Jambo everyone! We are back from our down and dirty trip to wdw! We had tons of laughs, lost a license, had 4 attractions break in Epcot, experienced Universal for the first time, and of course, met tons of amazing cast members. This trip got the nick name down and dirty for a few reasons. The big one was that is trip was not supposed to happen. We normally go to Disney every 2 years but when we realized everyone would be working this summer, we took it as an opportunity to spend 6 days in Florida. Because this was a last minute budget trip, we had no dinning reservations, stayed value, and didn't have park hoppers which meant if it didn't get done the day we were at that park, it wasn't happening. We learned throughout this trip a lot of hidden gems in the parks (especially food wise), and that sometimes, you don't need all the extra things and planning to have a fun time!
Enough rambling though, on with the show!
The cast:
Myself(Emily)- 24 years old, just finished my first year being an elementary school teacher! Used to work at DAK! Favorite park: Animal Kingdom!
Mom- The parent of us girls! Not a big ride fan but she loves characters and just being in Disney. Mom has a dairy allergy (this was her first trip diagnosed with the allergy). Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom
Samantha- 19 years old. Doesn't like mornings. Was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease about a year ago. Can only eat white meat or seafood. Talks to everyone she meets. Favorite park: Epcot.
Haley- 16 years old. Has grown up going to the parks. Loves Winnie the Pooh. Goes with the flow. Favorite park: DHS, favorite this trip, magic kingdom.
Resort: Pop Century
Dates: June 21st-June 26th.
Day 1- Last Day of School! Last Day of school!
Our flight was scheduled to leave at 3:35 pm but before we could get on our plane, Haley and I needed to go to our last day of school! We both had half days which worked out great. Haley finished school at 11:10am. My dad picked her up from school, ran to the store to get a few last minute things, then was picking me up by 12:20! We were off to the airport!
We arrived at the airport around 1:20. When we walked in we discovered something amazing, the line to check bags for southwest was nonexistent. With our bags checked in and boarding passes in our hands, we were off to security by 1:30.
Then something even more amazing happened, there was no line at security! We made it through in 5 minutes and were at our gate by 1:40!!!!
We grabbed some lunch at McDonalds and Fresh City and just relaxed for the next hour until our plane arrived. While we were waiting, received this email:
Around 2:30 our plane had arrived! One step closer to Disney!
Now since we booked southwest, we had to board with our group. The problem was I bought my ticket individually, my mom bought her ticket individually, and then my sisters bought their tickets together. This meant we weren't one after another for boarding time. I boarded first with A55 and I became the annoying person trying to save seats for the others. Mom boarded next with B04 and was able to get the seat behind me. Sam and Haley boarded B15 and B16 and got the middle seat next to us. Yay for all of us sitting together!
And then we sat on the runway for an hour
Apparently, there was some "weather" we were going to fly through on our original path. I say "weather" because when checking radar, we only saw light rain and it was out at sea. But Pilot knows best! He continued to keep us updated the entire time which was good. Our plane ended up leaving Hartford at 4:40 pm.
The flight was uneventful (thankfully). There was a peanut allergy on board so we got some yummy chex mix
We landed around 6:50pm, only 20 minutes later than our planned land time! When we arrived at Magical Express, We went into line 5 and saw the line was already a few families deep. We thought that meant a bus must be coming soon. The bus came in about 30 minutes and we were set to go to Pop Century!
Coming Up: Downtown...I mean Disney Springs at night! and 16 hours in the Magic Kingdom!
Enough rambling though, on with the show!
The cast:
Myself(Emily)- 24 years old, just finished my first year being an elementary school teacher! Used to work at DAK! Favorite park: Animal Kingdom!
Mom- The parent of us girls! Not a big ride fan but she loves characters and just being in Disney. Mom has a dairy allergy (this was her first trip diagnosed with the allergy). Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom
Samantha- 19 years old. Doesn't like mornings. Was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease about a year ago. Can only eat white meat or seafood. Talks to everyone she meets. Favorite park: Epcot.
Haley- 16 years old. Has grown up going to the parks. Loves Winnie the Pooh. Goes with the flow. Favorite park: DHS, favorite this trip, magic kingdom.
Resort: Pop Century
Dates: June 21st-June 26th.
Day 1- Last Day of School! Last Day of school!
Our flight was scheduled to leave at 3:35 pm but before we could get on our plane, Haley and I needed to go to our last day of school! We both had half days which worked out great. Haley finished school at 11:10am. My dad picked her up from school, ran to the store to get a few last minute things, then was picking me up by 12:20! We were off to the airport!
We arrived at the airport around 1:20. When we walked in we discovered something amazing, the line to check bags for southwest was nonexistent. With our bags checked in and boarding passes in our hands, we were off to security by 1:30.
Then something even more amazing happened, there was no line at security! We made it through in 5 minutes and were at our gate by 1:40!!!!
We grabbed some lunch at McDonalds and Fresh City and just relaxed for the next hour until our plane arrived. While we were waiting, received this email:
Around 2:30 our plane had arrived! One step closer to Disney!
Now since we booked southwest, we had to board with our group. The problem was I bought my ticket individually, my mom bought her ticket individually, and then my sisters bought their tickets together. This meant we weren't one after another for boarding time. I boarded first with A55 and I became the annoying person trying to save seats for the others. Mom boarded next with B04 and was able to get the seat behind me. Sam and Haley boarded B15 and B16 and got the middle seat next to us. Yay for all of us sitting together!
And then we sat on the runway for an hour
Apparently, there was some "weather" we were going to fly through on our original path. I say "weather" because when checking radar, we only saw light rain and it was out at sea. But Pilot knows best! He continued to keep us updated the entire time which was good. Our plane ended up leaving Hartford at 4:40 pm.
The flight was uneventful (thankfully). There was a peanut allergy on board so we got some yummy chex mix
We landed around 6:50pm, only 20 minutes later than our planned land time! When we arrived at Magical Express, We went into line 5 and saw the line was already a few families deep. We thought that meant a bus must be coming soon. The bus came in about 30 minutes and we were set to go to Pop Century!
Coming Up: Downtown...I mean Disney Springs at night! and 16 hours in the Magic Kingdom!
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. With our fastpass in hand we made the walk over to Mexico. We walked inside of Mexico and as usually had to try things out. 
called lost and found but they were already closed. I'd have to try again tomorrow. 
