Joyciemc
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2002
Anyone up for hearing about the plans for my May trip with Mark?
Day 1 will involve driving from his house to Bradley airport in Connecticut (most likely... there is still a chance Mark will drive out here and we'll fly out of Logan or Providence. Time will tell)
Either way, I insist on getting the earliest possible nonstop flight. That means we can get to Orlando nice and early!
Once we land, we can head to this lovely place to check in:
That's Old Key West! Mark has never stayed there, but on my last trip Ben & I were here for one night. I liked it a lot (especially once I got the hang of the order of the bus stops) and not just because the Gurgling Suitcase is pretty much the best pool bar ever:
I'm definitely looking forward to staying a bit longer here!
Once we are ready, we'll do something completely new for me....
Well, obviously we've been to Animal Kingdom before. But never as the first park of a trip! We'll spend the afternoon here, then head over to AKL for an early dinner at Boma.
Later, I will continue my ridiculous tradition of trying to make it to MK late EMH on arrival day. This really never works out well, yet I always try to make it work. There is the slight chance that my better judgement will prevail and we can just hang out with more of these:
That's a Turtle Crawl... a delicious drink served up at the Gurgling Suitcase at OKW. There are worse ways to spend an evening!
Day 1 will involve driving from his house to Bradley airport in Connecticut (most likely... there is still a chance Mark will drive out here and we'll fly out of Logan or Providence. Time will tell)
Either way, I insist on getting the earliest possible nonstop flight. That means we can get to Orlando nice and early!
Once we land, we can head to this lovely place to check in:
That's Old Key West! Mark has never stayed there, but on my last trip Ben & I were here for one night. I liked it a lot (especially once I got the hang of the order of the bus stops) and not just because the Gurgling Suitcase is pretty much the best pool bar ever:
I'm definitely looking forward to staying a bit longer here!
Once we are ready, we'll do something completely new for me....
Well, obviously we've been to Animal Kingdom before. But never as the first park of a trip! We'll spend the afternoon here, then head over to AKL for an early dinner at Boma.
Later, I will continue my ridiculous tradition of trying to make it to MK late EMH on arrival day. This really never works out well, yet I always try to make it work. There is the slight chance that my better judgement will prevail and we can just hang out with more of these:
That's a Turtle Crawl... a delicious drink served up at the Gurgling Suitcase at OKW. There are worse ways to spend an evening!
. I've never been to AK at the start of a trip either, but that is a great segue to Boma! Evening EMH hardly ever work out for me either...(or morning EMH, for that matter...
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I'm with you on getting the earliest nonstop flight to Orlando...I keep saying I'm not going to do it anymore, but...I can't resist! Love having a whole day there! 
Maybe you'll get struck with a burst of energy!
It pretty much paid for itself after a couple of meals since dining at Disney is so expensive. I'd say that if you've got two trips planned within the year and you're going to be buying drinks, you can't go wrong with the card. It also adds 18% gratuity automatically, which I liked because it meant I didn't have to figure out the tip! 
There was only one restaurant that we went to that didn't accept it, and that was Yak&Yeti. I know there are others, but it seems like most of the restaurants do take it now. Oh, and you can use it for yourself and up to 10 guests (or maybe it's 10 people total) so that would be great for your trip in October with your friends. 
