Run Ria Run –The 5K Weekend Warrior PTR *Updated September 22* - Page 13 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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So as you can see by my countdown Ben and I move to Orlando in just 15 days…..we are sooo excited.
I am glad most of our WDW trip is planned b/c we are going to be so busy for the next couple of days/weeks.
In only 10 more days we will be leaving Asheville. We had an amazing summer here. I think this is the place we want to live after law school is finished.
I was thinking how lonely Orlando was going to be without any of my family or friends nearby…but it’s nice to know that any given month one of my passporter friends will be just down the street at WDW. I am also looking forward to my first MOUSEFEST!
Ben just found out that on Fridays he will only be in school for half days…so we will be arriving at WDW earlier than expected on Friday…which to me means extra swim time. …yippy skippy! I really want to look around the CSR and enjoy some of the amenities…maybe a bike ride.
I am soo excited about experiencing the food and wine festival again during this upcoming trip. EPCOT is my favorite place and I think during the Food and Wine festival EPCOT has such a great feel.
Ben and I were thinking back to our first WDW trip in Oct. 2004…we were so broke (we still are) but we were really broke. We were planning on staying off grounds but then got a really really cheap deal at the POP Century because of all the hurricanes that had just pass through Florida at the time. We stayed for 5 nights and had the best time. We had a couple of sit down meals but mostly just ate counter service. It was our first trip together as a couple and it was so much fun. …at that point in our lives we already knew we were in love but on this trip we knew that we wanted to spend our lives together. …I remember sitting at the Magic Kingdom with Ben and knowing that we would be back as husband and wife…and then one day with our own kids.
Totally cute pics! And such a fun update! I can literally feel your excitement as I read! lol! And remember, you can never be lonely with Mickey and friends nearby!
Great update! I know you are so excited to be moving...i know i would be with all that at your fingertips...and to know you'd always have a PP friend to visit at disney what could be better....cant wait to hear all about 5k fashion!!
Love the trip down memory lane. Wow...so jealous that in less than 3 weeks you will be close enought to visit the best place ever EVRY DAY if you want. Way to go on the continued training.
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What fun photos! How cool that you're so close to moving down to Orlando - I can understand your mixed feelings, but my goodness, to be going so close to Disney... how neat is that?
Okay the more i look at that pic that you took at the IBM center the more i laugh....crissy and i took one of those pics i think it was my first trip there....i will try to find it and send it to you its funny too....
ohhhhh and BTW i looked for some CSR pics but i couldnt find any that didnt highlight me or my friend in our bathing suits or us half dressed in our rooms...i thought i took more pics than that but i guess not..i did find two of the lobby if you would like those...i might send those to you this weekend....
okayyyy 5k fashion show you have me very intrigued!!!
oh i meant to ask you have you been to lake lure??? that's where they filmed dirty dancing...
OMG, I just read your entire PTR. You ROCK! Dontcha love the couchto 5K! I've been talking with my girlfriend about doing the EE5K if they do it again next year. I just can't swing it this fall. So, I'll live vicariously through you. I'm a plunky (plump & chunky, or that's what I call myself) gal and just started running for my first 5K. It's hard with the young kids, so it's going slower than I wanted, but oh well.
Kudo's to you on the weightloss! What a difference already! You are an inspiration!!! Can't wait to read more.
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Counting down to....
May 2017 - Poly (Grandma's 1st Trip to WDW)
Sept 2017 - DH's bday celebration
Aug 2018 - DCL Family cruise on the Dream
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the photos!! Won't be long now before the big move! I bet you are going to enjoy being that close to the Mouse!!
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How cool that you're so close to moving down to Orlando - I can understand your mixed feelings, but my goodness, to be going so close to Disney... how neat is that? 
with the move!
I hope the move goes smoothly for you. 
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