I should preface this trip report with a little bit of background. Back in the fall of 2007 I did the college program at Magic Kingdom in Fantasyland. My friend Josephine and I look nothing alike, but we act just the same and our managers constantly called us each other's names. Here’s a picture of us during our program:
Anyway, we’ve kept in touch and planned an impromptu visit back to the world. I’ve been back quite a few times, but Josephine had not been back since our program ended.
She lives in Boston and I live in Connecticut, so we decided to meet up in Orlando. Josephine’s flight went off without a hitch, but I was not so lucky. My flight on southwest was routed through Chicago when it was hit by a snowstorm that nearly closed the airport. My flight was delayed by 3 hours and I was told it had a 50/50 chance of being cancelled. So I dug deep and bought a ticket on US Airways. I found out the next day that my flight was not canceled, but was delayed from an 11:30 PM arrival in Orlando to 4 AM. Since I knew that I’m probably flying Southwest in October when my family is going on our Disney trip, I was very happy with my decision.
With our little car rented from Hertz, we drove to our hotel. My friend works at Universal Orlando and was able to get us a fantastic deal at the Loews Royal Pacific Hotel. The hotel was nice, as was the bar, but my only gripe is that it did not have a fridge or microwave. Then again, my family has the DVC so I’m used to a full kitchen as well! We settled in for the night and planned on spending the morning in Hollywood Studios the next day.
Hollywood Studios was fairly dead that morning (Saturday) and we were able to get on all of the major rides early on in the day. We were also able to meet up with our friends who worked in the park and say hi.
Since we were both underage during our CP, we decided we needed to drink around the world. Alas, I was the designated driver and merely sampled the different alcohols around the world showcase. We ran in to Mulan in China and had to take a picture with her in Warrior Pose.
Then it was off farther around the lake for Sake in Japan and Guiness in the UK. When I go in October I plan on trying the Strongbow hard cider! Then we drove over to Magic Kingdom to end the night where we lived for 5 months. Of course we ended up getting stuck on Mansion for awhile. Luckily it was in the ballroom scene so I could play with my camera!
Anyway, we’ve kept in touch and planned an impromptu visit back to the world. I’ve been back quite a few times, but Josephine had not been back since our program ended.
She lives in Boston and I live in Connecticut, so we decided to meet up in Orlando. Josephine’s flight went off without a hitch, but I was not so lucky. My flight on southwest was routed through Chicago when it was hit by a snowstorm that nearly closed the airport. My flight was delayed by 3 hours and I was told it had a 50/50 chance of being cancelled. So I dug deep and bought a ticket on US Airways. I found out the next day that my flight was not canceled, but was delayed from an 11:30 PM arrival in Orlando to 4 AM. Since I knew that I’m probably flying Southwest in October when my family is going on our Disney trip, I was very happy with my decision.
With our little car rented from Hertz, we drove to our hotel. My friend works at Universal Orlando and was able to get us a fantastic deal at the Loews Royal Pacific Hotel. The hotel was nice, as was the bar, but my only gripe is that it did not have a fridge or microwave. Then again, my family has the DVC so I’m used to a full kitchen as well! We settled in for the night and planned on spending the morning in Hollywood Studios the next day.
Hollywood Studios was fairly dead that morning (Saturday) and we were able to get on all of the major rides early on in the day. We were also able to meet up with our friends who worked in the park and say hi.
Since we were both underage during our CP, we decided we needed to drink around the world. Alas, I was the designated driver and merely sampled the different alcohols around the world showcase. We ran in to Mulan in China and had to take a picture with her in Warrior Pose.
Then it was off farther around the lake for Sake in Japan and Guiness in the UK. When I go in October I plan on trying the Strongbow hard cider! Then we drove over to Magic Kingdom to end the night where we lived for 5 months. Of course we ended up getting stuck on Mansion for awhile. Luckily it was in the ballroom scene so I could play with my camera!
