Trip Report Florida Fresh Spring March 2018

Hello all and welcome to my trip report! I've been back for about a week but I've been slow to upload pictures and I actually caught a pretty nasty cold that has had me down the last couple of days.

So here's the intro:

Who: Me (Amy) and my husband (Brad)
Where are we from?: Northern Wisconsin (So were were definitely in need of some Florida sun.)
When: March 10-17, 2018
Resort: All Star Sports (we stay value because it is the cheapest and we can use that extra $$ for good food and drinks)

Start of the journey:

We actually started our trip on Friday March 9 and drove up to Minneapolis and stayed at a hotel near the airport. Our flight was leaving early in the morning and we didn't want to have drive early in the morning to the airport. So we relaxed at the Hilton by the airport and had a nice dinner at the Mall of America. We did have a crazy experience at the pool area here...we were just getting into the pool and we saw a pre-teen girl get out of the hot tub and was walking quickly (not running) towards the pool and she slipped and her head banged like a basketball on the pool area floor. It was pretty horrifying. I was about to get out of the pool and go help her but her parents were there and helped her and got medical help. So that put a little bit of a damper on what turned out to be our only pool time of the trip but I'm sure the girl had a worse time of it then we did.

Me with my first beer of the trip at the Mall of America. It was a Surly Furious, a local brew.
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Relaxing at the Hilton with a drink. A fancy rum and Coke for hubs and a Grain Belt (another Minnesota beer) for me. This was at about 7:30-8pm and we were basically falling asleep.
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At the airport bright and early for our flight! The Caribou coffee place wasn't open yet, but I like their coffee so much better than Dunkin', Starbucks, or even McDonald's so I waited about 15 minutes for it to open before heading to the gate.
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All aboard! We splurge a little bit and always get the big front seat when we fly with Spirit, it is almost like first class but without the booze and the meal.
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Bye bye!
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amjt660

Well-Known Member
Great start to your TR as always Amy

Nice to see you are letting Brad come along for a change - you are the queen of the solo trip!!!

JK - I know you and hubs go often!!

I am trying to convince my family to take a step down in resort (from Deluxe down to Mod) to have more $$ for other things.
Slowly convincing them for the next trip (which is not planned yet).
It is sort of like trying to turn an aircraft carrier around - these things do not turn like they are on rails!!

Following along

Max
 

LeighM

Well-Known Member
Yay, your trip report is here!! I'm going to be looking in the background of your pictures to see if I can find myself LOL. Nomad Lounge is a place I was hoping to go this trip but it never did work out - next time! We took the $60 for opting out of housekeeping too. We never use housekeeping when we're there so it was a steal for us :)
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Original Poster
Always enjoy your TRs! By the way, your first-night airport Hilton looked very nice inside there. Glad the flight went well, too.

The photo of Brad playing the drums made me giggle. Good for him! :happy:

Glad they're finally getting in some better designs for the t-shirts. I love the blue one with the collage of all the parks.

Great Nomad Lounge photos and explanation of drinks and food. (Do you know if they serve food up at the bar or just at tables?) Actually, I can't tell if there are tables--is it just bar seating only? Nomad is fairly new, so I'm not familiar with it.

Jiko looked outstanding--actually, I've never read a bad review of that restaurant.

Thanks! Brad always stops to play the drums there and at the Outpost in Epcot. He is very musical so he loves it!

As for the Nomad Lounge, it has its own bar menu that you can order anywhere either inside or out. I have also heard that you can order from the Tiffins menu at the lounge too. It would be a good option for you as a solo traveler. And if you are interested in Jiko there is a bar in the restaurant in which you can order from the main menu as well.
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Original Poster
Lots of booze, Im in!!! you guys are definitely #DDTRW!

Yep, there will be booze! And in June I'm going on a trip with my old college roomie we are celebrating our 40th b-day. She really wanted to go to the Gulf Coast and convinced me to go by agreeing to a couple days at WDW. The only thing she really wants to do is Drink Around the World at Epcot, so just wait you'll get some great booze pictures then!
 

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