The ABC's of a FALL Trip with Friends, Food, Wine, and a Conference- A is for: A Very Long Day Begins (11/1)

[Steppesister]

I am in awe of your greatness I mean seriously, 1 hour from airport to EPCOT is pretty amazing!
Can’t wait to hear all about your trip

I was actually fairly impressed myself. I’ve done pretty well in the past after those red eyes because it’s still so early and things aren’t busy yet. But this may have been a record even for me.

 

[Steppesister]

Oh no!! That's terrible!



Sooooo gorgeous!

I guess we’re all bound to have a crappy security experience now and then. I generally keep a permanently packed bag and just keep the detergent in there. But I think from now on I’ll replace it with some detergent pods rather than the powder.

 

[Steppesister]

I’m here, excited to hear all about it and when you took your computer out in the room, yikes. I heard the cracking noise and knew something was wrong!
I hope it all gets resolved soon!
Nice to be at Epcot early in the day, even without sleep

That sickening crunch was definitely very disconcerting. When I flipped it over my tummy did a little flip-flop. And then the anxiety hit the roof when I tried to plug it in to charge, but couldn’t.

I absolutely love walking around Epcot with a mostly empty park. World showcase is just absolutely amazing when you can go and explore in the back of those pavilions and get people-free pictures.

 

[Steppesister]

We take the first flight out most of the time. But we don't do a full park day. We like our naps.

With Lori only having three Park days I really wanted to make the most of it for her. It just didn’t make sense to not go there right away or stay until 4:00, as we had evening plans also.

My sister has global entry and she has had trouble getting TSA pre-check. I think she finally straightened it out.

I really need to get busy on my global entry since I have an international trip coming up, hopefully. I really need to research how to get it done and apply.

It was the most fantastic weather ever and we felt really lucky to have it.

You are right! The weather was incredibly amazing. It did take a turn for the worst on one of our days, but it really didn’t slow us down much. The temperatures were nearly perfect!!

 

[Steppesister]

Hey Look! You channeled my inner Lassie. Tartans McLeod and McLaren here!!!

This appears to not be the case, as is evidenced by the chapter you posted... photos and all.

It took me forever. Not only that but the DIS is a ridiculous crashing mess right now. Especially on the phone. It seems like every 30 seconds it’s completely crashing or skipping to a new area of the page you’re on. Ridiculous!

Oh, come now... nothing is that slow.

LOL! AS I LITERALLY TYPE THIS FROM THE TREADMILL AT THE GYM.

To a Mayfly, it is several lifetimes...

Well, you do have a good point.

You consider getting up at 2:30am "a good night's sleep"????

I guess what I meant to type was that I wanted the entire day Saturday to rest and put the finishing touches on my packing and do whatever last-minute stuff I needed to before having to leave basically that night after working all day.

Very nice of him.
I would've just rolled over and mumbled something like "Don't slam the door on the way out."

Maybe that's why I'm not married anymore....

Well, I guess it’s a little different if your airport’s in the city you’re departing from. For me to get a taxi or a shuttle would cost about $100. Ouch.

Nothing like a good night's sleep!

I don’t know about you, but when I pack, I start with a completely empty bag, taking out the things that are kind of semi permanently packed and add the clothes and stuff specific to the trip I’m packing for.

(also the worst last ride... but let's not jump ahead of ourselves.)

Oh no! Let’s definitely not skip too far ahead here.

Really! Huh. I'd think if they took off because you took 6 or 7 minutes that they'd risk getting a bad review.

To be fair, the lift app literally gives you a countdown timer, so you don’t tempt fate. I don’t think the passenger would have much leeway in this. For the drivers time is money.

Fast!

We want quiche! We want quiche! We wa... okay, I'll stop.

It was actually very very good. Even at room temperature. I think it was a feta and spinach. Variety and the crust was still crispy and everything. Yummy!

I'm really not sure if I will continue reading. This is almost unforgiveable.

Oh dear, steppesister, losing readers left, and right!

 

[pkondz]

Hey Look! You channeled my inner Lassie. Tartans McLeod and McLaren here!!!

Absolutely. That's why I posted that. Yep. Absolutely. 100%.

Not only that but the DIS is a ridiculous crashing mess right now.

Not for me, but... I've definitely been hearing that. I've had my share of it in the past, though.

It seems like every 30 seconds it’s completely crashing or skipping to a new area of the page you’re on. Ridiculous!

LOL! AS I LITERALLY TYPE THIS FROM THE TREADMILL AT THE GYM.

One... Letter... At... A... Time...

Well, you do have a good point.

I do??

A first! Woot!

I guess what I meant to type was that I wanted the entire day Saturday to rest and put the finishing touches on my packing and do whatever last-minute stuff I needed to before having to leave basically that night after working all day.

Ah. I get that.

I don’t know about you, but when I pack, I start with a completely empty bag, taking out the things that are kind of semi permanently packed and add the clothes and stuff specific to the trip I’m packing for.

To be fair, the lift app literally gives you a countdown timer, so you don’t tempt fate.

Ah! Did not know that. Seems fair, then.

For the drivers time is money.

For sure.

 

[rndmr2]

WORST security experience in a super long time. Not one but BOTH my bags were selected for further pillaging.

Ugh! sorry you had that happen!. In 2018 My DH and I went on an Alaska cruise with his mother (thankfully I did luck out in the MIL department, we get along great). Well on all our flights my poor MIL got pulled aside at every security checkpoint. We sort of laughed it off but we wondered why. Well on the last flight on the way home from the cruise one of the agents finally told her what was triggering the checks. She had a little drawstring pouch that opened up and had all these little pockets for jewelry but on the xray scanner it just looked like a lump of coiled wires.

Great first day, awesome that you got to Epcot so quick.