Value Resorts and Inside Staterooms? Bah Humbug! 30 days of Disney fun! 02/10 Day 30

[DaveInTN]

REALLY looking forward to your trip report!

 

[disneyfav4ever]

for being at CSR in just five more days!

There's nothing like going back home to the WORLD!!!!! Oh, and by the way, Toontown is open and the train still running - I can't remember if I posted that or not! My brain is still fried - it IS HOOOOOOOT in Florida!

Oh, and by the way, we met Sophia on Friday - she is REALLY nice! We got to meet the rest of her travel party too! Please give her a hug from me when you see her!

I'm glad the train's still running, I use that as a break from walking sometimes, or to just avoid the crowds through Fantasyland and Main Street. And I can't wait to hear all about your trip, especially your meals!

 

[Stefy]

Hey Karin, welcome back Looking forward to your TR

 

[englishrose47]

Hi Karin can't wait to read all about !!!!

 

[dizneeat]

I'm looking forward to the hot. It's been low 70's here and only in the upper 60's later this week.

I will be sure to give Sophia a hug when I see her on Sunday.

Yikes, it is SO cold here too! There it goes ....... complaining about the heat while at WDW, complaining about the cold when back here ....... I guess I will never learn!

I can't beleive you are home already! That trip flew by. I hope you had a wonderful time!

Jen, we can't believe that it is all over either! But we had a blast, even though the time just flew by!

REALLY looking forward to your trip report!

I promise to start it soon ....... I need to get school work going again and all my photos (and Tom's) are still at the external harddrive at Tom's place! I keep forgetting to take them with me. I am getting old!

I'm glad the train's still running, I use that as a break from walking sometimes, or to just avoid the crowds through Fantasyland and Main Street. And I can't wait to hear all about your trip, especially your meals!

I can't even think about food ....... there was SO much of it! And we managed to use up ALL our credits! (24 TS, 24 CS and 24 snacks the first time around and 54 (!!) meal credits and 36 snack credits the second time around, just devided by lots of food on the Wonder and 4 visits to Palo! ) I don't even dare going close to my scales!

Hey Karin, welcome back Looking forward to your TR

Hopefully I can start tomorrow or on Wednesday! I need to get back into working mode - it's been so much fun on vacation!

Hi Karin can't wait to read all about !!!!

I will start my trip report soon, Rosie! Tom took about 5000 photos and I have taken another 2000! Thank god for digital photography.

 

[Stefy]

Getting back into work mode is not fun Not looking forward to it myself and I haven't even left yet

 

[Minnie&Nana]

welcome back!

I can't believe you're home already, Karin! Just now catching up, but looking forward to your TR!

(sorry I've been missing...some surgery scheduled - will be a great time to catch up when I am home "resting" for a few days!).

 

[englishrose47]

I am anxious for you TR to start I know it will be awesome !!!

 

[Tinkerbellie16]

I can't even think about food ....... there was SO much of it! And we managed to use up ALL our credits! (24 TS, 24 CS and 24 snacks the first time around and 54 (!!) meal credits and 36 snack credits the second time around, just devided by lots of food on the Wonder and 4 visits to Palo! ) I don't even dare going close to my scales!

Welcome back! And WOW on the food! I told my DH last night that even though I was practically starving myself (to be able to eat all the food at WDW) that I was pretty sure I was gaining weight just THINKING about all the food!!! I dreamt of a butterfinger cupcake last night

 

[dizneeat]

Getting back into work mode is not fun Not looking forward to it myself and I haven't even left yet

NO fun at all, !
But thankfully our headmistress is taking it easy this week and we only do half days until Wednesday (yikes, that's tomorrow! )

welcome back!

I can't believe you're home already, Karin! Just now catching up, but looking forward to your TR!

(sorry I've been missing...some surgery scheduled - will be a great time to catch up when I am home "resting" for a few days!).

So sorry to hear that you had surgery, Christine!

I hope you get well real soon again! So I better start my trip report, so you can have a good laugh or two!

I am anxious for you TR to start I know it will be awesome !!!

I finally remembered to take the external harddrive home today - even though I really miscounted the photos - Tom took more like 8000 and mine are close to 3000! So I guess LOADS of photos to put online!

Welcome back! And WOW on the food! I told my DH last night that even though I was practically starving myself (to be able to eat all the food at WDW) that I was pretty sure I was gaining weight just THINKING about all the food!!! I dreamt of a butterfinger cupcake last night

Thank you!
Butterfinger cupcake - YUMMY!!!!!!!!! I had one ........ it was HUGE and SO good! Try the carrot cake cookie if you like carrot cake - my god, that thing was out of this world good!
And remember ............. there are NO calories at Disney! You're on vacation, enjoy yourself, your company and the food.

I cannot believe how close your trip already is ....... where did the time go?

 

[KatMark]

Yikes, it is SO cold here too! There it goes ....... complaining about the heat while at WDW, complaining about the cold when back here ....... I guess I will never learn!

That is one thing you'll never hear me complain about -- the heat! I would rather have hot and humid than cold, subzero and snow! We definitely live in the WRONG city.

 

[dizneeat]

Okay, I guess it's time!

Let's start the​

TRIP REPORT​

Here are a few impressions of our trip! (YES, Tom loves to take these panoramic shots! )

I am in charge of the regular photos .......

So, did we like our month long trip to the wonderful world of Walt Disney and the ever so wonderful Disney Wonder?

Hm .................

what do you think?



Judge for yourself!

We are already booked again from Aug 13 to 21 at Pop, then on a back to back to back on the Disney Dream and another nine nights, from Sept 1 to 10 at Pop (working on upgrading that to the UK OKW offer with FD again! ).

So, I guess we DID LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, let's go back to DAY 1

 

[dizneeat]

That is one thing you'll never hear me complain about -- the heat! I would rather have hot and humid than cold, subzero and snow! We definitely live in the WRONG city.

We did enjoy the "heat" at Castaway Cay and on the Wonder, because there was always a light breeze. Looks like we were a bit overwhelmed with the scorching sun at WDW! But we will give it another try .......

 

[KatMark]

you started. And what a great start it is! I love the pics and am so looking forward to this.

 

[dizneeat]

you started. And what a great start it is! I love the pics and am so looking forward to this.

(now going back to typing! )

 

[dizneeat]

Day 1, August 14

A huge surprise starts off the trip!

August 14 is finally here and we can start our vacation. So, after getting up and ready I headed out the door after checking that everything was turned off and nothing got left behind. I went to the baker and picked up some rolls, so Tom and I could have a nice leisurely breakfast. When I arrived at Tom’s he had already prepared the breakfast table and we sat down to enjoy tea and juice and rolls with butter, ham and cheese and some soft boiled eggs. Once we had finished our meal we cleaned up, got everything ready for Pixie to be fed and entertained until the visit of the catsitters and finally called a taxi to take us to the airport. Once we had stored everything in the trunk of the car we started our journey only to turn around after about 150 feet. Tom had realized he had left his glasses behind and we went back to get them. So a few minutes later we started the second attempt to get to the airport. No problems this time, we arrived there in good time, and since we had already checked in online, all we had to do was check in our luggage and go through security. Blue Danube Airport in Linz is fairly small so there is not much to do and after walking through the tiny duty free shop we waited for our flight to Frankfurt to leave. While we were waiting I looked around and ….. there were a few of my pupils. Before I could say a word to Tom they already came over to tell me that they were on their way to San Francisco for their 3 week vacation. After a short chat we realized that we actually were on the same plane to Frankfurt and soon after boarded the plane. We left right on time

and since this is only a 50 minute flight they only serve small snacks and drinks. This time we had chocolate and vanilla cakes, which were quite nice.

Tom had Coke and I had water to go with it. Once in Frankfurt we had enough time to get from one part of the airport to the other, sat for a while and had a drink and some rolls filled with ham and pickles

before we finally boarded the plane to Orlando.

Once we had reached cruising altitude we were served some refreshments.

We each received a small packet of pretzels and some drinks. We happily munched away on them and before we knew it, it was time for a late lunch.

To be continued tomorrow.

 

[tinacaplan]

OOOO...more trip info! Can't wait for the next installment.l

 

[klacey1]

Yay, glad you're back! Already enjoying and can't wait for the next installment.

 

[KatMark]

Those cookies look scrumptious.

 

[DaveInTN]

You have no idea how much I've looked forward to this. I'm sure your trip flew by for you, but for those of us waiting for the report it TOOK FOREVER!