DAY 1 DEC 8TH THURSDAY-
LEAVING Ct at 7:15AM AND WANTED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT BY 5AM BECAUSE I AM COMPULSIVE ABOUT BEING ON TIME JUST IN CASE OF TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING ELSE. MY SISTER IS MEETING ME AT MY HOUSE
AT 3:30 AM, WELL SHE SHOWS UP AT MY HOUSE TO FIND IT COMPLETELY DARK ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE STARTS CALLING AND OF COURSE THE PHONE IN THE BEDROOM IS A PORTABLE AND DOES NOT RING W/O POWER. THANK GOODNESS FOR CELL PHONES, MY HUSBAND WAKES ME IN A PANIC, THE HOUSE IS PITCH BLACK I START FUMBLING FOR A FLASH LIGHT TOTALLY DISORIENTED, NOW IT'S FUNNY THEN IT WASN'T FUNNY AT ALL. BEST THING IS I SET TWO ALRAM CLOCKS JUST IN CASE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE HAD A PUT BATTERIES IN THEM FOR THE BATTERY BACK UP TO WORK, WON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN. I RAN AROUND LIKE CRAZY AND MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE FORGETTING A SHIRT I HAD MADE FOR MY MOTHER AND MY HAIR BRUSH, POWER DID COME BACK ON IN THE MIDDLE OF ME RUNNING AROUND LIKE AN IDIOT. BEST WAS LATER I FOUND OUT MY KIDS WERE AWAKE BUT DECIDED IT WAS BETTER IF THEY STAYED IN BED, I CAN GET ALITTLE CRAZY WHEN I'M RUNNING LATE. EVEN WITH ALL THAT WE MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY OTHER PROBLEMS.
FLIGHT WAS GOOD AND LEFT ONTIME , I'M GLAD WE LEFT THURS, FRI WE GOT 12INCHES OF SNOW, I WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO FLY IN THAT.
WE ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AND GOT A LITTLE LOST FINDING MAGICAL EXPRESS BUT ONCE WE FOUND IT, IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING WE CHECKED IN AND WERE DIRECTED TO A BUS RIGHT AWAY AND WE WERE OFF IN AFEW MINUTES. WE STOPPED AT POLY FIRST THEN GF. THERE WERE NOT ALOT PEOPLE,WE FOUND ME TO BE GREAT. I WISH THE WEATHER WAS BETTER COLD AND RAINY BUT STILL BETTER THAN SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME.
WE ARRIVE AT GF, IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND THE MAN THAT CHECKED US IN IS GREAT, OUR ROOM IS READY, WE ASKED FOR AN UPGRADE FROM A GARDEN VIEW BUT THE HOTEL IS FULLY BOOKED , WE ARE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH A PARTIAL LAGOON VIEW IN A ROOM THAT WAS VERY CONVENIENT TO BUSSING THE SNACK BAR AND FOR WATCHING FIREWORKS OVER THE CASTLE AT NIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SNACK BAR.THE ROOM IS GREAT WE LOVED IT. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME AT GF I HAVE ALWAYS STAYED AT WL AND ONCE AT POP CENT.
WE HEAD TO EPCOT IN THE RAIN WITH PONCHOS, WE RIDE SPACE SHIP EARTH NO WAIT AND DECIDE TO SEND A VIDEO MESSAGE HOME TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.WE HAVE DINNER AT GARDEN GRILL AND THAT WAS VERY GOOD, MY MOM DANCED WITH PLUTO AFTER SHE CALLED HIM GOOFY BY MISTAKE. WE RODE SOARING AND THAT WAS GREAT AND THEN WE WANDERED A LITTLE DID A FEW MORE RIDES AND THEN GOT OUR WRIST BANDS EMH. WE SAW CRUSH THAT WAS ALOT OF FUN I'LL BE BACK IN FEB WITH MY FAMILY I THINK MY DAUGHTER WILL ENJOY THAT. WE SAW ILLUMINATIONS AND WONDERED THROUGH WORLDSHOWCASE UNTIL WE JUST NEEDED TO GO BACK TO THE HOTEL IT HAD BEEN ALONG DAY.
DAY 2 FRI ANIMAL KINGDOM
WE GET UP EARLY AND HEAD OUT, THE SUN IS OUT AND WE CAN WEAR SHORTS IT FEELS GREAT, ABOUT 70 I THINK BUT MUCH BETTER THAN THE SNOW THEIR GETTING AT HOME. ITS NOT REAL CROWDED WE WERE ABLE TO SEE AND DO EVERYTHING INCLUDING RIDING DINASOUR TWICE WITH NO WAIT WE ARE DONE JUST IN TIME FOR IT TO RAIN AGAIN. WE HAD LUNCH AT THE TUSKER HOUSE IT WAS GOOD BEST COUNTER SERVICE LUNCH WE HAD IN THE PARKS.
WE GO BACK TO THE HOTEL TO TAKE A BREAK BEFORE DINNER AT ARTIST POINT AND SHOPPING AT THE MARKETPLACE. DINNER WAS GREAT I HADN'T EATEN THERE SINCE 1996, AND SHOPPING OF COURSE IS ALWAYS FUN AND NEVER ENOUGH TIME ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HUSBANDS AREN'T WHINING ARE YOU DONE YET CAN WE GO. ITS AFTER MIDNIGHT AGAIN BEFORE WE GET TO BED.
DAY 3 MAGIC KING
CINDERLLA RES FOR MY MOM ARE A SURPRISE, SHE LOVED HAVING BREAKFAST THERE THE LAST TIME WE WENT ALL TOGETHER WITH GRAND DAUGHTERS SO MY SISTER AND I SURPRISED HER. SHE HAD NO IDEA UNTIL SHE SAW ME CHECKING US IN AT THE PODIUM. THIS WAS THE MOST CROWDED PARK YET BUT ITS SAT IN THE MK I GUESS THATS TO BE EXPECTED.I THINK THE EARLY MORNINGS AND LATE EVENINGS ARE CATCHING UP MY MOTHER FELL ASLEEP LEANING ON A WALL IN PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN, WE NOTICED SHE WAS MISSING AND ABOUT 20 PEOPLE HAD PASSED HER LEANING ON A WALL , EVERYONE AROUND US WAS LAUGHING IT WAS FUNNY. WE MANEUVER OKAY AND TAKE A BREAK MIDDAY AND COME BACK TO HAVE DINNER AT CRYSTAL PALACE, WE ALL HAD OUR EEYORE SHIRTS ON, WE HAD ALOT FUN HERE AND THE FOOD WAS GOOD. WE SAW SPECTROMAGIC AND ENDED THE NIGHT WITH WISHES BEFORE HEADING BACK TO THE HOTEL.
DAY 4 MGM
WE ARRIVE EARLY AS USUAL AND RIDE ROCK N ROLLER COASTER TWICE THEN TOWER OF TERROR WHICH I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO BE SCARED ON BECAUSE I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD AT MY MOM AND SISTER WHO WERE FREAKING OUT.WE DID A FEW MORE THINGS AND ATE AN EARLY LUNCH. WE HAD PLANNED ON STAYING ALL DAY IN THE PARK BUT THE RAIN CAME DOWN AGAIN AND I WAS WEARING SANDALS, I WAS SOAKED AND COLD SO WE HEADED BACK TO CHANGE WHICH WAS SO COLD LATER, I HAD A TURTLE NECK WITH A SWEAT JACKET AND JEANS AND WAS STILL COLD, BUT IT WAS GREAT FOR HOT CHOC AND THE OSBOURNE LIGHT. WE HAD DINNER AT MAMA MEL ROSA WITH THE FANTASMIC PKG, DINNER WAS GOOD AND SO WAS THE SHOW. ITS EMH AGAIN SO WE RIDE SOME RIDES AND END THE NIGHT WITH RRC. THEY WOULDN'T GO ON TT AGAIN.
DAY 5 MAGIC KING
WE ENJOY A LEISURLY DAY AT MK WE RIDE SOME RIDES AND ENJOY THE SHOPS. WE HAVE DINNER AT 1900 PARK FARE THEN WATCH THE FIREWORKS OVER THE CASTLE IN FRONT OF THE HARBOR AT GF. THEN WE WENT TO WL TO SHOP THERE AND THEN TO SEE THE POLY SINCE I HAD NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN THE INSIDE OF THE RESORT.
DAY 6 LAST DAY
WE PACK UP AND GO HAVE BREAKFAST , WHEN WE COME BACK WE CALL BELL SERVICES TO GET OUR LUGGAGE, HE BRINGS US TO AIRLINE CHECK IN AND WE GET OUR BOARDING PASSES THEY CHECK OUR LUGGAGE AND HOLD OUR CARRY ONS FOR THE DAY. WE HAVE A LATE FLIGHT AT 7:50PM. WE SPEND THE DAY AT THE MARKET PLACE SHOPPING WE HAVE A PICKUP TIME OF 4:55PM FOR ME. WE COME BACK TO THE HOTEL AND JUST RELAX A LITTLE BEFORE WE HAVE TO LEAVE, WE HAVE SOME ROASTED CHESTNUTS AGAIN WHICH WE HAD BEEN EATING ALL WEEKEND WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE ME BUS WHICH ARRIVES RIGHT ON TIME. WE ARE AT THE AIRPORT WITHIN 30MINUTES, WE OF COURSE SHOP SOME MORE THEN GO THROUGH SECURITY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE BOARDING PASSES. WE HAVE DINNER AT THE OUTBACK THEN GET A CUP OF COFFEE FOR THE FLIGHT WHICH IS DELAYED ABOUT 20MINUTES. WHEN THEY CALL US TO BOARD THEY ASK ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO BOARD I SAID IT WAS 13 DEGREES IN HARTFORD.MY FATHER AND HUSBAND GREETED US AT THE AIRPORT WHERE WE ARRIVED HOME SAFELY TO A COLD NEW ENGLAND COVERED IN WHITE. WE HAD A GREAT TRIP AND MEMORIES TO TREASURE WITH MY MOM AND SISTER, THE TIME JUST FLEW, I HOPE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN SOON.
LEAVING Ct at 7:15AM AND WANTED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT BY 5AM BECAUSE I AM COMPULSIVE ABOUT BEING ON TIME JUST IN CASE OF TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING ELSE. MY SISTER IS MEETING ME AT MY HOUSE
AT 3:30 AM, WELL SHE SHOWS UP AT MY HOUSE TO FIND IT COMPLETELY DARK ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE STARTS CALLING AND OF COURSE THE PHONE IN THE BEDROOM IS A PORTABLE AND DOES NOT RING W/O POWER. THANK GOODNESS FOR CELL PHONES, MY HUSBAND WAKES ME IN A PANIC, THE HOUSE IS PITCH BLACK I START FUMBLING FOR A FLASH LIGHT TOTALLY DISORIENTED, NOW IT'S FUNNY THEN IT WASN'T FUNNY AT ALL. BEST THING IS I SET TWO ALRAM CLOCKS JUST IN CASE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE HAD A PUT BATTERIES IN THEM FOR THE BATTERY BACK UP TO WORK, WON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN. I RAN AROUND LIKE CRAZY AND MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE FORGETTING A SHIRT I HAD MADE FOR MY MOTHER AND MY HAIR BRUSH, POWER DID COME BACK ON IN THE MIDDLE OF ME RUNNING AROUND LIKE AN IDIOT. BEST WAS LATER I FOUND OUT MY KIDS WERE AWAKE BUT DECIDED IT WAS BETTER IF THEY STAYED IN BED, I CAN GET ALITTLE CRAZY WHEN I'M RUNNING LATE. EVEN WITH ALL THAT WE MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY OTHER PROBLEMS.
FLIGHT WAS GOOD AND LEFT ONTIME , I'M GLAD WE LEFT THURS, FRI WE GOT 12INCHES OF SNOW, I WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO FLY IN THAT.
WE ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AND GOT A LITTLE LOST FINDING MAGICAL EXPRESS BUT ONCE WE FOUND IT, IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING WE CHECKED IN AND WERE DIRECTED TO A BUS RIGHT AWAY AND WE WERE OFF IN AFEW MINUTES. WE STOPPED AT POLY FIRST THEN GF. THERE WERE NOT ALOT PEOPLE,WE FOUND ME TO BE GREAT. I WISH THE WEATHER WAS BETTER COLD AND RAINY BUT STILL BETTER THAN SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME.
WE ARRIVE AT GF, IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND THE MAN THAT CHECKED US IN IS GREAT, OUR ROOM IS READY, WE ASKED FOR AN UPGRADE FROM A GARDEN VIEW BUT THE HOTEL IS FULLY BOOKED , WE ARE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH A PARTIAL LAGOON VIEW IN A ROOM THAT WAS VERY CONVENIENT TO BUSSING THE SNACK BAR AND FOR WATCHING FIREWORKS OVER THE CASTLE AT NIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SNACK BAR.THE ROOM IS GREAT WE LOVED IT. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME AT GF I HAVE ALWAYS STAYED AT WL AND ONCE AT POP CENT.
WE HEAD TO EPCOT IN THE RAIN WITH PONCHOS, WE RIDE SPACE SHIP EARTH NO WAIT AND DECIDE TO SEND A VIDEO MESSAGE HOME TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.WE HAVE DINNER AT GARDEN GRILL AND THAT WAS VERY GOOD, MY MOM DANCED WITH PLUTO AFTER SHE CALLED HIM GOOFY BY MISTAKE. WE RODE SOARING AND THAT WAS GREAT AND THEN WE WANDERED A LITTLE DID A FEW MORE RIDES AND THEN GOT OUR WRIST BANDS EMH. WE SAW CRUSH THAT WAS ALOT OF FUN I'LL BE BACK IN FEB WITH MY FAMILY I THINK MY DAUGHTER WILL ENJOY THAT. WE SAW ILLUMINATIONS AND WONDERED THROUGH WORLDSHOWCASE UNTIL WE JUST NEEDED TO GO BACK TO THE HOTEL IT HAD BEEN ALONG DAY.
DAY 2 FRI ANIMAL KINGDOM
WE GET UP EARLY AND HEAD OUT, THE SUN IS OUT AND WE CAN WEAR SHORTS IT FEELS GREAT, ABOUT 70 I THINK BUT MUCH BETTER THAN THE SNOW THEIR GETTING AT HOME. ITS NOT REAL CROWDED WE WERE ABLE TO SEE AND DO EVERYTHING INCLUDING RIDING DINASOUR TWICE WITH NO WAIT WE ARE DONE JUST IN TIME FOR IT TO RAIN AGAIN. WE HAD LUNCH AT THE TUSKER HOUSE IT WAS GOOD BEST COUNTER SERVICE LUNCH WE HAD IN THE PARKS.
WE GO BACK TO THE HOTEL TO TAKE A BREAK BEFORE DINNER AT ARTIST POINT AND SHOPPING AT THE MARKETPLACE. DINNER WAS GREAT I HADN'T EATEN THERE SINCE 1996, AND SHOPPING OF COURSE IS ALWAYS FUN AND NEVER ENOUGH TIME ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HUSBANDS AREN'T WHINING ARE YOU DONE YET CAN WE GO. ITS AFTER MIDNIGHT AGAIN BEFORE WE GET TO BED.
DAY 3 MAGIC KING
CINDERLLA RES FOR MY MOM ARE A SURPRISE, SHE LOVED HAVING BREAKFAST THERE THE LAST TIME WE WENT ALL TOGETHER WITH GRAND DAUGHTERS SO MY SISTER AND I SURPRISED HER. SHE HAD NO IDEA UNTIL SHE SAW ME CHECKING US IN AT THE PODIUM. THIS WAS THE MOST CROWDED PARK YET BUT ITS SAT IN THE MK I GUESS THATS TO BE EXPECTED.I THINK THE EARLY MORNINGS AND LATE EVENINGS ARE CATCHING UP MY MOTHER FELL ASLEEP LEANING ON A WALL IN PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN, WE NOTICED SHE WAS MISSING AND ABOUT 20 PEOPLE HAD PASSED HER LEANING ON A WALL , EVERYONE AROUND US WAS LAUGHING IT WAS FUNNY. WE MANEUVER OKAY AND TAKE A BREAK MIDDAY AND COME BACK TO HAVE DINNER AT CRYSTAL PALACE, WE ALL HAD OUR EEYORE SHIRTS ON, WE HAD ALOT FUN HERE AND THE FOOD WAS GOOD. WE SAW SPECTROMAGIC AND ENDED THE NIGHT WITH WISHES BEFORE HEADING BACK TO THE HOTEL.
DAY 4 MGM
WE ARRIVE EARLY AS USUAL AND RIDE ROCK N ROLLER COASTER TWICE THEN TOWER OF TERROR WHICH I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO BE SCARED ON BECAUSE I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD AT MY MOM AND SISTER WHO WERE FREAKING OUT.WE DID A FEW MORE THINGS AND ATE AN EARLY LUNCH. WE HAD PLANNED ON STAYING ALL DAY IN THE PARK BUT THE RAIN CAME DOWN AGAIN AND I WAS WEARING SANDALS, I WAS SOAKED AND COLD SO WE HEADED BACK TO CHANGE WHICH WAS SO COLD LATER, I HAD A TURTLE NECK WITH A SWEAT JACKET AND JEANS AND WAS STILL COLD, BUT IT WAS GREAT FOR HOT CHOC AND THE OSBOURNE LIGHT. WE HAD DINNER AT MAMA MEL ROSA WITH THE FANTASMIC PKG, DINNER WAS GOOD AND SO WAS THE SHOW. ITS EMH AGAIN SO WE RIDE SOME RIDES AND END THE NIGHT WITH RRC. THEY WOULDN'T GO ON TT AGAIN.
DAY 5 MAGIC KING
WE ENJOY A LEISURLY DAY AT MK WE RIDE SOME RIDES AND ENJOY THE SHOPS. WE HAVE DINNER AT 1900 PARK FARE THEN WATCH THE FIREWORKS OVER THE CASTLE IN FRONT OF THE HARBOR AT GF. THEN WE WENT TO WL TO SHOP THERE AND THEN TO SEE THE POLY SINCE I HAD NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN THE INSIDE OF THE RESORT.
DAY 6 LAST DAY
WE PACK UP AND GO HAVE BREAKFAST , WHEN WE COME BACK WE CALL BELL SERVICES TO GET OUR LUGGAGE, HE BRINGS US TO AIRLINE CHECK IN AND WE GET OUR BOARDING PASSES THEY CHECK OUR LUGGAGE AND HOLD OUR CARRY ONS FOR THE DAY. WE HAVE A LATE FLIGHT AT 7:50PM. WE SPEND THE DAY AT THE MARKET PLACE SHOPPING WE HAVE A PICKUP TIME OF 4:55PM FOR ME. WE COME BACK TO THE HOTEL AND JUST RELAX A LITTLE BEFORE WE HAVE TO LEAVE, WE HAVE SOME ROASTED CHESTNUTS AGAIN WHICH WE HAD BEEN EATING ALL WEEKEND WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE ME BUS WHICH ARRIVES RIGHT ON TIME. WE ARE AT THE AIRPORT WITHIN 30MINUTES, WE OF COURSE SHOP SOME MORE THEN GO THROUGH SECURITY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE BOARDING PASSES. WE HAVE DINNER AT THE OUTBACK THEN GET A CUP OF COFFEE FOR THE FLIGHT WHICH IS DELAYED ABOUT 20MINUTES. WHEN THEY CALL US TO BOARD THEY ASK ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO BOARD I SAID IT WAS 13 DEGREES IN HARTFORD.MY FATHER AND HUSBAND GREETED US AT THE AIRPORT WHERE WE ARRIVED HOME SAFELY TO A COLD NEW ENGLAND COVERED IN WHITE. WE HAD A GREAT TRIP AND MEMORIES TO TREASURE WITH MY MOM AND SISTER, THE TIME JUST FLEW, I HOPE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN SOON.
