Trip Report **COMPLETED** It's My Mom's Birthday and We Will Stay DVC If We Want To

Hello everyone!
We just got back from the World on Saturday night so it's time to start my Trip Report!

Who?
My Mom (Mary) and myself Megan

Where?
The Beach Club Villas! It was our first DVC stay (hence the title) and we loved it!

When?
August 9-17, 2019

Why?
Also as the title indicates it was my Mom's Birthday!

Day 1 August 9, 2019
We stayed at a hotel across from the airport the night before since our flight was pretty early and it was cheaper than parking my car at the airport. Plus it was Southwest Points So, we got ourselves out of bed at 3:30 am
I completely forgot I said I would make the sign we usually use for our trip so I grabbed some computer paper from the hotel printers and my Mom made a makeshift one

Could not keep my eyes open so we ended up with this one

The hotel said that they would have to put us in a taxi because their shuttle did not run between midnight and 5 am. I was worried about getting all of our luggage into a taxi but when we went up to the desk around 4 am they had the shuttle ready. Hooray!
The Southwest Counter was not open when we got to the airport but it opened within a few minutes. Our luggage was checked and TSA precheck was open so we made it through security very quickly.
We stopped for our usual breakfast of bagels but they only had one so we got a bagel and a croissant

The croissant was not very good but we were good with just the bagel
We headed to our gate and the therapy dog Jake was there! He usually does not start until 9 am but his owner knew a family flying to Disney so he brought him in. Of course I had to get a picture

Waiting to board our plane

We boarded the plane super fast! We were in row 2!

Gang is all here

Magic Bands!

The entire plane was boarded by 5:55 except 2 passengers - so we were 15 minutes ahead of schedule except that we had to wait for them for about 10 minutes. It was a bit annoying and we ended up leaving a little late.

Next up: more traveling

 

[Doc Disney]

I have no idea. My Mom uses the same eyeliner as me and hers always comes off very fast. I do apply my eyeliner very thick though not sure if that helps. My daily eyeliner is waterproof in general. The mascara I used was pretty impressive to stay on. I think it was just e.l.f. and from Target for 10 dollars or something

ELF for the win! I LOVE the ELF brand!

WOW! A Four minute wait! That's incredible for FEA!
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Thank you for all the comments! The dark skies do look really pretty !
You're right....it will never be a 40 minute wait for F of P

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 4 continued
After Buzz we headed to Winnie the Pooh because we picked up another FP
I was taking this picture of my Mom

And Pooh walked by...

And he noticed my Mom's Winnie the Pooh backpack !

SO CUTE

Row number 1!

After our ride we sat on this random bench...

Next up: more MK

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 4 continued
We headed over to check in for dinner at .... Be Our Guest!
It had been a long time since out last visit to BOG and we were excited to try out the prix fixe menu

Since it was lightly raining we waited in the actually lobby of the restaurant to be seated. It was very noisy in there and clearly not designed for this.

We were seated about 10 minutes after our reservation time which seemed pretty good. I feel like BOG is usually running further behind than that!
We were in the Grand Ballroom and at a table for 4 which was nice! Its super nice to not be squeezed in between other tables. I'm not sure if I am just making this up but the tables seem much more spaced out than they used to be at dinner - maybe because of the menu change ?

Next up: more BOG

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 4 continued
Our server was named Nick and he was super great
Bread to start - my pictures are awful sorry the lighting is so bad

Also...there was no one sitting around us!

We both started off with the French onion soup

For entrees my Mom ordered the Smoked Ricotta and Corn Tortellini (Roasted Corn and Peppadew Relish, Rainbow Cauliflower, and Asparagus with a Corn-infused Nage)

And I got the Center-cut Filet Mignon (Robuchon Yukon Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetables, and Cipollini Marmalade with a Red Wine Glaze)

Then came the dessert trio (no options here you just get all three)
Almond Macaroon (with Lemon Jam and Raspberries), White Chocolate "Chip" Cup (with Grey Stuff and Crisp Pearls), and Dark Chocolate Truffle (filled with Dark Chocolate Grand Marnier Ganache)

Yum!!! We were so full by the time dessert came but everything about the meal was fantastic! I would highly recommend ! It was also way less rushed than it used to be and felt way less chaotic in general
Of course we met the Beast on the way out ...

And we went home and did a bit of a night swim and off to bed!

Next up: Day 5

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 August 13, 2019
We got up around 7:20, got ready and headed to breakfast at....

Woohoo! It was our first time eating here because we never felt like it was convenient to get to the Beach Club otherwise

I wish I could remember our waiter's name but he was awesome and very attentive !
We started with food right away obviously - there were so many options!
Eggs, bacon, cantaloupe, triple chocolate chip muffin, donut

My Mom was excited that they had waffles with whipped cream and strawberries

chocolate croissant type thing, fruit, bacon

Then Daisy came

We were still eating but our waiter brought my Mom this cute birthday cupcake

Next. up: more Cape May

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued

We were sitting there for a long time waiting for the rest of the characters so we ended up eating some more
Apparently I ate most of the cheese before I sat down...as per usual

chocolate chip pancake, cheese, tots

More bacon and waffle and tots and treats

Finally Minnie came by

Then finally Goofy!

Overall we had a great experience! We will definitely be back someday!

Next up: we wander around a lot

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
A random Beach Club light for you...

We headed to the bus stop and hopped on a bus for MK!

We found some Halloween stuff right when we walked in !

Our actual goal for MK was to find Halloween merchandise because I heard it was out...but it was not out at the Emporium so that was a bummer.
Still...we figured we would at least wander around a bit
We got a few PP pictures

We walked by the Winnie the Pooh meet and greet right around the time they were supposed to come out so we hopped in line !

This is the second PP photo set this trip where the lens was blurry. You can't really tell in the first photo but you can in the seond

After this we headed out of MK since they really did not have much in terms of merchandise for Halloween.

Next up: Epcot

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
Apparently we ran into Move It Shake It or whatever it is now called on the way out

I saw on IG that the merchandise for Halloween was out at Mouse Gear so we decided we would hop over to Epcot via monorail. I'm not actually sure what our obsession was with the Halloween stuff . The air conditioning on the resort monorail was clearly not working. It was hot but we just dealt with it. The people on the monorail with us, however, were going to lose their marbles. They complained and complained and complained. At one point someone said "this is the worst experience of my life." Like really? I'm sure you have experienced worse things.
Anyway - they were planning on getting off at the Contemporary and on a bus to Epcot. I debating about if I should say something or not because they were so miserable but I always feel like somehow its my job to make sure people have a good trip (like I work there or something) and I knew once they discovered there was no bus to Epcot they would have just been so defeated. So I told them to stay on and they were grateful.
Anyway, at Epcot it looked like it was pouring rain but we missed it all while we spent tons of money on Halloween stuff
This prompted us to buy a Halloween ticket for our last day - hey Halloween in August - why not?!
After shopping we headed out of Epcot
PP picture

Back at the Beach Club we spent some time at the pool...

And some random Beach Club photos
Someone drew a face on the no smoking sign in the elevator

Next up: HS

 

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Day 2 continued
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After all our photos we did the same exact thing as the year before
Miss Adventure Falls. The CM noticed we were dry and we told her we wanted to do photos first. She said that was smart but we needed to catch up so she splashed water on me Then we went on Crush n Gusher.
Then a quick pit stop for some dancing
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The Lazy Man River was next. We said we did not care about the speciality floats because we got to try so many last year but then……
(prepare for very blurry waterproof camera photos)
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Next up: finishing up H2O Glow

Looked like you and the little girl were having pose off competition

 

[Doc Disney]

Looked like you and the little girl were having pose off competition

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
It was just blazing hot out at this point so we took the boat over to HS to save ourselves at least the direct sun heat

My Mom was really getting the full security experience Unlike @Tuvalu I did not (thankfully) get yelled at for taking a photo

We actually were cutting it a bit close to our early dinner plans so we hopped over to :

50's Prime Time!
Probably because we were nearly late we were seated right away. A part of me wonders if half the people in the Living Room are just there for AC because it never seems that crowded inside.

Our waiter was awesome. He was having a blast with everyone. I got yelled at for having my hat on and my elbows on the table

Next up: more Prime Time

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
For dinner we shared the onion rings and the fried chicken

We did not finish our chicken but we did finish the corn so we got clean plate club stickers
My Mom had a caramel sundae for dessert

After dinner we stopped for a PP picture

While we were at dinner I devised a plan to keep us out of the sun as much as possible between FPs.
Our first stop was to meet Olaf. He had a very short wait but we were glad we got in line when we did because it jumped up to 30 minutes right after.

Next up in the plan was the Frozen sing-a-long. We have not done this for years so we figured it was a good AC break. They were actually not holding people outside so we were able to walk right in and sit about 30 minutes prior to the show.

When the show started I was very excited to see that one of the storytellers was Ben! I never saw him in this show before but I knew from @blreinsel he was going to be hilarious - and he was! Side note @blreinsel could not figure out how to tag you with your name change

Next up: more Frozen

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued

These are all phone photos - sorry- not the best quality.

I feel like the best part was how the narrators were laughing at each other. It made me laugh even harder.

What a great show! I am genuinely excited to see how the do the Beauty and the Beast sing a long.
Our first FP was for Aerosmith so we headed over there and pretended like we were going on T of T first

Next up: more HS

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued

Next up in the A.C. plan was Lightening McQueen's Racing Academy. My sister and my nephew FaceTimed us right when we were going in so we let Max watch it via FaceTime since no one was behind us and he was making zero noise.

The show is cute but this was our second time seeing it and I did not feel as enthused as I did the first time
Then it was actually time for T of T!

A a quick PP picture

Next up: more HS

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
I had successfully timed the day right so it led us right up to our last FP. Woohoo successful afternoon/evening out of the heat!
Our last FP was for....Slinky Dog Dash!

SDD ride number 2!

Apparently I was ...sleeping

After our ride we headed out of the park and decided to walk home

Next up: finishing up the day with some fun on the Boardwalk

 

[slipperalwaysfits]

Goofy and Donald stopped by

Looks like a very yummy and fun character breakfast! I always love seeing the characters in different outfits, like their Safari ones at Tusker House.

And he noticed my Mom's Winnie the Pooh backpack !

It makes it super magical when the characters really interact with you! So sweet that he noticed!

We were seated about 10 minutes after our reservation time which seemed pretty good. I feel like BOG is usually running further behind than that!

Echo! You ended up eating the same exact dinner I order when we go! I agree, it's amazingly delicious! And the dessert...

I always feel like somehow its my job to make sure people have a good trip (like I work there or something) and I knew once they discovered there was no bus to Epcot they would have just been so defeated. So I told them to stay on and they were grateful.

It's fun to help people who may not be aware of many Disney tips and tricks! I always feel a little brighter when I have the opportunity to do that!

My Mom had a caramel sundae for dessert

That looks AMAZING!!

I had successfully timed the day right so it led us right up to our last FP. Woohoo successful afternoon/evening out of the heat!

Good job on the timing and not stressing yourself out about the timing. Some of these people have spreadsheets down to the minute and you have to wonder if they are even enjoying themselves?!

 

[Doc Disney]

Looks like a very yummy and fun character breakfast! I always love seeing the characters in different outfits, like their Safari ones at Tusker House.


It makes it super magical when the characters really interact with you! So sweet that he noticed!


Echo! You ended up eating the same exact dinner I order when we go! I agree, it's amazingly delicious! And the dessert...


It's fun to help people who may not be aware of many Disney tips and tricks! I always feel a little brighter when I have the opportunity to do that!


That looks AMAZING!!

Good job on the timing and not stressing yourself out about the timing. Some of these people have spreadsheets down to the minute and you have to wonder if they are even enjoying themselves?!

Ugh...I could really go for some BOG right now
I agree I love the character meals when they are in different outfits!
I know I always get stressed out when I see someone with spreadsheets

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
We knew we wanted to try out AbracadaBar so we figured this was a good time to do it since it was still early-ish in the evening.
We cut through the pool way to the Boardwalk - hence a much shorter walk to the Boardwalk than the Beach Club this way

I was worried it was going to be crowded but there was barely anyone in there. We sat in a booth and we were immediately greeted by the waitress

We both got the Conjurita (El Mayor Tequila, Cointreau, Simple Syrup, Lime Juice) which was cool because they make you use a "magic wand" and say abracadabra and it changes colors

Next up: more photos

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued

We had a bar similar to this in Buffalo that was modeled after a speakeasy. I loved that bar but it closed. AbracadaBar was giving me similar vibes and I was here for it
For some reason I also felt the need to order a snack so we got the Abra fries. They had some sort of lemon aioli sauce on top and they were delicious. This was also considered a small fry and it was huge!

After we finished our drinks we decided to head back home to the Beach Club

The sunset was beautiful!

Back at the hotel we did a bit of a night swim and headed to bed!

Next up: My Mom's Birthday !

 

[InLovew/disney]

Day 5 continued
We knew we wanted to try out AbracadaBar so we figured this was a good time to do it since it was still early-ish in the evening.
We cut through the pool way to the Boardwalk - hence a much shorter walk to the Boardwalk than the Beach Club this way
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I was worried it was going to be crowded but there was barely anyone in there. We sat in a booth and we were immediately greeted by the waitress
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We both got the Conjurita (El Mayor Tequila, Cointreau, Simple Syrup, Lime Juice) which was cool because they make you use a "magic wand" and say abracadabra and it changes colors
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Next up: more photos

This looks like a fun place - and I love that it wasn't crowded. Always looking for places like that at Disney!