Have Pen, Will Travel: A Solo Trip Report--Includes Dining and CSR Reviews and Photos! - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Did you buy the wine at the airport? Or at the CSR shop? Can't wait to read about your solo trip--I love traveling solo (don't tell my roommate--I love traveling with him too). There is just something special about being on your own time and doing what ever you want to do!
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the wine was from the CSR shop--they even open it for you (you'll learn why this is important later...) for the record, i also stopped for a sandwich. though the wine was more important.
When I saw this come up, I did a little dance of joy!! So excited to read about your whirlwind solo trip (even though I followed along on your live blog).
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I was excited to see you stayed at CSR. We are staying there in Oct and I am really nervous about the bus service. Can't wait to here about your experience!
I'm working on the next few posts, but first a few notes...
1. I've decided to include everything--dining reviews, lodging reviews etc.--in the 'story' of my trip as they occur. So, for example, when I reach a point in my trip report where I have lunch, I will stop and do a full dining review. I'll set these parts apart in bold, so if you are not interested in dining reviews, you can skip them! (But really, who isn't interested in dining reviews?)
2. Because of the time involved with uploading and resizing photos (unless I figure out how to do it more quickly on my mac), I'm only including them when necessary--for example, photos of food and/or lodging. That photo of the traffic I posted in the first post--yeah, that didn't need to be there (and I need to resize it when I get home!) If you want more photos and haven't already done so, you can check out the blog I kept 'in real time' when traveling, at www.virtualpassenger.wordpress.com. It is very photo-heavy, as posting photos was easier than typing with my thumbs.
3. Sorry this is taking me so long to do--I have at least one more post written that I did whilst eating breakfast this morning but didn't have time to post before I left for work (and I'm writing this on my lunch break!) I promise I will get on the ball asap!
I was excited to see you stayed at CSR. We are staying there in Oct and I am really nervous about the bus service. Can't wait to here about your experience!
as you will see in the next post i'm posting, the bus service was THE BEST part of CSR! i'm sure you'll have a great trip!
looking forward to reading and seeing more! did follow your blog and thought - what a BRAVE woman! I would love to do a solo trip, but I also think I would feel guilty!!! (Have a DH and DD that both LOVE Disney too!).
So glad to hear that you had a nice experience with DME - I am using them for the first time in May with my girls only trip (as a family, we usually rent a car) and we are trying to do only carry on luggage - another first! So I am LEARNING so much from you! (just read your thread about packing light!!!)
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looking forward to reading and seeing more! did follow your blog and thought - what a BRAVE woman! I would love to do a solo trip, but I also think I would feel guilty!!! (Have a DH and DD that both LOVE Disney too!).
So glad to hear that you had a nice experience with DME - I am using them for the first time in May with my girls only trip (as a family, we usually rent a car) and we are trying to do only carry on luggage - another first! So I am LEARNING so much from you! (just read your thread about packing light!!!)
i'm more crazy than i am brave! but thanks! and there's no reason to feel guilty doing a solo trip--moms need to recharge, you know. but i have to admit to feeling a little guilty each night when i talked to my husband on the phone--he was jealous of some of my adventures! i sent him many photos of me in the star wars area of DHS.
i hope you have a similarly great DME experience. i'm using it again in may with my mom for our mother-daughter trip, but only in one direction (as i'm going from AKL to RPR at universal via a taxi). and i need to warn you--light packing is addictive! i'm glad you could get some pointers from my trip. i feel like i learned a lot, too--and i'm using all of that knowledge to make the mother-daughter trip as magical as humanly possible!
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