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 ....

 

[King Panda 77]

Apparently J’s team is the Rams.

When it comes to football i am a Canary's fan ...

 

[JenniferS]

Our room is a tip, so I’m tidying up.
Merchandise round up, before I pack everything away. Most of these things are gifts. For whom, remains to be seen.

These are clearly for Irma and Dorian.

Mister spray bottles. Very cool. Literally ... if you add ice water.

You’ve already seen the two droids, the two SW mugs from Dok-Ondar’s, and the two Porg mugs.

And no, I wasn’t joking. I really did get the LEGO train station on the first night we got here. Apparently I am quite hard to buy for, so when I see something I like, Mike grabs it.

 

[Tiggerish]

I have that same teapot!

But I didn't buy it at WDW. Ordered it from a PBS catalog years and years ago.

 

[Monty]

Our room is a tip, so I’m tidying up.
Merchandise round up, before I pack everything away. Most of these things are gifts. For whom, remains to be seen.

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These are clearly for Irma and Dorian.
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Mister spray bottles. Very cool. Literally ... if you add ice water.
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You’ve already seen the two droids, the two SW mugs from Dok-Ondar’s, and the two Porg mugs.

And no, I wasn’t joking. I really did get the LEGO train station on the first night we got here. Apparently I am quite hard to buy for, so when I see something I like, Mike grabs it.

Aaawwww.... Shucks!


You didn't have to bring stuff back for me! How sweet!

 

[JenniferS]

Although I’ve seen lots of people post about it, I’ve never had it before ... but this is the year we both finally got the dreaded Florida heat rash. Something to do with it being 95 degrees every day I’m sure. It’s worse on my right leg where I wear the knee brace.

(My ankles went MIA on Day 1, no worries there.)

Also, to prove that I am the least vain person in the world, yes, I went down to the laundry room looking like this:

I’m getting in the pool in 10 seconds anyway, so I didn’t think it really mattered. It’s not like anyone saw me.

 

[Andrew C]

Our room is a tip, so I’m tidying up.
Merchandise round up, before I pack everything away. Most of these things are gifts. For whom, remains to be seen.





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These are clearly for Irma and Dorian.




Mister spray bottles. Very cool. Literally ... if you add ice water.


You’ve already seen the two droids, the two SW mugs from Dok-Ondar’s, and the two Porg mugs.

And no, I wasn’t joking. I really did get the LEGO train station on the first night we got here. Apparently I am quite hard to buy for, so when I see something I like, Mike grabs it.

LOL @ at the jammie dodgers. No hobnobs or chocolate digestives?

 

[JenniferS]

We are showered, all fed up, and headed to get the laundry. From there, it’s MK time.

First meal at Pepper Market this trip.

Shrimp Po’ Boy? That’s new. Sign me up. Mike too apparently.

I got my sauce on the side. I hate a soggy bun.

I should probably crop out his open mouth, it’s not a flattering shot, but hey, if my laundry room hair didn’t shock you, nothing will.

This was way sweeter than I was expecting. We shared it.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Our room is a tip, so I’m tidying up.
Merchandise round up, before I pack everything away. Most of these things are gifts. For whom, remains to be seen.

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These are clearly for Irma and Dorian.
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Mister spray bottles. Very cool. Literally ... if you add ice water.
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You’ve already seen the two droids, the two SW mugs from Dok-Ondar’s, and the two Porg mugs.

And no, I wasn’t joking. I really did get the LEGO train station on the first night we got here. Apparently I am quite hard to buy for, so when I see something I like, Mike grabs it.

Dibs on...well...everything. So just "dibs".

 

[NYwdwfan]

We are showered, all fed up, and headed to get the laundry. From there, it’s MK time.

First meal at Pepper Market this trip.

Shrimp Po’ Boy? That’s new. Sign me up. Mike too apparently.

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I got my sauce on the side. I hate a soggy bun.
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I should probably crop out his open mouth, it’s not a flattering shot, but hey, if my laundry room hair didn’t shock you, nothing will.
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This was way sweeter than I was expecting. We shared it.
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Those potatoes look really good.

 

[JenniferS]

Those potatoes look really good.

You say that every time.

PS - they were!

 

[JenniferS]

And oh yeah, happy 72nd birthday in Heaven, Daddy.

 

[King Panda 77]

We are showered, all fed up, and headed to get the laundry. From there, it’s MK time.

First meal at Pepper Market this trip.

Shrimp Po’ Boy? That’s new. Sign me up. Mike too apparently.

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I got my sauce on the side. I hate a soggy bun.
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I should probably crop out his open mouth, it’s not a flattering shot, but hey, if my laundry room hair didn’t shock you, nothing will.
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This was way sweeter than I was expecting. We shared it.
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I'm just shocked the lids are still on yer beers

 

[JenniferS]

I'm just shocked the lids are still on yer beers

There’s a trick to that.

Spoiler: Shhhh, don’t tell anyone ....

You send your wife through to refill the mugs and get a table. And then - you pile ALL the food on one tray and lay the beers on their side. When the CM offers to open them for you, tell her you’re not sure you can balance the tray that way. Works almost every time.

Unless of course you meant that you’re surprised he hasn’t drunk them both ... in which case, it’s because we’re driving very shortly.

 

[JenniferS]

4:00 and we’re just on our way to the Parks.
It’s like we think we’re on vacation or something, eh.

 

[JenniferS]

Oh, and Mike wants y’all to know that he fetched coffee this morning, making the score officially 4-3.

 

[JenniferS]

Monorail is down, and the ferry pulled away 30 seconds ago. The bus is looking better and better.

 

[wdw93]

I don’t hate the Patriots in particular - although I’m led to believe this is a common thing. I hate ALL of the discussion of football swirling around me; much of it centred on the Patriots the past few days.

If it makes you feel better, I’m sick of hearing about Mike’s Eagles, J’s whatever team, K’s sad sack Bills ... and every other team they’re playing, have ever played, or are ever going to play.

Sadly, it is Monday, so I suspect I am in for a day of Monday Morning Quarterbacking.

no worries-no one outside of New England cared about the Patriots for years - I actually think the 'hate' is amusing.

 

[Dave B]

It’s party time.

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Love the shirts, where did you get them?

 

[JenniferS]

 

[JenniferS]

Love the shirts, where did you get them?

My SIL made them.

She used the Cricut app to find the design, and then used her Cricut to cut the material, and then she ironed them on. Greek to me.