Hold On, Let Me Wipe Off My Death Star - A May 15 SWW TR UPDATE 8/27 Pg. 6!

[BibbitybobityLu]

I woke up at 4:45am. (ugggggghhhhhh). Let's be real everyone, this would definitely be me at some point later at work.

That is the cutest thing I have ever seen!

Did the bagel guy oversleep?

Clearly this was the bagel guy....

I think he did a pretty good job.

Nailed it!

Holy smokes, you would have thought I was a criminal. The airport employee starts freaking out on me and yelling "no no no no!" I backed away and I'm like "but it's my bag..." He told me he needed to see my ID or the ticket for the bag, which I was trying to find from my bag. He had such a look of disgust and impatience on his face, I seriously felt like a criminal.

So bag on carousel = anyone can grab no ID checking.

Bag off carousel = treat people like criminals.

Good to know. I was like "what the what man!" Made no sense to me.

Clearly you are a family of criminals you stealing bags and your mom stealing Magic Bands!

But that is the strangest logic, maybe guy thought that the carousel has some kind of forcefield that means only the person who owns the bag can take it and anything outside is just a no-man's land of thieves!

Cause obviously no one has ever taken the wrong bag off the carousel

The funny thing is the CM is like "oh it's a custom band, yeah sometimes these have problems." I looked at my band and then looked at him. "It's a sticker....." It wasn't a custom or special band, it was just a sticker, but okay then.

Must have been a really fancy sticker

I opted for a cupcake. Cause it's the dinner of champions.

Agreed

Sounds like such a great DIS meet!

 

[blklotus]

Okay so first let me say I'm totally creeping your TR, per usual.
Second, where the heck are you getting these rental cars for dirt cheap?? When we go in November/December it's going to be our first time renting a car and I'm kind of in sticker shock from having to pay like, $250/minimum for a week! Every time I look it makes me rage out.

 

[burly]

on board. as usual. bunny is funny. Did you fly out of Milwaukee? nice meet! I wish she would write a new TR...
onward witty girl....looking forward, as ever, to more.....

 

[Princess Leia]

That's actually late by us, but that totally stinks for timing! It is expensive to go for weekends, which is what we did for this trip technically, but sometimes I think it's worth it.

It is at this point I suddenly realise that my name tag no longer says I'm from Scotland. I would spend most of the weekend on the plane.

Loving the trip so far. The location of the Beach Club is so good.

 

[jane2073]

Neville..... I know the picture you are talking about!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

well, I am sure you were the only person that morning interested in a bagel at dunkin doughnuts *sigh* ... plus why specify that you don't have plain bagels when you have no bagels, I mean, the obvious next question/request from the patron would involve another flavor of bagel if you specify no plain bagels.

I'm gonna guess the name of the place you ate at was Pizzeria Piccola based on the sign on your table, if that helps jog you memory

Wow, that it nuts about taking you bag and being accosted like that! Note to self on that!

Love the excuses why there were problems (sorry, CORRECTIONS) with you magic bands .... though, to be fair, they only spent like $2bn on the technology so I could see a sticker throwing the whole system into a tizzy

Glad you did get to meet up with Jacquie and Shanleigh and had a lot of time to chat and connect.

Your cupcake looks super cute - and a very appropriate first meal at Disney World!

 

[wiscbugs]

The Milwaukee airport is generally pretty nice. Although a couple of years ago when we flew out at 11am, the security line had hundreds of people in it and took FOREVER.....that was the only real trouble we've ever had.

 

[Mom2m&k]

OMG you have the best DisMeets! Which doesn't really surprise me because I would like become a stalker (in a non-threatening sort of way!) if I saw any of you at WDW. We were actually there the weekend before this I think!

 

[Dugette]

I had already printed out our boarding passes and made a stupid error.

All of this stuff just makes me so glad that Southwest is always a lousy option for our route. It all sounds so complicated. Maybe just cause I'm not used to it. But I sure like picking my seats when I buy my tickets, then not worrying about it again.

We were sent through the pre-check line, which was a score.

Sweet! We got pre-check on the way too! It's like a special treat to keep your shoes on!

So bag on carousel = anyone can grab no ID checking.

Bag off carousel = treat people like criminals.

I had done online check in, but I didn't get any message with my room number.

Jason's band wasn't working, so that took quite some time to fix. Then my band wasn't working, so that took quite some time to fix.

Man, what was up with the Beach Club that weekend? We spent the last night of our trip there and it was just one problem after another. We also never got our text and our bands didn't work either (but nobody knew that until we'd walked 47 miles to our room).

When we got back to the room we unpacked quickly and our heads hit our pillows just after midnight. But the alarm was set for 4:30am. 24 hour party!

And I think I don't get enough sleep!

 

[KathyM2]

How can Dunkin' Donuts have no bagels??? That should really not happen. How cool though though that you got to meet a long time DIS'er!! I love how when you meet people in person it can seem like you have known them forever though! That cupcake looked amazing...what were the candies all over it though? Curious!! Also curious (since I'm Canadian too...) about what city she is talking about lol!! Probably mine Looking forward to hearing more about your trip!

 

[jedijill]

I hope the great Dis meet made up for the lack of bagels!

Jill in CO

 

[Wood Nymph]

Well, when I made my reservations, I bought Early Bird Check In. And when I made Jason's, apparently I forgot! When I checked him in the night before, it placed him in the B group. I had no idea why it did that, until I investigated further and found my mistake. I quickly purchased Early Bird for the flight home for him. However, this put me in the A group and Jason in the B group. I could go backwards, but he could not come up to me. Guess we would be boarding B! It wasn't a big deal, I was more irritated with myself than anything else that I forgot. Oh well.

I have refused to pay extra for Early Bird check in until our February trip when we got stuck in the back of the C group on our return flight. (It is really hard to remember to check in to SWA when you are in the middle of a WDW vacation.) I've learned my lesson and now I buy it for the return flight. We've always gotten a seat in the B group on our flight from Midway to Orlando, so I am still holding out on buying that one.

Your Dismeet sounds like fun. It was nice that it worked out for you to meet like that. I've had a few near misses where we never did hook up.

 

[Nermel9]

OMG I can't believe they didn't have bagels at DD, that's almost as bad as them not having coffee or something!

Ew what was with them freaking out about your bag?

Your DIS meet sounds nice! An hour and 45 minutes for Beaches and Cream though? Are they serious??? Well you did say it was 9:30 right? I think a lot of people go there after Illuminations, but still, who would ever wait that long?

Can't wait to read more!

 

[marDgreen88]

Seriously though, what's the deal with your arrival days? I feel like bagel guy KNEW. Maybe he reads your TRs.

Um okay, why was the luggage the thing a big deal? Didn't you grabbing your own bag save them from having to put it on the carousel? Awkward.

Sounds like such an awesome DIS meet!

 

[Poolrat]

I get you on departure day!!!! Why does every little thing that is a variable seem to go wrong?

well, I am sure you were the only person that morning interested in a bagel at dunkin doughnuts *sigh* ... plus why specify that you don't have plain bagels when you have no bagels, I mean, the obvious next question/request from the patron would involve another flavor of bagel if you specify no plain bagels.

Yes, Why don't they tell you? I was playing guess the bagels we have in the drive through one morning.

We also never got our text and our bands didn't work either

The Beach Club is what started the " the no text list" for me. I finally got off it last trip. And next trip at back at Beach Club..... let's hope for the best.


What a cool meet and it looks like a wonderful evening.

 

[Lalabubbles]

Following along, I can't wait to read more .

 

[Nohal]

Love your trip reports. Can't wait to read about the rest of your trip.

 

[amazingact21]

I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that DD didn't have a staple breakfast food. The only thing crazier would be if they ran out of coffee or something. Yeesh.


Glad the flight went smoothly. I know the last few times you were delayed HOURS so 15 minutes seems okay.


I spontaneously ran into Jacquie last August (twice, actually) and she really is the sweetest person around! I'm so glad you got the chance to meet her, especially since she was one of the first reports you followed. You always feel like you're meeting a DIS veteran when that happens. Love it.



So far your trip sounds like it's off to a great start!

 

[vrajewski10513]

No bagels?! Thats almost as bad as the time I went to KFC and they had no chicken

Awesome luck with the flight not being full. Jason's Slingblade impression is indeed pretty stellar.

OH.. I've seen the Matt Lewis photos you're referencing

What a great Dis Meet!

 

[bball2786]

Following along, I can't wait to read more .

Me too!