Trip Report Our Slightly Crazy All For Our Dear Lil’ Emy One Day MK “Worldwind” Trip...!!!!!

I’ve never done a formal TR here, as I generally tend to hang in the Chit Chat Chit Chat thread and do “mini TRs” of our travels (mostly non-Disney) there.
But, I felt (at least to me anyhoo ;)) this silly-fun trip merited a more “proper” TR...!!! :)

Warning, as this first post will be text-heavy...

Background:
Oldest DD called me on a Friday afternoon in mid August and asked...
“Hey dad, ya’ wanna’ go to Disney World for a day?!” My reply... “Seriously?!!!” (We live in Austin, Texas). But, DD had found some crazy-inexpensive airfare on JetBlue.
I was all up for it, of course, as we did many spur-of-the-moment road trips with our kiddos when they were younger, but, nothin’ on the scale of this “air trip”... oldest DD was kickin’ it up a notch...or two...or more...!!!!! :hilarious:
The original plan was for all 7 of us to go...
Oldest DD, SonIL, granddaughter (Emory - “Emy” in the title), DWifey, DS, youngest DD, and myself.
Unfortunately, I was the only other family member (besides the first 3 mentioned) that could make it schedule-wise.
The original trip date was scheduled for 9/3, but good ol’ Dorian jacked that up flight-wise...!!!!! :facepalm::bored::hilarious:;):)
No worries, as we had a family cruise (not Disney ;)) that we were all able to make from 10/5-10/12, and we simply rescheduled the “Worldwind” trip for 10/29...!!! :)
It was a beyond amazing quick trip...!!!!!!! :joyfull:
But, even though it was such a short trip, I still have a ton of pics and videos I need to go through...seems like more than if it would have actually been a week-long trip...!!!!! :hilarious:

OK, a quick intro to us 24 hour-ish turnaround, half-ish away across the country, WDW trip silly geese...!!! :D;):)

SonIL (Daniel), Oldest DD (Megan), Granddaughter (Emory - “Emy”), and my ol’ darn self (Steve - “Pappy”)...!!! :)

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That pic was taken as we were were exiting the park, and Emy looks a bit tuckered, but, I assure y’all she had a most amazingly Magical first WDW visit...!!!!!!! :happy:

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OK gang, on that note I’m out for now, but, I’ll try to keep this TR updated on a timely basis...after all it was only one day...but, boy howdy, it was one incredibly AWESOME Magical day...!!!!!!! :joyfull::inlove::happy:
 

donaldtoo

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PART 3 - ARRIVAL AT WDW AND MK...!!!

While we were headin’ to the second level pickup area, SonIL reserved us a Lyft. The guy was there in 5 mins. in a full-sized SUV. Emy’s stroller is the combo stroller/car seat kind. The driver stashed the stroller portion in the back while the kiddos strapped Emy in, I hopped in at shotgun, and we were off...!!! :) I had never done an Uber or Lyft before, but, the kiddos have many times, and the driver was really nice...!!! :)

Obligatory WDW arch pic...!!! ;):)
Always a beautiful site, especially since we’re not there all that often...!!!!! :happy:

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We were dropped near the TTC around 12:05p, and headed to pick up our Park passes for the day...no MagicBands, no ADRs, and no resort, obviously;), etc., for this trip...but, DD did manage to snag us 3 FPs...HM, JC, and Under the Sea...!!! :)

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And then we headed for Emy’s first non-fonorail ;) ride...!!! :)

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Some shots on the trip to, and at the MK monorail station...!!! :)

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UP NEXT: PART 4 - FINALLY ENTERING MK...!!!
 
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donaldtoo

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PART 4 - FINALLY ENTERING MK...!!!

Of course, a coupla’ pics in front of the train station before entering MK proper...!!! :)

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It was gettin’ warm-ish out, just like we like it...!!! ;):)
(To sum it up, during the warmest time of the year it gets hotter here in Central Texas, but, it’s generally more humid in Central Florida, so it kinda’ evens out, and we’re acclimated.)
By the time we made it through the west tunnel and into Town Square it was 12:35p...about an hour later than we had originally hoped. But, no matter, as we had made it, we still had about 5.5-ish hours
to “play”, and nothin’ was gonna’ mess up this Magical MK day...!!!!! :happy:

An entering the MK selfie, along with other cherished MSUSA and Castle shots/memories...!!! :)

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UP NEXT: PART 5 - EMY’S FIRST DISNEY ATTRACTION EVER...!!!
 

donaldtoo

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PART 5 - EMY’S FIRST DISNEY ATTRACTION EVER...!!!

And yes, all of y’all got it correct...!!! ;)

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Emy is too young to speak full sentences yet, but, she was already “Oooooo”, “Wooowwwww”, and “Ohhhhh”-ing as soon as we hit Town Square, and it only got better when we got in this queue, and throughout the ride...!!!!! :happy:

As a quick related aside, I received this short video from the kiddos late the night of my birthday on Oct. 20th after we had already spent some good family time together earlier in the day...my heart simply melted, and I could not have received a better birthday present...!!!!!!! :inlove:



A quick queue selfie, and more of our “The Happiest Cruise That Ever Sailed ‘Round the World”...!!! :)

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donaldtoo

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Y'all (Texas style ;)) look so happy.
I love Emy's sweet, in-awe expression!

Hahaaa…!!!
Thank you...!!! :)
It was sooo very cute and fun to watch her face...!!!!! :happy:

OMG -- those photos of Emy in IASW were priceless! The expressions!! :joyfull:

Glad you didn't take her on Space Mountain! ;):hilarious:

Thanks, Minnie...!!! :)
Priceless, indeed, and you never fail to give me a good chuckle...!!!!! :hilarious:

Maybe they could kinda' combine the two attractions... IaSG…? (It's a Small Galaxy)...!!! ;)
 

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