October 2018

October 22-29

I think we just miss a lot of people.

Slight change. Because I continually stalk the DVC website, I found four nights in a studio at SSR available! So now we are at SSR for four nights and All Star Music for three nights. This saves us almost $300! Now, what can I buy for $300

Great minds think alike

This trip needs to hurry up and get here so I stop making changes

Changed a few days around.

Day 1 We are now going to Epcot instead of Animal Kingdom. Fastpass for Spaceship Earth and Test Track. And dinner at the Garden Grill. I just can't not go there! It's my favourite

Days 2-4 Remain the same. So far anyway

Day 5 Since I cancelled Pizzafari family style dinner on Day 1, we're now doing it today.

Day 6 Unchanged.

Day 7 Going to Animal Kingdom instead of Epcot (although we'll make a stop at Epcot to pick up our annual passholder cutting board assuming we make it there 4 days). Fastpass for Everest, Safari and Tough to be a bug.

Well what do you know, I made more changes!

The reason we had planned on skipping our fall trip was to save money ( as soon as our mortgage is paid off, we're buying Copper Creek!). Looking over our plans, we realized we were getting a little spend crazy So, in a effort to cut costs, we cut a bunch of ADR's. Sadly we are no longer doing Garden Grill ( , Chefs de France, Whispering Canyon and Trails End. We looked into the dining plan and Tables in Wonderland but neither would work for us. Ah well. Lots of time to try the other places on future trips

I am still excited for Homecomin, Sweet Tomatoes, Pizzafari, Mickey's Backyard BBQ and Trattoria al Forno. Oddly enough, I am also really excited to order groceries because there is quite a bit of stuff we can't get in Canada.

I remember the first time we went to a grocery store in Florida when we were kids and we were shocked that they had everything from the commercials

We are sore from the marathon yesterday but we are mobile Now waiting ( not so) patiently at the gate for our flight. Only 2.5 hours until take off

Our flight landed almost 30 minutes early! Then we proceeded directly to the magical express. Got to SSR and our room was ready. We are in the Springs section. We dropped our stuff off then headed to Epcot. I spent a bunch of money at mouse gears, grabbed a drink at club cool, rode spaceship earth and test track then headed to Disney Springs. We walked to Sweet Tomatoes for supper and we are still stuffed! Just finished unpacking and now waiting for our groceries to be delivered. Then we'll be off to bed to rest up for tomorrow.

Slept in a bit this morning then headed to Epcot. We had fastpasses for living with the land and Frozen. We also got a couple snacks at the food and wine festival. To be honest, I'm kind of over the festival right now. I find it's a lot of the same food ( which isn't a bad thing because there is some tasty stuff), and I'm tired of the crowds. I think next trip might be mid November when it's over

We ran into Joann at Epcot. It was a short visit but it was great to see her. We headed to beach club to catch the bus to Disney Springs. We had an early dinner at Homecoming. It was delicious! We split a side of cheddar cheese drop biscuits, the chicken with doughnuts ( and mashed potatoes) and the humming bird cake. It was all very good but so much food! So glad we split everything! We then headed back to the room to rest up before the Halloween party.

We dressed up as the Garden Grill for the party. I think only cast members knew what we were The great lines were crazy, even at 8:30. We started out riding space mountain which was really cool. We also rode pirates which was slightly disappointing. I thought the would be more live action pirates. We watched the first parade but didn't have a very good view. After the fireworks, we did more trick or treating and the lines were nice and short. Then we found a great spot for the second parade. After that, we headed out.

Now we rest up for our first visit to Toy Story land!

I'm so excited for Toy Story

Hollywood studios day.

We arrived just in time for our tower of terror fastpass. I love this ride. I hate the anticipation of waiting to drop though We wandered around a bit after. Met BB-8 then headed to Toy Story Land. It's themed very well. It was very hot and crowded so we just rode Alien saucers and Slinky dog and headed back out. Slinky dog was a lot more intense than I expected. It was a lot of fun!
We then watched Beauty and the Beast and Erik rode rockin roller coaster. Dinner was at Fare Fax Fair. We split the empanadas platter which was very good. Then we shared a cookies and cream funnel cake.
We then took the boat to Epcot. Trying to get our cutting boards by going 4 times. One more to go We just walked through Epcot and took a bus back to SSR.

Today we got up early and headed to MK. Watched the Trolley show and ran into Robyn and Sy. It was great to see them. We had fastpasses for Buzz, haunted mansion and small world. We also rode the carousel of progress and the train. After watching the parade we walked over to the Contemporary and then took the boat to Fort Wilderness. We walked the nature trail to Wilderness Lodge. I love this trail. We saw 8 deer on our walk. After wandering around the lodge a bit, we took the bus to Disney Springs.
Dinner was at D-Luxe burger which was really good. Then we checked out some shops and headed back to the room. We split our chocolate chip cookie from Gideon's bakery ( you get them at Polite Pig). It was good, but too heavy and too many chocolate chips. I'm glad we tried it, but I wouldn't get it again. Now it's time to pack up for the move to All Star movies in the morning.

Tomorrow is the release of the Orange Bird funko pop. I'm going to attempt to get one. Wish me luck! I have a feeling there will be a huge line