Trip Report You're going when, again?!?! A live trip report from the Devil's week.

At the shaming of @amjt660 and the guilt trip of my DW I've decided to create a dedicated thread for our next visit to the bubble.

The Devil’s Week:
We are 7 days out from our next round of funtivities during the “Devil’s Week”…Spring Break. The DD is heading on a band trip for the week to our nation’s capital so we thought it a good time for another couples trip. My new gig at the school system has me enjoying all the school holidays off as the kiddos do so what else should we do with a week off other than visit the bubble!
Who:
The Parents!

When:
April 1-5
Where:
We’re taking advantage of some deep discounts at the CBR during their war zon…I mean refurbishments. It will be our first time at CBR and we are more staying there to check it off the WDW resort list than we are for the discounts. We’d like to stay at all the resorts at one point. CBR will be our 12th different resort stay so we are getting close to our goal, it’s just so darn hard deviating from the Deluxes. I know, I know...woe is me, first world Disney problems and all.

Teen band drama now has the grandparents coming to stay with the DD before her trip while we are hopping on a JetBlue flight for the bubble. We’ll have at least half a day the first day to enjoy AK at night. As far as getting around, we debated on renting a car and did our best to figure out how much driving we would need to be doing during the trip first. We decided it would be cheaper for us to just get an Uber gift card and use that to get around during the week so that’s the plan. We purchased the Uber card today and loaded it into the app. We’ve locked in a few ADRs that include Boathouse, Artist’s Point, and Yachtsman. Boathouse is new for us and I’ve enjoyed a few vlogs and reviews I’ve see on it so we’re looking forward to that. No dining plans that first night, yet.

We picked up our Disney gift cards at Kroger today to cover the trip and food and now have an insane amount of fuel points! My magic band came last week and we're pretty much ready for the craziness! Nothing has been packed yet but, hey, we still gots a week!

When we kick this off next week I'll start live updates of the chaos.

 

[Tuvalu]

Just curious, have you not thought of the Minnie Vans? Or is that more expensive per trip for you?

I’ll take this one!
Minnie vans are $25 per trip, distance doesn’t matter.
Uber has never been more than $10-12 and is usually in the $6-7 range.

 

[lostpro9het]

Just curious, have you not thought of the Minnie Vans? Or is that more expensive per trip for you?

Our Uber trips have averaged about $10/trip Minnie vans would have been at least twice that a trip. A polka dotted van is not worth a $15 premium for us.

 

[LadyBelle]

Thanks @Tuvalu & @lostpro9het! Good information to know.

Edited to add my thanks to @dryerlintfan

 

[MegRuss626]

"Broken"

It must be that the ride has a thing with husbands because my husband's gun is ALWAYS “broken” too!

 

[lostpro9het]

We’re back at the resort now. We closed out HS with our ToT FP

Uber is still your friend, folks! Want to know what is not your friend? This...this right here

Id be more sad if we weren’t coming back in 28 days.


We’re resting now before a most improbable M&G before out Boathouse ADR tonight.

 

[krause]

We’re resting now before a most improbable M&G

If you don’t meet up with @Tuvalu and @TrolleyFollower91 , I quit.

 

[newhorizons1]

So ridiculous. Whats more ridiculous is you can walk right in thw gift shop and still teach little jimmy and jane all about the bad pirates
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Must purchase for my kid before Disney takes this away from me too...

Enjoying your report Glad you survived Spring Breakers!

 

[Jae99]

Getting our tap house on now.
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The weather is excellent and so is the people watching. DW went with the Sidecar and I went with the Black Marlin porter. I was happy to see some tap rotation since December.
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We shared the pretzel and the meat&cheese board. Its very good!
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Baseline is a great addition to HS, good beer selection along with the best pretzel on property. I didn’t have the charcuterie board, but it looks good as well.

 

[LadyBelle]

We’re back at the resort now. We closed out HS with our ToT FP

That girl in the front row is totally me--minus the arm grasping.

 

[lostpro9het]

Must purchase for my kid before Disney takes this away from me too...

Enjoying your report Glad you survived Spring Breakers!

Survive is right!

If you don’t meet up with @Tuvalu and @TrolleyFollower91 , I quit.

Did you feel that tremor? There’s been an awakening on the forum!

Better pictures to follow.

Drinks were enjoyed.

 

[krause]

Survive is right!


Did you feel that tremor? There’s been an awakening on the forum!
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Better pictures to follow.

Drinks were enjoyed.
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YAAASSSSSS!! There is no gif good enough but I try.

 

[krisri18]

Survive is right!


Did you feel that tremor? There’s been an awakening on the forum!
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Better pictures to follow.

Drinks were enjoyed.
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[becca_]

Magical meet up for the win!

 

[lostpro9het]

Just finished up an excellent dining experience at Boathouse! We had the perfect table overlooking the water but not in the sun. The breeze coming in was so refreshing i could have taken a siesta.

We were treated to the house bread which was tasty but too sweet for me to want all the time, might have been better for a dessert.

For mains, DW went with the Cobia on a bed of jambalaya.

I went a little tapas with the filet mignon sliders and the pimento cheese app. Both were excellent and the pimento cheese portion was HUGE.

I wasn’t impressed with the drink offerings at Boathouse so were at Jock’s now

 

[lostpro9het]

Just finished up at Jock’s, great atmosphere here.

We ended up sharing the Scottish professor and an Aviator’s Flight

Left to right
Macallan 12- strongest of the three in taste but not as strong on the wood flavor.

Highland park 12- very oaky but not burning oak. Reminds me of wine cask.

Bowmore 12- smells and tastes like Rome burning but in an excellent way.

The breeze was still as nice as the weather. We sipped here for a bit before heading to the ganachery. They were actually making up the Widerness lodge bars while we were there.

DW went with a build your own box set to be enjoyed later.

We’re heading back now to relax a bit and do some packing for the journey home tomorrow.

 

[Tuvalu]

The Wilderness Lodge bars are disappointing.

~ Debbie Downer

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

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Great trip report so far! The Yachtsman is one of our favorites. One of my favorite things is the truffle mac and cheese but I see it has changed, they have added stuff to it like peppers and spinach. I don't know if I like this change. I guess I will see in July.

 

[lostpro9het]

Great trip report so far! The Yachtsman is one of our favorites. One of my favorite things is the truffle mac and cheese but I see it has changed, they have added stuff to it like peppers and spinach. I don't know if I like this change. I guess I will see in July.

I'm with ya on this. The truffle m&c is superior but this m&c is still good but, yeah, you need to like red pepper and spinach.

 

[Pardonmypixiedust]

Super nice meeting you!!! Wish we had more time to converse. I hope you and and your crew have a great evening and safe travels home!

@Big Hair meeting everyone on this trip!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I'm with ya on this. The truffle m&c is superior but this m&c is still good but, yeah, you need to like red pepper and spinach.

I wonder if I asked them with a pretty please they would leave the red pepper and spinach out. Probably not I wonder if they would believe that I have an allergy to those things....