shan23877
I make lists about my lists
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- Jul 9, 2011
Hang in There Joan
The mostly true story of 72 character meets, 54 snack credits, 19 table service meals, 14 sparkly dresses, and 1 princess
Im Shannon- compulsive WDW planner, die hard Cubs fan, and reality TV watcher
My husband Bryan- WDW pack mule, avid golfer, and history buff
And this is Princess Maddie- budding WDW tour guide, ballerina, and Disney channel fan
My husband Bryan- WDW pack mule, avid golfer, and history buff
And this is Princess Maddie- budding WDW tour guide, ballerina, and Disney channel fan
My MiL joined us on this trip, and she may pop up from time to time in photos, but since I don't have her permission to post them on the interwebs I'm going to skip the photo intro of her for now
Hello Friends old and new! And welcome to my 4th Trip Report. This years trip took place May 1-10 and once again we stayed at Port Orleans Riverside in a Royal Guest Room. We used the Deluxe Dining Plan, and pre-purchased the memory maker package. This was our first experience with both magic bands and FP+.
Rather than bore those of you who have followed along with our adventures with the same old intros, I thought Id include a helpful FAQ section
FAQs
ThatGuy79: Will this be an entertaining, well written trip report thats updated on a regular basis?
Shan23877: Welcome ThatGuy! Unfortunately no. It will not be well written and though I strive to update once a week, I often fall short. Thanks for reading!
ThatGuy79: Will there at least be great photos?
Shan23877: I hate to disappoint you, but again probably not. I do have an expensive camera and I take lots of photos, but I have never bothered to learn how to use my camera and take most photos in the auto setting. Thanks for joining in!
SkinnyMinnie768645: The deluxe dining plan is way too much food! Why would you ever do that?
Shan23877: Welcome Skinny! While the DxDP is not for everyone, we enjoy it! It affords us the chance to pre-pay for all of our meals so that were not worrying about cost all of the time. Without it we would likely never order an appetizer or dessert, and wed probably skip the signature meals that we so enjoy. Thanks for reading!
SkinnyMinnie768645: Well if you insist on doing DxDP will your TR at least include comprehensive reviews of restaurants complete with photos of menus and meals?
Shan23877: So glad youre here Skinny! And I'm gald you asked! While I did try to take photos at every meal, I failed on a few. I will do reviews of many WDW restaurants including: Fultons, CRT-lunch, BoG, dinner, Akershus, Via Napoli, the Yachtsman, HBD, H&V Star Wars dinner, the Plaza, Cali Grill, HDDR, TH, Y&Y, Artist Point, H&V breakfast, Coral Reef, Narcoossees, Ohana breakfast, and Chef Mickey dinner. I cant promise that theyll be good though.
PurwhoFan: Thats a lot of character meets! Do you guys ever do any of the rides?
Shan23877: Hey there PurwhoFan! We do squeeze in a ride or two between Meet and Greets! In fact, on this trip we managed to do a few rides weve never done before!
BoysRule: Why on earth would any one need 14 princess dresses?
Shan23877: Welcome BR! Honestly I have no idea! Being a bit of a tomboy myself Ive never taken 14 princess dresses anywhere! My daughter is a bit of a mystery to me, but thanks to Southwests 2 bags fly free policy we load em up!
NeverSeenIt: Who is Joan? No one in your family seems to be named Joan.
Shan23877: Welcome aboard Never! I assume that you havent been treated to marathon viewings of Frozen? Check out Do You Want to Build a Snowman on youtube and I think youll catch it. Thanks to a certain 7 year olds obsession with it we know all the words, and found ourselves saying that to her while we were waiting in lines and such. Im sure I could have come up with a different title, but frankly I didnt try that hard. Thanks for reading!
ThatGuy79: You wont be doing your stupid Friends chapter titles again will you?
Shan23877: Hey again TG! Been seeing a lot of you around here! I will be using the Friends titles again, I sort of like them!
MKCommando7676: You say you met a lot of characters, you werent one of those people who stood in line to meet Anna and Elsa for 6 hours were you?
Shan23877: Welcome MKC! Glad you have you reading along! We did not. We had fastpasses. So there.
Up Next: We travel and eventually, arrive
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I hate the idea of using FP for a character, but my hand might be forced on this one. 
the DxDP! Sure it's lots of food, but the dining is a big part of our vacation. We like to try lots of things and the DxDP lets us do that with out worrying about the costs!
