Hi Everyone! 
It's been a LOOOOOONNNGGGGG time since I've done this but since we are living in a brand new world, I thought I would share our last minute put together trip to Disney. I know there is travel shaming going on in the world. If you are one of those people or have something negative to say, you may move right on along. To each their own. We felt comfortable and we did what is best for our family. 
So to start with, we were supposed to go to the mountains in NC. I decided about 2 weeks prior I wanted Disney! Booked Pop Century and picked our parks. The 13 year old (YES, Blondie is 13) could care less about Magic Kingdom these days so we picked Hollywood Studios (Friday) Animal Kingdom (Saturday) and Epcot (Sunday).
We left our house in SC around 6:15am on Friday morning for the drive down. We got to Hollywood Studios at 12:15. Walked right in, Security is such a breeze now! We went straight to Rockin Roller Coaster and rode twice in about 30 minutes. Slinky Dog was up next followed by Galaxy's Edge. It was Blondie's first time and she was in love. They rode Smugglers Run while I sat out and tried to get a boarding time for Rise of the Resistance. I was successful and got boarding group 82.
After strolling around the shops a bit we headed to 50's Prime Time for a late lunch. Our server "Josh" (he was a "bad influence" on our corner so he gave us his co-workers name LOL) was wonderful! We laughed and listened to Prince songs from Batman. We were such rebels. It started raining while we ate and hid from the downpour a bit after it let up we headed to and rode Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway for the first time. What a cute ride! While in line, a doozy of a storm came in. 55 MPH winds, insane lightning and torrential rain. The CMs were having people wait inside as we came off the ride because it was so bad. We waited a while then decided to brave the rain. Not too heavy anymore but Joe and the kid were soaked. I had an umbrella. I didn't feel one bit bad about it either.
We stopped for a spin on Star Tours and we were the only ones in the pod. The CMs were excited when we walked up since no one else was there lol. After, Joe asked if we could stay on and they took us thru a side hallway and put us right back on! We were pretty near our boarding group for RotR by this time. Blondie wanted a light saber so we went to purchase one. We got to go in Savi's but it was the same ones that are in the shop. They weren't open for "build your own" yet but it was fun. We were the only ones in there too. Our group was called right when we got out! Joe and I rode it in December. He loves it, I'm impressed but it isn't my favorite and Blondie wanted to ride again.
We headed out thru Andy's backyard and took a spin on Toy Story Mania. I beat Joe for the first time in ages! 
177,700 KITTY! We were tired after 6 hours driving and 7 hours in the park and we made the trek to Pop! We got all of our stuff to the room excited about going straight to the room and NONE of our Magic Bands worked. I had SIX... My phone wouldn't even open the door. 
OF COURSE we were in Building 2, furthest you can get from check in on that side of the resort. Luckily I was the only one in line for the front desk and didn't have to wait. Apparently it was a resort wide issue for some guests. There were 2 other families there already complaining about being locked out of their rooms. Got in the room finally, Joe ordered from Everything Pop and we had pasta, pizza and a sandwich in the room before passing out. It was a fun filled packed day. Honestly.
I know people are tired of hearing it but it really did feel safer than the local grocery. Half the people here at home aren't wearing masks. I never see anyone cleaning while I am in the stores. Restaurants are no longer spread out or have lowered capacity. So we felt great with mask enforcement, not being packed into restaurants and seeing cleaning happening everywhere. I brought my own hand sanitizer but never even got it out because there were so many dispensers around the parks. At the entrance and exit of every ride, on walkways, in restaurants/lounges. I eventually took it out of my bag to lighten it up. There are also handwashing stations all around (which I kept taking paper towels to wipe sweat off lol). I really appreciate Disney and every single Cast Member for all of their hard work and dedication.
More later. Tomorrow is Animal Kingdom!!!! My favorite park and place to chill. 
I'll throw together some pics and add to the next post. Or you can click on our Facebook page and see some of them too.
"I do not like the cone of shame."
"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell."
"It seems to me that we have a lot of story yet to tell."
