MeghanEmily
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I think Orlando trips from now on will be a compromise with deals, but other travel will probably remain more budget friendly.
100%. Same here.
I think Orlando trips from now on will be a compromise with deals, but other travel will probably remain more budget friendly.
Say WHAT!?? I'm right next door in NY and my Jersey friends have not told me this! Not my friends anymore Are there still any in North Jersey?They haven't all closed. I can find you a few in NJ. =)
(Reese's Pieces Sundae addict here.)
So I've never been to Friendly's, and I really know nothing about them other than I've heard the name. But they have Reese's Pieces sundaes? I need to plan a trip to NJ!!
Say WHAT!?? I'm right next door in NY and my Jersey friends have not told me this! Not my friends anymore Are there still any in North Jersey?
Reese's Pieces is my go-to, too
I feel like growing up, Nebraska had a lot of non-chain places or places that were local chains (like Amigos, the best fast food Mexican ever haha). More chains have moved in there now. Now I feel like where we are in Colorado is all chains and the only local places are Pho places. I like my chain restaurants too, it's just when people come to visit I have trouble with ideas of where to take them that they don't have back home!Whatt?! We used to go like every week when I was a kid. We have them here in NY still just not very many.
How were you there so long, packed wedding stuff, and accomplished this????? We just went for a week and had 3 huge suitcases between us!We boarded (and didn’t get stopped with our garment bag, carry on suitcase, and two stuffed backpacks - score!) and had an uneventful flight. I read while Zack watched Jurassic World on his phone. We landed and got our two bags from baggage claim. Somehow, we made this trip with 3 carry on size suitcases, a garment bag, and two backpacks. And I packed a Vera duffel to bring souvenirs backed. I’m still not sure how we managed!
I'm sure you did. I used to not understand why anyone needed to stay at a Disney deluxe hotel. Then I stayed at one. Now I'm ruined for life.We usually stay in cheaper hotels, so everything on this trip was so fancy to us! I might have ruined Zack for good! We went to check in, it was around 1am at this point.
I'm so with you. We got back last Saturday, I was on my work phone most of the day Sunday, then worked 60 hours last week. No fun, but I guess that is the price of vacation.I thought I was going to update this every week, especially to start, so I thought I'd have no problem keeping up. Like, thorughout the week I'd write my update and then post it on Monday kind of thing. Well, work has been insane this past week so I have't made it far on our first real TR day yet. So I'm working on that, but since that happened, you're now getting a rambling PTR post
Congratulations!!!! Though isn't it ridiculous how volatile airline prices can be. I'll never figure out their rhyme or reason.Anyways... I checked prices every day, and after about two weeks, the flights dropped! By about $100, so I jumped on them. Then they dropped another $10 a few days later, so I cancelled and rebooked! More Disney money!They weren't awesome, the best I could do was getting in at 12:30am Friday night and then leaving at 7pm on Sunday. But I kept looking, and all of a sudden an earlier flight on Friday dropped in price, making it almost half of the price of the late flight
If you can fit it in, definitely try and get to MGM for the holidays. I'm generally not a fan of this park, but IMO their Christmas decorations, and especially the lights on the Tower of Terror, totally eclipsed MK. I was shocked by this, but after a rather disappointing MVMCP (which was largely due to Casey, not the party), MGM made me believe in Christmas all over againI had a moment where I thought we could fit in JBJB somehow, but then I realized the only day would be Saturday, and it's not happening then because of the Galactic Nights. That's okay, I'm sure we'll go for Christmas season again sometime! Oh, and when I went back to change our hotel to include Sunday night, the Hilton wasn't open so I ended up booking at B Resort again.
I was at work, so I sent Zack a very important message:
Any chance you could work from home in the afternoon *ahem the airport* on Dec 15th?
And I received back:
I bet I can! I see you scheming over there and I like it
I had a few certain ride priorities in mind - Jingle Cruise
...where we fit in one last trip on the APs and I make myself feel better by adding up what all of our individual ticket costs would have been
Following along!
Me too!!! Someday we'll go again at the same time!I'm still so sad we're going to miss you in December , but I'm glad you get to go twice!
I can't believe we managed! Basically when I went to London a few years ago with a friend, I knew I'd have to lug everything around myself so I was very conscious of what I packed. And we've started hotel hopping a bit on our non-Disney trips, so it makes it easier. But I always pack my empty Disney bag so we have more room for souvenirsHow were you there so long, packed wedding stuff, and accomplished this????? We just went for a week and had 3 huge suitcases between us!
Exactly! I can slum it wherever else... but we were going to stay at Pop in January, but I was like... Epcot area... it's calling me! And Pop was great last time. But... seeing Spaceship Earth or the Castle from the room...I'm sure you did. I used to not understand why anyone needed to stay at a Disney deluxe hotel. Then I stayed at one. Now I'm ruined for life.
It's like no one can get anything done if you're not there! I feel like, there are two other people who do MY EXACT SAME JOB, just on different shifts. Why is this not done? I ended up having to tell someone, I can't weed through my emails and keep track of which ones did/didn't get done, so you're just gonna have to send them to me again.I'm so with you. We got back last Saturday, I was on my work phone most of the day Sunday, then worked 60 hours last week. No fun, but I guess that is the price of vacation.
Me either! The early Friday flight dropped to $80 - just before Christmas! The late one was almost twice that when I had it booked!Congratulations!!!! Though isn't it ridiculous how volatile airline prices can be. I'll never figure out their rhyme or reason.
I keep trying to figure out MGM... They have the Star Wars Galactic night on Saturday so it closes early, and the Christmas Party is Sunday, and our flight is at 7pm on Monday. Until we leave I will be checking for an early Tuesday flight, because I want to go to MGM!If you can fit it in, definitely try and get to MGM for the holidays. I'm generally not a fan of this park, but IMO their Christmas decorations, and especially the lights on the Tower of Terror, totally eclipsed MK. I was shocked by this, but after a rather disappointing MVMCP (which was largely due to Casey, not the party), MGM made me believe in Christmas all over again
He really appreciates my scheming, that's why I get to be trip planner for all trips!Relationship goals.
I feel like it should for you, like I've read that before. Jungle Cruise might be my favorite ride. I may have several JC shirts... I think I remember from @ariane37's TR that they had Jingle Cruise shirts last year? If so, I know what I'm coming home with!Yes! Jingle Cruise! I also FP'd this one, and I'm hoping it stays "jingle" themed when we're there between Christmas and New Years. Cheesy + Christmas is absolutely my jam.
Makes me feel better! Look at what a good deal we got!I've absolutely done this to make myself feel justified.
I lathered up for the day… I’m so proud of myself.
I was in the sun all day for four days before the wedding, and I didn’t burn!
So yes, my hair was wrapped all through there. I did manage to communicate to Zack I would need his help when we got to the end. As we hit the last bit where you wait before the unloading zone, we were frantically trying to untangle it and I’m sure I just ripped some knots out… I was panicking because I didn’t want to be the person to mess up the whole system because I was stuck in the cart!
But I'm at work at 3am on Sunday so I'll definitely be updating then!
When we toured all the Uni resorts during my TA training in Feb. (except HRH which I'd been to before), RPR was my favorite. And my favorite part was the fountain out in the courtyard, I think it's beautiful out there!We also checked out the Lobby again, and the courtyard.
lol, I love that ride! The first time I rode it I was fine since pretty much no roller coaster makes me sick, but the second time I rode it in Feb. I did feel nauseous afterwards. Guess I'm getting old...............Pretty sure I was side-eyeing Rip Ride Rockit this whole time. That vertical lift hill freaked me out just seeing it.
Maybe it was an alarm feature?
I also noted where Toothsome was and pointed it out to Zack as we had an important date there later
. And at this moment, I realize that my hair was tangled. I had it down, and it was not just tangled from riding, it was wrapped around and through the headrest and knotted behind it. I
It is our also. We watch it every year, we plan to watch it Tuesday nt before getting up at 3 am the next day to drive down to Disney.This is my very favorite Christmas movie.
Wow! Congrats!! I'm also incredibly fair, though at least I've got dark hair on my side, but I burn easily. I was SO sure I'd burn before the wedding and slathered the SPF on like crazy! So happy for both of us!
OMG BatB sunscreen WHAT?! Best thing! Definitely a good sign.
Wait...3am!? Why!? How!? What is it you do again?
It was such a pretty resort. We could get used to it easily!When we toured all the Uni resorts during my TA training in Feb. (except HRH which I'd been to before), RPR was my favorite. And my favorite part was the fountain out in the courtyard, I think it's beautiful out there!
I rode it twice... Roller coasters freak me out. I have a theory haha... but really, I didn't go on them much as a kid, only started when I was about 20. So I feel like I don't have the happy fear-free memories from being a kid, I only have adult memories where I overthink everything that could go wronglol, I love that ride! The first time I rode it I was fine since pretty much no roller coaster makes me sick, but the second time I rode it in Feb. I did feel nauseous afterwards. Guess I'm getting old...............
It was really weird with the tv. I think that's the only thing that makes sense.I've never had that happen before so strange! Maybe someone did set some kind of sleep timer that were staying there before?
I am just that special I guess! It wasn't very tight and was more at the ends at least, so moving on the coaster didn't pull on it. Just wound through all the bars! At least I know Zack wouldn't have abandoned me on there... except he would have ridden that ride all day long... so I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thingHow did your hair do that!? Ouch! That's so crazy, and I just keep thinking about how it would hurt to move around on a roller coaster with your hair stuck.
RPR was a beautiful resort. We were spoiled this trip!Great update! Love your photos of the tranquil scenery. It made me think that I could easily be persuaded to stay at an Universal resort sometime.
I am definitely one of those! I always joke one of my best stories is the time I passed out on an airplane...Ouch! Looking at the photo of the back of the seat, it is no wonder your hair got tangled up in it! That must have been a frustrating ride for you. And I would expect there have been others that got their hair caught too. Though it sounds like you are like me in that you find yourself in strange situations that do not happen to most people.
Oh no! I always try to be conscious of my hair since it's long, but sometimes you just don't think it's in danger! One of my biggest fears growing up in the midwest was getting a june bug caught in it. They're kind of sticky bugs and I knew some people who had that happen. We don't have them out here in Colorado though, thank goodness.Your hair incident reminds me of the time when I caught my own hair on fire during our church's Christmas Eve service. We all light candles and hold them during the hymn Silent Night. I was singing and started to smell that weird smell. Then I realized it was my own hair on fire!
I love it! What a great plan! It's been my favorite one since I was a kid, even before I understood all of the jokes I think I notice some new goofy detail every time I watch too! I wore my Griswold shirt for tree hunting this yearIt is our also. We watch it every year, we plan to watch it Tuesday nt before getting up at 3 am the next day to drive down to Disney.