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29 Oct 17, 09:57 PM |
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COMPLETE - Tuck your elbows in - a September / October trip report
Welcome to my first trip report, and my tenth trip to Orlando.
You may or may not have stumbled upon my brief PTR – here, but to recap, our cast: Me, Kirsty W. Unrepentant Disney fan and obsessive planner. Photopass photographers just love to make me twirl. A little backstory. As mentioned above, this is my tenth trip to Orlando. I was introduced as an adult by my dear best friend who, growing up going to Disneyland in Anaheim, is made up of at least 20% pixie dust. We wanted a cheap holiday to somewhere to switch off from the real world for a bit and neither of us are fans of the traditional beach holiday. We managed to get a cheap 10 day trip to Orlando, return flights with Virgin, hotel on iDrive, for £700. Total, not each. We lovingly named the hotel the CSI motel it was so classy. Anyway… down the rabbit hole we went. I thought I would like Universal best, (for the thrill rides. After all, Disney was for kids right?) then we went to Animal Kingdom & it was love at first sight. We only had 1 day at each WDW park and our 1 and only day at Magic Kingdom day was the day before Thanksgiving. It was packed & we had to leave early as R came down with a migraine whilst in line for the Jungle Cruise. I still remember being on the ferry back to TTC, looking at that castle and just wishing that I could see it all again some day. Wishes sometimes do come true. These days I’m never happier than hanging out on Main Street & watching the parade. Still love Animal Kingdom an unnecessary amount and love those thrill rides, but the thrills may have been surpassed by the storytelling of a good dark ride. My travel companion & dearest friend, Kirsty R. Pixie dust showing. This is her 11th trip to Orlando, and heaven-knows-how-many-th trip to a Disney park. She tolerates my enthusiasm for late nights and early mornings, and endless photo taking. R is our culinary director and planner of all things food – a large task for most trips, but especially this one since it coincides with the Food and Wine festival. R loves Animal Kingdom best, the beds at Portafino Bay hotel & Flight of Passage – but more on that later. A quick summary of the trip – we would be flying with Virgin in Premium Economy & staying at 2 DVC resorts & 1 Universal resorts over 16 nights. There is lots to be seen and event more to be done – so lets get to it! PTR - Food, Wine & Halloween - a September / October PTR Day 0 & Day 1 - travel to Orlando & DAKventures Day 2 - Magic and classics Day 3 - Animal magic Day 4 - its all Universal Day 5 - dragons & lounging Day 6 - to the Bay! Day 7 - Home is where the Happily Ever After is Day 8 - Food & wine time Day 9 - food glorious food Day 10 - Undiscovered wilderness Day 11 - Happy birthday Epcot! Day 12 - going wild Day 13 - Sip n Strolling through Epcot Day 14 - Festival of Happily Ever After Day 15 - Boo to you times two Day 16 - Baby giraffe and broken down pirate ships Day 17 - one more Magic Kingdom day
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TR - A Grand Birthday Adventure - May 2019 WDW & DCL TR - Two Disney nerds go coast to coast - a WDW & DL trip report, June 2018 TR - Tuck your elbows in - a September / October trip 2017 report Edited at 06:57 AM. |
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13 Jan 18, 10:37 PM |
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So, its taken an embarrassingly long time, but I have updated with day 2 - our first full day. We have our next trip coming up in 5 months which gives me a finite deadline to finish another 15 days!
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21 Jan 18, 11:05 PM |
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Well, that was a bit quicker! Day three is now up, and a gentle warning - its very picture heavy!
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4 Feb 18, 11:20 PM |
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Day 4 is up - time to head over to Universal...
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18 Feb 18, 06:34 PM |
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Day 5 is now up, with even more potter pictures
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19 Feb 18, 07:03 AM |
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Following😊
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25 Feb 18, 07:36 PM |
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4 Mar 18, 09:27 PM |
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Day 8 is now up
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8 Apr 18, 09:29 PM |
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It took a little while but day 9 is finally here. I now need to get a wiggle on as we have 7 days to go and its just 62 days until we head back!
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7 May 18, 01:22 PM |
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Happy bank holiday all! Hope you're all enjoying this glorious weather. Day 10 is now up
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