Trip Report **COMPLETED** The Tale of Two Trips (finally moving on from the PTR)

Hello everyone!!! I'm sorry for the long delay, but I am finally starting my TR :) I apologize in advance for the insane amount of pictures :) I got a new camera and took over 3000 pictures and videos! If you did not read my PTR I went on two trips in the span of a few weeks...hence the title :) I will split them in two but keep it all in the same thread. Also, I have a lot of last minute residency requirements to navigate through the next few weeks or so so I'm sorry if this takes me forever! Anyway, enough of me rambling - let's begin!

First trip!
Who?
From left to right: Me (Megan), my Mom (Mary), and my sister (Jill)
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When?
March 11, 2017 - March 18, 2017

Where?
First time staying an entire trip here...the Polynesian!

Why?
I had to take an exam in Kissimmee on the 14th and I got the whole week off from work to go :) My Mom and sister came along for the ride.
 
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Day 6 continued
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While we waited for a PP picture we watched this cool bird show from afar. We usually only spend a half day in the AK so we must always miss these things
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We had an early dinner/late lunch reservation planned so we walked over to Tiffins. We checked in at the podium right at the walkway and we headed into the area to wait. Tarzan was there with literally no wait and my Mom FORCED me to meet him. I had zero interest in seeing him haha
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He said "you look wild today friend" and all I could do was nervous laugh :)
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Soon enough we got the text and we were directed to our seats :) It was pretty quiet in there (well aside from the Nomad lounge...that was pretty packed - and people were sleeping on the couches :p).
We were seated in the room with the Rivers of Light tapestry. Honestly can't remember which gallery it was..maybe the Grand Gallery?
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Next up: Tiffins continued
 
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Our waitresses name was Laura (from California). She had been been working at Tiffins since it opened. I asked her if she thought things would pick up with Pandora opening and she said for sure. She said the R of L dining package already made things pick up (which is odd since it was still super dead :rolleyes:). I hadn't realized Tiffins was already open for almost a year :joyfull:
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The menus are so cool looking! They are little little adventure notebooks, but made with fancy leather
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For drinks my Mom and I both tried Jenn's tattoo - super good!
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Bread course :) The dipping sauce was amazing...cant remember what it was though :)
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Since we were doing the R of L package we got to chose an appetizer, entree and dessert. Laura recommended the octopus and I nearly considered ordering it until I looked up a picture of it and realized it still looked like an octopus :hungover::grumpy:
We aren't super adventurous eaters and we don't like seafood so we played it safe :)
My Mom chose the Apple-Walnut sandwich
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I chose the Selection of Artisanal Cheeses
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I love a good cheese plate and this was no exception!
For entrees my Mom and I both ordered the Wagu Strip Loin and Braised Short Rib
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This was incredible!!!! Like so good that I still talk about it all the time :) It was the first time either of us had chimichurri sauce and that definitely made the dish :)

Next up: Tiffins continued
 
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Accidentally deleted this post so I guess I will rewrite it :)
For dessert I ordered the South American Chocolate Ganache
This was very rich but super good
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My Mom ordered the Lime Cheesecake
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It was good but I think she liked mine better :)
Overall we really enjoyed our meal at Tiffins, more than I thought we would! I really did not think my Mom would like it since she's a very picky eater and I kept making reservations and canceling them so I'm glad we finally kept one :) We will be back for sure!
Here is my "now I'm obsessed with Tiffins" picture
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I kept thinking about how Jill would really like the drinks here. We will definitely be back next time she comes on a trip !
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We will see you soon enough Pandora :)
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After dinner we walked over towards our first Fast Pass. We walked very slowly to let ourselves digest :)
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Listened to the music and watched the dance party for a few minutes
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Our fist FP was for Dinosaur!
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Dinosaur was pretty empty. The FP line was the same length as the Stand-by line :)
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Next up: more AK!
 
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We had a FP for Everest after this but I noticed that we had time to see the Finding Nemo Musical before it ended for the day so we headed there. You can see Everest from the line :)
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The line was actually really short...shorter than the FP line actually :)
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We of course enjoyed the show...my Mom said it was too sad though (even though it has a happy ending :p)
After Nemo we headed to Everest
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After this we walked over towards Kilimanjaro Safaris :)
I was so excited to try out my long lens for an evening safari. However, this mother daughter duo failed to follow instructions and slid right into our seats leaving the rest of their family behind (and a very confused CM :confused:). Like how do you not realize you were arranged so you could be with the rest of your family :bored:. I suppose at least it wasn't as awkward as @TrolleyFollower91 's Spaceship Earth experience. I was so mad that barely took any pictures :oops:. Plus they were using an iPad to take pictures so that was annoying me more...sorry if you do this :)
In truth, there were not that many animals out anyway :)
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Next up: more AK
 
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Day 6 continued
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They were getting everything ready for Rivers of Light!
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However, it was not time to sit down yet so back to Dinoland we went
For some reason we decided to ride TraceraTop Spin
They play weird music on this ride...like oldies instead of Dino themed music which I guess is part of the theme :)
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Next up: more and more
 
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Day 6 continued
We somehow ended up back at the dance party. I just love AK at night, the vibe is incredible!
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We finally decided to head to our seats of R of L. We went in around 8:05 pm and there were already a ton of people there (almost an hour early). We did get some popcorn before because you can bring food and drink in! The popcorn was stale...and we just ate a three course meal 5 hours before so we didn't eat too much! Even though it was crowded it was fine - we sat down and chatted with some people and waited for the show. I don't want to give anything away but the pre-show is pretty cool and that entertained us a bit.
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I've heard the FP seats are a bit better and I'm not sure if thats true because I think our seats were fine. The only thing I hated was in the end they squeezed a bunch of stand-by people into our section and it made our view go downhill a bit. It was kind of annoying since we paid for this spot...but oh well. In the moment I said I would never do the dining package again for this reason...but I changed my mind (mainly because the value of getting a three course meal at Tiffins was super good as opposed to ordering all those things a la carte) :)
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We really liked R of L! I thought the music was good and the concept, while abstract, was really cool :) We will definitely see it again!
We wandered out of AK after this and while we intended on watching Tree of Life Awakenings we figured we would save it for another time :) Back at home we watched HGTV and went off to sleep :)

Next up: last full day
 

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