Trip Report The ONE with the Bowl that was not so Super 🚽 2/5-2/9, 2021*COMPLETED*

HA HA HA!!!
Hello everybody! I returned yesterday from a last minute long weekend to WDW.
How? Who? Why? You ask. Well my Magical friends, here is everything you want to know, and maybe some things, you don’t.

It all began a few weeks ago at work when my bff/boss suggested we go to Disney for his birthday. I took him last year and we had a great time. We looked at dates and flights and room rates and hemmed and hawed for a couple days. We decided we would go President’s weekend. But my kids would be out of school and they would want to go. Then, texting with @Tuvalu she said “you’re going president’s weekend!?!?”

Ok, she didn’t say it like that but that is how I heard it in my mind. I said to my friend, M, “what the heck are we thinking? Let’s go the weekend before.” His sister/business partner/my other boss gave her blessing (then promptly booked a whole week in Florida for herself at the end of the month) and we started looking at rooms.
Pop was cheap with the AP discount so I booked.

We picked out our flights, then added a day and picked out new flights. Friday came, my day off and two weeks before departure and we had decided on everything. All we had to do was book the flights, which were $69 each way. Then I looked again and the flights were down to $49 each way. I texted M, “BOOK BOOK BOOK! This is not a drill!!!”

Then Saturday came and I canceled Pop and booked a studio at Saratoga Springs Resort using my DVC points. Bought M’s park ticket and made park reservations and some ADR’s. I also filled out the Magical Express request form and ordered a couple t-shirts.

13 days to go and we were all set.

 

[donaldtoo]

Is that Flip Wilson? I had a Flip Wilson doll when I was little. I forgot all about that until now. It had one of those pull strings like Woody. I loved that doll!!!

It’s actually Kenan Thompson from, I believe, an SNL skit...!!!
But, I definitely remember Flip Wilson, and we always watched his variety show (as well as many others) back in the day...!!!!!
Do you remember his character “Geraldine”...!!!!!

 

[LisaBelle]

I was late to the party so I didn’t comment until now. As the mom of a son in his mid twenties I thoroughly related to your drinking around the world experience as well as the lost wallet! We are always in search of missing wallets ! As always Your TR was a delight. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

 

[MickeyCB]

Emmy from that “Worldwind” trip, and Emmy now...!!!!!!!

Ohhh I've been looking for your trip report to show my daughter! We had our first grandbaby in Dec and I'm trying to talk her parents into letting us take her (and them if we have to) , to Disney Jan/Feb of 22. She would be 13 months.

 

[donaldtoo]

Ohhh I've been looking for your trip report to show my daughter! We had our first grandbaby in Dec and I'm trying to talk her parents into letting us take her (and them if we have to) , to Disney Jan/Feb of 22. She would be 13 months.

Awesome, and congrats...!!!
I just read it again over the weekend, and it was just such a wonderful, memorable trip, if only for the one day...!!!!!!!
I hope y’all can take her/them soon...!!!
Were you able to find my TR by clicking on the link in my sig...?

 

[Songbird76]

You would!!!
Bow chicka bow wow

That song always makes me think of Glee. The Celibacy Club has a sing off with the glee club with "wholesome" songs, and Emma thinks this song is about a dessert. So whenever I hear "delight", I think of the Celibacy Club singing "Afternoon delight" as a "wholesome and clean" song.

 

[Darstarr]

Happy Birthday to your pup!

Thanks.
I told him and he stared at me.
I told him to get his bone, and he stared at me.
I asked him “who’s a good boy?” and he stared at me.
I said “squirrel” and he ran to the back door🐿

 

[Darstarr]

It’s actually Kenan Thompson from, I believe, an SNL skit...!!!
But, I definitely remember Flip Wilson, and we always watched his variety show (as well as many others) back in the day...!!!!!
Do you remember his character “Geraldine”...!!!!!

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I do. I must have seen them in reruns because I was way too young to watch them, or anything for that matter. I do remember, “don’t touch me, you dont know me that well.” That became my Mom’s favorite saying. (My poor Dad)
Hahahaha

 

[Darstarr]

As always Your TR was a delight.

Thanks for reading @LisaBelle
and here we go again....the Deee-Lite will song will be stuck in my head.

 

[Darstarr]

Ohhh I've been looking for your trip report to show my daughter! We had our first grandbaby in Dec and I'm trying to talk her parents into letting us take her (and them if we have to) , to Disney Jan/Feb of 22. She would be 13 months.

DISNEYLAND ROADTRIP!!!!

 

[Darstarr]

That song always makes me think of Glee. The Celibacy Club has a sing off with the glee club with "wholesome" songs, and Emma thinks this song is about a dessert. So whenever I hear "delight", I think of the Celibacy Club singing "Afternoon delight" as a "wholesome and clean" song.

How could anything with John Stamos make one think “wholesome thoughts”?
Am I right @Tuvalu ???

 

[Tuvalu]

How could anything with John Stamos make one think “wholesome thoughts”?
Am I right @Tuvalu ???

 

[wdisney9000]

I have a list started on my phone. Now, I need a list to remind me to check my list
# 1 on the list is to replace the mug I let my son give his GF.
# is a drink at Big River Grille (hoping that is on @wdisney9000 list as well!)

 

[PacNWTigger]

He does have that effect, doesn't he?

 

[lindawdw]

I was very late to the party on this TR in following up with all your posts but it was so worth the wait!!! You always know how to entertain your loyal readers DarStarr! I'm glad that you felt better fairly quickly after the food poisoning incident! Loved that SS gave you the free room for X and his friends which was the pixie dust that was so needed after the rough start. Your son is so lucky to have such a cool mom who drinks around the "World" with him and his friends! I love how you and M just roll with the punches when you travel together. Even being a picky eater, he certainly enjoyed all the sweet offerings on this trip! Scoring the BG 16 for ROTR must have been so exciting after missing out at the beginning of the trip! As I have said many times after reading your TR's, thank you so much for sharing your incredibly fun adventures with us!!! Can't wait for the next one.

 

[Songbird76]

How could anything with John Stamos make one think “wholesome thoughts”?
Am I right @Tuvalu ???

 

[DisneyGigi]

How could anything with John Stamos make one think “wholesome thoughts”?
Am I right @Tuvalu ???

I am going to be the odd one out here, but he irks me. I don’t think it is actually him, I thought he was cute before Full House and getting together with B. He had the black hair, the mullet, the eyes and every girl always swooned and said you look just like Uncle Jesse. Maybe it was the green eyed monster that did it. Now that he is gray everyone says he looks like George Clooney. I totally don’t agree with that one other than the gray.

 

[tommcp516]

Thanks for another great TR--and nice job getting some cool pics with your new phone!
Glad to see that despite an awful start, you and M rallied and made it another memorable trip.

I got a laugh out of how picky M was for so many every meal: "what's this? what's this??"

I imagined that very early on in the trip you had adopted a daily affirmation to cope that might have wound up sounding something like:

Darstarr:

M is my bff and my boss and I'm grateful for his friendship and for my job.

Also Darstarr:

 

[MickeyCB]

Awesome, and congrats...!!!
I just read it again over the weekend, and it was just such a wonderful, memorable trip, if only for the one day...!!!!!!!
I hope y’all can take her/them soon...!!!
Were you able to find my TR by clicking on the link in my sig...?

I will try to find it again, ty very much!

 

[MickeyCB]

DISNEYLAND ROADTRIP!!!!

Ohhh now there's an idea!! I've been focusing on the East coast!

 

[donaldtoo]

I think of

That song was still extremely popular when we moved back to Texas from No Cal in August of ‘76...and yes, at age 13 I knew what it was about...!!!!!