Trip Report Sixth Sense - " I see a LOT of people" - a Max Trip Report - COMPLETED

Hello All
Welcome to my first trip report in almost 3 years.
I will spare you the usual sob story of how vacations were booked and cancelled due to - you know - that thing we do not like to talk about much anymore.

Above from Left to right we have Stephanie (DD) , Tricia (DW) and Cassie (DD) in the front row
And Jordan (SIL), me ( Max, Andrew, Drew, Clarence) and Shane.

The last trip for me and Tricia was Nov 2019 to Disneyland.
The entire group last went in Dec 2018 to WDW.

The 2018 trip was a celebration of Steph and Jordan being engaged (married on Oct 5, 2019)

This trip we have another engaged couple!!

Shane popped the question in March 2022 and Cassie of course said yes!

Dates - Sunday Oct 2 - Sunday Oct 9
Stayed at the Dolphin - three separate rooms for the three couples

The title you ask?

Well six people went to WDW and arrived just a few days after a hurricane blew through - we thought crowds might dip - boy were we wrong!!

More to come - thanks for following


Max

 

[RememberWhen]

Day 4 cont’d

I have only met 2 Magicians in person - and both times it was in Canada - not at a Disney park
But that changed today!!

@Longers (Tracey) was vacationing from England with her husband Chris.
They were there for all of Ian and we had been communicating before and during their trip

We agreed to meet on Wed Oct 5 in Epcot at the GOG ride
We walked around for a bit together and then found a table in Morocco to sit and chat

It was a wonderful visit - they are great people - we talked about almost everything you could think of

The pictures are not the greatest because both spouses were taking them and we did not synch on which camera to look at!!!
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and then we go silly
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Tricia and I continued to explore World showcase - home sweet home!
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And then I went into the apple orchard to get an apple tart and a cider flight
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I liked the taste of the cider but was dissappointed with this
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None of the ciders are actually from Canada!!
I went back in and asked why
The response was "well this is not really a Canadian food spot " but the CM did admit that all the beer were from Canada...

Max

Maybe Canada doesn’t have any good ciders?

 

[Darstarr]

 

[amjt660]

Maybe Canada doesn’t have any good ciders?

Max

 

[Zipadeelady]

Time to get your geek on!!

I agree that it is a good song for the ride

"one way or another, I'm going find you, I'm going getcha getcha" is pretty much what the Guardians are doing as they send the shuttles through the jump point to find the celestrial being Eson.

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Other songs that are also good/sort of work:

Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for Fears - Eson is pretty much trying to take over the galaxy??
I ran by Flock of Seagulls - Eson is running away from the GOG and your shuttle??

Songs that are harder to connect (for me) but are ok because they have a good beat:

September by Earth Wind and Fire
Conga by Miami Sound Machine
Disco Inferno by the Trammps (had to look that one up!)

Maybe there is something in lyrics that connects to the ride - if you know then please share

Max

Thanks for the incite.

Conga has got to be the worst. UGH

 

[youngdeb]

This is the best song choice I've heard of! I don't recall anyone else having it.

Time to get your geek on!!

I agree that it is a good song for the ride

"one way or another, I'm going find you, I'm going getcha getcha" is pretty much what the Guardians are doing as they send the shuttles through the jump point to find the celestrial being Eson.

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Other songs that are also good/sort of work:

Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for Fears - Eson is pretty much trying to take over the galaxy??
I ran by Flock of Seagulls - Eson is running away from the GOG and your shuttle??

Songs that are harder to connect (for me) but are ok because they have a good beat:

September by Earth Wind and Fire
Conga by Miami Sound Machine
Disco Inferno by the Trammps (had to look that one up!)

Maybe there is something in lyrics that connects to the ride - if you know then please share

Max

We were lucky to ride twice when we were there recently and had One Way or Another the first time and then September the second time. Both were great songs, but I enjoyed September more. Maybe it was because I really wanted to get that song, maybe it was because it was our second time riding it and had enjoyed it so much the first time!

 

[amjt660]

We were lucky to ride twice when we were there recently and had One Way or Another the first time and then September the second time. Both were great songs, but I enjoyed September more. Maybe it was because I really wanted to get that song, maybe it was because it was our second time riding it and had enjoyed it so much the first time!

We really wanted September too but did not get it - guess I have to go back!!!

Thanks for following along

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 3 - cont’d

We continue with T and Max going out for date night at the Flying Fish ( recommended by @Tuvalu ) and it was excellent

Started with a grilled romaine salad- never had one before and it was really good

My entre was scallops and Tricia has salmon (her normal go to!)

Our sever was Omar and he was amazing - he took his time to explain the menu - helped us with a wine selection

We both enjoyed the food and the wine

I definitely recommend this restaurant!

We did a little shopping - might have gone into the Screen Door @wdisney9000 ! - and then back to the Dolphin

Early night - the heat and the walking and the busy of the parks caught up to use - asleep in the bed at 9pm

Max

PS - I now call on @stephmax975 and @MiniMax to tell the WDWMagic world what they did on Wednesday Oct 5!!

 

[Loco_driver]

guess I have to go back!!!

PS - I now call on @stephmax975 and @MiniMax to tell the WDWMagic world what they did on Wednesday Oct 5!!

 

[TMax]

Day 3 - cont’d

We continue with T and Max going out for date night at the Flying Fish ( recommended by @Tuvalu ) and it was excellent

Started with a grilled romaine salad- never had one before and it was really good
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My entre was scallops and Tricia has salmon (her normal go to!)
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Our sever was Omar and he was amazing - he took his time to explain the menu - helped us with a wine selection
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We both enjoyed the food and the wine
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I definitely recommend this restaurant!

We did a little shopping - might have gone into the Screen Door @wdisney9000 ! - and then back to the Dolphin

Early night - the heat and the walking and the busy of the parks caught up to use - asleep in the bed at 9pm

Max

PS - I now call on @stephmax975 and @MiniMax to tell the WDWMagic world what they did on Wednesday Oct 5!!

This is one of my new favourite places to eat.

 

[MickeyCB]

Early night - the heat and the walking and the busy of the parks caught up to use - asleep in the bed at 9pm

Saw a funny meme recently that said, "Is this the same 9 o'clock that I used to start getting ready to go out"?!!

 

[MiniMax]

Jumping in for a quick summary of Shane and I's Wednesday. We went to Universal! I know it's not Disney so I'll keep it short and sweet

Just some back story, Shane and I have both been to Universal before (seperately). His last trip was before Diagon Alley had opened (he think it was 2012 or 2013) so this was all going to be new for him. My last trip was in 2014 (I think?) so I had been to both sides of Harry Potter but had not seen Hagrid's motor bike adventure yet.

The two big rides that we were hoping to get on were Hagrid's motorbike and the Velocicoaster. Both were new for both of us (and I'm a huge Jurrasic park fan, specifically raptors). Some other must do's were exploring both Harry Potter areas in general and the Spiderman ride (Shane is a huge spideman fan!)

So with that in mind this was the game plan. Halloween Horror Nights were happening on the day that we went (meaning Universal would not be an option in the evening) so the plan was to do Universal in the morning then head over to Islands of Adventure whenever we were ready.

We got there pretty early and the lines were basically non existent in the morning. We spent most of our time in Diagon alley, also venturing over to Men in Black for a couple rides.

By around 10am we noticed the lines were getting pretty long at Islands so we hopped on the Hogwarts express and headed over to Hogsmeade!

We first headed to forbidden journey (this is the ride in the hogwarts castle). Maybe a controversial opinion by my favourite part of this ride is actually the queue. It takes you through various rooms in the castle from the greenhouse to dumbledores office and the castle itself is something I don't get tired of seeing (inserts obligatory hogwarts castle photos).

Next we went to the Three Broomsticks for an early lunch before getting ready for some long ride lines. We had never eaten here before but we both really enjoyed the food and atmosphere! I got a chicken salad and Shane got the fish and chips. And of course we had to get the frozen butterbeer, definitely a must try if you haven't had it before!

The afternoon was mostly filled with waiting in lines. We hit some bad luck with breakdowns. We first rode Hagrid's, wait time posted at 80 minutes. In reality we waited around 2 hours as the ride broke down while we were in line. But the ride itself was great! Definitely happy that we waited for this one. No spoilers but I found that there was a great variety of coaster and scenic elements. Just a picture of the Niffler from the queue for this one if anyone has seen Fantastic Beasts!

Next up was Velocicoaster! Same thing here in terms of the wait. We waited a little over an hour for this one, again due to a breakdown while we were in line. We absolutely loved this ride. Roller coaster + Raptors = amazing for a jurassic park fan!

Afterward we walked around the Jurassic park area, took some pictures with Dinos.

The heat was starting to get to us at this point though (I can tell because I have almost no pictures from this point on...). So we made a full round of the park to reach Spiderman before deciding to head back to the Dolphin to rest up for the next day (I believe we left around 6pm). We had finished off all our must do's, a successful day!

I picked us up a mobile order from Ale and Compass for dinner and we ate/chilled in the room for the rest of the night. Shane got the Burger and I got the lobster chowder and a side of brocollini (sorry, no food pics from an exhausted Cassie but all the food was excellent).

And that's all for our Wednesday! Thanks for following along

 

[stephmax975]

October 5th (the Wednesday) was Jordan and I's third year anniversary.
We had a lot that we wanted to do but I was a bit too tired so we rested for most of the day.
However we did have a dinner reservation at Sanaa for 5pm so we hopped on the Yacht Club bus to Animal Kingdom and then on another bus to the Animal Kingdom Lodge.

We arrived at the AKL pretty early so we took the time to explored the lobby and spent some time with the animals.

Once they heard that we were celebrating our anniversary they gave us a lovely window spot. Kory took care of us and helped us out with our meal and drink selections. He was also amazing and the note in my phone saying "Kory at Sanaa was incredible" can now be deleted because it has now finally made it to the trip report.

Of course we had to get the bread service P.S: they had gluten free naan so that was exciting. Personally I liked the hummus, the coriander chutney and the garlic pickle the best. Jordan really liked the mango chutney, spicy jalapeno lime pickle and the red chile sambal.

For our drinks we opted to both get the Painted Lemur which was such a great drink. And it also looked lovely too. Well one of them did. Kory said he tried to do the chocolate swirl on one of them.

For our meal we decided to share the Journey. We chose the Pork Vindaloo, the Lentil Daal and I think the Sukama Wiki. We added on an additional Harvest with the Sukama Wiki (which we later learned we would have had enough food without).

To our surprise, they brought this out for dessert.

After some investigation (because I cannot remember what Kory said because I was so overwhelmed), I still cannot find what this is because I cannot find it on the menu.

Jordan and I don't tend to take many selfies but I did find this one. This was our first trip to Sanaa and it is top of our list for a return trip!

After dinner we stopped at the main AKL lobby so that Jordan could see it and then went back to the hotel (well the Yacht club first and then back to the Dolphin) to rest up for Thursday.

 

[amjt660]

Day 5 - Oct 6 , 2022 - Animal Kingdom
Thanks to @MiniMax and @stephmax975 for their contributions
We can now move on to day 5 in @Tuvalu 's favorite park - Animal Kingdom

Up early and out the door and in the lobby at 6:30am
We decided to drive the SUV to the park - which was not a good idea - stay tuned!

We were only a few groups back from the turnstiles to enter the park

As we crossed the bridge and saw the Tree of Life for the first time in almost 4 years

Cassie had her phone up and we heard her say:

"My true love!"

And Shane quickly responded with " she never says that to me!!"

I had just started to video the tree and heard them all laughing - I turned around to this aftermath

4 of us went straight to Flight of Passage ( Max, Cassie, Shane, Jordan) and two went to Navvi river ride ( Tricia and Stephanie)

And then T and S went to Starbucks

After our FOP the four of use did a boat ride

No dancing allowed?

Wait times very early in the day

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 5 cont'd
We met up with T&S at Starbucks and headed to Africa and the safari ride.

for @Darstarr

Always like this view from the bridge to Africa.

It was a 20 min wait - here comes our ride

Maybe the lion does sleep tonight - because he was awake during the day

I had a dumas behind me take a phone call and talk for 5 min,
His phone almost became a permanent part of the safari ride

By the time we got off the ride and over to Everest it was up to 50 min

And it was so congested with people , with standby and lighting lane , that it truly was a zoo

But Max you say - I always thought that Animal Kingdom was....

Trust me folks - today it was a zoo - of people!!

So we did a pit stop and then we were going to go to Dinosaur instead

As I was sitting waiting for the rest of the crew a group of young ladies ( teenagers) walked by and one said:

"I feel like I am in a different country"

Rather than being miffed I just smiled and thought of all the imagineers like Joe Rohde who had created this wonderful place for us

I even sent him a message on Instagram and told him the story. (he did not answer unfortunately)

Dino ride!!

Cool shirt

Went back to Everest and waited for awhile for this

and then took some pictures with Cassie's true love (And the Tree of Life was also behind us!!)

Max

 

[Tuvalu]

No dancing aloud?

You may only dance in silence.

We can now move on to day 5 in @Tuvalu 's favorite park - Animal Kingdom

Trust me folks - today is was a zoo - of people!!

 

[Darstarr]

for @Darstarr

 

[fractal]

October 5th (the Wednesday) was Jordan and I's third year anniversary.
We had a lot that we wanted to do but I was a bit too tired so we rested for most of the day.
However we did have a dinner reservation at Sanaa for 5pm so we hopped on the Yacht Club bus to Animal Kingdom and then on another bus to the Animal Kingdom Lodge.

We arrived at the AKL pretty early so we took the time to explored the lobby and spent some time with the animals.
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Once they heard that we were celebrating our anniversary they gave us a lovely window spot. Kory took care of us and helped us out with our meal and drink selections. He was also amazing and the note in my phone saying "Kory at Sanaa was incredible" can now be deleted because it has now finally made it to the trip report.

Of course we had to get the bread service P.S: they had gluten free naan so that was exciting. Personally I liked the hummus, the coriander chutney and the garlic pickle the best. Jordan really liked the mango chutney, spicy jalapeno lime pickle and the red chile sambal.
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For our drinks we opted to both get the Painted Lemur which was such a great drink. And it also looked lovely too. Well one of them did. Kory said he tried to do the chocolate swirl on one of them.
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For our meal we decided to share the Journey. We chose the Pork Vindaloo, the Lentil Daal and I think the Sukama Wiki. We added on an additional Harvest with the Sukama Wiki (which we later learned we would have had enough food without).
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To our surprise, they brought this out for dessert.
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After some investigation (because I cannot remember what Kory said because I was so overwhelmed), I still cannot find what this is because I cannot find it on the menu.
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Jordan and I don't tend to take many selfies but I did find this one. This was our first trip to Sanaa and it is top of our list for a return trip!

After dinner we stopped at the main AKL lobby so that Jordan could see it and then went back to the hotel (well the Yacht club first and then back to the Dolphin) to rest up for Thursday.

Happy Anniversary!

 

[Longers]

Day 3 - cont’d

We continue with T and Max going out for date night at the Flying Fish ( recommended by @Tuvalu ) and it was excellent

Started with a grilled romaine salad- never had one before and it was really good
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My entre was scallops and Tricia has salmon (her normal go to!)
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Our sever was Omar and he was amazing - he took his time to explain the menu - helped us with a wine selection
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We both enjoyed the food and the wine
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I definitely recommend this restaurant!

We did a little shopping - might have gone into the Screen Door @wdisney9000 ! - and then back to the Dolphin

Early night - the heat and the walking and the busy of the parks caught up to use - asleep in the bed at 9pm

Max

PS - I now call on @stephmax975 and @MiniMax to tell the WDWMagic world what they did on Wednesday Oct 5!!

We know what they didn’t do as they missed our meet up!

Like you say we had a lovely meet up chatting about nearly everything! What we should have done is come to Canada with you for photos and drinks!

 

[amjt660]

You may only dance in silence.

isn't that just dancing with yourself?

That was a gif(t) from me

I feel like i have only scratched the surface on this one.

We know what they didn’t do as they missed our meet up!

Like you say we had a lovely meet up chatting about nearly everything! What we should have done is come to Canada with you for photos and drinks!

True - my bad for not inviting you along but you wanted to get a good spot for the rocket launch if I remember correctly.

Max

 

[amjt660]

Hello all
I was out of my country (Canada) for the week - travelled by SUV to the Toyota plants in Kentucky and Indiana
It was a successful business trip - learn a lot about the logistics system in those plants.

But of course for those that know me a Max Business trip is always more than just business

We drove on Monday from Waterloo Ontario to Lexington Kentucky

We started with a brief stop before checking into our Lexington hotel to pick up key supplies

Hotel in Lexington was the Marriott Griffin Gate - it has its own golf course but we did not partake

Then did a field trip to look into a much smaller logistic system

Max