10 Nights of Magic in The Orlando Trifecta-TR - COMPLETE!! 12/10 About This Page:

[patclairesmom]

Always sad on the last day but you definitely made it great!

[Tara O'Hara]

What a wonderful, full trip you had!! Thank you for sharing it!!

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by patclairesmom

Always sad on the last day but you definitely made it great!

It certainly is! That's the way to look at it and how great of a trip you had!

Originally Posted by Tara O'Hara

What a wonderful, full trip you had!! Thank you for sharing it!!

It certainly was with packed days but never felt overtired from this. I did have my downtime but probably could have used more. It was great trip and my longest Florida trip since 2009.



Glad you enjoyed it Tara! Still one last update to go.

[SuperDave]

Hey, I Know You!


Saturday, October 14th (Part IV)
It was 2:15 pm, when I arrived back at the Dolphin. I went upstairs and walked over to bell services, which I had left with them before I went to Epcot. There was no one in line, which was good and I got my bags back rather quickly.


The guys in bell services hamming it up for a photo

I had about 15 minutes until my Mears shuttle was due to arrive, so I just relaxed in the lobby for a bit and got some photos, while I waited for my transportation to arrive.









I now had five minutes until my pickup time at 2:35 pm, so I left the Dolphin for the last time and went outside to wait for my Mears shuttle. I was only out there a couple of minutes when my ride showed up. Always good with an early arrival, even if just a few minutes early.





When Mears arrived, it wasn’t a van as I was expecting but an SUV. A nice surprise as it will be a much more comfortable ride to the airport. An even bigger surprise as there was a familiar face. My driver is DeLeo who is the same man who drove me from the Royal Pacific to the Dolphin last Sunday. I told him, “I know you!” He remembered me from that pickup. What are the chances of this? It wouldn’t be an express ride to the airport as we had one pickup at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista over on Hotel Plaza Boulevard near Disney Springs.

Once DeLeo put my bags in the car we headed for the Hilton. It took longer than expected as a lot of traffic in the Disney area. Once we arrived at the Hilton, it just took a couple of minutes to begin heading to the airport as the other passengers were waiting outside.


My resort from my 2016 WDW trip, which is also on Hotel Plaza Boulevard





The ride to the airport was a relaxing one and I nodded off a bit, but there was a lot of traffic, so it took a little longer to get to MCO than I expected. Most of the traffic was concentrated to the Disney area and once we got out of here, it was a lot better. My flight is at 5:35 pm (I think), so I wasn’t worried about not getting there at time.

We arrived at the airport at 3:30 pm and DeLeo retrieved my bags from the car. I entered the terminal and went to the Jet Blue counter, just to drop off my bag as I had checked in for my flight on my phone yesterday. Always good to use that as it’s a time saver.



My flight doesn’t begin boarding until 5:10 pm, so I just hung out in the terminal for a bit, not doing much of anything really. I just took a seat by the fountain and spent some time here as I always enjoy this area near the Hyatt. I checked the flight on the board and so far, no delays like last year when my flight was delayed about four hours!









I didn’t want to spend too much time here as I know how bad the security lines can be at this airport. It’s almost never good, unless it’s later at night when there are fewer flights. But, I should save some time as I have an Even More Speed ticket for my flight and get access to a much quicker line.

After I was done relaxing by the fountain, I walked over to TSA security which was close by. I entered the line at the left, which was for me. They just checked my ticket to make sure I could use this line and the usual things before going through security. The line was quite long as you’ll see below, but I was through in about five minutes! Glad I go with the seat upgrades. This is a nice perk.



Once I cleared security, I headed for the monorail and took one to my terminal. There was a bit of a wait with the monorail as only one was running out of the two to my terminal with the construction. The wait was just a few minutes. Once I arrived at my terminal, I walked to my gate and just hung out for a while until boarding was announced.

There was a bit of a delay with the boarding as my flight had just arrived from Mexico City and the flight crew was cleaning up and preparing the cabin for my flight to Westchester. The delay was only about ten minutes and at 5:20 pm the boarding process began. I was one of the first to board with my ticket. Another good perk! The upgrade costs more but not too much.

I have the same seat with 1A as I did for my flight to Orlando. Once everyone had boarded we began to taxi to the runway at 5:40 pm. Just five minutes later my flight took off for Westchester, NY.



During the flight, I had coffee with a bag of Terra Blue Chips and a bag of pretzels as well. I hadn’t eaten since my lunch at Spice Road Table several hours ago and I was beginning to get hungry. I watched some programming on Direct TV during the flight and had a little nap as well.

I woke up and shortly we began our approach to Westchester airport. It wasn’t long until we landed at 8:10 pm. This is a small airport and it’s just a short walk to baggage claim. I retrieved my bags in about 15 minutes after the flight landed. Try doing that at one of the big airports as it’s not going to happen! One of the nice things about small airports even though they don’t have much for amenities.

Once I got my bags, I called my friend Sharon from work as she would be picking me up. She had driven me here on my departure day as well. She was on her way and arrived in 15 minutes. It was an uneventful ride home with not too much traffic. I arrived home at 9:15 pm. I went through my mail and began some of my unpacking. I also had a late dinner as I was quite hungry.

This ends my FINAL trip report on the Passporter Forum. I have enjoyed sharing these with all of you and I know you have as well from all your great comments, which I also love responding to. It’s very sad to see this forum come to an end as it’s been such a big part of me with my Florida trips. I have enjoyed this forum so much with all the great threads which I have gotten so many useful tips for my trips and information. I have also enjoyed all the TRs many of you have written as well.

I’m glad Reval has found us a new home over at PixieDustLane, which we all are enjoying already after a month. I would hate to lose our community. I will continue my TRs over on Facebook and may use the Passporter Trip Reports group or may even start my own one. This will be for my October Las Vegas trip. We shall see. It won’t be until after Christmas at the earliest or New Years as this time of year is busy for me as it is for all of you. I also will go over Cheryl’s tips for posting the TRs over here. I’m sure it won’t be too difficult!

That’s it and it has been a pleasure sharing 2 PTRs and 5 TRs with all of you the last five years! As they say in Hollywood, “It’s A Wrap!”

[chezp]

Oh my goodness, I'm even sadder than ever to see one of your trip reports come to an end, knowing this is the final one here.

I've loved reading them and I hope you will post others on Facebook - I promise it's not that difficult to get your head around. It's a different way of doing things, but it's not too hard to get used to.

See you there and thanks for sharing all your trips here!

[lindawdw]

Sounds like it was a smooth flight home for you. It really is sooooo very sad for me to see Passporter ending for us in a couple of weeks but I have really enjoyed reading all your trip reports on these forums. Thank you for taking the time to post your PTR and TR's for our enjoyment over these many years. I'll look forward to reading your future trips reports on Facebook too! Until then...Merry Christmas.

[Cam22]

Sounds like an excellent travel day home! So sad to see this trip report end as it makes the closing of the boards seem even more final.

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by chezp

Oh my goodness, I'm even sadder than ever to see one of your trip reports come to an end, knowing this is the final one here.

I've loved reading them and I hope you will post others on Facebook - I promise it's not that difficult to get your head around. It's a different way of doing things, but it's not too hard to get used to.

See you there and thanks for sharing all your trips here!

Glad you have enjoyed my TRs so much as I have loved sharing them even more! It's a great way to keep reliving your trips! It's sad that it's my last one and will be even sadder in a few weeks when the forum shuts down for good! Certainly an end of an era for all of us! I'm looking forward to doing these on FB and just a matter of getting used to the format.


I hope there is a way to create sub folders there to separate the various TRs by individuals and perhaps by each TR by the days or whatever you chose to do this!

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by lindawdw

Sounds like it was a smooth flight home for you. It really is sooooo very sad for me to see Passporter ending for us in a couple of weeks but I have really enjoyed reading all your trip reports on these forums. Thank you for taking the time to post your PTR and TR's for our enjoyment over these many years. I'll look forward to reading your future trips reports on Facebook too! Until then...Merry Christmas.

It's going to be so sad when PP is finally gone! Glad you have enjoyed my TRs over the last 5+ years as I enjoy doing these so much, sharing them with you and all the great comments everyone leaves! I'm looking forward to the new venture over on FB! Have a Very Merry Christmas as well Linda!

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by Cam22

Sounds like an excellent travel day home! So sad to see this trip report end as it makes the closing of the boards seem even more final.

My flight home was much better this time around as no delays! Thanks Cam and it's quite sad and more so in a few weeks! I'm glad I got to share these all with you as I know you all enjoy them as I do to! I'm happy I completed this before the boards cease to exist!

[jandsdennis]

Thanks for sharing this amazing trip. Look forward to seeing you on Facebook for your next TR

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by jandsdennis

Thanks for sharing this amazing trip. Look forward to seeing you on Facebook for your next TR

I'm so glad you enjoyed it as I love sharing these so much! Looking forward to the FB experience after New Years and hope you will enjoy these as well. First up being my recent one week Las Vegas trip.


There will be lots of photos and food as well and much more! It was a good trip! Been since 1999 since I was last there. So much has changed!

[chezp]

Originally Posted by Cam22

So sad to see this trip report end as it makes the closing of the boards seem even more final.

I hear you on that. I know it's only just over a couple of weeks away now, but it doesn't seem real at the moment.

[DMA]

Glad you had an uneventful ride to the airport and an easy time getting through security. It's always such a pain at MCO!
Thanks for sharing your trip, and yes, very sad that Passporter Boards won’t be around for much longer!

[Colexis Mom]

Great finish Dave! Thanks for taking us along for the ride, and for sharing all your trips with us over the years!