Why does Flight of Passage always make me cry? ~ An 11 day August/24 Disney extravaganza! complete 01/25 + new TR link

[suse66]

Hello friends and welcome to another fun-filled trip!

Some of the highlights include;

4 resorts
The *best* resort view ever
Lots of great food
Hanging out with some great Disboards friends.
And some awesome fellow Canadians as well
A very fun 4 parks day
And lots more!

So pull up a chair, grab your favourite beverage and let's chat!


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[disneyAndi14]

Excited to hear all about it! It sounds like a wonderful trip!

 

[DLo]

Following along. Looking forward to reading more !

 

[suse66]

Well it all starts at the beginning and that for me is travel day! As much as I may want to I have not yet managed to wish myself at Disney so I have to get there by more conventional means. This year it was Worse Jet....cough, cough, I mean West Jet flying out of Toronto Pearson on the last flight of the evening. Was it on time? Of course not! But that left me time to do other things like pay $53 for a veggie burger and fries that seems to have shrunk in size the last time I ordered it about six months ago.


Yes, there was a beer with that too since they cruelly removed my beloved Aperol Spritz from their menu.

As I was not arriving until super late I decided to grab a room at All Star Sports for the evening with an awesome AP rate of $145. It was great for the entire 5 1/2 hours I was actually in the room. The bed was super comfortable and it was spotlessly clean. The refurb design, as with all the values, looks great and is very functional.


I arrived in the room at 1:04 am, washed up and was in bed 15 minutes later and out like a light. Unfortunately I can't sleep in and so was wide awake 4 hours later with time to make a bad in room coffee, chow down a breakfast bar and get ready for the day. I was heading to Magic Kingdom for the day and had to drop my luggage off with Bell Services for transfer to POFQ.


The lack of sleep didn't phase me at all as I had a meetup with some dear Disney friends AND we were going to visit the Hundred Acres Woods!

Stay tuned for a day filled with fun and adventures! ​

 

[VAtink]

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[PAsFab5]

Following along!!!!! Sounds like a great trip!

 

[summerlvr]

Looking forward to reading more!

 

[franandaj]

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Thats a pretty late arrival! However, that's going to be me and Jill on our Christmas trip.

 

[suse66]

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Hi Debbie, glad you are here!

Following along!!!!! Sounds like a great trip!

, thanks for joining in!

Looking forward to reading more!

, glad you popped by!

Joining in!

Thats a pretty late arrival! However, that's going to be me and Jill on our Christmas trip.

Hi Alison! Great to see you here! I am going to have that same late arrival on my Christmas trip too. It's worth it though to wake up to a full Disney day.

 

[Wood Nymph]

It looks like the room at All Star Sports was very nice. Were there any major differences between this room and your room at French Quarter?

We just got back from POR on Thursday and the parks were almost empty during our trip.

 

[Woth2982]

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[erinch]

Hello! I’m Erin a Lurker! Love your TRs and in for the trip!

 

[Paulaparm]

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[franandaj]

Hi Alison! Great to see you here! I am going to have that same late arrival on my Christmas trip too. It's worth it though to wake up to a full Disney day.

Yeah, we haven't really had a chance to do a lot of planning for the Christmas trip. We have a couple restaurants picked out, but we've been in hyper planning mode for the WBTA next month. Jill is coming to So Cal in a little over a week and we plan to hammer out a lot of plans for the next six months then.

Since I'm Disney adjacent I'm much less "hit the ground running" in my approach than you are. Considering a spa day at SSR or the Grand for the first day if it won't make Jill too jealous!

 

[mickey916]

Excited to hear all about it!

 

[pkondz]

Hello friends and welcome to another fun-filled trip!

The *best* resort view ever

Oh? Can't wait to see!

And some awesome fellow Canadians as well

Nooo... I don't recall being down there at that time... Humm...

Great shot!

So pull up a chair, grab your favourite beverage and let's chat!

As much as I may want to I have not yet managed to wish myself at Disney

I think I see the problem...

It's the second star on the right. Try wishing on that one.

This year it was Worse Jet....cough, cough, I mean West Jet flying out of Toronto Pearson on the last flight of the evening. Was it on time? Of course not!

Yeahhhh...
I must admit I was a bit worried about your flight. They lost 16 planes from hail a day or two before your flight. You're lucky it went at all!

pay $53 for a veggie burger and fries that seems to have shrunk in size the last time I ordered it about six months ago.

While the meal looks pretty tasty... $53????

It was great for the entire 5 1/2 hours I was actually in the room.

had to drop my luggage off with Bell Services for transfer to POFQ.

I'm almost surprised they still do this. So many perks being removed.

Stay tuned for a day filled with fun and adventures!

 

[vamassey1]

I'm here following along too. Sounds like it was a fabulous trip.

 

[suse66]

It looks like the room at All Star Sports was very nice. Were there any major differences between this room and your room at French Quarter?

We just got back from POR on Thursday and the parks were almost empty during our trip.

I liked the bathroom storage better at Sports but the room at POFQ was bigger. The POFQ refurb looks incredible!

joining in! Excited to follow along!

Thanks for joining in!

Hello! I’m Erin a Lurker! Love your TRs and in for the trip!

Hi Erin! Glad you’re here!

Following along!!

Great to have you here!

Yeah, we haven't really had a chance to do a lot of planning for the Christmas trip. We have a couple restaurants picked out, but we've been in hyper planning mode for the WBTA next month. Jill is coming to So Cal in a little over a week and we plan to hammer out a lot of plans for the next six months then.

Caroline and I need to make plans for December as well.

Since I'm Disney adjacent I'm much less "hit the ground running" in my approach than you are. Considering a spa day at SSR or the Grand for the first day if it won't make Jill too jealous!

Disney adjacent is lovely!

Oh? Can't wait to see!

Resort number #3!

Nooo... I don't recall being down there at that time... Humm...

I think I see the problem...

It's the second star on the right. Try wishing on that one.

Spit out my coffee laughing when I read this one!

Yeahhhh...
I must admit I was a bit worried about your flight. They lost 16 planes from hail a day or two before your flight. You're lucky it went at all!

I was SO worried about that!

While the meal looks pretty tasty... $53????

With a beer too but still $$$$$.

I'm here following along too. Sounds like it was a fabulous trip.

Hi Vanessa! Glad to have you here!

 

[DLo]

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[DLo]

Can’t wait to hear about the DIS meets