I got here just in time for the TR to be over!!
Oh well, I'm glad I caught up on your spring trip anyway! And looking forward to hearing about the August trip as well! I started quoting, but then there was just waaaay too much to talk about and I think we'd both be overwhelmed
So I only kept a few quotes.
Welcome to my newest TR, It has been 15 months since my last one. Sounds like I am introducing myself at an AA meeting, lol
I travel with my daughter, her name is Andi, she is a 3rd year college student and recently turned 21, yay! Drinking age
Must have been so nice for you and Andi to be able to enjoy some adult beverages together on this trip finally
How exciting, there was a package at the front desk for us. I went down to get it and it was a box of goodies from our TA. How nice was that. It contained chocolate chip cookies
and chocolate covered Oreos.
This was such a nice gesture from your TA! Yum!
I also could hear this very soft beeping noise. It sounded like an alarm clock in the next room, however , it never stopped. Once you hear it, you can’t stop hearing it, ugh! It was only 5am when I noticed the noise. I really wanted to sleep in. I did try to go back to sleep and I think I got another hour or so. I
This is SUCH a pain! I've had it happen with other people's alarms before in the mornings because I'm a light sleeper, but this was on a whole other level! I'm glad you figured it out eventually, though the whole kerfluffle when you were trying to get the CMs to deal with it was funny and frustrating at the same time!
We worked our way to the Figment area and Joy was outside. We got a selfie with her. This was fun.
This is cute! I like the roaming characters/character "meets" where you can take a selfie from a distance, etc.
Stay tuned for our evening in Epcot and a mini Epic meet-up.
I love that the "Epic" trip has lived on in so many other small meets through the last couple of years! You had some really nice meet ups on this trip.
I did catch up to them and we spent some time visiting and did a photo shoot with a PhotoPass photographer.
Great picture!
We did stop at Spaceship Earth and took a few pictures by the fountain. It was very pretty.
I loved the fountain of nations so I'm so sad they decided to take it away, but this is a nice touch and looks nice and modern.
This is a really cute magic shot. Nathan would love this.
We really enjoyed riding the Skyliner and didn’t have a care in the world. Later in the day, we found out that several gondolas crashed into each other at Hollywood studios. It was several hours later but I am so glad we were not stuck on the Skyliner for hours! Andi, with her warped thinking,
wished we would have been on it, to get something free from Disney. Haha
Also laughing that Andi was thinking about what Disney would have given you guys if it had been you!
We had a plan to line up for Nomad Lounge around 10:30. I’m glad we did because there were already 2 groups ahead of us.
The lounge is one of our favorite places to chill. We waited about 10 minutes once it hit 11am to be seated outside. The line is no joke here, my best advice is get there early! You can also join the virtual walk up list. I heard the hostess telling people walking up that it was already 60-75 minute wait for outside seating.
Woah, that's intense! I remember some days back when Nomad Lounge was in its early days where it would be very quiet and easy to get a table. But now that everyone knows about it and the pandemic makes outdoor seating such a benefit, etc., it seems like it's gotten pretty crazy! Glad you were able to get a table
Have I told you how delicious the churros are here? I think I have mentioned it like 100 times in my past reports, lol! These are so delicious and did not disappoint. They are house made and gluten free.
Crunchy on the outside and fluffy inside. The two sauces, a vanilla and spicy strawberry one are so yummy. I think dipping in both at the same time is the best.
I love these churros so much! And like you I think they're best when you dip in both sauces at once.
I had the plain BM
without all the garnishes.
Hah! This made me chuckle! When you work in a health-related field, there's only one thing this means in my mind. Side note: I had a couple of students I worked with last school year with the initials B.M. and I used initials a lot to help with confidentiality, and whenever I wrote that down I'd laugh and feel a little bad for the kids.
Andi still is boycotting Frozen Ever After
Woah! This looks so strange to me with all the spray-shield plexiglass divider things.
Here are the pictures from the beautiful lounge area at the top of The Gran Destino Tower.
Such a great view from up there!
So, I finally catch up to her and ask her what do you keep saying about people picking their noses? She laughed and said Mom, I have been saying nose peeking. Oh duh, that makes so much more sense with everyone wearing masks
Aaaahhhh I wondered where this came from!!
I'm gonna have to start using this. I like to point out of the delinquent nose peekers around town to Nathan!
As we were waiting, I look over and see a man take his mask off and blow his nose with just his hand. This was so gross, he squeezed each nostril and just blew the yuck
to the ground. Andi and I couldn’t believe it, talk about nose picking at a whole new level. I was so glad we were far enough away from him but still, so disgusting. He then goes over and touches the napkins at Aloha Isle and the silverware dispenser. Never sanitizes his hands at all.
OH. MY. GOSH. Ewwwwwwwww!!! That's horrible any time, especially during a pandemic, but also just any time ewwwwwwwwww!
Now my friend Melinda has suggested I bring an extra duffel bag and ziploc bags and pack it full of ice and my perishables I may do this, but this is likely what would happen lol
Sometimes I think Melinda and I might be the same person. This is the first place my mind went, too!
One really big change is Andi won’t be coming to the 50th with me.
She has some school obligations in September that are just to hard to miss. She is bummed about it
That's sad! I'm sure she's disappointed! But school comes first
My sister Donna is coming with me! Yay!
Yay! That's great that you'll have a park buddy and Donna can enjoy the 50th with you!
Masks are not fun but honestly you get use to it. I am so use to wearing a mask and often a respirator (which really sucks, that it didn’t really bother me. Andi still double masks and she is vaccinated.
Agreed. I don't love them or anything, but I'm so used to them now. No big deal in the scheme of things. Though I'm sure it would have the potential to be a little gross in the Florida heat and humidity.
We needed caffeine so SB for an espresso goat milk cold thing for Andi
Thanks so much for reliving this trip with us! I really enjoyed reading about it!