Trip Report It’s Christmalicious Disney Time! COMPLETED!

Well hello fine forum members!

I’M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD! TOMORROW! :eek:

With my hubby, too. I think he’s also excited :p

So... this is going to be my attempt at a live trip report. I have managed one or two years ago & failed miserably in more recent times, but I have really enjoyed reading everyone’s reports recently- it really helps with the Disney blues & the countdown to new trips! So I hope I can do the same!

Now the who, when and where- ‘tis my husband Russ and myself, Sam. And we’re leaving tomorrow for 7 nights at the Beach Club! We’re from the U.K. however we’re actually already in America- we flew out on Wednesday to Philadelphia, then got the train to Washington D.C. a day later. We love to see different cities over here & the route worked better with my air miles- plus it means we’ve settled & are over our jet lag in time for our Disney trip! We’ve had fun doing a mix of touristy things and exploring both cities & finding some great restaurants.

And now tomorrow we’re flying out of DCA to Orlando! The airport is a 15 min drive from our hotel & I also love that now we’re already in the US we won’t have to go through customs when we arrive in Orlando- it’s straight on to the Magical Express!
We’re flying with Southwest which we’ve done before- already checked in and in boarding group B which isn’t too bad.

So the reason for the trip title- well, who doesn’t partly/largely come to Disney for the food?! Ha well we do! It’s time to get it alllll in ma belly followed by many a Disney drink. That’s how we do Disney! I am so excited for our ADRs and the Christmas booths in Epcot! Plus, it’s nearly Christmas people! The things I pretty much love in life are Disney, food and Christmas. Hubs & family too, obviously, but... Christmas, delicious food, Disney, all together?! Come on! WOO HOO!

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That was us on our last trip- New Years at Disney and the first week of January. And we both got a 48 hour sickness bug on NYE! We spent the evening listening to the fireworks from our room whilst very sick- and didn’t leave for 2 days! :depressed: So this is a redo sort of. Even when we were better both of us couldn’t really enjoy food for a few days. It was also really weird having everything still Christmassy for the week after New Years, so I’m really looking forward to it now being the build up to Christmas and then going back home for Christmas this time.

It feels like there’s so much more to see since last year too- Pandora, Happily Ever After, Sunset Boulevard Christmas stuff & Baseline Tap House & the Epcot Christmas Festival!

Oh- and it’s our 2nd wedding anniversary whilst we’re here! :inlove: I don’t actually think I could be any more excited... bring on tomorrow! :D
 
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Ariel1986

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Disney Springs is so pretty! :happy:

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So we bought me a Disney sweater as it’s cold! Ha ha. Like I needed an excuse! And then we headed for drinks and an appetizer at Jock Lindsey’s- kind of our first night tradition!

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So delicious!

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And then for the main event... Homecoming!
We didn’t have an ADR we’ve just rocked up to the bar- we like doing that at some places so we don’t have a specific time to stick to!

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Got conned into buying the new squeezy 22oz refill bottles... (when I say conned I mean, totally am a sucker and don’t need any persuading! :D)

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Another appetizer! Delicious! With hot sauce even more amazing!

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Kiwiduck

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Disney Springs is so pretty! :happy:

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So we bought me a Disney sweater as it’s cold! Ha ha. Like I needed an excuse! And then we headed for drinks and an appetizer at Jock Lindsey’s- kind of our first night tradition!

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So delicious!

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And then for the main event... Homecoming!
We didn’t have an ADR we’ve just rocked up to the bar- we like doing that at some places so we don’t have a specific time to stick to!

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Got conned into buying the new squeezy 22oz refill bottles... (when I say conned I mean, totally am a sucker and don’t need any persuading! :D)

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Another appetizer! Delicious! With hot sauce even more amazing!

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Looks yum! I ate there just the other day and it was one of the favourite meals of my holiday. Have fun!
 

Ariel1986

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So I’m awake at 5.30am again, too excited! Got to work on this with several late ADRs & park plans this week! Maybe a mid day power nap!

Russ is still asleep- I’m going to try and go back to sleep for an hour before getting up or waking him. Park opens at 9 so I want to be there at least by 8.30, as they let people on Main Street at 8.
 

Ariel1986

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Been a fairly productive morning so far! Got to MK at 8.30, grabbed a Starbucks and headed to the back entrance to Fantasyland near Sleepy Hollow. This was our first experience of rope drop in the park- ha, little crazy! There was already masses of people at 7DMT so we headed to a 15 min wait for Peter Pan and that was our first ride of the trip!

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We walked past the Tangled restrooms and around through a fairly quiet Frontierland- Splash was closed so we headed to Big Thunder which was only 15 mins wait!

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Back row @Longers !

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It’s chilly but a bright sunny day! Beautiful sky!

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Hit up Pirates- love these shirts!

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And I got me one of these yay!

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Now in Tomorrowland queuing for Astro Orbitor!
 

Ariel1986

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Walking round to Fantasyland after Astro Orbitor!

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For... lunch! An early one at 11.30, but it meant it wasn’t too crowded! We sat in the Library room.

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Can you tell I have crazy eyes of BATB excitement? :joyfull:

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I had the tuna:

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And Russ the French dip! Both very good!

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I had a version of the rose in a jar on our wedding cake :inlove:

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I’m so in love with the sky today!!

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Ariel1986

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So we’ve had a nice afternoon- and the sun being out has warmed it up nicely!

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We left MK & headed back to the resort to do some very exciting laundry from the earlier part of the trip- since we’re now needing those jeans & sweaters in the mornings & evenings!

Whilst that was going we took a stroll in the sun around the Boardwalk- picked up some drinks from the margarita stand (a beer for Russ & a “Rollercoaster Going Down” (I think?) for me. Basically a Pina Colada with extra rum! Delicious! And then we strolled back to put the washing in the dryer & get another drink at the pool bar.

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Love this gingerbread carousel and the smell in the lobby! Especially as it is Lilo & Stitch themed & has Scrump on top!

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Freshening up to go to Hollywood Studios shortly- have 3 fast passes- and then the plan is MK tonight for our first viewing of Happily Ever After! I’m excited to see it!
 

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