"What I Did On My Summer Vacation" By: Heather K Age: 26

[rusafee1183]

Hey everyone!

Welcome to my Trip Report!

Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Heather and this was my 4th trip to Disney! It is absolutely my most favorite place in the world I was lucky enough to marry a man who at first was a bit hesitant, but now shares in my great love of the magic of disney. His name is Bob. I am the planner, the obsesser, the Disney freak. He's is the mellow, fun-loving, doting husband who takes care of all the "business" while we are on vacation. He says it's because I did such a great job and "worked so hard" planning our trip.

Yeah, it was real tough.

We got married last May (3rd) and celebrated our honeymoon with the Mouse for 12 days! It was such an amazing trip that we needed to do a repeat this year and hopefully every year after! We arrived at WDW on Friday May 8th this year and that is where we'll begin!

The TR will go a little something like this:

Friday May 8th - Arrival, Jiko
Saturday May 9th - AK, Tusker House, Artist Point
Sunday May 10th - MK, California Grill
Monday May 11th - Epcot, Yachtsman Steakhouse, MY BIRTHDAY!
Tuesday May 12th - DHS, FAMILY OF THE DAY!!!!!! Flying Fish
Wednesday May 13th - Epcot, Le Cellier
Thursday May 14th - DHS, HBD, F!
Friday May 15th - AK, HDDR
Saturday May 16th - MK, O'hana, Spectro, Wishes
Sunday May 17th - Departure

 

[mari360]

YAY you officially started your own thread.... I can't wait.....

 

[seacrestpromo]

Hey RF - I am here!

Great start!

Sea

 

[rusafee1183]

Yaaay! Hi guys! It might just be MAYers that show up to my 1st real life TR - but that's OK!

The 1st installment may look a little familiar - but it'll get exciting soon!

 

[rusafee1183]

OUR JOURNEY BEGINS!

We woke up for the airport, got showered, dressed and were on the road by about 7:30 for our 10:50 flight. Traffic on the way there was terrible! We sat on Route 28 for about 45 minutes, but still made it to the airport about 8:30 with plenty of time to spare. We made it thru security in no time, so we decided to visit the Crocs store to see if there was any that I couldn’t possibly live without. But, sadly found out that I already had most of them.. Bob started to get little hungry, but I really wanted to save room to use some of our meal credits in WDW, so we each got something small at Au Bon Pain. A green tea and a corn muffin for me and a mocha latte and cinnamon bun for Bob.

After breakfast we went back to the gate and realized that our flight was delayed 30 minutes, so we watched Modern Marvels: Walt Disney World on our portable DVD player and on the plane we watched The Little Mermaid.

We landed at MCO safe and sound, but maybe a little queasy because of the major turbulence in our landing . And at about 1:30 after grabbing our luggage and a little confusion with our rental car – We were off to POP!

We did the check in ahead of time and because of that, the check in was a breeze. The cast member actually said that we were the 1st people in the “Online Check-In” line that had actually done it right and checked in online. We headed up to our room, found out that we only had 1 King size bed, rolled our eyes at each other and decided that it would have to be OK that were sleeping in the same bed for the week.

We headed back down to the Classic Building and grabbed the toiletries that we had shipped down and grabbed a bite at the food court. I had an Asian Salad and Bob had a Reuben flatbread. Very good! We liked this food court choices much better than we liked POR last year.

After lunch we spent some time checking out the resort, unpacking, and watched some Stacey and the Must Do Disney and later on headed to Jiko for dinner. (P.S. – having a car at WDW ROCKS!! Life is so much easier)

(Writing it all down, it seems like we were already eating A LOT, but this day wasn’t sooo bad. LOL)

Jiko was a-w-e-s-o-m-e Definitely a MUST DO. I don’t want to bore you guys with the crazy dining details, and I may do a Dining Report – so we’ll skip ahead.

We spent some time wandering around at the AKL, and it is beautiful! I loved the pool and the lobby was fantastic. I was taking some pictures when we get a phone call from my cousin Mike telling us that the Penguins are only in the 2nd period and that the game is tied 2-2. Obviously, we have to go to ESPN zone tonight and check it out for ourselves.

(Did I mention that having a car is AWESOME!)

After the game was over and the Pens beat the Caps we took some pictures and saw an entertainer on the Boardwalk. Then we headed home, wrote in our travel journal and went to sleep to get ready for AK in the morning!

 

[lakehead92]

I'm here too.. and can't wait to read and live vicariously through you.

 

[trixiequilts]

RF! Look at you doing a real TR!! You go girl!!!

I may have mentioned this already, but I can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[APB513]

Hi Heather -

I'm enjoying your TR! It was so great to meet you and Bob. I really enjoyed hanging out with you guys.

I hope to make my May trip an annual one as well. If so, we will have to plan to get together for dinner on our next trip!

 

[rusafee1183]

Thanks Angela! It was so fun meeting up with you guys too! We really want to go in May next year, but we might go in the winter 2010. As of now, it's still up in the air. But, if we go in May I will definately meet up with you for dinner. Or we could drink around the world because I missed it last time.

i'll be updating tonight after work!

 

[earthfaries]

Hi! We were at the MK Spectro meet last week. I'm not sure if we actually met or not though

Great start to your TR ~ sounds like you guys had a blast!

Can't wait to read more!

 

[PrincessBrideJo]

I'm in! Can't wait to hear more!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

YAY Heather started a trip report!! How exciting! Can't wait for more!!

 

[mari360]

You see RF and you thought it would only be us MAYers here... you have fans.... YAY... can't wait to read more....

 

[sherabby]

Great start! I'm in and I'm also from Canonsburg so we are pretty close. I work in Dormont.

 

[feistygalkmc]

Yeah! I found you two! I can't wait to read more. I left you some links on the Spectro meet thread for castle pics.

 

[heaven2dc]

Fun time so far!! I agree- the AKL lobby is so beautiful. Belated congratulations on your wedding (I'm a year late but still happy for you!!)

Sounds like this is going to be one fun ride!!

 

[CleKait]

Hi Heather I'll be reading along too

 

[rusafee1183]

Hey everyone!

I'm glad to hear that you guys are interested in our trip! It's just the 2 of us, with no kids.

But we're 2 pretty big kids ourselves!

Hey, it was Walt Disney that said "Adults are just kids grown up anyways"

Next up: Our 1st full day - Animal Kingdom!

 

[rusafee1183]

Our 1st Day!

We woke up at about 5:30 from some crazy sound that we later figured out was people cleaning the pool. We laid in bed for a little while longer, watched Stacey and then got showered and dressed and headed to AK!

We had an 8:00 am reservation at Tusker House for breakfast. After taking some pictures on the walk there, we arrived a little beforehand and were seated very quickly. The food there was excellent! We both agree that we will definitely go back here. I had a lot of this apple cherry cobbler thing that was awesome! The décor there was super cute and we really enjoyed the Jamba Juice. The character interaction is always a little weird for us (you know, because of the whole ‘there’s no kids at this table for us to pawn all the attention off to’) but we get used to it and start to ham it up as the week goes on.

After TH, we made it to the RD and hustled over to EE, grabbed a FP and hopped in the standby line. The wait was super short, like 5 minutes or so. It was AWESOME! We were really excited that we were able to have EE be our 1st ride of the trip. What a way to kick it off!! We then went straight over to Dinosaur and rode with no wait at all. Every time I ride this, I get scared. I know it’s coming, I know what’s going to happen, but every time I see that T-Rex coming at me I flinch. There is no fake screaming in my photo op on that ride.

After Dino, we went over to FP and ride Kali, and then checked out the monkeys before we headed over to ITTBAB. On our way there we ran right into D’Vine! This was the 1st time I had ever seen her and I was so happy because I was really hoping to this trip! I was very impressed with how well she blended in with the surroundings, because we didn’t even realize she was there until we were right near her! A guy standing near us with his wife made a comment about her… ummm… grooming habits that we found hilarious, but I won’t repeat here, because this is a PG rated show kids. After strolling around for a bit, we grabbed a frozen Coke and sat in this private little covered gazebo and relaxed by the water. It was very quiet and romantic and definitely recommended if you get a few minutes of down time in your plan. Then we went straight over to FoTLK. (P.S. Those mister fans outside the theatre are just about the most glorious thing that you will find anywhere in Disney ) Anyways, this show is really becoming one of my favorite things to do at AK. I love it! I love the Tumble Monkeys part, and I swear the way they sing ‘’ Just Can’t Wait to be King” makes me cry every time.

Yeah, I cry like a little girl sometimes when I'm at Disney. And? You don't?

After FoTLK we went to Flame Tree BBQ for lunch. It was OK, nothing special, so I am not sure if we will do this one again or not… And after we ate we went right back to EE to use up one of our FP’s for it. Awesome again! We rode Safari as our last thing and I am going to debunk the myth that you only see animals in the morning. There has never – ever – been a time where I have been disappointed in the safari. After some shenanigans with poachers cut our 2 week journey to about 17 minutes, we then decided that it was time to head back to the resort. So we found a cute little couple just getting into the park and gave them a set of FP’s for EE. I love spreading magic on our trips!

When we got back we rested, swam and explored the resort a bit more. We found the giant Mickey phone and the Mr and Mrs Potato Head, and the Computer pool but my camera was dead for that part so no pictures. It bums me out that my generation gets a computer as there big stereotype. The 60’s and 70’s had some sweet memorabilia and I grew up in the generation computers and Roger Rabbit. Lame…

After we get back to the room and another quick shower (I swear Disney makes me want to be the cleanest person ever) we went to the WL for a 6:10 ADR at Artist Point. The food was very good, but I don’t think we’ll go back to this one. I ordered the Venison potstickers, Buffalo Short Ribs and the Berry Cobbler. Bob ordered the Artisan cheese platter, Buffalo Short Ribs, and Butterscotch Crème Brulee. The deserts were the best part! MMMM! Mine was amazing. Oh and the champagne toast that I server brought out for us was super romantic and sweet.

The WL was absolutely beautiful! I swear, if I have to sell my imaginary 1st born child, I will stay there at some point in my life. We strolled around the resort took some pictures, went down to the Geyser… stood there… and stood there….and stood there… We stood there until a kid that was about 5 years old walked past us with his family, looked at us like we were crazy and was like “If you’re waiting for that to go off you’ll be waiting forever” and walked away. Bob and I took a hint. After dinner we went down to the ESPN zone again to watch the last bit of the hockey game (Yes there will be more trips to ESPN in this TR, so try to get comfortable there ) The Pens beat the Caps 4-3 in overtime! Bob and I celebrated all the way back to our room to go to sleep and get some rest before MK and the 1st time we planned to see the MK opening show!

 

[JoBird]

The Banana Brigade has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Love the report! You are funny!

I love WL too! I think it is sooooooo beautiful.

Good to see about Artist Point. Why won't you go back? Just curious- thinking of that one for the MAYer trip.

Love love love your HAIR!!!!!!!!!! OMG-- it looks awesome! And you're TAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo hoo! Looking be-yoooou-ti-fullllll for the Mouse!!!!


Jo