Hi Kaitlyn! Trying to get to know some new dis friends so I took some time to read through your ptr so far this evening.
First of all, I feel your pain in regards to the back spasms. I go through that process about twice a year. A few years ago I did that. Folding laundry. 1 week before I was going to
Disneyland. Some steroids, muscle relaxers and some really good pain meds usually get me back upright and mobile in a couple of days. Sorry you had to deal with the stress of that coupled with finals. I hope things worked out without hurting your grades too much.
I'm with you on FOP too. Im glad I'm not alone. I was never a fan of Avatar and the land is immersive but...
I just don't care. FOP is a pretty great ride, but if I had to pick between it and Everest, I'll take the Yeti over the banshee every time. L loves FOP though and it is still a fun ride so always a priority for us. Sorry you couldn't get FP for SDD. Those late FPs though...
I'm a rope dropper too so I give you credit for your patience and willingness to abide by the request of the late risers.
One comment on your epcot plans... if your family really does want to do illuminations and not spaceship earth, it might be worth booking a throw away FP early in the day that they won't use and let it expire so you can get illuminations with a 4th fp... not sure about August but I noticed illuminations being available late in the day during our trip.
Sorry the Riverdale Con was such a rollercoaster, but you got some really good pictures and I'm glad it turned out to be such an awesome experience for you and Grace!
Disney IT... that is probably the most profane thing that is allowed to be written on these boards. I totally get the frustration. I had a dummy account on a second email because we did a trip a few years ago where I had a convention ticket for an afternoon and then a package with tickets. MDEwas relatively new then and I was afraid of the wrong ticket getting used at the wrong time so I set up 2 separate accounts to avoid that. When we booked our most recent trip I noticed that all my tickets and MBs from both email accounts were now all in my real account. Kind of scary that they "fixed" that without my consent given that they essentially combined accounts using 2 different emails, one of which was under Andy, the other Andrew. Anyway, depending on how much you really care to spend time trying, you might be able to call IT and get them to merge the "old" Tom and Grace accounts with the "new" ones. Those bands might just carry over without resorting to tiny screwdrivers and mismatched pucks.