dizprincess717
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Alright, alright. I think I'm slowly coming out of my post-trip depression and I'll finally give a somewhat detailed trip report.
The Cast, hailing from Whitehall, PA
Grandpa (Pop)
Grandma (Nana)
Uncle (Jay)
Sister (Olivia)
Me! (Alyssa)
Friday, 3/4 - Preparations
I had to drive to my college, a quick 20 minute drive, to take an art history quiz which I got a 20/20 on! I stopped for breakfast on the way home and then slept til noon. My mom and I went to CVS to pick up some last minute things and then I went about packing all the stuff for my sister and I. We had quite an array of clothing as we didn't know what to expect! I didn't shower until 9 that night and did my hair around 10pm. I fell asleep around midnight.
Saturday, 3/5 - Wake Up, Limo, Plane, & The World
At 2am my alarm went off. I was in that half sleep-half awake stage for 2 hours and I knew that that wasn't a good thing for the rest of the day. I got up and dressed etc. The limo was actually early! I wasn't ready yet so I had to run around like an idiot trying to finish packing my make-up and hair stuff. We had a white stretch-limo, complete with champagne! The roof was the best part, it had color-changing stars and soft neon tubes around the mirror-like roof with the stars. I slept on the way down to the Philly airport, about an hour and a half drive. When I woke up one of my favorite songs was playing on the radio, "Hotel California," so I took it as a sign that it would be a great trip!
Ugh, what a disaster at Philly. I haven't been on a plane in over 7 years and I didn't know to do the self check-in! Finally after standing around for 45 minutes and asking 3 different people and them telling us 3 different things, I just did the self check-in and everything was okay. The flight was scheduled to leave at 6:30am. But, being that we flew Useless Air, I mean ahem, U.S. Airways, we didn't take off til 7:30am. I was a nervous wreck the whole time.
We arrived in beautiful, sunny Orlando around 9:30, the pilot must have booked it up in the air. Baggage claim was easy and we got on our Mears bus around 11ish.
When we drove under the Walt Disney World arch, my eyes filled up with tears and I was so happy. I was home. After a huge misunderstanding between my mom and nana about hotels (we weren't staying at WL) we arrived to the Caribbean Beach Resort. Check-in there was super easy and our rooms were ready and waiting for us! The best part was when I saw the little pamphlet for the Atlanta Braves spring training games - THE YANKEES WERE THERE ON THE 8th!!! Derek Jeter was in the same place as I was for a day, I was going crazy. Then the lady told me tickets were sold out for over 2 months. I wasn't excited anymore.
By noon I had all of my stuff unpacked and Olivia, Jay, and I got ready to hit the parks, first being MK, of course!
"When You Wish Upon A Star" was playing when we got off the bus and once again I almost cried. Our first ride was, of course, Pirates. From there we rode Splash Mountain (which my sister actually rode, she's scared of rides!), HM, and Big Thunder. The line for Stitch was a walk-on and even though I knew how bad it was, I just had to see for myself. I will never, ever go on that ride again. It was without a doubt the biggest waste of money. I hated every minute of it. Who wants to smell that burp smell of onions?! Ugh!
Nana and Pop met up with us around 5 for dinner at Tony's. Since Nana had a knee operation and got an ECV to go around the parks on, we got to stand in the hadicapped viewing area for SpectroMagic. I taped it, it turned out excellent, and the Chernabog float was working! It got a little cool after the parade and so Nana, Pop, and Jay left. Olivia and I stayed for Wishes and that's when I finally cried. All of the little children around me in awe at Tinkerbell pushed me right over the edge, I couldn't help it! Instead of going with the mad rush of people, Olivia and I went to Pirates again and shopped for a little while. We finally got on a bus around 10:30 at night, and I was up for almost 24 straight hours! We were both exhausted.
Sunday, 3/6 - It Can Be Called A Zoo, I Won't Bypass The Experience, I Love Aerosmith, Too!
Sunday was a busy day for Olivia and I.
Around 10am we left for AK to do the 2 rides there, the Safari and Dinosaur. I forgot about the end of Dinosaur and I screamed really loud. I'll be honest, I was scared!
I surprised Olivia and said that we could go to Epcot to ride her favorite ride, MS and I'd FP Test Track. She surprised the heck out of me again and got up the courage to actually ride Test Track, too! She loved it and said "I'll difinately not bypass that experience again!" and the people around us said that was hilarious, they just got of MS and knew what she was talking about. We ate lunch, the good chicken fingers from the Electric Umbrella.
From Epcot we went to MGM. I chickened out of ToT, didn't even get in line, and it was a "13" minute wait. Instead I opted for RnRC. Once again, Olivia decided to try it out! And once again, she loved it! There was a 5 minute wait and as soon as we got off she said she wanted to go it again! I was so happy that she rode three rides that she was scared of last summer. After about four spins on it we decided to grab a small dinner and head into the ampitheater to watch Fantasmic! It was an okay show, the fountains with the images on it were really cool. I loved the Fantasia part, with Chernabog and the spirits floating, it really looked perfectly eerie on the water! After Fantasmic! we got our wristbands for EMH and walked on RnRC two more times, then GMR and Star Tours. We left at exactly 10pm. We got back to the hotel before Nana, Pop, and Jay! We said they were the party animals that night!
The Cast, hailing from Whitehall, PA
Grandpa (Pop)
Grandma (Nana)
Uncle (Jay)
Sister (Olivia)
Me! (Alyssa)
Friday, 3/4 - Preparations
I had to drive to my college, a quick 20 minute drive, to take an art history quiz which I got a 20/20 on! I stopped for breakfast on the way home and then slept til noon. My mom and I went to CVS to pick up some last minute things and then I went about packing all the stuff for my sister and I. We had quite an array of clothing as we didn't know what to expect! I didn't shower until 9 that night and did my hair around 10pm. I fell asleep around midnight.
Saturday, 3/5 - Wake Up, Limo, Plane, & The World
At 2am my alarm went off. I was in that half sleep-half awake stage for 2 hours and I knew that that wasn't a good thing for the rest of the day. I got up and dressed etc. The limo was actually early! I wasn't ready yet so I had to run around like an idiot trying to finish packing my make-up and hair stuff. We had a white stretch-limo, complete with champagne! The roof was the best part, it had color-changing stars and soft neon tubes around the mirror-like roof with the stars. I slept on the way down to the Philly airport, about an hour and a half drive. When I woke up one of my favorite songs was playing on the radio, "Hotel California," so I took it as a sign that it would be a great trip!
Ugh, what a disaster at Philly. I haven't been on a plane in over 7 years and I didn't know to do the self check-in! Finally after standing around for 45 minutes and asking 3 different people and them telling us 3 different things, I just did the self check-in and everything was okay. The flight was scheduled to leave at 6:30am. But, being that we flew Useless Air, I mean ahem, U.S. Airways, we didn't take off til 7:30am. I was a nervous wreck the whole time.
We arrived in beautiful, sunny Orlando around 9:30, the pilot must have booked it up in the air. Baggage claim was easy and we got on our Mears bus around 11ish.
When we drove under the Walt Disney World arch, my eyes filled up with tears and I was so happy. I was home. After a huge misunderstanding between my mom and nana about hotels (we weren't staying at WL) we arrived to the Caribbean Beach Resort. Check-in there was super easy and our rooms were ready and waiting for us! The best part was when I saw the little pamphlet for the Atlanta Braves spring training games - THE YANKEES WERE THERE ON THE 8th!!! Derek Jeter was in the same place as I was for a day, I was going crazy. Then the lady told me tickets were sold out for over 2 months. I wasn't excited anymore.
By noon I had all of my stuff unpacked and Olivia, Jay, and I got ready to hit the parks, first being MK, of course!
"When You Wish Upon A Star" was playing when we got off the bus and once again I almost cried. Our first ride was, of course, Pirates. From there we rode Splash Mountain (which my sister actually rode, she's scared of rides!), HM, and Big Thunder. The line for Stitch was a walk-on and even though I knew how bad it was, I just had to see for myself. I will never, ever go on that ride again. It was without a doubt the biggest waste of money. I hated every minute of it. Who wants to smell that burp smell of onions?! Ugh!
Nana and Pop met up with us around 5 for dinner at Tony's. Since Nana had a knee operation and got an ECV to go around the parks on, we got to stand in the hadicapped viewing area for SpectroMagic. I taped it, it turned out excellent, and the Chernabog float was working! It got a little cool after the parade and so Nana, Pop, and Jay left. Olivia and I stayed for Wishes and that's when I finally cried. All of the little children around me in awe at Tinkerbell pushed me right over the edge, I couldn't help it! Instead of going with the mad rush of people, Olivia and I went to Pirates again and shopped for a little while. We finally got on a bus around 10:30 at night, and I was up for almost 24 straight hours! We were both exhausted.
Sunday, 3/6 - It Can Be Called A Zoo, I Won't Bypass The Experience, I Love Aerosmith, Too!
Sunday was a busy day for Olivia and I.
Around 10am we left for AK to do the 2 rides there, the Safari and Dinosaur. I forgot about the end of Dinosaur and I screamed really loud. I'll be honest, I was scared!
I surprised Olivia and said that we could go to Epcot to ride her favorite ride, MS and I'd FP Test Track. She surprised the heck out of me again and got up the courage to actually ride Test Track, too! She loved it and said "I'll difinately not bypass that experience again!" and the people around us said that was hilarious, they just got of MS and knew what she was talking about. We ate lunch, the good chicken fingers from the Electric Umbrella.
From Epcot we went to MGM. I chickened out of ToT, didn't even get in line, and it was a "13" minute wait. Instead I opted for RnRC. Once again, Olivia decided to try it out! And once again, she loved it! There was a 5 minute wait and as soon as we got off she said she wanted to go it again! I was so happy that she rode three rides that she was scared of last summer. After about four spins on it we decided to grab a small dinner and head into the ampitheater to watch Fantasmic! It was an okay show, the fountains with the images on it were really cool. I loved the Fantasia part, with Chernabog and the spirits floating, it really looked perfectly eerie on the water! After Fantasmic! we got our wristbands for EMH and walked on RnRC two more times, then GMR and Star Tours. We left at exactly 10pm. We got back to the hotel before Nana, Pop, and Jay! We said they were the party animals that night!
