Just Slap a Band-Aid on it and Everything Will be Fine! 2025 Food and Wine Trip Report! (Updated 10/26!)

[2xcited2sleep]

Oh, I so very, very sorry to hear this. I know how difficult it is and I'm sending you both lots of love. Take all the time you need.

 

[HappyGal]

What a handsome gentleman. (((Hugs)))) to you.

 

[Woth2982]

I am so sorry to hear about Dug. Losing a pet is a terrible pain. My dog died suddenly in 2014 and I am still not over it completely. For example, I have had two babies, yet my lock screen/wallpaper on my phone is still my beloved Nixon (named after Trot Nixon, former Red Sox player). Sending you all the love and hugs this week.

 

[GGOOFY1]

So sorry for your loss. My profile picture is of Abbey the Airedale who passed away in 2011 at 17. Being a large dog, we were blessed to have her in our live for so long. Cherish your memories and hold them close to your heart.

 

[Paulaparm]

So sorry to hear about Doug! Hugs to you!!

 

[Noreen411]

I am so sorry to hear about Dug. Sending Virtual Hugs your way.

 

[Counting Stars]

I am so sorry... I have this pain as well. It never really leaves, but you gradually realize there are other wonderful ones who need a loving home. And you eventually find a new companion.

 

[VAtink]

Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thank you for all the kind words about my dog Dug. It's been a rough week and I miss him so much, but I'm finally getting out of the house and trying to get back into just everyday life things. Today I took a walk on one of our old routes down by the water, which I thought I'd be a total mess going on, but instead I found myself smiling passing places where memories happened, like where he accidentally fell into the river, or the big hill he dragged my mom down when he realized I was at the bottom. He was a total goofball who always made us laugh! So while I miss him tremendously, things are getting better. So thank you again to everyone for the kind words!

 

[VAtink]

Day 2, Part 4: More Food and Wine Goodies!​

We last left off shopping at Germany. On the way out we stopped to check out the trains, I love all the little festival flags they have in there!



At this point, mom was really starting to feel the heat, even though it wasn’t even that hot this day. Seriously, it was like 80 degrees and low humidity at this point, it was gorgeous for FL in the fall! But, the end of summer/start of fall for her was weird where it got cold suddenly and just stayed cold. So while usually we’re both coming from places where it’s been in the 80s, this time she was accustomed to the 60s so even the low 80s felt super hot!

Anyways, since mom was starting to feel overheated, we decided to start making our way back to the IG, stopping for pictures and food if we felt like it.







At Japan I decided to stop to get some food, so I brought mom up to my former “secret” shaded table area, only to find it packed with people! Ok, who spilled the beans?!?!?!

We did find a table for two though up there so I had her settle in so she could rest while I ran down to the food booth to grab food. I ended up picking up the beef wagyu don.



This was delicious! One of my favorite items from this year.

Since we were in Japan, we decided to stop in the store since mom wanted to pick up some more tea there (she loved the tea she got there in January), and I wanted to pick up more of the orange kit kats.

We got our goodies, then continued our way towards the exit.

Before exiting, we decided to pop over to the store in the UK where I wanted to pick up the chocolate orange (I used to LOVE these things as a kid), and also picked up some Guiness coffee since that sounded like it could be good.

Finally, it was time to head back to the YC!

Unfortunately, when we arrived our room still wasn’t ready. It was only about 1:20 at that point, so not check-in time yet, so we decided to just sit in the lobby to cool off for a bit before figuring out what we wanted to do while we waited.

Fortunately, we didn’t have to figure anything out, about 10 minutes after sitting down I checked MDE and saw our room number! YAY!!!!!

Oddly, I didn’t get the text with our room number for almost 30 more minutes! Glad I checked MDE!

We were thrilled we could get into our room and have a nice break!

We made our way up and were surprised with how awesome our room was!





The room was only 5 down from the elevators, but down a short hall, so not much foot traffic went by keeping it nice and quiet. Plus, the view was exactly what we wanted!



I loved the updates, the wallpaper in the sink area is super cute, and I’m a fan of the new rugs under the bed. Not only is it nice having a softer floor surface to get out of bed on, but it also helps dampen noise.

I tried calling down to bell services once in the room, but they weren’t answering, so we decided to just head downstairs to go grab our reusable mugs for the trip, food for breakfast the next day, and then swing by bell services on the way back up to the room.

This was a quick adventure, and soon we were back in the room unpacking a bit.

Once unpacked, we decided to head down to the pool to cool off some more and just rest a bit.

The pool was pretty crowded, but we found seats pretty quickly so dropped our stuff, then headed to the pool!

We spent a good amount of time checking out the various pools, did a loop in the lazy river, then headed back to the chairs to lay out for a bit. It was the perfect afternoon break!

Next up: An Evening in Epcot, Part 1​

 

[2xcited2sleep]

I love the trains in Germany and that they update it for each festival. I hope it never goes away. I keep meaning to pick up some of the special kit kats in Japan that you've talked about but it just hasn't worked out. Because it's been so hot I don't want to get until I'm on my way out and then when I'm ready to go I'm too lazy to walk back to Japan. Maybe now that it's getting cooler. LOVE the new Yacht Club decor. What a great view!!!