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Thanks for reading! I'm glad it can help someone else figure out the logistics of a Disney/Universal adventure!

Thanks so much for following along! Although this report was late in coming, it was really fun to finish it up and reminisce about our trip! We loved Universal, and I'm sure that I will go back!

Saturday Dec. 6, 2014 Departure Day, boo! Plan: Pack up, check our bags, visit the Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian. Leave for MCO at 12:30pm, flight home leaves at 3:19, arrive Boston 6:05pm. I really thought that after 10 days, I’d be ready to leave. That’s a long vacation, right...

After The Teen declared that he had a headache from riding EE 12 times, we left. I think the park was closing at that point anyway, it was about 7:00. We took an AKL bus so that we could switch to a Disney Springs bus from there. Last family trip we stayed at AKL, and it is my favorite resort. I...

We walked through the Pangani Forest next, and the skies opened up, so we got under cover and waited it out, hanging with the gorillas. Our next FP+ was for FOLK, and I was really excited for this! I wanted to see it on our last family trip, but for various reasons it didn’t happen. We all...

Friday Dec. 5, 2014 Last full day of vacation, waaahhh! :( Plan: sleep in, cook a big breakfast, AK, Downtown Disney I think the boys were pretty happy that I let them sleep in, awakened eventually by the invigorating smell of frying bacon. We made eggs and pancakes too. I had been told that...

Thanks for sticking with me! :tilt:

Thanks! It's been fun to re-live this trip! You should definitely plan a solo trip. I did a quick one at the end of a work conference last year, and it was really nice having only myself to think about. :teeth:

Thursday Dec. 4, 2014 Plan: Epcot, lunch at Via Napoli, CP! I was really looking forward to this day. Epcot is my favorite park, and I could not wait to see the Candlelight Processional for the first time. Jonathan Groff (voice of Kristoff in Frozen) was the narrator that night. I had made...

Wednesday Dec. 3, 2014 Plan: Sleep in! Hopefully get to HS by noon. After our late night I actually slept in a little – 9:00am. I got up, showered and dressed, and brought the still-damp clothes/shoes from the Sea Raycer session over to the dryer. Little by little everyone got up, relaxing...

The boys were happy that they didn’t “have” to watch a parade now, and cheered for more rides. So we went back to Space Mtn. and they rode it about five times. I only joined them for one, as I do get tired of my head slamming around on that ride. :crazy2: It was almost 11:00pm, so we headed back...

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 Plan: Late breakfast at Trail’s End, hang out at The Fort, MVMCP Tuesday was our day to sleep in until our Trails End reservation at 10:00. Of course, I didn’t sleep in. I’m at Disney for Walt’s sake, there’s plenty of time to sleep at home! :flower: I got up, showered...

It took about 20 minutes to drive over to Fort Wilderness, and it was easy to find. We checked in at the Outpost Depot at about 8:30pm, Fort Wilderness cabin 2658. Since we still had provisions from our grocery store stop, we made sandwiches for dinner and demolished the big pink donut for...

So, just a thought...since the rest of my trip report is focused on Disney, does it belong here in the Universal Trip Reports? I think we need a separate section for split reports! I'm leaving it here, but if the mods decide to move it, that's fine with me. :)

Then The Mummy, which both The Grump and Grandma joined us on. Twice. Despicable Me was next, and the standby line was 45 minutes for that one. Even with the Express Pass we waited 20 minutes for it. It was very cute! We checked out Terminator, but the show wasn’t for another hour (and we...

We headed over to Men in Black – yay, a ride for The Grump! Except it spun a couple of times, so although the rest of us hopped back on for another alien attack, The Grump sat out. Next up was Simpsons USA. We are big fans of the show so we took our time going through this area and took...

Monday Dec. 1, 2014 Plan: check out of Hard Rock Hotel, Universal Studios until close, switch to Disney resort - Fort Wilderness Cabins! Another “rope-drop” day for us, with early entry into Diagon Alley! I promised the boys I wouldn’t drag them to rope-drop for the rest of the week, but I...

We met The Grump at NBA City. Although it's closed now, I'll still give a mini-review. I didn’t have high expectations for the food here after reading reviews, but I knew that The Teen would love the theming. Surprisingly, the food was some of the best that we had all week. I got a Garden Salad...

He was feeling a little better, so we decided to take a ride on the Hogwarts Express. We rode over to Diagon Alley, but did not go in, as I had planned to go there the next day. Instead, we hopped back on the train and rode it back. There are different scenes in the windows on the return trip...