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Great wrap up! You got to do and enjoy a lot of this trip! So glad our trips crossed this time so that you and Luke could meet the rest of my family. Bummer that we miss each other by 1 day in May, but there are always other trips that may coincide! Can't wait for your May PTR.
Great job tying everything together with this summary! Like you I always plan my trips rather well and I can't understand why some people do very little planning and basically wing it and don't know why things went wrong! You're spending good money on a trip and by planning it well will give you a much better trip experience with the exception of things out of your control.
Glad you enjoyed your new experiences so much and especially Pandora. My first experience here will come up in my TR eventually.
SSR is such a massive and sprawling resort and never had interest staying there and I'm not a DVC member as well but could get a deal through a rental. It's where you have to enter to play the Lake Buena Vista Golf Course. It literally takes about 2-3 minutes in a car to reach the golf clubhouse for this. It's right below the Turf Club.
Glad you enjoyed your trip and you had so many great meals and food experiences at the F&W Festival too. Too bad for MVMCP as just so over crowded now and not fair considering it's a pricey ticketed event.
Thanks for sharing another fabulous TR with us and look forward to the PTR and TR of your upcoming May adventure!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Great wrap up! I'm so glad you mentioned seeing Pandora after dark again, as that's one thing we want to make sure and do on our next trip! We thought about it in January but just didn't have time to head over there before Rivers of Light.
Our first day at AK in November we managed to get to Pandora at dusk, but it was still very light so all the luminescence was dim. I'm glad we had time the next AK day to go back after dark.
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Great wrap up! You got to do and enjoy a lot of this trip! So glad our trips crossed this time so that you and Luke could meet the rest of my family. Bummer that we miss each other by 1 day in May, but there are always other trips that may coincide! Can't wait for your May PTR.
I was so happy that we got to meet up again, especially meeting all your family. You all are great folks! Any chance you have a fall trip planned?
Great job tying everything together with this summary! Like you I always plan my trips rather well and I can't understand why some people do very little planning and basically wing it and don't know why things went wrong! You're spending good money on a trip and by planning it well will give you a much better trip experience with the exception of things out of your control.
Glad you enjoyed your new experiences so much and especially Pandora. My first experience here will come up in my TR eventually.
SSR is such a massive and sprawling resort and never had interest staying there and I'm not a DVC member as well but could get a deal through a rental. It's where you have to enter to play the Lake Buena Vista Golf Course. It literally takes about 2-3 minutes in a car to reach the golf clubhouse for this. It's right below the Turf Club.
Glad you enjoyed your trip and you had so many great meals and food experiences at the F&W Festival too. Too bad for MVMCP as just so over crowded now and not fair considering it's a pricey ticketed event.
Thanks for sharing another fabulous TR with us and look forward to the PTR and TR of your upcoming May adventure!
Thanks so much for reading and commenting along the way. I'm excited now to start working on fine tuning the May trip!
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I throughly enjoyed following along on your trip, I always learn a lot from your trip reports.
Thanks! I always hope that I'm doing a good job passing on what we learn as we visit WDW.
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I was so happy that we got to meet up again, especially meeting all your family. You all are great folks! Any chance you have a fall trip planned?[/QUOTE]
As of right now we don't have a fall trip planned. But I think Ann might be going in late October
Great wrap up Cam! I'm with you - I love writing trip reports, as it helps them to feel as if they last longer.
Interesting about what you said about the journey home. As I read the instalment about your last day, I did think it was a shame that you weren't able to get to a park. I hear you about wanting to get back to Nashville before dark, but just a thought - is there an airport hotel you could spend the night at when you get back? Then you could take a much later flight back, stay the night and drive home in the morning....
I always enjoy your final thoughts Cam. Thanks again for taking us along on your WDW adventure! I'm so glad that you were able to get into AKL Kidani for your May trip because we'll be at Jambo House! Maybe we can meet up for a glass of wine and sit by the fire pit one night. We're looking forward to our Boathouse dinner with you both!
What a great trip you had! I always enjoy your TR. It got me so excited for our possible Nov trip.
Glad the trip home was fairly quick except for Nashville traffic.
Can't wait for your PTR for May!
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Great wrap up Cam! I'm with you - I love writing trip reports, as it helps them to feel as if they last longer.
Interesting about what you said about the journey home. As I read the instalment about your last day, I did think it was a shame that you weren't able to get to a park. I hear you about wanting to get back to Nashville before dark, but just a thought - is there an airport hotel you could spend the night at when you get back? Then you could take a much later flight back, stay the night and drive home in the morning....
We've actually considered that option, but Luke is usually ready to be home, and I'm not far behind him. But since he does the driving, I leave that choice to him. Thankfully, this shouldn't be a problem in May.
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I always enjoy your final thoughts Cam. Thanks again for taking us along on your WDW adventure! I'm so glad that you were able to get into AKL Kidani for your May trip because we'll be at Jambo House! Maybe we can meet up for a glass of wine and sit by the fire pit one night. We're looking forward to our Boathouse dinner with you both!
I'm so excited that you all are at Jambo House, wine at the fire pit sounds like a wonderful gathering. I've been checking out the menus lately and The Boathouse was first on the list. They still have my favorite filet mignon sliders.
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What a great trip you had! I always enjoy your TR. It got me so excited for our possible Nov trip.
Glad the trip home was fairly quick except for Nashville traffic.
Can't wait for your PTR for May!
Hope your November trip works out because I think you'll really like that time of year at WDW.
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Like you I always plan my trips rather well and I can't understand why some people do very little planning and basically wing it and don't know why things went wrong! 
You're spending good money on a trip and by planning it well will give you a much better trip experience with the exception of things out of your control.
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I'm with you - I love writing trip reports, as it helps them to feel as if they last longer. 
We're looking forward to our Boathouse dinner with you both!
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