BraveLittleToaster2
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- Feb 21, 2010
Good evening all!! This trip report will be Live, as I will post each night when I wrap up for the day! This trip includes me, my DH, and our three kids (15) (12) and (5). We tend to go about once every year or two. Our last trip was in 2017. So it's about time for another one!!!
8/15
We decided to fly into Tampa instead of Orlando because we saved a significant amount of money by doing so. Our flight was supposed to leave at 1;58pm but ended up getting delayed not once but twice!!! So our flight didn't take off until 4:30pm. I guess it was due to storms in the area. We landed around 7:20 or so.
After landing we realized how big the new Tampa airport is (last time we went it was under significant construction). We took the train over to get our luggage and then yet another one over to our rental car.
Then we drove the hour and 20 min to our hotel Bay Lake Tower! We are staying in a 1 bedroom lake view.
We were so excited to finally see this!!!
Upon getting closer to BLT the fireworks show began and we got to watch it from our car. Our (5) year old was especially excited to see this! His mouth hung open the whole time!! Our 12 year old said "oh look, they heard we were arriving".
We pulled up to our hotel and got up to our room. The view isn't nearly as nice as our last BLT room. Last time we also had a lake view but it was a partial MK view and we could see the fireworks from our balcony. This time it's a partial view of the lake and mostly the pool.
Downside is we hear the nightly water parade very loudly from the echoing which is making the kids toss and turn a little tonight. Oh well. My DH just left to return the rental car and I finished putting away our graden grocer order before saying goodnight to the kids.
Our plan for tomorrow??? 8am EMH at the Magic Kingdom. Wish us luck...we may need it since it's one of our days we did not make FP for.
8/15
We decided to fly into Tampa instead of Orlando because we saved a significant amount of money by doing so. Our flight was supposed to leave at 1;58pm but ended up getting delayed not once but twice!!! So our flight didn't take off until 4:30pm. I guess it was due to storms in the area. We landed around 7:20 or so.
After landing we realized how big the new Tampa airport is (last time we went it was under significant construction). We took the train over to get our luggage and then yet another one over to our rental car.
Then we drove the hour and 20 min to our hotel Bay Lake Tower! We are staying in a 1 bedroom lake view.
We were so excited to finally see this!!!
Upon getting closer to BLT the fireworks show began and we got to watch it from our car. Our (5) year old was especially excited to see this! His mouth hung open the whole time!! Our 12 year old said "oh look, they heard we were arriving".
We pulled up to our hotel and got up to our room. The view isn't nearly as nice as our last BLT room. Last time we also had a lake view but it was a partial MK view and we could see the fireworks from our balcony. This time it's a partial view of the lake and mostly the pool.
Downside is we hear the nightly water parade very loudly from the echoing which is making the kids toss and turn a little tonight. Oh well. My DH just left to return the rental car and I finished putting away our graden grocer order before saying goodnight to the kids.
Our plan for tomorrow??? 8am EMH at the Magic Kingdom. Wish us luck...we may need it since it's one of our days we did not make FP for.
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