The $6,688.00 Disney World Trip - It's a wrap 6/30, Has it really been a year? 3/2 Link to new TR 4/18

You're the best, Alison! Thanks!

There's a possibility we could take you up on that in 2021. We've talked about doing Southern California for a vacation. Right now it depends on what Sarah's college costs are going to be. That might put a dent in the vacation budget.

:thumbsup2

Thanks for explaining it and not leaving us hanging!

You're welcome!

:rotfl: Sounds like she knows she's getting a reputation!

She's known that for a while. This TR she's reading some of my updates in advance.

Darn. I have high hopes for that place.

So far it gets good reviews!

Totally worth it! :rolleyes1

:lmao:

That's, um...less than helpful.

And magical.

Doesn't look like it was cooked at all! :lmao:

Its brown on the outside. I like my steak still mooing.

I remember those, and yes...I could use some more!

I made something very similar along with a half ham a couple weeks ago and they sure were good too!

478439

Thanks for that!

Now that system actually makes sense.

And it worked quite well.
 
So much fun!! Following along :wave:

:welcome:

More fun to come.

Yay! Nothing like starting out with a nice cup of Joe, rather than a shotty one.

Absolutely.


A new breakfast of champions.

Ahhh haaa!! And there lies the TR title!

As soon as I got back from the lobby that day, I was like, "I totally know the name of this TR!"

Completely numbers I can't fathom spending on a room, just another world, espec once you factor the exchange.
Wish we'd known about DVC when our dollar was better.

Oh, I know! Me neither! I just happened to be looking up hotel prices in Anaheim and the Grand was $728 per night. I can not even imagine spending that on just a regular hotel room. I'm so spoiled by DVC!

Geez who P'd in his cornflakes?

:lmao: I love that!

Sounds like myself..

There are a lot of similarities....

27 dollars later hey...

How did both you and Captain_O come up with that number?

I remember this about you buying earrings! Extra's of the ones you love :)

It can come in handy!

I'm prob the only person who isn't keen on Brie..I don't know what it is, just not my fav.

Its not my favorite either, but I don't mind it.

This looks yummm and I'm not a huge tomato person, well I prefer them cooked then raw.

I like them best from my garden, but it's been a while since I've had the time to grow them.

Dang, that looks fab right now (I could totally drink it at 9:28 am)

:lmao: I'm not so good with drinking in the early AM. Best for me to wait until closer to 5PM.

What a cool idea, great pics!

I wish we'd done more of them.

D loves this, goofy being his fav, and having been musical himself.

He has good taste!

Looks yummy, but I am not an experienced risotto eater- I like it, but just not something I cook

At the first Napa Rose Cooking school I went to Chef Sutton taught us to make Risotto. I'm not an expert, but I have a little insight.

Dorian was drooling over this..I'm not a cold fish person, so not my thing, but he gives it the big thumbs up

I never really thought about cold fish. I think the only I like it is as sushi.

Well hello there! Talk about in your face!

I know! Fran thought this one was amusing.

Me again!

Hi again! :wave:

I think I need to do more Disney cruises so I can get the reference 👍

I think we all need more Disney Cruises!

Very nice! I always like seeing the "water" drawings too

They're very pretty.

That reminds me of the yard long drinks that everyone was carrying around in Vegas!

We just need a longer glass!

yumm this sounds gooood!

I liked it way better than


Sea salt caramels, the marshmallow wheels I need to try annnd ?

S'mores bar with caramel.

LOL that's marriage for ya!

::yes::

Did the twist stay out or go in the glass?

I don't remember. :scratchin

my gawd those look good- love roasted garlic

They are soooooo good!

sounds pretty good to me!

:drinking1

this looks just perfect!

::yes::

You guys are fans of S'mores stuff hey?

Obviously.....I didn't even realize that we got two versions in the same day! We ate the one from the caramel place on another day.
 
Did you try jumping into the chalk drawings? I think if you do, you end up in a totally different land.

I think you've been spending a little too much time with Ms Poppins! :laughing: Either that or that stuff you think is Pixie Dust is something else entirely! :lmao:

Oh, no. I don't think I could stop myself from eating all of those.

I'm lucky enough to eat enough yummy meals that I've learned to pace myself. There is just too much yummy goodness out there!

Daily mousekeeping? Sounds like some Disney magic to me.

Funny thing is that I've gotten used to DVC and don't necessarily like someone coming into my room and messing with my stuff!
 
According to my ticker... 2 months and 4 days. :)

I'm only posting from my phone. I can't see your ticker. Is that the Alaskan Cruise?

Hope you didn't have to jump through any hoops.

Nope. Just a phone call.

:lmao:
So that whole "One to wear, one to lose"... is all about you????? :rotfl2:

I told you I lose things. A lot.

Well that's not good... or... is it?

I'd say not so good. She tends to want to buy everything. Hence the state of our house.

Matches my personality.
Cloying and disagreeable.

:sad2:

You need your own gallery!

That was what our new house was supposed to be, yet some of our walls are still waiting to have the paintings she wants hung on them.

:headache:
I know that! :laughing:
I meant where at the American pavilion.

 
Last edited:


I LOVE when your posts are peppered with Fran comments, as they keep making me laugh!

I'm glad she makes you laugh. She can be rather funny at times.

We have a reservation for Yachtsman coming up and your pictures look delicious! My 11 year old is a foodie and bacon fiend and will love your bacon dish. Bacon is on my bad list right now because last month I suffered bacon grease burns on my face, neck and stomach and am still healing. Looks like my neck will be scarred. 👿 🥓

I'm sorry to hear about your burns. I hope you heal quickly. I should find out the name of the cream my mom have me when my arms were heavily scarred. Maybe that could help you.

Our Riveria trip in days away! Your posts are making me excited!

Hopefully you're there or on the way!
 
I was at Boardwalk during some of your trip. So I just started reading your trip report and came across this picture with my car parked at Boardwalk! Thanks for writing your report! Gives me lots of ideas of what to go eat while on my next visit!

:welcome:

What a funny coincidence! We may not get on a lot of rides but we certainly excel at eating!
 


My family was part of a Jeep/4x4 club that often had "rallies" in the desert. We'd go every year to Borrego to camp and just hang out and play cards and have fun. I love it there!

Ah, my family was much less.. active.

Free Global Entry, a sizable kickback, lounge access, and some other stuff. Lyft Plus being another. But the fee went way up since my friend bought it and now I'm not sure it's worth it.

Hmmm....I'm good with our cards and perks.

They reallly are. Such a sad waste of food, especially at Disney where you tend not to eat leftovers. I suppose if you were staying with a place that had a good place to eat and dishes and stuff, sure, but I want to eat out when I'm on vacation, not "cook" and eat "in".

As you will see (and have seen), we do take advantage of our fridge and kitchen.

Shopping day is next week. I'll add some to my list.

Reminds me. I think I need to put cream cheese on my list too.

For sure, but if you don't you pay in interest the perks you get and it defeats the whole purpose.

Truth.

Setting the record straight.

Good for you, Fran! LOL!

:lmao:

The empanadas are a food from the gods.

I will remember that next time!

:lmao: Okay that was funny.

I'm glad someone thought so!

Nice! And no, they don't have to know.

:thumbsup2

Lordy! Roast garlic is THE BEST!!!

As long as you both eat it!
 
I'm only posting from my phone. I can't see your ticker. Is that the Alaskan Cruise?
There's no ticker now.
Alaskan cruise canceled. Our chief health officer basically said. "Stay off cruises."
While I'm not concerned for myself, my 80+ year old mother is certainly concerned. So... canceled.
Nope. Just a phone call.
That's good.
I told you I lose things. A lot.
Apparently!
That was what our new house was supposed to be, yet some of our walls are still waiting to have the paintings she wants hung on them.
Your house needs more walls.

:rolleyes1


And thanks for the info re: BBQ spot. Can't quote just that picture for some reason.
 
There's no ticker now.
Alaskan cruise canceled. Our chief health officer basically said. "Stay off cruises."
While I'm not concerned for myself, my 80+ year old mother is certainly concerned. So... canceled.

Similar update coming soon....

Your house needs more walls.

:rolleyes1


And thanks for the info re: BBQ spot. Can't quote just that picture for some reason.

Well we do have a few walls still without pictures, but we know which ones are supposed to go there. Just haven't had the chance to hang them because they are very high. We may need some help and to rent a ladder for that.

You're welcome on the BBQ spot. Just wish I could have tried it last trip!
 
Similar update coming soon....
Oh, no...
Well we do have a few walls still without pictures, but we know which ones are supposed to go there. Just haven't had the chance to hang them because they are very high. We may need some help and to rent a ladder for that.
I'd be happy to help... but you might have to wait a bit...
 
So this COVID-19 thing. I'm not buying into the mass hysteria. I didn't feel the need to wear a mask when I was in Disneyland. I haven't done the TP rope drop at Costco. Thanks for that one @Steppesister! We stocked up in November when Fran ordered me twelve 12 packs of double rolls. Then when they didn't arrive promptly, I asked if she was sure that she placed the order, she ordered eight more! So I was hoarding TP before it became cool.


However, Fran and her compromised immune system has bought into the hysteria. Just today I opened a box shipped to us with nine 20.5 oz bottles of Aloe Vera so that she can make her own hand sanitizer.


With all the cruise stuff going on, Disney made an offer to customers that if they would like to reschedule an upcoming cruise to anytime in the next 12 months they would do so at no charge. I didn't have a problem sailing on our upcoming cruise because Disney is ahead of the bar. They had already started temporal scanning of passengers prior to boarding, and banning passengers who had traveled to at risk countries. But since Fran was terrified, we took them up on their offer and rescheduled for April 2, 2021. The sad part is that for what we paid for a 7 night cruise in 2020, we could only get a 5 night cruise in 2021. I sure hope that when the new ships come out, the older ships go down in price since their market will be somewhat flooded.


Also in the last couple weeks we recieved notification from Southwest that our flights to Portland for the Band convention this summer were altered. The non stop flights we had booked had been canceled and rescheduled due to the grounding of the Max 8 jets. We were able to use this to our advantage and cancel the flights altogether. We were already talking about whether it would be a good idea for Fran to be in a room of over a hundred other people blowing hot air, and we were looking for a way to potentially get out of the airfare. We can always reassess the situation as it gets closer and if things calm down we could always rebook the tickets. We may even have Companion status by then! We didn't cancel the hotel or conference, just the airfare.


So now at this point we really don't have anything to look forward to except two nights at the Grand for DLs 55th anniversary in July and a cruise next April.


Maybe if we can get the apartments rented we will take a spur of the moment trip to Vegas!


OK back to the TR at hand.



Day 4


Today I woke up at 6AM and I felt alive and really good. I didn't need to lay back down and go to sleep, so I was having hope for riding RotR the next day. I caught back up on my TR notes and then I got dressed and made breakfast.





Today we were out of the room by 10:15. Since WS didn't open until 11AM and the ride on the Skyliner only takes 10 minutes, we took a little bit of time to check out the grounds. Sorry no pictures. The day was gloomy and windy with a little bit of humidity. I was hoping for a nicer day for pictures. But even though the weather did improve, pictures never happened.

We headed to the Skyliner and discovered that being the second stop on the boarding process, can make finding an empty car difficult. Fran got a car right away, but I had to wait until the second HA car came around until I could go. The able bodied folks were just as much out of luck as nearly every car that came over from CBR was already filled.

We finally made it to Epcot. This time at security they had two lines for wheelchairs and strollers open, but they were all filled with able bodied people. Then people with scooters and strollers were going through the regular guests line. Yay for consistency Disney!

We perused the shops in the UK and she ended up finding me a funny T-shirt.



I wasn't super hungry yet so we looked in some more shops (without purchasing anything) and decided to watch the new Canada circlevision. It was very nicely done, and the last part was like Soarin over Canada.

The day before I took a picture with the signage and topiary, but I didn’t like it, so we did it again.



By then I was finally getting hungry so we visited Deconstructed Dish.





We got the Deconstructed BLT. This was very good, although I'm not sure why it had a poached egg.



We also got the Deconstructed Reuben. The sauerkraut was made into a kind of patty that was breaded and fried and placed underneath the corned beef. The cornichon was a nice touch. This was a very unique presentation.





This Deconstructed Strawberry Cheesecake was the best of the three. However I ended up putting it back together to eat it.



While we were eating these dishes, I got a text from Michael @Flosbolna's husband asking where we were. I also got a text from Ellen asking the same thing. Michael caught up with us and we visited another kiosk. This one was Pop Eats.



Michael doesn’t like to have his picture taken, and on another TR I substituted one face on that TR. He didn’t like that one very much, and now it’s not even appropriate anymore, so Fran suggested we use Grumpy Cat for this picture that he photobombed.



Just as we had received our food Ellen found us. Obviously they had met before because she looked at him and said, "You again?" They laughed and ended up chit chatting most of the time we hung out together.

We both got the Sousvide chicken. It was good but pretty salty.



I did not like this almond cake at all, and after one bite gave up. Fran didn't care for it much either and Michael was the one who ended up finishing it off.



This Pop't Art was just OK and we took half of it back with us.



Michael and Ellen wanted to go see the Epcot preview in the old Odyssey building. Fran didn't remember seeing it last October, so we went with them. After the preview was over, Fran decided to go back to the room and take a nap. Ellen had to go to Universal for the rest of her work trip, rough work!

Michael and I went to ride Nemo, by the time we actually made it there his FP had been over for more than 20 minutes. It didn't matter it was a walk on.


















For some reason when he made FPs for himself upon entering the park, he made one for all three of us, Fran and myself included. The window for his Spaceship Earth FP had opened, so we headed in that direction. And this is probably as good a place as any to wrap up this portion of the TR.


Be back with Spaceship Earth and fun with the Skyliner!

 
Don't blame you for not buying in the hysteria! We aren't here either. All the cases in our county are travel related because wealthy retirees like to travel the world. I'm glad we had TP and Paper Towels already. Worst case, I can just use hand towels in place of paper towels. Hopefully you get the apartments rented out! We're in savings mode as well but my husband is possibly having to move to another state for work and until thats all figured out, time to not spend tons!

Sorry you had to cancel your cruise you had planned! The prices have gotten crazy for what you get.

The dishes look nice at the Festival of the Arts. My mother and I only got a couple of dishes and I think I just drank my lunch that day.
 
we paid for a 7 night cruise in 2020, we could only get a 5 night cruise in 2021.
We are doing a 5 night May 1, 2021. I really wanted to do another 7 night, but the costs were just too high especially since more people are potentially coming on the trip. Ah well, at least I will still be going on another disney cruise. I had found myself wishing I could squeeze something in sooner, but the virus has changed my mind. I would go nuts if I were quarantined on a cruise ship for weeks. Maybe if I had a suite and could spread out some, but that is way out of the budget!

We headed to the Skyliner and discovered that being the second stop on the boarding process, can make finding an empty car difficult. Fran got a car right away, but I had to wait until the second HA car came around until I could go. The able bodied folks were just as much out of luck as nearly every car that came over from CBR was already filled.
I'm surprised they don't purposely leave every few cars empty so that Rivera guests have a little better chance of getting on.

We finally made it to Epcot. This time at security they had two lines for wheelchairs and strollers open, but they were all filled with able bodied people. Then people with scooters and strollers were going through the regular guests line. Yay for consistency Disney!
I honestly didn't even notice the headings for scooter and regular lines until the last day.

I wasn't super hungry yet so we looked in some more shops (without purchasing anything) and decided to watch the new Canada circlevision. It was very nicely done, and the last part was like Soarin over Canada.
I had every intention of watching the new movie, but somehow it completely slipped my mind and we never got to it. I guess we were in a food coma!

This Deconstructed Strawberry Cheesecake was the best of the three. However I ended up putting it back together to eat it.
I also tried to reassemble as best as I could without making a mess. The elegance of it being deconstructed was lost on me! Very delicious though.
 
So this COVID-19 thing. I'm not buying into the mass hysteria. I didn't feel the need to wear a mask when I was in Disneyland. I haven't done the TP rope drop at Costco. Thanks for that one @Steppesister! We stocked up in November when Fran ordered me twelve 12 packs of double rolls. Then when they didn't arrive promptly, I asked if she was sure that she placed the order, she ordered eight more! So I was hoarding TP before it became cool.

:lmao: :rotfl: :rotfl2:

I'm not giving into the panic, either. Still holding out hope that my summer cruise will be fine.

But since Fran was terrified, we took them up on their offer and rescheduled for April 2, 2021. The sad part is that for what we paid for a 7 night cruise in 2020, we could only get a 5 night cruise in 2021. I sure hope that when the new ships come out, the older ships go down in price since their market will be somewhat flooded.

Dang, that stinks. I can see being a lot more worried if you're in the high-risk group, though.

So now at this point we really don't have anything to look forward to except two nights at the Grand for DLs 55th anniversary in July and a cruise next April.

:sad1:

We headed to the Skyliner and discovered that being the second stop on the boarding process, can make finding an empty car difficult. Fran got a car right away, but I had to wait until the second HA car came around until I could go. The able bodied folks were just as much out of luck as nearly every car that came over from CBR was already filled.

That sounds annoying.

It was very nicely done, and the last part was like Soarin over Canada.

It's been so long, I don't even remember what the old film was like!

This Deconstructed Strawberry Cheesecake was the best of the three. However I ended up putting it back together to eat it.

I would have done the same thing. Those ingredients are meant to be together!

Michael doesn’t like to have his picture taken, and on another TR I substituted one face on that TR. He didn’t like that one very much, and now it’s not even appropriate anymore, so Fran suggested we use Grumpy Cat for this picture that he photobombed.

:rotfl2::rotfl2: Seems appropriate.

I did not like this almond cake at all, and after one bite gave up.

You lost me at the word "almond".

Ellen had to go to Universal for the rest of her work trip, rough work!

That poor, poor woman! How could she cope?
 
How did both you and Captain_O come up with that number?

I don't generally read all the quotes, but I must have caught that one, or it just caught my eye without thinking about it as I was scrolling?

As long as you both eat it!

True story there- we have an amazing "everything homemade" Italian which is the best, but so so so garlicky- thankfully everyone is garlicky after!

I haven't done the TP rope drop at Costco.

This is the BEST thing I've ready yet on it all! Literally laughed out loud here at work!!! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
We stocked up in November when Fran ordered me twelve 12 packs of double rolls. Then when they didn't arrive promptly, I asked if she was sure that she placed the order, she ordered eight more! So I was hoarding TP before it became cool.

Look at you ahead of the cool kids! I think I remember this!

The sad part is that for what we paid for a 7 night cruise in 2020, we could only get a 5 night cruise in 2021. I sure hope that when the new ships come out, the older ships go down in price since their market will be somewhat flooded.

Very sad..I'm hoping this too, I really want to get back on a Disney ship.

We can always reassess the situation as it gets closer and if things calm down we could always rebook the tickets.

True that, at least this worked out for you.

Maybe if we can get the apartments rented we will take a spur of the moment trip to Vegas!

We've only been back a week and I could def be back there!

This time at security they had two lines for wheelchairs and strollers open, but they were all filled with able bodied people.

They are so all over the place with this hey!

We got the Deconstructed BLT. This was very good, although I'm not sure why it had a poached egg.


BLT sans L though? Is that the pea shoot/micro green/whatever that garnish is??

Dang that looks like meaty goodness!

This Deconstructed Strawberry Cheesecake was the best of the three. However I ended up putting it back together to eat it.


I could so go for one (or 2) of those right now!

Obviously they had met before because she looked at him and said, "You again?" They laughed and ended up chit chatting most of the time we hung out together.

LOL too funny!

I did not like this almond cake at all, and after one bite gave up. Fran didn't care for it much either and Michael was the one who ended up finishing it off.


Super pretty, too bad it was so mehh

This Pop't Art was just OK and we took half of it back with us.


it looks like a pop tart to me- or is it? I guess I will have to go back to the pics and see...
 
I was hoarding TP before it became cool.
:laughing:
Just today I opened a box shipped to us with nine 20.5 oz bottles of Aloe Vera so that she can make her own hand sanitizer.
Why? Because sanitizer is too expensive now?
With all the cruise stuff going on, Disney made an offer to customers that if they would like to reschedule an upcoming cruise to anytime in the next 12 months they would do so at no charge.
Had a similar offer. We were paid in full and are getting 50% refunded and 50% in credit for a cruise in 2020 or 2021.
But since Fran was terrified, we took them up on their offer and rescheduled for April 2, 2021. The sad part is that for what we paid for a 7 night cruise in 2020, we could only get a 5 night cruise in 2021.
Ugh. I think we'll be in the same boat.

Um... situation.
Also in the last couple weeks we recieved notification from Southwest that our flights to Portland for the Band convention this summer were altered. The non stop flights we had booked had been canceled and rescheduled due to the grounding of the Max 8 jets. We were able to use this to our advantage and cancel the flights altogether. We were already talking about whether it would be a good idea for Fran to be in a room of over a hundred other people blowing hot air, and we were looking for a way to potentially get out of the airfare.
Glad it worked out, but... this virus thing is getting more than annoying.
Today I woke up at 6AM
Of course you did.
We headed to the Skyliner and discovered that being the second stop on the boarding process, can make finding an empty car difficult.
Oh!
The able bodied folks were just as much out of luck as nearly every car that came over from CBR was already filled.
Wow. I hadn't realized. Hmmm... maybe not the best thing since sliced bread?
This time at security they had two lines for wheelchairs and strollers open, but they were all filled with able bodied people. Then people with scooters and strollers were going through the regular guests line. Yay for consistency Disney!
:sad2:
We perused the shops in the UK and she ended up finding me a funny T-shirt.
Like that. Good skit, too. Saw a similar poster on a friend's wall two days ago.
decided to watch the new Canada circlevision. It was very nicely done, and the last part was like Soarin over Canada.
Good to hear! I haven't heard anything about it.
We got the Deconstructed BLT.
That would've been my choice.
We also got the Deconstructed Reuben. The sauerkraut was made into a kind of patty that was breaded and fried and placed underneath the corned beef.
That sounds interesting. I'm not a fan of Reubens, but I like the way that looks.
Fran suggested we use Grumpy Cat for this picture that he photobombed.
That works. :)
This Pop't Art was just OK
It looks just ok.
Ellen had to go to Universal for the rest of her work trip, rough work!
The horror! ;)
 
Don't blame you for not buying in the hysteria! We aren't here either. All the cases in our county are travel related because wealthy retirees like to travel the world. I'm glad we had TP and Paper Towels already. Worst case, I can just use hand towels in place of paper towels.

I just realized this morning that I only have one package of eight rolls of paper towels. That's enough to last several weeks, but I suppose we need to start looking for it online and see if we can get some delivered.

Hopefully you get the apartments rented out! We're in savings mode as well but my husband is possibly having to move to another state for work and until thats all figured out, time to not spend tons!

Wow! That's a big move. I know you moved from GA to FL, but that wasn't all that long ago. To have to move again would be a pain!

Sorry you had to cancel your cruise you had planned! The prices have gotten crazy for what you get.

Yeah, I wonder what is going to happen after all the hysteria dies down!

The dishes look nice at the Festival of the Arts. My mother and I only got a couple of dishes and I think I just drank my lunch that day.

I really wish we had been able to get to more booths this time.
 
It’s been a long time since I posted and I’m getting back into the swing of things. I am so excited for this, I love your reports and we just bought Riviera in February so I cant wait to see what you guys thought of it. We’re heading down over Labor Day weekend 😀😀😀
 

GET A DISNEY VACATION QUOTE

Dreams Unlimited Travel is committed to providing you with the very best vacation planning experience possible. Our Vacation Planners are experts and will share their honest advice to help you have a magical vacation.

Let us help you with your next Disney Vacation!









Top