A Pre Thanksgiving/Christmas Vacation, Our First Split Stay & Our 5th Trip to Disney!

[NewCrew42]

That's one smokin' Quack attack.

 

[JoBird]

It's moving Day! And just like George and Weezy.... they're movin' on up.... to Key West!
Pixie Dust for a smooth transition!

Day 7 ~ Friday November 13th:


Yep, Friday the 13th And it is also "Change resorts day"

I'm going to need some pixie-dust this day!!


This day's plans are not set in stone yet. Being that we have never done a split stay before we are kind of at a loss here. We will get up and pack up in the morning (I'm sure I will be started on the packing prior to this). Now we have some choices to make. We can let Disney transfer our luggage from POR to OKW, or we can call a cab and do it ourselves. . . I was leaning towards calling a cab, taking our luggage to OKW (probably having them store it because our room likely won't be ready), and heading out to DHS. We weren't planning on any parks for this day, but now that we aren't going to DHS on arrival day, plus the fact that it could be several hours until our room is ready we are going to go to DHS! Plus the UG has it listed as the best park to go to that day anyway. So that's an option - call a cab, drop our luggage at OKW, go to DHS, take a boat to the Boardwalk for dinner at either Captain's Grille or B&C, and then back to OKW for the evening. But then yesterday I snagged that CM breakfast ADR. So that throws off the plan a bit if we decide to use it. It is at 10:00am. So, we could call a cab and take our stuff to OKW very early, take a bus to MK, walk over to the CT for breakfast. From there we would take a bus to DHS. We would then definitely cancel the Capt.Grille dinner ADR because we will be out of TS credits and will already be paying to one TS meal OOP the next day. We would probably either do CS for dinner or go to B&C, as it is much less expensive than Capt.Grille. Then it would be back to OKW for the evening. OR we could have Disney transfer our luggage to OKW. This would cause much less running around for us should we decide to keep the CM breakfast. . . . But I just know I would be worried about where my stuff was all day! Not sure why, we use ME all the time so we don't have to retrieve our luggage at the airport and it is great!

I can't wait to check out OKW that evening! It looks so pretty. We will probably swim a bit and spend some time on our balcony.

The DIS has some great OKW photos here ~ http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/showgallery.php/cat/908

Some more DHS photos:

 

[lala3291]

Thanks Jo for keeping us updated on what Shelly and her family are doing

 

[JoBird]

Well it looks like a wonderful day lined up! I bet they're on their way already.

Sad that today is their final day. Disney World trips always go by too fast. Then you're left holding nothing but a heart full of memories and the urge to do it all again.

Hope your last day is magical!

Day 8 ~ Saturday November 14th: (it makes me sad to think it is almost over and I haven't even got there yet! )


Well, you will all like how this day starts - at the crack of dawn!!! We have an early breakfast ADR at Crystal Palace. CP was our very first Disney restaurant - we went there on our first trip and it was DS7's 4th birthday. The food is always good, the restaurant is always clean, the CM's are always super nice, and the character interaction is wonderful. We had breakfast there again on our second trip and had dinner there on our third trip. We skipped it last trip and I haven't heard the end of it from DS10 ever since. He thinks they just have the "best breakfast ever"!

We will be in the park before opening. Hopefully it will be warmer than it was the last time we opened MK - about 35 degrees! We will head to Fantasyland first thing after we eat. We will hit all those rides that we skipped when we were at MK earlier in the week. Plus do all of our favorites again! We will have a late lunch at either Casey's or Cosmic Ray's, whichever one we didn't do earlier in the week. And we will stay until whenever we have had enough and then head back to OKW for a nice relaxing last evening at Disney. We will possibly end up taking one last little trip to DTD since it is so close to OKW. Then we will pack up for our morning flight home on Sunday.

More MK pics:

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Well darn!! I am sad for them!! I hate that last day...you are still excited to be there, thankful you got to bring your family AGAIN....but wow....that sadness still lingers!!! Shelly....hope you have the BEST day today and a super great flight home!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Oh, last day blues...I hope they get a good day!

I am a little glad they're coming home though - I want to hear all about it!!!

 

[rusafee1183]

The last day is the worst.

I'm happy they're coming home so I can read all about it - but the 'last day dread' is the worst feeling on earth.

I hope you guys had a wonderful vacation Shelly! And that you have a smooth, safe trip home.

 

[rusafee1183]

Oh - and if you look on the bright side.... You can start planning your next trip now!

 

[lala3291]

Hope you had a great trip! Can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[JoJo1980]

Hope you had a wonderful trip!! Can't wait to hear all about it and see your photos Have a safe journey home and let us know when your next trip is planned for

 

[JoBird]

Awwwwww, Shelly's not in The World anymore.

Sorry Shelly.

Hope your trip was a fantastic journey. Can't wait to read all about it and see all your pictures. 'Cause I know it was more than four.

Welcome *sniff* Home.




Jo

PS.... it's been kinda slow without ya, so I'm selfishly glad you're back.

 

[DisMomAmy]

Welcome back! I can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[Northern Disney Girl]

Welcome Home Shelly and Family! Hope you had a fabulous time! Can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[trixiequilts]

Welcome Back Shelly and family! According to my info, you should be home by now. I hope your trip home went smoothly. We can't wait to hear all about it.

I know you're sad to be home, but we're glad you're back!

Forget the laundry...BRING ON THE TRIP REPORT!!!

 

[drakes]

Welcome home Shelley and Family! Hope you had a fabulous trip we're all so excited to hear about. We followed along with you each day, can't wait to hear how the trip turned out!

 

[JoBird]

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Forget the laundry...BRING ON THE TRIP REPORT!!!

I agree - welcome back and let's get some TR already!!

Oh Shelly, where ARE you????

 

[rusafee1183]

I know how sad she must be, and how much stuff probably needs done.

But doesn't she know we're waiting for her!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lala3291]

Welcome back Shelly!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

We're back.

I can't believe it's over already. The depression started to set in about Thursday afternoon. The move Friday helped take our mind of off it! But then yesterday was a sad day. But we had a wonderful time and have lots of wonderful memories and can't wait to start planning our next trip!

We liked both resorts. Both had their pros and cons. We don't have a new favorite. Guess our hearts will always belong to CBR. But we certainly didn't dislike POR or OKW. I'm glad we did the split stay. It was fun. Not sure we'd do it again though. Maybe if we were going for about 12 days!!

The weather was nice. The temps were perfect. All the days were right around 80, except for Thursday was in the 60's and Friday was about 75. It was very WINDY most days. Seriously, CRAZY WINDY from stupid tropical storm Ida. But it could have been much worse. We only got rain one night and it didn't start until we were on the bus back to POR. So we had to walk to our room in the rain. That was it, not bad! Yesterday was the perfect day weather wise. Sunny and warm. Beautiful.

Lines were short for the most part! The parks always seemed crowded though. But most of our waits were 5-25 minutes.

Thanks for keeping things going while I was away! Most days went as planned, some varied from the plan a bit.

Much more later. TONS of pictures. Somewhere around 1100 to be exact!

I will do a POR report. An OKW report. A dining report. And a TR of course. Eventually! But until then feel free to ask any questions!

Missed you all!