Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[SteveBrickNJ]

Yep! And now I'm a bit worried about the Yellowstone part of the trip....it's flooded and all entrances into the park are closed. The article I read said that the town of Gardiner, Montana, where we are staying for one night, could take months to repair that road....we are supposed to be there in a month. I guess we'll see if I get any sort of notification that the hotel I booked is closed, etc. We are hitting all the historical sites and natural sites in Wyoming and popping over to South Dakota to the Badlands, Keystone, Rushmore, Jewel Cave, Custer state park, etc.

I grew up in Northeastern Wyoming, and we went to South Dakota several times a year to visit the sites. I took the kids in 2016 and we saw Wind Cave, Mount Rushmore, and Custer State park, and we ate dinner in Deadwood and had lunch in Keystone, but we didn't really get to see much, and we skipped the badlands and Jewel Cave. So we'll do those this time. But we're going to Yellowstone, Fort Caspar, Independence Rock, Fort Laramie, a few museums, and visiting people in my hometown for a few days, then going to Laramie to visit my brother so my daughter can do her English-speaking work experience for school. She's going to work in my brother's restaurant. And I have some cousins coming out from Tennessee, Illinois, and Iowa and will visit their brother/uncle/ my cousin who lives in Pinedale. BIG trip. The kids are really excited about Yellowstone, so I hope the roads are open again then and they get everything back in order. Otherwise I have a big problem. At least all the hotels I booked have free cancellation!

I hope all the details fall into place and any concerns are soon dissolved.
Best wishes!

 

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I was 24.

I was 23 on my last trip, and I think that was my 16th trip...

 

[Goofyernmost]

I was 23 on my last trip, and I think that was my 16th trip...

I reached 48 trips in my 71st year. Since you started at 7 you should be able to reach that goal by the time you get to 40. Hint: there is no prize for that unless you have a quicken account and you can easily see how much you spent to do that. Then there is a brief bout with depression when you probably see that you could have bought a yacht with what you spent and had a bevy of movie stars and other famous people begging for your attention.

 

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Checked into POFQ around 10:45. By 11:15 we were on a boat to DS. Walked over and ate lunch at Chicken Guy. It was pretty good.

We've had really good timing so far. The monorails all arrived right as we did last night. The boat to DS was waiting for two more passengers before taking off, so we got the last two seats and left right away. At Chicken Guy we thought we were going to have to eat outside in the heat, but a two person table opened up right as we were looking for a table.

Now we are sitting in some shade. We're going to look around some stores and wait for our room to be ready.

 

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Also, it's so much easier to post photos with 5G than 4G. I'm pretty much doing a live TR at this point, but I can't promise that when we get into the parks.

 

[JenniferS]

Also, it's so much easier to post photos with 5G than 4G. I'm pretty much doing a live TR at this point, but I can't promise that when we get into the parks.

I’m all in for a live TR.

 

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I'll continue to post in here unless anyone objects. I don't want to start a real TR thread.

We took the boat back from DS. Walked through Ron Jon, Under Armour, Uniqlo, World of Disney, Co-op, the Christmas store, and the Art of Disney. We're back at POFQ now waiting for our room to be ready. We got some desserts at Sassagpula Floatworks. My dad had a cookie, and I got a cookies n cream cupcake. The cupcake was delicious. I've never been a fan of Disney cupcakes, so hopefully this means they've upped their game.

We walked through the gift shop, and I've already spotted one tumbler I'm going to buy.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

I'll continue to post in here unless anyone objects. I don't want to start a real TR thread.

We took the boat back from DS. Walked through Ron Jon, Under Armour, Uniqlo, World of Disney, Co-op, the Christmas store, and the Art of Disney. We're back at POFQ now waiting for our room to be ready. We got some desserts at Sassagpula Floatworks. My dad had a cookie, and I got a cookies n cream cupcake. The cupcake was delicious. I've never been a fan of Disney cupcakes, so hopefully this means they've upped their game.

We walked through the gift shop, and I've already spotted one tumbler I'm going to buy.

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The only problem I have is now I want a cupcake

 

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Sitting by the fountain in the POFQ lobby and spotted a little Mardi Gras rubber ducky in it.

 

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We are in our room now. Apparently our room was ready, but we never got a text, and it doesn't show it in the app. It also won't let me go in to choose my recommendations for the Disney Genie, but I think it's supposed to. I know I can't get lightning lanes until 7am tomorrow, but I should be able to do the other stuff. I checked with the front desk, and she said our tickets and Genie+ should work. But I'm still a little skeptical.

Our room is really nice. We have a garden view, but can see the river from our room.

 

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We're going to hang out here for a little bit then drive to DHS and take the Skyliner around and tour the resorts on that loop.

 

[PUSH]

Well this afternoon hasn't gone as planned. After we didn't get our room info in MDE, she told me to uninstall the app and download it again. I did, and then I couldn't log in. So we had tons of trouble getting it to work again. Somehow I eventually did.

When we went to DHS, the Skyliner stopped right as we were arriving. So we waited a bit, but it still didn't move. So we left and drove to Epcot. We took the monorail to MK. Then we hopped on the ferry and are currently waiting for a boat to Wilderness Lodge. We are going to tour it, then come back and take the monorail back through Epcot.

 

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[trr1]

Checked into POFQ around 10:45. By 11:15 we were on a boat to DS. Walked over and ate lunch at Chicken Guy. It was pretty good.

We've had really good timing so far. The monorails all arrived right as we did last night. The boat to DS was waiting for two more passengers before taking off, so we got the last two seats and left right away. At Chicken Guy we thought we were going to have to eat outside in the heat, but a two person table opened up right as we were looking for a table.

Now we are sitting in some shade. We're going to look around some stores and wait for our room to be ready.

did you go in Basin? my daughter loves that store

 

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did you go in Basin? my daughter loves that store

No, we didn't. We aren't huge shoppers. We did a quick walk through of the stores we went through. We were done with DS, including lunch, in an hour and a half.

 

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The boat to WL takes a long time to arrive. We are bussing back to MK when we leave. Right now we found a nice place to sit by ourselves on the second floor. I'm enjoying a Coke. I've collected my first bottle of the 50th series.

 

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After getting back to POFQ from the monorail ride through Epcot, we ate at the food court. I got the chicken parmesan with alfredo sauce. It was really good, but WAY to much.

We walked past the river and came back to our room. Now we're here for the night.

Tomorrow's plans are DHS in the morning. We have a late lunch at Steakouse 71 at 1:50. Then we have tentative plans for AK tomorrow evening. Probably a rest break back at the hotel in between.

Going to try to shoot for RotR standby at rope drop. I'll try for MMRR Lightning Lane at 7am. After that it's wing it mode. Hopefully we can get one of the other big rides in after RotR before lines get crazy.

 

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