On the Floor and Out the Door!: a 17 day HalloChristmas, RunDisney, MNSSHP, HHN, MVMCP adventure! new 2/8!

[lvcourtneyy]

Welcome one and all! We're back from our longest trip to Orlando yet and I can't wait to share it all.

Bur first things first,

I'm Courtney, your trip reporter leader. I'm an Emergency Room nurse overnight. My favorites include Animal Kingdom, The Little Mermaid, rare character meets, roller coasters and Halloween.



On this trip with me was my DBF Mike. He's a grocery store manager by day, sleeper by night. His favorites include Donald Duck, Nightmare before Christmas, pin collecting and saying "whatever you want" when I ask him to contribute to the planning and then asking why we aren't doing things at the last minute.



This trip was my 22nd trip to WDW and our 13th trip together.

I have 2 other reports currently going. You can read about our previous trip this June here: Throw Up on the Lap Bars Please! and my PTR for 2019 still going for my upcoming December sister trip here: Third Time's the Charm!

We were in Orlando for 17 days from October 24 until November 9, most of which were sweltering hot. We started the trip celebrating Halloween at MNSSHP and ended it at the first MVMCP of the season.



In between we spent 5 days at Universal, went to Halloween Horror Nights twice, ran our first RunDisney race and stayed in 4 different resorts.

Buckle up and hop aboard! If my June trip report is any indication, we're gonna be here a long time!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!​

 

[lvcourtneyy]

1. On the Road Again!
2. The Meltdown
3. Crystal Palace Lunch
4. It's Really Not So Scary Part 1
5. Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts
6. Boo to You
7. RIP Hallowishes
8. The End of MNSSHP
9. October 25: Extra, Extra Magic Hours
10. October 25, 2019: Extra, Extra Magic Hours Part 2
11. October 25, 2019 Extra, Extra Magic Hours part 3
12. October 25, 2019: Extra, Extra Magic Hours Part 4
13. Polite Pig and Trader Sam's
14. A Food and Wine Night at Epcot
15. Saturday, October 26 part 1
16. Attempt #1 to Ride Hagrid's
17. Storybook Dining
18. That's Wakkie Nu Nu
19. That's Wakkie Nu Nu part 2
20. Acoustic Brunch at the Hard Rock Hotel
21. Who Does? We Does.
22. Ugh Chainsaws
23. Academy of Villains
24. Tribute Store and Marathon of Mayhem
25. More houses and the end of our night at HHN
26. Monday October 28, 2019
27. Dessert and uh... more dessert!
28. Why Did We Get Wet on the Water Ride?
29. Happiness Can Be Found Even in the Darkest of Times
30. Tuesday, October 29th 2019
31. Tuesday, October 29 2019 Part 2
32. Halloween Horror Nights: Night 2!
33. HHN Magic!
34. Good Night HHN!
35. October 30,2019: the Who-lidays are here!
36. E.T Phone Home
37. Old Key West Check In
38. Hoop-Dee-Doo
39. Hoop-Dee-Doo Part 2
40. October 31,2019: Happy Halloween!
41. October 31, 2019: Happy Halloween part 2
42. Resort Hopping!
43. Resort Hopping part 2!
44. Resort Hopping part 3!
45. Wine and Dine 5k!
46. Wine and Dine 5k Part 2​

 

[sahu]

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[ariane37]

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[lvcourtneyy]

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[lvcourtneyy]

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[Raeven]

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[NJlauren]

I have arrived! All i want to know is the following; How was driving to the race and did you do candy sushi?

 

[lvcourtneyy]

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[lvcourtneyy]

I have arrived! All i want to know is the following; How was driving to the race and did you do candy sushi?

Thanks for joining!

Driving to the race was not bad at all! We left super early because everyone in the runDisney group on facebook said to lol. It prob wasn't necessary to get there so early but it made the morning go smoothly so I guess it was worth it. We got there at like 3:10 am so we were parked right up front which we really appreciated after the race. They let us into the start area just before 3:30 am and I will say if you have any interest in meeting the characters before the race, get there early! We went there first and met them both in under 10 minutes and the lines grew to over a half hour right away. What I would've done differently is head to the corrals earlier. We spent a lot of time sitting in the bleachers by the characters listening to the DJ and then were in the middle of the B corral. We would've been better off walking over to the corrals earlier and hanging out there!

We did do Candy Sushi and we loved it!!

 

[NJlauren]

Thanks for joining!

Driving to the race was not bad at all! We left super early because everyone in the runDisney group on facebook said to lol. It prob wasn't necessary to get there so early but it made the morning go smoothly so I guess it was worth it. We got there at like 3:10 am so we were parked right up front which we really appreciated after the race. They let us into the start area just before 3:30 am and I will say if you have any interest in meeting the characters before the race, get there early! We went there first and met them both in under 10 minutes and the lines grew to over a half hour right away. What I would've done differently is head to the corrals earlier. We spent a lot of time sitting in the bleachers by the characters listening to the DJ and then were in the middle of the B corral. We would've been better off walking over to the corrals earlier and hanging out there!

We did do Candy Sushi and we loved it!!

Both amazing info! And now i dont need to read your trip report! Kidding kidding!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Joining!

Looking forward to hearing all about your trip...love the seasonal party pics!

 

[SimplyGoofy]

I'm in and can't wait to hear about all of your adventures! Super-long Disney trips are the BEST! (And my goodness, you packed a lot into your trip! Two holiday parties, multiple days at Universal, AND a Disney race?! I'm impressed!)

 

[LeiaIsAPrincess2]

Can't wait to hear about your super long trip!

 

[DLo]

Hopping over from your other TR. Looking forward to reading more

 

[disneyAndi14]

Joining in, excited to hear all about it! If I could I would love to stay that long!

 

[pkondz]

…. But I'm here on the ground floor for this one!
Will read later.

 

[pkondz]

Disney obsessor at almost all times.

heh. Aren't we all...

My favorites include... The Little Mermaid,

Me too!

He's a grocery store manager by day, sleeper by night.

saying "whatever you want" when I ask him to contribute to the planning and then asking why we aren't doing things at the last minute.

Sounds like you should keep him.

 

[buteraa]

Following along. We leave in less than 2 weeks for our first 12 night stay (our longest). Can't wait to read about all your adventures.

 

[kastoney]

I'm here!!! Not often we get Halloween and Christmas in a singular trip. Can't wait to hear all about it