My First Trip Report or Just how many jackets can we buy? ***Last day added, pg 4**

[tmtg]

well I was talking in US since everyone in this board seems to be US. Actually the cdn dollar is doing ok now, it's around 87 cents, and will be at 90 by the end of the summer!

thanks for the info

 

[Joann]

wow I must be a cheap date 40 bucks and I am feeling goooood! hehe

 

[tmtg]

LOL then i should be taking you joann! Seriously i'm spending so much since it's out first vacation and we've been dating for 4 1/2 years already

 

[Joann]

LOL Yup I am a cheap date give me McDonalds for dinner and 40 bucks for drinks and I am all set LOL.I will be there when you are,We leave May 1st for 11 days!

 

[Hawk]

well I was talking in US since everyone in this board seems to be US. Actually the cdn dollar is doing ok now, it's around 87 cents, and will be at 90 by the end of the summer!

thanks for the info

Darn it! I want that CDN dollar down so that when I go to the casino or to our old fav's on Crescent Street (Thursdays and Hard Rock) we get plenty of drink bang for our buck. Oh well, we'll have to be satisfied with the good old Canadian hospitality in one of our favorite cities.

Tim/Hawk

 

[tmtg]

LOL Yup I am a cheap date give me McDonalds for dinner and 40 bucks for drinks and I am all set LOL.I will be there when you are,We leave May 1st for 11 days!

Really eh? Maybe I should trade you for my gfriend

 

[Ron from Michigan]

I figured I was safe, since I live north west of Flint. I'm sorry to have to tell you this but we are UM fans in our household. Does that mean you wont buy us a drink at Rose & Crown? Hey I would probably even buy an OS fan a drink ONCE. Were trying to figure out where we can fit in a 4 or 5 day trip to the world before our long one in December. Our youngest daughter is getting married next month so that just wrecks going in May for us

 

[WDW LOVR]

I figured I was safe, since I live north west of Flint. I'm sorry to have to tell you this but we are UM fans in our household. Does that mean you wont buy us a drink at Rose & Crown? Hey I would probably even buy an OS fan a drink ONCE. Were trying to figure out where we can fit in a 4 or 5 day trip to the world before our long one in December. Our youngest daughter is getting married next month so that just wrecks going in May for us

Being north of Flint gets you a partial pass. Maybe we should just call WDW neutral ground and any planned meet = no school colors allowed. With those conditions I could possibly overlook your other obvious character flaw and spring for a round. Or maybe we could just find common ground and rip on all the ND fans.

 

[HockeyGoddess]

WDW LOVR,

Just wanted to say hi and I love your trip report, giggled the whole way thru, while sipping on a glass of Cabernet but really wanting one of those margueritas

 

[TheGirlsMom]

Okay don't leave us hanging anymore. How about day four.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Where is the rest of the report. How long are you going to make us wait. I was so enjoying getting a buss on by reading your report.

I don't think it will be a problem for us to share a round and rip ND fans. I already am pretty good at it.

 

[zurgswife]

Yeah, I think the direct flight from Detroit to Orlando was quicker than this bus getting to the Boardwalk. For what you have to pay for a room at one of those resorts you’d think you could get a dedicated bus, or at least a bus that doesn’t have to make a restroom stop at the Swan for all the passengers continuing on to the Boardwalk. We decide to hop off the bus at the Swan and walk to the Boardwalk. It has to be quicker and being the finely tuned athletes we are, it shouldn’t be a problem. We were correct. Off the bus, directly through the lobby, hang a left and we’re walking across the bridge to the Boardwalk in no time. That’s a tip to remember as we’re staying at the BWV for part of our June trip and all of our Oct, adults only, F+W trip.

As a BWV owner you are correct in your opinion of the bus stituation. A little advice on the short cut to the Boardwalk. Get off the bus and head immediately right through the bushes...there have been enought people doing this that there is a path. When you get to the sidewalk ( 10ft), go left, head toward the bridge and make a hard right when arriving at the bridge and you are there...

Enjoying your report.

 

[WDW LOVR]

As a BWV owner you are correct in your opinion of the bus stituation. A little advice on the short cut to the Boardwalk. Get off the bus and head immediately right through the bushes...there have been enought people doing this that there is a path. When you get to the sidewalk ( 10ft), go left, head toward the bridge and make a hard right when arriving at the bridge and you are there...

Enjoying your report.

We almost headed straight through the bushes thinking we could get to the BW bridge by going that way, but some guy who must have been a member of greenpeace kind of "advised" us to not walk through the bushes. It was ok, we'd never been to the Swan before so walking through the lobby gave us a look at the place.

Glad everyone is enjoying the reports. Didn't get to part 4 this weekend. It is our youngest son's birthday today and we've been celebrating. I'll see what I can do the next couple days.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Were still waiting. We wan't to know where you wen't drinking next. Don't leave us hanging too much longer.

 

[WDW LOVR]

Were still waiting. We wan't to know where you wen't drinking next. Don't leave us hanging too much longer.

Sorry for the delay. Had a surprise trip out of town for work last week and then spent the long weekend in the U.P. Hope to put the finishing touches on the thing in the next couple days.

 

[Jennifer Hemric]

Glad to see your a member of The Elks Lodge. My husband is too, but we live in NC. Not much mention about Elks on the DIS. Love your report. Sounds like ya'll would fit in well at our lodge! Can't wait to read the rest.

 

[WDW LOVR]

Part four of our anniversary trip to the World, our last day in paradise, sniff-sniff.

For those of you stopping in to read the latest drinking exploits you might as well stop right here. 2 ½ days of marathon drinking has whipped two 40 somethings into a fairly sedate last day at the World.

Our last day starts off later than we’d hoped. Ok, maybe later than I hoped. Almost closing down Jellyrolls the previous night will do that to you. I’m up somewhat earlier than Laurie and the rooms at POFQ are not very big, so I shower and decide to head out to explore while the princess gets her beauty sleep. I was actually hoping the shower would wake her up, but I knew I was in trouble when I came out of the bathroom and she had two pillows over her head.

I head down to the Sassagoula River to enjoy the morning. Who am I trying to kid? Late-morning. I sit on a bench for a bit just enjoying the warm weather. For those of you from the north, you know what I mean. It’s the sun warming your body after a long winter. Sun Good. After a while, even a warm sun gets a little boring, so having never stayed at PO before I decide to explore. I walk down the river to POR. Riverside is quite a bit larger than the French Quarter which makes me glad we chose to stay there. We like the intimate feel of FQ. Riverside has a pool that looks cooler than FQ, but all in all FQ was a good choice. I watch some kids at the Riverside fishing hole and then slowly make my way back to FQ. Ok, it’s approaching noon so I assume Laurie has to be up. I head to the room and surprise, she’s getting out of the shower. Cool, we should be to Epcot before 1:00. We take care of our ritual Weather Channel forecast and discussion of whether Laurie will be warm enough at the park. Today is supposed to be the coolest of the long weekend so Laurie decides to take one of the previous day’s purchases with us to put in a locker just in case. After I pick myself up off the floor , out the door we go.

One empty bus ride to Epcot later we’re again enjoying our favorite park at WDW. Having no real plans for the day other than to just relax and shop for the kids, we meander around the park taking in the sights and sounds. Of course, after a night at Jellyrolls that hangover hunger hits us. We decide to hit the fish and chips stand to see how they smell today. We deliberately eat the fish slower this time and boy do they taste good. Wish I’d have done that on day one.

We find a Toronto Maple Leafs hooded sweatshirt in Canada for our DS 17. He lives in hooded sweatshirts and of course, the Maple Leafs rule, so we snag it for him. While we’re there Laurie spies a neat Roots hooded track jacket, but amazingly passes it by (put this in the memory banks, it comes back into play later). We have a nice conversation with the Canadian CM, which I’m sure to tell that my grandmother was from Ontario, which cracks Laurie up as usual. It’s almost a game now. I say it just to make her laugh.

And so the day goes. We watch MoRoccan , who is the only band playing today, eat at Tangerine Café one more time, because it’s that good, not because we’re hungry and continue to shop. We have some drinks as the day progresses, but nothing like the previous days. We’re not young anymore ya know. As evening approaches I begin to figure out that the sleeveless shirt I wore today was a mistake. Ok, I know what you’re thinking. How is a big guy from northern Ohio, who is never cold, not warm in Florida? Well let me tell ya. As the sun started to go down, and the temperature with it, and there not being much humidity in the air, it started to get chilly. Chilly like Laurie’s shirt in the locker up front ain’t gonna cut it. I actually suggest we head back to Canada so she can pick up the Roots jacket we saw earlier. What kind of guy is that? Encouraging his wife to buy something ! I help with the laundry and cleaning too (ok, Laurie read this prior to publication and wants everyone to know that she does most of the laundry and cleaning and I just help, which is a change from a few years ago when I worked 12 hour shifts which gave me lots of time off which I used to do everything around the house which really spoiled her, but she's worth it ). And I do the grocery shopping. And make DS 14 lunches for school each day. And make probably half of our evening meals. Sorry ladies, I’m taken .

On our way to Canada we begin to notice quite a few new cover ups from the different countries walking by. And we giggle. There’s a Germany long sleeve shirt there. Hey, that young lady has been to France. Norway over there. Ha, I guess we’re not the only ones who misinterpreted the early March Orlando weather forecast this morning. I don’t feel so bad now buying a new jacket that we already have 3 of in our room.

The rest of our last evening goes pretty much the same. New shirt country bingo, a few drinks and just soaking in all we can since it’s still 3 ½ months until we get to return to the World. We decide to head back to POFQ fairly early cause we’re old and have an early flight in the morning. We watch some TV in our room and snuggle our last night away.

That 5:00 am alarm is way too early, but we’re down front a few minutes before the Escalade (very nice) arrives to take us to the airport. We make it through the Airtran briar patch of a check in line and then through security in decent time. The Airtran mess makes us appreciate our stays when we fly one of the airlines that you can check in and check your baggage at your Disney resort even more. That’s something to file away for future trips. 30 seconds after the our flight takes off I begin going through my mind how many additional points I’d have to buy through DVC to make this an annual trip. It’s pretty sad when you’re only 2 hours removed from the World with a return trip scheduled in 3 ½ months and you’re plotting how you can come back again next year to celebrate our next anniversary.

But all of you who have read this series of day trip reports probably understand the obsession. Where else can you go that puts such a smile on your face each and every time you visit?

We’ll see you in a couple months when our 9 day trip with the kids (and DS 17’s DGF) is complete. I’m sure it’ll be different, as we have to somewhat behave ourselves (we are kind of responsible parents ya know), yet the same. Kind of like Disney. Every time we visit, it’s different, yet the same. I guess that’s what keeps us coming back. And the smiles.

 

[awesomepinktink]

Great trip report , truly enjoyed it!

 

[tiki23]

Thanks for sharing!

Glad to see you finally got to buy a jacket for yourself.

 

[tmtg]

nice report, i like that the entire report is consistent, and the quallity does not diminish towards then end.