Trip Report * COMPLETED* The Let's Never Go Home Trip

Hey everyone! I don't have all my pictures and videos sorted or anything yet but its a rainy cold day here in Buffalo so why not work on my trip report :) I took over 4000 videos and pictures (I started a youtube channel for my videos :happy: ) so bear with me as I sort through them all! All and all we had a great trip and I wish we weren't home already :(

For those of you who want to see my PTR here it is: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/the-dole-whip-extravaganza.910063/

Let's get started!

Who?:
From left to right: My Dad (Jeff), My Mom (Mary), Nick (Jill's Boyfriend), My Sister Jill (@Disney Dentist ) and Me (Megan!)
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When?
Jill and Nick were there from April 29 - May 6
My parents and I were there from April 30 - May 12

Where?
We stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter! Its our favorite hotel (moderate wise) for sure and it did not disappoint this trip :) We had a great time there and after not having stayed there for a few trips we really enjoyed being back at our "home."

Why?
Why not? We planned this trip before my mom and I went to DL and WDW by ourselves; it was originally a trip to help us get through our post Disney depression from February 2015 but we also ended up going twice more before this....haha

The Title?
We were there for a record (for us) 13 days and it seemed like we were never going to have to leave...unfortunately day 13 did come and we did eventually have to go home. Even after being there for so long I still wasn't ready to leave!

T-1 Day to go:
Jill and Nick were already in Disney but my parents and I could not leave until Saturday because I have clinic on Fridays which is non-negitionable (we get our vacation in two week blocks so technically my vacation didn't start until May 2 but luckily I was able to get the weekend off before). Anyway we had Jills dogs to take care of for one day. I was off my from regular rotation in the morning which was nice because we had time to get our nails done. However, just about an hour before I had to go to clinic my sister's one dog had some issues :hungover: Here I am bathing him (with my fresh manicure) right before having to go to work...
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Meanwhile this is the text I get when I am at clinic....
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Must be nice...;) Anyway we got him cleaned up and when I got home from work we got the dogs all situated at their respective places to stay. We then checked we packed everything and I made my Dad sit down with me and make sure he had everything he needed. This will come into play later since he really wasn't paying attention to me :happy:

Day 1 Travel Day
Well our flight was leaving at 6:50 am so we got up around 4:00 am to get ready to go. Luckily we live close to the airport but still planned on leaving around 5 am to make sure we had time. I had a weird feeling all morning that the airport was going to be packed so I was a little more anxious than usual
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Anyway we shoved our five (yes five, and my 2 were both full size) suitcases into my Dad's car and off we went to the airport. We ended up leaving a little before 5. We got to the airport and we parked and had to drag our suitcases into the terminal. Its not that far but I was spoiled by our last few trips where my Dad dropped us off at the door haha. Anyway as we were on the elevator I was super anxious and my Dad was like calm down its never that crowded. Literally as soon as he said that the door opened and what did we see? A HUGE line for security...like out the entrance for it all the way through the airport. :eek::confused: I almost panicked but instead thought "oh no worries we almost always get TSA pre-check." So we check in and the tickets come out and no pre-check for my Mom and I. My Dad always gets it because he is a government/army employee. He was going to wait in line with us but I told him to go ahead so in case we were so long we didn't get to board on time he could save our seats. I also assumed maybe he would get us breakfast...spoiler alert he didn't haha
Anyway my poor mother had to deal with me through the almost hour we waited in security..I was so nervous we were going to miss our flight (or at least boarding). Luckily we got out around 6:15 and our boarding was 6:25.
My mom and I met my Dad at the gate and while he didn't get us breakfast he did get us cookies so there is that :) Thumbs up we made it on time, as I am sure many people did not make it! In fact our flight definitely left without some people.
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My penguin and dinosaur were ready to go!
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We were in the early A's so we got a good seat and immediately put on our magic bands :)
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Next up: traveling continued
 

Doc Disney

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I bought those same bookends from Memento Mori for my son :joyfull:.

Those were so cool! I should have bought them for myself haha

I need your dad's giraffe jam shirt!! :D they're my favorite! loving the report :)

I wish you would take his, that way he can't wear it nearly everyday ;) It really is funny though! People comment on it all the time!

All caught up! yay!

I kind of became obsessed with those sugar cane mojitos on my last trip :p LOVE your Everest pictures!!

Thank you! And yes that was my first sugar cane mojito but it definitely won't be my last! So good!
 

jrogue

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We picked names before we left to buy for one other person. We have done this the past few trips and its a neat way to buy something/get something you may have not bought for yourself.
What a cool idea!! :D I might have to suggest this to my parents because it seems like a lot of fun. :)

HAHAHAH THE GIRAFFIC JAM SHIRT!! MY SISTER AND I EACH BOUGHT IT TOO!! oh my goodness it was one of my favorite things that I saw in the Animal Kingdom :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
 

Doc Disney

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What a cool idea!! :D I might have to suggest this to my parents because it seems like a lot of fun. :)

HAHAHAH THE GIRAFFIC JAM SHIRT!! MY SISTER AND I EACH BOUGHT IT TOO!! oh my goodness it was one of my favorite things that I saw in the Animal Kingdom :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

It is super fun! Its actually how we exchange Christmas gifts in our family too. That way we don't spend a ton of money around the Holidays (have to save that money for Disney ;))
The Giraffic Jam shirt is so popular hahah :joyfull::joyfull:
 

Doc Disney

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Day 7

I just realized I never shared with you the fact that my Dad had some shoe issues. He got blisters from his flip flops, his sneakers were soaked from the rain and all he had left were his boat shoes. We were able to get his sneakers somewhat dry but still. He literally only brought three pairs of shoes! Way back in the beginning of my report I mentioned that I went over a packing list before we left and he insisted he had more shoes. I should have double checked haha.

Well, as usual we got up and had breakfast at the hotel!
I accidentally got a whole wheat croissant :hungover: It wasn't that bad but it wasn't great either. I hate whole wheat anything. Again this is terrible doctor advice...don't listen to me haha. Jill and Nick were going to meet us a bit later at the MK because they wanted to finish packing and get their bags to bag check.
Anyway we headed to the bus stop and this is where I ran into @Tuvalu ! Our MK bus came almost immediately though and as soon as I got on the bus my Mom was like I was going to say we should get a picture but then the bus came :(:(:( No picture :( Meanwhile my Dad could not get over the fact that we were "recognized." He thought it was so cool haha
Today's theme was ride shirt day (except for Nick since his Captain E.O. shirt shrunk haha)
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MK opened at 8 and I think we got there a little bit after so headed to a place we knew would not have a huge line: Mad Tea Party!
On the way we happened upon a Photopass person who insisted I needed a solo shoot...
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This Photopass guy's name was Larry. My Dad referred to him as the sloth the rest of the trip because it took him forever to answer questions or take pictures :D
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Anyway after this I stopped in the restroom and when I got out my Mom told me she took a picture of my favorite ride...
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What a jokester! Something about Disney makes me have to go to the bathroom ALLLLLLL the time haha I think its the pop because I don't drink that much caffeine at home :) They made fun of me for it all trip haha
We finally made it to the tea party!
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My Dad does not like spinny rides so he refrained!
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When we got off we noticed Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were out and we never met them before so headed over!
There was not Photopass person with them so unfortunately my Dad took the pictures instead of meeting them. They were all upset when we were asking about them not having a photographer. Then Tweedle Dee proceeded to wipe his nose on my Mom :p:p
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Next up: car racing and Fantasyland
 

Doc Disney

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Day 7 continued
After meeting the Tweedles we checked out the line for the Tomorrowland Speedway since my Dad had never been on. It was like 5 minutes so we headed on
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I never noticed these cool Birthday and other signs they put on cars!
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I drove with my Mom and my Dad drove alone. We were stuck behind the slowest driver ever!!!
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This is how my Mom felt about my driving.....
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Luckily this time I did not have trouble with the hill!
My Dad enjoyed his trip around the Speedway for the first time!
Were were planning on hitting up Dumbo after this because thats what my Mom's ride shirt is themed around but the wait was too long so we settled for this picture instead
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We had a FP for 7DMT after this and enjoyed our ride as usual
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Jill and Nick still weren't in the park yet so we headed over to the Monster's Inc Laugh Floor
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This was honestly the funniest one I have been to yet. In the part where they ask someone to pick a number they picked on a man from China. When the monster asked his name the man said it and it was a hard one so the monster just let that one go. Then the monster asked the man to pick a number and the guy said "sorry I can't....do you speak Chinese?" The Monster just stared with his mouth hanging open for like 30 seconds then turned around and said "what do I do now?????" It was so funny!

We had a FP for Buzz after this so headed over
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Doc Disney

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Day 7 continued
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I swear we did not intentionally make my Dad ride alone again; my Mom just accidentally got in my car haha
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We did not get Galactic Hero :(
Jill and Nick texted they were on their way at this point so we hopped on the Peoplemover quickly then headed to Main Street to meet them. We checked out the crystal shop on the way to see them but didn't see anything we liked.
We wanted to take a train ride so we headed over there
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We actually got separated at this point. My Mom and Dad sat together, Jill and Nick sat together and I sat with a random family in the row in front of Jill and Nick.
The family next to me was super nice and ended up asking me for directions. I'm not sure how they knew I would know how to tell them where to go...I must look like a Disney veteran! :D
We enjoyed our trip around, but got off at Fantasyland so we could head to our lunch spot!
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We stopped for a Photopass pic in front of Gaston's fountain :)
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Next up: lunch in a castle
 

TrolleyFollower91

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Anyway after this I stopped in the restroom and when I got out my Mom told me she took a picture of my favorite ride...
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What a jokester! Something about Disney makes me have to go to the bathroom ALLLLLLL the time haha I think its the pop because I don't drink that much caffeine at home :) They made fun of me for it all trip haha
The restrooms are @Tuvalu 's favorite attraction!! We make fun of her all the time!

I LOVE Jill's Listen to the Land shirt! Now I have the song stuck in my head...ha!
 

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