Stacybaeasm
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I love me some rum but with beer??? I had no idea that was a thing. Of course, I'm also not a beer drinker but of all the things to pair rum with, beer would never have crossed my mind.
Uh oh. Now that I've caught up, I know what some of these were now. I was surprised how many rides you wanted to do were down!We had a wonderful trip with a few minor hiccups along the way.
Same!Favorite Festival: Flower and Garden
Same!!Favorite nostalgic ride at Universal: ET
I was trying to remember the other day what area of Minnesota you were from. With my current health issues, we've been looking into maybe a visit to Mayo since they seem to get a lot of Canadian/International patients. And I thought of you since you're the one person I know in Minnesota lolOur flight was not leaving Duluth
Good to know! (Because of previous comment. We'd probably fly into here since it seems like we could do it from home with fewer connections than flying into Rochester)Minneapolis has a really nice airport. It is easy to navigate and has really nice shops and restaurants.
I am always happy to see the ugly MCO airport carpeting and to jump on the fake o rail
That's a great deal! We also like to pay for everything on gift cards!You spend $225 for a $250 dollar card. I bought $1000 dollars and saved $100 dollars. I pay for everything with gift cards on our trip!
Great line-up! Except Dinosaur. I know how much you love it, but I can't handle the roughness without getting queasy.Our plan for this morning was to make AK early entry. We talked about our priorities and Dinosaur was #1, FoP if the line wasn’t crazy, and the two trails. Early lunch at one of our favorite places! Satuli or Nomad.
This is so cute! You've got the best Disney outfits!I had bought a Dino Institute t shirt for this trip. It was perfect for our morning!
Yum!! Love these!! I love the strawberry sauce! Though it seemed like they'd toned down the spice when we were there last compared to what it used to be. And I think it have guava or something in it. But still better than when they were serving it without a strawberry sauce at all, for sure! I love to mix the sauces.Our time at Nomad would not be complete without the best churros in Disney World. These did not disappoint and my two favorite dipping sauces were back. Vanilla crema and the spicy strawberry yay!
Nathan loves it, too!We enjoyed the show. I mean who doesn’t love the Muppets? If you don’t like it, please don’t let me know, it would make me sad
Shame they didn't meet any of your requests, but at least it's a small enough resort that location doesn't make a big difference. This is making me want to go back to POFQ again someday.I had received the room ready text for POFQ. We were in building 2 on the second floor. This was no where near my requests, oh well not a big deal since it was just 2 nights.
Sweet couple! Andi can pull off whatever, but I like her short hair.Andi’s hair was driving me crazy this trip, it was long and in her eyes all the time. She got a haircut and I like it shorter! Here she is with Kait
Awesome! Glad you were able to get this! We've only done it once, but we loved it.I want to get a Savor the Savannah tour for us and I can’t book this yet! I’m excited for my third time on this! I love it that much. Donna is excited to do it again as well. I think Helen will like this more than a dessert party at MK, in which she wouldn’t eat much of anything there.
I agree! It's one of the things that influenced us not to upgrade to APs when we were there last! (That, and the uncertainty of my current health stuff.) I think that's so stupid and puts loyal AP holders s at a disadvantage.Let me tell you, I do not like the fact that I have to make Park Reservations still as an AP holder. It makes me really angry Donna and Helen don’t have to make any reservations! I don’t get it! I stay onsite and live out of state, ugh!
Aww this is sweet! Must have made your mama heart so happy.My daughter did something that made my heart sing She took hold of my hand and said I love you This made me very happy! It just shows how much our trips and Walt Disney means to us! We have always been very close but Andi is a little stingy at times showing affection so this was awesome! If we had it my way, we would be hugging and holding hands the whole trip!
Haha! This doesn't surprise me at all! So often you see people who are just are all over the place at Disney and completely ignoring CMs. It must be super frustrating for them sometimes.There was a couple CMs having dinner and it was fun eavesdropping and listening to them talk about people, haha. I learned they are in the college program and work at Soarin. Basically they were talking about how people just don’t listen to directions! I totally understand after witnessing this a million times in the parks!
It's amazing how much you accomplished in this event! And just generally on this trip. You packed so much into each day!Come along for a whirlwind 3 hours of riding almost every attraction at MK!
Oh I'm sure this would be me, too! I try not to judge too much when I see bad ECV drivers because I know I'd definitely struggle.and a guest driving an ECV took a long time to get off because she, like I would be, was a horrible driver of ECV
Oh no way! I don't think I realized this was moving!We checked out the new Basin spot, it moved and no sinks in there, boo we love to wash our hands. I’m not sure if they will add the sinks. I hope so. It is over by Goofy’s sweet shop now.
Yay! I love the theming here. So pretty.Our reservation was for Royal Pacific Resort.
Smart of you to ask! Sounds like your new room was much better!Once it was my turn, our room was ready. It wasn’t anything I had requested and it was on the 3rd floor not far from the Orchids lounge and it was the first room after the elevator. This made me really nervous, I thought it would be very noisy.
I asked if there was an upper floor room in a quiet area available and yes there was! Yay! We got the same tower 5th floor way at the end of the hall.
Same! I like hot best, then frozen.We did ride Escape from Gringotts and celebrated with a hot butter beer afterwards! I love the hot one, it is my favorite of the three types. Hot, Cold, Frozen. Frozen is my second favorite.
Oooh, I wonder if they do anything extra for Friday the 13ths that fall over HHN! That should be a fun trip!Our dates at USO are 9/11-9/14. We will attend HHN on 9/11 & 9/12 and have 9/13 to relax and spend some time in the parks. It is Friday the 13th, scary
That's interesting! F&G Festival had a lot of vegetarian dishes, good to know on Festival of the Arts - I hope they improve that in future years.I have to say the Mardi Gras food was slightly better than Festival of the Arts, mainly because we couldn’t find hardly any chicken or vegetarian dishes in Epcot.
That's a great picture of you two!
NooooooWell, it is time to wrap up this TR!
Good to know. I don’t think Disney is quite as accommodating.Universal has really been good about giving us the extra hour each time I have requested.
I would be too.I think just seeing luggage all over the place made me nervous but no worries.
Smart move.Andi and I both bought another food card at the discount price and we put the cards away for our September trip.
But you’re not doing HHN that night!It is Friday the 13th, scary .
It’s a great ride… but that last bit is weird!We decided on ET as our first ride. It is such a fun ride. We rode twice since the wait was minimal.
don’t even remember my score, it was below average and Will Smith was not impressed and erased my memory at the end!
Is that new? I don’t remember. Was it something else before?We were walking through the Simpsons area and decided to ride the Twirl and Hurl.
This ended up being our last ride of the trip. If you are new to Universal don’t end your trip with this lame ride!
Nice shot of the two of you.
Thanks for the tip!!We joked about telling first timers to Universal to make sure they end their trip with this memorable ride. Make it your tradition, haha
Better than bad.The food was fine, nothing great but tasty.
Wish I could. Sounds so convenient.We did curbside check in! Love this and will always do this if it is available!
Another thing I’d love to have.We cruised through security with our TSA precheck. Best money I have ever spent!
Our flight was on time and we landed in Minneapolis a little early.
I’ve only had Chick-fil-A once. Thought it was pretty tasty.Was it worth it? Yes, it was. The sandwich and waffle fries were delicious!
Yeah… my kid tries that she’s drawing back a stump!Guess who ate 1/2 of everything after saying she didn’t want anything! Andi is lucky she has such a nice mom!
Great!Flight to Duluth was on time and quick!
Because…$$$? Or not liking being on a ship? Or?I really want to do a Disney Cruise but having a hard time selling this to Andi!
I agree with this.AS Sports was my least favorite of the AS resorts, mainly because the movie and music themes are more to my liking.
Tough call… I like them both for different reasons.Royal Pacific is a great resort, however, Portofino Bay is my favorite of the two. Rooms are larger and the atmosphere is much quieter and calm. I enjoy this, especially after spending time in the parks. I also like the Italian Riviera theme better.
Thanks so much for writing!Thank you very much for reading and commenting
We love Seuss Landing! The trolley is favorite of ours! I love being able to see almost all of IOA up there!I love that you went back to IOA for more attractions. I really enjoy both The Cat in the Hat and the High in Sky Trolley Train Ride a lot even though they’re in the “kids” section of Seuss Landing.
It was fantasticYour dinner looks delicious!
Haha I read a lot of scary books, I always say because my life is boring, lol but the Shining in book form utterly terrifying I could not sleep at night!I laughed at your Shining references. Unlike you and Andi, I am not a scary/horror film person so I’ve seen that movie exactly once. That was enough!
We tried Carole’s punch in September and it is very good, a tad sweet for me but yes I definitely had to try it! I have learned so much from Carole’s wonderful reports!What a great meal at Strong Water. I love Carol’s trip reports and I am shocked, shocked I say, that you did not have a Carol’s Punch in her honour ( or that Andi didn’t since your footing the Bill )
It is really soft and I just wanted something simple. I wore it yesterday around the house love it!So glad you got a sweatshirt you liked. Always nice to bring something home to remind you of your holidays. We need a picture of you wearing it now so we can all see how lovely it is
I will take the rides in Seuss Landing any day over the Hulk! Even young Andi says Hulk is rough and jostles your brain!A far cry from the Hulk!!
I know we have always walked outside and this evening it was raining so I was very happy to stay inside!Inside???? I walked outside… in the heat!
They have many other drinks and you should give it a try the food is amazing and some of the “rum” doesn’t even taste like typical rum you may surprise yourself!I’ll pass on the rum drinks though.
All the food was amazing. A must try even if just for the food and NO RUMYou had me at buttermilk fried chicken.
Strong Water Tavern is truly a gem and I can see why you love it! Awesome place for food and drinksOh Caroline, thank you for such lovely comments, and I am so happy you had such a wonderful evening there!!! It is our favourite place in all of Florida and yes, food, drinks and service are the best!!!
Haha I don’t think we saw a soul down in those long hallways! It did look like it was set up for a few work conventions along the way. It was a nice walk and it was raining outside so it was nice to stay inside. The Shining book is sooo scary! It took me awhile to figure out redrum was murder spelled backwards!We first started walking the ballroom/convention area when Sapphire first opened and there weren`t really any other guests around in that back area especially late at night, so it was a little creepy, although I scared myself doing the "REDRUM" comment....then a door opened.....lol.......it is much nicer than walking outside in the heat at times. We were jokingly accused of wearing out a path on the old carpet as we wandered back and forward so often!
I think you would love it! Andi really enjoyed it!I haven`t tried The Reverend yet, but will next visit, it sounds so good. Haven`t had a bad cocktail or meal there yet, all your drinks looked lovely.
The last day always comes so fast! Even on your long trips I’m sure it shows up before you know it!Looking forward to your last day, although it`s always a sad feeling too knowing your TR is coming to a close
This was surprisingly delicious and smooth. I am not much of a beer fan either, give me a cold Stella once in awhile and that is it. So I ventured onto something very unique and really liked it!I love me some rum but with beer??? I had no idea that was a thing. Of course, I'm also not a beer drinker but of all the things to pair rum with, beer would never have crossed my mind.
It was a super long line at Orlando's TSA that motivated us to purchase TSA precheck. It is truly worth it, especially since we fly at least 5 times a year.We cruised through security with our TSA precheck. Best money I have ever spent!
I love waffle fries. I wish they would bring them back to Geyser Point.I would have liked a few more of those yummy waffle fries.
We ran into super long wait times when we arrived at Mears Connect in the airport due to all the activities in Orlando. It tied up the traffic and Ubers. I never saw a situation where the buses just didn't arrive at the Mears Connect location. They ended up putting us on a taxi to the Wilderness Lodge.Olympic try outs were all going on at this time, ugh!
Maybe so!They have many other drinks and you should give it a try the food is amazing and some of the “rum” doesn’t even taste like typical rum you may surprise yourself!
We tried Carole’s punch in September and it is very good, a tad sweet for me but yes I definitely had to try it! I have learned so much from Carole’s wonderful reports!
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They have many other drinks and you should give it a try the food is amazing and some of the “rum” doesn’t even taste like typical rum you may surprise yourself!
Strong Water Tavern is truly a gem and I can see why you love it! Awesome place for food and drinks
Haha I don’t think we saw a soul down in those long hallways! It did look like it was set up for a few work conventions along the way. It was a nice walk and it was raining outside so it was nice to stay inside. The Shining book is sooo scary! It took me awhile to figure out redrum was murder spelled backwards!
I think you would love it! Andi really enjoyed it!
The last day always comes so fast! Even on your long trips I’m sure it shows up before you know it!
Hi Meghan! Thank you so much for joining in! I’m so happy to see you back on the boards!Looks like I made it here just in time before you close the TR off soon!
The ride situation was bad especially when you only have a couple days. I was very thankful the CMs gave us our money back without any issues!Uh oh. Now that I've caught up, I know what some of these were now. I was surprised how many rides you wanted to do were down!
I’m sorry you are having more health issues. I hope you get the answers you need to make you feel better! The Mayo is a good place for sure!I was trying to remember the other day what area of Minnesota you were from. With my current health issues, we've been looking into maybe a visit to Mayo since they seem to get a lot of Canadian/International patients. And I thought of you since you're the one person I know in Minnesota lol
Yes it is about 2.5 hours south of the MSP airport and an easy drive on freeway the whole way!Good to know! (Because of previous comment. We'd probably fly into here since it seems like we could do it from home with fewer connections than flying into Rochester)
Dinosaur is such a favorite but it sure is bumpy! I use to be able to ride it many times in a row and I think 2-3x in a row is pushing it for me now!Great line-up! Except Dinosaur. I know how much you love it, but I can't handle the roughness without getting queasy.
I bought some new shirts for the trip coming up!This is so cute! You've got the best Disney outfits!
I think your report was the first time I heard about Nomads and the Churros! They are a favorite of ours now and the OG sauces are the best and I love to mix themYum!! Love these!! I love the strawberry sauce! Though it seemed like they'd toned down the spice when we were there last compared to what it used to be. And I think it have guava or something in it. But still better than when they were serving it without a strawberry sauce at all, for sure! I love to mix the sauces.
The last few trips my rooms couldn’t be further from what I requested I am a little nervous about our BC room coming up. I asked for a full balcony and higher floor , we shall see!Shame they didn't meet any of your requests, but at least it's a small enough resort that location doesn't make a big difference. This is making me want to go back to POFQ again someday.
It makes me so angry thinking about it! Ughagree! It's one of the things that influenced us not to upgrade to APs when we were there last! (That, and the uncertainty of my current health stuff.) I think that's so stupid and puts loyal AP holders s at a disadvantage.
She can surprise me at times, haha! Most of the time a short little hug is all I get!Aww this is sweet! Must have made your mama heart so happy.
How many times do you hear buckle the seatbelt, over and overHaha! This doesn't surprise me at all! So often you see people who are just are all over the place at Disney and completely ignoring CMs. It must be super frustrating for them sometimes.
I knew we wouldn’t have much time at MK this trip and I think we did a good job riding everything we wanted to!It's amazing how much you accomplished in this event! And just generally on this trip. You packed so much into each day!
I would be terrified driving one! I would be really bad. The year I had an injured ankle, Andi had to push me in a w/c because I wouldn’t do an ECV!Oh I'm sure this would be me, too! I try not to judge too much when I see bad ECV drivers because I know I'd definitely struggle.
We didn’t either, I liked the other Basin location, this seems smaller and no sinks!Oh no way! I don't think I realized this was moving!
Yum!Same! I like hot best, then frozen.
Thanks again for reading it all and commentingLooking forward to hearing about the end of this trip! Some great stuff so far, and some Universal recommendations I'm making note of for our next trip.
Nice to have those cards!Now we have $300 between the two of us to use during HHN. I recently made our hotel reservation with an AP discount for our September trip at Portofino Bay. The price was the lowest out of the 3 premier resorts. The rooms are a little bigger at PB, which will be nice with 3 of us.
You are lucky you don't have to rush to the airport. MCO recommends 4 hours for international flights which feels excessive to me.Our flight was at 4pm today so after lunch we headed back to the resort. We walked on the lovely path one more time.
We got our luggage and hung out in the lounge area of the resort with the elephant pool.
It's what moms do!Was it worth it? Yes, it was. The sandwich and waffle fries were delicious! Guess who ate 1/2 of everything after saying she didn’t want anything! Andi is lucky she has such a nice mom! She should have ordered something! Oh well it worked out fine. I would have liked a few more of those yummy waffle fries. I understand why that line was huge and the other places around had very few people. The food was really good and hit the spot.
Joe and you would have fun! Hope it works out.Next year I will be checking all events in the Orlando area before planning our trip! Our plan is sometime in early February 2025, a mother/daughter trip, spending time at both WDW and Universal! I really want to do a Disney Cruise but having a hard time selling this to Andi! I think Joe might come on a cruise with me! Fingers crossed
Thanks for another great report! I always enjoy reading along and appreciate the care and detail you put in to writing them.Thank you very much for reading and commenting. I really enjoy writing TR. It is a way to remember the trip long after it is over! The memories last forever!
It's a cute ride & we do typically ride it when we're at Universal, but yeah, kinda a let down for the last hoorah of the trip.Is this really our last ride?
We were walking through the Simpsons area and decided to ride the Twirl and Hurl. We had never done this before. It is similar to Dumbo except more crass It was fine, never need to do it again.
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This ended up being our last ride of the trip. If you are new to Universal don’t end your trip with this lame ride!
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We joked about telling first timers to Universal to make sure they end their trip with this memorable ride. Make it your tradition, haha
Probably make it extra scaryOooh, I wonder if they do anything extra for Friday the 13ths that fall over HHN! That should be a fun trip!
I know we were shocked because the F&G and F&W always have chicken/veggie dishes.That's interesting! F&G Festival had a lot of vegetarian dishes, good to know on Festival of the Arts - I hope they improve that in future years.
That's a great picture of you two!