"The Only Place I Don't Want to Eat at is Tony's!" PTR June 3-8, 2017 - Page 8 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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In real life Preston got his driver's license! Yay but scary.
Caden has had bronchitis for a long time on and off. We are talking months here. He's had an X-rays of his lungs. A CT scan of his sinuses, blood work, and all of that showed nothing. He has baffled his pediatrician. He in on his 5th antibiotic since he keeps running high fevers when it hits. So he is seeing a pulmonologist from Chicago on May 1. Hopefully we can get some answers soon and it is an easy fix.
I saw the Beauty and the Beast movie twice last week and loved it.
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Best of luck with the FP+s! Congrats to Preston on getting his license! I personally think 17 years old is the right age for getting your license as most 16 year old teens should not get a license as they are not ready or mature enough at this point!. It should be raised to 17, but just MHO!
Best of luck to Caden and hope he gets some answers to his medical issues!
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Best of luck with the FP+s! Congrats to Preston on getting his license! I personally think 17 years old is the right age for getting your license as most 16 year old teens should not get a license as they are not ready or mature enough at this point!. It should be raised to 17, but just MHO!
Best of luck to Caden and hope he gets some answers to his medical issues!
I agree we th you actually. I got mine when I was 17 as well. Some kids just aren't ready to be behind the wheel of a 2000 pound death machine lol.
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5 antibiotics - oh my that is a seriously stubborn bug! Hoping the specialist has the answer.
Happy dance for Preston! I got mine many moons ago when I was 17 too. Safe travels for him.
Good luck with the FPs - it can be such a trying ordeal depending on the website. Pixies that you get all the ones you covet.
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Thank you! I did get them all despite the website being wonky.
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Congrats to Preston and with the Fastpasses. Hope you get everything you want!
I did! Thank you!
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Congrats to Preston! I hope they can figure out what is wrong with Caden. Good luck with the FPs!
Thank you!
And an update about Caden, he was wheezing much less today, so we will take all we can get of that!
So now that Fastpasses are secured, I will give you a day by day itinerary.
June 3, be at the airport at 3:00 am. Yes, you read that right. Connie is paying for a limo service to bring us up there. Our flight leaves about 5:40 am. We arrive in Orlando about 9:30 am. We head straight to Port Orleans Riverside on the Magical Express. By the time we get there, we will be starving. At the moment we plan to head to Disney Springs to eat lunch and do a little shopping.
Oh, that reminds me, I did online check in today. Well the website was being weird. For room options it was:
Ground floor
Cabanas area
Near lobby
Near Transportation
That's it. And Cabanas isn't even at my resort! So annoying! It also didn't let me set my pin, so I definitely will be stopping by the front desk on our arrival.
Okay, now on with the plans.
If our room gets ready we will head back and check out our room and get our Garden Grocer order, but I am not counting on that. We will then head to Epcot.we will Fastpass Frozen Ever After, which I haven't ridden before. Then we explore the World showcase fore a bit. We then head to to the Character Spot for some Disney love. Then ride Mission Space. Green for me please.
After doing those Fastpasses we will take the Monorail to the TTC and walk to the Polynesian for our 'Ohana reservation. After that we will take the monorail back to Epcot and the bus back to Port Orleans Riverside. The crowds are going to be insane at Magic Kingdom at that time and on that day. If we make it back in time we will try and catch Yehaa Bob in the River Roost Lounge but I'm not sure that is going to happen.
Wow that is an early day and flight to begin! I too take an early flight for arrival day, but you got me beat! Usually a 6:30- 7:30 am flight. Better as my airport I try to use is 25 minutes away as I try to stray away from the big NYC airports and go for Westchester, which is so much better. Love it as only 8 gates in the entire airport! Not much for amenities but Dunkin Donuts works for me!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Congrats to Preston! 
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with the FP+.
I personally think 17 years old is the right age for getting your license as most 16 year old teens should not get a license as they are not ready or mature enough at this point!. It should be raised to 17, but just MHO! 
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I too take an early flight for arrival day, but you got me beat! 
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