TinksThree
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Relax…Keep Calm…A Taking It Easy Adult Trip to Food and Wine
“Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.” Walt Disney
Here I go again!! It seems I finish one TR in time to roll out a new one! Am I complaining?! Nope!!
We will be leaving for our 12th trip to Walt Disney World in just a few short days-9 to be exact!!
Yes, it is our 12th trip and yes as the title states, this is an adult only trip! (Although our kids are old enough now that when we go it is just an extended adult trip, so let’s say this is an over 35 year old trip!)I don’t know about you but we get these questions ALL OF THE TIME!
“Why do you go to Disney so much!?”
“You’re going again???”
“Don’t you get tired of going to Disney?”
“You know there is more in this world than Disney, right?”
“Just the two of you are going? Isn’t Disney a little young?”
“You’re going again???”
“Don’t you get tired of going to Disney?”
“You know there is more in this world than Disney, right?”
“Just the two of you are going? Isn’t Disney a little young?”
I almost get to the point where I just don’t really mention I am going once again! Some people get it and they make me feel much better about myself…as in I’m not some lunatic! Okay, okay, I know better and I really just roll my eyes and move on with my life! But still people…
”You KNOW there is more to vacations that renting a condo in Orange Beach every summer, right?!”
“Don’t you get tired of going to the beach where there is nothing but sand and reading to do?”
“Isn’t this beach trip like the third one this year!?”
“Don’t you get tired of going to the beach where there is nothing but sand and reading to do?”
“Isn’t this beach trip like the third one this year!?”
Now, I am not really knocking other people’s vacation choices! We go to Gatlinburg, TN almost as much as Disney! Just don’t judge me for liking Disney and wanting to return! I don’t judge you! Can I get an Amen?!
So yes, we are heading back to Disney. In all actuality we had discussed possibly doing other things. I had until August 6 to make the final payment and literally up until 6pm that night, we were weighing what to do! We had discussed going to Williamsburg, VA, driving westward to the Grand Canyon, going back to Gatlinburg…in the end, we decided that any other option would mean driving somewhere almost daily. The bonus with sticking with Disney is it should be warm so lazy days by the pool could happen, we can let Disney do any driving, Food and Wine is happening and the food in general!! Plus most everything is paid for up front.
So Disney won out!!
Well, before I go further, let me introduce who is going on this trip! It is just me, Tisa, and DH, Keith.
I am the Disney loving, addict, nerd whatever term you choose to use. I am the one that sees hidden Mickeys in every little thing! I am the one that friends and family turn to when wanting to plan a trip…I am also the one that has to be sure not to overdo it or else Keith will stop going! And then there is my husband who declared to not like WDW before ever going but after our trip in 2010, he now actually suggests going. As a matter of fact this trip was his thought...and he was the one that got us off the fence in August! He does not like Magic Kingdom (weird, I know!
). He does love The Citizens of Hollywood at DHS, Ohana, and wandering around World Showcase and Toy Story Mania. These past few months have been pure chaos around our house! Between work, moving one child out of state and another child to college, we are plain out exhausted!! So our goals for the trip is to just go with the flow, take it easy, enjoy doing whatever comes our way, keep calm and relax!! We will see just how relaxing, calm and laid back this trip is when we return!
We will be driving and leaving at some point on Friday, September 19th. This is actually a bonus day since I am getting a full comp day due to overtime work. Keith may have to work that morning so departure time is iffy. But I am very excited about having this full day to begin driving down with no agenda and not really having to worry about the arrival time in Orlando! I did online check-in weeks ago and put in an early arrival time. If we manage to arrive at the resort early in the day on September 20th, the plan is to hang out by the pool…room or no room being ready! Maybe we will go to Downtown Disney, do a counter service lunch, and relax until time for dinner.
We will be leaving the following Saturday (September 27th) so we have enough days to hopefully re-energize and get ready for the busy fall and holiday seasons!!
I’m doing this a little differently than I have in the past. This is a precursor to the actual TR but since it is too short for a true PTR, I’m tagging it on here, plus I think it will be easy to identify what we do, don’t do, tweak or add! I also plan (although NO promises!) to give mini-updates while in the World on the Food and Wine Festival since I know a few people will be going before I can do my full TR! It won’t be “real” updates and I’ll go into further detail as I do the TR, but just a little teasing of what is happening! But, as I said, no promises since I will be on vacation and may not have a chance to stop relaxing and post!
So finally some details…. What to talk about first!? Resort, food/ADRs or FPPs/plans???
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We go to New Orleans and Gatlinburg as much if not more than Disney but Disney is the only place we get the question "Again??" So glad you're here! Obviously you are one of the ones I know will be heading down for F&W...hopefully I can at least post a little bit for ya!
rolleyes1) I am including everything that I have played around with since March!
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