Trip Report It’s a Long Way Down Holiday Road... my first attempt at a Live report!



Let’s get this started, shall we? :)

Jack be nimble... Jack be quick... ohhhhh oh oh...

My family has a long tradition of blaring Holiday Road at the beginning of any road trip but especially to Walt Disney World! If my son was going we would do this at the gas station, filling up, windows rolled down whilst wearing Mickey ears way, way, far away from Disney. We get some pretty hysterical looks from people. This time it is just Clark and Ellen, so we will be blaring it in the car as we leave the driveway in a few hours. (Mickey Ears will still be on) :D

We drive mostly at night, so I will sleep. I am a horrible rider, worse than a 2 year old as any of my family will tell you. So my hubby hopes he can at least make it to Florida before I wake up and begin my complaining of Oh, my gaaa, are we there yet... etc. I usually wake up in Georgia though lol because, I am uncomfortable and to be honest too excited to sleep!!

Right now, I am bored and counting down the hours while he sleeps! Packed and ready to go, worse than waiting for Christmas morning.

This will be my first attempt at a Live-ish report- so bear with me.

For those that didn’t read pre-trip report, we are staying at Coronado Springs til 9-11. Free dining so lots of food pictures. I am obsessed with taking photos of Disney food.

I will update here and there as we go, and I am awake. Hopefully I can get another beautiful shot of going through the gate as the sun comes up, there is not a prettier sight to me!

See ya real soon!! ;)
 

DisneyGigi

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A few pictures we have been going like crazy. Will update tonight. We loved Alien Saucers! So cute.
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DisneyGigi

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Time we arrived at Coronado Springs, around 6:30 am-
We made it to DHS, about 8:45, got APs all done by 9:00 am
Ride count- ToT- 3, RnRC- 3, VoTLM, Muppets 3-D, Toy Story Mania- 2, Alien Swirling Saucers, and Star Tours, ate lunch at Rosie’s, early dinner Mama Melrose, watched Star Wars show, (not fireworks)
Ended with Fantasmic. 8.4 miles walked. We still have it! Lol. Thank you to everyone for following and I promise to catch up to everyone’s posts as soon as I rest my feet on this comfy bed, in a room I still can’t believe we got.
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DisneyGigi

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So after going to bed around 11ish. We had an 8:25 Crystal Palace ressie...

Did we make it? Why of course we did!!!

It’s so much friendlier with Pooh! It was nowhere near as crowded as usual and food, service and character interaction was awesome. :)

When we finished, I had a date with a a rabbit... Splash was down our last visit.

I think my pics got out of order..
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DisneyGigi

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We enjoyed several snacks and drinks in World Showcase, then went Soarin’ and took a boat ride to see the veggies. Soarin’ we got a fp for but it wasn’t needed, wait time said 15 minutes, it wasn’t I don’t think but maybe 10. Living with the Land same way. Standby said 10 and it was basically maybe 5. Cape May was wonderful as always. We came back to resort about 8 to rest and wander around a bit. Coronado is dead. Saw like maybe 10 people inside at El Centro and walking around. Few pics. Tomorrow is AK & Ohana late dinner.
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My thoughts on construction. I still don’t think I will like the tower it is going to make the resort different and it does block the wonderful view of fireworks. It is still a gorgeous resort. We had always stayed Cabanas or Ranchos, but I think especially with the Tower the Casitas I prefer. Or maybe that is because they gave us this big suite? Lol
I love the remodel. The floors are great, so clean looking, the lighter colors of the bathroom doors make it bright and cheery. The big desk combo in the bedroom is great. The marble, gorgeous and two sinks! The sinks are very shallow though. The storage is amazing in the bathrooms. I love the closets. Everything is so neat and tidy. The TVs area on the wall and huge, compared to what they were. About 50 inches.
Everything looks so much better.
 

DisneyGigi

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Following along! Have a more than magical stay!
Following along - have a great trip!
It's your lucky day. may be you should play the lottery today
Counting the days for my stay at Coronado in november so following along and hoping to see a few glimps of the current state of the resort!
Have a great trip! I'm looking forward to your report!
What a great room! Enjoy your stay!
That is awesome!! I'm so excited for you!!:)
Woo hoo on the room upgrade! Have a blast!
Super awesome! Congrats on the upgrade! Glad you made it safely!
I'm in! Congrats on 26 years and yay for the upgrade!!
Thank you guys! We are having an absolute ball!
 

MinnieM123

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And what in the crap is up with Florida water and hair? It always frizzes mine up but with it being very color treated now, aka bleached to cover my gray coming in it makes it horrible fly away. I have resorted to a hat!

First rule of visiting WDW--always wear a hat. No one can do anything with their hair down there, so just throw on a hat and hide it!! ;) (I also wear a hat to keep some of the sun off my head--I don't do well in the heat to begin with, but a hat definitely helps a bit.)

Congrats on the room upgrade--nice!! :cool:
 

DisneyGigi

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First rule of visiting WDW--always wear a hat. No one can do anything with their hair down there, so just throw on a hat and hide it!! ;) (I also wear a hat to keep some of the sun off my head--I don't do well in the heat to begin with, but a hat definitely helps a bit.)

Congrats on the room upgrade--nice!! :cool:
This is the first time mine has been this bad. Usually I can just clip it up. May be my hair products too. I used some of my Paul Mitchell Clarifying for chlorine today and it feels a bit better than the Matrix. Fingers crossed!
 

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