We got back a few days ago, but I haven’t had a chance to write up anything. I’m going to break it up into different posts.
My mother, sister, and I arrived on Tuesday 10/12. I was really worried that out Southwest flight would be affected by the problems they were having, but our flight lef5 and arrived as scheduled. After collecting our baggage, we only waited about ten minutes to board Magical Express, which left shortly after. While waiting, we got our room assignment in the Pop section I wanted. Yay! Our DME bus stopped at AoA first and then Pop. I believe they were going to CBR and Riviera after as well.
Our room was exactly as requested. We were in the 60s section, ground floor. We were 2 minutes from the food court and the Skyliner. It was our first time at Pop and we were very happy with the resort. Our room was clean and suitably stocked with towels and toiletries. For our entire stay, housekeeping was great, coming in every other day to tidy up, empty trash, take away towels, and restock new towels and coffee. All CMs we came into contact with were kind and helpful. I would stay at Pop again in heartbeat.
We did an Instagram order, which was delivered promptly and with only a couple substitutions. We had lunch at the food court, splitting a couple salads, a cupcake, and a 50th celebration dessert. We then unpacked and headed over to Disney Springs for shopping and dinner. Disney Springs, even on a Tuesday evening was very busy. The World of
Disney store was crazy busy. We had dinner at Raglan Road, which was as good as it always is. We had a wonderful table with a great view of the stage and the dancers. It’s not a Disney trip without a meal at Raglan Road for us. The food is fantastic and I love the Irish music and dancing.
On Wednesday, 10/24, we headed to Epcot. We managed to get group 44 for Remy using resort Wifi. There was no line for the Skyliner, either at Pop or at CBR. We got to the International Gateway and through security by 9:10am and were held in the UK section for rope drop. We headed to Soarin’ for our first ride. We were off and on the ride by 9:55am. Living with the Land was down, so we headed to The Seas building, did the ride there and enjoyed the aquarium and the animals. We headed back to Living with the Land when I saw that it was up and running. At this point, we headed to World Showcase to start enjoying the Food & Wine Festival. We hit several booths that afternoon, including Hops & Barley, Spain, Japan, and Ireland. We wanted to try France, but it was very hot and the line for France was crazy long! Our group for Remy was called around 11:40am. We waited around 20 minutes in line. The ride is so fun! I truly loved it.
We ended up calling it a day at Epcot around 2pm. It was hot and we headed back to Pop via the Skyliner for a break. I highly recommend taking breaks midday, especially if it’s hot. That evening, we headed to AK, since I wanted to experience it at night and see the Tree of Life lit up. The lighting was beautiful. If you get a chance to do it, try to fit it in. We also had dinner at Satuli Canteen, one of my favorite quick services anywhere on property. We also rode the Navi River Journey with a 25 minute wait. After the lighting of the tree, we headed back to Pop.
Thursday, 10/25, was spent at the pool at Pop. It was a pleasant, relaxing day. I mobile ordered lunch from Everything Pop, though you can order in person now. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to that though. I truly enjoyed mobile order. It was efficient throughout our trip and there was never an instance when we couldn’t use it when we wanted. We also got some Piña Colavas from Petals. Very good!
We headed to MK that evening for dinner at Liberty Tree and to watch Enchantment. It was our first time at LTT and we loved it! The food was good and plentiful. We especially loved the turkey and the pork. The sides were good as well, though we hardly ate the mac and cheese. That was the only disappointing part. And the dessert?! So good! You all weren’t kidding about how good it is. After dinner, we headed to find a spot to watch Enchantment. Admittedly, it was later than I like when I’m staking out a spot, so we ending up on Main Street between the bakery and Casey’s. It was a fine spot though because I felt immersed in the projections on Main Street. It was beautiful! I think they did wonderful job with the entire fireworks show. I got choked up several times while watching.
We tried to shop afterwards and the Emporium was a madhouse, so we bought a few things and gave up. I will say shopping for 50th merch was a huge disappointment the entire trip because I couldn’t find several things that I wanted to buy. I’m now stalking the Disney site because I refuse to pat the resellers.
A bus was pulling up just as we got to the stop, so we had zero wait that night, even after fireworks. It was a good first few days of the trip. More details to come later.