The Comando & The Newbie: Lots of Pics! Completed!

[thumperbelle3]

Reading along - great so far. Two things - I love the coffee at the resorts and I also love the transportation. Call me weird! I wouldn't worry too much about bringing down breakfast food - you have your snack credits for pastries and the like in the food court. I think bringing stuff with you may be a bit of a hassle.

Have a great trip - and any day now is a good time to start packing.

I think we may just bring a box of donuts (I know healthy right ).
I'm an early riser, so I will probably be the one to go down in the morning for coffee and whatnot. I'm not a total coffee snob, but I've been drinking Starbucks for the past 6 months. We'll see!

 

[amytheobald]

I loved POR. My family went there when it was still called Dixie Landings. We liked staying in the "Bayou Dwellings" the best. Not sure what they call this area of the resort now. The only downside to this resort for some people (not me though) is you may end up with a room that's far from the food court. I like to walk so no worries here! Have a great time and lets pray for nice weather!

We were far from the food court last time, but close to the bus stop...I prefer it that way I think, afterall there are a million places in Disney to get food, not so many to catch the bus!!!!!

 

[thumperbelle3]

I am starting to freak out!

I just found a blog about how horrible Spirit Air is. They cancel flights last minute, lose your luggage, charge fees up the wazoo, don't give refunds, etc.! Please say it aint so!

I've checked rates for other airlines and they are too expensive! If our flight gets cancelled I will lose it

I am going hold on to these flights and just pray that we have really good luck. I mean four leaf clovers busting out of my pockets, horseshoes galore, rabbits-feet coming out my ears, eatin Lucky Charms for breakfast everyday lucky!

We got our yellow DME tags in the mail on Friday! Only 5 weeks away now!(crossing fingers while avoiding black cats)

 

[jjk]

Just started reading your report, keeping everying crossed for you that your flights are fine

 

[thumperbelle3]

Only 29 days until we leave!



Oh and my 90th post

 

[amytheobald]

Sending on time flight vibes and safe luggage vibes your way!

 

[thumperbelle3]

Thanks for the good vibes!

We received our packet in the mail with all the vouchers and luggage tags and reservation info yesterday. We're starting to get really excited now! Yes I said WE! Last night DBF asked me what our itinerary is. I tried to control the speed at which everything I had planned came flying out of my mouth. I've never actually spoken the itinerary out loud yet, I've only typed it out on the computer 20 times! That's the first time he's asked me anything about what we are doing! I know he is excited about going because I am and everyone at his work keeps telling him they're excited for him too. He even mentioned to me that on our AK day we should do the safari first because the animals are the most active then. Good job honey! Are you sure you're not a DIS'er?

 

[thumperbelle3]

It's hard to ignore it but I can't stop watching Tropical Storm Fay. I really hope that it doesn't get too bad and ruin anyone's vacations. There are a couple of DISers with trip reports I'm reading that are there right now. At least it's not a hurricane. It makes me nervous about our trip in 3 weeks. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to not have anything hit that week. It is the peak of hurricane season though.

 

[thumperbelle3]

This will probably be my last post before we leave. I do have something exciting to share! Mark bought me a new camera! I have been talking about getting one for a while now since the one I currenty have is a few years old. 4 years to be exact. That's like 40 in camera years! Anyway, it's a Canon Powershot S5 IS. We are still waiting for it to arrive in the store so we can go pick it up. I hope it comes before we leave! I will be using it to take all the pictures I intend to use in this TR. Pictures! Yay!

Be sure to come back after September 14th to find out:
How much does Free Dining weigh?
Can we "Drink Around the World" and still walk out?
Does Mark look good in Mickey Ears?
How many fountains will I get my picture in front of?
Will Mark hate me for my Comando ways? (wakey, wakey it's 6:30am hee hee)
Do we see any famous people?
Who brings the crazy?
Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Have a great Labor Day weekend and thanks for reading!

 

[PrincessVal]

I'm so excited for you and for the TR. Have a fabulous trip!!!!!

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

Have a wonderful time!

Can't wait to see all the fabulous pics taken with the new camera!

 

[JaxJags08]

I'm in! Have a great time! I'll be looking forward to your TR.

 

[addictedtothemouse]

Hope this helps with the transportation situation. The buses weren't too bad, the kids were just really tired at night and it would have been nice to not have to wait for a bus and then stand all the way back to our resort.

Mom and I also went to Beirgarten and loved it. And I've actually read some good things about Artist Pointe.

Hope you have a safe and fun trip.

 

[thumperbelle3]

We leave tomorrow!!!
I can't believe it came so quickly! It looks like Ike is going to stay to the south. I'm trying to be optimistic about it. You never know what those storms will do. We are prepared for the rain though. 87 cent ponchos baby!
Mark and I went out to eat last week and he said, "We should take pictures of all the food we eat while we're in Disney." If he only knew!

 

[addictedtothemouse]

Hpe you're having a blast on your trip. And staying dry

 

[tyandskyesmom]

Hope you're having fun and cannot wait to hear how it all went!

 

[thumperbelle3]

We got back home last night at 12:00am! I'm soooo tired and sad that our trip had to come to an end. We had a great time! The weather was almost perfect and the crowds were the lowest I've ever experienced! I can't wait to share our story with you! We have a TON of pictures and I will try to load them tomorrow and get started with the report!

 

[JaxJags08]

Welcome back! I'm glad you had a great time and I'm excited to read all about it.

 

[thumperbelle3]

It's time to get this trip started! Here is a brief recap of who we are and what we did:
Bri (29) I've been to Disney 7 times with my Dad, Mom and sister. This is my first trip without them. I did all the planning for this trip since my DBF has never been to the World.
Mark (29) He has never been to Disney. Knows some of the characters names and is familiar with most of the movies. Likes rollercoasters and eating. Is big in to photography.

Dates: September 9 - September 14
Where: POP Century Resort
Parks: Magic Kingdom on 10th; Hollywood Studios on 11th; EPCOT on 12th; Animal Kingdom on 13th
ADR's: Raglan Road; Si-Fi Dine In; Biergarten; Artist Point

Ready! Here we gooooooo!!!

 

[thumperbelle3]

You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!

We got off to an early start. Very early. 4:30am to be exact. Mark got up and took a shower while I called Spirit Air to make sure our flight was still on time. It was. I had checked in online the night before and the flight was still a go so my worries were squelched. Mark had a ham sandwich and chips and salsa for breakfast. He’ll eat anything at anytime of day. He told me I should eat too but I wasn’t hungry. I was way too excited to finally be on our way. Plus it was bleepin’ early! I had already taken a shower before bed so we were all packed and ready to go at 5:00am.

It took us a couple of hours to get to Detroit Metro Airport. Morning traffic wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Let me just say that Detroit Metro is the most run down airport I’ve ever seen. It is extremely ghetto. It’s in need of some serious remodeling. I wanted some Starbuck’s but I wanted to get through security first. We went through security around 7:15am. Spirit has its own concourse which is nice. What is not nice is there is no Starbucks once you get past the security check point! Noooo! They had another vendor but I decided I wanted to sleep on the plane so I didn’t end up getting any coffee. I looked around and saw a few WDW luggage tags. Our plane took off exactly on time at 8:35!

I got the window seat and Mark sat next to me. The plane was nasty! I opened my tray table and it had food stuff on it still. The window had fingerprint smears all over it. I was really afraid to touch anything. Especially the in flight magazines in the pocket in front of me. The man that sat next to Mark was with a woman across the aisle and I swear they had so much crap with them! Spirit Airlines does not have complimentary anything so this couple had a plastic bag full of food. They ate and got situated for about an hour. I didn’t sleep. This is gross but someone on the plane had really bad gas. I don’t know where it was coming from but it was horrible! Mark nodded off a few times. I just listened to my MP3 player which had a few Disney songs I put on it. Mark realized that he had forgotten to clear his memory cards for the camera before he left. At least we can use the 2 I brought up first. At 10:55am we touched down in Orlando! Fifteen minutes early! The weather was mostly cloudy and temps in the 80’s.