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Three! Three!! Three trips in one report!! updated 7/6, MK morning, part 1
Hello and welcome to my three-trips-in-one report! (Yes, I know it took me nine months to finish my last TR, but hopefully this one won’t take me nearly as long!) My name is Beth, and I have been a Disney fan all my life. I took my very first trip to Walt Disney World in 1980, but it's only in the past few years that I've become more interested in all things WDW. (Some may say addicted would be a better term, but you understand, don't you? You wouldn't be reading a trip report here on Passporter if you weren't a Disney enthusiast, yourself, now, would you?)
I was lucky enough to take three trips since last October. (Wow, I feel like Princess Sharon just typing that!) I took lots and LOTS of and I wanted to share them, but I know it would take way too long to complete a standard TR. So, I thought I’d do a combined photo TR instead!
Trip #1: October, 2009
This was a quick overnight trip, planned by my DH as a surprise for my 40th birthday. On this trip, we would enjoy Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party and our first visit to the Food & Wine Festival!
Here are some quick pictures of our arrival to get this party started!
The monorails at MCO were decorated for Halloween:
We took Magical Express past a few lovely resorts on our way to our lodging for the evening: The lovely Grand Floridian
Wilderness Lodge
The Contemporary
Is this a Hidden Mickey or just a decorative one?
Check-in
Up next: where would we be staying? Here's a hint:
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My BFF owns DVC, so my DH rented points from her and got me a Magic Kingdom view room at Bay Lake Towers! We checked in at the Contemporary and made our way to the elevators. "This sculpture is designed to represent the Tower of the Four Winds - a magical, ever-turning mobile which graced the outside of the Small World pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair."
The elevator took us up to the floor with the walkway to BLT. (We could never remember if it was 4 or 5 and got off on the wrong floor a number of times!) This guy caught my attention as we passed one of the shops on the way to the walkway. We could have purchased him for the low, low price of $150...but we passed.
The walkway to BLT had an awesome view...
We entered BLT and, knowing that this was really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I took photos of everything!
The monorail-themed photo in the waiting area outside the elevators...
...and a few more photos of the view
The elevator arrived and we were off to our room!
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First door on your left...Told you I tookof everything!
Second door on your left: kitchen area!
There's no sink in the bathroom, so it's in the kitchen area. That means you have to do your hair and prepare your food in the same area. Yeah, not so sanitary. Fortunately, we did not do much food preparation in the 24 hours that we were staying at BLT...
Comfy, comfy bed! Between the comfy bed and the fantabulous view, I almost didn't want to leave this room!
Cool bedside iPod charger that I didn't get a chance to use...
I definitely think this counts as a Hidden Mickey!
And this one, too!
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Now, I usually subscribe to the "your room is only a place to lay your head while you're not at the parks" theory. We usually get up at "o-dark-thirty," to quote my Army colonel father, spend all day at the parks and go back to the resort only after they've kicked us out! I stay at the Value resorts and have no need of a view of any kind. So our stay at BLT was a real departure from the norm!
Here is the view from our balcony.
I immediately realized that I could get spoiled by this view! I may never stay at a Value resort again!
The monorails zipping in and out of the Contemporary added to the magic!
Here's a layout I made to commemorate our awesome view!
Up next: exploring the Contemporary and more views!
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) My name is Beth, and I have been a Disney fan all my life. I took my very first trip to Walt Disney World in 1980, but it's only in the past few years that I've become more interested in all things WDW. (Some may say addicted would be a better term, but you understand, don't you? You wouldn't be reading a trip report here on Passporter if you weren't a Disney enthusiast, yourself, now, would you?
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) I took lots and LOTS of
and I wanted to share them, but I know it would take way too long to complete a standard TR. So, I thought I’d do a combined photo TR instead!
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We checked in at the Contemporary and made our way to the elevators. 
Yeah, not so sanitary. Fortunately, we did not do much food preparation in the 24 hours that we were staying at BLT...
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the pictures! Keep 'em coming!
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