January 2022 Trip Reports

[PaHunter]

I finished. Knee was in till mile 9. I started dropping my hip on the other leg so after 10 miles of that, my hip flexor was screaming at me. I ran some of it with another friend. We walked most of the last 2 miles. My running gait was very bad so I did not feel like making it worse.

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I have showered, slathered on the A&D, and now waiting for my beer and a burger at Big River Grill. Then off to the fort.

Glad you and Bert were able to finish. I see the same woman finished first in all the races. Also read she is an in training olympian. Me, I would still be walking, maybe....

 

[bjschil]

I forgot to add that we met FTWMike. He swung by our site one morning and had a long chat. They were pulling out early as his wife has a bad knee. Get it done, you will never be sorry, Mrs. Mike,. Thanks for coming by. It was nIce to put a face to a name.

 

[snowmedic]

I will join in on the fun also. Been super busy with work and DW’s book conventions so haven’t had time to do any posting or camping for that matter. We will be coming in on Jan. 16 around 6 a.m. and leaving on the 21st. staying in a full site, hopefully 1600.

 

[Teamubr]

Looking forward to seeing you, Vince. There are quite a few sites open in 1600 right now.

I have you added to the 1st post.

j

 

[Teamubr]

Long day at EPCOT with Kris and Bert. We arrived just as the gates were opening for the on-site guests (30 minutes early) and stayed until after Harmonious. Had over 29,000 steps today. I'm old and not used to that anymore.

I'll type more details and our dinner experience at Space 220 tomorrow. We We be hitting AK tomorrow.

j

 

[Teamubr]

Yesterday was great. I like EPCOT. So much to see and do. Ian and I arrived a little before 0930. No wait getting through security or the gates. We made a direct shot to Test Track. The app said a 30 minute wait. We got to Test Track at 0934 and it was 80 minutes. The front of EPCOT is still a mess with the walls.
We decided 80 minute wait was a waste of time and Soarin had a 10 minute wait, so we made our way all the way to the other side and Soarin was almost a walk on. By the time we finished the ride, it was after 10 and all the non- on-site people were flooding the park. It seemed like a lot of people but was compounded by the walls up front.
We have not been on Spaceship Earth in a while. It had a 5 minute wait so up we went. It is really needs another refresh. It is looking tired.
Kris and Bert were heading to the park via the International Gateway by now so we headed back towards the lake to meet up with them. Soaring (again), Margheritas and chips at Mexico and a nice wander around World of Nations.
We took a walk over to the Swan and Dolphin. I've never been to either. They are nice. Considering the price of them compared to a Deluxe, I would consider them.

Donna working until about 3pm and joined us on the afternoon. We hit Soarin again ( her favorite) and did a little shopping. We decided to buy Remy's. Ian and I checked MDE on the bus in the morning. Remy was $9 and the next available time was 4:50pm. Donna would be with us by then, so we bought it.

Remy was very cute. I was expecting another MMRR, but Remy was 3D and really used the ride vehicles much better. It was fun.

Then it was time to head towards Space 220 for dinner with Kris and Bert. Dinner is prix fixe ($79) and is 3 courses. The appetizers and deserts were good. I think we all agreed the main course was fair, at best. I had a filet and it was average. I've had much better filets in EPCOT and at on-site resorts.
The "show" arriving and leaving and the atmosphere is fun. It is definitely something to do once, but don't expect amazing food.

From our table. The "space" windows are neat, although I'll let Bert weigh in.



Deserts



After dinner it was nearly time for Harmonious. It was pretty cool. Nice use of the monstrous size barges. They did a fairly nice job of using Disney IP to highlight the different parts of the planet with an overall theme of living "harmoniously" together. I'll post some pics of the show after I get then from Donna or Ian.

j

 

[snowmedic]

Getting ready to head out. Will be in the Destin area for a few days then Fort bound.

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Well yesterday was a really great “first day” to our Fort Wilderness trip. I don’t count check in day cause it feels like a work day not a vacation day. And I cried on Sunday, that day doesn’t count!

The big kids had a great day biking around the place, swimming, enjoying the other activities, and meeting other kids their age.
When you’re a homeschool kid meeting another homeschool kid brings an extra level of joy! They were maxed on joy yesterday!

My youngest one had a little girl her same age come by with her dad and they too homeschool. The girls raced their bikes over and over. After her new friend left we had to make about 10 more laps as she needed to practice more for the next big race! My little is wearing the special Disney shirts that my big kids wore when they were her age here.

The sites back by the canal are my favorite. We really lucked out on this site and I am so thankful for it. We have five wild turkeys that like to hang out with us at various times of the day. There is a walk path behind our site about a quarter mile. We were down there early evening taking a walk and all of sudden you hear what sounds likes like the thunder dome! At dusk, those 40 lbs turkeys fly about 40 plus feet up in the air and roost in the tall pines. One by one they made their way up………and it was AWESOME! It was really something to see. Do you know where I’ll be that same time tonight? Yep! That is what I like to call making your own magic!!

Cause back home, our turkeys are dinner!

The kids are back fishing again while hubby and I take our sweet time making a big camp breakfast outdoors and drinking more coffee than I should.

I’m not sure what today holds, but something special no doubt.

I’m trying to attach photos but they keep turning them sideways, even after I resize them. I’ll try later to come back and see if I can get them to upload correctly.

Jim - Have a magical day!
Vince - Hello! Happy to see you on this thread.

UPDATE

I used hubbies phone to resize and upload the photos. I tried three times this morning with my phone to upload them and they kept going sideways even after I emailed them to myself.

Still Monday…

After fun with the turkeys we grilled some dinner and did some looping. The weather was cool but it didn’t stop us from enjoying the Electrical Light Parade.

 

[garneska]

We had a great day on Monday with Jim, Ian and Donna. We rode Soarin twice, living with the land and spaceship earth.

Tradition on marathon Monday is margaritas and chips. Both were fantastic, mostly because I needed the salt.



We also saw Joy.



Did a lot of walking, which helps. My hip was better not fine just saw improvement from Sunday. My knee was meh. I did have a blister on my toe from the marathon but it did not bother me till walking Epcot all day. Went back to the room to lance and tape it.

Dinner was nice. I thought the theming was good. I had the bar set way low for the food so it exceeded my expectations. Not some place I need to go often but occasionally might work.

My app was fried cauliflower was excellent.


Bert had the burrata. We went halfsies and swapped. Apps were the best part


My entree was short rib, probably the best of the group.


Bert had salmon


Jim’s drink had cotton candy or I should say melted cotton candy when they poured it.


Then we watched Harmonious. I enjoyed it. Illuminations is still my favorite.

Walked back through international gateway and listen to some musicians on the boardwalk. Then we packed up and went to bed.

Today I am doing much better. My hip continues to improve. My knee is still meh and unfortunately been in the car for 4.5 hours so my back is yuck.

We should be home by 2:30 BUT no idea exactly when we will get home. POTUS is coming to Atlanta. Traffic will be messed up from 12:30 to 6:30. And no idea exactly what will be messed up but it will affect us.

 

[garneska]

Made it home in under 7 hours. Stopped at Buc-Ee‘s for gas and snacks. Plus a restroom break because we had no idea how screwed up traffic would be. POTUS landed after our stop, but we were still far enough south of atlanta that it did not affect us. The bonus was it cleared and he was at his destination when we hit the city. No traffic issues, could have been ugly. unpacked and one load of laundry done. Decided we were not tempting fate and staying at the condo. Took out some sausages from the freezer. Bert will cook them on the grill. Next to see what state the tv is in.

my hip is improving, can lift my knee almost the entire way but it is hard. Knee is still meh and my back is happy to be out of the car.

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Glad you made it back home safely, Kris.

I updated my Monday post with photos. My phone is an older iPhone and it is not wanting to cooperate when it comes to adding photos. I wish I was able to keep up with you all when it comes to sharing live trip reports, but alas I lag again. With three kids to tend after, it makes keeping up on live reports difficult. I might be delayed in my future updates, but my word is good and I will share plenty more soon.

 

[bama_ed]

By hook or crook, I'm getting ready for us to leave soon for the Fort.

I'm enjoying some yogurt in my Mickey Souvenir Kitchen Sink tonight.



This trip I feel it's time to secure a Minnie's Souvenir Kitchen Sink. It matches the one above. It's time to get another souvenir. At least that's the plan.

Weather looking good for next week.

Bama Ed

 

[snowmedic]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say 6:00 a.m. isn’t the best time to be going through Atlanta

 

[garneska]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say 6:00 a.m. isn’t the best time to be going through Atlanta

It could be worse. I would choose 6 over 8 but 5 am would be better.

Edited because i wanted to say 6 over 8 not 8. 8am is a terrible time to go through atlanta

 

[mco65]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say 6:00 a.m. isn’t the best time to be going through Atlanta

I would aim for 5am... There is no good time to be going through Atlanta...

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaadd A DAY!

Is what just happened.

So yeah, we will be here till Sunday now

 

[Teamubr]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say 6:00 a.m. isn’t the best time to be going through Atlanta

I've come to the conclusion there is no good time. We rolled through about noon on Saturday and it backed up near every major interstate junction. Have a good rest of your trip.

Today is a non-park day for us. Donna is working. Ian and I plan on checking out the Fort today. Ian is already out looping. We have never been to the new horse barn since it opened. May go walk the rail road bed. Raglan Road reservation for dinner tonight.

Yesterday was AK. It is normally one of our favorite parks. Yesterday was disappointing. EE is closed for a refurb. We tried twice for FoLK. Both times the show was cancelled for "technical reasons". We did do the safari. (65 minutes) That was pretty good. FoP was over 2 hours. I did look at a $LL for FoP. It would have been $12, but all times were gone an hour after the park opened. We did see Kite Tails. It was cute. I wouldn't plan my day around it, but if you happen to be near Asia when it is going to show, it is worth 15 minutes. They had trouble with the wind tangling up one of the kites before it ever launched, so that kite was quickly scrapped. You can see it in the first pic to the left of the building. The white thing is the air foil to lift it. The blue blob on the ground was the kite.



We left about 2pm and headed to DS for a late lunch. We tried City Works Eatery. I had ahi tuna tacos. They were good. Donna had the Tex macaroni and cheese with chorizo. That was really good. (No pics. Sorry)

We did wander the shops. Ian is spotting a Coach wallet. I have a Disney Coach wallet I have had for years. Ian liked the real leather, instead of the plastic leather ones he normally gets. I told him he can find a real leather wallet a lot cheaper, but it is Disney (and Coach).

We did find these beauties. My AAs at worked wanted a 50th Anniversary headband, so I sent them this pic and said; " How about these?"



We made it back to the Fort before the MK fireworks. Ian and I went to Clementine's Beach to see them. We did check out the food trucks on the way. Ian had a Philly toasted cheese that was great. For those wondering how much of the fireworks you can see from the beach, this is sitting at the foot of the dock. It is a pretty good view and they pipe in the music.



It has really cooled off. Nights are in the 50's. It is chilly on the cart at night.

I need to see if I can get some propane delivered. We left with more than 2/3 in the tank and the gauge is showing below 1/3 now. We went all last year and only used a 1/3.

j

 

[bama_ed]

There is no good time to be going through Atlanta...

^ THIS ^

 

[garneska]

i went and edited my post. Wanted to get it down here i meant 6 over 8 am not at 8. 8 is the worst time to go through atlanta. As we said 5 would be a lot better.

 

[friendofeeyore]

So Glad y'all are at "The Fort". I sure do miss it!! We liked going in Jan or Feb. Please keep the good pictures & reports coming. I love Soar'n very much!