Trip Report Third time’s the charm- Sorta kinda live-Now with bonus content!

We’re going back! Hey everyone it’s me, the Loco. Like many of us here in our little community, I missed out on a few Disney trips thanks to the pandemic. We originally had plans for a west coast trip back I the summer of 2020, but that clearly was a no go. We had a backup plan of visiting WDW in September, but a change of jobs for me forced us to cancel that since I wouldn’t have any available leave time(I started the new job in august). That leads us to now, trip number three, and we are a go! Our last trip was February of 2020 just before the world went bananas, but that seems like decades ago at this point!
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So Let’s do this! I’ll get the intros and details out of the way.

Who: Those of you who have read any of my older reports know it will be me and the wife. She’s the good looking one in the picture below, which would make me the slightly inebriated one.
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Anyone remember the throwback TR we did last year featuring Molli and Chris getting engaged?

Where:
Four nights here
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Followed by three nights here
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Wait, not there. I mean the real wilderness lodge! Copper creek villas to be exact.
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When: Approximately 48 hours from right now. Am I ready? Of course not. Being the man, I’m contractually obligated to wait until the last second to pack, and to forget something super important!
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We are excited to get back “home”, even with the restrictions and missing entertainment. I have to admit that it’s been nice not having to plan quite as much. I just made park passes and a few dining reservations and that was that. I’m in the camp that believes fast pass actually inflated wait times for most attractions, and I am not particularly sad to see it go.

We’ll be driving down since we planned this trip before vaccines were widely available and we were still a little on the fence about flying. I feel more comfortable with it now, but prices have skyrocketed, so I’ll just stick with the road trip.
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Will I be putting the loco in Loco_Driver by doing the entire trip in one day? Even I don’t know the answer to that yet. Check back Friday!
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Will I partake in mine and @Tuvalu beloved WCC burnt ends nachos, or a No Way Jose?
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Will any fellow magicians be making appearances?
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So with all that out of the way, let’s goooo!
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Loco_driver

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Hmm. It looks like one of you asked for more water 😉
Actually she just threw that on the table before I was all the way done with my first glass of water. She said I looked thirsty and that it would be too much work for her to keep having to refill my glass all day. 🤣
Potatoes look good to me🤷‍♀️
Looks can be deceiving. They really weren’t horrible, they just didn’t go very well with the rest of the skillet. I’ll just be like @Tuvalu and stick with the burnt end nachos from now on.
 

Loco_driver

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The skies threatened this afternoon, but nothing more than a light rain developed.
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Another trip to the springs. We must be losing it.
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We were headed here.
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We picked up some 50th merch to hustle in the streets. Not really though. A had some friends who asked if we could try and get them the magic bands. We may have charged them full price and pocketed our DVC discount.😉 We also picked up a few shirts for ourselves.
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Dole whip? Now you know I’ve lost my mind!(see what I did there @Darstarr)
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We scored a last minute reservation at a place I never imagined we’d be dining at. Anyone care to guess?
 

Loco_driver

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Very lazy day today. Started with some donuts from everglazed that we picked up yesterday. Chocolate peanut butter diabetic funsplosion(or whatever it’s called) for me.
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S’more diabetes for A.
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We spent the afternoon doing some DVC open houses just to checkout some of the bigger grand villas. I’m not here to declare a winner, but it’s VGF.

Love the Grand Flo lobby.
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We always try and get one of these little cakes from Grand Floridian.
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Spent most of the rainy afternoon just napping in the room before being rudely awakened by housekeeping for their “room check”.😡

Our dinner choice tonight.
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I had a great view!
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The eats.
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People. Y’all need to get down to CBR and eat this meal ASAP! This was absolutely outstanding! Move over Ohana, there’s a new bread pudding champion! All three meats were cooked to perfection, and the cilantro rice and vegetable curry were also great. $29 per adult for a family style meal of this quality at WDW is a real steal!
 

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Very lazy day today. Started with some donuts from everglazed that we picked up yesterday. Chocolate peanut butter diabetic funsplosion(or whatever it’s called) for me.
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S’more diabetes for A.
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We spent the afternoon doing some DVC open houses just to checkout some of the bigger grand villas. I’m not here to declare a winner, but it’s VGF.

Love the Grand Flo lobby.
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We always try and get one of these little cakes from Grand Floridian.
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Spent most of the rainy afternoon just napping in the room before being rudely awakened by housekeeping for their “room check”.😡

Our dinner choice tonight.
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I had a great view!
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The eats.
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People. Y’all need to get down to CBR and eat this meal ASAP! This was absolutely outstanding! Move over Ohana, there’s a new bread pudding champion! All three meats were cooked to perfection, and the cilantro rice and vegetable curry were also great. $29 per adult for a family style meal of this quality at WDW is a real steal!

That flamingo cake is adorable! 😍
 

Loco_driver

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What better way to end the trip than with a visit with @riverside!
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You can see that Bucky has returned in the form of a beer bucket. I’d say that’s an upgrade!
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It was nice to have a few drinks and chat with my friend for a while out by the water while a musician was playing some live music. Everything felt “normal”, even if just for a moment.
 

Loco_driver

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Our last meal of the trip was breakfast this morning at olivias. It was good. Not something I’d go out of my way for, but I’d eat here again if I’m at OKW. We both had the banana bread French toast. VERY sweet!
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We left right after breakfast. The threat of TS Fred made us move our stopping point to Mobile, AL earlier this week. The timing of it has changed to closer to Monday morning, but we’d rather be safe than sorry. So with that I’ll wrap up this little trip!
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