Trip Report We're going back and nothing's gonna stop us now.....

,Hey everyone!! The official PTR is finally happening!! Whew! These last few months have been a killer.

Let me start by telling you a bit about the two of us. My DH is the most hard-working guy. He constantly gives 110% at his work-electrical engineer. That's the reason I don't have to work outside the home:) I, on the other hand, do most of the work at home. I am what some call "a domestic engineer". I do all the planning, cleaning, bills, errands, etc. But, I love it! I used to work but don't miss it one bit. We have one DD who is 28 and lives in another part of our state. She isn't going with us this trip. And we have a cat.

We are celebrating our 33rd anniversary this year!! Actually, it was in Sept. but we always go somewhere before or after it to celebrate. I cannot believe we have been married that long. It seems like yesterday. So, we chose our favorite place in the world to celebrate!!

Eight weeks ago, I hurt my shoulder and had to go to physical therapy for six weeks. Those people can do miracles. My shoulder froze up and I couldn't raise my arm above my waist. I was very discouraged. After the first week, I could move it some. It just kept getting better and better. I have full range of motion with it now except for maybe a teensy bit in a position that is not used everyday, so I'm good with that. I have six weeks of home exercises using weights, stretchy bands, etc. So loading up those little items in a bag to use at Disney!! Yes, I will be making the DH do his weights too!! Why should I have all the fun??

Our magical Disney trip begins this Sunday. We are driving down to the Hampton Inn Orlando, Lake Buena Vista and spending the night. We can check into our room and go to Downtown Disney a few miles away. Then, we only have a few minutes to get to our Disney hotel, POFQ, for our stay until Saturday morning. We have a garden view room for 5 nights, 6 days. We got invited to test our the magic+ so I made our fastpass choices already. We have our bands too. I got pink and my DH has yellow. We are excited to participate in this and hope it goes swimmingly!!

I will try to keep this updated next week, but according to all the fun we will be having, I may wait until we get back. So, just keep watching. May have to send some pretty pictures!

So my tagged friends on here, that I will surely miss while gone and hope you are having a fun week too!!
@figmentfan423 , @DisneyDebNJ , @disneysince71 , @real mad hatter , @MR FERRET , @epcotisbest , @LuLaSue , and @Pooh Lover have a great time while I am away!!! See ya on the flip side!! xoxoxo
 

93boomer

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Original Poster
At Epcot today. Had FP for Soarin, test track, and Spaceship Earth.
Really like the new test track. It was fun!
Picked up brats in pretzel bun and the pasta again in Germany. Plus we got a beer flight next door. The schofferhofer grapefruit is my new favorite!!
Warmer today with some humidity!
Gonna close the park down tonight. Standing in line for free visa photo. We always do this one! Did I mention free??!
 

93boomer

Premium Member
Original Poster
Some pictures
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Figgy1

Well-Known Member
At Epcot today. Had FP for Soarin, test track, and Spaceship Earth.
Really like the new test track. It was fun!
Picked up brats in pretzel bun and the pasta again in Germany. Plus we got a beer flight next door. The schofferhofer grapefruit is my new favorite!!
Warmer today with some humidity!
Gonna close the park down tonight. Standing in line for free visa photo. We always do this one! Did I mention free??!
Sounds great! I'm glad you're having fun. As soon as you said free I thought of @real mad hatter LOL Go have lots of fun today!
 

93boomer

Premium Member
Original Poster
Well I have been very busy since returning home and trying to get out of the "at Disney" mode. Reality set in early. My DH texted me the first day at work, Can we go back now??!! I told him if he found a way to get paid and move there, I am all for it!! LOL
We really had a nice and relaxing time this visit. The magic bands were a big hit with us (after the 3rd day when both finally started working) and the picking out our fpasses before we left were great. I even tweaked them a bit the same day just to see if they would work and they all did except for the time we dropped one ride and picked up a show. I may have needed to make changes not in the same hour as the fpass I was changing. But, we did experiment. Loved that we got into the BOG restaurant to eat!! That was our anniversary celebration!! We had done the soft opening last year when we were down there, so we had seen it. But, to eat there was a "oh we'll never get a res" then the surprise of being invited was sooo nice!!
I cannot say enough about the Disney atmosphere. It is like going home, and upon return I miss it more each visit. The CM's were the nicest ever and the food was wonderful. The crowds were really heavy, but I had forgotten about all the schools and colleges having fall break that week. You would think that I would remember after going several years back that it was then. Should have gone in September when the crowds were light. Oh well, the next trip, my DH wants to try Jan again. Even after getting out our icy drive and having bad roads for the first 2 hrs., it was worth the trip back then. So it looks like Jan 2015 may be the next trip. Our DD and her fiancé may go with us. That is a trip I look forward to!!
I will put up some more pictures as soon as I download them. Hopefully, that won't be too much longer. Gonna try this weekend, before next week gets hectic again. Ugh!!:banghead:
Can we go back now?????:rolleyes::D
 

Figgy1

Well-Known Member
Take me wit
Well I have been very busy since returning home and trying to get out of the "at Disney" mode. Reality set in early. My DH texted me the first day at work, Can we go back now??!! I told him if he found a way to get paid and move there, I am all for it!! LOL
We really had a nice and relaxing time this visit. The magic bands were a big hit with us (after the 3rd day when both finally started working) and the picking out our fpasses before we left were great. I even tweaked them a bit the same day just to see if they would work and they all did except for the time we dropped one ride and picked up a show. I may have needed to make changes not in the same hour as the fpass I was changing. But, we did experiment. Loved that we got into the BOG restaurant to eat!! That was our anniversary celebration!! We had done the soft opening last year when we were down there, so we had seen it. But, to eat there was a "oh we'll never get a res" then the surprise of being invited was sooo nice!!
I cannot say enough about the Disney atmosphere. It is like going home, and upon return I miss it more each visit. The CM's were the nicest ever and the food was wonderful. The crowds were really heavy, but I had forgotten about all the schools and colleges having fall break that week. You would think that I would remember after going several years back that it was then. Should have gone in September when the crowds were light. Oh well, the next trip, my DH wants to try Jan again. Even after getting out our icy drive and having bad roads for the first 2 hrs., it was worth the trip back then. So it looks like Jan 2015 may be the next trip. Our DD and her fiancé may go with us. That is a trip I look forward to!!
I will put up some more pictures as soon as I download them. Hopefully, that won't be too much longer. Gonna try this weekend, before next week gets hectic again. Ugh!!:banghead:
Can we go back now?????:rolleyes::D
Take me with you PLEASE! IT"S COLD UP HERE!
 

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