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Sounds like a nice travel day! I your journal and bookmark.
Thanks Cam! Hope you'll keep following along!
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I'm so happy you started Susan and I can't wait to read more!
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Great Pics, can't wait for more!
I took lots of pics........but not near as many as I wanted to! The boys kept giving me those dirty looks when I pulled the camera out!!! I just ignored them most of the time!!!
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Great updates! Glad you've made it to WDW!
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You've arrived!!! Sounds like your drive wasn't too bad.
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Yay, you started your TR! Glad the drive went smoothly; hurry back with more!
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Great start. Love the pics so far. Nothing beats driving to WDW and seeing those signs!
Isn't that the most wonderful sight!!!
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I'm so excited for you!!!! My husband and I are going in May and your trip report is making me more excited!!!!!! Thank you
Peter and I decided before we left for this trip that we should go back-alone- next year!!!!! OMG! I get to plan for another WDW trip!!!! Hope you'll do a PTR so I can follow along with your planning!
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Great Start! The drive down doesn't sound too bad and you've made it to WDW. More please
The drive was way better than I had expected. I know it could have been worse if we had run into the weather that was forecasted for our drive back up, but it wasn't too bad considering the snow that was dumped farther north. The worst weather we ran into was rain on Friday heading to S.C., then running into snow as we got closer to Va. on Saturday.
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Yay!! I just love the title and can't wait to read more. Great start!!
The title was so appropriate for this trip!!! Thanks for reading & hope you'll stick around for more!!
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I just had to comment on your signature picture. I've gotten so use to your sig pic being your son on your last trip- he would have been 12? And now seeing him in your new sig pic (at 14?) Wow! What a change! It makes me realize how much my 12 (almost 13) yr old is going to change over the next year or so!
We got to CBR around 2:00 p.m. The resort was beautiful!!! We had stayed at CSR last trip & fell in love with it & wondered how CBR would compare. First impressions told me it just might give CSR a run for its money! We soon found the Custom House to check-in. For those of you that read my PTR know I was indecisive about whether to do online check-in or not. I ended up doing it & will not hesitate to do it again next time! Logan & I went in and went right up to the online check-in counter (nobody in line as opposed to several waiting their turn in the regular check-in line) Our first “fast pass” of the trip! The CM gave me our packet & told me we were in Jamaica section 46-room 4622! I had requested either sections Aruba 51 or Jamaica 45-so I was very pleased with that. He gave us a few more bits of info & then we were off to find our room…only 5 minutes after arriving!
We parked the SUV, unloaded & got all our luggage to our room.
We got a Nemo themed room facing the courtyard. Near the bus stop & quiet pool, just over the bridge to food court/main pool/hot tub, & not too far from laundry facilities. Awesome location!!! We loved our room. It felt as though it were a bit bigger than our room at CSR. The only drawback for us were the tiny beds! Nathan turned out to be a horrible bed-fellow for Logan. Logan said he would def do adjoining rooms if we go together again in the future. Other than that the room was perfect!
And a great surprise:
We didn’t look around the resort as we were so anxious to get to MK!! The weather was gorgeous! High 70's...I believe it may have gotten to 80 degrees by the time we got to the park.
Coming up next....off to the bus stop & MK here we come!!
I just had to comment on your signature picture. I've gotten so use to your sig pic being your son on your last trip- he would have been 12? And now seeing him in your new sig pic (at 14?) Wow! What a change! It makes me realize how much my 12 (almost 13) yr old is going to change over the next year or so!
I couldn't wait to get pictures in the same spots I took pictures of Peter & Nathan together last trip. It's amazing how much he has grown up in just 2 years. It really makes me sad...
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Great update! Glad you got the room area you requested and that online check in went well! And wow, the pics you posted make his growth even more noticable! They really do grow up fast.......
The boys changed into shorts & we shed our jackets before heading to MK. The guys sprawled out on the beds like they were going to take a rest……….a rest? Now? Are you kidding me??? I just stood by the door waiting……..after a minute or two I said “Ok….rest over….I am dying to get to MK” “Let’s go!!!!!”
We got to the bus stop around 3:15 p.m.
While we were waiting for the MK bus, three princesses showed up. They were so cute, I just had to get their picture.
We were very close to the Jamaica bus stop, which is a must for us. Compared to CSR, we were just as close to a bus stop, but it seemed like the wait for the buses at CSR was little to no wait. The wait for almost all buses from CBR was at least 15 minutes or more. I know that really isn’t a long time to wait, but on several occasions ( like trying to open a park) I got a little impatient! Overall, it wasn’t a problem, but we really had to allow extra time for the wait if we needed to be somewhere by a certain time. Logan had stayed at POP for Grad-Nite in ‘06. He said the bus wait was as much as an hour from there, so waiting 15 minutes was nothing to him.
Then, there it was!!! What a wonderful sight!
I was so excited, and I had this great plan of all the things I wanted to do, but I also didn’t want to overwhelm the guys with a major have-to-do list. So, I decided to take a deep breath………and ENJOY!!
Each day, when we got up, the only thing I would tell them was a must for that day was where our ADRs were, what time, & show them the menu so they could get an idea of what they might order. Then, while we were at the parks, I gave suggestions on popular things to do, or things I thought they might enjoy, then it was up to them. I just wanted to soak up everything and having read so much here on PP, I didn’t want to miss a thing!
We're here!!!!
We headed straight to SM to get FP, but the return time would hit during our dinner at LTT- our ADRs were for 4:50 p.m. So we decided to come back after dinner. We decided to head over to BTMRR to get FP, since all 4 of us ride this one. Something magical happened as we headed there. This guy came out of nowhere & asked us if we could use 4 FP to BTMRR???? Are you kidding me??
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