Hellooooo Everybody! Jon and I just returned from our fabulous 2nd WDW trip! Man, I gotta tell ya, this was such a fantastic trip! Even though, it was only 4 nights in the "world," we did so much and enjoyed ourselves. This getaway was much needed and I made the right choice with this surprise birthday gift, no returns or exchanges!
Ya'll will be so proud of me! I made a daily log with what we did and I have lots of food pics! Oh yes, I took pics of the food! Jenn inspired me and I didn't care what other people thought. Jon said, "Why are you doin' that?" And I reminded him how he enjoyed all the food porn from other TRs. He said, "Oh, okay!" So, he got use to me taking pics of everything.
I'm not gonna bore everyone with the intros of the cast, you can go to my PTR if you wanna read that. The link is in my siggy!
Ya'll will be so proud of me! I made a daily log with what we did and I have lots of food pics! Oh yes, I took pics of the food! Jenn inspired me and I didn't care what other people thought. Jon said, "Why are you doin' that?" And I reminded him how he enjoyed all the food porn from other TRs. He said, "Oh, okay!" So, he got use to me taking pics of everything.
So let's get started...shall we????? As Peter Pan says on his ride, "Off we gooooooo!!!!!"
For those of you who don't wanna read the chitter chatter, here is an handy index.....
The Beginning, just below this list!
The Beginning, Part 2, pg. 1 #3
Off to DTD, pg. 2 #17
Finally, DTD! (and Dinner) pg. 2 #20
DTD cont. and back to the Ranch, pg. 2 #22
Let's Go To AK! pg. 4 #57
AK continues onto #58
Day 2 A Nature Trail Adventure and DHS pg. 5 #67
Conclusion to Day 2 pg. 6 #85
Happy Birthday Jon! The Big 4 0! pg. 7 #105
Cont....pg. 8 #115 and #116
Cont....pg. 9 #125
An Evening at Epcot Pg. 11 #155
Another Magical Day...pt. 1 Pg. 15 #217
Pt. 2 Pg. 16 #232
Pt. 3 Pg. 17 #248
Pt. 4 Pg. 17 #255
Pt. 5 Pg. 18 #256
For those of you who don't wanna read the chitter chatter, here is an handy index.....
The Beginning, just below this list!
The Beginning, Part 2, pg. 1 #3
Off to DTD, pg. 2 #17
Finally, DTD! (and Dinner) pg. 2 #20
DTD cont. and back to the Ranch, pg. 2 #22
Let's Go To AK! pg. 4 #57
AK continues onto #58
Day 2 A Nature Trail Adventure and DHS pg. 5 #67
Conclusion to Day 2 pg. 6 #85
Happy Birthday Jon! The Big 4 0! pg. 7 #105
Cont....pg. 8 #115 and #116
Cont....pg. 9 #125
An Evening at Epcot Pg. 11 #155
Another Magical Day...pt. 1 Pg. 15 #217
Pt. 2 Pg. 16 #232
Pt. 3 Pg. 17 #248
Pt. 4 Pg. 17 #255
Pt. 5 Pg. 18 #256
I'm not gonna bore everyone with the intros of the cast, you can go to my PTR if you wanna read that. The link is in my siggy!
Tuesday July 7th
I was up at the crack of dawn. I slept pretty good the night before. It really never hit me that we were going to Disney until I got the suitcases down from the closet. Then, I got this look from our youngest daughter......
She does this all the time when we go out of town. She sees the suitcases and starts giving us the "eyes!" It tears me up!
As for her big sis......
She could careless. She was ready for the house sitter to come so she could scam some extra puppy treats out of her. We love our girls!
There was no rush to get ready for our flight out. Jon's dad was planning on taking us to the airport. We flew right out of Asheville (AVL) and our "airport" is 10 minutes from our house. It was so nice not to worry about getting the car gassed up and serviced for the usual 607 miles and 10 hours on the interstate.
We did leave about noon and drove over to Jon's parent's house. We left our car there while we were gone. My in-laws live just down the road from us.
So, Jon's dad dropped us off at Asheville Regional Airport. Our airport is very small. It has only 2 gates! Security was a breeze! No major issues! I just knew that we would be told not to bring the Disney Pins on board the airplane!
You would think with the pin spikes, TSA would not allow them!
We were ready to go and waited about 45 minutes at the gate waiting area. Micheal Jackson's Funeral was just getting underway on TV so we just chilled until it was time to leave. I could not get over how every major freeway was shut down for Micheal's Funeral!!!!!
Here is Birthday Boy waiting for us to board!
As you can tell, I caught him by surprise. "Oh, you are going to be doing your blog thingie so you are going to take pictures of everything!"
The flight was right on time and we boarded the plane 15 minutes before our 130p take off. The flight was booked and no empty seats! I'm so thankful Airtran decided to have nonstop flights to Orlando from Asheville! Lot's of families were on board too, so Im sure they were all headed to the same place we were headed.
Our plane landed 15 minutes early! We were at MCO in 1 hour 15 mintues! Jon and I were both in amazment! We were soooo happy that we didn't have to drive for 10 hours on the interstate! Flying has spoiled us both snice our NYC trip!
The Magical Express Counter was easy as pie! We approached the CM that was directing everyone where to go. We had chose to let Tinker Bell deliver our lugage to our room, so we just had to show her our Magical Express Booklet and we were off to our bus.
We did not have to wait at all! Once we boarded, we were off to WDW!
Here we are on the bus.....
Excuse my hair, I have not had a haircut in a long time. I was planning to let my hair grow out, but that all changed on this trip. You will see later on what happen
......
So, the bus left the airport. There was a cute video of Disney Characters showing what to do when you get to your resort. I just listen to my Ipod and Jon kept updating his freinds on his facebook. He never leaves home without his blackberry.....
So we arrived at the Wilderness Lodge! OMG! Love it! Love it! Love it!
We walked in the main door and it was so nice not having to lug our bags with us. Love the Magical Express!!!! We both just stopped just inside the lobby and our mouths just hit the floor! I was just waiting for Michael Landon and the entire cast of Oklahoma! to come out and start singing!
WL is so cool!!! Loved it! Jon and I just looked at one another. Jon said, "Oh honey thank you so much, this is the best most wonderfulest present I have ever gotten in my life!!!" I just started to cry.....yes, I am a wuss, but I couldn't help it......
So, we go and check in with Cora and she was from Phillipeans. (I hope I spelled that right.) It took 4 minutes and Cora said "Happy Birthday Jon, I hope you have many many more birthday to come. You have fun! Now go to right and follow sign!" She was so sweet!
We followed the signs...and walked to the Villas. For those you that don't know. The Villas at WL are connected via a beautiful walk way from the main lodge.
Welcome Home!
We walked into the Villas lobby. Just amazing....so beautiful!
The decor of it all says enough. It reminded me a lot of cabins we have stayed at in Tennessee. Very rustic, but very elegant.
Continued in the next post.......(gosh, I had taken a lot of pics!)
I was up at the crack of dawn. I slept pretty good the night before. It really never hit me that we were going to Disney until I got the suitcases down from the closet. Then, I got this look from our youngest daughter......
She does this all the time when we go out of town. She sees the suitcases and starts giving us the "eyes!" It tears me up!
As for her big sis......
She could careless. She was ready for the house sitter to come so she could scam some extra puppy treats out of her. We love our girls!
There was no rush to get ready for our flight out. Jon's dad was planning on taking us to the airport. We flew right out of Asheville (AVL) and our "airport" is 10 minutes from our house. It was so nice not to worry about getting the car gassed up and serviced for the usual 607 miles and 10 hours on the interstate.
We did leave about noon and drove over to Jon's parent's house. We left our car there while we were gone. My in-laws live just down the road from us.
So, Jon's dad dropped us off at Asheville Regional Airport. Our airport is very small. It has only 2 gates! Security was a breeze! No major issues! I just knew that we would be told not to bring the Disney Pins on board the airplane!
You would think with the pin spikes, TSA would not allow them!We were ready to go and waited about 45 minutes at the gate waiting area. Micheal Jackson's Funeral was just getting underway on TV so we just chilled until it was time to leave. I could not get over how every major freeway was shut down for Micheal's Funeral!!!!!
Here is Birthday Boy waiting for us to board!
As you can tell, I caught him by surprise. "Oh, you are going to be doing your blog thingie so you are going to take pictures of everything!"
The flight was right on time and we boarded the plane 15 minutes before our 130p take off. The flight was booked and no empty seats! I'm so thankful Airtran decided to have nonstop flights to Orlando from Asheville! Lot's of families were on board too, so Im sure they were all headed to the same place we were headed.
Our plane landed 15 minutes early! We were at MCO in 1 hour 15 mintues! Jon and I were both in amazment! We were soooo happy that we didn't have to drive for 10 hours on the interstate! Flying has spoiled us both snice our NYC trip!
The Magical Express Counter was easy as pie! We approached the CM that was directing everyone where to go. We had chose to let Tinker Bell deliver our lugage to our room, so we just had to show her our Magical Express Booklet and we were off to our bus.
We did not have to wait at all! Once we boarded, we were off to WDW!
Here we are on the bus.....
Excuse my hair, I have not had a haircut in a long time. I was planning to let my hair grow out, but that all changed on this trip. You will see later on what happen
......So, the bus left the airport. There was a cute video of Disney Characters showing what to do when you get to your resort. I just listen to my Ipod and Jon kept updating his freinds on his facebook. He never leaves home without his blackberry.....
So we arrived at the Wilderness Lodge! OMG! Love it! Love it! Love it!
We walked in the main door and it was so nice not having to lug our bags with us. Love the Magical Express!!!! We both just stopped just inside the lobby and our mouths just hit the floor! I was just waiting for Michael Landon and the entire cast of Oklahoma! to come out and start singing!
WL is so cool!!! Loved it! Jon and I just looked at one another. Jon said, "Oh honey thank you so much, this is the best most wonderfulest present I have ever gotten in my life!!!" I just started to cry.....yes, I am a wuss, but I couldn't help it......So, we go and check in with Cora and she was from Phillipeans. (I hope I spelled that right.) It took 4 minutes and Cora said "Happy Birthday Jon, I hope you have many many more birthday to come. You have fun! Now go to right and follow sign!" She was so sweet!
We followed the signs...and walked to the Villas. For those you that don't know. The Villas at WL are connected via a beautiful walk way from the main lodge.
Welcome Home!
We walked into the Villas lobby. Just amazing....so beautiful!
The decor of it all says enough. It reminded me a lot of cabins we have stayed at in Tennessee. Very rustic, but very elegant.
Continued in the next post.......(gosh, I had taken a lot of pics!)
It was nice!
Lovin the details on WLV.
