Who's Afraid of the Big Bad...Spring Break Crowds?

Hello Everyone and welcome aboard Jess's Walt Disney World Trip Report.


Well here I am again in cold, windy Pittsburgh when just a few weeks ago I was in….well cold, windy Florida. But a cold day in Disney is better than a warm day at home, right? That’s what I told myself as I bundled up for a chilly 4 day trip to Disney in March. And it’s Spring Break? Oh well – a crowded day in Disney is better than a…lonely day at home? Not quite sure how to end that but to sum it up…yes ANY day in Disney is better than ANY other day at home.


This trip was GIRLS ONLY. Why? Because boys have cooties, duh. But seriously with my Dad going away on a golf trip (currently on it) my mom felt better about vacationing without him and my fiancé is getting though his last rotations before he graduates in June (Yay!!) and my sister’s husband couldn’t get off work. Oh yes it’s Ladies Night…and day…and yeah so this trip is just us ladies.

For those of you who don’t know me (which you should…I’m a hoot)
I'm Jess.



I'm a big fan of food, villains and EPCOT.

There's my seester, Nikki and my dearest darling Momsie




The plan was – Pop Century for 4 nights – parks for 3 days – park openings/closings – get all 4 parks accomplished in 3 days during Spring Break crowds. OK GO.


March 24, 2013.

Our flight was scheduled to leave at 6:00pm. As we’re walking out the door to church – I see our flight was delayed to take off at 7. No big deal. About 4 seconds later I re-check and now it’s delayed to 7:45. Gah. There go my plans of hitting up AoA for a little when we check into Pop.

We head to the airport early anyway because they have a great restaurant there (Not the Pittsburgh one – the Latrobe one…about 15 minutes from my house) so we had some drinks and appetizers. At the end of the meal – we see our flight is delayed again to 8:15. FRICK DOUBLE FRICK. That’s ok – that’s why Steve Jobs invented iPads, iPhones and iPods to keep us busy. FINALLY the flight gets there and we are ready to board.

Who says we aren’t excited to go to Disney after a few hours in an airport?


Then we sit on the plane for another hour while they de-ice our wings. Joy. After the bumpiest flight of my LIFE…we landed in MCO around 11pm. Well shucks now we have to go to baggage to claim our bags like some kind of COMMONERS? Ugh – first world problems.
Anywho…off to DME to take us to POP.

We got to Pop around 11:45. 60’s section room 4349 – wonderful building location.





(Sorry for the blurry pictures - I was a bit frustrated with being so late and these were walking pictures. Not that there is any excuse for the pictures to come - I'm a point and shoot on the move kind of gal)

Very light unpacking and getting to sleep. DHS opens at 7 people – get to bed!
 

WishIWasAtWDW

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Great trip report, Jess! You take amazing food pictures! I have added so many of those bakery items to my "must eat" list. :D I'm bummed you didn't absolutely LOVE the Tonga Toast. I am not a huge banana person either but I do love me some cinnamon sugar and carbs! Hahaha I may need to try those macadamia nut pancakes you speak of. They sounds very tasty!

I wish I could go on the girls cruise! I am so bummed I have to miss it. :( We're going to Australia this July and have our cruise on the Fantasy in 10 days so I wasn't able to convince Wes that I should also go on a girls cruise. I hope you ladies have a wonderful time!
 

Allygator

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Love your trip reports! I hope you do one for the cruise! I will be at Disney on September 13. Unfortunately no parks until September 15. Love all your food pics. Can't wait to try a few of them!
 

PartOfYourWorld

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BOTH things are awesome experiences.

If you ever read/hear/see that Space Mountain is down...run (don't walk) to TTA. It's cool but also slightly scary that those little rinky rails hold my weight (and 3+ others) while plunging into the dark. But for reals - keep an eye out for it.

I wanted to sing and dance and have someone braid my hair in the Tangled restroom area. It's really well done. And it makes peeing more awesome than a chore of a pit stop.

And I'm jealous you'll be peeing there in like 3 weeks...while I have to pee in regular toilets until September. STUPID. :D
I will have to next time! It's already scary riding it I bet it does look a little worse in the light!
hahaha OMG I can't wait!!!!! Have you seen the showers for the LM room in AoA? I would sing in those! Lol.
Try making the toilets to look like the Tangled toilets? LOL. September will be here before we know it!
I loved your TR! And of course gotta love the Girl's Cruise plug in there! So excited for it!!!!!!!!!!
 

sam_disney

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Loved this TR report!!! Cannot wait to hear more of your tales at disney world!

I am definitely going to make a food list... I have also decided to make a Disney Bucket List... :)
 

plaz10

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Jess...Once again...another awesome TR! Thanks for sharing your vacation with all of us. And thanks for all the new food !

As of right now, we are not planning to head to our "happy place" until next year. THIS IS KILLING ME! But...my wife and I have been talking about possible going next year sometime between Jan and March. So, we will soon (very soon) start obsessing and planning. Either POP, Coronado or AOA. Then, in 2015 will be our 20th anniversary and guess where we'll be going????? :)

You're so very welcome for the food ! I love to drool over food pictures before my trip - obviously I look forward to it as much as anything else!

January is only 7 months away. That's plenty of time to stalk TRs, watch Disney videos on YouTube and obsessively plan every single thing you plan to eat (Who does that? Just me? Ok...:rolleyes:) The time will be there before you know it! I vote for AoA - it's definitely the next value I plan to stay at - in the LM section - hopefully right next to the giant Ursula!! Happy 2 year early 20th anniversary! You guys will have a blast celebrating!

We have a breakfast ADR at Kona Cafe after the cruise actually! Friday the 13th at 7:50am. You are more than welcome to join us!!!! :D And yes, those pancakes are yummy. I am like you, just not a banana fan so I got the pancakes and they were so stupidly good!!

Love your TR Jess!! You guys clearly had an awesome time! Sometimes a girls trip is needed. Come to think of it.. I only ever travel with girls.. My mom and Ashley!! lol when we go this moth, I will have a male cousin with me. 5 girls and a guy. Let's hope he can handle it!! hahaha.

Can't wait for the cruise! We're going to have such a great time and eat so much food. Room service Mickey bars anyone? Heeyyyyyyyyy!! ;)

I seriously may take you up on that offer - I dream about those pineapple macadamia nut pancakes! I don't even know where I'm staying or how long I'm staying in Disney after the cruise - but I am planning my meals! That's the important part, right?

Thanks so much for reading! Yes I really did enjoy a girls trip - I did miss Bill but it was nice to have people to split meals with and gossip! Hahaha!

I am so excited for the girls cruise. I have so much to do before then (moving!) but I am trying to read as much cruise stuff as I can...so exciting!!! I definitely plan to have a mickey bar in bed about every night. Someone has to FORCE me to run the 5k(s) and use the stairs so I don't come back like a blimp for my wedding!
 

plaz10

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Loved the trip report!

Have an amazing time on the girls cruise! I can't wait to read all those trip reports. :D

Thanks so much for reading! I really can't WAIT for the girls cruise - I'm sure the TRs won't disappoint. It's sure to be a great time!
 

sweetpee_1993

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Hey girl!

Been reading your trippie all along mostly on my iPhone because, ya know, I'm not blind enough yet. Freakin' awesome read. All that food, tho! Holy crap! I was feelin' nauseatingly full just READING it all. But, I've got the killer sweet tooth, too, so I would've been right there with you eating all those yummy treats. And there were sooooo many!

So, yep, I totally suck as a roomie for not posting sooner or remembering everything I wanted to say. I'll just hang my head in shame. I'm sorry. :(

Spring Break crowds. You totally spanked the herds! You rocked it! Proof positive that it CAN be done. However, I must call into question your hours of sleep (or lack thereof). Going to bed at 2 am then back up & going at 5:30 am. That's less than 4 hours of sleep. Do you have any idea how terrifying a representation of human being I would be with that little sleep for that many days??? Ursula would be halo-worthy compared to me. It would be awful. And I'd look like Medusa from The Rescuers. Terrifying! Gah! So, I see HOW the spring break crowds can be managed but this old chick knows without a doubt that it would not be advisable for the rest of the world to allow me to attempt it. My hat is off to you, Super Woman!

Cannot WAIT for the girls cruise! It's sooooo gonna rock!!!!
 

plaz10

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Hey girl!

Been reading your trippie all along mostly on my iPhone because, ya know, I'm not blind enough yet. Freakin' awesome read. All that food, tho! Holy crap! I was feelin' nauseatingly full just READING it all. But, I've got the killer sweet tooth, too, so I would've been right there with you eating all those yummy treats. And there were sooooo many!

So, yep, I totally suck as a roomie for not posting sooner or remembering everything I wanted to say. I'll just hang my head in shame. I'm sorry. :(

Spring Break crowds. You totally spanked the herds! You rocked it! Proof positive that it CAN be done. However, I must call into question your hours of sleep (or lack thereof). Going to bed at 2 am then back up & going at 5:30 am. That's less than 4 hours of sleep. Do you have any idea how terrifying a representation of human being I would be with that little sleep for that many days??? Ursula would be halo-worthy compared to me. It would be awful. And I'd look like Medusa from The Rescuers. Terrifying! Gah! So, I see HOW the spring break crowds can be managed but this old chick knows without a doubt that it would not be advisable for the rest of the world to allow me to attempt it. My hat is off to you, Super Woman!

Cannot WAIT for the girls cruise! It's sooooo gonna rock!!!!

Hi Roomie!!!

Yes the food was indeed in excess. Try to keep me on an average food intake on the cruise - you can see I have a tendency to get out of hand!

Sleep - yes very little sleep. Naps were had on buses, Hall of Presidents, American Adventure, Ellens Universe of Energy, etc...
I was solid for the 4 days we were there. When I got home - it was like jetlag...and I live in the same time zone as Disney. I was exhausted for about 2 days after - even when I was getting 8 hours of sleep! So I believe this spring break plan only works in small quantities - I could not do it every day for an 8 day trip!

There's so much to do in life before the girls cruise (plan the rest of the wedding, move into our NEW HOUSE:D and a beach vacation) but I am already soooo excited!
 

plaz10

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Original Poster
I agree! The food pictures were amazing! And that cheesy pesto bread looked delicious!
I loved it all! Thank you for writing!! :)

Thanks Tammy! The trip wouldn't be possible without your WONDERFUL Disney travel agent skills - so major thanks to you for making this happen!!

Cheesy pesto bread was EXCELLENT - definitely worth the wait. AND it counts as a snack credit. :eek: I wasn't on DDP but I did notice - that's a great use of a snack credit!!!

Next TR to write - our GIRLS CRUISE in SEPTEMBER!! WOOT WOOT!
 

Disneyfalcon

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Thanks Tammy! The trip wouldn't be possible without your WONDERFUL Disney travel agent skills - so major thanks to you for making this happen!!

Cheesy pesto bread was EXCELLENT - definitely worth the wait. AND it counts as a snack credit. :eek: I wasn't on DDP but I did notice - that's a great use of a snack credit!!!

Next TR to write - our GIRLS CRUISE in SEPTEMBER!! WOOT WOOT!

Ah, you're so sweet! You are very welcome.

That is a great snack credit!

Next trip report is the best ever!! :)
 

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