First time for a trip report - June 2018

[DaveF]

I’ve never done a trip report before, but thought I’d give it a shot.
I’ll post one day at a time to see how it goes, and add some pics as I go.
Enjoy!

June 9th-17th

Six in our group:
Me, Wife, 2 daughters 17 and 13 are flying in from PA.
Gram and Pap are driving in from DE.

Stayed at Port Orleans Riverside.

Last time we visited the World was 2011, so a good bit has changed since then.
Pre-planning was more intense this time - new attractions, all the FP+ to get, touring plans, etc. I’m a planner, so I enjoyed all of that. It was a temporary part-time job.

Day 1 - travel/check-in day, Epcot

The four of us flew in to Sanford on Allegiant, only direct flight option from our local airport in Harrisburg, PA (for now anyways, Frontier is coming here in August direct to MCO).
It was basically the first time flying for our daughters, so they were excited for that.
We rented a car and drove the hour to WDW, stopping along the way for supplies. Wanted to check out the Character Warehouse store at the outlets, so I dropped the wife and kids there while I went to Publix. They were unimpressed with the store, limited selections and crowded. A place like that could be hit or miss day to day I’d imagine.

My parents drove in and arrived at POR before us. We met them at the lobby entrance as they were chatting with the greeter there. He was an older gentleman from Philadelphia, named Birdie. He was very friendly and entertaining with his stories and jokes. He even told a joke that we have only ever heard Pap say (who was there) - “I’m 90 years old, I’d be 91 but I was sick a year”. We all had a great laugh when he said that. It was a perfect way to start our stay there.

The lobby was very nice as expected.
We received our custom magic bands at home, but they had an extra set of gray ones there for us also.

Rooms were not ready until close to 5:00, maybe because I had requested certain rooms based on the recommendation of Touring Plans. We didn’t get the exact rooms, but did get the correct building and floor. No complaints with that except the delay.

We had planned to be at Epcot around 4:00. Had FP for photos with Mickey to take care of that right away and for FEA, but we missed both of them. Had to hussle to get to our ADR at Via Napoli at 6:50, made it just in time. Enjoyed a good meal there, although the pizza wasn’t as fantastic as I thought is was 7 years ago. Still good though.

We were strolling around after dinner deciding where to watch Illuminations, and a CM saw us and told us to go in to the roped off handicapped area that she was attending to. Maybe because the park wasn’t too crowded or since we had our parents walking with us? Regardless, it was nice of her and we got a nice spot by the rail for the show.

Had a casual walk out, stopping at Mouse Gear for some shopping and photo with SE. Minimal wait for the bus ride.

 

[topiney]

Great start to your trip report...waiting for more!

 

[buteraa]

Welcome! Following along...

 

[DaveF]

Day 2 - Magic Kingdom

First big day!
We are typically a get up early, rope-drop, go-to-close crew. I’m first one up to take a peaceful stroll to the food court for coffee. POR is beautiful just before sunrise.

For the first full-day, I try to surprise the girls and order a Minnie Van. It didn’t go perfect. We were headed in the direction of the bus stop and before I could direct them to the pick-up circle, they see a bus pulling up labeled MK. The girls are yelling to hurry up and I am yelling NO we’re not taking that bus! So, I had to share the surprise before the Minnie Van pulled in. Not too big a deal.

Our CM driver was great in Minnie Van #60 (don’t recall her name), and I’d recommend using this service at least once during any stay.

We arrive at MK and get thru the gates at 7:45 to get to our 8:00 ADR at CP. Got some great photos at the castle with NOBODY around us.
Breakfast at CP was very good. A great variety of all types of food for everyone. The breakfast lasagna was my favorite!
A little expensive, but worth it for early entry on our first MK day.

We’re done with breakfast just before 9:00 and the ladies want to visit the Emporium before heading to the attractions.
I take this opportunity to break off from the group and work on my next surprise for our girls…

Went to guest relations and upgraded our MYW tickets to ANNUAL PASSES!!!
We’d let the girls know on a later day, but had to get it done early to take advantage of discounts and photopass.

Off to Tomorrowland to start attractions. Skipped Space as the line grew too long by the time we got there. Did Buzz, TTA, Laughfloor, Speedway (needs updated to electric cars).
Headed to Fantasyland for our FPs for PP and 7DMT. Was a bit underwhelmed with the hype for 7DMT, still a fun ride and we enjoyed it but not worth the crazy long waits it still gets.

We go over to Frontierland to use our 3rd FP for BTMR.
Then the new FP grab game begins! We did great throughout the week with this.

I think we did Pirate’s and roamed around, did Presidents, saw the Muppet show.
Then zigzag back to Fantasyland for lunch at Gaston’s (quick/easy and pretty good) Pooh, Mermaid, Teacups.

More roaming around, then our first rainstorm around 7:00. Good timing as my parents ducked into Country Bears and we shopped for pins (my daughters brought some from previous trips and enjoyed trading, especially the oldest).

Overheard a funny exchange with another group that was upset that the rain closed the funnel cake stand, this woman really wanted a funnel cake.

Rain stopped and we were treated with a great rainbow that ended right on Cinderella’s Castle, that was really neat.

Went over and did Mansion (probably my favorite) and Jungle Cruise (many same old corny jokes but we love them), before heading to Main St for HEA.
HEA was awesome as expected. We were big fans of Wishes, but this is a good replacement.

Then the dreaded mass exodus with everyone else to the bus queue and the long crowded ride home on a stretch double bus. Some of us stood in the accordian pivot point where the floor rotates.

 

[DaveF]

Day 3 - Studios

Four of us are HUGE Star Wars fans, so we’re looking forward to this park. Only have it planned for one day so we have to get it all in.

Not quite as early start this day, as we had FP for the major rides in the first 3 hours. We had nothing to rope drop since TSM was closed this week in preparation for TSL opening later this month.

Arrived a little after 9:00, got some photos with the Tower.
Rode RR (except my Mom who doesn’t do the extreme rides). We get an awesome ride action photo.

It was Gram’s goal to ride a couple of the more exciting rides this trip, Tower and Splash.
We head to the Tower and the “chicken door” jokes start while in queue. But, she rides it succesfully with no issues. We love that ride!

See Beauty stage show, a favorite of the family.

Next is Star Tours, it was just ok. Not a big fan of the old-school simulator rides and it was unusually hot in there during our ride.
Still had to ride it though.
Unusual thing seen in the gift shop afterwards - woman sitting on the floor openly breastfeeding. Not judging at all, just caught me by surprise.

We have lunch at Sci-fi. I know it’s not always highly regarded, but we’ve been going there probably every trip so there’s some nostalgia in it for us. Food was pretty good.

After lunch, we head towards launch bay for meet and greets.

On the way there, we encounter 2 stormtroopers walking around and interacting with people. I turn around and start taking a video and they walk right up to our daughters (one was wearing R2-D2 ears) and start harrassing them. It was a great surprise.

They moved on to other guests and did the same for a moment and continued on towards the launch bay building. We were headed that way anyway, so we bumped into them again on the way in and inside.
We were looking at displays inside and they come up to us again. I get a quick selfie with one, awesome!

Then one “grabs” my youngest and directs her to go stand facing the wall. He pushes her in close to the wall, turns around and stands guard for a moment. Caught it all on video, awesome again.
They dispatch and go on their way.

For us Star Wars fans, that was a big highlight of the trip!

We go do meet and greets with Chewbacca and Kylo Ren. Both were excellent! Hugs from Chewie, threats from Kylo. Did I say awesome again?
Got great photos and video of both.

The day could have ended then as a huge success.

The stormtroopers are back when we exit with Kylo. They have a group of people (including my Mom and my oldest) lined up to pose in a battle stance with them. They then grab me and put me in “custody” for a moment. Awesome.

We finish up there and head out just in time to get an up-front view of the First Order procession with Capt Phasma. More awesome.

While waiting for the next Frozen singalong show, we go to Baseline for drinks and snacks. Nice addition to the park. The girls ditch us and go see Indy show.
We all meet back and enjoy the Frozen show.

Go see Muppets, do some shopping while waiting for another family member to meet us for the evening.

My cousin’s daughter just moved to Orlando to start a job with Disney. She did a semester there previously through the college program, but this is more of a real job/internship that will hopefully turn into something permanent for her.
Very excited for her.

She arrives and we have some time to kill. We try to see the Jedi tale movie but it’s done for the night, so we go see Olaf quick. Warm hugs for all.

We find a good spot to camp for the Star Wars finale.
The 3 girls are sitting on the ground catching up and a CM comes up to them and gives them a free bucket of popcorn. Says that she saw them relaxing and thought they would enjoy it. Nice little memory.

Of course, we enjoyed the Star Wars fireworks show.

Very long lines at the bus stop again but we manage.



















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[DaveF]

Day 4 - Epcot

Original plan for this day was an early 8:00 ADR at Garden Grill, then walk on Soarin with little wait. Then a bunch of FP from there.

Pap stayed back at resort to relax with a pool day.
We decided that Soarin was not a priority anymore, so we cancelled the ADR and arrived at 9:00 and went straight to Frozen in Norway (no FP for it).
It was a nice ride if you’re a fan, we liked it.
Had the School Bread at Norway (and cinnamon roll).

We wander back to Future World and do Crush and the Seas.

Head across to the other side.
No interest from anyone for MS, so we skip it.
Did the Beverly challenge, fun to see the reaction from many people.
Had a FP for TT, but it shuts down just as we get there. Disappointing, but we get our first “use on most rides, anytime” bonus FP.
Tried to use it for Mickey meet, but a CM tells us the FP wait is 30-40 minutes, no thanks.

We head back over to the Seas and use it on Nemo.

Visit Canada and watch the show before our lunch at Rose/Crown. Never ate there, so was looking forward to the fish/chips.
We were a little disappointed. The food was good, but the fish portions were smaller than expected. No big deal, still tasty.

We shoot over to Mexico to see the Coco themed stuff, my youngest loves that movie.

Then we snag our best FP grab of the week - a same-day 5 person for Frozen!
We go ride it a second time, still great.

Gram was planning on leaving early for some pool time and the kids were going to go along.
Wife and I were going to stay and drink around the world.
Great plan and we get started.

German beer and caramel store, loved both!
Frozen Limoncello in Italy and frozen orange thing in France, both great for the heat.
But, the heat is winning this battle and kicking our butts.
The heat usually doesn’t bother us, we love being out in the sun (beach, boat, whatever).

We try to grab shade and A/C as we can, but it is just plain oppressive this day.
Around 5:00, we call an audible and bail on Epcot. Hated to do it as I was so looking forward to relaxing around the countries.
Head out the back way thru the IG and endure a blistering short trek on the boardwalk until we get to Abracadabar. Cold drinks and cold A/C finally combined together!
We have one or two and decide to head back to our resort. Grab a lyft at boardwalk for quick ride home.

All meet up back at POR and then head to Disney Springs.
We take a boat down the Sassagoula River from POR. That is a very nice feature of this resort, it was a very nice boat ride (no bus!).

Boat drops us off at the far end towards the east, and we start walking through.
Nearby, there is a DJ setup and has a big group of people in a big circle. There are kids of all ages inside the circle dancing, the DJ is doing a great job at keeping them going.
We stop there, and our kids join in for a little bit.

Then, the DJ clears the circle and asks for an adult to volunteer. He’s looking for 4 men and 4 women.
All the kids around are screaming for their parents to go in, including mine. I’m bobbing and weaving and successfully dodge the first 2 spots, but give in on the 3rd.
I figure what the heck, the DJ is probably just going to have us do a silly dance and we’ll be done. So I go out there.

DJ finishes the picks and the “competition” is to begin.
But, it’s not a simple task - it’s a lyp-sync team battle! Are you kidding me?

He pulls us center stage one by one and gives each of a choice to “sing”. I go out there and he asks if I want to do… Justin Bieber…
I whisper - man, do you know how old I am?
His next option… Queen
I’ll take that one!

The music starts - Bohemian Rhapsody - I fake my way thru it best I can, finish off with some sick air guitar which saves me from total embarassment (I think anyways).
Everyone takes their turn, most better than me. We finish with a group performance, men get to sing Shania Twain’s I Feel Like a Woman. I make a fool of myself some more, and we are finally done.
That was an unexpected experience for me, but everyone had a good time.

Looking forward to a nice boat ride home.
Just before departure, a woman says that her husband is hurrying to make the boat. Captain says don’t worry.
She tells the passengers his name to heckle him as he gets close and finally on board.
We cheered Scott on as he ran down the ramp to the dock.















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[DaveF]

Day 5 - Animal Kingdom

Since we had a late night, we adjusted our original plans a little bit.
We decided to have a no-alarms, sleep-in morning this day. Needed it.
We also were going to hang at the pool for awhile and get to the park whenever we made it there.
The pools at POR are nice. Main one is themed nice and has plenty of room, and the smaller quiet pools near the buildings are nice also. Plain, but large and not crowded.

Had lunch and drinks at the pool bar.

Arrive at AK at 4:00, weird feeling for us getting there that late. Rearranged 2 earlier FPS, but the all-important FOP was already set for the evening.

This is when we let the kids know of our AP upgrade. While walking up to the usual tapstiles, I say let’s go thru this way (the passholder line). They’re confused for a minute, but figure it out.
Obviously, they are terribly excited!

Get the usual photos to start and head to Kilimanjaro.
Early into the ride it starts raining, then lightning and thunder. It was really neat to do the Safari in a thunderstorm. Still had great sights of most animals. Even up-close white rhinos, 2 of them on either side of the truck a couple feet away.

Only problem with the storm is that it is still going when we get off the safari. We scramble to get our ponchos on and head out to Harambe and find cover at Dawa bar. Good find, relatively dry and right at the bar. Easy way to let the storm pass.

We go to Lion King show next (great as always) and the storm is done when we come out.

Next stop is Pandora.
We didn’t really love the Avatar movie, but what they did with this land is amazing. The floating mountains alone are a sight to see.

FOP was a great ride, although I’d never wait in a 90+ minute line for it (or any ride for that matter).

Dinner at Satuli Canteen was very good, everyone enjoyed what they had. Coming out from dinner and now it’s dark, and the land is now a completely different visual experience.

After seeing Pandora, I can’t wait to see what these imagineers are able to do with Galaxy’s Edge. Should be amazing!

Finish off the day with a nighttime Everest ride.

Not too overly tired this night since we had a casual early part of the day.
Great bus ride home this time. Driver was telling jokes and asking trivia quetions the whole time.
My daughter got one of the hard questions right - What two Disney characters share the same first name (or something like that)?
Answer was “Chip”. She won a prize, a wooden coin.

 

[Eve & Wall-e]

We have lunch at Sci-fi. I know it’s not always highly regarded, but we’ve been going there probably every trip so there’s some nostalgia in it for us. Food was pretty good.

DH and I love Sci-Fi! It's a must for us. I really enjoyed reading your trip report so far. Love your photos, too.

 

[DaveF]

Day 6 - Magic Kingdom

Arrive around 8:00
Photos, shopping, opening welcome show, then head to Adventureland.

Jungle cruise again, this skipper was top-notch. Tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki next, Dole whips, Pirates, Mansion - pretty perfect morning if you ask me.

Now for Gram’s second conquest - Splash Mountain!
Having someone ride for the first time and not know when the big drop is just plain fun.
Such a great ride, we all love it.

Time for lunch at BOG!
Was worried that the experience wouldn’t match the somewhat hysterical hype that you hear while trip planning (7DMT, FOP).
Despite a little wait to order, everything else was spot-on.
Great theming, food came out quick and everyone had a good meal.

Ariel meet/greet (Pap has a mermaid tatoo) and then catch the 3:00 parade. Nice parade, but man was it hot! Feel bad for those in costume. Mickey bars made it bearable.

Hit the Emporium for much needed A/C then catch the Main St Philhamagic band, which were very good.

Another must-do was to get a Casey’s dog with mac/cheese and bacon. Nobody was super hungry again, so we got one and all shared.
It was very good, I’d highly recommend it.
Oh, and also some Mermaid cupcakes.

We called it a day early around 5:00 and start to head out. But, we get lucky timing and catch the Flag Retreat just before we go.
Never saw that before and it was very nice. Gives you a chance to stop and take a moment.

After getting back to POR, we are deciding what to do for the night. The girls and my parents stay and eat at the food court.

Wife and I decide to head to the Poly to check out Trader Sam’s.
We get a Lyft ride there. The Poly is a great place to visit, and we’d love to stay there sometime.

Trader Sam’s is a small, overly-themed tiki bar with plenty of different drink options. A little tourist-trappy but entertaining.
I had a few Zombiehead drinks and bought a glass as a souvenier (good decoration for our basement tiki bar at home). Wife had one of the mojitos. Both were very good, as was the service.

Took a quick look out on the deck during the MK fireworks and you could see them pretty good.
Got another Lyft home.

 

[Eve & Wall-e]

Mickey Bars! Yum!!

 

[DaveF]

Day 7 - Animal Kingdom

Another early morning sunrise walk for coffee.

We do a Minnie Van again #57. Driver is great, she was the most over-the-top and enthusiastic as any CM could be. She sounded like a Disney commercial, and she loves her job.

Plan is to rope drop Navi River, so we arrive at AK just before the 8am EMH opening. It’s not overly crowded yet.
We get through the usual tapstiles and start heading to Pandora. There is another tapstile to get past where I assume they’re verifying that you’re a resort guest?
Some guests couldn’t get past that spot and were surprised. Oh well, not my worry and we’re off with the mass of people.

We get on NR with minimal wait and are done by 8:15.
Stop for a snack, the pineapple/cream cheese pastry thing was pretty good.

Head to Africa next and do the Gorilla trail, Kilimanjaro. Then to Asia for that trail to see the tigers napping.

Had a quick lunch at the walk-up near Yak and Yeti. I went down to another stand and got the seasoned fries. The fries were good, everything else just so-so.

We all are looking forward to cooling off on Kali River. We’ve never ridden before and expect to get soaked, so some of us change into swimwear and some wear ponchos.

Really enjoyed Kali! It is themed very well, but it is a bit of a short ride. We though it could have used another drop.

Tried multiple times to get a Rum Dole Whip, but their machine was not working both times we tried. Disappointed!

There are storms on the horizon, so we call it a day at AK. Head to the bus and get caught in a little bit of the rain.

Going to go to Disney Springs again, and we take a bus there this time. Everyone was hungry and the bus drop is more central to most of the restaurants. The boat drop is at the far end.

It’s prime time Friday night and the waits are long, and we have no ADR. And, it’s starting to rain again.

Not wanting to scramble for walk-up and try to find cover to eat, we decide to try Bongo’s since their wait is minimal.
Probably because it’s not a very sought after restaurant.
We get a nice covered outside table with no wait. Thought the food was good, better than I expected.

Finish dinner and start hitting some of the stores.
Got some Star Wars swag for myself.

While in Disney Style, I hear my Mom sort of shriek behind me. I turn around and see that there are some relatives of ours there also. My Mom’s cousin and some of her family, some from Daytona some from PA and some from CA.
What are the chances of that? We catch up for a little bit and say goodbye.

Hit a few more stores and catch one of the last boats back to POR.
Another nice boat ride but we are all beat.



















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[Eve & Wall-e]

Another nice boat ride but we are all beat.

We always stay at POFQ. Love the boat ride to Disney Springs. AK is our favorite park. Nice photos!

 

[DaveF]

Day 8 - 4 Parks Day, 1 day

Everyone is up very early again. The usual pre-dawn walk for coffee.

My parents are leaving early this morning, to get a jump start on the long drive to DE. We say our goodbyes and they hit the road.

It’s because of them that we could do this trip, and we are very grateful. We all had a great time together and made a lot of memories.

The 4 of us still here have one more day of Disney magic, and we decide to do something different for us.
We are going to do all 4 parks in 1 day!

Never really was a park-hopping family, as we don’t ever pay the extra for park hoppers. And, we don’t take mid-day breaks and are fine with long days in one park.

But now with our shiny new APs…

Since we visited all the parks a bunch already on this long trip, we thought it would be something neat to do.

Plan is to start at AK for EMH at 8am, Studios, park at TTC for monorail to Epcot and back to MK to finish at 11pm.

We’re driving this time since the 4 of us can fit in the rental, and we need to be speedy.

I made 3 early FPs at AK to use them up right away. We were going to attempt rope-drop FOP, but I fear that we won’t get there early enough to do that.

We get there just at 8 and the gates were already open and most of the initial rush is through. My youngest and I head towards Pandora to see what we can do. My oldest doesn’t care to do FOP again (made her a bit dizzy the first time), so my wife and her head their own way.

As we get closer to Pandora (still with a bit of crowd along) my daughter notices a few people every so often headed back out already. I don’t think anything of it.

We get to FOP and the queue is out into the pathway to Africa already, no surprise. I say, let’s go see how far it goes.

It’s far, very far.

We audible and decide not to waste the time. Now I know why some people were already headed out.

So, off to Everest it is!

We get to EE and there is barely a wait. We get in line, ride it, take a photo or two around Asia and are eating breakfast at the doughnut stand by 8:45.

Despite this being our 8th day in a park, we still haven’t had photos with Mickey and Minnie. We do that just as the doors open at 9. Another box checked off the list.

We get some close up looks at the tree, see Bug’s life, kids ride Primeval Whirl, etc. There was something else in there I think to use up our 3rd FP, so we could start to grab a future one and so on. We might have burned one up early at Kali and didn’t ride. Yea, that’s it I think.

Oh, and I can’t forget…
Finally, finally get our Rum Dole Whip!!
It was only 10:30 in the morning, don’t judge because I don’t care.
Delicious

Quick photo with the tree with us holding up “number 1” on the way out.
We are on the nearly empty parking tram at 11:00, right on schedule.

Next destination is the Studios. We get to see some of the construction of the tall spires in Galaxy’s Edge on the backside driving in. Can’t wait until that’s done.

Walk thru the tapstiles at 11:36 and head straight to our FP for Tower. In line, there were a few CMs doing an active cleanup of vomit.
Ride was great, better than before. We all swear there was an extra drop or two this time.

We get our photo in front of the Tower with our “number 2”.

It’s 12:30 and obscenely hot again already. Time for some shade and a couple frozen drinks at Anaheim Produce.
We catch the Frozen show again and get some more fill of Star Wars stuff. While walking into Path of the Jedi, we notice the CM nametag says he is from Coruscant, nice touch.

We need a sit-down in some A/C, so we have lunch at Mama Melrose. Food was good. That far corner of the park has got to be the quietest in all the World.

Done here, we’re leaving just before 4.

Drive under the MK “sign” at 4:20, park at TTC and get on the monorail for Epcot.

I like the little cruise around overlooking Epcot before coming in to the platform, I had forgot about that.

Quick stop here - in at 5:00, leave at 6:30.
Got our photo in front of SE with our “number 3”
Don’t think we rode anything, our priority was to stop at Mouse Gear to get our Passholder magnets.

Off on the monorail again for MK to finish off this adventure!

I split from the group at TTC to drop some things off at the car.

Meet them just as our food is ready for a quick dinner at Harbor House, nice upstairs window view.

We go see Cinderella for the first time this trip, the princess thing was not as big a deal since the girls are older now.

Purple wall photos (new version and old school).

Get our final photo on Main Street with our “number 4”.

Watched HEA up closer this time, so we were able to see more detail on the castle. Once again a very good show.
Headed in the opposite direction of the leaving crowds and went to see Storytime with Belle. It’s meant for younger kids, but we still enjoyed it.

We all sit down for ice cream and watched the crowd thin out.

Sad walk out at closing time, sad wait for 30 minutes for ferry, sad boat ride to TTC (although pretty on the water at night), sad tram ride to car, sad ride to POR.

Not back to room until 1am.
One VERY long day, but worth everything.








































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[Eve & Wall-e]

Wow, what a great way to end your vacation!

 

[cinderaimee]

Enjoying your report! Great pictures

 

[DaveF]

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[DaveF]

Day 9 - travel/check-out day

No alarms today, no early call time. Don’t have to leave until 12:00.

Post-Disney depression setting in already on last morning coffee walk. Gonna miss those, gonna miss this place.

Leaving Disney on Father’s Day is not a good combination.

We finish packing up and have one more walk around, and lunch at the food court.

Had a bit of good luck on leaving day…
Found a $10 bill in the hall to the food court, with nobody around to attempt to figure out who’s it was and return it.
Used it to buy a lottery ticket on the way to the airport.
It was a Loser!

Also some luck at the airport, our 2 checked bags couldn’t go over 40 lbs each or it would cost more. With no scale to use at the hotel like at home, we just estimated.

Put both of them on the scale at the counter and… Boom! 80.0 lbs on the dot.
Winner!

Flight home was good. We were in the last couple rows of the plane since I checked in late the night before. Forgot to do it right at 24 hours out (kinda busy at all 4 parks ya now).

We’re home safe.
Dad gets to pick dinner location, so we head to our favorite local brewery Troegs.
And, I’m sportin my new pin that the girls gave me.
Good finish to a great week.

ONE FANTASTIC VACATION!
We’ll have permanent memories.

No complaints - but some things we missed this time around…
Void Star Wars VR
Tonga Toast
Liberty Belle boat (it was closed)
Citrus Swirl (went for the Dole Whip multiple times)
Pirate scavenger hunt
Railroad
Space Mountain
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
Huge “family photo” that can happen at Studios
We were always on the lookout for any YouTube Vlogger that we watch (WDW Couple, TimTracker, Ears2You, or any Touring Plans people).

Four Annual Passes - now burning holes in our pockets!
Goodbye for now, see you real soon!


















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[PAsFab5]

Enjoyed your trip reports!!! We are from central PA too!! So funny to see a report from someone flying out of HIA, LOL! I read it like 12 times...did he say HIA?!? Hahahahaha!! You guys looked like you had a great time! Thanks for sharing!

 

[DaveF]

Enjoyed your trip reports!!! We are from central PA too!! So funny to see a report from someone flying out of HIA, LOL! I read it like 12 times...did he say HIA?!? Hahahahaha!! You guys looked like you had a great time! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, small world!

 

[DaveF]

So, my trip report is complete.
I really enjoyed taking the time to do it, and re-living the memories as I went along.

We look forward to our next trip in early December (thanks to the new APs).

Thank you all for the nice comments!