AAshleySEG
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You remember that good sleep I was trying to get...well so much for that! We were so tired last night that we chose to leave our pillows in the car, that was such a bad choice! These pillows almost disappeared when you put your head on them. Oh well, we are on our way to Disney World!! What's wrong with waking up at 5 in the morning! It didn't seem to damper my mood one bit, as you can tell from this photo, I seemed rather chipper, even while curling my hair!
By 6:23 am, we had gotten everything in the car, checked out and were on our way to get some gasoline and breakfast! If you have read one of my reports before, you will know where we are headed!! From the drive last night in the bugs King Candy was looking a little rough around the edges! At 6:50 we stopped for gas and Jeremy was in a really great mood too!
He even took the time to clean off all of the fun leftovers of the drive to the hotel last night!
Back on the road, we were full on gas, now we just needed to be full on food! The Panera Bread that we stop at is right before you get into downtown Jacksonville, it is enough out of the way to be calm and quiet but it is in a really nice area, which I like! We were about to leave Georgia, and finally make it to the state Walt Disney World calls home!!
It is always nice to see that sign, knowing how close we are getting to our destination! Not too much longer, maybe by 7:15 we were pulling into the parking lot in front of Panera!
Last time we ate inside, this time, however, we were getting it to go! We wanted to be able to do as much at Frozen Summer Fun as we possibly could, and that involved getting there in time to see the Royal procession which started at 11:00! Another happy surprise was that we had a free bagel on our MyPanera Card, which meant breakfast for both of us was only $7.53! That was going to be nice considering that we were already over budget! So we got our food, and a very nice lady behind us in line said that she wanted my dress! She said, she was going on vacation and that was just what she needed! She offered to swap the dress she was wearing with me, which oddly enough was animal print, could have come in useful at Harambe Nights!
With our food in hand, we hopped back into the car and started on our way!
Since Jeremy was doing the driving I offered to spread his Honey Walnut Spread onto his French Toast Bagel, so he could eat more easily!
This time around I got the Bacon Spinach Souffle! They have the best souffles for breakfast! I can always count on Panera to be delicious! They have never let me down, no matter what I get!
By 8:45 am we had made it to I-4! We were doing a really great job on time and the anticipation always starts building more and more at this point of the drive!! We can almost taste that Disney Magic in the air! At 9:33 am we were waving to Harry Potter over at Hogwarts, and by 9:41, we were going under those perfectly welcoming archways that let us know we have arrived at the Walt Disney World Resort!!
Since we were there at a decent time, we decided that we were going to go ahead and check-in at Kidani, our room wasn't ready yet, so we set up our room alert, and went to park the car under the shade! We were actually going to take the bus for once!! So, our Disneybounding today was a little difficult to see, but if you can imagine the characters you might be able to see it!
Jeremy was dressed as Sven! His red belt is a little hard to see, but if you look at a photo of Sven, you can get the idea!
I on the other hand was dressed as Olaf! I had on my white dress, Orange Magic Band for his nose, Black wristlet, and brown shoes, all of the huggable colors of our little snowy friend!
Not a minute later the bus came, we didn't have to wait long at all and we were the only ones at the bus stop for Hollywood Studios, and the only ones on the bus too! We stopped at Jambo House, no one there, and then Blizzard Beach, no one there either! Finally we had made it to Hollywood Studios!! Our first signs that we were heading into something FUN!
It was 10:45 and we were walking up to the bag check! As we were walking up the security guy said, "For The First Time In Forever, someone with a tiny bag" Yeah, my wristlet was very small, it made me laugh when he said that! We still have our active Memory Maker from last trip so we were going to waste no time getting Photopass photos! They even had one set-up outside of the park!
We scanned our Magic Bands and walked into the park and up the street, we of course grabbed an Olaf on a Stick as we went in though! He would come in very useful over the next few days!! The sides of the streets were packed with people trying to find somewhere to stand for the processional! Luckily, I knew that it continued after the tiny welcome show at the stage, so I knew that we could stand over at the Hall of Fame plaza and see it perfectly fine! It would eventually make its ways past us and over to the Star Tours area. Score, when we got over there it was completely empty! I was even able to find a little shady spot to stand in while we waited! I did, however, take the opportunity to snag a pic of Walt and Olaf!
We were also supposed to be meeting a friend of ours here today! She had gotten a little held up, and was going to be a little late meeting us, so we were fine waiting a few minutes for the Frozen processional to start!!
By 6:23 am, we had gotten everything in the car, checked out and were on our way to get some gasoline and breakfast! If you have read one of my reports before, you will know where we are headed!! From the drive last night in the bugs King Candy was looking a little rough around the edges! At 6:50 we stopped for gas and Jeremy was in a really great mood too!
He even took the time to clean off all of the fun leftovers of the drive to the hotel last night!
Back on the road, we were full on gas, now we just needed to be full on food! The Panera Bread that we stop at is right before you get into downtown Jacksonville, it is enough out of the way to be calm and quiet but it is in a really nice area, which I like! We were about to leave Georgia, and finally make it to the state Walt Disney World calls home!!
It is always nice to see that sign, knowing how close we are getting to our destination! Not too much longer, maybe by 7:15 we were pulling into the parking lot in front of Panera!
Last time we ate inside, this time, however, we were getting it to go! We wanted to be able to do as much at Frozen Summer Fun as we possibly could, and that involved getting there in time to see the Royal procession which started at 11:00! Another happy surprise was that we had a free bagel on our MyPanera Card, which meant breakfast for both of us was only $7.53! That was going to be nice considering that we were already over budget! So we got our food, and a very nice lady behind us in line said that she wanted my dress! She said, she was going on vacation and that was just what she needed! She offered to swap the dress she was wearing with me, which oddly enough was animal print, could have come in useful at Harambe Nights!
With our food in hand, we hopped back into the car and started on our way! Since Jeremy was doing the driving I offered to spread his Honey Walnut Spread onto his French Toast Bagel, so he could eat more easily!
This time around I got the Bacon Spinach Souffle! They have the best souffles for breakfast! I can always count on Panera to be delicious! They have never let me down, no matter what I get!
By 8:45 am we had made it to I-4! We were doing a really great job on time and the anticipation always starts building more and more at this point of the drive!! We can almost taste that Disney Magic in the air! At 9:33 am we were waving to Harry Potter over at Hogwarts, and by 9:41, we were going under those perfectly welcoming archways that let us know we have arrived at the Walt Disney World Resort!!
Since we were there at a decent time, we decided that we were going to go ahead and check-in at Kidani, our room wasn't ready yet, so we set up our room alert, and went to park the car under the shade! We were actually going to take the bus for once!! So, our Disneybounding today was a little difficult to see, but if you can imagine the characters you might be able to see it!
Jeremy was dressed as Sven! His red belt is a little hard to see, but if you look at a photo of Sven, you can get the idea!
I on the other hand was dressed as Olaf! I had on my white dress, Orange Magic Band for his nose, Black wristlet, and brown shoes, all of the huggable colors of our little snowy friend!
Not a minute later the bus came, we didn't have to wait long at all and we were the only ones at the bus stop for Hollywood Studios, and the only ones on the bus too! We stopped at Jambo House, no one there, and then Blizzard Beach, no one there either! Finally we had made it to Hollywood Studios!! Our first signs that we were heading into something FUN!
It was 10:45 and we were walking up to the bag check! As we were walking up the security guy said, "For The First Time In Forever, someone with a tiny bag" Yeah, my wristlet was very small, it made me laugh when he said that! We still have our active Memory Maker from last trip so we were going to waste no time getting Photopass photos! They even had one set-up outside of the park!
We scanned our Magic Bands and walked into the park and up the street, we of course grabbed an Olaf on a Stick as we went in though! He would come in very useful over the next few days!! The sides of the streets were packed with people trying to find somewhere to stand for the processional! Luckily, I knew that it continued after the tiny welcome show at the stage, so I knew that we could stand over at the Hall of Fame plaza and see it perfectly fine! It would eventually make its ways past us and over to the Star Tours area. Score, when we got over there it was completely empty! I was even able to find a little shady spot to stand in while we waited! I did, however, take the opportunity to snag a pic of Walt and Olaf!
We were also supposed to be meeting a friend of ours here today! She had gotten a little held up, and was going to be a little late meeting us, so we were fine waiting a few minutes for the Frozen processional to start!!
Your dress was very cute, though! I think it's fun that you and Jeremy Disneybound. That's something we haven't tried before, but I'm thinking about for next summer. Hmm....
If you want to see some ideas for it go here and check it out!!
Its good when they are subtle, wait until you see Pascal...now that one...well subtle is not the correct word for it 
Sorry about Panera, we really love it so we go there often on vacations. However, during this report we stopped there no more, so you don't have to worry, that is, until or if you read my next PTR/TR 
