Salutations!

We're actually going this coming Wednesday, 19 Feb

DH is a contractor with the state and we aren't certain what the rest of his springtime looks like, vacation-wise, so we're traveling before there's a turn-over in staffing at his site.

I haven't stayed at a WDW resort since 2012, so it was cool to receive a booklet in the mail today...gets me psyched for the trip OH! annnd, now we'll get MagicBands...very, very happy about that!

Thanks to all, for the warm welcome I'm learning *so much* and am truly thankful!

We'll be staying at Coronado Springs and although it's a bit of a haul to MK and Epcot, I'm looking forward to (hopefully) grabbing a Kobe burger that I've read about throughout the forums.

Although I'm excited about our trip, we're and odd couple in that we don't really "plan" things out...other than us making reservations at the SciFi Diner prior to the trip we took in January. During that trip, we went to Mecum Auto Auction and got my husband his "mid-life crises on a budget" car Can't beat getting a Mercedes Benz for USD6400

Because we live in Tallahassee, "only" a five-hour drive, max, plus DH got us APs for this year...we'll be making multiple trips. So, that being said, with our next trip coming up this Wednesday, we'll only be staying Wednesday through Saturday...well, departure day is Saturday and because we aren't "spring chickens" we won't be hitting any parks that day.

Our main focus this trip is Epcot and Magic Kingdom...but, because of all the neato-keen things I've been reading about all the other DWRs, I think we might make an evening of cruising through them, to see where else we might want to stay in the future. I really, really enjoyed reading King Fergus's discussions about Wilderness Lodge...and also threads I've seen about PORS versus POFQ.

Because we're meat eaters, I'm trying to get DH to seriously consider Ohana, especially for viewing MK's fireworks. If anyone has other suggestions, I'm all ears

DH told me that the forecast for DW next week is temps in the 80s, which I'm *so thankful* for, especially after the brutal cold winds there were in January. Okay, "brutal cold" is a relative term, but I've lived in Tha South for so long, I now have "thin blood" I was never keen on snow even though I grew up in Michigan. I only tolerated it in Germany because I was stationed there. OH! but that reminds me...has anyone ever dined in the actual sit-down restaurant in Epcot's Germany? I haven't found that thread yet, so I ask here. Funny thing, while we were stationed in Germany, we were in Bitburg...and we never made it to Munich for Oktoberfest ~sad chuckle~. I was too much of a workaholic. :/

As I read more and more of people's trip reports, it really makes me reconsider journaling and photo taking. I enjoy reading everyone's adventures and seeing things through their eyes Reckon I should check into that Photo Bucket site as well ~lame chuckle~. While I can take pictures of people with their own cameras, I tend to be lacking in photo taking for myself.

Yeahhh...I'm "really sad" about leaving LOL! I joined the AF to get out When I call friends back home, they're telling me it's definitely like the winters in the late 70s (I don't think you were born yet...so you might not know about those.) This winter has been freaky in Florida too, though...I even had to wrap one the one outside pipe we have, due to all the freeze warnings. It even snowed here!! Craziness, but I really don't want to move to south Florida 'cause that's just asking for a hurricane to come knock on our door ~sad chuckle~.