Trip Report The countdown just hit zero - We’re in Disney right now!

Greetings fellow Disney lovers and welcome one and all to this happy place. As the title suggests I am in Florida right now, living the dream

Some of you will know me but for those of you who don't let's have a quick introduction as my 17 night trip has already started. Yes you read that right - 17 nights - whoooooo. Hoooooooo.


Me - Tracey - I absolutely love Disney, my house is covered in Disney - my first night in POR will see me spending 300 nights in my favourite place - I live in a bubble and the outside world frustrates me in terms of horrible, violent people but that's another story and not one for my trip report.


Chris - my husband, best friend and my rock. We've been married for 21 years and we still laugh and joke with each other. He never wanted to go to Disney but now his hooked - love me, love Disney!


We're in Florida from the UK for our 21st trip - I am fortunate to be able to afford this every year but I'm still jealous of all my American friends who can get cheap flights over regularly (and this who now live here) - this trip alone with overnight at a hotel before our flight, car parking, Disney, Kennedy and Universal tickets, car hire and hotel cost us in excess of £4000


It's a substantial amount of money but hey, the amount of memories we create we really don't mind and why we can afford it we will go......

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Here we are last year.

This TR might be a little different from my last 3 - I’ve previously done daily updating every night which at times has seen me spending all day in the park and then writing till well beyond midnight. Those of you who have done TR’s will know the time they take (it’s certainly a commitment but we all do it to share our stories and our love of Disney so others can live through it all and help with Disney blues or countdowns to their own trips)

I’ve not had a holiday or break from work since March so I just need to chill!


That said since I’ve been here I’ve been writing every day (but not posted) - so our trip - so far - will be easy to post (as I’ll just copy and paste) and add photos of course!


After that though who knows as we’ll be into the Disney park part of our holiday (more about that shortly)

We’ll just see what happens and and I’ll update when I can for those of you who want to read it!


All aboard!
 

Longers

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We wandered around taking everything in and caught the end of the Move it shake it parade.

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Remember the list I was doing the other day of things to buy - well today we saw a surfing Goofy Disney traditions - we both instantly said “we need that” and so it was just purchased! Not sure where it’s going when we get home but I am sure we’ll find somewhere!


We made our way out via the Confectionery - cotton candy fascinates me in the way it’s made so I did spend a while watching!

Last Xmas my brother bought me a candy floss makes but you put sugar in it which tends to end up everywhere - I need some of that liquid they use! I dare say a few tubs of this will be coming back home with me :)

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Next stop Animal Kingdom...............
 

Longers

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There was only one place we were going when we arrived in AK - Pandora - we had watched one of the floating mountains being put in place last year during our trip so we were keen to see how it had all panned out. I had tried not to look at too many photos or videos as I wanted to see first hand for myself.


Wow, just wow - I can’t believe how well done this is and how those mountains stay up

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Longers

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But little did we know we were going to be further blown away on flight of passage - that ride is unbelievable - Soarin will never be the same again - before we left we actually decided to forfeit our soarin FP for another AK day and a FOP - I am so glad we did!

I am one of those people who has 4 FP for this ride - being here for 16 days gives me that option so I’m sorry if I have taken this away from anyone but I am so happy that I will get to ride again before I leave.

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I was matched to number 7 and Chris to number 8 - Chris teased that I had a big nose!

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Next up Night blossom @blgauger has teased with photos and I wanted to try one - I was not disappointed by this either - it was lovely and as it’s apple, pear and passion fruit I’m claiming that as 3 of my 5 a day!

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Longers

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Wow, I can't believe I missed the start of your report. Looks like you are having a fabulous time! Your pictures are getting me even more excited for my trip. I will be there in 2 days!:) I hope you continue to have fun!

Having a fab time thank you - I am glad the photos are helping! That’s why we do these TR’s after all - to help each other out!
Have a fab time :)
 

LisaBelle

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Looks like you had a fantastic day, jam packed from start to finish. You are taking some beautiful pictures with your new camera. So glad you enjoyed Pandora and FOP. The night blossom drink is definitely on my list of new things to try. I love all the colors in the drink. It's so pretty! Rivers of Light looks really beautiful. Your comments about ROL are similar to how I feel about Illuminations. I know some people absolutely love it, but I just don't. I enjoy it once a trip, but it is not a must do for me like Wishes was. Many of my forum friends are now huge HEA fans, so we shall see what I think when I make it back to the world. Enjoy your day tomorrow. I am looking forward to reading all about it.
 

Longers

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Looks like you had a fantastic day, jam packed from start to finish. You are taking some beautiful pictures with your new camera. So glad you enjoyed Pandora and FOP. The night blossom drink is definitely on my list of new things to try. I love all the colors in the drink. It's so pretty! Rivers of Light looks really beautiful. Your comments about ROL are similar to how I feel about Illuminations. I know some people absolutely love it, but I just don't. I enjoy it once a trip, but it is not a must do for me like Wishes was. Many of my forum friends are now huge HEA fans, so we shall see what I think when I make it back to the world. Enjoy your day tomorrow. I am looking forward to reading all about it.

We did have a jam packed day but loved it.
Thanks for the comment about the photos it took a while to decide what camera to get but I think we made the right decision as we are loving how clear they are (we’ll most of them)
FOP is wow, just wow, absolutely loved it! And you have to try the night blossom, different but really nice.
And I guess with night time shows we all have our favourites - we’re not fussed about fantasmic but love illuminations - and you'll Love HEA - definitely on our list for another night as we need some pictures nearer the castle.


Looks like you two are having a great time so far. I'm now up to date. Have a great Friday!

So glad to hear from you - you have made me smile in this Friday morning!
I associate Disney with you so it’s good to have you onboard, I hope you and the family are well and that you’ve managed to get some lovely (non Disney) holidays taken this year as I’ve not seen any live reports on here so guess you haven’t been back yet?
 

coachwnh

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We did have a jam packed day but loved it.
Thanks for the comment about the photos it took a while to decide what camera to get but I think we made the right decision as we are loving how clear they are (we’ll most of them)
FOP is wow, just wow, absolutely loved it! And you have to try the night blossom, different but really nice.
And I guess with night time shows we all have our favourites - we’re not fussed about fantasmic but love illuminations - and you'll Love HEA - definitely on our list for another night as we need some pictures nearer the castle.




So glad to hear from you - you have made me smile in this Friday morning!
I associate Disney with you so it’s good to have you onboard, I hope you and the family are well and that you’ve managed to get some lovely (non Disney) holidays taken this year as I’ve not seen any live reports on here so guess you haven’t been back yet?

Haven't been back to Disney in three years (four summers). We visited London

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and a few other sites,
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and Paris last November (this very week a year ago in fact). Had a great time. Planning to visit Europe again in summer 2019.

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This past June, we drove from Pennsylvania to Kansas and back. In July, we flew to Arizona

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and visited New Mexico,
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Colorado,
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and Utah.
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Although we haven't been to Disneyland or Disney World, we've been busy!

Brayden are Maddy keep asking to visit again, so I'm sure we will be back. They are getting big. Brayden started HS and made the HS soccer team, but dislocated his knee after just three games. 10 weeks later, and he still has 4 weeks of therapy to go!

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Maddy ran cross country this year for her MS. She did well! This is her in the lead.

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So thanks for the kind words and asking about the family. I hope your fun continues. Thats the family update from my end. Looking forward to following along with your report daily.
 

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