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Trip Report It bodes well for me if speed impresses you

In what possibly (and I stress "possibly"), may be the quickest return to WDW that even the exalted @Tuvalu may not have achieved, I will be returning to the parks!

My return from my most recent trip will be 28 days. I will await @Tuvalu 's response to know if she has returned quicker than that. My confidence is high that she most likely has. Could I have messaged her to find out? Sure. But where's the fun in that!

Was this trip planned. Nope. How did it come about?

My good friend who has many DVC contracts and rents out rooms called me about a reservation he had for Boardwalk, (water view) that he needed to rent and it was less than 30 days out so canceling would be a hassle. He offered me an extremely tempting price and I couldn't say no.

But first, I had to run it by the young, hot ball and chain, aka my wife!

Did she say yes? No. Did she say she would think about it? Yes!

Quick back story on my wife. She does not care for Orlando weather between May and October. Any of the other months she is game! I reminded her that this trip would be in her "good to go" window and that she should join me! The seeds of temptation were planted. I let them marrinate without any further discussion for 48 hours.

I currently have several dogs that would be good prospects for training at Disney as well.

Also, keep in mind we have a 10+ day trip booked for the Christmas Holliday. I wasnt sure if she would be cool with travelling down soon only to return within a month and a half.

Did I leave Disney park walk through videos playing on the TV when I left for work each day (before she woke up) in a subtle effort to narcissistically manipulate her emotions? Of course!!

Did it work??????

Sure Thing Smile GIF by Manchester United
 
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Zipadeelady

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Thursday ctd...

Another restaurant we want to visit in December is Rosa Mexicana so my mission was to check it out! I stopped at the room to freshen up and then headed over to the Swan Reserve....which is where I thought the restaurant was.

I entered the Reserve and walked around for several minutes looking for the restaurant. After failing to locate it I pulled out my phone and googled the location and saw it was at The Dolphin.

Luckily it was a beautiful evening and I enjoyed the walk. Amd the Reserve is a beautiful hotel with an amazing bar on the second floor which we have now added to our December list to check it out!

I arrived at Rosa Mexicana soon after. I had a reservation but was told it would be a 10-15 minute wait. I noticed there was a seat at the bar and asked if i could just take that and they could use my table for someone else. The hostess was very polite and seemed a bit relieved she could use the table I would have gotten.

The restaurant was slammed but the bartenders were very energetic and humorous with those of us at the bar. I ordered the spicy cucumber margarita to start
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It was DELICIOUS!

The bartender asked if it was spicy enough and I replied it was spicy for Disney standards. He laughed and said he could make the next one spicier. I gladly accepted the offer.

He asked how spicy I wanted it? I told him to hit me with both barrels.
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While the second looks the same, I assure it was on fire! But it was great. The bartenders watched as I took the first sip and judging by my facial expression they knew they did a good job. The people sitting next to me enjoyed the show of watching my face turn red

I placed my order to go so I could relax and enjoy the food back at the room

I ordered the Mexican rice which was actually an entree not a side item and the bartenders recommended it. I also got the grilled chicken nachos.

On the way back to the room i stopped at Blue Ribbon Corn Dog on the boardwalk to get the mozzarella on a stick. Ya, it was my last night and I wanted to chow down!

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This was very good!

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The food was still hot so I didnt need to microwave it. This was the mexican rice. It had a whole fried egg on top. This was excellent and I would get it again.

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The nachos were also excellent! I mixed the rice in with it. Lots of jalapeños in there too!

And that was the last picture I took on this trip!

I forgot to set my alarm and woke up a bit after 630 am which is passed the time I normally leave. Luckily i had loaded up most of my things earlier in the day Thursday and all I had to grab was my suitcase.

Edith and I slid out the side door and the only person to see us do the walk of shame was a CM walk down the path.

We had smooth sailing all the way home and I was making g great time until...MCDONOUGH!!!! This is a city about 30 minutes outside Atlanta. It took nearly an extra 60 minutes to get through this area. Smh

We eventually made it home safe and sound!

Thanks to everyone for following along and ill post some deep Thoughts next!
Rosa Mexicana looks absolutely delicious. I'm definitely going to have to add it to my list of restaurants.

Thanks for finishing your report! 😆 I look forward to hearing about your next adventures with C.
 

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