desertbloom
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2004
Greetings, all! Here is my TR for our latest trip... It was our 20th visit to Disney! We first went there on our honeymoon in 1994.
Your cast of characters are:
Myself: celebrating my 45th birthday
The Husband: 47. Loves Disney as much as I do!
And we are off.....
Day 1: After a long day of getting everything packed and traveling, we finally arrive at our home away from home for the next week. Animal Kingdom Lodge. This was our first time staying at this resort. We chose it because of the great rate I got with a Disney Visa discount. I must say that walking into that lobby was pretty impressive. We had stayed at WL before so I had an idea of what to expect but I really liked the theming and atmosphere here just a bit more than at WL.
After what seemed like an eternity walking down corridors, we finally get to our room. After the usual bedbug check and disinfecting of door handles and light switches we enjoyed the view from our balcony. I had sent a fax 5 days prior to arriving and asked for a partial savannah view and I was lucky that they were able to make that happen. Our view was amazing and we saw so many animals. (Especially in the morning). Our room also had bunk beds as well as the queen sized bed. Much to my husband’s dismay, I called the top bunk first. I caught him sitting up there several times though, when he thought I wasn’t paying attention.
(our room view)
By now it is well past lunch time so it is down to the Mara for some quick eats. We split the tomato flatbread. It was really delicious. I loved it so much that we actually ended up eating it like 4 more times over the course of our vacation! After lunch we strolled around the resort a little before heading off to evening fun at Epcot.
Epcot was packed! Especially in World Showcase. Lesson learned not to venture there on a Saturday night if I am not feeling up to crowds. We slowly headed over to our Frozen FP, making a stop at Mexico since it’s one of my husband’s favorites. At this point I really needed some caramel corn, so we braved the extremely long and slow moving line (why they have one cashier on a busy night is beyond me). It was delicious as always. At this point we are feeling pretty tired and make our way to Spaceship Earth before heading back to AKL for the night.
Your cast of characters are:
Myself: celebrating my 45th birthday
The Husband: 47. Loves Disney as much as I do!
And we are off.....
Day 1: After a long day of getting everything packed and traveling, we finally arrive at our home away from home for the next week. Animal Kingdom Lodge. This was our first time staying at this resort. We chose it because of the great rate I got with a Disney Visa discount. I must say that walking into that lobby was pretty impressive. We had stayed at WL before so I had an idea of what to expect but I really liked the theming and atmosphere here just a bit more than at WL.
After what seemed like an eternity walking down corridors, we finally get to our room. After the usual bedbug check and disinfecting of door handles and light switches we enjoyed the view from our balcony. I had sent a fax 5 days prior to arriving and asked for a partial savannah view and I was lucky that they were able to make that happen. Our view was amazing and we saw so many animals. (Especially in the morning). Our room also had bunk beds as well as the queen sized bed. Much to my husband’s dismay, I called the top bunk first. I caught him sitting up there several times though, when he thought I wasn’t paying attention.
By now it is well past lunch time so it is down to the Mara for some quick eats. We split the tomato flatbread. It was really delicious. I loved it so much that we actually ended up eating it like 4 more times over the course of our vacation! After lunch we strolled around the resort a little before heading off to evening fun at Epcot.
Epcot was packed! Especially in World Showcase. Lesson learned not to venture there on a Saturday night if I am not feeling up to crowds. We slowly headed over to our Frozen FP, making a stop at Mexico since it’s one of my husband’s favorites. At this point I really needed some caramel corn, so we braved the extremely long and slow moving line (why they have one cashier on a busy night is beyond me). It was delicious as always. At this point we are feeling pretty tired and make our way to Spaceship Earth before heading back to AKL for the night.
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