain made the pool a little chilly so we went in the hot tub. Seems weird since it was so hot now that I think about it :rolleyes:
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Next up: more randomness
 
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Day 3 continued
We couldn't stop laughing at this babydoll on the chair next to us because it looked like an abandoned baby :joyfull:
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After our break we got ready and headed to Epcot!
It was ridiculously hot during our transfer to the Epcot monorail etc that we really needed a break from the heat and headed on Spaceship Earth as soon as we got there :)
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Well, I underestimated two things a. the heat and b. how long it would take us to ride Spaceship Earth. We knew there was absolutely no way we would make it to Beaches and Cream without getting a heat stroke so we looked on the app and found a dinner time for San Angel Inn. Only, I couldn't book it because of Beaches and Cream and I couldn't cancel Beaches and Cream because it was less than 24 hours. I wish they would let you cancel at less than 24 hours; even if they still charged me I would be OK with it. Anyway, I thought maybe I would try to book Mexico on my Mom's MDE (which we almost never use :joyfull:) and it worked. I felt pretty bad about wasting Beaches and Cream for someone else but it never occurred to me to call and cancel :p
Anyway, we headed over to Mexico and had just enough time for a spin on Gran Fiesta Tour (well actually apparently we also went on the Seas but I have no pictures to prove it, just notes :))
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After our ride we checked in for dinner
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We had a very short wait before we were seated. We had a nice CM offer to take our picture :) She insisted on no flash so we got a semi-blurrly and very dark picture as a result :) :rolleyes:
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Nachos to start :)
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We were trying to decide what to order (since they took our go to of Pollo a las Rajas off the menu :eek:) and somehow came to to the conclusion that we should share. Woohoo we finally remembered to share and not waste food :)
I was starving though (my Mom wasn't as hungry) so I ordered an appetizer. I had been dying to try Sopa Azteca anyway so it was the perfect time to do it!
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Picture makes it look disgusting but it was SO good! I'm so happy I tried it :)

Next up: more dinner :)
 
Doc Disney

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Day 3 continued
I thought my Mom was going to kill me because halfway through my soup I said something about being super full :joyfull::joyfull::joyfull::joyfull:
Something about the heat makes it that much harder to eat :)
Anyway for our entree we ordered the Mole Poblano.
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This was super yummy!!! The chicken was very tender and there was a nice amount of spice to the dish :) We were very happy with our choice, and also very happy we split since we couldn't even finish it :)
My Mom got a Birthday treat of caramel ice cream :) She was kind enough to share it with me and it was yummy!
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After dinner we headed out of the park. We could have waited for Illuminations since it was around 8:30 but neither of us are super big fans of it so we figured we would skip it this time.
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We stopped for a PP picture. They used a weird lens and it looks awful :joyfull:
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Back in our room we got turn down service at a reasonable time :)
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We are always looking for different things to do on our trip and it was early so we decided to go for a nighttime swim which we never really did before :)
Waterproof camera is especially bad at night :p:p
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Anyway, it was off to bed after this :)

Next up: Holyyyyyyywood !
 
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Doc Disney said:
Sorry guys for the slight delay! Had a busy weekend!
Day 3 continued
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For some reason both my Mom and I thought that the hill seemed bigger this time :joyfull:
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After our ride we tried to find some shade because it was brutally hot (for us anyway haha) so we stopped and watched the monkeys
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Random flower...thought the color was so pretty!
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Random bench picture
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Next up was the safari!
We were squished on with other people (which is especially unpleasant when its hot) so I will spare you my dreadful pictures except for these two :)
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There was a super grumpy man behind us who kept asking why Lions had to be on the lookout if they were "at the top of the food chain." I'm like, hello, haven't you ever seen the Lion King? :joyfull:
We were hungry after our Sarfari and considered a few places but we happened to be right by Pizzafari and we never ate there so we figured why not? The line was crazy in there so we found a table, I did mobile ordering and picked up our food in like 5 minutes (easily would have been double that in the line). I really liked mobile ordering but it did not occur to me until later you can't get the AP discount with it yet. We both got kids meals so it wasn't like we were breaking the bank anyway. We also both got Mac and cheese instead of pizza :joyfull:
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For some reason I just love Disney's Mac and cheese...so yummy!
We both got the grapes and cookies as a side. The grapes were good but the cookie was so-so. I think I still ate most of it though :joyfull:
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After lunch we headed over to Pandora!
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Next up: More Pandora
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How does grumpy man think lions find their prey? Does he think it the prey just walks up to the lion's den and volunteers as tribute to be its next meal??
 
Doc Disney

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Day 4 - August 11, 2017
This morning I woke up to an Amber Alert at 7:30 am. I hope they found the little girl :( My Mom thought I was already up, though, and she was already almost ready to go :rolleyes:
It was super foggy outside - you could barely see the MK!
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We headed down to Contempo Cafe and got some croissants :)
Regular for me
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Chocolate for my Mom
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After breakfast we headed to the bus stop. We waited about 20 minutes for a bus to HS amongst a very chaotic bus stop. We (semi) inadvertently cut some of the line to get on the bus that eventually arrived. I felt bad for a second but everyone got on the bus and got seats anyway :joyfull: Not as many people were going to HS as we thought!
Anyway we made it to HS well before opening so we did some shopping then joined rope drop
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Hello Gertie
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We had big plans to rope drop the Great Movie Ride ... along with a lot of other people :joyfull: There were tons of people in line taking pictures of everything. The group in front of us was actually a bunch of CMs :)
Had to get this light fixture picture
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Prepare yourself for a bunch of Great Movie Ride photos...
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Next up: more GMR
 
Doc Disney

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Day 4 continued
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I feel like I have made it pretty clear that the Great Movie Ride was one of my least favorite rides in all of Disney so I was surprised that I was so emotional riding it for the last time. My Mom was too. Theres always some sadness when a piece of Disney history goes away I think....I am very glad we got to say goodbye to it one last time.
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Next up: more HS
 

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