Trip Report The Disneymoon where the Coloradans had to buy jackets - Oct-Nov 2017

Hi all!

This will be my first trip report, but after seeing some of the trip reports over the last couple of weeks, I had to start one!
So here are the basics:

WHO: Me (Chelbye) and my husband, Nicholas!
WHEN: October 27 - November 3, 2017
WHY: It's technically our honeymoon, but I also received my Master's in August.
WHERE: Coronado Springs!

Alright so I've been lurking the boards for what seems like forever, and after finishing my MBA, I've had the time to actually contribute. Soooo here's a bit about me, my husband, and this trip:

I'm 25 and was raised on Disney. This will be my 5th trip to Disney World with the previous trips being in July of 2000, September of 2006, May-June of 2014, and October-November of 2015. This will be my husband's 3rd trip (he came with me in 2014 and 2015). He's probably more addicted to Disney than I am now.
We booked this trip in August of 2016, and originally planned it for celebrating my MBA, but since then, we got married! We got married on March 18th and decided that we would use this trip as a Disneymoon as well.

Oct 27th -
Flight from Denver departing at 9:50am, arriving in Orlando at 3:27pm! We will take DME to Coronado Springs. We are expecting a honeymoon gift package to be delivered to our room after check-in courtesy of our best friends whom we are meeting at Disney Springs later that night.
ADR for Chef Art Smith's at 8:30pm (first time)
Spend the rest of the night shopping, drinking, and enjoying Florida weather in Disney Springs!

Oct 28th -
Rope Drop MK
FP for

• Space Mountain (9:45)
  
• BTMR (11:15)
  
• 7DMT (1:00)

ADR for Cape May at 7:50pm (annual repeat for us)
Nick and I may go back out to a park or Disney Springs after.

Oct 29th (Best friend's birthday) -
ADR Character Breakfast for Chef Mickey's at 7:55am (my second time, everyone else's first)
Say goodbye to friends as they leave
Head to HS between 9:30-10:30 to get back on pace
FP for:

• Star Tours (9:55) may or may not use
• Toy Story Mania (10:55)
• ToT (12:20)

Head over to MK for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party!!!!

Oct 30th -
Rope Drop AK, flat out SPRINT to FoP
FP for:

• River Journey (9:50)
• Safari (11:25)
• Everest (12:25)

Head over to Epcot for some F&W
ADR at Sanaa at 8:15pm (first time)

Oct 31st (Halloween!) -
Rope Drop Epcot, start at the new Soarin (first time with the new film)
FP for:

• Mission SPACE (10:05)
• FEA (11:30)
• (throw away FP)

Some more F&W, especially the craft beer!
ADR at Paradisio 37 at 8:15pm (first time)

Nov 1st -
Rope Drop either MK or HS
May get some putt-putt in
Head over to AK for night-time
FP for:

• FoP (3:50)
• Everest (4:50)
• Safari (6:20) hopefully it's close to sunset or dark

ADR at Turf Club at 9:05pm (another repeat)

Nov 2nd -
Rope Drop MK
FP for:

• Space Mountain (9:40)
• BTMR (11:10)
• 7DMT (12:10)

ADR at Skipper's Canteen at 1:35pm (first time)
Head back over to AK or Epcot

Nov 3rd (last day ) -
Pack and leave stuff at concierge at CSR
Head to HS
FP for

• Toy Story (9:40)
• ToT (10:40)
• Star Tours (12:10)

Head to DME at CSR
Flight from MCO (4:15pm) to DEN (6:15pm)

 

[PacNWTigger]

Following along. Looks like some great plans! I hope you guys have a blast!

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Your plans sound amazing!!! I tried and tried to convince my fiancé to go to Disney for our honeymoon.. I didn’t win!

I must live vicariously through you!! Enjoy it!! Every minute just breathe and take it all in

Congrats on your MBA and on your marriage!!! So much to celebrate

 

[chelbye]

Following along. Looks like some great plans! I hope you guys have a blast!

Thank you! Almost a week out now!

 

[chelbye]

Your plans sound amazing!!! I tried and tried to convince my fiancé to go to Disney for our honeymoon.. I didn’t win!

I must live vicariously through you!! Enjoy it!! Every minute just breathe and take it all in

Congrats on your MBA and on your marriage!!! So much to celebrate

Thank you very much!

 

[Dave Z]

Enjoy your honeymoon, your plans look great!

 

[chelbye]

Enjoy your honeymoon, your plans look great!

Thank you!

 

[chelbye]

My husband got me a new magicband in preparation for the trip! I love the mickey bar on this one!

 

[chelbye]

So - we just found out that our friends aren't coming out the first three days after all.
But that puts us back on our original schedule and should make getting through MK the first day a bit easier.

Also, United changed our flight back home we depart MCO at 4:15 now. DME shouldn't get to our hotel until 1 though, right? So we can still have the morning in the park?

 

[Bullseye1967]

Congrats on your marriage and MBA! Following along also

 

[chelbye]

Congrats on your marriage and MBA! Following along also

Thank you, thank you! Almost celebration time!

 

[Stacey LeDuc]

Following...looks like so much fun.

 

[chelbye]

Hello everyone! I am currently sitting at home on a snow day in Colorado, drinking Joffrey's coffee out of my rapid refill mug. Reminiscent much? We got home on Friday evening and it has been nonstop nonsense since we've been home. Between work, my nonprofit, seeing family, and cleaning the house, we've been slammed. But don't fret! This snow day has given me the time to start my trip report!

Stay tuned!

 

[chelbye]

Oct 27 - Travel Day

We woke up at 5:30am ready to go! Okay, well my husband, Nick, did. I wanted to spend a bit more time under the covers cuddling with the pups before we left. After showering, packing last minute items, and loading the car, it was time to say bye to the dogs. (Yes, we're crazy dog people with 3 special needs dogs who are EXTREMELY hard to leave. Luckily, my dad was able to stay most nights with them, and Nick's brother and mom came to check on them throughout the week as well.) I mean look at these faces!


We left and headed up to DIA to catch our 9:10 flight. The parking lot was busier than any other time I've ever had to park at the airport so we had quite the walk from my car to the terminal. We parked by a sweet Jeep that had a skeleton on the top of his car (of course I didn't take a picture) and froze as we walked into the airport. After checking our bags and passing through security, we only had to wait about 45 minutes before boarding began. Nick is currently on a Bloody Mary kick so we sought out the closest bar. He enjoyed his Bloody Mary and I had a mimosa.

We headed off to our gate, only to find that the plane currently flying out of B44 was going to Tampa and not Orlando. I have had fantastic luck with flying with the exception of one trip to Raleigh in June where I was delayed 10 hours so I hate when things are not perfect and it is completely foreign to me to experience problems when flying (no matter how minor). Nick gets extremely anxious when things aren't according to plan, so of course the panic set in. I opened up the United app and it still showed B44 was our gate. We ran over to the Departures screen in the terminal and hunted down the Orlando flight which also still read B44. Just as we were about to turn around and ask someone, the screen switched to B22. By this time, it was 15 minutes before boarding began so we hustled down to our gate. We got there with time to spare so Nick took a call from work and I checked emails. (We avoided work for the majority of the trip but Nick is currently thinking about switching jobs and was waiting on a call from the new company, and I run a nonprofit that was getting ready to launch our biggest fundraising campaign so we agreed that small moments like these we would use for work.)

The flight was easy: Nick slept, I read It. About an hour into flight, I put on my MagicBand and I'm pretty sure the guy next to me laughed. He appeared to be a Florida native and I can only imagine his annoyance with people like me who get excited about Disney. We landed early and sped our way through the airport to get down to DME. I received our room text as we were on our way to the DME section of the airport. We walked right onto our bus and joined a group of college-age kids also on their way to Coronado Springs. The front of the bus was packed with these kids in their college gear who were NOT excited to be going to Disney. We didn’t care and wanted to show that we were excited.

As we arrived at Coronado Springs, we saw more college-age kids roaming around and quickly realized there had to be a convention. Walking to get our mugs, we overhead another guest ask what convention the kids were there for the FDP convention which apparently is a Democratic party convention so I am still really confused.

We got our refill mugs and headed to our room. We stayed in the remodeled Cabanas and I didn't take a picture. But we did receive our Honeymoon gift package!

After getting settled, we headed off to catch a bus to Disney Springs!

 

[amjt660]

Late to the party but def following along

Max

 

[LisaBelle]

Your dogs are adorable. You are my kind of gal with your mimosa! Your honeymoon gift package is really cute. Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.

 

[Bullseye1967]

following your TR