We. Are. CHUNKY! DISBoards Epic Girls Trip May 2019 THE END! Epilogue: Dream Cruise, Club 33 and a new TR!

[kastoney]

Before: raggedy ends and brassy hair After: healthier cleaned-up hair!

I FINALLY just got mine fixed today! It was long overdue!

We were surprised with a very large suite-like room with a kitchen and living room. I think all the rooms here have a kitchenette in any case.

Wow, that is an awesome looking room. Disney should take a page from Hyatt's book

I am channeling Hufflepuff for tonight's event:

I have no idea what a Hufflepuff is but you look dang cute!

he Dr. Seuss ride, the one I like to call the Universal Peoplemover.

Now this is a ride I could totally vibe with!

Running into Alyssa and her DH again!

So cool you all ran into each other. I was so disappointed when their trip just missed most of us by a few days.

Thanks for the look at the informer event. I gotta admit I had no idea what it was. I thought you all were going to a comic con of sorts. I'm so clueless

 

[missjackiemcg]

The skirt is a skort from Sparkleskirts! They also have skirts to match all the other houses!

I was wondering!!!! SO cute....might be investing in that for our December trip to USO before the cruise!

LOL He's probably in Slytherin. He can be sneaky.

LOL That is hilarious!!! Jimmy is a huge HP fan at the moment, and whenever he is mad at ROb and I, he tells us we are in Slytherin....it's so cute because that's literally the meanest thing he can think of to say!!

 

[chunkymonkey]

This sounds like such an amazing adventure. I cannot wait to read more!

Thank you so much and thanks for joining!

But that's where the candy is!

I'm on a diet.

Yea!! All caught up!

Thanks for reading!!

I followed along on Instagram! Looking forward to the rest of the report.

Thank you so much for following!

I'm here and loving reading about all the epic-ness!! So much fun!

Thanks Kathy! Hopefully you can make it to the next one! (I think we decided...2021?)

I can attest. It is 100% true.


and 100% sucky.

Yup it is.

I can't wrap my head around how Disney can figure out how to make bus fuel out of old chicken nuggets, and how to build a ride that truly feels like you're riding a living breathing actual banshee, but they can't figure out how to let monorail guests bypass the second bag check at EPCOT.

Because...that would be too easy?

I keep telling them they need to hire me at twice the pay I get now, and help them figure this enigma out!

I would do it for only 1.5 what I make now and I'm local...no relocation package needed.

You guys, I will do it for FREE and by EMAIL just so I don't have to go through bag check twice for my own selfish purposes, hahaha.

I FINALLY just got mine fixed today! It was long overdue!

So where are your pictures? Even if it's after the trip, we still want to see!!

Wow, that is an awesome looking room. Disney should take a page from Hyatt's book

Right, but then no one will be able to afford that room because they will tack on $$$$$

I have no idea what a Hufflepuff is but you look dang cute!

Thanks!!

Now this is a ride I could totally vibe with!

It's really quite fun and really is like the peoplemover, except you can't put your feet up.

So cool you all ran into each other. I was so disappointed when their trip just missed most of us by a few days.

Thanks for the look at the informer event. I gotta admit I had no idea what it was. I thought you all were going to a comic con of sorts. I'm so clueless

It was a fun event, and it's a nice "taste" of USO without committing an entire day to it. I would do it again.

I was wondering!!!! SO cute....might be investing in that for our December trip to USO before the cruise!

They are! I really like the Ravenclaw one, because it's like a blue/purple plaid. I think it's so cute!

LOL That is hilarious!!! Jimmy is a huge HP fan at the moment, and whenever he is mad at ROb and I, he tells us we are in Slytherin....it's so cute because that's literally the meanest thing he can think of to say!!

Aww how cute!! He will love USO!

 

[docsoliday1]

I was wondering!!!! SO cute....might be investing in that for our December trip to USO before the cruise!


LOL That is hilarious!!! Jimmy is a huge HP fan at the moment, and whenever he is mad at ROb and I, he tells us we are in Slytherin....it's so cute because that's literally the meanest thing he can think of to say!!

If that's the meanest thing he can think of, count yourself blessed!

 

[docsoliday1]

Thank you so much and thanks for joining!



I'm on a diet.


Thanks for reading!!



Thank you so much for following!



Thanks Kathy! Hopefully you can make it to the next one! (I think we decided...2021?)



Yup it is.



Because...that would be too easy?





You guys, I will do it for FREE and by EMAIL just so I don't have to go through bag check twice for my own selfish purposes, hahaha.

Curse you Perry the platypus!

I was really liking the free market society until you came along.
Sheesh!

If I had gotten the job, I was planning on remembering my friends, but @chunkymonkey comes along and...squash that idea like a bug.

 

[pkondz]

I'm on a diet.

Until the siren call of Disney calls?

 

[Avery&Todd]

I'm HERE and obviously totally LATE to the party!!!

Can't wait to hear all about this EPIC girls (and a few boys) trip!!!

 

[chunkymonkey]

Curse you Perry the platypus!

I was really liking the free market society until you came along.
Sheesh!

If I had gotten the job, I was planning on remembering my friends, but @chunkymonkey comes along and...squash that idea like a bug.

Well I didn't say I'd ACCEPT the job. So you can still remember me

Until the siren call of Disney calls?

Correct.

I'm HERE and obviously totally LATE to the party!!!

Can't wait to hear all about this EPIC girls (and a few boys) trip!!!

It's never too late! Thank you for joining!!

 

[Dentam]

Joining in! It was fun to follow along a bit on fb during this epic trip, now I'm looking forward to reading all the details!

The hotel you had the first night looks so nice - score! I love POFQ, it's one of my favorites - nice that you got to stay there next!

 

[FantasiaMagic]

I'm here and so excited to read about this Epic Trip!

That Hyatt room looked so nice, also glad you all enjoyed your night at US!

Looking forward to your next day

 

[paradesintherain]

Before: raggedy ends and brassy hair After: healthier cleaned-up hair!

Seriously great haircut!

Daaaang, what a room!

I am channeling Hufflepuff for tonight's event:

Oh hi!! Fellow Hufflepuff here!

Please excuse my pancake face next to Karilynn's perfectly sculpted face. I have a really large face!

Hush, both of your faces are just lovely and perfectly sculpted!

Chunky coaster!

First of many!

We put our stuff in the locker but I forgot I had my phone in my pocket so they had to send me back to put it in a locker.

Ugh, Universal is so annoyingly strict about that stuff! If I want to drop my phone off the Hulk coaster I should be allowed to do that!!!

This looks seriously terrifying... but then again I have an irrational fear of dinosaurs

 

[docsoliday1]

Ugh, Universal is so annoyingly strict about that stuff! If I want to drop my phone off the Hulk coaster I should be allowed to do that!!!

I see your point and theirs.

But, if you drop your phone off the hulk coaster....

And hit someone in the head with it, not cool.

 

[paradesintherain]

I see your point and theirs.

But, if you drop your phone off the hulk coaster....

And hit someone in the head with it, not cool.

Definitely not! I was just kidding, I'm all for whatever parks think they need to do to maintain safety of their guests

 

[docsoliday1]

Definitely not! I was just kidding, I'm all for whatever parks think they need to do to maintain safety of their guests

I knew you were kidding...

In actually I was initially a bit peeved when I heard how strict they were. Then someone explained how falling change or keys or phone could hurt someone.

I hadn't thought about that.
It was as if a light bulb turned on for me...I'm a bit slow sometimes.

 

[ashw100]

I'm here! I loved following along with your trip on Instagram, so I can't wait to hear about it more in depth. Sounds like you had a good evening at Universal and got a lot of things done.

 

[MinnieWebster]

Following along! DH and I just got back from our Asia trip (HKDL, TDR, and Seoul) and had lots to catch up on. Can't wait to hear more about the Epic trip!!

 

[chunkymonkey]

Day 2: It's Epcot Dapper Day!

It was to my surprise and delight when we extended our trip to find out that our first day at Disney was Epcot Dapper Day! It worked out well as I had already made some FP at that very park! It was our first Dapper Day ever and I was really excited to play dress-up in the parks. We, however, already had an almost full set of suitcases because we were already going to be there for 2 weeks including a cruise, so I didn't want to bring anything too big or heavy. I bought a dress from ebay which is from a brand I normally wear (Leota NYC) and their dresses fold up small and don't wrinkle, and the style I got had sort of a vintage quality to it. I also liked that I can wear it to work as well. (Good reuse-ability value)! I then hit up amazon for the hairpiece and gloves for cheap. I bought Steve a set of bow-ties as well. They were all shipped 2-day Prime and got here in time right before our trip! Next time I'm in a park for a Dapper Day I'd like to put a little more thought in my outfit but for a week out I was happy with what I had.

@Lesley Wake also suggested that we have brunch that day at Wine Bar George. At first I wasn't sure because we had dinner at Yachtsman and it's usually such a heavy dinner, but then she mentioned something along the lines of DOLE WHIP FROSCATOS and before she could even say WHIP I said YES. I'm such a pushover when it comes to food, you can read her PTR for a rendition of that very conversation.

We decided to just get ready and dressed that morning so we were already dressed in our dapper day gear. We packed up and checked out of the Hyatt House Universal and took an Uber over to our new home for 3 nights, Port Orleans French Quarter! Our room wasn't ready so we just put our stuff with Bell Services and headed out to the boats to Disney Springs.

Here's me doing my best to create ears out of the POFQ decor! Look @Tracy161 I'm trying!

Here's semi-dapper Steve, without his bow-tie yet.

Waiting for the boat:

We took a lovely ride over to Disney Springs (it was a gorgeous day so far!). We got off and started walking towards the restaurant. A lovely lady approached me and said she reads my trip reports!! A nice surprise DISmeet! Her name is Letia (ok I am probably butchering the spelling) but it sounds like "Le-Tee-Yah" so if you are her, thank you so much for saying hi!!

We met up with Lesley right around World of Disney and walked over to Wine Bar George together. It was the first time for all of us. When we arrived and checked in, the hostess said that George will show us to our seats, which was upstairs. When we got to our seats Lesley and I asked if he was THE GEORGE of Wine Bar George, and he said Yes he is! LOL How cool is that! Now I wish we got a picture with Wine Bar "George!"

We started with the aforementioned much coveted Dole Whip Mimosa/Froscatos. Lesley and I got them and Steve got their regular red froscato. They were all really good!! I would definitely return just to have them again.

Here's Lesley in her very cute Dapper dress!

As entrees, Steve got the Steak & Eggs Frites: skirt steak / eggs / sriracha hollandaise. It was really good!

And I got the: Burrata avocado / bacon / ciabatta - which is basically like toast with avocado, bacon and buratta, my 3 favorite things. How could I not like this, it was so yummy, I never turn down burrata and the tomatoes and slight whisps of frisee added the right amount of acidity to the dish. I will get this again one day!

Lesley got the French Toast I believe and I'm sure she has picture of it but I do not. Overall, it was a great brunch and I'm glad I was pursued heavily, with lots of arm pulling, to attend.

After brunch we got ready to head to Epcot! We decided to take the Beach/Yacht Club bus and walk over. We got on the bus and got off at Beach Club to admire some of the Easter eggs. It was the last day they were to be displayed!

On the bus I put on my hairpiece and Steve put on his bowtie, which is surprisingly, did not mind, I thought he would hate it as he usually doesn't like anything binding.

Some of the amazing Easter eggs in the Beach Club:

We walked over to Epcot and got some photopass pictures just so we had some pictures of our full Dapper Day attire!

So one of the first things we did when we got to Epcot was head to the Citrus booth to grab our Orange Bird sippers! So excited to get one! Unfortunately the orange cream drink that was served inside was blech. It was too creamy and artificial tasting and also too sweet. I was glad to dump it out and just keep the sipper!

BTW, did I mention it was a beautiful day in Epcot?

We parted ways with Lesley after walking around a bit. It was definitely getting a bit warm and she was going to rest back at POR before her conference the next day.

Steve and I on the other hand and some FP to do! I don't know how brilliant I was to make a Test Track Fastpass considering i didn't want to get my hair messed up (I sound like chunkysis here, but I made an effort with my hair today). But it's ok I will live...

Some Topiaries:

At Test Track, we created this car: -2 in Efficiency! LOL

And then we went on LWTL...dapper style!

We met up with @Malia78 (Karilynn) and I think we went to visit the fishes at Nemo.

Karilynn is here!

We rode Nemo and then visited the Manatees. I wish I could have recorded more Manatees and Me episodes but there were too many people, and I like a more intimidate experience on my show.

Coming up...more pictures of Dapper Day, and dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse, and do we ever make it to VIPassholder Night at MK?​

 

[Lesley Wake]

@Lesley Wake also suggested that we have brunch that day at Wine Bar George. At first I wasn't sure because we had dinner at Yachtsman and it's usually such a heavy dinner, but then she mentioned something along the lines of DOLE WHIP FROSCATOS and before she could even say WHIP I said YES. I'm such a pushover when it comes to food, you can read her PTR for a rendition of that very conversation

Yup! It was very difficult to convince you!

Here's me doing my best to create ears out of the POFQ decor! Look @Tracy161 I'm trying!

So cute!

When we arrived and checked in, the hostess said that George will show us to our seats, which was upstairs. When we got to our seats Lesley and I asked if he was THE GEORGE of Wine Bar George, and he said Yes he is! LOL How cool is that! Now I wish we got a picture with Wine Bar "George!"

He seemed nice too and happy people were excited to come to his restaurant!

Lesley got the French Toast I believe and I'm sure she has picture of it but I do not. Overall, it was a great brunch and I'm glad I was pursued heavily, with lots of arm pulling, to attend.

Yup-bet you still have bruises from us dragging you there!

After brunch we got ready to head to Epcot!

After a makeup resupply!

It was definitely getting a bit warm and she was going to rest back at POR before her conference the next day.

Yeah-underskirt, uncomfortable shoes, and May in Orlando, don’t mix!

 

[amazingact21]

I'm seven pages late but I'm finally joining along!

 

[Tracy161]

Here's me doing my best to create ears out of the POFQ decor! Look @Tracy161 I'm trying!

YES! You totally nailed this. Might be one of your best ones yet!

You all looked so great!!!