Trip Report THE ONE WHERE THE FRIENDS GO TO DISNEY; ALMOST LIVE IN APRIL.

Day one sort of/ April 1

Why “almost live”? To give myself the loophole if I can not handle it

Truth be told, I am sitting in the airport now. It’s 5:30 and I have a 6:10 am flight to FLL. If you have “traveled” with me before you know I multi task when I am down in Florida. My son has a lacrosse game tonight. I will head up to Disney tomorrow.

Who is going on this trip? My friend K and I. We met when our oldest were in the same first grade class. We were the class moms and became fast friends. (So did the boys) She divorced some years later and moved to the north shore. (I am on the south shore). We do not see each other as often as we want but we see each other when we can.
She had a birthday in December and asked if I wanted to go to the city for the weekend. Lets see...NYC in December? NO THANK YOU! I countered with Florida in April. We took our youngest to WDW last April and had a great time
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See Dre’s happy face in the back? Told you we had a great time!!!


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She is a ton of fun! We will be taking it easy and enjoying the resort more than normal. She is not a huge ride/parks person but will do it for me and for the adventure.

Ok. Time to board. B8. Not too bad.
 
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Darstarr

Darstarr

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MississippiBelle said:
Ooooh child, can I get an Amen on that one. When they get to their mid-twenties, they'll be like "oh crap, mom was right.".
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20’s???
I am, uh hum, a tad bit older than that. I dont remember when a quart of milk was a nickle or anything but I do remember getting into Disneyland for $10! (Albeit it was a special event for my parents work place).
My boys will be saying, “remember when MK was only $100?”

Back!Elbow!Shoulders! said:
That Dumbo charm is fantastic!
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I KNOW!!! I could die! I think I am in love!❤️
 
Laura Loves Tigger

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Love the charm! Glad you missed the storm! I was thinking about you yesterday while sitting in our condo in St. Augustine watching it storm outside. The news coverage said it was coming up from Orlando. Glad you had a fun half day at MK!
 
Darstarr

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Laura Loves Tigger said:
Love the charm! Glad you missed the storm! I was thinking about you yesterday while sitting in our condo in St. Augustine watching it storm outside. The news coverage said it was coming up from Orlando. Glad you had a fun half day at MK!
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Thank you. We escaped Orlando by the skin of our teeth. (That is a very odd saying. Who had skin on their teeth?)
Lots of my son’s teammates parents were flying in for the big game they had today-there were many canceled flights☹️
 
Songbird76

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Darstarr said:
I wasnt going to report on today but then something newsworthy happened. So here is the quick version of today.

We stayed offsite and funny coincidence, it was the same hotel I stayed in last April with K and our youngest boys. I did not realize it when I booked it.

Woke up about 6:30 and we all showered. Then we headed down to the breakfast buffet and had these❤
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They were the same size, taste and texture of the wdw version.

We headed out about 7:30 for an 8:00 opening. Extra magic hours were at 7:00 but that did not apply to us.
Driving to the MK. Not sure when we ever did that.
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I remember reading in one of those old guide books that in the morning the guns are preloaded and the first round is free. They were free and we had fun!!!

First was Big Thunder. Then Pirates.
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Then we had a FP for Peter Pan. I haven't done Peter Pan since the kids were little. But last night as I was searching for FP’s it popped up for 8:40-9:40am. Ok.
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Next we had a jungle cruise FP. Then People Mover and our last FP for Buzz. We got some chix nuggets to go from cosmic rays. There was a dance party parade thing going on as we left forcing us to walk on the side walk. Thank goodness. We saw a sign outside the jewlery store for a Dumbo Pandora charm. Ant and I both saw it and made a beeline for the sign. “Do you want it?” “Yes please.” When we went into the store they had two styles to chose from. One was an in park exclusive and Dumbo had his trunk up!!! Trunk up! (My MIL always collected elephants with their trunks up because they are good luck. I can not pass up a trunk up elephant!!!)
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So happy. And it is so cute!!!


Selfie on the way out.
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We headed to the Contemporary. Our December driver was there! She got the gifts I left her last month and shared with her fellow CM’s. The boys did the Sea Raycers....again!!! Funny thing is, I always had them in sailing lessons and they complained, but these boats have become an obsession!!!

We were on the road about 1:20. Heading to Boca. Trying to outrun the storm!!!

What a nice last minute 1/2 day! And I am in ❤ with my new charm!!!
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Do you have Primark where you live? They have a bunch of Disney stuff, and when I was there yesterday they had throw pillows of Dumbo's head.
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They also had snow globes, PJs, etc....
 
Songbird76

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Darstarr said:
I believe there is one in the city (NYC) but I dont go in much. I will have to check it out! Thanks! And you make a cute Dumbo btw!!
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Thanks! That's my DD actually. She makes a cute whatever she's trying to be. But I may be biased. Friday, she was being Minnie Mouse.
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Primark is definitely worth a look. We have got DD pretty much ready for our Summer WDW trip....Stitch shirt and shorts, Mickey shorts, Minnie T, Beauty and the Beast shirt, various disney character socks, and also a bunch of Harry Potter stuff for Universal Studios since we are huge HP fans. But they have everything from stationary to bedding to clothing and right now they are capitalizing on the new Dumbo movie coming out. Also lots of Winnie the Pooh stuff at the moment.

Edited to add: Star Wars....lots of Star Wars merch.
 
lindawdw

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Loved following along on your Live TR! It's so much fun traveling with dear friends to our happy place. :) I haven't stayed at the Poly since 1987 but I am going to definitely try to get in at the 7 month mark for with our DVC points soon. Those room are the biggest of all the resorts and how great that you had two showers! Sorry your flight home got cancelled but glad it all worked out for you in the end. Hope your son did well in his game!
 
Darstarr

Darstarr

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Songbird76 said:
Thanks! That's my DD actually. She makes a cute whatever she's trying to be. But I may be biased. Friday, she was being Minnie Mouse.
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Primark is definitely worth a look. We have got DD pretty much ready for our Summer WDW trip....Stitch shirt and shorts, Mickey shorts, Minnie T, Beauty and the Beast shirt, various disney character socks, and also a bunch of Harry Potter stuff for Universal Studios since we are huge HP fans. But they have everything from stationary to bedding to clothing and right now they are capitalizing on the new Dumbo movie coming out. Also lots of Winnie the Pooh stuff at the moment.

Edited to add: Star Wars....lots of Star Wars merch.
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Totes adorbs!
I am too old to get away with saying that but oh well😉
 
Darstarr

Darstarr

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lindawdw said:
Loved following along on your Live TR! It's so much fun traveling with dear friends to our happy place. :) I haven't stayed at the Poly since 1987 but I am going to definitely try to get in at the 7 month mark for with our DVC points soon. Those room are the biggest of all the resorts and how great that you had two showers! Sorry your flight home got cancelled but glad it all worked out for you in the end. Hope your son did well in his game!
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Thanks for reading. The Poly was great! Not just the room but the location. We were really close to the TTC and our room was on the third floor near the ice machine. I have my priorities!!!
I think I booked about 3 or 4 months out and waitlisted the Poly. I got it almost immediately.
I am ruined for all other resorts🌴😎
 

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