My Mostly 1st Solo Trip Report/Completed

[Donald is #1]

I see you leave in 2 days, how exciting!

Yep! I can't wait. I'll be on a 7 AM flight on Thursday morning so we will be having lunch somewhere at WDW. This trip will be with a friend of mine from high school and college. We are just going for a long weekend (Thursday -> Tuesday) but it will be great to get away.

I am half considering packing tonight since I saw the weather report for Orlando and there will be no chance that I will be wearing the clothes that I will be taking the next 2 days. (It is only in the 50's to 60's here this week -- no shorts required!)

 

[2xcited2sleep]

I'm on board too. Looking forward to more. Have my first solo trip in Oct so love hearing about what others did on their trips. Keep 'em comin'!!

 

[Tammi67]

Waiting for the next installment, Janet!

 

[Steffy]

Great report Janet! Can't wait for more.

 

[tinknme]

Oh you will have a great time! Are you going to a Halloween party while you are there?

I'm on board too. Looking forward to more. Have my first solo trip in Oct so love hearing about what others did on their trips. Keep 'em comin'!!

 

[tinknme]

Thank you Tammi & Stephanie!

Waiting for the next installment, Janet!

Great report Janet! Can't wait for more.

 

[tinknme]

Day Two MK & Epcot

Today is an early breakfast at MK. I was joining my friend & her dd at Crystal Palace, today is my friends Birthday! My wake up call came at 5:30 am, but the phone was just dead silence, no Stitch yelling at me or Mickey telling me to have a Magical Day I got up & got ready for my long day. I met my friend around 7 am & we were all on our way to the MK in no time. We arrived around 7:30 am & only had to wait about 15-20 minutes before we were let into the park. I have never been to the MK before the park opened, let alone at park opening lol This was awesome! I took a few pictures & then we made our way to the CP.

Breakfast was wonderful as usual & the characters were great! My friends DD is so cute when she sees the characters, she has such a sweet giggle & you can see the excitement in her eyes Our table was decorated with Mickey glitter & confetti for my friends Birthday & at the end of our meal she received a cupcake & we sang Happy Birthday to her.

After breakfast we headed over to Fantasyland to ride Peter Pans Flight, another ride that I just love! We also went on the Teacups & Winnie The Pooh. One sad thing to see was the Carousal all boarded up. It is being refurbished & was closed We then headed over to Toon Town & My friend & her dd rode Goofy’s Barnstormer. We caught the train in Toon Town & rode to Frontierland. My friends dd wanted to ride BTMRR, but they decided not to wait in line. My mind is a little fuzzy, but I think we headed over to Tomorrowland. My friend & her dd decided to head back to their room, so we said our goodbyes for the day. I had planned on just staying a little while longer & then going back to my room to rest a little before heading to Epcot, well that never happened lol Here are just a couple random pictures I took:

I walked around quite a bit & in no particular order I got on HM, POC, COP, Jungle Cruise, & I rode on the TTA. It was such a beautiful day & I did not want to leave. Around 1pm I was getting hungry & decided to see if I could get a seat at the Plaza Restaurant. I had never eaten here before & was hoping to try it. I was able to get a table & only had to wait about 20 minutes! This is such a cute little restaurant & the servers were all very pleasant. I ordered the vegetable sandwich with broccoli slaw & oh my this was so good! I ate every bite I will be eating here again! There was a couple sitting next to me that was on their honeymoon. They were trying to take a picture of themselves, so I offered to take one for them. I love seeing all these couples with their wedding ears, what a way to start your life together

After lunch I walked around some more & then headed towards the front to leave the park. The parade had started so I stayed to watch this. I still do not know how they handle the heat in those costumes, I would just die! After the parade I left MK & decided to catch the boat over to the Polynesian. We stayed here in December & I had bought a ring in the gift shop. A couple months ago I noticed one of the stones had fallen out, so I wanted to see if I could exchange it. The wait for the boat was about 20 minutes. Once I arrived at the Polynesian I was again in awe of the resort. I have a tripped book for August with my boys & I kept thinking how much I would love to stay here again with them. Right now we are booked at Pop Century, but I am hoping for some good AP rates! But that is another story lol I went to the gift shop & had no problem exchanging my ring, yeah! I also bought a couple bottles of perfume. I love the line of Wicked Wahine perfumes & was happy to see they had some in stock. During our stay in Dec. they were out. I sat outside for a while just taking in the resort, how relaxing.

Continued in the next post........

 

[tinknme]

Like I said earlier I had planned on going back to my room, but it was now going on 5 pm, so I decided to catch the monorail & head over to Epcot. I have never been this time of year, so this was my 1st time going during the Flower & Garden Festival. Everything was just so beautiful. I walked around taking pictures of all the topiaries & flowers. The butterfly garden was so neat, but my favorite was the garden from Neverland.

Before heading over to the World Showcase, I snuck in a quick ride on Nemo, such a cute ride & a nice way to relax & cool off.. I had ADR’s at R&C for 7:50 pm & my feet were really starting to hurt. I thought maybe I could luck out & get an earlier seating, nope wasn’t going to happen! Oh well, it was worth a try. My feet hurting was my own fault anyway, I decided to wear my flip flops today instead of my crocs, wrong decision there! I ended up with a nice blister on the bottom of my foot. I love wearing my flips, but I had not worn any yet beings the weather at home was still to cold. So my feet had not had time to adjust to them & I should know better than to wear them for the 1st time at Disney, duh! I walked from Canada over to Italy & decided I could go no further, so I headed back to the UK. Here are some pictures from Canada. I hate to admit this, but I never knew there was this cottage in the back. This is one of the pluses of going solo, you can take your time & find things you had passed over before. It is so beautiful here!

I sat in the Rose Garden & listened to the British Invasion play. My buzzer went off for R&C & I was happy to be seated on the patio This is what I was hoping for so I could watch Illuminations. I ordered the steak & fish which was very good. As soon as my meal was served a couple was seated behind me with a child maybe 2 years old? Now please no one get upset, but I ended up getting my dessert to go & watched Illuminations while leaving the park. I was tired from a very long day & this child was scared to death of the fireworks, so I had a constant ear piercing scream in my ear I do not blame the child, nor was I upset with the child. I was very upset with the parents though. They commented on how scared he was from seeing the 4th of July fireworks, hello he does not want to be here! So instead of sitting inside they thought it would cool to sit outside & watch Nice way to traumatize your child more & ruin the atmosphere for everyone around you I ordered the Toffee Pudding to go & was on my way. The lines for the bus were pretty long & when you are tired it seems to take them even longer. I think I made it back to the resort around 10 pm. I soaked my feet in the tub for a while & got ready for bed. But I had to eat my dessert 1st lol I know not good eating this so late at night, but hey I was on vacation! This is much better when served warm, but I did not have any problems getting it down

Next up HS & Epcot with Dinner at Garden Grill

 

[Lady Lallie]

Great pictures. I love looking at the pictures, it gets me so excited for my trip.
I agree with you about the fireworks, they should have had a little more considerations. I know you can't predict how kids are going to react but you have to be ready for when they do!

 

[kathleen27]

Sounds like a great day, and a long one.
Wandering around the MK with beautiful weather!

We have 8:05 ADRs for Crystal Palace next trip! I'm so excited about this, I've never been in a park before opening. What time did you end up leaving CP. Was the park open by then? Or was it still empty?

Your lunch and your toffee pudding look fabulous.

Your garden photos are gorgeous! I really want to go to the F&G fest some day, just has not worked out time wise yet.

I don't know what those parents at the fireworks were thinking.

Looking forward to more!

 

[racefanof88]

Welcome home. I am loving your report and I am sure at some point in our trips we passed each other in the parks...................lol. I think I took some of the same pictures you took. My family gets soooooooooooooo upset with me taking pictures. My husband asks me everytime "How many pictures of the castle do you need?"....................lol.

 

[tinknme]

This is just me, but if I knew my child reacted that way I would have requested to sit inside. I was a little upset over not being able to enjoy Illuminations like I had hoped, but I got over it

Great pictures. I love looking at the pictures, it gets me so excited for my trip.
I agree with you about the fireworks, they should have had a little more considerations. I know you can't predict how kids are going to react but you have to be ready for when they do!

 

[tinknme]

Oh it was a very beautiful day! The weather was perfect during my whole stay. It was warm, but I dealt with it lol

We got out of CP a little after 9am, the park was still not bad & most rides were walk ons. We did get a fast pass for the pooh ride though, so we could ride the teacups before the line got to long.

Sounds like a great day, and a long one.
Wandering around the MK with beautiful weather!

We have 8:05 ADRs for Crystal Palace next trip! I'm so excited about this, I've never been in a park before opening. What time did you end up leaving CP. Was the park open by then? Or was it still empty?

 

[tinknme]

Hi Dana! I am sure we passed each other as well lol I love taking pictures, but it seems as I did not take as many this time. When the boys are with me they start rolling their eyes at me

Welcome home. I am loving your report and I am sure at some point in our trips we passed each other in the parks...................lol. I think I took some of the same pictures you took. My family gets soooooooooooooo upset with me taking pictures. My husband asks me everytime "How many pictures of the castle do you need?"....................lol.

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Love all the pics of empty Main St.

Thats weird that when you got your wakeup call Mickey or Stitch wasnt there. Hmmm I guess they were still sleeping too.


Can't wait to read more of your trip!

 

[Lady Lallie]

I read somewhere on the Dis that in order to get Mickey or whoever is the wakeup call is from to speak, that you have to say hello or something. I am not sure that is true but that is what I have read.

 

[tinknme]

They must have been

You leave tomorrow, hope you have a wonderful trip!

Love all the pics of empty Main St.

Thats weird that when you got your wakeup call Mickey or Stitch wasnt there. Hmmm I guess they were still sleeping too.


Can't wait to read more of your trip!

 

[tinknme]

Hmm, I will have to find out when we go in August. I didn't say anything when I answered, so maybe this is true!

I read somewhere on the Dis that in order to get Mickey or whoever is the wakeup call is from to speak, that you have to say hello or something. I am not sure that is true but that is what I have read.

 

[froglover2]

loving your TR so far!!
We love the R&C too! MIL is from Scotland and she is coming with us for her
1st trip to the World!!!
I tried to post a pic but I will have to find out how to do this???
Away I am loving all the things you have discovered!

 

[tinknme]

Thank you! Hope your mother has a wonderful trip!

I use photobucket to post my pictures here. I download from my computer to them & then just copy the img link & paste here!

loving your TR so far!!
We love the R&C too! MIL is from Scotland and she is coming with us for her
1st trip to the World!!!
I tried to post a pic but I will have to find out how to do this???
Away I am loving all the things you have discovered!