Hi everyone! I can't believe we are already home from our trip 
. It went by so fast, but we had a great time and I can't wait to share it with all of you!!
Here is my PTR if you want to see it : http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/birthday-surprises-and-running-princesses.888457/
Ok lets get started! I'm going to try and get as much of this TR done before I start my month of nights
Who? :
My Mom (Mary), my sisters Jill and Betta (her name is Elizabeth we call her Betta) and myself (Megan)
In the picture from Left to right is Me, my Mom, Betta and Jill
When?: Feb 21 - March 2 2015 (my sisters left Feb 28th)
Where?: The Wildness Lodge - our first time staying there and we loved it! I definitely would love to stay there again if I had the chance! It was our first time staying at a Deluxe Resort as well and it was a great experience. I upgraded from POFQ with the Stay Play and Dine discount.
Why? The Princess Half Marathon happened to coincide with my vacation time (in residency you have to pick your vacation at the beginning of the year and in 2 week blocks - I ended up jokingly picking Feb based on the low predicted crowd levels at Disney assuming I wasn't actually going to go!) and I always wanted to do a Run Disney event so it ended up being the perfect plan! Also, my sisters and my Dad and I gave this trip to my mom for her Birthday in August as a surprise
Ok First Day Saturday Feb 21st:
I think I slept like 3 hours at most before officially getting up around 5:00am to head to the airport. It was all good though I was going to Disney!!! (And ICU really helped me prepare for living on no sleep haha)
My mom, Jill and I all flew down from Buffalo together and Betta was flying down from Rochester and meeting us there (our flights were actually landing at the same time). Oh I also woke up at 3:30 am to find a text from Betta about how she thought we were staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and she was worried her DME tag said the wrong thing
I corrected her and then took that chance to check on some of my ICU patients and asked a fellow resident about an update on them before he told me "go on vacation already" haha.
There was a long line for Southwest and I was apparently mad about it haha
This was my first time flying Southwest in a very long time. It was really nice to check two bags for free, especially since we had to bring all our running stuff down. I am by no means a light packer so it was especially nice to bring two suitcases so I had room for souvenirs haha
Here are the Magic Bands! I decorated them with a decal I got off Easy
Here is Jill with my Ewok...of course he had to come...along with like 8 other stuffed animals
We briefly decided that we would wear masks on the plane so we wouldn't get sick. We told Betta our plan and she made fun of us...and then everyone on the plane looked at us funny so we took a picture and then immediately took them off haha
As if the masks didn't draw enough attention to us I got a peanut shell stuck in my tooth and my mom (who is a dental hygienist) and Jill (who is a dentist) had to floss it out of my teeth because it was literally driving me insane. Yep..we were the weirdos on the plane haha
The flight was otherwise uneventful and we found Betta waiting for us when we got off the plane
We made our way down to DME but not before I made everyone take this picture!
First "ride" at Disney
When we got down to DME is was really crowded, but who cares we are in Disney!
It was a little chilly outside but sunny so it was good to feel some warmth after being stuck in the coldest winter I've ever lived through!
The bus definitely took forever since the Wilderness Lodge was the last stop. There were a lot of fellow runners on the bus which was cool! We sat behind some ladies that had some drama about buying park tickets (who doesn't buy them before they leave?! haha) and the one kept insisting that she would never use the Magic Band with a credit card attached to it because it if gets lost someone can spend all your money (it took everything in my power to not speak up and tell her you get a pin with it).
I missed the picture of us going under the arch but did get this one!
Having never stayed at a MK resort before I thought it was so cool we got a sneak peak of the castle and of MK itself!
Betta took this picture of the sign with my ears
Anddddd finally we were at the Wilderness Lodge!!
It took my breath away it was so amazing! I of course cried a little when I saw it haha
We're here!!!
I have more pictures of the hotel later but we were a bit rushed to get to the expo so I didn't stop and take too many pictures. Check in was painless and our room was ready! Room 3022!
View from our balcony: (it took me nearly the entire vacation to realize we could see the monorail from here and Bay Lake towers haha)
We were starving and as much as I wanted to get to the Expo I eventually agreed we needed to eat so we headed to Roaring Fork for a quick bite to eat:
My mom, Betta and I split Turkey Wraps which were good and Jill had a cheeseburger which she loved
Then we headed to the Expo! Next post Expo and MK!
. It went by so fast, but we had a great time and I can't wait to share it with all of you!! Here is my PTR if you want to see it : http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/birthday-surprises-and-running-princesses.888457/
Ok lets get started! I'm going to try and get as much of this TR done before I start my month of nights
Who? :
My Mom (Mary), my sisters Jill and Betta (her name is Elizabeth we call her Betta) and myself (Megan)
In the picture from Left to right is Me, my Mom, Betta and Jill
When?: Feb 21 - March 2 2015 (my sisters left Feb 28th)
Where?: The Wildness Lodge - our first time staying there and we loved it! I definitely would love to stay there again if I had the chance! It was our first time staying at a Deluxe Resort as well and it was a great experience. I upgraded from POFQ with the Stay Play and Dine discount.
Why? The Princess Half Marathon happened to coincide with my vacation time (in residency you have to pick your vacation at the beginning of the year and in 2 week blocks - I ended up jokingly picking Feb based on the low predicted crowd levels at Disney assuming I wasn't actually going to go!) and I always wanted to do a Run Disney event so it ended up being the perfect plan! Also, my sisters and my Dad and I gave this trip to my mom for her Birthday in August as a surprise
Ok First Day Saturday Feb 21st:
I think I slept like 3 hours at most before officially getting up around 5:00am to head to the airport. It was all good though I was going to Disney!!! (And ICU really helped me prepare for living on no sleep haha)
My mom, Jill and I all flew down from Buffalo together and Betta was flying down from Rochester and meeting us there (our flights were actually landing at the same time). Oh I also woke up at 3:30 am to find a text from Betta about how she thought we were staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and she was worried her DME tag said the wrong thing
I corrected her and then took that chance to check on some of my ICU patients and asked a fellow resident about an update on them before he told me "go on vacation already" haha.There was a long line for Southwest and I was apparently mad about it haha
This was my first time flying Southwest in a very long time. It was really nice to check two bags for free, especially since we had to bring all our running stuff down. I am by no means a light packer so it was especially nice to bring two suitcases so I had room for souvenirs haha
Here are the Magic Bands! I decorated them with a decal I got off Easy
Here is Jill with my Ewok...of course he had to come...along with like 8 other stuffed animals
We briefly decided that we would wear masks on the plane so we wouldn't get sick. We told Betta our plan and she made fun of us...and then everyone on the plane looked at us funny so we took a picture and then immediately took them off haha
As if the masks didn't draw enough attention to us I got a peanut shell stuck in my tooth and my mom (who is a dental hygienist) and Jill (who is a dentist) had to floss it out of my teeth because it was literally driving me insane. Yep..we were the weirdos on the plane haha
The flight was otherwise uneventful and we found Betta waiting for us when we got off the plane
We made our way down to DME but not before I made everyone take this picture!
First "ride" at Disney
When we got down to DME is was really crowded, but who cares we are in Disney!
It was a little chilly outside but sunny so it was good to feel some warmth after being stuck in the coldest winter I've ever lived through!
The bus definitely took forever since the Wilderness Lodge was the last stop. There were a lot of fellow runners on the bus which was cool! We sat behind some ladies that had some drama about buying park tickets (who doesn't buy them before they leave?! haha) and the one kept insisting that she would never use the Magic Band with a credit card attached to it because it if gets lost someone can spend all your money (it took everything in my power to not speak up and tell her you get a pin with it).
I missed the picture of us going under the arch but did get this one!
Having never stayed at a MK resort before I thought it was so cool we got a sneak peak of the castle and of MK itself!
Betta took this picture of the sign with my ears
Anddddd finally we were at the Wilderness Lodge!!
It took my breath away it was so amazing! I of course cried a little when I saw it haha
We're here!!!
I have more pictures of the hotel later but we were a bit rushed to get to the expo so I didn't stop and take too many pictures. Check in was painless and our room was ready! Room 3022!
View from our balcony: (it took me nearly the entire vacation to realize we could see the monorail from here and Bay Lake towers haha)
We were starving and as much as I wanted to get to the Expo I eventually agreed we needed to eat so we headed to Roaring Fork for a quick bite to eat:
My mom, Betta and I split Turkey Wraps which were good and Jill had a cheeseburger which she loved
Then we headed to the Expo! Next post Expo and MK!
). So prolonging the unexcused absences is probably not a good idea! 
!!! And we did it in November! Didn't think I was going to make it but I did...phew ... never doing that one again - once & done.
