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!
 

SSH

Well-Known Member
Just binged-read your TR this weekend...thank you for the time to write it as you were vacationing - that's a special level of commitment and it's always extra fun to know the person is there right at the moment you're reading about it. Hope the trip was everything you wanted it to be and, as always, look forward to all the TRs to come. :joyfull:
 

Longers

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Original Poster
I love your watercolour and miniature effect photos. Very cool!

Thank you - I’ve enjoyed taking all these pictures this holiday - I just hope I didn’t bore anyone too much

I can't believe the trip is almost over. Glad you allowed us to follow along. Have a safe trip home.

Nor can I - I want to stay forever :(. Was great to know you were following - same time again next year?

I know you are probably on the plane by now? (almost 6 am here now). Have a great flight. I'm sure you will both sleep, as it seems you didn't let the grass grow under your feet while you were there!
Loved all the pictures. I especially love Tomorrowland at night, spectacular! The people mover is one of our favorites, esp at evening with the lights. Glad you got to ride Splash! I always think of that crazy ride we went on and talked and laughed all the way through. Memories:)
You and Chris sat on "our" chairs,LOL. I always thought no one else knew about them, as we were always able to get them anytime we went by. Really a nice spot to sit and relax.
When you have down time, let me know how the policy change situation at POR went?
Thanks again for the wonderful photos. I can't say which one I loved the most!

I almost forgot: Happy Birthday! what a great place to spend it!

We’re not on the plane yet - we have the best part of today in the Magic Kingdom - we’re watching the parade again before we go!

Glad you liked the photos and I thought of you while I was on Splash and big thunder remembering when we rode both together! Maybe one day we’ll do that again.



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And we’ve always sat on those chairs but they seem to be a bit more popular now

I’ll email you over the next few days re the policy change just to let you know our thoughts.

Glad you liked the photos and thanks for the birthday wishes :)

Just binged-read your TR this weekend...thank you for the time to write it as you were vacationing - that's a special level of commitment and it's always extra fun to know the person is there right at the moment you're reading about it. Hope the trip was everything you wanted it to be and, as always, look forward to all the TRs to come. :joyfull:

Thank you for reading - it’s good to know that someone is as you know how long TR’s take - this one has been different from previous ones as I’ve pretty much just let the photos do the talking which in some ways was a little easier but it still took at least 1 1/2 hours every day (minimum to complete)

This trip was everything and more, we’ve laughed (and I know today we’ll cry) and made more special memories
We’re back next November which seems a lifetime away right now but I count myself lucky I do have something planned.
 

Longers

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Original Poster
Enjoy your last day & safe travels!!

Thank you

One more BTMRR ride today for me.....please?

Don’t worry - we did!

have a great last day, I can't believe I only just caught up with this TR I had been waiting for it, it's nice to read fellow UK travelers thoughts.

Thanks for reading

Tracey: LOL, thanks for the laugh at the picture of us screaming on splash mtn!!!
I'm glad you are able to stay in the parks most of the day - that's great!. You can sleep on the plane,, right?
have a great day!

I still look at that photo with fond memories of the day we met!

Safe trip home & we'll ttybto arrange a meet up next year - be here be forever know it. :)

Thanks - and we’ll definitely need to sort that out for next year
Only 350 odd days to go!
 

Longers

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Original Poster
Monday 20th November

Okay was our last day in Florida and at home in Riverside.

It is also my birthday - some might think I’m mad travelling home on my birthday but we knew it would get busy and would normally have left earlier so we compromised and agreed we would leave today!
That way I would wake up in Disney, go to Magic Kingdom, eat ice cream, watch a parade and be content enough to be satisfied I was here.

We were late out this morning we decided not to rush but just take it easy. The noisy neighbours next door were noisy again so there wasn’t much chance in lying in.

Around 9.30am all we could hear was her shouting her sons name, he had gone missing. Eventually he was found but not before loads of people were searching for him (me included). Turns out from speaking to his brother his only 4 years old - he ended up near to one of the other blocks.

We dropped our luggage off and hopped onto the bus to Magic Kingdom

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We headed to Pan for our first FP - there were people everywhere! But nothing we hadn’t expected

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Next the BTMRR - I couldn’t leave without 1 last ride - The FP queue was at the start of the Splash Mountain bridge!

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Obviously they knew how busy things were going to be as there was tape on the floor

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Last ride was HM

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Longers

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Original Poster
Then it was ice cream time!

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And then the parade!
I tried to face time my mum to share some of it with her.

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Chris took some photos of the crowds while I spoke properly to my mum -

I would never want to be here during thanks giving or any really crowded time - it’s ridiculous I guess you’d only get the 3 FP rides done.

We got everything done we wanted to do today and we still had fun so that’s the main thing.


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And in a flash we were on our way back to Riverside to collect the cases to get to the airport.

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Bye Riverside for another year......

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We made it to the airport and onto the shuttle train to the airport terminal

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We are now waiting for our flight back to the UK which leaves at 8.05pm

Boarding has been delayed half hour so I guess we’re looking at a slight delay.

I can’t believe it’s all over!
But only until next year so the countdown is now back on.

I love my Disney trips so much - you get taken out of the real world into a magical one - I just wish in the real world things could be the same

I think I have over 2300 photos from this trip - I don’t know how that’s possible given how many times I’ve been so it wopill be good to go through them all and re live the memories.

Thanks for reading - I hope you enjoyed following along and sorry for all the photos
 

Minnesota disney fan

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Thanks Tracey for the great pictures on your new camera. I looked forward to your daily reports, which I know can't be easy to do!
It makes waiting for our trip much easier. It looks like you are getting out of Disney at the right time. The weather map shows a lot of rain, and that with the huge crowds cant be fun. Have a good flight home:)
 

Tiggerish

Resident Redhead
Premium Member
Fantastic final day! Happy Birthday!!!

And thanks for your live trip report--I know what a tremendous amount of work it is, and I truly appreciate that you took the time to share your story and your wonderful photos.

Safe home xxxx
 

TheMouseFan

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Happy belated birthday! Glad you had fun yesterday despite the crowds! That's the problem with late November birthdays (mine is tomorrow), they always fall so close to Thanksgiving (mine is actually on Thanksgiving every four years as I was born on Thanksgiving day), so it makes it hard to travel to WDW to enjoy without being mobbed!

Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us! I enjoyed following along!
 

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