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Earning My Ears
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- May 4, 2015
This will be my second go around on a trip report. They have always been so helpful to me, I wanted to start returning the favor.
Little bit about me, I am a physical therapist in New York, although I have only lived here for about 10 months. Up until my move, I lived just two hours from Disney World. I am still adjusting to being so far away . This will be my seventh half marathon (plus a full) which have all been Disney. I love doing runDisney events and I try to keep them stacked up so I am always training for something. I’m registered for the Wine and Dine two-course challenge in November.
We usually go Deluxe resorts for race weekends (I justify the cost as my reward for all the training), but because my family was running the 5K, we were staying for five nights and it was a little too pricey. So this was my first time at Caribbean Beach. My mom and brother were running the 5k with me and I was running the half marathon by myself.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 — Travel Day and Caribbean Beach
I had mid-morning flight out of White Plains, which was the perfect amount of time to drop off my pups at “camp” and get back to my apartment in order to Uber to the airport (parking at HPN is like $35 a day). The flight was also early enough for me to get to the expo and pick up my bibs for the 5k on Friday.
It was an un-eventful flight and my mom picked me up from the airport. We made our traditional Publix stop. There are several Publix between the airport and Disney which are pretty easy to get to. We picked up Gatorade, bananas and watery fruit. My mom still had bagels and peanut butter from Princess weekend. I also grabbed some chicken tenders for lunch (miss these so much in New York).
We made a stop at the Expo to pick up our bibs. It was about 2 o’clock at this point. The expo gives me sensory overload, and feels so inefficient (for me, not for the crowd as a whole) as I need to make three different stops. There were no lines to get bibs. We headed over for my obligatory magnet and pins. There also was almost zero line for merchandise. For this race, my mom also bought the cheer squat package so we had to pick that up as well. Finally, we got our shirts and headed out.
On our way into the expo, my mom checked us in. I don’t know if it’s an issue with her phone but she never gets the text that our rooms are ready. When I check in, I always get it. It’s weird. So we had to head to the Caribbean Beach front desk. I really liked Caribbean Beach. The rooms were nice and spacious, bed were comfortable. Everything was easily walkable. There were several quiet pools. I probably like the theming of Port Orleans a little better, but they are both nice.
My two complaints are as follows: our room was right beside the construction for the Skyline, making it a little difficult to relax during the day. Probably not an issue for most buildings or even the rooms on the parking lot side of the building, but our room was front and center. If you can avoid Aruba until it’s done, I would. Secondly, is also a complaint about AKL and Poly, the quick service food is a little too “themed.” The very specific food every day gets a little old.
Because we hadn’t gotten any word on our room, we stopped at the front desk. This seemingly takes so long. It’s so much information that I obviously live without when I get the text and go straight to my room.
Our room had a beautiful view of the lake. I unpacked, set out my clothes (at which point I realized I forgot my Sport Beans), put the food in the fridge. We then rested a little bit before heading over to get some dinner at the CBR’s quick service counter, Centertown Market. I put my amateur photographer cap on and took pictures on my way over. I got the tacos, which were good! The food here is all good, just too similar to eat everyday.
After we ate, I watched Grey’s Anatomy and then tried to get to bed early.
Little bit about me, I am a physical therapist in New York, although I have only lived here for about 10 months. Up until my move, I lived just two hours from Disney World. I am still adjusting to being so far away . This will be my seventh half marathon (plus a full) which have all been Disney. I love doing runDisney events and I try to keep them stacked up so I am always training for something. I’m registered for the Wine and Dine two-course challenge in November.
We usually go Deluxe resorts for race weekends (I justify the cost as my reward for all the training), but because my family was running the 5K, we were staying for five nights and it was a little too pricey. So this was my first time at Caribbean Beach. My mom and brother were running the 5k with me and I was running the half marathon by myself.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 — Travel Day and Caribbean Beach
I had mid-morning flight out of White Plains, which was the perfect amount of time to drop off my pups at “camp” and get back to my apartment in order to Uber to the airport (parking at HPN is like $35 a day). The flight was also early enough for me to get to the expo and pick up my bibs for the 5k on Friday.
It was an un-eventful flight and my mom picked me up from the airport. We made our traditional Publix stop. There are several Publix between the airport and Disney which are pretty easy to get to. We picked up Gatorade, bananas and watery fruit. My mom still had bagels and peanut butter from Princess weekend. I also grabbed some chicken tenders for lunch (miss these so much in New York).
We made a stop at the Expo to pick up our bibs. It was about 2 o’clock at this point. The expo gives me sensory overload, and feels so inefficient (for me, not for the crowd as a whole) as I need to make three different stops. There were no lines to get bibs. We headed over for my obligatory magnet and pins. There also was almost zero line for merchandise. For this race, my mom also bought the cheer squat package so we had to pick that up as well. Finally, we got our shirts and headed out.
On our way into the expo, my mom checked us in. I don’t know if it’s an issue with her phone but she never gets the text that our rooms are ready. When I check in, I always get it. It’s weird. So we had to head to the Caribbean Beach front desk. I really liked Caribbean Beach. The rooms were nice and spacious, bed were comfortable. Everything was easily walkable. There were several quiet pools. I probably like the theming of Port Orleans a little better, but they are both nice.
My two complaints are as follows: our room was right beside the construction for the Skyline, making it a little difficult to relax during the day. Probably not an issue for most buildings or even the rooms on the parking lot side of the building, but our room was front and center. If you can avoid Aruba until it’s done, I would. Secondly, is also a complaint about AKL and Poly, the quick service food is a little too “themed.” The very specific food every day gets a little old.
Because we hadn’t gotten any word on our room, we stopped at the front desk. This seemingly takes so long. It’s so much information that I obviously live without when I get the text and go straight to my room.
Our room had a beautiful view of the lake. I unpacked, set out my clothes (at which point I realized I forgot my Sport Beans), put the food in the fridge. We then rested a little bit before heading over to get some dinner at the CBR’s quick service counter, Centertown Market. I put my amateur photographer cap on and took pictures on my way over. I got the tacos, which were good! The food here is all good, just too similar to eat everyday.
After we ate, I watched Grey’s Anatomy and then tried to get to bed early.