The Fabulous Four take Flight - Trip Report

Login to post comments
84 posts / 0 new
amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Allie wrote:
Great story about the GF woman! And I love the Test Track picture laugh

we didn't even know she exsisted!

yeah that was NOT what we expected when we came out onto the track!!!! haha

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Wednesday 30th September

We all headed to Typhoon lagoon this morning, mam doesn't really like the water so we found her a seat in the shade and she watched our bags etc. the 3 of us rode the lazy river all the way round auntie and uncle decided to stay on and I got off went and saw mam to make sure she was okay I went off in search of slides and rode Keehaull and Mayday falls which were a lot of fun, I got lost on my way back so jumped back on lazy river as I knew where I was on that! Jumped off, checked on mam and went off to the storm slides I enjoyed it but not as much as the falls! By the time I got back auntie and uncle were sunbathing behind where mam was, I'm not a huge water park person and obviously mam isn't either, I felt like I'd done what I wanted to do as I'm not a big sunbather so we decided to split up auntie and uncle stayed at Typhoon Lagoon and me and mam headed to Disney Springs we decided to have lunch at Wolfgang puck as its one of my favourites on recent years I decided to shake things up and have a pizza, now I don't like tomato sauce at all so I asked if I could have the BBQ chicken pizza with BBQ base instead of tomato the woman looked at me funny and said "so you want BBQ sauce, BBQ chicken then MORE BBQ sauce" and I said yes! Bless her she even went over to the kitchen to make sure they got it right, mam ordered the salmon and we got Cheesecake and Creme Brulee we found a seat and waited, it wasn't long before the food arrived and oh my this pizza was HUGE now I'm not one to get easily defeated by food but I really thought this might be the day I was defeated by food " luckily it was not I managed to finish it but had to get a to go box for the cheesecake! Anyone on the quick service Dining Plan needs to go here it's amazing value for money and the food is fantastic! Even not on the Dining Plan I would pay the food is sooooooo good!






We went into the Christmas shop and the Marketplace Co-op where we got a few things we wanted and headed back to the resort, we arrived back around the same time as auntie and uncle they had stopped at Typhoon Lagoon all day and just came back to resort to freshen up.

this plate was among the purchases and it really just makes eating non-Disney food more bearable! (plus i break into song every time I see it!)
We had FP for Magic Kingdom so we headed there, we had a FP for Haunted Mansion I was a little anxious about this as auntie doesn't like enclosed spaces, I thought she would like the ride just not the stretching room, turned out I had nothing to be worried about I spoke to a Cast member and explained this she held me and auntie back and mam and uncle went into the room, we got taken through the back corridors which were still themed, we had a special card to get us through and we met mam and uncle on the other side, as suspected my uncle said my auntie would have hated it but he enjoyed it! we got on the ride and they liked it I don't think they will be frequenting I think auntie was a little anxious about getting through but I'm pleased she did it once we went on It's a small world while we were waiting for our Seven Dwarfs Mine Train FP window to open





mam's favourite doll on It's a small world!
Once we came off we headed over for auntie and uncle first ride on it....in the dark I didn't think this through! Luckily they loved it and couldn't wait to ride again!

We had to walk around Tommorowland to get to the Wishes FP area because areas were closed off we got in and found a spot resting on a fence but we decided to have sundaes so mam and me escaped and went to Plaza Ice Cream Parlour, we had an all American sundae, 2 Waffle bowl sundaes and an ice cream float which were all delicious! We watched Celebrate the Magic and Wishes and wow the view was amazing!!! I took over 600 photos just of these 2 shows so I won't post all just a few of my favourites!









I would highly recommend this viewing area for us it was one of the best decisions we made! We expected it to take a while to get out and get a bus but it was really painless! We struck lucky on the buses this year! Once back me and mam had food and we all went to bed!

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Thursday 1st October

We had another Be Our Guest Breakfast so we headed out for that, the bus didn't turn up when it was supposed to so we were running tight on time, we managed to get in and to the restaurant but were about 5mins late, they were fine and let us in, we had pre ordered again so we had 2 open faced bacon and egg sandwiches, eggs Florentine and croque Madame which was all beautiful, it was cold again but we never mentioned it as we still really enjoyed it we will be booking to go again for 2016 as we really enjoyed it!




We headed to Big Thunder Mountain as we had FP but there was only a 15min wait so we decided to ride in stand by then use FP the wait wasn't 15mins we just walked on! After we had ride this we went to Splash Mountain for the FP everybody enjoyed it and didn't get too wet, as we were walking along we decided to ride Liberty Belle again and just slow the pace right down


We then went on to FP for Winnie the Pooh it's a cute ride! we headed down to Tommorowland and did Carousel of Progress which I think went down well then TTA which we loved. We walked down Main Street and decided to jump over to the Polynesian Village to have a look they were doing a lot of work when me and mam were there last, we took the boat over which stopped at Grand Floridian first looks totally different from the water! We found the food court and got drinks and just sat for a little while taking it all in we went for a wander found my second future husband..........!




We got the boat back to Magic Kingdom and a bus to resort to freshen up. When we got back we decided to have lunch/dinner at the resort auntie and uncle split a fish and chips and a sundae, I had pasta (surprise surprise!) and mam got a beef sandwich which was HUGE we also had sundaes everything was amazing!


We headed to EPCOT for more food and wine the bus for Hollywood studios came first so we got on that and got the boat over we all got Filet from Canada which was yummy! I also got a moosehead beer which was nice!


We headed to the refreshment post and got a dragonberry refresher it was nice but wasn't worth the money in my opinion

We walked up the path beside Dominican Republic and found the wine studio, little did we know how big an impact this booth would have on our food and wine experience! I'm fairly new to drinking wine so still trying to find out what I like/don't like me auntie and uncle had chardonnay and mam tried a white zinfandel they all liked theirs but I didn't like mine so someone had mine and I went back to try something else couldn't decide between the Pinot Grigio or the Franciscan so got one of each I tried both and liked both but liked the Franciscan more so stuck with that and someone had the other glass, I went for another round and got 3 Pinot Grigios and a Franciscan and the nice lady gave me a taster of the Franciscan (not sure why but I'm not turning down free wine!) we got another round of the same before the booth closed and the fireworks started so we watched for a while then picked our drinks up and started walking towards the exit it was a fantastic night!







BarbaraB's picture
Offline
Joined: 03/13/2014
Posts: 402

Loving your trip report. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Sounds like you had fantastic time. The Ghiradelli pictures look amazing. I'm assuming since it's Ghiradelli that they're all made of chocolate. They're beautiful. Such artistry. I wish I was that talented.

__________________

~ Barb ~

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

BarbaraB wrote:
Loving your trip report. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Sounds like you had fantastic time. The Ghiradelli pictures look amazing. I'm assuming since it's Ghiradelli that they're all made of chocolate. They're beautiful. Such artistry. I wish I was that talented.

thank you! we really did it was one of the best trips we have had! the Ghiradelli experience was just amazing! yes it was all made of chocolate but it was difficult to believe that! they are made by the different Disney bakeries so its awesome to see which ones did each of the creations!

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Friday 2nd October

We headed to Magic Kingdom again today I couldn't tell you what time but I do know we just made it in time for our Jungle Cruise FP, it's a good ride we really enjoyed it but our skipper had a really high voice and we could barely understand what she was saying so we kind of missed bits, when we came off I had an email saying that Seven Dwarfs Mine Train was down so we had an open FP for pretty much any ride we really wanted to ride this today as they enjoyed it so much the other day in the dark I wanted them to be able to experience it in the daylight! We just wandered round and soaked up some atmosphere, we went on under the sea again as standby wasn't long, we waited until it was time for our Be Our Guest lunch we had 3 pork again and a Croque Monsieur (I have to say I was really enjoying my uncle working his way through the menu!) we also had our usual cupcakes/eclairs it was all amazing as it always is!

Clearly I neglected to take pictures of our meals!
As we were sitting eating our meal I was constantly checking to see if Seven Dwarfs Mine Train was up and running and as luck would have it, it suddenly was! We were finished eating anyway so we went straight around and used our FP as expected they loved it as much during the day!


We walked back around to Liberty Square and went in Hall Of Presidents it's so interesting and also so humbling to see just how much Americans love their own country, if we had anything like this in England the majority would look at it as a joke so for us we find it really inspiring! While we were in the theatre I happen to notice the lady sitting next to me had fallen asleep but not discreetly.......like full on nearly lying down head back, mouth open the whole nine yards! On hearing a conversation she had with her family member I don't think it was planned but she certainly made herself comfy!!

We came out and headed down Main Street for our Festival of Fantasy Parade FP we got there pretty early but they let us in and we got a prime viewing spot looking right down the middle of Main Street I didn't think it could get any better!


It was so HOT waiting where we were it was in direct sun no shade at all but it was certainly worth it! a Cast member came by and gave us all stickers so I wore mine with pride! The time was now and we saw the Parade come around by the castle and we knew it was time it was just stunning!!! The angle in which we were at was simply perfect and got some great pictures! I won't post them all just a few of my favourites!














We decided to walk up to Adventureland and get auntie and uncle dole whips me and mam would have had one but since its pineapple ice cream and pineapple juice it's just all a bit too much pineapple for us so mam walked up to Sleepy Hollow to get us ice cream floats as we got served mam came back and told us sleepy hollow don't do them anymore (sad face) turns out dole whips are my auntie and uncles favourite snack I think! They loved them!

It was a Halloween party tonight so we started to head back out of the park as everyone was coming in ready for the party once back at the resort we had a quick change and headed for boat to Downtown Disney, seen as we had raved about Wolfgang puck the other day that's where we headed, the line was HUGE out the door and everything! But oh my it was worth it! everybody agreed it was one of the best meals of the trip I think possibly only tied with Be Our Guest those 3 had salmon and I met my nemesis the BBQ chicken pizza once more! Thankfully it wasn't as big this time so I managed it much better! As I said everybody really enjoyed this meal I wish we had come here earlier in the trip! As we came out of the restaurant the rain started to pour! So we headed back to resort via bus we weren't out very long but we had a great time!


amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Saturday 3rd October

Today was Hollywood Studios day, it was Dapper Day in the park so was quite busy but it was fantastic seeing everybody dressed up, there was a huge line to have pictures took in front of the Chinese Theatre! We headed straight for Toy Story Mania we all really enjoyed it!

mine and mam's scores! I won yet again!
It was Tower of Terror time again! Mam and uncle went on first and me and auntie sat on a wall beside Beauty and the Beast, we realised they were rehearsing so were listening and singing along! Me and uncle swapped places and I went on with mam we got back row in the corner and I put not 1 but 2 hands in the air!!! This was very momentous as I have never ever taken both hands off the handles!!!

We were pretty hungry so we headed to ABC Commissary we had 3 steaks and a seafood platter for auntie all of which were beautiful we really enjoyed everything!



After we were finished with lunch we headed to Frozen Sing A long again which we enjoyed as much as ever! We saw a bit of Mulch, Sweat and Shears but it was the woman leading and as good as she is I prefer the men! We went into Muppets which was good and we were now headed for Star Tours, we weren't sure if auntie would like this as she is a little anxious in closed rooms, we said if she didn't like it we could just take her straight out of the other side if she wasn't comfortable, once she was in she realised it was bigger than she thought so was fine as for the ride she................LOVED it I mean so much so she wanted to go back on!!! We would have gone back on but the wait was really long!



we must have went to Lights, Motor Action show after this because we did see it this day and we didn't go to the early show!

We headed out of the park and got the boat to Swan and Dolphin we walked from Swan and Dolphin over the bridge into The Boardwalk the views are just stunning walking over!

We had a look in the shops and I craved something sweet so went into Boardwalk Bakery and got a chocolate peanut butter cake, they put it in a box and took it outside I think everyone thought I'd bought a whole cake by the size of the box what do you think???
We sat looking over the lake towards the Yacht & Beach Club and it was just stunning, the sun was setting I could have just stayed there!





We decided to walk through into EPCOT seen as we were so close wow was it busy!!! As we walked in I heard an announcement to say British Revolution was starting in 5mins, I think mam says we saw them when I was little but I don't remember it and for quite a few years we have tried to see them but we have never been in the right place at the right time so off we went and found a spot at the back auntie and uncle love the Beatles music and generally that era and I inherited an undying love for Queen from my dad so this was just right up all our streets we sang, we danced and just generally had a great time and it was fab to see my auntie and uncle having such a fab time it was really a great moment for all of us!

We went in search of food the lines were HUGE being a Saturday so auntie and mam went in the line for Ireland and me an uncle went to Canada we found a rare seat so took it!

We went to Scotland and me, mam and auntie tried the scallop I really enjoyed it and mam did too, auntie wasn't fussed so it was wine studio time again! We had 2 rounds of the usual pinot grigio and a francisican for me! And uncle tried the cheese plate which was very yummy apparently (I don't like cheese) we called it a night before the fireworks started headed for bus; I had food at resort and off to bed!

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Sunday 4th October

We were headed to Animal Kingdom today we had our first FP for 9.50-10.50 so we left about 9.15 thinking that would give us plenty of time to get there before it ended, while we stood at the bus stop the lady monitoring the buses said there was some kind of issue with the buses and if people had any other transport options to try and use them, we decided as an EPCOT bus pulled up we would get the bus to EPCOT and then get a bus from EPCOT to Animal kingdom so we did, it didn't seem to take too long but it still meant we didn't arrive at Animal Kingdom until 10.45, it was raining and there was no way we would make it to Kilimanjaro Safaris in time so I popped into Guest services and explained what had happened she gave us a paper FP so we could still ride which was really great! It was horrible drizzle weather today but we continued through to Kilimanjaro Safaris it wasn't great as all the animals were hiding saw a few not many




the elephants started fighting!




We walked around to Expedition Everest auntie was brave and decided to go on, me and mam absolutely love this ride however this wasn't shared by auntie and uncle as they came off and said they absolutely hated it sad well I suppose we know for future we headed to lunch at Restaurantosarus this is the only place we go for burgers because we just love the place and the burgers taste different! We loved it I think auntie and uncle liked it thy didn't say either way really, we still had some time before the next finding Nemo the musical show which we had FP for so we headed to Maharajah Jungle trek which was good got some good pictures and auntie got a fab picture of the tiger!

We headed back round to Finding Nemo the musical and got in quite quick and got seats in the middle section of the raised seating right in the front row so we had fabulous seats which was just amazing we all enjoyed it!


We said goodbye to Animal Kingdom and headed out to the bus stop. We got showered changed and headed for the boat to Disney Springs

once we arrived we stopped by the kids dance party and sang/danced for a while, as we were walking along to Raglan Road we spotted a string Quartet outside of Fulton's Crab House, if we had more time we would have stopped but we needed to get to our dining reservation, once we got there and checked in it wasn't long before we were seated, I had asked if we could be sat in the centre section however there would be no seats for a while so we were off to the side it was still very nice I had a Long Island Ice Tea for a drink and whoa was it strong! Just the way I like it! mam had Magners cider and auntie and uncle shared a bottle of wine, mam, auntie and uncle decided on the lamb whereas I had the steak, they all loved their lamb it was cooked perfectly my steak was wonderful but it was a bit chewy for me so I kind of wished I had the lamb because I had a small taste and it was gorgeous! My steak was still beautiful! But by this point I had decided I was having a dessert auntie did too but uncle and mam decided not to bother I went with the bread and butter pudding and auntie got the pavlova both of which were amazing!!! I could eat that bread and butter pudding right now!!!






Once we came out we decided to go walk a little further into the new section it all looks amazing! As we came to Characters in Flight there was a man playing the guitar, the threw me a pick and he was called Didgeridoo Dominic he was actually really good and he also had quite a colourful character with him getting the crowd going it was good!!!


We also saw a man playing a guitar down beside Bongos and a man playing a guitar and singing in Splitsville it was amazing to hear all the different genres of music and really brings a good feel to Disney Springs. Seen as we were right up the other side to our boat dock we decided to get the boat across to the other side and then transfer to our boat, we caught the last boat and made it back to the resort in good time it was a really good night enjoyed by all!


JMed's picture
Offline
Joined: 02/16/2014
Posts: 3849

I love the addition of all the singers/musicians in Disney Springs. They seem to be everywhere!

__________________

"I do not like the cone of shame."

"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell."

"It seems to me that we have a lot of story yet to tell."

Jennifer Huotari | Create Your Badge

The Huotari's Disney Adventures | Promote Your Page Too

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

JMed wrote:
I love the addition of all the singers/musicians in Disney Springs. They seem to be everywhere!

they do! it's so good to see we felt it's given Disney Springs a little something extra we stopped and listened to a few and they were all great! this will definatley pull us towards Disney Springs more!

JMed's picture
Offline
Joined: 02/16/2014
Posts: 3849

I never saw the group but when we were in the Star Wars store they were singing When you Wish upon a Star and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!

__________________

"I do not like the cone of shame."

"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell."

"It seems to me that we have a lot of story yet to tell."

Jennifer Huotari | Create Your Badge

The Huotari's Disney Adventures | Promote Your Page Too

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

JMed wrote:
I never saw the group but when we were in the Star Wars store they were singing When you Wish upon a Star and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!

ooooooooooo we didn't see a group only individuals but they sound good! i'll just have to go to Disney Springs more next year....such a chore!!! haha

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

okay so I've been a bit lacking in trip report with Christmas coming up and having to complete 2 160 page photobooks in 1 month they have both kept me occupied but I'm back and I'm aiming to get this finished before Christmas so here goes!!!

Monday 5th October

We were headed to EPCOT today our first ride of the day was Soarin' seen as this would be our last ride with this particular film we had to be in the front row so we waited for next ride, it's without a doubt worth the wait can't wait to see what the new one is like! Once we came off we headed off to Living with the Land there was a 30 min wait shocker!!! I've never seen it so busy but seen as auntie and uncle really loved this we didn't mind waiting.


It was lunchtime for us so we went to sunshine seasons since we were already there and it's our favourite! We had 3 pork chops and uncle had a turkey sandwich which was HUGE! We had an assortment of desserts which were all gorgeous!


We had FP for Character spot we didn't do any other meet and greets than this because auntie and uncle weren't very comfortable with it " I have to admit I took me a while! It was good but we are all a bit awkward!!! Haha we got our pictures and there are some really lovely ones!

(I can't actually find the photos from the character spot if I find them ill add them in!)

We started off around World Showcase we started at Mexico side we did Three Caballeros which is one of my favourites! We just walked around soaking everything in, did American Adventure as it was just going in once we got round to Canada


me and mam wanted to do some shopping so we went and auntie and uncle walked back around World Showcase and headed back to resort, we all had a bit relax back at resort then got ready and went back to EPCOT for the night this is auntie, uncle and mams favourite park and it's my close 2nd so we love spending time here! We did Sustainable Chew had the Braised Ribs we weren't bothered by it either way but I didn't really like the taste, moved on to Chew Lab auntie and uncle had a salmon and steak and me and mam had steak they were good nothing we could really shout home about though we then went back for some of those nitro chocolates we had 1 each me, auntie and uncle loved them but mam didn't see what the hype was " personally I think that was her not the chocolates!!! We bypassed the wine studio " for now! And headed to Australia and New Zealand where we had lamb chops, auntie had mussels and we all had a glass of wine " sadly mine ended up down the side of the bin me and mam went to farm fresh and had a yard bird each mam said hers was too salty for her....all the more for me I LOVED it! I stopped at Hawaii for a Mai Tai then we headed to the wine studio for a round, the fireworks had started and we decided to walk down and get a better view which didn't really work but we still had a great view








Another great end to a night I had some food and we all headed to bed heading into our last park day sad yuck

JMed's picture
Offline
Joined: 02/16/2014
Posts: 3849

yay more trip report... boooo food and wine memories come flooding back... is it next year yet??? LOL

__________________

"I do not like the cone of shame."

"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell."

"It seems to me that we have a lot of story yet to tell."

Jennifer Huotari | Create Your Badge

The Huotari's Disney Adventures | Promote Your Page Too

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

JMed wrote:
yay more trip report... boooo food and wine memories come flooding back... is it next year yet??? LOL

tell me about it I was think the exact same thing posting those photos!!!!! I was out for a Christmas meal last night and some of us had Pork Belly....well that just took me straight to the Brazil booth!!!! I was very Disney home sick yesterday!!! more coming today to try and cure the blues but thanks for reading too JMed!!!

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Tuesday 6th October

As mentioned in the previous post today was our last park day and there was only one park for it " Magic Kingdom when we arrived we headed to adventureland for our Pirates of the Caribbean FP which was great, we headed up towards Splash Mountain as I was going to have a last ride on it but it was off because there was no water, the drop looked a LOT different with no water on it!!!


We had FP for Big Thunder Mountain but it was still early so couldn't get on and there was a lot of people around so we decided to hop over to Tom sawyer Island, it's been a lot of years since we have been over there and in all honesty all I can remember is the little cafe which I don't even think is there now I think it's a vending machine! I don't remember there being anything to see or do other than walk however I went up inside the windmill which I didn't know you could do and we went and had a seat in some rocking chairs watched the liberty Belle go past, saw Big Thunder Mountain from a different perspective and many more things I would highly recommend it I was really pleasantly surprised!







We came back on the raft and jumped in the FP queue for Big Thunder Mountain the line was really long but I think people were using their open FP for Splash Mountain on Big Thunder, it still didn't take very long, once we got off we moved quickly up to Be Our Guest for our last lunch we had 3 pork and uncle had the Tuna Nicoise Salad we all loved ours uncle like his salad but he said it was a "strange meal" I think it's because he isn't used to seared tuna he still enjoyed it he just wouldn't have it again



We came out and me and mam went on Philarmagic while auntie and uncle stayed in the sun, we all went on It's a small world for a final time, by the time we came off it was 2.45 so we decided we would try and find a half decent spot for the Festival of Fantasy parade we actually ended up with a great view in front of Liberty Tree Tavern and we could see great! Once the parade finished we headed to Adventureland for Dole Whips auntie and uncle decided just to get the soft serve and I braved a dole whip " it was too much pineapple for me but I still ate it!!! I don't waste ice cream!






We headed down Main Street for the last time got some Pandora charms and said goodbye to Magic Kingdom and see you next year! Once we got back to the resort we did some more packing we were very organised this year! Also once we got back to the room we noticed we didn't receive any shampoo/conditioner in the room and this was the 3rd day in a row on the days we had been getting some we had put them away but we had used up all the bottles we had but I rang housekeeping and they sent 6 bottles up which I thought was extremely nice of them as there was 3 of us sharing these shampoo/conditioner!

We headed out to EPCOT for our last night as we were walking in we noticed Future World was closing at 7 which was very strange I never did find out what it was we headed right into World Showcase and went to Canada for Filet, France for Boeuf Bourginon, me and mam had pork belly at Brazil (I didn't have sauce I didn't like it) but whoa mama the pork belly was amazing! We also went to Japan for Teriyaki bun which was amazing!!! We only had 1 snack credit left which I was holding on to so by this point we were using dining credits to trade for 3 snacks otherwise I would have had another of those buns! Auntie and uncle got wine from Morocco I think me and mam headed back to Brazil/Belgium I got another 2 pork in the same box and mam got a "little hidden one" meat pie which she said was gorgeous, she had a Stella cidre from Belgium while I got a frozen caiprihna we found a seat in the Brazil section and sat and watched the fireworks it was just stunning and a perfect last night










amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Wednesday 7th /Thursday 8th October

I was up pretty early for me usually I hibernate and refuse to get up on the last day! We packed up the last of our things and arranged for bell hop to get bags at 10.30, we had requested late check-out in both rooms and had gotten the rooms til 1pm which was a massive help, we got a cab to take us to the Disney Springs check in, last year the taxi had dropped us right outside the check in but this year whether it was the construction or we had a taxi driver who couldn't be bothered he dropped us right around the other side I had to make 3 trips between my auntie and uncle who were near the check in and my mam who was beside the taxi rank I really hope this other taxi rank re-opens once the construction is finished!! We got checked in no problem so were just left with our small cases, me and mam headed back to the resort so I could shower and we offered to take auntie and uncles cases back with us so they could have a walk around Disney springs and get boat back which they loved we got back I had my shower and we did a final check of the rooms before we checked out all together we headed to main reception and checked our small cases into storage as we still had quite a lot of time before being picked up.




We headed into Riverside Mill for our final meal I had...you guessed with pasta as did mam, auntie and uncle had make your own salads which were huge, I got 2 magic cookie bars instead of a drink so I could bring those babies home! Mam gave up her drink also so I could have an ice cream sundae (in her defence we had about 4 bottles of pop to drink before the airport!) it was amazing but I was sooooo full! I refused to leave any small part as this had to last me til 2016!

We went into Fulton's to use up our meal credit and 22 packets of sweets, more Pandora charms and a sandwich box later we walked out, bags heavier but purses lighter!!! We hung out in River Roost for a while, auntie and uncle went for a last walk around the resort then we got our small cases back out so we could get changed and ready for the tragical express (sad face) there was lots of people waiting at ours for the bus so we didn't stop anywhere else just straight to the airport







Once we got to the airport we bypassed the check in because we had done it! We found a seat and I went to the dark side for a WDWFG member (cough danijrod cough) as she wanted some jellybeans for her loving hubby for Christmas (spoiler alert she caved and gave him them before Halloween!) I also ran in the earport because they had a phone case that they didn't have at the resort! We decided to head through security as mam wanted a look in duty free but they didn't have anything we wanted as we were going through security auntie tried to tell security staff she had a pacemaker and she tried to tell this man who just pointed to the line didn't speak or anything and luckily she recognised the machine as the one she had to use last year, if she hadn't this would have been a very frightening experience because she wouldn't have known it was safe to go in it " we weren't in Disney no more! we just waited around taking in turns to go to different shops to occupy the time we headed down to our gate and heard them announce we would be boarding late, I could see my auntie getting more anxious as she doesn't like flying at all I went and got her a hot water so she could put a camomile tea in and drink that, it seemed to help we boarded about 20mins late and everyone was on board and ready to go within 10mins! It's the quickest I have ever seen on this size of plane I'm sure they said the plane was only about half full which I was surprised about! We travel premium economy back as we just find it's worth the bit extra well auntie and uncle just took to this like a duck to water!!!! Auntie was totally relaxed I couldn't believe it!




We got a glass of wine when we boarded and then a small bottle of wine with the meal I gave mine away because I had pop and was driving when we landed! Me and mam had beef stew for meal it was too spicy for me so I had my tea instead


I slept a little on and off then decided to write up some notes with my music playing and a song by Josh Groban called "To Where You Are" came on, this song means a lot to me as it was played at my nanas funeral, it made me think of her and I hope it was her way of saying she was with us!

We got served breakfast which was yummy!

We were scheduled to get in about 50mins early and we actually landed 45mins early which was fantastic shortest flight over the Atlantic I've ever been on! We had to get buses from the plane to the terminal instead of a tunnel which I was worried I would be cold seen as my hoody was in the case! It wasn't as bad as I thought, we got through security fine but as we were walking towards the luggage carousel there was a gentleman who had my case and was about to put it back on so I shouted telling him it was my case and he looked straight at me and put the case back on! I was like Mr Angry on inside out! So got all the other cases and had to wait for mine I wasn't a happy bunny! Then as we tried to get out and over to the car another flight had come out at the same time and all these people were coming into the restricted area and we couldn't get out! We got all the cases in the 2 cars and auntie and uncle set off before us, we travelled through some really thick fog " welcome back home! And decided to stop at the service station I was in need of a Starbucks to calm me down! Auntie and uncle just kept going the fog had lifted and it was quite nice but I did have a very big hoody on by now, we got our drinks and headed back to a car when a wasp started following me, crawling up my arm, going inside my hoody and everything! I tried to remain calm and the second it flew away I jumped in the car and slammed the door, I heard a cracking noise and it dawned on me that my phone was in my pocket of the hoody that I had just jammed in the car!!! It was bent and the screen was so badly damaged I couldn't even unlock it!!! I was furious more at myself now!!! I managed to get an appointment at the genius bar near us so had to get home as quick as possible, unload the cases then go back out but his point I had been up about 28 hours and this was NOT what I wanted to be doing!!! And after crying to hand my credit card over I got a replacement phone!!!

We got home and it dawned on me....... I should start planning 2016 right now!!! So I went to give my friend (and WDWFG member) Danielle some moral support at work and we talked Disney!!!

So that's my trip it was filled with so many good things I wouldn't even know where to start! There was only a few bad things that happened but they in no way took away from this amazing trip!!! Thank you to everyone who read it and hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it!

danijrod's picture
Offline
Joined: 10/23/2014
Posts: 414

I love my shout outs Smile it feel like ages ago now you came home and stayed with me and gave me my presents ha!

Thank you for sharing it I've loved reading it and love all the pictures Smile clapping

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

danijrod wrote:
I love my shout outs Smile it feel like ages ago now you came home and stayed with me and gave me my presents ha!

Thank you for sharing it I've loved reading it and love all the pictures Smile clapping

Yeah it does but in some ways it feels like I've just came back again!!!!

really i should be thanmking you for being on my case to finish it!!!!

JMed's picture
Offline
Joined: 02/16/2014
Posts: 3849

amy1989 wrote:
danijrod wrote:
I love my shout outs Smile it feel like ages ago now you came home and stayed with me and gave me my presents ha!

Thank you for sharing it I've loved reading it and love all the pictures Smile clapping

Yeah it does but in some ways it feels like I've just came back again!!!!

really i should be thanmking you for being on my case to finish it!!!!

Ha ha ha thanks for pushing her danijrod!!!!

Great report! Sorry about your phone, I had to do the same thing about a year ago, so annoying. BUT, at least it happened when you got home!!!

Great trip report and pictures. Loved reading every bit of it!

muchlove

__________________

"I do not like the cone of shame."

"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell."

"It seems to me that we have a lot of story yet to tell."

Jennifer Huotari | Create Your Badge

The Huotari's Disney Adventures | Promote Your Page Too

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

JMed wrote:
amy1989 wrote:
danijrod wrote:
I love my shout outs Smile it feel like ages ago now you came home and stayed with me and gave me my presents ha!

Thank you for sharing it I've loved reading it and love all the pictures Smile clapping

Yeah it does but in some ways it feels like I've just came back again!!!!

really i should be thanmking you for being on my case to finish it!!!!

Ha ha ha thanks for pushing her danijrod!!!!

Great report! Sorry about your phone, I had to do the same thing about a year ago, so annoying. BUT, at least it happened when you got home!!!

Great trip report and pictures. Loved reading every bit of it!

muchlove

yes she deserves credit I would get daily messages "so Amy are you posting any trip report today......" haha

I was more annoyed about the phone than anything and jet lag and generally not being in Disney just didn't help!!! but you are right it so easily could have happened on the way to the airport!!!

thank you so much for reading along I loved doing it!!! just need this years to come round super fast now!!!!

Belinda's picture
Offline
Joined: 08/09/2012
Posts: 771

All your pictures of POR have made me REALLY homesick for Riverside! Wonderful report - thanks for bringing us along!

__________________

** BeLiNdA **

amy1989's picture
Offline
Joined: 12/30/2013
Posts: 1404

Belinda wrote:
All your pictures of POR have made me REALLY homesick for Riverside! Wonderful report - thanks for bringing us along!

writing the trip report and seeing the pictures made me homesick too!!!! I love my riverside cant wait to be back there this year!

thank you for reading it!