Trip Report The More Things Change, the More We Stay the Same!

Hello everyone. Its an exciting time at our house in Eastern PA as we are just hours away from returning to Walt Disney World! After not traveling to Disney in over 6 years, we will leave tomorrow for our third trip in just under a year.

So much has happened over the past year, and many big changes occurred in the just the past few weeks! Brayden and Madelyn completed successful school years which included conference and district playoff runs in several sports.

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I was able to complete successful winter and spring track seasons. I was also appointed as our next boys' XC head coach which I'm really excited about. But the biggest change was Brayden graduating high school!

After a lot of time and college visits, he decided that Arizona State Univesity would be his next stop. Thats a loooooooooong way from home, and I have to say I'm having a tough time with hime being away. Crystal and I are both excited for him. We are so happy he has this opportunity.

We leave from PHL at 7:10 am which means we will be on the road by 3:30. We are staying at Coronado for the third time. We stayed there for Maddy's Sweet 16th in February and really enjoyed it. It was our first time there in about 10 years.

We plan on going to Epcot tomorrow with lunch at Coral Reef for 2:30. We've only been there twice and both visits were vey long ago, so we are looking forward to what will seem like a new experience for us.

We are excited that fireworks are back! We will be in Epcot for the 4th, but in MK July 1 when they start again.

Also have one planned wdwmagic meet up and beer exchange with @imahistorygeek and @lostpro9het as well as @ajrwdwgirl. Plan on meeting up on June 30 at CSR with dinner at Three Bridges and probably drinks at Rix while we wait for our table.

We have so much to be thankful for, and so much to look forward to. Can't wait to share another life trip report with all of you.
 
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coachwnh

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Oh my, I hate to see this end! You completely crushed the AP's. I love to see how much you all get done, and still have big smiles on your faces at the end of the day. Thanks so much for bringing us along on this epic journey!
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Thanks. It’s almost like we challenge ourselves to see what we can accomplish while we are here. We had a great time!
 

slipperalwaysfits

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Going back in time with Austin and Laura
I would park-hop JUST to ride this ride!! :geek: :geek: :geek:

That seriously has to be some kind of record!!!
Good for you guys!
Impressive that you did all 4 parks in one day and MK three times! :jawdrop::jawdrop:🧐🧐 That took some creative planning!!
I’ll explain later, but Brayden’s quote, “not many people can say they were on the ride longer than the wait.”
An evac, I'm guessing....

Glad you had a wonderful trip and I hope the trip out to AZ goes really well for you and Brayden!
 

LisaBelle

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Well Done Congrats GIF by America's Got Talent
Thanks for sharing another fabulous live TR with all of us! It was great fun to follow along with your amazing family! It’s definitely tough to take your kids to college. But it’s a new adventure with lots of great new experiences for everyone! We’ve had lots of fun visiting our kids at college on family weekends. Best of luck to Brayden!
 

coachwnh

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I would park-hop JUST to ride this ride!! :geek: :geek: :geek:


Impressive that you did all 4 parks in one day and MK three times! :jawdrop::jawdrop:🧐🧐 That took some creative planning!!

An evac, I'm guessing....

Glad you had a wonderful trip and I hope the trip out to AZ goes really well for you and Brayden!
Twice this trip we waited a very long time only for mine train to go down. Lines were all very long after lunch, but we hoped to ride something before we left MK. As we left Be Our Guest, Brayden said we should ask a CM to ride mine train since it’s our last day and twice having it go down while we were n line. So, he walked up and asked if we could ride. The CM said, “absolutely!” We walked right on and were off in no time. Great way to end this trip!
 

coachwnh

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Well Done Congrats GIF by America's Got Talent's Got Talent
Thanks for sharing another fabulous live TR with all of us! It was great fun to follow along with your amazing family! It’s definitely tough to take your kids to college. But it’s a new adventure with lots of great new experiences for everyone! We’ve had lots of fun visiting our kids at college on family weekends. Best of luck to Brayden!
We are very excited for him to go away and experience all that ASU has to offer. I have no idea where the last 18 years went 🤷‍♂️
 

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