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Day 11 Oct 3 I forgot to post in my last thread about something that happen. On Monday when we went to DVC Shayne stay at the room because he wasn’t feeling good. We thought it was just from being tired. Well as the week progressed he was complaining of a sore throat. Thursday before we left the MK we stopped by first aid. The nurse gave him some sore throat drops but that was all she could give him. He said they seemed to help some. By Friday it had not got better but worst. We headed over to Epcot to future world we had lunch at Coral Reef at 12:00pm We headed over to Soarin because we had fast passes from our DVC tour. Only to find out they expire the day before. Another thing Bruce left out to tell us. We end up getting regular fastpasses. We shopped around before lunch. Shayne was getting cranky as the day went on complaining about his throat.
When we finished our lunch we headed out. My mom end up calling my grandma to get our doctors phone number. My dad called & told them the story about how we were on vacation & gave them the symptoms. The receptionist said that she would talk to the doctor & call back. While we were waiting we decided to head over to Soarin to use our fastpass.
They called back to say that they we send in a prescription so we had to find a pharmacy. My parents headed over to First Aid to find a pharmacy that would deliver. Shayne & I decided to head over to Figment Ride & spend sometime there. We meet up with my parents and decided to head over to Figment again. It was a great time. They had gotten everything straighten out with the pharmacy to deliver to at the hotel & we continue on to explore more of future world. We decide to ride Test Track & that was about it for the day.
On the way out we decided to hit Spaceship Earth & absolutely love the end photos.
By this time we were ready to head out. We made our way to the monorail. We were standing there in line. Shayne walked away & came back. He had asked if our family could ride up front. They ask how many & sent us to stand up front. I was so excited & now I am really glad that I could experience that since I don’t think they will be doing that for a long time.
We stopped & pickup Shayne prescription. My mom asked about paying for it & the said that we pay for it when we checked out. Keep this in mind for future post. We headed back to the room drop of our stuff & headed down to Capt. Cooks for something to eat.
It was a relaxing evening at the hotel for us.
Up Next: Our traditional Breakfast & a change of plans.
Traditionally we always have breakfast at Chef Mickey’s on our departure morning and head over to MK for a bit. Since we add an extra day & our flight was late morning. We decided to just keep our breakfast the way it was. We headed over to our breakfast & had a nice time with the characters.
After breakfast we had a little bit of time before our DVC tour. We headed out to get out getting some pictures. We usually do a picture with the Mickey ears there.
We headed inside so that we could check in for our flight & get our boarding pass. We had a nice chat with the CM at the Contemporary desk. We got our boarding passes. All of the family had got A’s. I got a B. We then headed out to front to meet the DVC bus to take us back over to tour area. When we got there we told them we had an appointment. She looked us up & said that Bruce was our salesperson. We told them that we wanted to see someone else & that when we made the appointment we request someone else. A few minutes later Brad Smith came out to greet us. He took us back to one of the rooms. We started to talk and we told him about our encounter the other day. He could believe it. He started going over stuff with us & was surprise how much Bruce didn’t go over with us or tell us. He explained everything so that we would get all of the info. Ask us if we like to tour the models again. My parents at first said no but since Shayne didn’t come to the first one we decided to at least see the different rooms. Well after seeing the models. We went back to the meeting room. My parents had pretty much decided that they would do it. Brad headed upstairs to run some numbers for us. We went outside for a little bit for fresh air. When we came back in they back to the room I had to make a stop & when I went in they were just getting everything settled. Brad went to get the final paper work. After he left they told me, we are going to be the proud owners of BLT for 250 points. I was so excited. We sign all the paper work & headed over to get our first DVC family picture. We went outside to meet the van which took us over to DTD.
Since it was a lot cooler at home then when left we decided to get some warmer clothes. My mom & I headed into World of Disney to clothes. My dad & Shayne went to the pin place. After we were done we headed over to the toy store because my dad wanted a R2D2 robot. We had made plan with Shayne to keep my dad distracted so that we could get there. We headed in got the robot shipped out & made our way out. We got to a bench & call them to tell them we were done & where we were. We were so glad of Shayne’s help. We decide to head over to EOS to get stuff to take back to our hotel & head to the bus stop. We stopped at the store to pick up package that we sent back to the room. We went over by the pool area & had some lunch.
We decided to take a rest. None of us really felt like heading over MK.
After our rest we decided to do the laundry so that we could pack later. My mom & I headed over to do laundry.
My dad & Shayne went swimming. After laundry we changed & headed over to Ohana’s for some dinner. It was okay but we probably won’t hit it every year.
We got to see the fireworks from our table while we where eating. It was a perfect ending to our night. We headed back to the room to begin the packing up. My mom & I had walked down later to see about getting a box to send stuff home with. We also made arrangements for them to pick up our luggage in the morning at 7:30am. DME was picking us up at 8:30. We crawled into bed about 1am. It was a great full day for us.
Day 13 Oct 5 We had got our DME paperwork a couple of days ago with a departure time of 8:30am. We got up & got ready to depart pack all the last minute things. We had decided to set up the luggage pick up for 7:30am.
We waited & waited no one came; my mom & I decide to walk down to check us out.
We got down there & got in line. My dad called 15min later & they still hadn’t been there yet to pick up our luggage. My mom & I went to bellhop to see when they are heading there. They told us that we were never put on the list for today. They sent someone up right away. We finally get to the check out desk & get that taken care of. My mom asks about the prescription & they said it was taken care of. She tells them that we are suppose to pay for it when check out. The lady at the desk checks & finds out they put on my credit card. Here the other day when we sent a box home I used my check card. They put that card on file for us. Well that won’t have been a problem except I bought my dad’s robot the day before. I wasn’t sure if I had enough money in there to cover it. While my mom & I were discussing this the CM overheard. She said she could take it off my card & put on my mom’s. Ok that would help & she even put an extra $30 in case it made anything bounces, I was extremely grateful for this. We did thank her over & over for doing this for us. We walk outside to get some fresh air. My dad called to say they are on the way over. We head up front to wait for the DME. We were hoping to get breakfast before heading out but with bellhop forgetting us no such luck.
The DME arrived & we headed out. Our bus driver was from an area not to far from where we lived & actually knew the town we were from. He was very funny. We had a no eventful flight home. It was unusual to fly home at that time because we normally take night flights.
13 days at Disney & late morning flight=THIS PICTURE :-)
Thank you all for following along with our trip. I will be starting this year’s PTR soon.
Great finish Amy! I'm glad the DVC tour went much better this time (how rude they tried to put you with the same guy) and that you're now DVC owners! Great pictures as usual! Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us!
What a great wrap-up Amy and I am so glad that you mom gave the tour another chance, how great to own BLT now Can't wait to start reading your new PTR.
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Great ending! You guys are sooo busy! Id be sleeping on the plane too! lol!
I love so many of the pics from the last couple updates-- the pics with tink at MK, the pic of your dad with the plates giving him mickey ears, you and your bro laughing at chef mickeys with the characters... what fun! im glad ur bro was able to get medicine and u guys ended up having a good experience with DVC! yay and congrats for being DVC members, btw!!! its so exciting that you have another trip on the way after this ends! moooore please! start the PTR!!! on with the show! lol!
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Great finish Amy! I'm glad the DVC tour went much better this time (how rude they tried to put you with the same guy) and that you're now DVC owners! Great pictures as usual! Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us!
Thank you. If we had to see the same guy we probably would of walked out.
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Sad to see this trip end, but happy to see that you are on your way back soon.
Welcome Home!!
Thank you the new PTR will start soon.
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Great updates. So glad that DVC worked out for your family. Thanks for sharing your trip.
We are so excited about DVC & being able to stay on the monorail.
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What a great wrap-up Amy and I am so glad that you mom gave the tour another chance, how great to own BLT now Can't wait to start reading your new PTR.
Thank you it will be starting soon
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Great finish to your trip report. Congrats on the DVC purchase and welcome home!
Thank you! I think that is so exciting the welcome home.
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l love the inspirational start with the weight loss!
Thank you! I have been struggle with the weight loss this year. I don't think it will every get out of control
Your family is adorable.
Thank you
Cloud photos are so cool! What a great idea!
I love taking cloud shots that make some awesome pics
How could goofy draw with those mits on!
I don't know but that was a highlight of our trip
The photos are delightfu! I've seen just about all these places, but somehow seeing in a photo really brings out the details.
Thank you
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Great ending! You guys are sooo busy! Id be sleeping on the plane too! lol!
I love so many of the pics from the last couple updates-- the pics with tink at MK, the pic of your dad with the plates giving him mickey ears, you and your bro laughing at chef mickeys with the characters... what fun! im glad ur bro was able to get medicine and u guys ended up having a good experience with DVC! yay and congrats for being DVC members, btw!!! its so exciting that you have another trip on the way after this ends! moooore please! start the PTR!!! on with the show! lol!
Thank you. We had some really great pictures this year. We are so excited about being DVC members. The PTR will probably start this weekend maybe sooner.
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