January 2019

Grand Villa at Copper Creek. We've stayed at Beach Club before, it's very nice!

We've arrived! Flight was delayed almost an hour and a half. Landed around 11:30am and took magical express to Wilderness Lodge. We were supposed to stay in a Copper Creek studio tonight and then a Copper Creek 3 bedroom Monday and Tuesday night. Unfortunately, there was an issue with the grand villa and it was unsuitable for guests. So we got moved to a 3 bedroom at Bay Lake for all 3 nights! No complaints here! The room is amazing. It's a theme park view too

We had lunch at Geyser Point which was delicious! We also did the Jingle Bell Jingle Bam dessert party. It was good but I don't think we'll be eating many sweets for a while. Show was really good. We got special glasses that turn lights into snowmen. It was hilarious! They turn fireworks into snowmen too so it was funny seeing them blasting off

I am bummed we're not at Copper Creek. I was really looking forward to it! But I just can't complain about Bay Lake

Went to Animal Kingdom today. We didn't have fastpasses so we headed for safari. Standby said 85 minutes but we actually only waited 40. We walked the two Animal trails and saw one of the tiger cubs. Had lunch at restaurantosarus. Then my mom and nephew went back to the room and my dad, brother, Erik and I went to Disney Springs to do the Star Wars virtual reality thing. It was really cool!
Dinner was at trails end which was as good as always. Then we watched fireworks from the room.

Grand villa

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We have direct access because our room is the 15 and 16th floor

Tuesday we went to magic kingdom. Rode buzz, haunted mansion, liberty belle and small world. We had lunch at Pinocchio village haus which was pretty good. My nephew liked the barnstormer and dumbo. My aunt, uncle and cousin arrived today so they got to see the fireworks from the room. They thought it was great!

Wednesday my brother and nephew caught the tragical express around 6am. Erik, my cousin and I checked into Kidani and everyone else headed back to the house my parents have rented. We went to Epcot and rode living with the land and Soarin. Had lunch in the DVC lounge and wandered the showcase. Next we headed to the expo so Erik and I could pick up our 5K bibs ( and a pin ). Headed back to the room and had dinner at the Mara. Then it was an early night since we had to get up at 3am

The 5K was fun but it was cold! I really wished I had gloves because I could barely move my fingers. Once we got running we warmed up nicely. We were slower than we wanted to but it wasn't unexpected since RunDisney races are packed. We went back to the room for a nap then checked out and headed to AK. Saw festival of the lion king, tough to be a bug and rode Everest. Lunch was at pizzafari.

Then we headed back to get our bags and a shuttle to the car care centre to pick up our rental car. We didn't realize we were supposed to set up pick up time before hand so they called over. After being on hold for almost 20 minutes, the cast memeber gave up and sent us in a taxi. Free of charge! Disney service is amazing.

We picked up the car and headed to the house. Just had dinner and heading to Publix soon. Not sure what's up tomorrow yet. It's always strange being in Florida but not at Disney

Friday we had a very lazy day which was nice. Pretty much just hung around the house all day and walked up to a Walgreens after dinner.

Saturday. Today we headed to one of the premium outlet malls. We went early to avoid the chaos of parking. The Disney character warehouse was very busy. The check out line was all the way to the back of the store! We bought a few pins for traders, a Cinderella dress for my niece who is due in February and a Mary Poppins head piece. I was hoping they would have some of the dresses from the dress shop, but no luck. We stopped at Publix on the way home and had Papa Johns pizza for dinner. Now it's laundry and packing up. We check into the Beach Club tomorrow for one night and then fly home Monday

Sunday. We dropped off our rental car at the car care centre and then took the shuttle to Beach Club. I have to say, it was pretty convenient renting a car from here. Our room was ready and it was very nice. I think it was recently refurbished. We headed to Epcot and walked around the showcase. Stopped for a snack in Norway ( we tried the Lefse and it was really good). Then we went to Disney Springs for some shopping. We had dinner at planet Hollywood observatory. We actually met up with our neighbours from across the street back home who are now snowbirds. We had a great time! Food was really good too. After dinner, we headed back to the resort. We walked around the boardwalk and then called it a night. Had to catch the tragical express at 7:50am.

Monday. Boarded the tragical express. Security was only about 15 minutes so we were at our gate in no time. Flight landed about 20 min early. Customs was a breeze. We've decided that we will not be checking luggage ever again unless we absolutely have to lol. It was so nice just having carry one this trip!

Now to plan our May trip