Trip Report It's Two, Two, TWO Trips in One! *COMPLETED*

Title reference for those of you younger than dirt ~



Got it? Good!

This trip report is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a picture of me and my significant other.

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I invite you, if you dare, to follow along on a lengthy adventure that includes three resorts, lots of flowers, exotic food and a Fruber (a what?) Because this report travels directly to.........the Tuvalu Zone.
 
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imahistorygeek

imahistorygeek

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Tuvalu said:
We're still perplexed as to the inclusion of Mexi-corn with both entrees. It's not exactly traditional Colonial food. o_O
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My face when I saw the corn.
Edit - @lostpro9het says the picture link doesn't work...and well, I'm not hunting down another link.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Trust me, you're missing a highly accurate representation of my face.
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susan lees

susan lees

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Tuvalu said:
Sunday, con't

After I bid Woody farewell (is it wrong that I shed a tear at the end of Wishes but not when my beloved left me?) I returned to Hawaii ~ it was Happy Hour!

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Score for more turkey BLTs! As you can see, I was one of "those people" who made dinner from the apps. Actually, I was just filling my hunger for Woody with food (sorry Em!)

I was also trying to stretch the remaining time I had left at the Poly. I neglected to mention that this morning when Woody dropped his bag at Resort Airline Check In, I stowed my suitcase with Bell Services. It was moving day to resort #3.

I sat in the lounge long enough to receive a text from Woody saying he had met up with my next vacation companion in the airport.....which meant I needed to say goodbye to the Poly.

My Uber driver lifted my spirits on the journey to my new resort. Although technically, it was JOURNEY who lifted my spirits on the journey. The driver had the radio on and when the first few notes of the song Lights began to play (and my head began to bob in rhythm), he CRANKED UP THE VOLUME and we both sang along....at the top of our lungs!

It gets better. The next song was I've Had The Time of My Life ~ the driver sang the Bill Medley part while I sang Jennifer Warnes' part ~ again at ear-deafening volume.

It was my BEST Uber ride ever.

So I was in a good mood when I checked in here:
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I love that, so funny made me lol. I am always singing out loud, especially at wdw, much to the embarrassment of the family. Only makes me do it more.
 
Tuvalu

Tuvalu

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Though I had done online check-in and agreed to the direct-to-room text option, I never received the room assignment. I was officially checked out of Poly at 9 am (though club level guests may still access Hawaii and enjoy the lounge until 11:59 pm of checkout day.) So I looked around for the online check-in desk. There wasn't one. o_O

I got in the regular line and waited. What's the point of checking in online if you only end up in the same long line of guests who did not use that option?

When my turn finally came, the CM just shrugged in response to my "I wasn't texted my room number." I had requested a first floor room near transportation. I was given a 3rd floor room not-so-near transportation.

To the CMs credit, she went to ask about an available first floor room. 20 minutes later I learned there were none.

My Magical Meter was going way down. Not even Journey could lift my mood now.

The CM said there would be a first floor room available tomorrow afternoon if I wanted to switch rooms. She suggested going to see the room I was assigned and call the front desk if I wanted to make the switch.

Room was in the 70s section. Magical Meter was inching up.
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Did not get a refurbished room, but didn't expect to since the room refurb goes until 2018. Magical Meter neutral.

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Uh-oh, connecting room. This could be trouble.
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(And it was around 11pm when a loud boy with a thick accent proceeded to try to open our door....first by turning the
k n o b (really that's a bleeped word??), then pushing, then banging. When his connecting door slammed shut I concluded that he had figured out his efforts were useless. Magical Meter down.)

Instead of a can of mosquito repellent, the room had wipes.
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The room was very close to the elevator and wasn't too far from the main building, so I decided to let my traveling companion make the decision to switch or stay.

A text buzz informed me it was time for our meet up. :)
 
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Tuvalu

Tuvalu

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imahistorygeek said:
My face when I saw the corn.
Edit - @lostpro9het says the picture link doesn't work...and well, I'm not hunting down another link.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Trust me, you're missing a highly accurate representation of my face.
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That's hilarious! Glad the link worked. :p

susan lees said:
I love that, so funny made me lol. I am always singing out loud, especially at wdw, much to the embarrassment of the family. Only makes me do it more.
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Singing gives joy to the soul. Embarrassing family increases the joy. ;)
 
Tuvalu

Tuvalu

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Now for the big reveal.


IT'S MY MAMA!!
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@Big Hair another dynamic mother-daughter duo. ;) Only this time I get to be the young one.
@Tony the Tigger, will she enjoy the taste of Boba Balls again this trip? :p

Our first mother-daughter Disney trip was 20 years ago. The next one was for her birthday in 2015. (In between we took two 3-generations trips when Em was in her early teens.) So this is our third. (A number the Tuvalu/Trolleyfollower combo has already surpassed...:cautious:)

Let's open up the old picture album from 1996 for a memory from that first trip.
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The other mother-daughter duo were our bowling partners. There's a previously unshared Tuvalu fun fact ~ she's a bowler. Or rather was a bowler, since I have not bowled in a league or otherwise since the turn of the century. Come to think of it, I haven't seen the above mother-daughter duo since then either.

(And if there is anything worse than the Birthday Cake Castle, it would be the not-yet-finished Birthday Cake Castle :hungover:)

Some background on how our current trip came to be ~ My dad takes an annual trip to Hilton Head with his golfing buddies. Instead of spending the week home alone, Mom asked if I wanted to go to Disney. She didn't know Woody and I had plans to be there the week before, resulting in "Oh never mind" when I told her. I explained that I would be happy to extend my vacation and could change my flight home without penalty since I'd flown Southwest. (Bonus, that new flight was cheaper!)

Mom likes Pop Century so that's where we booked. I made the first floor close-to-transportation request for her, but when we got to the room she said our location was fine.

And a short while later "fine" = Magical Meter way up!!
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MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Tuvalu said:
Uh-oh, connecting room. This could be trouble.
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Tuvalu said:
(And it was around 11pm when a loud boy with a thick accent proceeded to try to open our door....first by turning the
k n o b (really that's a bleeped word??), then pushing, then banging. When his connecting door slammed shut I concluded that he had figured out his efforts were useless
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I think it was only one time that I was given a connecting room. I called down to the front desk and told them no way I was staying there, so I went back down and they gave me another room. (The locks on connecting doors are not the heavy locks that they use on the guestroom doors, from the hallways.)

Guess it goes back to my childhood when my parents drove the family up to the outskirts of Montreal, and we stayed in a motel overnight. Of course, some drunk in the next room tries to open the stupid connecting door and was also banging on it. I remember thinking that if the guy was bigger, he could have easily kicked in the door. (My father called the front desk and they called the cops--the guy was escorted out of the motel.)
 
Tuvalu

Tuvalu

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MinnieM123 said:
I think it was only one time that I was given a connecting room. I called down to the front desk and told them no way I was staying there, so I went back down and they gave me another room. (The locks on connecting doors are not the heavy locks that they use on the guestroom doors, from the hallways.)

Guess it goes back to my childhood when my parents drove the family up to the outskirts of Montreal, and we stayed in a motel overnight. Of course, some drunk in the next room tries to open the stupid connecting door and was also banging on it. I remember thinking that if the guy was bigger, he could have easily kicked in the door. (My father called the front desk and they called the cops--the guy was escorted out of the motel.)
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What a childhood nightmare!
I disdain connecting rooms for that and another reason ~ the noise bleed from the other room. But I also dislike the hassle of switching rooms if the new room isn't immediately ready. Mom was content (she didn't hear the boy) so we stayed put.
 
BuddyThomas

BuddyThomas

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Tuvalu said:
Where to next?

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You can eliminate the top choice. Woody opts out of Splash Mountain because he doesn't like to get wet. However, this would have been a great time to ride Splash Mountain because we were already wet!!

Option 4 is not a bad guess since our potty breaks are more frequent in the morning. But we didn't need to rest yet.

Option 3 is a better guess because we do love our rides on the MPB. :happy:

Those of you that chose option 2 probably sensed we had a FP to burn......and you'd be correct!!

@Longers, Em's usually in charge of the BTMRR selfies ~ and I am not a good pinch hitter.
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UGGHHHH @BuddyThomas, turkey neck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To quickly erase that last image from your minds, please focus on the following Photopass pics.
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"UGGHHHH @BuddyThomas, turkey neck!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

You look just lovely, for real - don't give it a second thought.
 
StephK

StephK

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Tuvalu said:
I'll even give you bonus points for the Friends meme, @StephK! :)
But not for Mickey.....oh, so disturbing.......:eek:
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I'm super disturbed myself that it exists, and i didn't think @TrolleyFollower91 would actually like a meme of Mickey being defiled but it kept popping up when I searched Disney eye memes.. I'm deleting that bit from my post *shudders*

But also hooray for my correct guess :)
 

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