Trip Report The (second) ONE with enhanced cleaning and (a little less) Physical Distancing. Sept 2020

How is everyone doing out there???

A little background on this trip. This trip was origionally booked as a Food and Wine/Birthday girls getaway with two of my friends. We booked The Poly at 7 months Thursday through Sunday. (One friend’s bday was Thurs, the other was Sunday! Sooooo perfect!!!)
Buuuuut, they are both teachers and were not allowed to go. (Read that again. Not Allowed☹️)
I had the reservation and I wanted to go. My friend, R and I had a trip in April we had canceled. We had rescheduled for October to do a Halloween party (Nope!) and a DVC moonlight madness (Nope again). Then, she lost her job😞 so she came back to work with me. Her Mom, Gpa and Uncle own the business.
“Hey R, want to go to Disney in September instead?”
“Yeah!”
“Should we add a night? I still have 18 points I can use.”
“Yeah”
“Do you think we can get the extra day off?”
She looks at me. I look at her. 😂😂😂
I mean, her Mom makes the schedule.

She booked her flight, bought her park tickets, made her park reservations and we were set.

Tuesday night, September 15th I caught the sunset and headed to bed for an early start the next morning.
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Wednesday, September 16 came early. R’s Gma was flying back to Ft Lauderdale an hour before our flight. So we all went together to help her out.


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We were not sitting together because our flights were booked seperately. I asked to move us together but I asked on the late side and it was a no go. It was fine. We watched movies. I love Jet Blue TV’s!
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Yay! The sign said 45 minute wait. The woman who checked us in pointed out the sign and said it “could” take 45 minutes.
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Overheard on the ME: “Mom, I dont want to go to the Magic Kingdom!”
“Where do you want to go?”
“Legoland!!”
Haha😂
Lets check the weather...
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Notice my phone is only at 44%🤦🏼‍♀️
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Back of the bus. Not a 45 minute wait but about 20.
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Too far in the back of the bus to get THE SIGN. How about the side of the road? Almost as good???

For the record, we went to Wilderness Lodge, BLT, the Contemporary and then The Polynesian.

We finally made it and were ready to let the fun begin!!
 

donaldtoo

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Wednesday Sept 16 cont

“R, we are going to have a great time today! In fact, we are going to have a ball!”
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😂😂😂

Then it was time for a photo shoot.
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Can you turn on the wind machine?
Thanks.
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Can we mix it up?

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How about a couple uncomfortable single close ups?

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Let’s get down to business!!! We agreed Poutine would be our first stop. R got in line for the poutine, I got in line for my traditional first Epcot drink, Moosehead draft.
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Had to send that pix to X, as per tradition.

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After I got my beer I jumped on line to get R the Orange wine slushie she had highlighted. She met me in line with the poutine. The couple in front of us had something from some booth, I dont remember exactly what. But they were stationary and we are physically distanced in line, and we werent really moving so they ate their food. R and I did the same. The poutine was so good! So good.

When it was time to order the slushy the poutine was long gone. “R! They have lobster here!” On her menu, all lobster items and most of the slushy drinks were highlighted. We ordered the lobster and the orange wine slushy.
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I am not a huge lobster fan but I tried it. It was chewy and overcooked. The drink was good.

Life was good.
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*One note here*
I might have mentioned once or twice that eating at WDW is hard. Well, R has allergies. Like carry an epipen allergies. This is one of the reason we preprinted the menus.

Also, her epipen set off the alarm in the new security screening system (love btw) when we entered Epcot. “R, just make sure you take it out next time we go through security.”

Om my, I see beer...I LUVS me some beer, so this TR is startin’ off GREAT...!!!!!!! :hungry::joyfull::hilarious:

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Darstarr

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In the Parks
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That must explain the three major car accidents I saw on my way home, plus the one I actually witnessed while looking out the window at work! People are going crazy today!
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When we first moved back to Texas in ‘76, I broke my leg on Friday, Aug. 13th...I was 13 years old...!!!!! :hilarious:

BTW...
Finding a GIF that wasn’t about the movie series was hard...!!!!! 🤪:D

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The last Friday the 13th was this past March. Can anyone guess where I was? If you said at home canceling my birthday Disney weekend, you would be correct.

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Darstarr

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Darstarr

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And, since I’ve dipped my toe in here, I feel it’s only proper for me to go back and try to read your whole TR.
I usually can’t keep up, but, I’ll give it a whirl...!!! ;)

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No toe dipping! The fun is in the banter between posts. Read it all. It’s not going anywhere. You have time!😀

(Get a beer and relax, there is nothing good on TV anyway😉)
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Darstarr

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Saturday, September 19 cont

Next we headed to Dinoland.
We had to stop and gawk at the Alligator. (Which is totally invisible in the photo😂)
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This is a better picture of my new ears.
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They had expanded the line since my trip the previous month but it was not full.
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If you have read previous TR’s you know I take this pix and send to my son who insists “dinosaurs aren’t real”.
How can these kids have half my DNA???
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The ride broke down. What to do??? We were in a good spot so we sat....
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...and watched the preshow. Two full times!
Then we were up and walking again. We felt rested and refreshed from our downtime in a cool dark air conditioned room.
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About this time everyone sang happy birthday to a little kid. EVERYONE!
Kid will never forget that!

And another selfie...
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Darstarr

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In the Parks
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Saturday, September 19 cont

We had to hit up the ladies room. Wait, I went to the ladies room, R went to the gift shop💵
Whilst going about my, uh hum, business, I spotted this on the floor...
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find a penny pick it up
unless it’s on the bathroom floor, that’s yuck

The rhyme goes something like this.

R shopped. The only thing that caught my eye was this
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Well said Sebastion. Well said.

Then on the way out I saw these signs which I have never ever noticed before.
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When in Florida be sure to visit Epcot.
So funny!

We decided EE would be our next victim.
The line began all the way back by Nemo. So basically, just outside dinoland.
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Here. This is where we got in line.
Nice views though. Cant complain!
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And entertainment too..
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Now if only there was a beer cart...
No beer cart but there was a pin trading station🤷‍♀️
To R that is kinda like shopping so she had to stop and peruse the offerings.
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