Trip Report JenniferS (and Mike) will be live 9/2-9/13 ... maybe!

Yes, it’s that time of year again, time for another live trip report from two of your favourite Canadians ... which means of course, that another hurricane is headed to Florida.

This will be my fourth live WDW trip report. The “who” and “where” remain the same, but the “how” and “when” are very much up in the air right now.

2016 here: (No, I don’t know how to embed links in a little blue “here”)

Hi, my name is JenniferS, and I am a Disneyholic. I have been accused of being a Pixie Dust snorter. I've been accused of worse, so no biggie.

Once we get home from a Disney trip, I am always in a bit of a funk, and never really up to doing a proper trip report. For those of you who know me, I generally post live over in Chit Chat somewhere. This is my first dedicated live trip report in the actual Trip Report Thread.

The cast:
Me. JenniferS. Just turned 49. Honestly friends, I don't know how that happened. I still feel 27. But, my passport and driver's licence insist I was born in 1967, and I have two 20-something sons, so it must be true.

This is me, on my way to work this morning. All smiles, because this is my last day of work for almost two weeks!
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And this is Hubby. He is not on his way to work today, as he has been off work for 6 months. He is 48 years old and this is the first entire summer he has had off since he was 14. In 31 years together, this is only the second time I have seen him with a tan.

Goofy is his favourite character.
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And last year, he was obsessed with this over-sized "Stitchie". There was no room in our luggage, but this year, I am determined to buy it for him, and bring it home by any means necessary. Actually, I'm just going to bring our big SouthWest duffel bag, and pay for an extra bag coming home.

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This will be our first Disney trip, just the two of us, since 1992!

Okay, that's the Who.
Coming up next - the Where.

2017 here:

This will be my fourth live trip report in a year, and after NYC last week, I thought Hubby had reached his limit, but he says, "No, go ahead, do a live trip report. It lets me control the tv while you talk to your friends." (As we meet more of my WDWDisney friends, he uses finger quotes around "friends" less and less.)

So, here we go, another live trip report. I really don't have the will to do a post trip report, so it's "live" or nothing. Once I'm out of the bubble, I'm out.

Introductions.
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That would be me, Jennifer, on the left. Big Disney fan, big Blue Jays fan, big Hubby fan. Ace, in the middle - although he will always be BJ Birdie to me. Hubby, Mike, on the right. Although Mike is the one who first introduced me to Disney in 1991, it's not really his thing. He goes with me most years to make me happy. And also for the food.

As with our past three trips, we will be spending 11 days, 10 nights at Coronado Springs Resort. We booked a BounceBack offer before checking out last year, before knowing how much construction would be going on. Oh well, it is what it is. And what it is, is my favourite resort in my Happy Place; so it's all good.

We have a Preferred King room booked, which means Casitas 1, 2, or 3. Nonetheless, I think I will be sending in a room preference fax tomorrow asking for a refurbed King room in either 7A or 8A. I'll be happy either way. I am ridiculously easy to please whilst in WDW.

Yes, I am one of those Free Dining parasites. By booking the BB offer last year, we are actually getting the full DDP for free, instead of having to upgrade from QDP. I put great thought and effort into our ADR's. Mike is a big guy and eats a lot. The heat and humidity really kills my appetite, so Mike eats at least half of my meals too. (I've recently packed on 20 pounds, so that may be a good thing.)

Next up, our somewhat loosey goosey itinerary.

2018 here:

Technically this is a pre-trip report, but we’ll be going live in less than a week!

This will be my third live September trip report.
2016:
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/jennifers-is-live-9-7-16-9-17-16.918342/#post-7389286

2017:
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/jennifers-was-live-9-6-17-9-16-17.931263/#post-7871205

It’s going to be a lot of same old/same old, as the cast, location, and ADR’s are pretty much the same. What can I say - we like what we like. And what we like is each other, Walt Disney World, Coronado Springs, and Free Disney Dining.

First, the who.
Me, JenniferS - Uber planning, pixie dust snorting Disney-aholic, 51 year old kid at heart (despite what the mirror says).
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This is Hubby. He likes the Tar Heels, the Blue Jays, food, beer, and me. Not necessarily in that order.
The words most often heard coming out of his mouth are “Whatever you want, Baby.”
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This is us. We are adorable together. We’re each other’s ride or die.
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Last year, we were celebrating my 50th birthday (as much as women celebrate these “milestones”).

This year, we are celebrating Mike’s 50th (both of us born in August, so it’s close enough to count) AND our 25th wedding anniversary earlier this year.

We have children, but we don’t bring them to Disney very often anymore. If they decide to get married and start giving us grand-babies, I will re-visit this decision. But for now, they stay home. We are on Jen and Mike time.

After two live trip reports, I’m not sure how wordy this report will be, but it will be heavy on pics, most especially of food! As Mike says - I’m only here for the food.

To be continued ....

To be continued ....

 

[Eric1955]

I wore the exact same Billy Joel shirt today!

 

[JenniferS]

RIP. I will miss you.

 

[JenniferS]

I wore the exact same Billy Joel shirt today!

Ha!

 

[JenniferS]

Before leaving the park, we had to ride SSE. One simply does not go to Epcot and NOT ride the ball!

Hey, sweet thing!

Does this look like treehouse to you?
No? Me neither. Somebody goofed.

 

[JenniferS]

Day 4 recap.

It was a very satisfying day. It also got up to 95 degrees today and knocked us all for a loop. Plans changed. I will do my best to reconstruct the day.

DHS:
Falcon
Woody’s Lunchbox snack
Droid Depot
Dok-Ondar’s
Oga’s Cantina
Toy Story Mania
Frozen Sing Along
Lunch at Docking Bay 7
Ice cream/snacks
One Man‘s Dream

Epcot
Test Track
Gran Fiesta
Lots of beer and snacks
The Ball

And a couple of steps here and there.

 

[JenniferS]

A few leftover pics from throughout the day.

Don’t use the washrooms in Toy Story Land.
Why?
They have cooties.*

* Recycled joke from last year, but sorry - I still think it’s hilarious.

Outdoor seating area at Docking Bay 7.
On a 95 degree day ... no thank you.

They have these water dispensing units throughout SE:GE. Bloody marvellous! And much appreciated.

 

[JenniferS]

Tomorrow is a much-needed and previously scheduled rest day. Sleep in, swim, whatever.

Meeting J & K at MK for 12:30. Both parties will be taking the bus. (We all know how well that goes for us, but with the new tram drop off zone being sooooo far from the gates, I’m willing to give it another shot.)

Buses back to our individual resorts, and then drive together to the Poly for dinner at ‘Ohana. Yum.

Mike is already out like a light, and I can barely keep my eyes open. Catch you all in the morning. Not early.

 

[JenniferS]

We’ve decided to name our droids Dorian and Irma - now we have to decide which is which.

Two schools of thought - Mike’s is fiercer, mine is friendlier.

Irma was more destructive than Dorian. Mike gets Irma.

Irma is a girl’s name. I get Irma.

Thoughts?

 

[JenniferS]

Current time - 12:23 pm

Let’s see how this goes shall we.

 

[PUSH]

We’ve decided to name our droids Dorian and Irma - now we have to decide which is which.

Two schools of thought - Mike’s is fiercer, mine is friendlier.

Irma was more destructive than Dorian. Mike gets Irma.

Irma is a girl’s name. I get Irma.

Thoughts?

Mike takes Irma.

You take Dorian.

 

[JenniferS]

Mousekeeping has been rather inattentive so far.
She keeps forgetting to refill the K-cups. She keeps forgetting to leave any toiletries. She also keeps forgetting to sweep.

Today, I forgot to leave out the tip envelope.

J & K opted out of Mousekeeping and got a $70 credit. I have never felt inclined to opt out, but this trip I don’t feel I’m getting $13/day value.*

* That’s $17.02 with exchange.

 

[JenniferS]

Yup, now I remember why we don’t take the buses.
That is all.

 

[JenniferS]

We are here. And we are hungry.

I ate EVERY SINGLE bite. Mike has a sad.

 

[Oh bother!]

Waiting to get into Oga’s. We’re waiting for a booth, so it might be a bit.

I’ll be getting a Porg mug. Obvi.

Did you have to ask at check in if you want a booth?
Loving your report so far!

 

[JenniferS]

Love your report so far! Thanks for doing it

J & K’s daughter ( my FAVOURITE niece) is back at home with strep throat following us in real time. I’m hoping it makes her feel better.

I also go back through my trip reports various times throughout the year, while I am 2,051 km away from my Happy Place.

 

[JenniferS]

Did you have to ask at check in if you want a booth?
Loving your report so far!

We did ask. I’ve just had knee surgery, so I’d rather stand outside waiting 15 minutes for a booth than stand 45 minutes at a table inside.

 

[JenniferS]

Momento Mori. I like it all.

 

[JenniferS]

50 mins for HM? Nope.
We’ll do 30 min SB for IaSW. At least we’re under cover and almost in the AC part of the line.

PPF is down.

Wifi is very spotty.

 

[JenniferS]

I have never been backed up this far in the ride.

In front.

And behind.

 

[PUSH]

I have never been backed up this far in the ride.

In front.
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And behind.
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It's a good time to memorize the lyrics.