Where do you want to go for your college grad trip? DISNEY WORLD!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

:yay: Hi everyone!! This is my first big trip report. I did one a while ago from my spring break 2006 when I spent the day at WDW with some friends. But this one is a bit more exciting and I hope some people read it. I'm sorry I'm not married or have cute little kids in my pictures but for those with college kids might want to read this and if your bored you might want to as well!

Background Info

~Cast:
Me-22, college graduate!:cheer2:
Bro-20, college juniorpirate:
Dad:happytv:
Mom:laundy:

~Here is some background info for everyone and some reasons why we were taking the trip. Every year we go to WDW my dad always says we are never going back and we do. We typically go in late June/early July which has taken a toll on my parents so when I said I wanted to go to WDW for my grad present, they agreed if we went in May, not only in May but 12 hours after my graduation! It was tough graduating, packing, moving out, moving home, and packing for vacation!

I have never posted pics but I'll try, so here are some from my college graduation on 5/11:

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--my aunt and uncle went to wdw at easter and got me the graduation cap and had it mailed to my house for graduation day. My roommate ordered the mickey somewhere online but they have smaller ones at wdw as well as antenna toppers.

NEXT INSTALLMENT:

Packing for WDW and trip info!!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

~For those of you who havent been scared away yet, here's my next installment!

May 12, 2007

We left for PIT airport at 10am for a 1:30 flight b/c we had ticket issues with the Orbitz company so we wanted to arrive in plenty of time. Parked the car, got a shuttle, walked right up to the counter and got our boarding passes and seat assignments w/o any trouble then headed to TGIFridays for lunch before our flight.

We boarded the flight around 1pm. I love nonstop flights to WDW, mainly b/c of the small kinds that are on the plane and they are so excited and I just love seeing their expressions like my brother and I had when we were little and went to WDW. After a 2 1/2 flight from the 'burg, we were at MCO. Here's some pics on the plane and at DME check-in.

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Check-in went very smooth. We walked right up to the counter and went right into the line which WL was with CR which made sense b/c of their location and I had read you tend to make multiple stops depending on the resort. So everything was going smooth and my dad said this was pretty cool and what could go wrong....well, he spoke too soon!

Up next: DME, just semi magical for the ppl going to WL

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

After we got checked-in and got situated in our line (about 4 families infront of ours) we were then led to our bus about 5 mins later but then we noticed that the Poly and GF line was with ours as well on the same bus (prolly b/c they were not busy AT ALL). But it sure did fill our bus up and from many visits to WDW we knew that WL was the first hotel in the MK area so we assumed we would get let off first but nope!

Normally, they say that you should be to your resort within an hr or so..we were 2+hrs. Our driver which who was new I guess, made 4 wrong turns within the MK area, made two wrong turns at Poly just itsself, 1 wrong turn at WL, and we quickly found out we were the last resort to get dropped off. First was Poly then GF, CR, and FINALLY WL. I'm assuming that during the summer/busy times they dont pile several resorts like that on the bus. Map wise, it would have been quicker to start with WL but at least we made it there in one piece!

Well in any event the DME was not so magical for us and my dad at one point was ready to take over controls of the bus lol. At that point we just hoped for small check-in lines, the room we had booked/paid for, and then to head off to MK for the night.

So we figured after the bus troubles, we felt we were clear to go until check-in.

Next Installment: Since when did a courtyard/bunkbed room face the woods??

[WDW Fan]

Sounds like a tough start - I hope things went smoother as the night went on. It doesn't sound like you got the room at WL that you were hoping for.:sad2: Congratulations on your college graduation!

[wdwgirl03]

Oooh, I'll definitely be reading this one! I had graduation today, so I'm a little tired right now (but the title caught my eye!), but this sounds exciting! I wish I could be going to Disney World for my graduation! Congrats on graduating!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Well after the bus horrors, we finally made it to WL and check-in. We had booked our room in early Dec. with a courtyard/bunkbed room. The past 2 visits we had booked woods and were given a courtyard (loves the disney magic!) so as we walked up to the first room on the fourth floor, I quickly noticed that the room was not facing the courtyard based on the numbers, so we entered and opened the curtain to find a nice view of woods with a small view of the villas pool:headache: so dad quickly called the front desk to speak to the manager who appologized about the misunderstanding of the view so we gathered up our carry-ons and headed back to the front desk and were given a "main pool courtyard" room 3149.

Although the room situation set us back a 1/2 hr or so, we got the ticket and DDP info, left our carry-ons in the room and headed to MK via boat. We never go to a park the first day unless we have an early flight but due to the park closing at 10 and it only costing $2.00 more to get in we decided to head to the park. We arrived around 6:30, got some photo pass pics and headed to Adventureland for POTC. Afterwards we rode SM, BTM a few times each, and Hall of Pres. We also ate at Columbia Harbour House for our CS (yummo!) and then stood by SM and watched the Spectro Magic Parade and headed to Main Street to watch Wishes. I still get chills every time I see Wishes!!

Heres some pics of the first nite there:

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NEXT INSTALLMENT: EE and some DINOSAURS!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Sounds like a tough start - I hope things went smoother as the night went on. It doesn't sound like you got the room at WL that you were hoping for.:sad2: Congratulations on your college graduation!
It was a rough start, its hard going from being rental car ppl to depending on WDWs transportation but we survived but def. missed the freedom of our own rental car transportation!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Oooh, I'll definitely be reading this one! I had graduation today, so I'm a little tired right now (but the title caught my eye!), but this sounds exciting! I wish I could be going to Disney World for my graduation! Congrats on graduating!
Congrats on ur graduation!!!! I still havent gotten over that mine is over, prolly cuz I'll be back in the fall to student teach so I'm done but not totally!

[lazidazi07]

Congratulations on your graduation! My trip is a late grad trip so I share your excitement! Love to read trip reports that dont feature little kiddos sometimes! :thumbsup2

[KidGoofy]

Congrats on Graduating. This trip report is really fun. Thanks for sharing

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Thanks for all who are interested, and here I thought mine would be boring without cute little kid pics lol. I could dust some off from the late 80s early 90s lol.

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Hello everyone!! Thanks again for show interest! Here's my next installment...

May 13, 2007
Info: morning @ AK and CS at the Flame Tree BBQ

The call from Stitch came at 7:30 am, we figured we would leave by 8:30 to get there for the 9am opening...boy were we wrong! Apparently along the way someone didn't tell my family to allow at least an hr for the bus travel so we arrived around 9:30ish and headed right to EE. Heres some pics from our first morn. at WL:

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It was the first time for my family to ride EE b/c I rode in March 2006 on a day trip to WDW while on Spring Break with my roommate and some other friends so this was quite exciting to see the reaction of my family and it was a hit b/c we then rode it another 4 times lol. Heres some pics from it and from KS:

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After our long day at AK, we headed back to the hotel to shower and get ready for our Mothers Day dinner at LTT w/minnie, goofy, pluto, chip, and dale......

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

When we got back to WL, we had all gotten ready for our 6:30 ADR at
LTT for Mothers Day dinner but at 5:00 we got a knock on the door...it was the WL room service with a special cake we ordered for my mom for Mothers Day from the WCC bakery. The cake was chocolate with chocolate moose (as we call it!) and it was around $18.00 with about 8 pieces depending on how u cut it. Heres some pics of it (sorry mom cut it before i could get a pic!):

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After the cake surprise we headed on the boat to MK for LTT and Wishes! and some rides too...

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~Needless to say by the end of the day I was dead! I had sprained and had a small fracture on my ankle back late March so this was the first time since before my accident that I was walking long distances for long periods of time, so by the end of the trip, I was pretty much dead and cant wait till my next pedicure!

Next Installment: Fish and Chips and a Drive-In Dinner

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Loving your report so far! I don't think it is boring at all. It is refreshing to read a report about a trip with all adults. I will be travelling to WDW this summer with my family as well, no little kids along for the ride so it is great getting to read about your trip as it should be a similar experience to ours. We are even staying at the same hotel and going to celebrate my brothers HS grad.

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Hi everyone!! sorry its taking me forever to do this TR. I've been down at my school to do training for my summer job and I forgot to take my camera for my pics but I'll try and work on some of it before I head to beddy!

[Keyana]

Enjoying your TR so far. I love reading adult only TR's. DH and I are going in Dec and have never been without little ones, so I really enjoy TR of others. Also enjoying your pictures.
Thanks for taking time to put up a report.:thumbsup2

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Monday May 14, 2007

We did the morning/afternoon at Epcot and night at MGM. We always seem to miss the F&G show when we go in late June so I was excited to get to see all of the characters in flowers! For lunch we ate at the Fish and Chips place in England. It was yummo but nothing really special that you couldnt get at your local LJS fast food. We also rode most of the popular rides except MS but we did get to ride Soarin about 4 times (3 w/o a fast pass). And we rode TT twice (1 with a fast pass). :cool1:

We like to try new things or experience things we havent done when we go to WDW so I basically made my parents and brother go to Character Connection for pics with the characters. We also tried out the Cola place near by to taste the different pops (sorry its a Pittsburgh saying!) from around the world. You will be able to tell when craig tasted Beverly. :rotfl: :rotfl2:


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Next Installment: MGM and a Drive-In!!

[wdwgirl03]

Congrats on ur graduation!!!! I still havent gotten over that mine is over, prolly cuz I'll be back in the fall to student teach so I'm done but not totally!

Oh, haha, I'm student teaching in the fall too actually! But it is still weird to think that I'm done with classes forever! Loving your report!

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Great update! I love when people pull the Beverly trick on their family. I plan on getting my brother with it this trip!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Hi everyone, I'm back!! This has been a crazy week for me. I had to work at the amusement park for 2 days and then I was down in Pittsburgh helping my roommate and her family pack boxes cuz they are moving to SC at the end of the month so I have been w/o a computer and Dis!!! but here some more goodies to read about!!

Sci-Fi and Fantasmic!!
Normally we go to Sci-Fi for lunch but since it was the first time being on the DDP, dad wanted to save as much $ as possible so we ate mostly dinners as our TS. As it turned out we went above and beyond the 25-27$ amounts for our TS on most meals. Anyways at Sci-Fi, we had about a 15 min wait until our table was ready. We all enjoyed the WONDERFUL milkshakes that you can get as a drink on the DDP. You can get all non-alcoholic drinks as ur drink on the DDP. Other than that and the desserts, the food was just so-so. Afterwards we decided next time we will stick to lunch there like we always have. Our server was on the CP from Russia and it broke our hearts when she told us she loved America and loved being here b/c she can get food and she feels safe. Needless to say she is trying to stay in the US after the CP.

After dinner we rode some of the rides and used our fast passes since the park was really crowded and it was EMH too. We decided that we would see the 9:00 showing of Fantasimic so we could ride during the next show. Well we decided that we would take the 2nd row seats b/c they opened them up due to the crowds and boy was that a mistake. I think I got more wet watching that show than riding SM once!! It was horrible. I took one pic of Mickey and then the water started flying so I put my camera away. I didnt know that I needed my water camera for the show!! Anways heres some pics from that nite!

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Up Next: TL and Some Italians!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

TL and some Italians!!


Well after staying at MGM until almost 1am, we decided to sleep in a little bit and head to TL b/c with our tickets we got the free park hopper+ option and decided to try and use the tickets as much as possible. So we headed to TL. I dont have any pics to show at the park b/c they are on my water camera that isnt finished and the Photo Pass CD was ordered last night so I dont have those either, but I got to ride Crushin' Gusher which for me was just eh. I'm not really a water slide girl b/c I wear contacts and fear loosing them but it was pretty cool. My brother and I swam with the sharks and that was much harder than I remember from when I was little. I was having panic attacks thinking I couldnt breathe through the snorkel and the water wasn't very clear so I couldn't see very much so that was not a success. After that I decided to park it on a lounge with my mom and then her and I did the Lazy River which was wonderful and soothing and then the wave pool until we left. Dad and Craig did the water slides and said they walked onto everything.



That night we decided to eat at Epoct once again, and dad and I went to Italy to Alfredos and mom and craig went to Moracco to whatever TS is there. Both meals were good. I understand Moracco was wonderful. Italy was pretty good as well. I had the standard salad, and fet. alfredo. It was good but it was AWESOME 2 yrs ago when we went which seemed to be the trend that developed in the meals we ate at WDW that we ate 2 yrs prior (LTT, Sci-Fi, Alfredos, and Le Cellier). Afterwards we walked around WS and went to America where they had Davy Jones performing. He actually played songs that I knew, and mom looked like she was in heaven! I guess he was like the Justin Timberlake of her generation?? lol. After that we went to England and got pics at a store with Pooh and friends which are also on the Photo Pass. We also caught some of the Britsh Invasion show before Illuminations.

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Up Next: I swim with Dolphins, mom goes to her first Spa EVER, and dad and craig hit BB!!!!!!

[OhMari]

It will be a month tomorrow since you last posted. I really am enjoying your pictures and your TR. So what degree do you have from college, and what are you doing for the summer?

[Avivasmom]

Great report with pics. Congrats on your graduation. So what will you do know?

Come on keep it going!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

ahh i know i hafta finish this thing but i've been super crazy with work that I havent had the time, but maybe I can work on it this week!! For those who asked, i graduated with a degree in history but I'm student teaching in the fall and by dec (hopefully) i'll have a certification in elementary and early childhood education and then I can begin looking for jobs but for the summer I'm working rides at an amusment park and I'll be working security for Steelers Training Camp in late July/Aug. But HOPEFULLY I can finish my TR, maybe tonight after I help clean up from my graduation party but thanks for keeping in touch with it!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Hey everyone!! sorry its taken me so long, my summer has been very crazy. I was working one job at the amusment park and now I'm working for Steelers Training Camp (security) so I've been working like crazy. I'm not sure why my pictures arent showing up anymore but I'm going to try and work on this TR, I'll be on another trip before it's finished hahaha. Well, I finally have the photo pass cd which I'll have to load at some point. I think it was worth the money but we have yet to take it walmart to get the pics developed.

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Wed May 16, 2007

This was a day of firsts for my mom and I. As one of her mothers day presents, I surprised her with a trip to the spa at GF, and if you read another thread of mine about this whole experience it was really like pulling teeth to get her to go. My mom was VERY against this experience because number one, she thought that it should be something that her and I should do together which I agree with but I had already wanted to do my dolphin experience and did not want to give that up, she was also concerned about going alone, and thought she would not enjoy it. She even got to the point where she told me her and I could do the princess breakfast in Norway or at the Castle so she wouldn't have to go and I said mom, I'm 22, characters are cute but the Princesses are a bit much now (sadly enough :( ) so i made and excuse and said no she was going to the spa and she would like it so she went AND LOVED IT!!!! She got a 50 min swedish massage and a 20 min aromatheray bath which she said she would skip the bath next time for a longer massage lol needless to say the nearly 200 bucks we paid for this was well worth it and shes currently looking for a massage place by our house lol

As she did that, I did something I always wanted to do, swim with dolphins. It would have cost a ton of money and we didn't have a rental car to go to Discovery Cove so I settled for the Dolphins in Depth at Epoct. It was 120 bucks w/the Disney Visa credit card, and it is an "educational experience" more so than "swimming" which I didnt care, it was close enough!! I got there in the morning to check in and was with a mother and her 2 daughters and a father, mother, daughter and son in law but the families took me in as their own and that was nice. We were taught how they are trained, how they are fed, how to protect them, body parts of the dolphins, and how they are tested. The last 30/45 mins was spent in the water. We got to do hand signal tricks and rub downs, and kiss them, and get a picture with our dolphin. We were split into 2 small groups and the one dolpin from group 2 came right up to me, i had NO idea what to do so the trainer took him after i touched him lol.

After the 3 hour tour, we got a photo of our dolphin, a tshirt, pin, and light refreshments. Overall, great experience w/the dolphins. The best part of the tour was seeing how they are trained w/the testing, and actually interacting with them. The only issue I had was that the trainers almost made me wear a shower cap to cover up my hair ties of my braids but I told them that ur only in waste deep water and they would not come out so they let me go w/o a cap which was a sigh of relief! They also provide lots of towels, shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel for after your in the water.

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UP NEXT: A Concourse Dinner to remember!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

After my dolphins, moms spa, and the guys return from BB, we all had lunch at Roaring Forks at WL and stayed at the pool for awhile. At night we had big plans to go to AK for EMH, mainly to ride EE at night which never happened b/c the sun didnt set :( but we still got a ton of stuff done. We rode dinosaur 3 times and EE about 7 times (in a row!!). We only did that stuff because we had to leave for an 830 adr at Concourse.

We were a little nervous about it because we had never been there before but figured we'd give it a shot and after our experience it was the BEST meal of the whole trip. Our service was a bit on the slow side, they def did not rush us out by any means, and we got to go outside to see Wishes which was pretty sweet!! The noise from Chef Mickeys was very quiet but it was also late at night so that could be why, but the food was AMAZING!!!!!! We all got different things and all were wonderful. We will go back there again!


Next Up: EMH at MK!!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Thurs May 17, 2007

Today was MK day. We had plans to stay at MK all day and do as much as possible, and it was EMH (am) so we decided to hit up every ride in Fantasyland which we did!!! The morning was soooo relaxing and we never waited more than 10 minutes for a ride (dumbo). We decided to ride the most popular rides first- dumbo and peter pan and we also did rides that we don't normally ride like the tea cups, dumbo, and snow white. WE did them all!!!! At this point, it was my brothers idea to ride everything in the park ugh! lol.

I really wish my pictures would post, I'm not sure why they are loading and they did before??? if anyone has ideas let me know!!

We also had lunch at Tonys. We had dinner ADRs but switched them b/c the lunch menu was better. Overall, nice place to eat but it was nothing to write home about, we like Alfredos much better so I don't think we will eat at Tonys again..oh well!!

Up Next: Surprises at Coral Reef!!!!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

FRIDAY MAY 18, 2007

I had been looking forward to this day since April. A thread on here gave me tips about the divers sign and menu at CR, so I decided to check it out. I spoke with Debbi, and she set everything up for me. I had a divers sign for my parents anniversary (their 25th was in June 1006) and then i had menus made up for them for mothers/fathers day. All of this was free, and it is an awesome service! I was more excited about all of this than the dolphins, believe it or not!! I was so worried that we would miss the divers b/c they leave at 7/730 and our adr was 630 w/a 20 min wait till our seat.

When we FINALLY got seated (next to the glass), I was soooo nervous if everything would work out, but my parents were given their menus with pictures of my brother and I from when we were babies at WDW until now with the saying "Thanks for all the years of magical memories at WDW, Happy Mothers/ Fathers day" so after that I just prayed that the diver would come. When we got our appetz. a diver came right up to the glass to wave hi and then left, I was like what, wheres the sign?! But he came right back with the sign that said "Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad, love Megan and Craig" and they were thrilled with it and everyone clapped in CR, and we got pics of the sign and diver but then he turned the sign over, and it read "Congrats on your Graduation, from CR"....

After we got pics of the surprise sign, I asked my mom if she called and set it up and she said no she had no idea. Here, when I was emailing Debbi pics for the menus, I mentioned we were going to CR for my college grad dinner and she set up the sign without me knowing!! TALK ABOUT SOME DISNEY MAGIC!!! Needless to say, the dinners were "pretty good" and the desserts were awesome but the sign and menus were the hit of the dinner!!! I have pics of all this and they wont work :( We will return to CR again, but nothing will top that, that's for sure!! It was an awesome surprise. My only regret is that I did not get to meet Debbi to thank her for all of her help!! I did email her when we got home to thank her and I never got a response but she was very helpful throughout everything!!

After dinner, it rained a little bit but we walked around WS and watched Illuminations and prepared to pack to leave on Sat evening, thus ending the magical trip...or so we thought!!!

Coming up next: So Did We Win Anything??!!!

[Nicole786]

Wow the dolphin experience looks GREAT!!! I gotta try that one day...

I'm staying at the WL too for the first time, I can't wait!!! I didn't book the bunk beds, which i'm now regretting, but were you comfortable in them?? We're about the same age, so I was wondering what you thought....(I'm 20) I'm hoping for some pixie dust at check in!

Btw, your brothers kind of cute! :D

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Sat May 19, 2007--WHAT DID WE WIN!?

We decided to spend our last few hours at WDW by going to MGM for EMH (am) and then Epcot for lunch at Le Cellier, and rushing back for DME bus in the late afternoon. We thought that the trip could not have gone any better, except for the bus troubles, but we were wrong...little did we know, but mickey mouse had a surprise waiting for us at MGM!!

when we got to MGM, we had missed the rope drop but decided to head for Muppets ( my brothers favorite lol) and do the backlot tour, and make our way to the front of the park (not having time to do RnR or ToT :( ) so we made our way to a very empty back of the park to muppets. As we walked in, we were greeted by the usual CMs but there was a Dream Team person standing beside the CM, and jokingly, i asked her "OH DID WE WIN SOMETHING??" and she smiled and pointed into the waiting room, and standing in the doorway was a Dream Team w/dream fast passes

IT HAD FINALLY HAPPENED!!!!!! We got dream fast passes on our last day at WDW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With that, we were able to do everything on the fast passes at MGM and still make it to Epcot for our ADR at Le Cellier!!!!! After the fast passes, we had decided that was prolly the most magical experience we have had on any WDW trip. My brother's life was now complete, we rode every ride at all 4 parks, and got a dream fast pass (although we were pushing for a castle stay lol)

After we used our fast passes, we rode the boat from MGM to Epcot for a Le Cellier lunch and at that point we were getting pressed for time so our meal was not as enjoyable as it was in 2005. We thought the food was just so/so and I ate sooo much pretzel bread, I could barely eat my meal or dessert :( We decided next time, we might skip Le Cellier and eat at concourse and try another steak place. The food was still pretty good but when ur pressed to get back to catch a bus, you cant really enjoy the food as much!!


Coming Up Next: Stupid DME System ahhh

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

BUT I DONT WANT TO LEAVE WDW!!!!!!!!

After a magical morning and afternoon, we were all sad that we had to leave WDW, and with all the bus troubles we had throughout the week, we thought, nothing else could happen..we were wrong!!

We got all of our luggage and had it taken to the airline check-in at WL and the lady could not call up our flight information and my dad kindly asked her to call the airlines since we had trouble in Pittsburgh and the lady called once and said there was nothing she could do and told us we would have to take our stuff on the bus with us and she would store it until the bus came. My dad was LIVID There was no one else in line and he did not understand why she could not try and call some more but the lady refused so we stored our luggage and walked around WL until the bus came.

As the bus left WL, a little girl sitting beside us started to cry her eyes out saying "BUT I DONT WANT TO LEAVE WDW" I told her mom and grandma i felt the same!!! The little girl cried the whole way to the airport and fell asleep as we entered the drop offs lol.


COMING UP NEXT: 50 lbs is the magic number!!!

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

50 lbs, will we make it or will be one of those ppl that unpacks their bags before checking them!!

Well after all the airline trouble we had, we thought geez, if they cant find our flights, we'll hafta stay at WDW for forever!! WRONG, the lady found our flight info almost right away, but then there was the test, 50 lbs per bag..ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

All around us were ppl unpacking bags and buying bags to check their goodies, I prayed, alot, that our bags were under 50 lbs, heres what outcome was:

Mine: 46.5
Dads: 48
Moms: 45
Craigs: 42

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Under 50 lbs, we check them and headed off to our plane back to Pittsburgh!! We had an uneventful flight. We had a connection in Atl, which was actually a close connection b/c we had to walk a long ways and ride the tram, and walk a long ways to the plane but we had time to go potty and grab some fast food. We got into Pittsburgh after 10:30, got all of our bags (yay!) and home by midnight.

Up Next: Closing Comments

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

could you see the pictures? On my screen all I see is a small box with a red X in it :( I thought maybe I posted too big of pictures or something? But if they work I'll have to go back and post the rest of them lol.

We love WL, the bunk beds are great b/c my brother doesnt like sleeping with anyone so the bunk beds are great for us, except that hes 6 feet + tall so hes gotta curl up in a ball to fit in them but I think they are just fine, the bottom bunk ( my bed) the "ceiling" is really low and I bumped my head a few times but it was our fourth time w/them so I'm quite used to them by now lol.

Have fun on your trip, I wanna go back like now, my friend is going in Sept with her hubby and daughter (for 2 wks!) I'm very jealous of them lol.

[scottny]

great report. pics were great up till when it did not work any longer. Sounds like a fun trip.