Surprise, Santa, and a Shiny new AP Holder… A GDF Trip Report

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

I can't believe you walked to HS. We've taken the boat a few times but never walked. How long did it take you?

That awesome that you got to meet the family and give the little one her new pins. I net she had a bunch of new ones.

 

Ray, you should know this since we're siblings, but I'm pretty much bad ass. Yes, we walked. According to picture time stamps, it took us 30 minutes. We were going at a very slow pace though. We stopped to look at things, chatted with a couple, fetched Z a snack, etc. It's actually a really pretty walk. We realized we could have cut through one of the resorts, and it would have been shorter, but we enjoyed seeing the whole Boardwalk area. Apparently, if you're actually directly walking, it can be faster than the boat. 

[LONE-STAR 370]

To go cup for beer that's great to know. But that is a orange shirt.

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

To go cup for beer that's great to know. But that is a orange shirt.

You guys are going to make me get out the shirt and prove it, huh? The funny thing is that it's actually a Guy Harvey UGA shirt.

[LONE-STAR 370]

You guys are going to make me get out the shirt and prove it, huh? The funny thing is that it's actually a Guy Harvey UGA shirt.

I saw the Guy Harvey logo on the Orange shirt.

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Great Osborne Lights photos, Kelly!

 

Glad you got to meet the little girl and her family.

 

And that shirt looks red to me.

[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

The guy on the bench... yeah, that was me a little over a year ago.  Not too much to drink, but I had heat stroke (or sun stroke, which ever is less severe).  I was soooo sick   Praise God for the wonderful nurses and first aid station at the MK (it's actually a mini hospital in there!); that and I had actually brought anti-nausea meds with me from our horrible winter with the flu.  Mercy I was sick.  That's what you get, when you have really warm Fort visit and you don't drink enough water....

 

The lights at MGM, that's part of the reason we're staying through mid-Nov this year.  We love that :)  

 

Great job helping helping that little girl :) 

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

Wow, what an eventful trip this was for y'all.  Lots of firsts.  And good ones- Wilderness Lodge, Candlelight Processional, Boardwalk, the Osborne Lights.

 

It all sounds like a lot of fun.

 

Did you look for the Halloween Cat at the Osborne Lights?

 

TCD

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Great Osborne Lights photos, Kelly!

 

Glad you got to meet the little girl and her family.

 

And that shirt looks red to me.

 

Thanks! The better ones were taken by Jason with his good camera. It was nice to help the girl. Big thanks to Mo for sending the pins!

 

And I'm glad you're not color blind like the rest of the Fiends. 

 

The guy on the bench... yeah, that was me a little over a year ago.  Not too much to drink, but I had heat stroke (or sun stroke, which ever is less severe).  I was soooo sick   Praise God for the wonderful nurses and first aid station at the MK (it's actually a mini hospital in there!); that and I had actually brought anti-nausea meds with me from our horrible winter with the flu.  Mercy I was sick.  That's what you get, when you have really warm Fort visit and you don't drink enough water....

 

The lights at MGM, that's part of the reason we're staying through mid-Nov this year.  We love that :)

 

Great job helping helping that little girl :)

 

I'm sorry that happened to you! I don't think that guy was having a heat stroke though. It was around 6:30 at night, dark. And it wasn't hot, just comfortable. 

 

Wow, what an eventful trip this was for y'all.  Lots of firsts.  And good ones- Wilderness Lodge, Candlelight Processional, Boardwalk, the Osborne Lights.

 

It all sounds like a lot of fun.

 

Did you look for the Halloween Cat at the Osborne Lights?

 

TCD

 

Isn't that something cool about Disney? I've been many times, but I still get to do some "firsts" each trip. I enjoy that. And Jason says we need to make it back over to the Boardwalk. I agree. 

 

No, we didn't look for the cat. Z was pretty tired at that point. 

[jengarynew adventures 0]

Now we have to head to Biergaten the next time we are in Epcot.  Love the information on the CLP, also now added to the list.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

you and Gwen see red and the other 100 of us see orange. Tell me again who's color blind?

Go Gata!

:rofl:

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Now we have to head to Biergaten the next time we are in Epcot.  Love the information on the CLP, also now added to the list.

 

I recommend both of those! I like Biergarten way more than I thought I would the first time. 

 

you and Gwen see red and the other 100 of us see orange. Tell me again who's color blind?

Go Gata!

:rofl:

 

I used to like you. 

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Tuesday, December 23^rd

We slept in after our long day. Jason went looping while I started prepping some breakfast.  While looping he went to say goodbye to the TimSmith7 family. He got a tour of their awesome RV too and realized he’d be in trouble if he didn’t come get me. Luckily, I was just about to throw stuff on the skillet, so off we went!

 

 

Many of you might remember that their RV is totally Disneyed-out.

 

 

They’ve done a great job. The inside has been redone too. It was very cool to see.

 

We said goodbye to them and to the pin family and headed back for breakfast.

 

BACON

 

 

Eggs

 

 

And I added some leftover GAG cornbread and butter. It was perfect!
 

 

After breakfast,  Z wanted to hit the pool, so we did.

 

 

It was warm but cloudy, and the pool wasn’t very crowded.

 

 

 

I still can’t get him to go down the slide after the BAD PARENTING MOMENT OF 2013. Maybe he’ll change his mind in April. It’s interesting how trauma sticks around.

 

 

He was excited to be at the pool though!

 

 

Z swam and swam.

 

 

 

 

We went over to the kiddie area.

 

 

Then he started to get tired.

 

 

So it was time to head back. They were advertising the character and Santa meet and greets.

 

 

We headed back and got Z a nap. He was worn out, and I wanted him to be pleasant for our resort hopping and dinner. We’ll head out in the next update. 

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Looks like a great time at the pool!

[CampMImi 22]

I finally am all caught up.  Ok, confession time.

 

I believe that I was finishing up my encounter with an employee at Meadows about our ornament fiasco when you walked over to the counter saying something about your ornament delivery.  I was a little upset so I did not hang around there long. 

 

I just got teary-eyed over the french fries.  THAT, is what I love about Disney.  That was magical!  Only princesses get that kind of treatment :)  

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

What a nice morning and afternoon at the Fort.

 

And this will be followed by resort hopping and dinner?

 

Sounds great!

 

TCD

[momof3kids-Yvonne 594]

Caught up again.

Love the Anna picture when she saw her fries.

Regarding the shirt, I think it is the lighting. In the first picture it did look more orange than red, but later I could clearly tell it was red.

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Looks like a great time at the pool!

 

Z looooooves swimming. I'm just glad he didn't forget how. I'll miss all those empty seats when we're there in April. 

 

I finally am all caught up.  Ok, confession time.

 

I believe that I was finishing up my encounter with an employee at Meadows about our ornament fiasco when you walked over to the counter saying something about your ornament delivery.  I was a little upset so I did not hang around there long. 

 

I just got teary-eyed over the french fries.  THAT, is what I love about Disney.  That was magical!  Only princesses get that kind of treatment :)

 

I never got an ornament, but I was there about an issue with a doll on Christmas Eve. I thought y'all had already left, but were you there that day? 

 

What a nice morning and afternoon at the Fort.

 

And this will be followed by resort hopping and dinner?

 

Sounds great!

 

TCD

 

It was a nice, relaxing day... late breakfast, Fiends, pool, and then some resort hopping. We enjoyed it. 

 

Caught up again.

Love the Anna picture when she saw her fries.

Regarding the shirt, I think it is the lighting. In the first picture it did look more orange than red, but later I could clearly tell it was red.

 

It was about 5 million times cuter in real life. 

 

And thank you for having eyes that work. 

[Beckers 1,136]

You can plan my next trip, everything (minus the boat!) sounds fantastic !

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

BACON!!!

Thanks for spelling it correctly.

Did you cook the eggs in the BACON grease like a good southern lady?

I need to find timsmith7 post about how they decorated their Moho. I love it.

Love the pool picks. Your going to have to share the Bad Parenting moment 2013. I don't recall it.

The one thing I really appreciate about Disney resorts is that they have lifeguards on duty. Most resorts/hotels we stay at don't have them.

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

You can plan my next trip, everything (minus the boat!) sounds fantastic !

 

I love planning, so I actually would! 

 

BACON!!!

Thanks for spelling it correctly.

Did you cook the eggs in the BACON grease like a good southern lady?

I need to find timsmith7 post about how they decorated their Moho. I love it.

Love the pool picks. Your going to have to share the Bad Parenting moment 2013. I don't recall it.

The one thing I really appreciate about Disney resorts is that they have lifeguards on duty. Most resorts/hotels we stay at don't have them.

 

Of course I cooked the eggs in BACON grease! 

 

Bad Parenting Moment 2015

 

 

(Jason was the one who snapped the picture before saving him.) 

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Let’s resort hop!

 

Z woke up from his nap and was in a much better mood.

 

 

We hopped on the cart.

 

 

Blurry picture, but I’m pretty sure the boy driving is about 12.

 

 

Down the path of awesomeness….

 

 

Sleigh rides were going on. I think I heard they’re $70 each? Wow! If we make it back for Christmas next year, maybe we need to turn our red cart into a sleigh.

 

 

We arrived at the marina.

 

 

It was a perfect, beautiful evening.

 

 

 

Our plan was to boat to the Contemporary to see the gingerbread display there. Then, we’d monorail to the Poly for dinner, and depending on how Z was doing, we’d hit the GF to check out their gingerbread house.

 

Something super cool happened. We got our own boat! A private cruise to dinner.

 

 

 

Proof I’m not anti-blue, just orange

 

 

The sun was setting.

 

 

 

 

Sadly, we had to pick up guests at the Lodge, but our time alone was very nice.

 

We arrived at the Contemporary.

 

 

Now, these pictures are a little joke that’s probably not funny to you, but I’ll share. I’m terrified of heights. About a week before our trip, I had a dream that Jason made me go parasailing at a local lake. I told him about it and since then, parasailing has been haunting me. We turn on the TV and someone is doing it; we see ads for it; we saw someone doing it earlier in the trip, etc. So we cracked up at the parasailing boat. Yep, we’re dorks.

 

 

I’m pretty sure I have a picture of Z here when he was a little over 3 months old. Fun fact, the Contemporary pool was the first pool Z ever “swam” in.

 

 

You’ve probably already seen it, but here’s the Contemporary gingerbread house.

 

 

Here’s a cute boy in front of it.

 

 

We could see the outside Christmas tree and the giant bus stops outside.

 

 

We hopped the monorail to the Poly, and that’s where we’ll pick up in the next update. 

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

I love planning, so I actually would!

Of course I cooked the eggs in BACON grease!

Bad Parenting Moment 2015

(Jason was the one who snapped the picture before saving him.)

Omg! I know it was tragic for Z but that's funny. Lol.

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

The Contemporary used to have a gingerbread tree.  Is it another Frozen casualty?

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Beautiful cruise picks. I love those little boats.

Your funny. Parasailing looks like a lot of fun. I like how you got that parasailor in the background of that pic of Jason and Z.

Resort hopping is cool. Especially at Christmas.

[Beckers 1,136]

Don't ever parasail in the Bahamas. We did for our honeymoon and they guys thought it was funny to "dip" people's behinds in the water. Thankfully they didn't do it to us. I would like to do it in Disney but I think when I read the weight it really isn't for 2 normal sized adults.