"Good Morning! No Sleeping!"- A Mother/Daughter January Getaway *Update 5/13*

[PlutosRHM55]

I'm here (to make sure you finish this TR)! So excited to read all about it

 

[Jazzabelle508]

I'm here (to make sure you finish this TR)! So excited to read all about it

Welcome! Don't worry, I am much more prepared for the task of TR writing this time around than i was last year. I'm excited 2 talk about it

I'm in!!!

My mom and I are going on our first solo trip next month so I am excited to hear all about yours!

Glad everything went smoothly with your flight and getting your car!

Can't wait to hear about Disney!

Welcome! and yay for your all girl trip! I was going 2 subscribe 2 your PTR but the DIS was acting up when I tried and i couldn't find it again

I am super excited 2 share about this trip and can guarantee some good stories!

I'm glad that the flight went smoothly as well! the flight there really wasn't very eventful which was nice, the flight home has a interesting story that I will mention later.

So excited to read your tr, we are trying to decide if we want to do a mother/daughter/sister trip. I have been to Disneyworld 10 times with my husband and kids but would love to do a trip with my mom and sister as my sister has never been, now if I can just get over the guilt factor. I am sooo looking forward to reading the rest of your trip report, dont keep us waiting too long

Welcome! I'm excited to share about it I love mother/daughter trips! I highly recommend going on one if you are thinking about it! I plan on doing a update tomorrow sometime!

 

[burly]

I'm in too. Wish i could have a vacation with just my mom...



KIM

 

[Queenofallthings]

Thanks so much for letting me know you started....great start too btw! Love all your pictures from travel day....I love travel days especially when they are taking us to Disney!

 

[Kelliroo3]

I love your Disney journal! Pirates. And of course, the coloring books! So fun.

Glad everything went smoothly with your travels. My cat used to do the same thing with the suitcases. They know that you are leaving! And, my Dad refers to the airport monorail at the first ride. lol. A great way to begin a fun trip!

Looking forward to more. I love hearing about what other people do on their mother daughter trips.

 

[Jazzabelle508]

I love your Disney journal! Pirates. And of course, the coloring books! So fun.

Glad everything went smoothly with your travels. My cat used to do the same thing with the suitcases. They know that you are leaving! And, my Dad refers to the airport monorail at the first ride. lol. A great way to begin a fun trip!

Looking forward to more. I love hearing about what other people do on their mother daughter trips.

I actually had that journal for a while but didn't know what to use it for, This is the perfect use! I am a big fan of the pirate franchise, especially Orlando Bloom .

I am glad as well! The cat sitting on the luggage thing really was funny! Sam really does this a lot! I think I said this earlier in a comment but sam is very clingy when it comes 2 people so it is very stressful for him when we go on trips. He literally was playing musical chair with the already packed suitcases.

Thanks so much for letting me know you started....great start too btw! Love all your pictures from travel day....I love travel days especially when they are taking us to Disney!

Welcome! and no Problem and Thanks I normally don't take a lot of pictures of the traveling to Disney part of my day but since I was aware that I was going to be doing a trip report this time around I really tried to take many pics of my travel day. I am very fond of the traveling to disney days as well, traveling home days not as much.

I'm in too. Wish i could have a vacation with just my mom...

KIM

Welcome

 

[wakica]

I actually had that journal for a while but didn't know what to use it for, This is the perfect use! I am a big fan of the pirate franchise, especially Orlando Bloom .

I am glad as well! The cat sitting on the luggage thing really was funny! Sam really does this a lot! I think I said this earlier in a comment but sam is very clingy when it comes 2 people so it is very stressful for him when we go on trips. He literally was playing musical chair with the already packed suitcases.



Welcome! and no Problem and Thanks I normally don't take a lot of pictures of the traveling to Disney part of my day but since I was aware that I was going to be doing a trip report this time around I really tried to take many pics of my travel day. I am very fond of the traveling to disney days as well, traveling home days not as much.



Welcome

LOL - I AGREE - Orlando Bloom is VERY nice and my cats used to do that SAME thing!!! They are SO ON TO US when we are leaving them. LOL. Now we just have a dog - he's too big to lay in the suitcase but he lays right around them and gets very mopey. They are smart!!!

 

[Jazzabelle508]

A Stroll Down Memory Lane

In practically no time @ all we were approaching the Happiest Place on Earth's magical gates.

We did our standard countdown and then passed through those magical gates.

We were staying at POP Century and one of the really nice things about staying at POP is that if you enter from Osceola Parkway the resort comes up pretty quickly after that.

As quickly as we entered disney we were making our turn into POP's entrance street and then POP's entrance itself.

Once we arrived at POP the first thing we did was check in. Since we did online check in the process was pretty quick and painless.

When we checked in we were told that our room was ready and that we were going to be in the 80's section. After we finished check in we had a couple more things we wanted to do in the main building.

The first thing we did was visit the concierge desk to pick up our luau payments, finish paying 4 the luau, and asked a few questions we had about the dining plan.

The last thing we did was buy our refillable mugs and explore the gift shop next 2 the food court.

After we finished up at Everything POP we went over 2 our room. We had a great location that was right by both the main building and the computer pool. It was really convienent that we were near there I took some pics of our room as we unpacked and settled in and watched a little bit of Stacey.

After we finished getting settled in we left for our dinner reservation. Before we left I went and took some pics of our view and the pool by our room.

We were heading 2 magic kingdom for Extra Magic Hours but like I just said we had a dinner reservation we were going 2 first.

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[IheartDDuck]

Hey hey, you've arrived! I love checkin. I think you guys were also in the building that we were in July.

 

[MelMel11]

Count me in!!

 

[wakica]

woo hoo! bring it on

 

[__disneygirl]

You were in almost the exact same place we were in December! I loved staying in that section, so close to the busses. Ahh, I miss Pop so much!

 

[Kelliroo3]

Yay you arrived. Thanks for sharing the POP pics. I've visited there, but I have never stayed there.

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

I love seeing the sign! I am so excited to be seeing it for myself next month!

Yay for Pop! Seeing those pics also helps me get pumped for next month!

Can't wait to find out where your dinner reservation was!

 

[Disneyfreak616]

Ahh Pop looks like so much fun! I really want to stay there someday! Is that Stacey I see on the TV??

 

[Jazzabelle508]

woo hoo! bring it on

Yay another update is coming up tonight

You were in almost the exact same place we were in December! I loved staying in that section, so close to the busses. Ahh, I miss Pop so much!

That's funny you were in the same section as we were, and yeah that location was great! Every morning it was so quick and easy to go refill our mugs and drive to the parks for the day. My mom isn't a fan of relying on only the disney buses to get us places but by the end of the trip we really contemplated taking a bus just for the heck of it because we were so close. Right before we left for florida we actually did our online check in last minute and made a spur the moment decision to ask for a perfered room and that decision really payed off.

Yay you arrived. Thanks for sharing the POP pics. I've visited there, but I have never stayed there.

I absolutely LOVE pop! When I was in junior high and early high school we always stayed at all star because it was cute yet affordable but once we got old we began to phase ourselves out of the all star resorts and more towards Pop because we liked the overall theming and feel of the resort better.

I love seeing the sign! I am so excited to be seeing it for myself next month!

Yay for Pop! Seeing those pics also helps me get pumped for next month!

Can't wait to find out where your dinner reservation was!

That sign for Pop really is great and I love how much it stands out, You can't miss it! I also think the signs is super cute and it kind of reminds me of that movie with hugh grant and drew barrymore (music and lyrics) where he is one half of a washed up 80's hearthrob boy band because there band is called POP and there band used a lot of bright colors in there videos. The resort also has a lot of 80's themed stuff in their as well.

Get Excited because POP really is awesome, it has a similar layout and feeling that the all star resorts have but the feeling to me at POP is more classic Disney.

Stay tuned, I will answer the "where are we eating" question in my next update.

Ahh Pop looks like so much fun! I really want to stay there someday! Is that Stacey I see on the TV??

it really is fun! I highly recommend it! I think the best thing I can compare the Pop experience 2 is dining @ Chef Mickey's. It is fun, loud crazy, and cute and is an great overall experience but it is much more youthful and less elegant than most of the other resorts. I still love it there though and for me POP is a great place to stay

Yes you do see stacy on the TV, the whole trip I was quoting stacy! I even heard random people walking by me in one of the parks quoting her. If you ever read celebration magazine then they featured a whole interview with her, it was awesome and I totally re read it before i went 2 Disney.

Count me in!!

Yay and welcome!

Hey hey, you've arrived! I love checkin. I think you guys were also in the building that we were in July.

I love the whole arrival day and check in process, I literally think I was radiating happiness the whole day!

That's funny you were also in that building, such a small world (cue singing IASW children).

 

[Jazzabelle508]

The most magical resort in the wilderness!

Once we got in the car we knew exactly where we were going and in no time at all we were approaching our destination which was...

Wilderness Lodge!!!!!!! We are major fans of this resort, if we could afford it we would totally stay here every trip but of course we can't afford 2 do that and we would definitely rather go 2 disney more times a year at a more affordable resort than cut down on how many times a year we go so we can stay at a deluxe resort.

Anyhow, We found a spot all the way over at the right end of the parking lot but not 2 far back. After we made a mental note of where we were parked we headed towards the lodge, but not without a few pictures entering the lodge.

After we walked into the lobby we realized we still had about 20 minutes before our reservation so like the wilderness lodge fans we are we went 2 our favorite place in the resort which I am not sure i want 2 disclose its exact location but it is in a more quiet and relaxed part of the resort above the main lobby area.

Here are a few pictures we took of our surroundings.

As we were soaking up the ambiance of this magical spot I took my camera and took a couple of pictures of the lobby area from where we were.

After we finished up there we decided we should just go and check in for our dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe, a few minutes early. Luckily we did because we ended up waiting a half hour to get seated but I am getting ahead of myself here. When we checked in we got this pager and the briefed us on how it worked.

After we finished checking in for our meal we decided to spend our time productively and continue exploring the resort.

We had a little debate about whether or not we could go outside with our pager but we ultimately decided to go outside anyway.

While we were outside we just soaked up the nice weather (I was in capris and a sweatshirt and my mom was in jeans and a sweatshirt, coming from Chicago that is amazing weather) and took a couple of pictures around the pool area since it was so pretty and we were picture happy.

Once we were done outside we decided to check out the counter service area to see if they had anything we wanted to bring back 2 our hotel room.

Unfortunately they were out of the thing both my mom and I really wanted from there but luckily we were planning on going back 2 the wilderness lodge later in the trip so we held hope that the cupcake was still in our trip plans.

After we checked out the counter service place we decided to kill some more time in the gift shop.

Before we went in we decided to pay a little visit 2 the disneyfied totem pole.

I saw this really cute Wilderness Lodge mug in there but I had no real use for it so I didn't end up buying it.

I also saw these cute/creepy Duffy style mickey ears that I wanted to model.

I know that there are a lot of mixed opinions about Duffy out there but I happen to be a fan of Duffy.

I think the concept is really cute and I like the story of mickey, minnie and Duffy.

Even though I didn't buy those 2 things I didn't walk out of the store empty handed.

I saw a couple of cute charms that I liked so I bought them for my charm bracelet. Oh wait, I just realized I didn't explain about my charm bracelet 2 you guys.

Ok, so long story short ever since I was in 6th grade my mom and I both have had these cute and simple charm bracelets that we have collected tons of charms for over the years.

Our bracelets for the most part have the same charms on them but we each have a few charms that only one of us has.

I know this may sound like kind of a childish thing to still be doing being that I am almost 21 but it still brings me a lot of joy to collect the charms and to look at the ones I have.

We also got a antennae topper, a post card and some other stuff. After paying for our stuff we left the shop.

It was at this point that we began to wonder if we had simply missed our pager going off because we went outside.

So we decided to go and check to make sure we didn't miss our name being called.

While I took care of that my mom situated herself near the big fire place in the lobby.

When I went up to the check in area the guy that i was talking to just simply checked my pager number and told me we didn't miss getting called and that we were fine.

After checking on that I went 2 go wash my hands and met up with my mom.

She went 2 go wash her hands while I sat by the fireplace and wrote in my trip journal .

Shortly after my mom came back she took the above picture of me and then as soon as she did that our pager went off

Up Next: Dinner @ WCC.

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[Jazzabelle508]

 

[IheartDDuck]

Love the Wilderness Lodge! Such a pretty place to just wander around and be. Looks like you guys made the most of your time before you got buzzed for your reservation.

Another Chicago girl here, so I know what it's like to feel the awesome weather when you're in Florida. Cold to most people, but not to us.

 

[Queenofallthings]

I am also of fan of WL but we have never stayed there, only dined there! I find it so beautiful and rustic....my dream home would be a log home so I guess this explains why I love it so much! Great pictures of both of you!

I laugh when we go when it's cold here and we still go swimming and people ask us if were Canadians....yup we sure are and to us this is warm in our winter months!

Can't wait to hear about your meal! We love that place!