Tiny Bubble? I'm Here, Big Bubble - A July 2025 TR *Updated 9/22

[vamassey1]

I'm here too.

That' one long road trip. Glad you made it safely with time to visit family.

Looking forward to more.

 

[piglet1979]

That’s why I married a guy who is willing to go toe to toe with the other drivers. Alex always takes the wheel in that city. I’ve driven here twice. I’ve developed tears and pain in my knuckles from a tight grip twice. It’s awful

I am like this with driving through Jacksonville. I drove on our first drive down and told my husband I will never drive that again.

 

[StarWarsMomofGirls!]

I'm here! I too have been spotty on here but trying to get back to reading everyone's trips! We are hoping to go to Universal for the spring break this year so can't wait to hear all about your days there!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Having driven across the state of Texas - I feel you. My next two Disney trips involve driving from the Houston area so I know those roads well. I prefer to fly but sometimes other things are involved that mean we gotta do the drive.

Nice way of breaking it all up!

 

[amazingact21]

Dallas traffic sounds like it's no joke...

I asked Alex once which was worse, driving in Dallas or driving a minibus in London, and he answered Dallas.

Haha, I still do the same thing!

As a parent, I hope my kids come visit and raid my fridge when they're older. I do laugh, though, looking back on that visit to my parent's, we really did say our hellos, and then I waltzed right into the kitchen and began preparing food.

Following! Evie and Andi could ride monsters unchained together over and over, haha We loved it and all of Epic was really great. I think Andi wants to go back this winter on a trip with me if we include USO/Epic, yay

I’m glad your ride wasn’t to bad and really nice you had the extra day!

I see a lot of similar interests with Andi and Evie! Which makes me a little scared about how go-go-go she might be when she's older. I'm not sure I can handle the park days that Andi does!

I hope you can manage to work in USO so you get a bonus trip with her in December!

 

[amazingact21]

Don’t envy you the long car journey ( or Dallas traffic) but do envy you those donuts

We have to travel again in November, and I insisted we fly this time. I don't think I have the patience for another road trip this year.

I think we all revert to being a kid when we visit our parents. I used to raid mine’s fridge too and my kids first stop was the spare freezer in the garage where they kept ice lollies for them

I agree. And I imagine as a parent, we enjoy it happening.

Following

Thanks for joining along!

 

[amazingact21]

Where to start? First - Landon is correct. You need AT LEAST 2 books per day of the trip. Not that you will read them all, but a person needs options. It's ok. We will teach you the ways of the library of souls.

Oh, I get where he's coming from, but history has shown he doesn't read much on theme park trips. My mom was a librarian and I minored in English, so we are all a house of readers. But he's bad about bringing ones he won't use. Plus, with his ADHD he's liable to forget them in a hotel, and we're terrified of having to pay a library fee for a lost book. (Thankfully, this year since his bus ride home is 50 minutes, he's been trying audiobooks so that helps with space and keeping the item procured.)

Because driving there is an absolutely nightmare!!! Even being a passenger is scary.

We heard someone joke that the planners of Dallas highways just threw spaghetti at the wall and used that as their building models. It's not far off.

The amount of laundry I do when I'm in Minnesota, the raiding of the fridge, etc. It just never changes. Ever.

Exactly! It's the circle of life.
(I definitely did laundry that evening, too. Just so we didn't have to dig more clothes out of our suitcases.)

Traffic in ANY BIG CITY is a platypus.

It can be such a nightmare!

Following along . Looking forward to reading more about your adventures. I hope to make it to EPIC next year

Thanks for hopping along on this report. I hope you can make it to Epic. It has a lot of detail and the food is such a step up from typical Universal fare.

 

[amazingact21]

I'm here too.

That' one long road trip. Glad you made it safely with time to visit family.

Looking forward to more.

Every time we make that road trip, we say we aren't ever going to do it again, but alas. We did it 3 times in a 12 month stretch! Anything to help be able to afford those Disney trips, I guess.

I am like this with driving through Jacksonville. I drove on our first drive down and told my husband I will never drive that again.

If I had to make this trip by myself, I think I would add an extra 2 hours to my trip just to avoid going through Dallas. And, yeah, I-95 through Jacksonville is rough, too!

 

[amazingact21]

I'm here! I too have been spotty on here but trying to get back to reading everyone's trips! We are hoping to go to Universal for the spring break this year so can't wait to hear all about your days there!

I can only imagine how crazy your life is right now with a senior! I'm sure this year will be a blur.

Having driven across the state of Texas - I feel you. My next two Disney trips involve driving from the Houston area so I know those roads well. I prefer to fly but sometimes other things are involved that mean we gotta do the drive.

Nice way of breaking it all up!

Houston is just as bad! Why are all these Texas cities so chaotic to drive in?! I understand what you mean about driving being unavoidable, sometimes, though. Hope both travel days go smoothly for you, and you can make it to the other side of the city mostly unscathed.