Grand Gathering Trip Report June 12-19 ~ Day 1

kathbuet1

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This was my family's first trip to DisneyWorld and it was a total of 10 of us.
It was my mom (61, who was nice enough to pay for the whole trip except for souveniurs and such), Me (27), DH (28), DD (9), Dsis (38), her husband (40) and my two nephews ages 11 and 2.5. Also my sister (40) and her husband (45) were with us. We were also on the Dining Plan.
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We flew out of O'Hare on Sunday and arrived at MCO at about 2:30. We were trying to find where we check in to Magical Express and it was a little crazy but we eventually found out the correct place to go. We hopped on ME and we were off to CBR. When we got there it took forever to get checked in at the customs house. The line was short but moved slowly. We found the internal bus to take us to our rooms. We requested Martinique but we ended up staying at Trinidad North building 33, rooms 3313, 3314, 3315, & 3316. It was kinda nice to have them all in a row so it was easy to get together when we wanted to.
After we got to our room we were hungry so we walked to Old Port Royale and had a small bite to eat considering we had ADR at 50's Primetime at 7:15 pm and it was already 5:00 pm. We went back to the room and then hopped on the bus to go to MGM for EMH. Two busses went by and were full. We all thought the transportation at Disney stinks but we dealt with it as best as we could but it didn't help that we were about the last bus stop at the resort and it was EMH. We managed to get on a bus and lo and behold it started DOWNPOURING. We got on just in time but unfortunately it didn't stop when we got to the park. We saught shelter at the bus station until it let up enough to go in and of course we had to end up buying the Mickey ponchos. I actually bought rain ponchos at the dollar store back home but I didn't think it was going to rain and did not bring them with me. OH WELL!! $28.00 for 4 of them! After we bought them, it let up enough where we did not have to wear them. Went to 50's and it started DOWNPOURING again. We all had a great time there. Our waiter Richard was very funny and LOUD but it made the experience more enjoyable. It was non-stop laughing while we were there.
I'm the one with the red Minnie Mouse shirt in the back row in the middle.
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When it was time to leave we were lucky enough that it stopped raining.
The attractions I saw tonight were only the Great Movie Ride & Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Time to hit the sack!!
 
Really enjoyed reading your report ~ Thanx for posting.
 












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