Trip Report It's going to be a magical-why is it so hot-where is the churro cart-as it happens trip report.

Going to try to post live goings on as we spend two days at Uni and eight days at WDW.

Where - Pop Century
When - now (well as soon as we land)
Who - Mrs. 'Matata, son and daughter and Mother in law.

Notables:

First time ADRs at BOG and Nine Dragons.

Daughters first trip after conquering fear of roller coasters.

Sons first trip tall enough to ride everything.

First trip with the FP+, MDE, Memory Maker options. So far have not experienced any glitchy ness.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Finally.

 

[Bob]

Finally.

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Mmmmmm, processed corn torillas.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Some random pics

 

[Tiggerish]

I am in total agreement with bullet points 3 and 4.

 

[Brian & Jill]

A couple of general observations.

• Far fewer ECVs than I anticipated seeing.
• That being said, to the old bag on the ECV speeding to the bus stop at downtown Disney that almost ran over my son who was walking hand in hand next to me and rolled your eyes at us, I would imagine drinking a margarita while driving your ECV is prolly not the safest thing to do.
• Far too many parents attempting to reason with their children in melt down mode. Swat the backside, release their pent up tension, move on.
• Helpful hint: don't look a different direction than you are walking. If you are stationary, look the direction you are going to walk prior to walking.
• The Joffrey's Whiskey Sour Lemonade is quite tasty
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Where do we find the Wiskey Sour Lemonade?

 

[Brian & Jill]

Love the live trip report so far!!!!! Keep us posted!

 

[Hakunamatata]

Where do we find the Wiskey Sour Lemonade?

I got it at the Joffrey's stand near TSMWM at DHS.

 

[FlaggNL]

Thanks for the great updates and off course still following along!

 

[Hakunamatata]

Epcot then DAK today.

Some pics thus far.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Lunch at Chefs de France

Daughter had this fizzy OJ drink. Rather tasty.

French onion soup is always a good choice.

Burger was good. That's half of it. It's huge. Easily enough to split among a couple of people.

Sorbet was awesome. Amongst those fresh berries are coconut, mango, and strawberry sorbets.

Now off to DAK to catch the nemo musical.

 

[George]

How was the food at the commissary? It's been a while since I've been there, and my last experience was pretty poor.

Not the best food, but unlimited access to tables in air conditioning have made this a common stop on trips with the kids.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Another FP+ positive. Transferred to DAK got FP for Nemo Musical.

 

[George]

Maybe one of the best fireworks shows I have seen.

The SWW weekends fireworks show last year was fantastic. I concur with your sentiment completely. Actually, I agree with many of your observations. Kind of disturbing.

 

[George]

Lunch at Chefs de France

Daughter had this fizzy OK drink. Rather tasty. View attachment 95610
French onion soup is always a good choice. View attachment 95611
Burger was good. That's half of it. It's huge. Easily enough to split among a couple of people. View attachment 95612
Sorbet was awesome. Amongst those fresh berries are coconut, mango, and strawberry sorbets. View attachment 95613

Now off to DAK to catch the nemo musical.

I LOVE Orangina. Love it. That is all.

 

[Hakunamatata]

We headed to DAK. As we were exiting the nemo musical it was down poring. Being drenched we decided to head back to the resort early. Rest for our last two days in the parks.

Some pics from today.


Avatar land coming along

I really used to enjoy this show. This time it was just meh. I found myself wondering how the performers bring themselves to do the same thing day after day after day.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Today we headed back to the MK for our last time in the park this trip.

We rode 7DMT standby. Sign said 70 minutes but it took only an hour. The queu is really nicely done and after going through it I can see why it may have taken as long to build as it did. I will post more pics later but what really impressed me was the "rock/concrete" work. The pics below are part of the queu close to the entrance to the inside portion of the attraction. What appears to be rough cut logs is actually concrete work. I couldn't find any indication that a mild or form was used so I think it was all done by hand.

Yep. That's all rock/concrete.

We then caught the afternoon parade then lunch at Plaza Restraunt. I will say that the Briskett Onion burger is by far the burger I have had on property.

I will post more pics of 7D and the parade later.

 

[Disneygal1]

This report is fabulous. Such an easy read, and I feel like I'm on the trip, too!

 

[ShookieJones]

Lunch at Chefs de France

Daughter had this fizzy OJ drink. Rather tasty. View attachment 95610
French onion soup is always a good choice. View attachment 95611
Burger was good. That's half of it. It's huge. Easily enough to split among a couple of people. View attachment 95612
Sorbet was awesome. Amongst those fresh berries are coconut, mango, and strawberry sorbets. View attachment 95613

Now off to DAK to catch the nemo musical.

Our lunch at Chefs was one of the highlights of our trip. Actually had a bunch of great experiences in France pavilion this year but I'm going to save that for my own trip report. This is all about you....and churros of course...lots and lots of churros.

@George I be luvin' me some Orangina too! One of the many awesome food\drink related memories of growing up EYE-talian.

 

[ShookieJones]

Today we headed back to the MK for our last time in the park this trip.

We rode 7DMT standby. Sign said 70 minutes but it took only an hour. The queu is really nicely done and after going through it I can see why it may have taken as long to build as it did. I will post more pics later but what really impressed me was the "rock/concrete" work. The pics below are part of the queu close to the entrance to the inside portion of the attraction. What appears to be rough cut logs is actually concrete work. I couldn't find any indication that a mild or form was used so I think it was all done by hand.
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Yep. That's all rock/concrete.

We then caught the afternoon parade then lunch at Plaza Restraunt. I will say that the Briskett Onion burger is by far the burger I have had on property.

I will post more pics of 7D and the parade later.

I don't understand some folks around here panning 7DMT.
Not an E-ticket? Ehhhh whatever! so It's a C ticket I guess???
Me? I have E-ticket level fun every time I ride that d*mn thing, I guess I'm getting a bargain.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Last day at the world is spent a Epcot. Crowds are much lighter than I expected for a Friday. Rode SE and Journey into Someone's Imagination on FP. I grabbed this photo because all of the sudden I realized only two of the three people shown created what they were recognized for. The third abducted Figment.

A little snack in Norway.

The turf invades Epcot.

Always love this show.

Great to see the period attire

@Monty take cover now.