rndmr2
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 3, 2009
Hey everybody! We are home from our trip and I have to say it was a great one! To review, we were in the World from 5/15 to 5/22 at Saratoga Springs Resort. We stayed in a 2BRV, it was DH and I, His Mom, His sister and Her DH and His Dad. My Dad also joined us on the trip and he stayed in a Studio Villa that luckily was right next door. The link to my PTR and my TR from last year are in my Sig if anyone needs more details or a recap. The weather and crowds were much better than last year at least the 1st part of the week, it got close to what it was last year for the last few days. We accomplished most of what we planned to do and had some really great meals.
Day 1 Sunday May 15th.
We had a lot of last minute packing to do Saturday night, which was exactly what I wanted to avoid but what could I do? We had a nice visit also with my friends from Phila who came up Wednesday and left Sunday morning when we left for the airport. My Dad, who drove down, left at about 4:30am on Saturday and got to Jacksonville at about 6p that night. There was a Mass at 9:30a for DH's Dad (it had been a year since he passed away on the 14th) so we headed there shortly after 9. We left the church at about 10:30a and headed to the airport. We made very good time and got to the parking lot, parked and unloaded the car, just after that a shuttle bus came so we didn't have to wait long for that, thank goodness because it was raining. The flight coming in before us (the plane we were going to be on) was late. It also turned out to be an Honor Flight, which if you've never heard of it before, is a group that takes the Veterans to see the monuments in DC. They are from all branches of service and from all wars, etc, these were mostly all WWII vets, there may have been one or two from Korea. They announce everyone coming off the plane and they had an Army Colonel and a local Assemblyman there to greet them. We saw one when DH and I went to WDW last year. It was very moving and my MIL was very glad to have been able to see it. I did get a couple pics:
The Honor Guard waiting
The back of the shirts read: "We can't all be heroes, some of us get to stand on the curb and clap as they go by"
Our flight left about 45 minutes late, my dad was already in the Orlando area. I spoke to him on the phone just as the Honor Flight was coming out. He was at Walmart getting our groceries for the week. When we landed after a fairly smooth flight, he was in his room. we didn't have to wait too long for the ME Bus. It was a regular yellow Mears bus but it did have the cute little movie playing. Here is the only pic I could get of the entrance Gate:
My Dad waiting for us at the front of the Resort.
He took out carryons in his car to the room and MIL and I drove the 2 scooters that we rented for the week (the 2nd one was for BIL's Dad). MIL trying hers out:
The Lobby:
Our Room
My Dad's Door
Up Next Dinner at the Turf CLub
Day 1 Sunday May 15th.
We had a lot of last minute packing to do Saturday night, which was exactly what I wanted to avoid but what could I do? We had a nice visit also with my friends from Phila who came up Wednesday and left Sunday morning when we left for the airport. My Dad, who drove down, left at about 4:30am on Saturday and got to Jacksonville at about 6p that night. There was a Mass at 9:30a for DH's Dad (it had been a year since he passed away on the 14th) so we headed there shortly after 9. We left the church at about 10:30a and headed to the airport. We made very good time and got to the parking lot, parked and unloaded the car, just after that a shuttle bus came so we didn't have to wait long for that, thank goodness because it was raining. The flight coming in before us (the plane we were going to be on) was late. It also turned out to be an Honor Flight, which if you've never heard of it before, is a group that takes the Veterans to see the monuments in DC. They are from all branches of service and from all wars, etc, these were mostly all WWII vets, there may have been one or two from Korea. They announce everyone coming off the plane and they had an Army Colonel and a local Assemblyman there to greet them. We saw one when DH and I went to WDW last year. It was very moving and my MIL was very glad to have been able to see it. I did get a couple pics:
The Honor Guard waiting
The back of the shirts read: "We can't all be heroes, some of us get to stand on the curb and clap as they go by"
Our flight left about 45 minutes late, my dad was already in the Orlando area. I spoke to him on the phone just as the Honor Flight was coming out. He was at Walmart getting our groceries for the week. When we landed after a fairly smooth flight, he was in his room. we didn't have to wait too long for the ME Bus. It was a regular yellow Mears bus but it did have the cute little movie playing. Here is the only pic I could get of the entrance Gate:
My Dad waiting for us at the front of the Resort.
He took out carryons in his car to the room and MIL and I drove the 2 scooters that we rented for the week (the 2nd one was for BIL's Dad). MIL trying hers out:
The Lobby:
Our Room
My Dad's Door
Up Next Dinner at the Turf CLub
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