NikkiMouse's Trip Report: Now with Day 4 and pictures!

Not at all. Disney was fantastic and we even added on a day! I was literally on the phone for maybe 20 minutes and it was done...no charges or anything.

My mom had a setback the other day when she had a stroke. She was doing really well and was ready to get discharged to rehab and then that happened. Right now we are waiting for her to get into a neuroscience rehab in the area and then we will see. Currently, she can speak, but does not know who she is or who anyone else is. That has been really hard to deal with.

Thanks! We have definitely experienced some more issues the past few days, but I am hoping things look up soon.

Thank you, everyone! I am sad thinking we were supposed to be on a plane in three days, but I need to take care of family first and foremost.

Thanks! I can't wait to see them! Get me a good shot of the Haunted Mansion, please!

Yay!!!! FastPass selections can be made at midnight, so I am going to set an alarm and do that. I have missed Anna and Elsa the last 2 years, and I am determined not to have that happen again.

My friends have decided to join us, so there will be 7 of us all together. We are not going to stick together the entire time though. We will have meals together and then just kind of do our own thing in the parks. It can be so hard to navigate with a larger group and we have both had experiences of trying to do that, and agree that it easier to let the families do their own things.

Yes!!! I am actually really happy with what I got and the times I got it. It was well worth getting up at midnight

Thanks! I can't wait. I was a little nervous about traveling at that time since we had never gone then, but most people seem to love it.

I can't believe that with everything that has happened in the past few months that we are once again under 2 weeks. My mom is settled into assisted living and my best friend is going to visit her every other day when we are gone, so I can just relax and enjoy the trip. So excited!!!!!

We are back from another wonderful, and tiring, trip from WDW. This was our first time staying for 7 days, and I initially thought this would give us more time to sit back and relax...it did not. Maybe one year! Our traveling group consisted of me (celebrating my birthday and a complete Disney nerd), my husband (not a huge Disney fan just gets dragged along but once he is there seems to enjoy himself), and my daughter (age 10...also a Disney nerd. Takes after mom!). Friends joined us this year though we did not stick together for the whole trip. That group consisted of Tina, Jay and their 2 kids (ages 11 and 6, both boys). We decided before we booked to do somethings together, but as they have boys it was nice for each family to kind of do their own thing too. I think it worked out really well in the end.

Saturday, January 30th:
The day started super early as we had a 6:00am flight. My daughter thought we were leaving on Monday because we needed her to actually get some sleep! I got up at 3am to get things together and then we got her up and moving. Trip to the airport and the flight was uneventful (even with my severe anxiety about flying). We flew JetBlue for the first time this year and I have to say I was very happy with all their service.

We arrived at Pop Century at 9:30am. On the way there on MDE, I was sent a text message with our room number, so we went right over there and put our carry-on bags away and just ran right back out. We then headed to the food court because I always require Mickey waffles on my first day or in this case, Pop waffles. They were delicious and as usual the service was great when it came to my allergies. I love being able to eat for an entire week out and not worry about getting sick.

Now it was onto the parks! First day was MK as usual. We had Fastpasses that day for 7DMT, BTMR, and Peter Pan's Flight. All good choices as the park was not a crowd level of 2 or 3 as predicated by most sites. It was definitely more of a 7 or 8. Lines were crazy and getting around was a bit of nightmare. I expected most of the crowds to be the international tour groups, and while they were there, I was surprised just at the amount of families there. From what I have heard January into early February tend to be lighter on the crowds. Most of the week did not really show that to be true.
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We ate lunch at BOG that day, and I was really happy with my meal as was the rest of my traveling group. It was our first time there and I enjoyed the atmosphere and attention to detail. I love a raspberry lemon desert that I could not even tell was gluten free. After our late lunch, we tried to get on a few more rides but most rides were at least a 40 minute wait and we were all exhausted, so after a quick ride on the PeopleMover we decided to head back to the resort for the movie by the pool. The kids fell asleep watching the movie, so we headed back to the rooms quite early that night and were in bed by 9pm.

More to follow....

Okay Day 2! This was a day that I was both looking forward to and dreading at the same time...4 parks, 1 day! We started the day earlier to get into AK for extra magic hours. However, when we got there I was shocked at how packed it already was! We decided after seeing all the wait times for rides to just take the train and head over to Rafiki's Planet Watch, which was something we had never done before. My daughter really enjoyed the petting area and watching them x-ray a little monkey over in the vet area. After that we got some pictures with Chip and Dale; they were a lot of fun to meet.

At this point it was time to head to the next park which was the MK, so we grabbed the bus and headed over there. We had our FastPasses at that park, so we headed right to the Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan and Pirates. With the FastPasses we managed to get all that done pretty quickly even with the parks being as busy as they were. We ate at Pecos Bills for lunch Never again. I do not mind QS places at all, but this place was the worst Tex-Mex I have ever had. The rice was not completely cooked, the grilled onions were just gross and the portions were so small. And even with the awful food it was so crowded that we had to stand around with our trays for 10 minutes waiting for a table. This will not be on the list for return trips.

After our not so great lunch, we hopped on the monorail for Epcot where we headed immediately to the World Showcase with a quick stop off for some Beverly, which I told my daughter was delicious!
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We did about half the countries and I stopped in England to grab a shot glass for a friend of mine who was watching our dog for us. By this time, I started to feel the results of packing too much into the day and felt a bit off. I blame Pecos Bills food! I sat down for a while and almost went back to the room, but my traveling group told me that I had gotten this far with our adventure that I could not give up now. I drank some water and we headed for the Friendship Boat to HS.

The boat ride definitely helped me to feel a little better, but I was still kind of iffy, but I decided to at least walk into the park to make it official and after a few minutes I started to feel a little better. My husband and daughter went on Star Tours and then we all went on the Great Movie Ride. My daughter had seen the dance party on the way in, so we headed over that way. It was a lot of fun and by this point I felt great. We had dinner at ABC Commissary. I had gluten free chicken fingers and fries. Now I know a lot of people like the table service meals better, but with Celiac I hardly ever get to eat things like chicken fingers, so for me this is a huge treat. I also had some fantastic mousse that night for dessert and they gave me a birthday cupcake, which was not gluten-free, but my daughter enjoyed eating 2 desserts that night. By this time, the Symphony in the Stars fireworks were about to start, so we stayed to watch them. I have to say even though I am not a huge fan of Star Wars they were some great fireworks. I would definitely recommend them to anyone.
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It was fun but challenging! I don't think I would ever try it again!

Day 3...or the day someone stole the castle

There was no rest for the weary as we had an ADR for BOG at 8am. So we were up and out the door and on the bus by 7:15am. I was too excited for a nearly empty stroll down Main Street to be tired after yesterday's challenge. However, the fog did put a bit of a damper on things...or did it? I feel like we got some amazing shots of Main Street with a view that most people do not get to see. You know with the castle being completely gone! It was pretty amazing actually.

BOG breakfast was yummy and I loved that they brought me out my own platter of gluten free pastries. ALL MINE!!! We had a fantasic time and were ready to head out by 8:50am. 10 minutes before I thought I would see crowds. Somehow I messed that up and when we got to 7DMT there was already a 30 minute wait, so we ran towards Frontierland and got on BTMR, which I would advise against after a rather large breakfast.

After that we had FastPasses for Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain and Pirates. We finally went to Tom Sawyer's Island, which my daughter really enjoyed! After that, the temperature really started to get up there and the sun was brutal, so we headed back to the resort for some pool time.

We never spend enough time just relaxing, so this was a great time. My daughter and I entered a trivia contest and came in first place, so my daughter was thrilled to win the big prize. I was thrilled that my Disney knowledge had finally come in handy. After our big win, we headed back to the room to get ready for Epcot.

I love Epcot at night. During the day it is okay, but at night there really is something special about it.
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I love this view as I wait for everyone else to get off Mothership Earth. Got stuck one time and it made me extremely claustrophobic, so I have not been on it since. I might be the only person in the world to be scared of the ride! After that we headed to see Baymax, which turned out to be my favorite meet and greet of all time. He is so squishy!!! By this time, the park really seemed to thin out crowd-wise so we rode Test Track a couple of times and just leisurely walked around.

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