Trip Report **COMPLETED** The "Hey what's your name" and "I want to ride Home Depot" Trip Report

Hey all
We have been back for just about a day now so I figured why not start the Trip Report!
Also, I'm on call this week so its probably going to be a pretty sparse week sorry!

Who?
Also I am feeling lazy so I'm making abbreviations for mostly everyone
Left to right: My Dad (Jeff) - D, my nephew Max - no abbreviation, my sister Betta (her real name is Elizabeth) - B, my Mom (Mary) - M, Me! (Megan) - no abbreviation, my sister Jill - J and my brother-in law Nick - N
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When?
April 27, 2018 - May 5, 2018 (B and Max from April 29-May 5)

Where?
Port Orleans French Quarter :) Our favorite moderate

Why?
Celebrating my Mom's 5 year cancer free anniversary! (oh, and it was J and N's honeymoon - aka familymoon :joyfull: )

Day 1 April 27, 2018
2 am...2 am came very quickly this morning...especially since the NFL draft started the night before and I couldn't sleep until we made our first pick :joyfull:
Nonetheless, up I got and got ready to leave for the airport.
We got fancy with our dates sign this time :inlove:
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We shoved all 5 *yes 5* suitcases into our car and soon enough we were at the airport after a short 15 minute drive (bonus...no traffic at 3 am).
We got to the Southwest counter just after it opened and the one worker was OBSESSED with our luggage. She literally told us if our luggage doesn't show up in Orlando it was because she stole it :joyfull: Our luggage is Minnie Mouse...J actually has the same luggage and the worker was trying to steal hers too and then realized we were all related!
TSA precheck wasn't even open so we went through regular security which was only a bummer because it meant I have to take out my computer and iPad which is annoying :cautious::hilarious:
I was wearing my Wishes shirt that N got me for Christmas!
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May you rest in peace Wishes :cry:
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There actually weren't any food places open yet so we sat around a bit waiting for J and N to arrive. J actually lost her kindle because she didnt take it out for security (so TSA did) and had to go grab it after an overhead page alerted her of such :joyfull:
After she grabbed it we all went to Tim Hortons but that wasn't open yet either..
Finally 4 am hit us and our usual bagel place opened so we headed there :)
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I didn't take any pictures apparently but we shared a few bagels and got some water.
Soon enough it was time to board our flight. We got in line and we were like A20-24 I think. There were quite a few people ahead of us but I didn't say anything even though I knew they were probably after us. Eventually a woman in front of me did ask what their numbers were and the woman responds "Group A..." as if the rest of us weren't A :joyfull:. She then said what does it matter if we are all A anyway. The only reason I bring this up is because when we got up to gate to scan our tickets the Southwest worker kicked them out of line and made them wait until it was their turn (they were numbers like 40-41 or something). My Mom turned to me and said "burnnnnn." :joyfull::joyfull:
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Next up: arriving in Florida
 

Songbird76

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I totally missed it because it happened when my Mom and I were inside getting food but we came out and my Dad just looked at us like "I dont know what the heck just happened" :eek: He said they just sat on the ground under our table. I wish I took a picture!



I wish! I have 8 weeks until I got back :)
That is just so bizarre. I get that there is a lack of seating in Disney, but who just parks it on the ground UNDER someone's table? There are no words...
 

Doc Disney

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Original Poster
Loving your TR so far! Couldn't help but notice that y'all had the draft on back at the resort ;)

Thanks for reading! And indeed we did. We were super bummed to be missing the Bills draft party this year but the Bills ended up trading away most of their picks the day of the party so it worked out :joyfull:

My daughter braved Trader's Sam last fall to snag me a HM hitch hiking ghosts tiki mug. Alas I have never been there!
Your family happy hour/dinner looks like so much fun!

Trader Sams is awesome! You should definitely get there someday!
 

Doc Disney

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Original Poster
Day 2 April 28, 2018
We got up around 7 am and had our usual breakfast (waffles for my Mom, tater tots and fruit and bacon for my Dad) :)
My Mom snagged a picture of me trying to fix the window decorations for the 100th time :joyfull: After this day though they did end up sticking.
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We headed to AK and got there with about 10 minutes of EMH to spare :)
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We made it to Everest before the line got crazy so we went on once in standby and the second time with our FP!
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Not sure why I look like I'm sleeping
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I got a text from J and N that they were on their way to the park so we wandered over to Pandora to show my Dad while we waited for them! I watched my Dad walk in and he was in awe! I think I heard him say wow at some point! Its cool to see everyone's reactions to the land!
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Next up: more AK
 

Doc Disney

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Original Poster
Day 2 continued
More Pandora
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We saw the Utility Suit guy for a minute!
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Oh I forgot this Everest selfie :)
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J and N texted to say they were on their way to the safari so we headed there to meet them. I wanted to take the back bridge to Africa but they had it listed only as a Flight of Passage spillover line and no longer an exit :facepalm: I'm not sure if you can still use it or not as an exit but we were in a time crunch so I wasn't about to find out :)
Once we found J and N we headed to the FP line for the Safari. The line was nuts! I was worried for a little bit because we had a tour to get to after the ride but eventually it picked up and we got on in a decent amount of time. We assumed we would be squished on but surprisingly we got separated into 2 and 3!
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And here are my Safari pictures that I swore I wasn't going to take...
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Next up: more Safari
 

Big Hair

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I totally missed it because it happened when my Mom and I were inside getting food but we came out and my Dad just looked at us like "I dont know what the heck just happened" :eek: He said they just sat on the ground under our table. I wish I took a picture!



I wish! I have 8 weeks until I got back :)
I am going to be there June 3rd and then july 4th. Maybe we will cross paths. You never know where the magic will take you.
 

LeighM

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Seeing those Ohana pictures makes me wish I could fly down for a last minute reservation. I need Ohana's dinner in my life. We actually ordered a second helping of the noodles in March and my sister in law and I put a huge dent in those as well. We both have the philosophy to never let a noodle go to waste LOL. After dinner, we passed Trader Sam's and I popped my head in to see it and there was no wait - and it was half empty. But no one else wanted to go in :( Oh well, next time!! And I can't wait to hear about your experiences with the Caring for Giants Tour. My husband and I did that tour in March and we both enjoyed it.
 

DryerLintFan

Premium Member
Day 2 continued
More Pandora
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We saw the Utility Suit guy for a minute!
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Oh I forgot this Everest selfie :)
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J and N texted to say they were on their way to the safari so we headed there to meet them. I wanted to take the back bridge to Africa but they had it listed only as a Flight of Passage spillover line and no longer an exit :facepalm: I'm not sure if you can still use it or not as an exit but we were in a time crunch so I wasn't about to find out :)
Once we found J and N we headed to the FP line for the Safari. The line was nuts! I was worried for a little bit because we had a tour to get to after the ride but eventually it picked up and we got on in a decent amount of time. We assumed we would be squished on but surprisingly we got separated into 2 and 3!
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And here are my Safari pictures that I swore I wasn't going to take...
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Next up: more Safari

Please tell me there's a closeup where you can read your dad's shirt coming up? Does that say Giraffic Jam?!? If so, your dad is now my favorite (sorry Mary!!)
 

sheriffwoody

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Oh hey I'm here!

I distinctly remember it being this exact time we noticed there were cheerleaders EVERYWHERE!

THERE WERE SO MANY CHEERLEADERS (and their cheer moms). I'll give it to them though, they may have been annoying in the way that large groups of young girls usually are, but I never saw them being disrespectful or causing a problem like some of the other groups do. I did see a lot of bows bigger than my head though :hilarious:
 

monykalyn

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Safari pics! and lots of baby animals :inlove:. Doesn't everyone who does KS have tons of pics from every adventure?
Loved Caring for Giants tour so much thinking about repeating it in June ...
 

Ayden

Active Member
Loving your TR already. We were there from April 27th until May 11th. Just came home to the Netherlands :cry: we were in Building 1. A shame I didn't bump into you! We loved the resort as well! So tranquil and beautiful!

There were indeed a lot of cheerleaders, but we experienced less of them than last year. Mostly summit cheerleaders, last year we saw a lot of world championship cheerleaders as well as the summit girls.

Looking forward to the rest :)
 

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