Hello everyone :wave: I've always enjoyed reading trip reports and have decided to try one myself. I had a great vacation and can't wait to share.
The Cast: Me (23) my mom (50) and my sister (18). My mom and me have been to Disney world 13 times including this trip while my sister has been a total of 11, So we know our way around but this was our first vacation in 4 years and first time staying at the Polynesian.
Day 1- July 28
We had a flight out of JFK at 8:15, we live in connecticut so we had scheduled a driver to pick us up at 5:45 and he came at 5:30 luckily for him we couldn't wait to leave and were ready to go!! We got to JFK around 6:30, we were flying Delta and I have to say I LOVED using the check-in kiosk, I had paid our bag fees the day before so that was a breeze, security was not, long long long line, by the time we got through and got breakfast it was almost 7:30 then we realized we had to go to the other side of the airport to catch our plane that was now leaving at 8:00. We made it and just as I sat down to eat my fruit and yogurt cup that cost me an arm and a leg it slipped out of my hands and splattered EVERYWHERE!! I'm not the kind of person to leave a mess so I ran to the bathroom got towels and cleaned the floor just as I finished it was time to board so breakfast was cookies on the flight!!!
Landed in Orlando before 11 and went right to the magical express, it was very different from the last time we used it 4 years ago much more organized wait about 10 minutes and we boarded our bus for the Polynesian which was also the first stop!! I had checked in online a couple days earlier and went to the line where we had to wait awhile while another couple was being taken care of. Check-in was a breeze, this trip was a birthday gift to me and a birthday/graduation gift for my sister so we all got our buttons and everything was ready including our room. So went to our room where we found this:
It was so cute we didn't want to move it!!! Our room was in the Rapa Nui building, now I loved the Polynesian and I would definitely stay again but I didn't like being so far away from everything in the lobby, I did enjoy the view though:
I enjoyed watching the monorail and that parking lot was barely every full it didn't bother me too much, and when a car was on the raceway you could hear it and my mom being a huge NASCAR fan loved it!! but next time I'll make sure to request a building closer to the lobby.
We then gathered our stuff and headed to Captain Cooks where we had a quick small lunch, I had the grown-up grilled cheese and Polynesian Chips while my mom and my sister shared a cheeseburger and Polynesian Chips, those chips were amazing I want them right now thinking about them!! It was about 2 so we headed over to the magic kingdom, but first I took some picture around the Poly:
We had dinner reservations at 4:20 for the Crystal Palace so first we went to Adventureland and headed for Pirates
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We all are huge Pirates movie fans and were huge fans of the ride before so we all especially loved the new updates to the ride. As we got off my mom noticed how swollen her feet had become we all thought it was so odd since she walks to work every day it must have had to do with the plane :shrug: and her forgetting to take her high blood pressure medicine which she left out to take but forgot!!! She is also a diabetic has been since she was 9 and it was getting closer to our dinner reservations so my sister ran back and got her insulin since she would never had made it with her feet so my mom and me waited for her in the front so there wouldn't be any problems with security.
Got to Crystal Palace on time and the food was great!! It is one of my favorites, After dinner my mom was still not feeling her best so she left my sister and I to do what we wanted while she went back to the Poly to rest. We walked toward adventureland again and just kind of wandered around, went through frontierland, and then decided on the Haunted Mansion, my sister when she was about 10 rode this ride about 10 times in a row just kept getting off and getting back on so this is her favorite and she loved the updates as did I, it really did a lot for the ride!!
we then continued through fantasyland and into Tomorrowland where we rode Buzz, Astro Orbiter which we never did before we were always too scared don't know why but we were!! then we did Stitch I love stitch he reminds me of my dog!! I know most hate him, and yeah the attraction isn't the best but it does crack me up when he spits on people and they freak out We then headed to mainstreet where we tried to watch Spectromagic, it was so hot and the air was just dead, no breeze and everyone was packed so tight it wasn't the best conditions and not once or twice but three times during Spectro did I see the same parade attendant sprint up main street for what I can only imagine were some dumb dumbs trying to cross the street in the middle of a parade!! We then got some snacks and waited for Wishes, we enjoyed the show and then headed back to the Poly via boat and enjoyed some time on the beach before returning back to our poor mother sitting in the room her feet up begging us to call room service, we did and then decided to hit the hay.
Day 2 at Epcot will follow maybe tonight or tomorrow!!
The Cast: Me (23) my mom (50) and my sister (18). My mom and me have been to Disney world 13 times including this trip while my sister has been a total of 11, So we know our way around but this was our first vacation in 4 years and first time staying at the Polynesian.
Day 1- July 28
We had a flight out of JFK at 8:15, we live in connecticut so we had scheduled a driver to pick us up at 5:45 and he came at 5:30 luckily for him we couldn't wait to leave and were ready to go!! We got to JFK around 6:30, we were flying Delta and I have to say I LOVED using the check-in kiosk, I had paid our bag fees the day before so that was a breeze, security was not, long long long line, by the time we got through and got breakfast it was almost 7:30 then we realized we had to go to the other side of the airport to catch our plane that was now leaving at 8:00. We made it and just as I sat down to eat my fruit and yogurt cup that cost me an arm and a leg it slipped out of my hands and splattered EVERYWHERE!! I'm not the kind of person to leave a mess so I ran to the bathroom got towels and cleaned the floor just as I finished it was time to board so breakfast was cookies on the flight!!!
Landed in Orlando before 11 and went right to the magical express, it was very different from the last time we used it 4 years ago much more organized wait about 10 minutes and we boarded our bus for the Polynesian which was also the first stop!! I had checked in online a couple days earlier and went to the line where we had to wait awhile while another couple was being taken care of. Check-in was a breeze, this trip was a birthday gift to me and a birthday/graduation gift for my sister so we all got our buttons and everything was ready including our room. So went to our room where we found this:
It was so cute we didn't want to move it!!! Our room was in the Rapa Nui building, now I loved the Polynesian and I would definitely stay again but I didn't like being so far away from everything in the lobby, I did enjoy the view though:
I enjoyed watching the monorail and that parking lot was barely every full it didn't bother me too much, and when a car was on the raceway you could hear it and my mom being a huge NASCAR fan loved it!! but next time I'll make sure to request a building closer to the lobby.
We then gathered our stuff and headed to Captain Cooks where we had a quick small lunch, I had the grown-up grilled cheese and Polynesian Chips while my mom and my sister shared a cheeseburger and Polynesian Chips, those chips were amazing I want them right now thinking about them!! It was about 2 so we headed over to the magic kingdom, but first I took some picture around the Poly:
We had dinner reservations at 4:20 for the Crystal Palace so first we went to Adventureland and headed for Pirates
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3786498243_57eb6436d1.jpg
We all are huge Pirates movie fans and were huge fans of the ride before so we all especially loved the new updates to the ride. As we got off my mom noticed how swollen her feet had become we all thought it was so odd since she walks to work every day it must have had to do with the plane :shrug: and her forgetting to take her high blood pressure medicine which she left out to take but forgot!!! She is also a diabetic has been since she was 9 and it was getting closer to our dinner reservations so my sister ran back and got her insulin since she would never had made it with her feet so my mom and me waited for her in the front so there wouldn't be any problems with security.
Got to Crystal Palace on time and the food was great!! It is one of my favorites, After dinner my mom was still not feeling her best so she left my sister and I to do what we wanted while she went back to the Poly to rest. We walked toward adventureland again and just kind of wandered around, went through frontierland, and then decided on the Haunted Mansion, my sister when she was about 10 rode this ride about 10 times in a row just kept getting off and getting back on so this is her favorite and she loved the updates as did I, it really did a lot for the ride!!
we then continued through fantasyland and into Tomorrowland where we rode Buzz, Astro Orbiter which we never did before we were always too scared don't know why but we were!! then we did Stitch I love stitch he reminds me of my dog!! I know most hate him, and yeah the attraction isn't the best but it does crack me up when he spits on people and they freak out We then headed to mainstreet where we tried to watch Spectromagic, it was so hot and the air was just dead, no breeze and everyone was packed so tight it wasn't the best conditions and not once or twice but three times during Spectro did I see the same parade attendant sprint up main street for what I can only imagine were some dumb dumbs trying to cross the street in the middle of a parade!! We then got some snacks and waited for Wishes, we enjoyed the show and then headed back to the Poly via boat and enjoyed some time on the beach before returning back to our poor mother sitting in the room her feet up begging us to call room service, we did and then decided to hit the hay.
Day 2 at Epcot will follow maybe tonight or tomorrow!!
