Cast for this trip is me, Ashlynn 40, my husband, Jim 49, and our son, Riley 8. Jim and I had our honeymoon at FQ in 2011. When Riley was 4 we took him to POP, but we had our vacation interrupted by a family emergency back home. When he was 5 we took him to Disneyland and again had a family emergency almost cancel the trip. After the pandemic I wanted a do over and wanted to go back to the FQ. We decided to go in January and we booked in February. I then took a college level class in All Ears and DFB videos, I watched hours and hours and over prepared. And it was so worth the time.
Day 1 Travel Day.
Our flight from Denver is at 10:30 so we wake up at 6:00 and are on the road by 6:45. My work gets me a huge discount at off airport covered parking so we take advantage and catch the shuttle to the airport. We decided to do 3 carry on cases for a week trip so no checking luggage, straight through security and plenty of time to wait and get snack at the airport.
We had a very smooth flight, ended up early and went straight to MEARS. Probably waiting about 20 min and got on a bus to Disney! We stopped at OKW first and then FQ. It felt like coming home. I already got our room number when we landed, got the 3rd floor pool view like I requested. So we went straight to our room and got settled in. It was about 5 pm by this point and Riley was begging to go in the pool. We had a 8:10 Boatwrites reservation so plenty of time. We went to the bar and got cocktails and played in the pool for a couple hours.
A storm was rolling in and boats were shut down so we walked up to Riverside a bit early and hung out. Riley and I walked around the gift shop while Jim got a drink at the bar and made friends. Riley and I sat down and he told me he really wanted another glow cube like I got in DL for him. He uses them in the bath. A couple near by heard him and gave him theirs, saying they live near by and have too many already. Total magic moment for Riley.
When we went to Boatwrites Jim knew the host from talking at the bar and he hooked us up with a great seat. He also kept coming back to the table and we really got to know him, kinda reminded me of Robbin Williams. Good guy. The food was FANTASTIC, I highly recommend the shrimp and grits and I don’t normally eat grits. There was a huge thunderstorm during dinner, but it cleared out while we were eating. Walking back into the FQ we still had and hour left of the pool being open but no one was in there. Riley yelled to the lifeguards, “I am coming in!” One yelled back, “see you soon!” We did an hour in the pool by our selves while one lifeguard taught Riley the tricks to go down the slide the fastest.
Time to rest for possibly the best Disney day we will ever have in our lives.
Day 1 Travel Day.
Our flight from Denver is at 10:30 so we wake up at 6:00 and are on the road by 6:45. My work gets me a huge discount at off airport covered parking so we take advantage and catch the shuttle to the airport. We decided to do 3 carry on cases for a week trip so no checking luggage, straight through security and plenty of time to wait and get snack at the airport.
We had a very smooth flight, ended up early and went straight to MEARS. Probably waiting about 20 min and got on a bus to Disney! We stopped at OKW first and then FQ. It felt like coming home. I already got our room number when we landed, got the 3rd floor pool view like I requested. So we went straight to our room and got settled in. It was about 5 pm by this point and Riley was begging to go in the pool. We had a 8:10 Boatwrites reservation so plenty of time. We went to the bar and got cocktails and played in the pool for a couple hours.
A storm was rolling in and boats were shut down so we walked up to Riverside a bit early and hung out. Riley and I walked around the gift shop while Jim got a drink at the bar and made friends. Riley and I sat down and he told me he really wanted another glow cube like I got in DL for him. He uses them in the bath. A couple near by heard him and gave him theirs, saying they live near by and have too many already. Total magic moment for Riley.
When we went to Boatwrites Jim knew the host from talking at the bar and he hooked us up with a great seat. He also kept coming back to the table and we really got to know him, kinda reminded me of Robbin Williams. Good guy. The food was FANTASTIC, I highly recommend the shrimp and grits and I don’t normally eat grits. There was a huge thunderstorm during dinner, but it cleared out while we were eating. Walking back into the FQ we still had and hour left of the pool being open but no one was in there. Riley yelled to the lifeguards, “I am coming in!” One yelled back, “see you soon!” We did an hour in the pool by our selves while one lifeguard taught Riley the tricks to go down the slide the fastest.
Time to rest for possibly the best Disney day we will ever have in our lives.
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