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!!
 

Swissmiss

Premium Member
You know, there ARE members here who LIVE in Europe....maybe we should have our own magic meetup! It doesn't necessarily have to be in Disney.

I actually did meet a forum member at DLP - quite randomly. I recognized him from photos he had posted in the running sub forums so I decided to introduce myself (which is totally not my style). As we were both ordering lunch and solo that day, we sat down together to eat.
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
I ❤️ That idea!
Got any big plans to visit Europe once covid goes bye-bye and international travel opens up? Then you could join in on the fun. We can't go anywhere right now anyway. Everywhere is at least at Orange, which means you have to quarantine before and after your trip. And our cases are once again on the rise...almost 9000 cases in the Netherlands...about 2000 more than yesterday, which was more than the day before. So I'm thinking it will be a while before we are allowed to travel again. Plenty of time for you to start planning!
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
I actually did meet a forum member at DLP - quite randomly. I recognized him from photos he had posted in the running sub forums so I decided to introduce myself (which is totally not my style). As we were both ordering lunch and solo that day, we sat down together to eat.
That is awesome!! I'm assuming you are from Switzerland, but are you close to a border anywhere? I'm 15 minutes from the German border...I work less than a km from the German border. We have gone to Bavaria a couple of times, and to other parts of Germany as well, and we've been to DLP once, Paris a few times, Dublin, London, Brussels and Antwerp...I really want to visit Austria. We'll talk!
 

Swissmiss

Premium Member
That is awesome!! I'm assuming you are from Switzerland, but are you close to a border anywhere? I'm 15 minutes from the German border...I work less than a km from the German border. We have gone to Bavaria a couple of times, and to other parts of Germany as well, and we've been to DLP once, Paris a few times, Dublin, London, Brussels and Antwerp...I really want to visit Austria. We'll talk!

I live in Switzerland like you live in the Netherlands ... but we are both “from“ the same place 😉. I‘m close to the French border. “Fun fact”: none of the mountains visible from my corner of Switzerland are in Switzerland - they are all in France.
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Got any big plans to visit Europe once covid goes bye-bye and international travel opens up? Then you could join in on the fun. We can't go anywhere right now anyway. Everywhere is at least at Orange, which means you have to quarantine before and after your trip. And our cases are once again on the rise...almost 9000 cases in the Netherlands...about 2000 more than yesterday, which was more than the day before. So I'm thinking it will be a while before we are allowed to travel again. Plenty of time for you to start planning!

I'm taking my niece to Europe for her HS graduation in 2 years! Probably in the summer. Hopefully all this Covid stuff is done by then!
 

Darstarr

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
In the Parks
No
I actually did meet a forum member at DLP - quite randomly. I recognized him from photos he had posted in the running sub forums so I decided to introduce myself (which is totally not my style). As we were both ordering lunch and solo that day, we sat down together to eat.
Oh my gosh, I have been watching too many Hallmark Christmas movies, I expected you to say you fell in love...❤️😂

So I'm thinking it will be a while before we are allowed to travel again. Plenty of time for you to start planning!
I would love to go to Europe! But only if I
can leave the kids home😂
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
Oh my gosh, I have been watching too many Hallmark Christmas movies, I expected you to say you fell in love...❤️😂


I would love to go to Europe! But only if I
can leave the kids home😂
Kids schmids. Leave them at home....they probably wouldn't be interested anyway. :p Do you still have 2 at home or is it just one now?
 

Swissmiss

Premium Member
Oh my gosh, I have been watching too many Hallmark Christmas movies, I expected you to say you fell in love...❤️😂


I would love to go to Europe! But only if I
can leave the kids home😂

😂- (the member in question has to be at least half my age)

Sure you can leave the kids at home. But when they find out they are old enough to drink legally in most places here they may feign interest in coming along. 😉
 

Darstarr

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
In the Parks
No
We totally did! It was awesome being back!
My son and his GF were there the last few days. They said it was empty. Also, I warned him about the eating is hard thing, and gave him a few GC’s to use for meals.

“Mom, it wasnt hard. What are you talking about? I figured it out.”

Now if he could figure out how to clean his room.....
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
😂- (the member in question has to be at least half my age)

Sure you can leave the kids at home. But when they find out they are old enough to drink legally in most places here they may feign interest in coming along. 😉
What is the legal age there? They changed it from 16 to 18 here a few years ago, but I think most places it's still 16.
 

Swissmiss

Premium Member
What is the legal age there? They changed it from 16 to 18 here a few years ago, but I think most places it's still 16.

Still 16 for beer and wine; 18 for hard liquor. My teen will be 16 in less than a year and most of her friends are starting to turn 16 now. Let’s just say I’m needing to be a bit more vigilant about where she goes, with whom, and when she needs to be home... Surprisingly, her friends seem to respect that I am stricter with her than other parents, because they will make comments about how I actually care about her.
 

Darstarr

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
In the Parks
No
Still 16 for beer and wine; 18 for hard liquor. My teen will be 16 in less than a year and most of her friends are starting to turn 16 now. Let’s just say I’m needing to be a bit more vigilant about where she goes, with whom, and when she needs to be home... Surprisingly, her friends seem to respect that I am stricter with her than other parents, because they will make comments about how I actually care about her.
Just wondering, do 16 year olds go to bars? Is it normal or common place or just “legal”? Also, do parent’s tell their, legal drinkers, “no drinking!” Is that a thing???

Lastly, do you think the young drinking age benefits them in the future? For example, the wild drinking is out of their system before they hit university? Or, do you think it causes them to start drinking earlier???

Sorry for all the questions but things like this interest me.

@Songbird76 feel free to offer up your answers as well.
 

Swissmiss

Premium Member
Just wondering, do 16 year olds go to bars? Is it normal or common place or just “legal”? Also, do parent’s tell their, legal drinkers, “no drinking!” Is that a thing???

Lastly, do you think the young drinking age benefits them in the future? For example, the wild drinking is out of their system before they hit university? Or, do you think it causes them to start drinking earlier???

Sorry for all the questions but things like this interest me.

@Songbird76 feel free to offer up your answers as well.

Teens are more likely to drink at home or in the park than in bars (way cheaper) so consequently you don‘t really see them in bars. You might see them a bit more frequently in cafés where wine and beer is sold, but in those types of places it’d be more about hanging out with friends than getting drunk.

And university here is very different, many don’t have « residential » campuses as we are used to in the States. There is student housing, but tends to be spread out around the city so there isn’t really any central gathering place on campus. Plus, there is no fraternity or sorority system, so no « wild » parties.

The nice thing about living in a small city is that most drinking is done within walking distance of home, so there isn’t the added stress of drinking and driving.

The fact that they can legally drink at a younger age means that they also start drinking at a younger age 😉. Again, I’ve had to be vigilant and also a bit stricter about letting my teen spend the night at a friend’s house, because I quickly caught on that that is synonymous with going to a party without mom knowing. When she is vague on details, the answer is no. When she can be specific, it is usually a legit request 😉.

Luckily for me, her current circle of friends have chosen our neighborhood - and really our corner of the neighborhood - as their hangout spot and I have several “spies” that report back to me. And I have been known to decide to go for a run or to the grocery store just to see what is going on. Though the going to the grocery store won’t work after the end of this month because we will be moving into the same building as the grocery store, though I think I’ll be able to open the kitchen window to hear what they are up to 😊
 

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