FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Going to attempt to do a trip report for you guys. This will be my first try, and by no means will it be as entertaining as someone like TCD, but I will give it a shot. I apologize in advance for the randomness of the following pictures, I just took them willy-nilly thinking I wasn't going to do a trip report, but now I am. This trip was originally planned just for my girlfriend and I to go, but as it so happened, I booked it for Father's Day Weekend without realizing it. My Grandfather from California was wanting to come visit us again so when my Mom caught wind of us going to FW she decided to call him and see if he wanted to fly to Florida for a week, and camp with his Grandson at Disney. He said he would love to, so he did, and it turned out to be an absolutely awesome time with him. DGF (Dear Girlfriend) and I left Merritt Island around 8 am Friday June 13th and made the hour drive over to The Fort. I had requested the 800 loop for no particular reason, but since we arrived at 9:15 am, nothing was available in that loop. However, they did have two sites for us in the 1400, we chose 1435. Backed into the site, weather looks amazing right? Well the weather didn't stay like that for long. The word I have for the next picture is WET I know what you're thinking..."Cody, the weather looks fine in that pic too." And it is, and was, for about 3 minutes, then it started raining again..for a while. I should've taken pics in the rain, but I think I might melt. After setting up and sitting in the camper for awhile we decided we should go do something. We had the whole day and night to ourselves, Mom, Grandpa, and Sister weren't coming out until Saturday morning. So we went over to DHS. As I stated before, randomly took pics. I only have 2 from DHS After a couple rides, and some food, we head back to The Fort. It was time for us to finish the last little bit of set up, load the cooler, and go looping. I'll end it there for now, I have a limited amount of pictures left for the rest of the report, so I'll try to string this as far along as I can. Cody Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Oh in and first! Love the 2 pics from HS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm in too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Im in three. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Count me in. Thanks for writing this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm in! First page for me too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
disney4dan 68 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm in - randomness with the photos works great! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momof3kids-Yvonne 594 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm in! Glad you decided to write a TR. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Great job! I wish more folks would do this. A trip report can be whatever you want it to be. Short is sometimes better. That's awesome that your grandfather got to camp with you. That's something you will always remember. So you're a single guy and you have that big trailer? What's up with that? TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Kahuna aka John 71 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm in and like that your grandfather is part of this... Memories.. the most important things we make... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AC in A2......Aaron 693 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 In. Nice start! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsey......Todd 134 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm in and I can dig random stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Glad you're writing your first TR! I'm in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 So you're a single guy and you have that big trailer? What's up with that? TCD I started with an Gulfstream Amerlite 21 MB, purchased from a friend when he upgraded. Didn't do much research on what I would want, but seemed to be a good starter. We usually camp as a group locally around where we live, either at beach campgrounds or ones on the river, and we tend to do a lot of entertaining with friends and family who will come out and day visit. Naturally, as I've noticed with other campers, I out grew my camper when it comes to the style of camping I enjoy. So I started to look for a new one, with more room, storage, and a better floor plan, and the Fun Finder is what I ended up with Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Looking forward to more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ajcjmom 8 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I am in also! Nice camper! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Lovin this report! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I started with an Gulfstream Amerlite 21 MB, purchased from a friend when he upgraded. Didn't do much research on what I would want, but seemed to be a good starter. We usually camp as a group locally around where we live, either at beach campgrounds or ones on the river, and we tend to do a lot of entertaining with friends and family who will come out and day visit. Naturally, as I've noticed with other campers, I out grew my camper when it comes to the style of camping I enjoy. So I started to look for a new one, with more room, storage, and a better floor plan, and the Fun Finder is what I ended up with And it's a good way to attract lady campers. Luxury! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 And it's a good way to attract lady campers. Luxury! That's a good point. No man ever attracted a woman with a small trailer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmaul 65 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Last page one post is the new first........ I'm in. Love the camper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 That's a good point. No man ever attracted a woman with a small trailer. Not entirely true Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Not entirely true That doesn't count. You were already married! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted June 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I am in also! Nice camper! Last page one post is the new first........ I'm in. Love the camper. Thanks guys! You all will have to come by for a tour when I'm at The Fort next time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FunFinder265....Cody 36 Posted June 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Okay, update time. So where I left off, we were loading the cooler and preparing to go looping for the evening. As you can imagine from my first post, it was raining, and raining, and raining. So guess how many pictures I took? That's right! 1 picture! And its a picture of one of Lou's favorites Thats all I have for our Full Moon Friday the 13th night that won't happen again until 2049 or somewhere around there. Sorry for the disappointment. Saturday June 14th Woke up a little later than I thought we would....remember that cooler from the night before? It was empty.... So by the time we got moving and breakfast cooked (of which I don't have pictures of) my Mom called to tell us she was passing the Gaylord hotel and will be at The Fort shortly thereafter. In tow she had my Grandfather and my sister. This was to be a real treat for all of us, since my sister has a severe form of cerebral palsy requires round the clock care, (she's 30 years old and my Mother still takes care of her). I try to include my Mom and sister in all of our camping trips (another reason I needed a bigger camper) and so far she has an almost perfect attendance record to all of them, even if its just for a day. But this is different, its Disney. You know what I'm talking about...that "something" in the air. My mom loves Disney, my sister loves Disney, my whole family loves Disney, we are passholders. But as I said, this was different. A normal Disney day consists of me meeting my Mom at her house, heading out at around 730 - 8am, spending all day at the park(s) and then the dreaded, tired, long, lonely drive home. But now we have a home on The Mouse's property. Like I said, a special treat that doesn't happen often. Heres a picture of my sister when they arrived. You think she's excited? Told you she loves Disney. Oh, and look! With a little redneck engineering, I was about to get her fold up wheelchair to be secured to the golf cart (notice the tray strapped to the roof). Little battle won...in my head at least. So now that everyone is on location, I decided to take them on a tour of The Fort. Mom has seen it, but Grandpa hasn't. Time to load up the cart and go looping. BUT Mother Nature had other plans.....rain. We needed rain in Central Florida, but not when I was camping. Oh well, it's Florida, I've lived here 25 years, should be used to it. So guess what we didn't do? Go for a tour of FW. Oh well, on to the next adventure. We had FP+ for SDMT, SM (Space Mountain), and BTMRR, they were for the evening, so we decided to just head over to the Wilderness Lodge for a little bit and check it out. Heres my Mother, Grandfather, and myself in the lobby. Sorry the pics are a little (well, a lot) fuzzy. Cell phones are all we had for some reason. Next up was a little boat ride in the steady drizzle over to MK. Then the standard MK picture with Grandpa Anyone want to guess what this is a picture of? If you guess Mickey, you're wrong.....its a picture of my finger. Tricked ya! So while we had time to kill, its off to my favorite ride Doesn't disappoint, never has, never will. Oh, and 20 min wait time? More like 3 minutes, but all good, kept some people away I suppose. Then onto my sister's favorite ride. And another one of Lou's favorites. IASMAA (I haven't been studying my abbreviations sorry) DGF, Grandpa, Sister This sun was my favorite part of the ride when I was really young, my Mom sends me a pic of it every time she rides it and I'm not there. This time she got a pic of me with the sun. And now....to the main event...the brand new...just opened...Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Walking in Nice little cottage in the heart of New Fantasyland, overlooking the SDMT and Little Mermaid ride, wonder what the property value is? Landscaping could use a little TLC. Diamond mining equipment A mine car full of very happy miners. And the end, sorry I didn't think to take pics until the end. Which comes pretty quick, especially if you've been waiting for 80 minutes, which I didn't. Just saying..... Not sure what the picture limit is, but I will end there. Upcoming will be nighttime at MK, consisting of some more pics in New Fantasyland, Wishes, and me making a decision that now, at 11pm on a Saturday night, I should take some pics, join FF and make a TR. So get ready for an overload of Main Street, USA pictures, at night, taken with a cell phone. Exciting stuff. Cody Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Cody, that's great that your grandfather, mother, and sister got to camp with you! That was a great post, and I'm looking forward to more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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