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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blreinsel

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Saturday, September 14 cont.

We spent the evening mostly just wandering around WS, enjoying some F&W.

Tropical Mimosa and Cheesecake Bites from Shimmering Sips - the mimosa was just as amazing as last year but the cheesecake bites were nothing special.
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Ravioli from Italy... this was amazing!
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Dylan also got the Le Cellier steak again, so I had a bite of that. Amazing as always! The last thing I tried was not a F&W offering, but it’s still a star in its own right... Grapefruit Beer. I don’t drink beer at all because I think it tastes awful.. but this? This I can do.

We took a spin on SE on our way out and then headed home for the evening!
 

blreinsel

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Friday, September 20

As usual with my report, I’m way behind and have very little detail to include with my pictures. 🙃 But here they are anyway!

I remember that it was a beautiful evening and not terribly busy. I enjoyed just walking around and enjoying the sights and sounds of MNSSHP!
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I got a really good spot for the parade about 15 minutes before it started, so that
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blreinsel

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Saturday, September 21

Date night at Epcot! Don’t mind him.. he refuses to take a serious picture. 🙄🙃
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Pork slider from Hawaii & sparking wine - the slider is one of my favorite F&W dishes every year but the wine wasn’t great.
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The ham and noodle dish from Germany whose name is currently escaping me. 🤔 Also love this one!
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Warm chocolate pudding from Ireland and one of the Joffrey’s specialty drinks. Both were very good!
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This was my last time seeing Illuminations and I was not even a little bit sad... hate me. 😉 It was past time for it to go!
 

blreinsel

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Friday, September 27

My best friend was in town for the party and I was wearing the costume I’d been waiting months for. Y’all ready?

Just out here trying to establish a TUMBLE
MONKEY SECTION. 🐒
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We didn’t do a whole lot because my friend is pregnant, but I did manage to get an Arendelle Aqua cone. 🤤 It was freaking amazing!
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Our parade experience tonight was absolutely amazing. So many of the characters interacted with us and we had a blast!
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blreinsel

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Saturday, September 28

We spent the afternoon at AK, and the highlight was DEFINITELY having the monkeys tell me they loved my shirt during the show. 😍
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We ended up watching 3 shows because we went and introduced ourselves to this man in an ECV who I see there regularly. I was mostly just intrigued because he clearly loves the show as much as I do, but he invited us to sit with him (in handicapped seating) for two more shows... definitely wasn’t going to say no lol. He was so sweet and we loved getting to talk to him. He brings candy for the CMs.. leaves a huge bag backstage for them and then occasionally the monkeys will come and steal some out of his basket during the show. 😂 Everybody there knows and loves him.. I aspire to be him someday! Lol
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A quick safari to see some furry friends!
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blreinsel

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Thursday, October 10

Dylan and I popped into Epcot because we wanted to see Boyce Avenue perform. They are the band that sang the song that we had our first dance as Mr. & Mrs. to, so it was pretty special to get to see them live! They unfortunately didn’t perform our song, but it was still amazing getting to see them! We watched two shows and were treated to a different set list each time.
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PeoplemoverTTA

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I am so sorry that you have like 100 notifications from me liking all your posts - I literally read your entire thread between last night and this morning 😂 I have food poisoning, so living vicariously through your TR distracted me and has me excited for our December trip.

And MANY congrats on your wedding!!
 

blreinsel

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I am so sorry that you have like 100 notifications from me liking all your posts - I literally read your entire thread between last night and this morning 😂 I have food poisoning, so living vicariously through your TR distracted me and has me excited for our December trip.

And MANY congrats on your wedding!!

Lol! I've been super busy and haven't been on for a few weeks, so when I logged on and saw over 300 notifications I was like :oops:😂

Thank you so much! Happy to help distract you from your sickness.. I hope it didn't keep you down for too long!
 

blreinsel

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Tuesday, October 29

With only a few MNSSHP dates left, I decided to be "wild" and go to Disney on a school night. 😉 My main goal was to meet the dwarfs, which was the first thing I did upon arrival. I got in line before the party started and waited about an hour for them. They come out before the actual party start time, so I only missed 15 minutes of the party by the time I finished meeting them.

I told Dopey that I wasn't looking to start any drama with Grumpy, but he's kind of my favorite. Grumpy, naturally, did not handle that news well and I told Dopey I was sorry that he had to sit next to him for the rest of the night. Before our picture, I told Grumpy not to kick me or anything. I literally laughed out loud when I looked at my pictures later. 😂
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I was disappointed with how awful the lighting of ALL of my pictures with them were, but I was able to salvage this one after some editing.
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Though I came with the goal to just meet the dwarfs, I ended up seeing someone much cooler... Equity Ben! And more importantly, his daughter. :joyfull: I had met up with my friend Caitlin after the dwarfs, so we stood and chatted with him before parting ways. Charlotte (his daughter) and I bonded over looking at pictures of Ben on his Instagram. She was very excited to scroll and show me a video of her, too.:joyfull:😍

Since it was a school night, I headed out before the first parade. We got some candy, traded some pins, and rode Mine Train, so it was a successful night overall!
 

blreinsel

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Friday, November 1

The last MNSSHP had finally arrived. :cry: Tonight was a night to revisit my favorites and collect enough candy to last me until next year. 😉 The CMs were increasingly more generous with the candy portions as the night went on, so I left with a pretty heavy bag.

First stop: gravediggers! One gravedigger sees the previous group out the gate while the other greets the next group on the opposite side. When he comes to retrieve the next group, he makes a point to show the next guest in line exactly where they should wait until it's their turn. He slammed his shovel on the ground and motioned that my feet needed to stay behind the line, and I commented on his sassy attitude, knowing it would earn me a good meet and greet with them when it was my turn. 🙃

He came to retrieve me and was, naturally, a little extra mean to me because of my earlier comment. I stepped up to the gazebo and said hello to the other gravedigger, commenting on his friend being awfully sassy (which he agreed with). The first one approached us and I told him that generally I wear the sassy pants, but it was clear that he was far more sassy than I.
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I told them that I had come to thank them for all of their hard work over the last couple of months since it was the last party, but I noticed that their shovels were awfully clean for someone who had been working hard. We agreed that it was bad show to have dirty shovels in front of the guests. :joyfull: They then argued over who had the shinier shovel, and I told the one on the left that he was the winner and called him the #1 gravedigger. We talked about how they were basically Mickey and Donald (with the whole #1 duck situation), and Mr. Sassy Pants on the right was not happy with me.😝
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I loved this meet and greet so much! It was such an awesome addition to the party this year!

I cruised around collecting candy and riding things that had low waits (few and far between... it was a sold out party). Eventually, I went to claim a spot for the first parade. Enjoy my million parade pictures. 😉
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blreinsel

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Friday, November 1 cont.

A few more from the first parade.
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I returned to my candy collecting and hit up a few more rides. I decided against watching the fireworks tonight in favor of catching some things with lower waits - this allowed me to get on Space Mountain, which I hadn't been able to do for a few parties. Eventually, I returned to Main Street to claim a spot for the second parade.
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