Trip Report The Audrey’s 3rd Birthday Trip Trip Report…!!!!!

Who: myself (Steve), my DWifey of 35+ years (Carolyn), oldest DD (Megan, turned 33 today), DS (Matthew, 31), youngest DD (Sarah, 29), SonIL (Daniel, oldest DDs husband, 34), oldest granddaughter (Emory, “Emmy”, 5) and youngest granddaughter (Audrey, turned 3 during the trip) for who the TR title is obviously dedicated to…!!! 😉:)

When: June 26th to July 2nd, 2024.

Where: Old Key West Resort. First time ever staying there…!!! :)

Some initial fave PP pics below…!!!!! :inlove::happy:

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More to come, soon…!!! :)
 

donaldtoo

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Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)

After Jungle Cruise, Megan had Emmy and Audrey change into some more comfortable, yet still Disney-themed clothing. It was still only about 11:30a…!!! :)

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After that, we headed to the hub for some drinks…and there was dryer lint…!!! ;)

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Then, it was on to UtS-JoTLM…!!! ;):)

So much to enjoy regarding this queue…!!! :)

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Up next: Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)
 

donaldtoo

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Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)

A few more pics from The Little Mermaid queue…

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Then, we boarded our clamshells, and we’re on our way…!!! :)

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Somehow, I managed to get some decent moving dark ride shots from this attraction, although I was still having issues dialing my iPhone camera in just right...or, as right as an iPhone camera can be dialed in, anyway…!!! ;):)

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Up next: Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)
 

donaldtoo

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Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)

The last semi-decent pics I have from UtS-JoTLM… ;)

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And, that’s that.

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I know, I do too, Ariel, but things were still not quite right with my iPhone camera…!!! 🤷‍♂️;)

Up next: Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)
 

donaldtoo

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Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)

After Mermaid, we then headed to Tomorrowland for some CoP…!!! :)

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When we entered, everyone from our group immediately went into the back row…except me.
I headed for the front-ish row, as I was thinking I could get some better pics of the attraction from up there.
By the time I realized this was actually a mistake, it was too late, and I was stuck where I was. :facepalm:
Since I was up front, I had to keep my phone on the DL for pics, so as not to disturb the folks behind me, which then put the stage and other obstacles into play.

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Anyway, a few DL shots from CoP…! ;)

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Up next: Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)
 

donaldtoo

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Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)

After CoP, we headed to Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe. :geek:
Since we ate second breakfast at about 10a, it was about 2p before we headed for Frontierland, and we were HUNGRY…!!! ;)

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Then, there was a quick change of plans…
Megan thought that it might be better for her, Emmy and Audrey to have the vegan flatbreads at Pinocchio Village Haus. No biggie, as either place was fine, and we wanted to dine together.
On our way heading back to Fantasyland we ran into Wendell…!!! :)

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The only pic I have from PVH is of my non-vegan pepperoni flatbread, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and everyone else said they enjoyed theirs, as well…!!!!! :hungry:

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After our bellies were full from a late lunch, we headed to PotC…!!! :)

A coupla’ pics from the queue…

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And, some of the only semi-decent ones I have from the actual ride… :cyclops:;)

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The rum, Jack. The rum.

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Up next: Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)
 

donaldtoo

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Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued…!!! :)

After PotC, we headed to Sunshine Tree Terrace to get some Dole Whips to share, and Orange Bird was quite happy to see us…!!!!! 🤗;)

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Below, Megan is displaying one of our prizes…!!!!! :happy:

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Megan had the first spoonful, and very much enjoyed it, as always…!!!!! :hungry:
Then, her second spoonful revealed this…!!!!!!! :eek:o_O

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We looked at it, then looked up at each other, then looked back down at it again, and then when we looked back up at each other again, we both said “Dole hole…!!!!!” at the exact same time…it was beyond hilarious…!!!!!!! :joyfull::hilarious:🤣:hilarious:
So, of course, henceforth, that hollow spot will now always be known to our family as a “Dole hole”…!!!!! 😂

After that fun, and after finishing our Dole………..Whips :cautious:😁:hilarious:;), we headed back to Frontierland.
Early in the morning, Carolyn had scored a boarding group for TBA. IIRC, it was group 74, and it was time to head that way at about 4:15p.
Along the way, we ran across Liver Lips…!!! :)

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Also, since Audrey was too short to ride, Daniel and I took her up to the Frontierland Station to ride the train, while Carolyn, Megan, Matthew, Aunt Sassy ;) (Sarah) and Emmy went to ride TBA.
With the baby/child swap, Daniel and I would simply ride after their TBA ride and our train ride.
As our train made its way from the Frontierland station, on to our first stop at the Fantasyland Station, and then on to the MSUSA Station, the sky became increasingly ominous…

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While we were stopped at the MSUSA Station, Daniel got a text from Megan saying they were stuck cold, about 6 logs back near the bottom of the lift hill to the climactic drop……. :oops:
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;)

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donaldtoo

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Friday, June 28th, and Audrey’s 3rd birthday celebration at MK continued, and completed…!!! :)

There won’t be a lot of pics for this post, but a coupla’ gifs will be thrown in to pad it…!!!!! :cautious::cool::hilarious:;)

We left MSUSA Station with no rain, thunder or lightning happening…….yet.
We arrived at the Frontierland Station with no serious weather yet either, but it was closing in.
As we were getting off the train, Megan texted that they had started moving again, so we headed to where we could view the drop.
The carppy pic below is mine of them finally coming down Broccoli Hill…!!! ;)

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The PP ride pic below is much better…oh, the drama…!!!!! :hilarious:

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I still say they shoulda’ made the logs look like frogs…..to enhance the theming, of course…!!! 😁

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As Daniel, Audrey and myself were waiting, Megan texted again that they were at yet another dead stop.
20 minutes later, they finally emerged…about 2 minutes before the sky let loose.
We all headed for cover under the Frontierland railroad station, as it was one of the these… :bored:;)

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We were under there for a solid half hour, when the rest of my crew decided to head towards Monsters, Inc. LF (no, I’m not gonna’ give some of y’all the satisfaction :jawdrop::p:hilarious:;)), even though it was still pouring.
I chose to hang out under the railroad station. And for a solid half hour more it continued to…

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While under the railroad station, I got a text from Megan that the rain was so hard that they had to stop under the HoP cover. Then, they decided to go inside to see the next show.
After that half hour the rain had slowed some, so I headed out, and eventually stopped under the CBJ porch.

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Megan texted that they, including Emmy and Audrey, enjoyed HoP…!!! :)
She also texted me to meet them in Adventureland, and we would figure out our next move from there. Also, the rain had slowed to that typical Central Florida post-main-storm just-enough-to-be-annoying drizzle that it, almost unfailingly, does.
After we all grouped back up and discussed it, our next move turned out to be calling it a good day, and heading out. It was almost 8p, we’d all been up for well more than 14 hours, and even though Emmy and Audrey were the amazing lil’ troopers that they always are, it was time.
Daniel and I never got to ride TBA, but we weren’t gonna’ lose any sleep over it.
Overall, it was a great day, and Audrey had an AWESOME 3rd birthday…!!!!!!! :joyfull::inlove::happy:

Anyway, a shot of Space Mountain from the bus stop, and the ironic wrap of our chariot back to our resort…!!!!! :hilarious:

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Up next: Saturday, June 29th, and our EPCOT Center ;) day…!!! :)
 

donaldtoo

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That Emmy is just adorbs🥰

I am telling you, I could never live in that HEAT!! I would spontaneously combust!
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Thank you so much, in regards to Emmy…!!! :)

I get the heat thing, but we’re originally from Texas and have been back here for over 48 years, so we’re used to it.
The funny thing is, this summer has been pretty mild before the last few weeks, compared to other recent summers. We’ve had plenty of triple digit days in May over the years, actually.
Although I’ve been known to make several TSSFFBRs (T-Shirt Shorts Flip Flop Beer Runs ;)) over the years in below freezing weather here in Texas, I couldn’t live in a mostly cold winter part of the country, unless I had to, but I don’t have to…!!! ;)
I completely understand, and as they say, different strokes…I’m like Jimmy Buffett though, so just put me on a tropical island…!!!!! 🌴:)
 

Minnie1986

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Who: myself (Steve), my DWifey of 35+ years (Carolyn), oldest DD (Megan, turned 33 today), DS (Matthew, 31), youngest DD (Sarah, 29), SonIL (Daniel, oldest DDs husband, 34), oldest granddaughter (Emory, “Emmy”, 5) and youngest granddaughter (Audrey, turned 3 during the trip) for who the TR title is obviously dedicated to…!!! 😉:)

When: June 26th to July 2nd, 2024.

Where: Old Key West Resort. First time ever staying there…!!! :)

Some initial fave PP pics below…!!!!! :inlove::happy:

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More to come, soon…!!! :)
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The photo of the girls back to back just melted my heart😍 Can't wait to keep reading!
 

Minnie1986

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Wednesday, June 26th…

Unlike our last family WDW trip this past October, where Carolyn, myself, Matthew, and Sarah had different flights (and a layover on the way back to Austin) on a different airline than Megan, Daniel, Emmy and Audrey, this time all 8 of us were on the same American direct flights to and from MCO, so that simplified our travel a bit.

We were close to ABIA by 5:23a for our 7:35a flight…!!! :)

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The TSA line was longer than we had hoped, but moved relatively well, and other than the usual pain the whole TSA dance can be, we were
at our gate by about 6:20a without any issues, and it was time for a Tacodeli breakfast taco…!!!!! :hungry:

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All boarded and ready to go, an uneventful on time departure and flight, and we were on the ground at MCO almost 25 minutes early…!!! :)

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On board the “fonorail”, the “Magical Mears Express” 😉 and under the iconic arch…!!!!! :happy:

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Tacodeli breakfast taco…!!!!! :hungry:
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Minnie1986

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Thursday, June 27th continued…

While wandering some more, we happened to wander past a place called Disney PhotoPass Studio, so, we all wandered in and had some PhotoPass fun, but mostly Emmy and Audrey…!!! ;):)

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After that, we spent some time in the Days of Christmas store.
Our family LOVES us some Christmas…!!!!!!! :joyfull::inlove::happy:

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Up next: Thursday, June 27th continued…
I could spend all day in Days of Christmas!
 

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