Trip Report **COMPLETED** The Hotter Than Hades Birthday Trip

Hey guys...sorry I am super delayed in writing this and I am certain it will take me forever to write this one too! But....I do want to share it so here we go!

Who?
Back to the usual ....my Mom (Mary) and myself (Megan)

When?
July 9 - 17, 2021

Where?
We stayed at the Yacht Club again

Why?
My 33rd Birthday - and it was hot out..... Also - I barely took my camera out so most of these photos are my from my phone. Sorry in advance

Day 1 July 9 2021
We got up at 3 am (), got ready and headed to the airport. My Mom stayed at my house so we could just drive together and not wake my Dad up
We got to the airport around 3:45 am and we were stuck in the Southwest line for forever because everyone forgot how to pack a suitcase, check in, take out a passport, etc etc.
Anyway - we eventually made it through security and to our gate.
Time for our usual date sign!

Airport living...

We were in row 2 on the plane!

We actually had a layover in Chicago which was super annoying. It was essentially the same distance from Chicago to Orlando as it is from Buffalo to Orlando so it was an extra 1.5 hour flight for the same distance essentially
Obviously it could not be helped as Southwest added this layover after I booked and there were no other options but we still complained
There was barely anything open at Midway to eat so we got some donuts. I only took a photo of one of them apparently. Off to a great start

It was stale so would not recommend
Anyway eventually we got on our second plane
Magic Band twins!

We made it finally!

Fonorail photos!

Next up: Day 1 continued

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
My Mom ordered Sangria to drink

And I ordered a champagne flight but it took like 20 minutes to actually get my champagne

For appetizers I ordered the charcuterie

And my Mom had the minestrone soup

Cinderella did show up but my Photos are horrendous
Oh look my champagne finally came !

For entrees I ordered the steak

And my Mom ordered the scallops

For dessert we both ordered the cheesecake!

The big 33

We had the best dinner! Everything was so relaxing and delicious !

Next up: more MK

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
They were preparing for Happily Ever After when we left so it was empty in the castle since it was closed to foot traffic otherwise. It was SO cool to be able to walk around like that!

Then we headed to Winnie the Pooh!

Then IASW!! We never did get on Space Mountain.....my favorite ride It was too crowded all day!

Next up: more MK

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued
IASW continued

That's me !

Look how cool the sky looked!

Anyway...after this we headed down Main Street to find a spot to watch Happily Ever After (for the last time now that I think about it).

Next up: quick post to end the day

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 5 continued

I would like to say I fully enjoyed the fireworks. After all I said all day it was the only thing I really wanted to do....but it was so chaotic and crowded I was honestly just anxious the whole time. I was too busy people watching and trying to keep my distance from people (hello COVID anxiety which I do not think will ever leave me) that I barely paid attention!
Oh well!
Anyway...PP picture on the way out

However....my fireworks let down was very short since we made it back in time to watch Epcot Forever from the balcony which was just the icing on the cake!

All in all I had another great Birthday in Disney!!

Next up: Day 6

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 July 14, 2021
We woke up at 6:40, got ready and had some more cake for breakfast
It was so pretty out!

We walked over to DHS

It was already pretty crowded

Naturally we Rope Dropped SDD

Ride number 2 for the trip! It was essentially a walk on!

Our ride photo did not show up for some reason.
After this we headed over to Toy Story Mania

Next up: more DHS

 

[cgersic]

I absolutely LOVE your birthday dresses! You completely look like a princess!

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 continued

We only waited about 5 minutes !

I won...

Our plan initially after SDD was to go on Tower of Terror but we could not pass up a short TSM wait. Well unfortunately by the time we got off TSM the wait time for Tower of Terror shot up and we were already sweating so the thought of waiting in that long line did not appeal to us. Instead we headed over to Alien Swirling Saucers.

My Mom was excited we were sitting in a saucer with the Alien face she wanted

We wandered around a bit after this

It was honestly so crowded and there was not much to do with wait times so we headed over to the Muppets...hey at least it has air conditioning

Next up: more DHS

 

[Doc Disney]

I absolutely LOVE your birthday dresses! You completely look like a princess!

Aw thank you!!

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 continued

A light for you...

We headed over to ABC Commissary after this to get our lunch

We were stuck on this preparing order screen for awhile and the CM ended up just calling up to the kitchen and they let us come in and get our food. It was kind of weird - it never fully went through.

Next up: more DHS

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 continued
We got the Buffalo Chicken grilled cheese and the kids grilled cheese

The food was very meh. It was pretty cold which was odd since it just opened - at least the fries were good!
After our food we checked out the wait times.

(And yes as you can see we ate lunch at 10 am...)
Everything had a very long wait and Rise was down....
We ended up releasing our Rise BG because we were not sure what we would do if/when it ever opened with those wait times/the heat. Rise did actually reopen on our way out but we had like a 65 minute plus wait anyway
We did see a calvacade on our way out.

Next up: more randomness

 

[amjt660]

Hello Max!

Hi



Max

 

[sheriffwoody]

I LOVE your birthday dress!!

 

[Doc Disney]

I LOVE your birthday dress!!

Thank you!!!

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 continued
We decided to head to Disney Springs. We took an Uber and realized that the Uber pick up was not in the old spot so ended up having to sprint over to it (mind you it was not very close)! Whoops!
Anyway at Disney Springs we did a bit more shopping.

We waited forever to get into the lego store but made it in just before a downpour so that was nice.
We stopped to get my Mom and ice cream at Ghiradelli - this is the caramel (I think its called Ocean Beach) sundae

I got a chai tea from Starbucks which was awful...it was super watery for some reason!

We did a bit more shopping at some of the non-Disney stores and then headed back to the Yacht Club
Loved this wall mural!

Oh...I got another BG for Rise!

When we got back to the Yacht Club we saw an Epcot bus which I thought was odd.
If the Skyliner is down (which it was) aren't there also boats and the option to walk? I mean unless you want to go to the front of the park?

Anyway....they were also filming a commercial

It was raining again so we wet to the arcade...as per usual.

Next up: more randomness

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 continued

Then we headed to Abracabar

We both ordered a Conjurita (our usual)

Then we walked to DHS. My Mom stopped to put a bandaid on so of course I took a photo in revenge of all the band aid photos of me

We were so hot by the time we got to DHS and the lines were still super long so we opted for Frozen !

Next up: more DHS

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 continued
Frozen continued

Our Boarding Group was called just as we were leaving but we had dinner in a few minutes so sadly we had to miss this one too.
Anyway...our dinner was at Sci Fi!

Next up: more dinner

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 6 continued
It is so dark in there so I did not take photos of any of our food - we had chicken tenders, pickles, fries and onion rings. So healthy

After our dinner we headed out and back to the hotel. I did not take any photos but we went for a night swim which was nice. Then back to the balcony for Epcot forever !

Anyway after this it was bedtime!

Next up: Day 7

 

[Doc Disney]

July 15, 2021 Day 7
We got up around 7 and got ready for the day. Loved the balcony view so much!

We headed down to Ale and Compass

I'm not sure why I took this photo...

I will never stop photographing little teapots

My Mom ordered plain panaceas this time instead of the bacon/blueberry ones so she was happy that was an option. She liked the others ones but at times felt like they were too much.

I ordered my usual eggs, bacon, home fries, toast

After our delicious breakfast we headed out and wandered around the Boardwalk a bit
They were doing a lot of construction/painting

Next up: more Boardwalk

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 7 continued
Oh wait I just remembered something funny. At breakfast my Mom asked for more syrup three times and the waitress kept forgetting. After not bringing it the 3rd time the waitress said it was because her "eyes were puffy" and she could not remember what the customers were asking for

Last trip we took a picture of the three of us (my Mom, my sister and myself) laying on this grass so we took a picture of us with one of Jill's most lovely photos to send to her

After this we headed to Epcot.
I was very busy in line trying to get tickets to the Bills practice

So busy in face that I ALMOST missed a huge fight in line. Essentially security told us not to move forward at the tapstiles but the people in the back did not hear that request so a few came up and around us in front and essentially skipped the line. I mean ....was it annoying ? Yes. But...it was like 4 people so whatever. One lady, though, lost it. She was screaming, swearing at them, trying get get security to kick them out etc. I mean the joke of it is - we were all going to a rope drop its not like they were truly getting in the park first
Anyway once the park did open we headed to Soarin'

We only waited 10 minutes!

Next up: more Epcot

 

[Doc Disney]

Day 7 continued

After this we went to the Seas. I only took this selfie but we only waited 5 minutes

Next up was Figment which was essentially a walk on

Why is this so blurry?!

We were all alone on the ride

After this we headed to the DVC lounge

Next up: more Epcot