Trip Report Livin' La Vida Local

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

For those of you that have been following my adventures for awhile now, welcome back! 😊 For those of you that are just joining my adventures, I'll do some quick introductions before we jump on in!

I'm Brittany and this is my prince, Dylan. ❤️ We are from Pennsylvania and got engaged at MK a little over a year ago. We took a page from Walt's book shortly thereafter and chased our dreams, leading us to central Florida. I teach 1st grade and Dylan works at the Magnolia/Palm (Disney) golf courses located across from the Poly and Grand Floridian. After living in FL for a full year now, we are 100% certain that we won't be moving back to PA. We are Floridians through and through and can't imagine living our crazy life together anywhere else. ☺️
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You'll see lots of faces in my report (including some of yours!), but this is the one you'll see most often. 😉 This is my very best Disney friend, Brooke (@wishes2013)! We met through this site and were brought together when we realized that we would both be teaching 1st grade at the same school. I'm not exaggerating when I say that you can either find us at school or Disney... we're together more often than we're not. 😋
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You can find the ongoing trip report that chronicles our first year living in FL and being passholders here. 😊 This report will serve as more of a "highlight reel," rather than detailing every moment of every trip we take to the parks. But fear not, there will still be lots of report to read! If you're looking for your Disney fix or a way to chase those Disney blues away, you can most certainly find it here. 🤗

To all who come to this happy place, welcome!
 
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LisaBelle

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Me neither- I’m already sooooo excited it feels like ages since I was there! I was seriously born in the wrong country - I don’t know what my mum and Dad were thinking living in the UK and not the USA didn’t they know how much I would love Disney and the US.!
:hilarious: What were they thinking! But, I live in the USA and you visit more frequently than I do, lol!
 

blreinsel

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I forgot to finish posting about our night on Monday! Here’s where we headed after MK...
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Dylan gets 40% at some restaurants and right now The Wave is on the list. We decided to try something new!

Pina Colava for the win 😍
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I had the Grilled Beef Tenderloin and it was pretty good! Dylan had the Ribeye and said it was okay.
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We both agreed that we were glad we tried it and enjoyed our meals, however it probably won’t be a repeat for us.
 

blreinsel

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We went to Fantasia Gardens for some mini golf last night. 🏌🏼‍♂️ Let it be known that I beat Dylan! 😋💪🏼 He threw away the scorecard so I don’t have proof, but I do have witnesses! Lol.
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We popped over to Disney Springs after and witnessed a (super awkward) proposal, but it was still fun to watch!

We also got some food from Polite Pig. Dylan and I shared the 3 for $15 sampler.. we had Mac and cheese (to die for), the sweet potato tots (amazing), and the bbq waffle fries (fine).
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Darstarr

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I forgot to finish posting about our night on Monday! Here’s where we headed after MK...
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Dylan gets 40% at some restaurants and right now The Wave is on the list. We decided to try something new!

Pina Colava for the win 😍
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I had the Grilled Beef Tenderloin and it was pretty good! Dylan had the Ribeye and said it was okay.
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We both agreed that we were glad we tried it and enjoyed our meals, however it probably won’t be a repeat for us.
We have an ADR for the Wave in December. I have never heard/seen anything about it. I hope we like it more than you did😎
 

blreinsel

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We have an ADR for the Wave in December. I have never heard/seen anything about it. I hope we like it more than you did😎

Oh it was good! We enjoyed it. There are just so many other restaurants that we want to try. We only repeat the really big ones like Cali Grill. 😉
 

blreinsel

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Hello from AK!
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We started the morning with a Navi River Journey FP. I wish the wait times would go down because I love this ride! It’s just not worth the wait.

We did Tough to Be a Bug and then got some lunch at Flame Tree.
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Next up was Festival of the Lion King. 😍
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Our next FP was for Dinosaur. I saw this in the gift shop on our way out. 😍 MUST. HAVE.
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We grabbed some ice cream to cool down and wait for our Everest FP window to open.
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And now we’re off to find the Yeti!
 

blreinsel

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A spontaneous dinner at Garden Grill? Don’t mind if I do. 😋
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Chip joined us first and spent quite a bit of time with us over the course of our meal!
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Pluto was up next! We told him he was a good boy and he could hardly contain himself. 😋 He said that I was a good girl so we needed to pose like this together lol.
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The main man himself! He was a little awkward, but he eventually went in for his break and the Mickey that returned in his place was a lot more fun. 😉
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Dale noticed my Beauty and the Beast wallet and said that I must be a princess like Belle. 👸🏻 That turned into him pulling me out of my seat and us dancing the night away. ☺️
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Our waitress, Cheryl, was a RIOT the entire meal. She had such a good rapport with all of the characters and they all interacted with her when they came around. At one point, she was literally running around the restaurant chasing Pluto. 😂 He eventually made it back to our table and told us that Cheryl had caught him and tied his ears in front of his eyes lol. He ended up walking away and coming back with a bunch of napkins in his hands that he promptly threw at her. 😂 He felt that his best shot was to just hide from her after that one.
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Our entire meal was incredible, from the food to the characters to Cheryl. I’m SO glad we went and it just made me want to go back. I’ve had good experiences every time I’ve eaten at GG, but this one definitely tops the list.

I went to pick up my Passholder cutting board and snagged a FP for the Chacter Spot on the way. I also popped into Mouse Gear to drool over the Christmas merch. 😍🎅🏻

Construction progress
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Cutting board in hand, I went to visit Mickey and friends before heading out for the night.
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blreinsel

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