Hello everyone! My name is Davita and I had every intention of writing this trip report after my trip, but of course life got in the way. It's been a rough couple of months but I'm ready now to relive my magical trip. If you want to read my brief pre trip report here http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/first-mvmcp-trip.890953/#post-6355021 but the cast are just me and my DH Paul. Here we are
In short, I'm an RN who's favorite character is Ariel and he's an orchestra teacher who's favorite character is Donald. Because he's a teacher we never have very many options for vacation because he refuses to use all his days at once. So it was either crazy Christmas/New Years crowds or Thanksgiving this year. This is my very first trip report and I'm a little nervous I'm gonna screw it up. Plus I looked at my pictures and I noticed we had hardly any food pictures! Next trip report I promise I'll take more food pictures!
Day one! November 20
Before I talk about this day I'm an RN who works night shift only and I always have horrible problems switching over to day shift mode for these vacations. So I decided this trip that I would force myself to wake up really early so I'll be tired and hopefully sleep the night before the flight. Of course I couldn't sleep because I was so excited and I was extra tired and cranky when we got up at 4 am for our 0650 flight. Security was fast and our usual Starbucks breakfast had and we got to board! Which means one thing, selfies!
Ahh! I look scary! Our flight was nice and quiet but I couldn't sleep at all. We stopped in Houston to change plans and of course that flight was completely packed and full of kids. So I really couldn't sleep. At this point I hoped we had enough time between checking in and MVMCP for me to take a nap. We'll see how that works out...
Almost landing at MCO finally and we had to take a picture of our Magic Bands! It's the first trip for us that we get to use these.
Selfie of our first ride of the trip! the MCO monorail.
At this point I'm a little slap happy but ready to get to the resort! Magical Express was a breeze with the magic bands and we were put on a bus that had two more seats left and we departed immediately! Then it was announced Wilderness Lodge was the first stop! This luck wouldn't last by the way....
Check in was a breeze even though I had checked in online and requested a higher floor room but we received a room on the second floor. It was ok no big deal to me. Our room reminded me a lot of the Grand Californian rooms so for us it felt like home!
Love Meeko!!!
So at this point it's about 3:30 and we had two options. One was take a nap before MVMCP but I really wanted to be in the park early. The other option was when we booked this trip we had bought 7 day magic your way tickets because we didn't think we'd be back at the World for over a year. Then my mom offered to take us to home this year in June for my 30th(!!!) birthday for 10 days. I jumped at that of course but we wanted to upgrade to APs. Even thought I was exhausted, hungry and cranky my DH convinced me to upgrade to annual passes now instead of later, then come back to the room to get ready for the party.
We went to the TTC to upgrade and it took forever! I had to remind myself where I was and what I was doing and that I would sleep when this was over! It was really pretty this day at sunset and I could just kick myself for not taking one picture! By the time we got over to Magic Kingdom again the party guests were already being allowed in for the party and my DH asked if we could just run to get the camera. So we were waiting at this bus stop for WL, and waiting....and waiting....and 20 minutes later no bus at all. I just said that's it! Let's just go into the park and eat and start the party. So needless to say our first Christmas party was not starting out well, and we only had our cell phones for pictures.
We went back into MK and decided to eat at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe. We both ate cheeseburgers. We have no pictures again of this part and I'm sorry. Any other day I'd want a video of Sonny Eclipse's whole show but today I just ate and tried to wake up.
One of my trip traditions is to get a pair of Minnie ears and wear them mostly the whole trip. When I see pictures I know what trip it was based on my ears. I knew exactly what set I wanted and I needed a new shirt for the party so we went off to the Emporium then to change in the bathrooms. And here is the finished product!
Then it was off to the emergency stop of Starbucks! I know a lot of people don't like the Starbucks on Main Street but it was a lifesaver and if I didn't have that boost right then I would never have enjoyed the rest of the party.
Next I'll finish up day one with the rest of the party!
In short, I'm an RN who's favorite character is Ariel and he's an orchestra teacher who's favorite character is Donald. Because he's a teacher we never have very many options for vacation because he refuses to use all his days at once. So it was either crazy Christmas/New Years crowds or Thanksgiving this year. This is my very first trip report and I'm a little nervous I'm gonna screw it up. Plus I looked at my pictures and I noticed we had hardly any food pictures! Next trip report I promise I'll take more food pictures!
Day one! November 20
Before I talk about this day I'm an RN who works night shift only and I always have horrible problems switching over to day shift mode for these vacations. So I decided this trip that I would force myself to wake up really early so I'll be tired and hopefully sleep the night before the flight. Of course I couldn't sleep because I was so excited and I was extra tired and cranky when we got up at 4 am for our 0650 flight. Security was fast and our usual Starbucks breakfast had and we got to board! Which means one thing, selfies!
Ahh! I look scary! Our flight was nice and quiet but I couldn't sleep at all. We stopped in Houston to change plans and of course that flight was completely packed and full of kids. So I really couldn't sleep. At this point I hoped we had enough time between checking in and MVMCP for me to take a nap. We'll see how that works out...
Almost landing at MCO finally and we had to take a picture of our Magic Bands! It's the first trip for us that we get to use these.
Selfie of our first ride of the trip! the MCO monorail.
At this point I'm a little slap happy but ready to get to the resort! Magical Express was a breeze with the magic bands and we were put on a bus that had two more seats left and we departed immediately! Then it was announced Wilderness Lodge was the first stop! This luck wouldn't last by the way....
Check in was a breeze even though I had checked in online and requested a higher floor room but we received a room on the second floor. It was ok no big deal to me. Our room reminded me a lot of the Grand Californian rooms so for us it felt like home!
Love Meeko!!!
So at this point it's about 3:30 and we had two options. One was take a nap before MVMCP but I really wanted to be in the park early. The other option was when we booked this trip we had bought 7 day magic your way tickets because we didn't think we'd be back at the World for over a year. Then my mom offered to take us to home this year in June for my 30th(!!!) birthday for 10 days. I jumped at that of course but we wanted to upgrade to APs. Even thought I was exhausted, hungry and cranky my DH convinced me to upgrade to annual passes now instead of later, then come back to the room to get ready for the party.
We went to the TTC to upgrade and it took forever! I had to remind myself where I was and what I was doing and that I would sleep when this was over! It was really pretty this day at sunset and I could just kick myself for not taking one picture! By the time we got over to Magic Kingdom again the party guests were already being allowed in for the party and my DH asked if we could just run to get the camera. So we were waiting at this bus stop for WL, and waiting....and waiting....and 20 minutes later no bus at all. I just said that's it! Let's just go into the park and eat and start the party. So needless to say our first Christmas party was not starting out well, and we only had our cell phones for pictures.
We went back into MK and decided to eat at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe. We both ate cheeseburgers. We have no pictures again of this part and I'm sorry. Any other day I'd want a video of Sonny Eclipse's whole show but today I just ate and tried to wake up.
One of my trip traditions is to get a pair of Minnie ears and wear them mostly the whole trip. When I see pictures I know what trip it was based on my ears. I knew exactly what set I wanted and I needed a new shirt for the party so we went off to the Emporium then to change in the bathrooms. And here is the finished product!
Then it was off to the emergency stop of Starbucks! I know a lot of people don't like the Starbucks on Main Street but it was a lifesaver and if I didn't have that boost right then I would never have enjoyed the rest of the party.
Next I'll finish up day one with the rest of the party!
