2. Terminal C at MCO- feels like they've not finished decorating it yet, odd to collect bags before passport control but quickest we've ever got out of airport.
3. Met a Gladiator at MCO- off our flight, a U.K. sprinter, kids impressed!
5:40pm on 4/17/24 by
hodg
Not a 1st but easy run to hyatt, DH off to 1st lecture & we'll head to DS to eat after that.
5:40pm on 4/17/24 by
hodg
Wow, that's cool about the Gladiator! I love terminal C for newness and efficiency even if it's a little sterile! There is a Chef Art Smith diner there if you have time to kill before your return flight (also a huge Universal and big Disney store).
6:33pm on 4/17/24 by
TumbleMonkeys
Yep I'd seen pics of the universal store.
Is chef art smith after security? Ie airside?
7:01pm on 4/17/24 by
hodg
Yes the Sunshine Diner by Art Smith (I think, will verify tomorrow!) is right among the C gates after you go through security.
7:11pm on 4/17/24 by
TumbleMonkeys
^yes, I ate there last fall. It was a nice spot, and the servers were fabulous. They forgot to bring me something (I wanna say it was shrimp for my salad), and they brought it out quickly thereafter. Then, when we got the bill, it wasn't on there. We..
7:34pm on 4/17/24 by
JERancher
... inquired and they said, "No, that was on us!" It was super nice of them and not at all necessary. And the food was tasty!
7:35pm on 4/17/24 by
JERancher
That'll be great for heading home- not thinking about that yet...
7:37pm on 4/17/24 by
hodg
Have a great trip!
7:53pm on 4/17/24 by
Jadesfire21
4, Polite pig- had butchers board w sprouts & tomatos salad & shared a grapefruit margarita. Bit busy & chaotic at 7.30pm but food good.
Got Xmas ornaments, didn't buy Pandora charm (yet), Ice cream & bed by 10pm
6:48am on 4/18/24 by
hodg
5. Drove alone in USA to get to esp
6 went into espn- it's huge!
7. Rundisney expo- heard so much about these- was mostly fine.
Got DH just in time at 12 to go to AK
9:07pm on 4/18/24 by
hodg
Did nite at AK than we expected- I got iLL for fop.
Only 1sts
7 nemo show- cute but still fekt ling
8. Tiffins- not cheap but really good. Shared bread service, I had fish & creme brulee
9. Took photos at ToL w no one there on way out
9:10pm on 4/18/24 by
hodg
10 watching luminous & HEA simultaneously from hotel balcony/ luminous looks great. HEA appears to have stopped after 7 minutes??
Anyway alarm set at crazy time so heading to bed
9:12pm on 4/18/24 by
hodg
Was HEA at 8.45 not 9?
9:18pm on 4/18/24 by
hodg
@hodg, yeah it was at 8:45.
9:57pm on 4/18/24 by
JERancher
11- 2.50 alarm at Disney., arrived Epcot 3.35am
5:04am on 4/19/24 by
hodg
You've got this @hodg!
6:22am on 4/19/24 by
popupcamper
Ohhhh great job @hodg! ;) just realized the time.
6:25am on 4/19/24 by
popupcamper
Hope that 5K goes well!!
6:32am on 4/19/24 by
Jennyhirsch
Yay @hodg!! Can't wait to hear all about it!!
6:36am on 4/19/24 by
JERancher
Ouch 2:50! Glad you beat the traffic though
7:00am on 4/19/24 by
TumbleMonkeys
12 - 1st 5k race ever, 1st rundisney- well 1st organised run of any sort as I never even got to a park run in the run up to this
7:24am on 4/19/24 by
hodg
Thought I might spot @cort. Guess I shldve been brave and yelled Dang daddy in the corral- but I'm British...
I did actually run it- thought I might as well- was good fun.
7:26am on 4/19/24 by
hodg
Glad it was fun!
7:27am on 4/19/24 by
TumbleMonkeys
13 mass liner meet up at Boma- had met @melcort in London but so many of you today. And Mrs Magoc's nails are indeed fine
6:08pm on 4/19/24 by
hodg
14- abc commissary at HS. BOGMike's recommended buffalo grilled cheese for dh. Water for me #bomacoma
15 Frozen singalong- so I cld send video of Love is an open door to ds17
16 New scene on ST
6:11pm on 4/19/24 by
hodg
17- standby line for Rise as TP suggested was short. Wld be been quick except for 20min breakdown
18- rode ASS
6:12pm on 4/19/24 by
hodg
Sounds like a smashing holiday! Glad you enjoyed the 5k and hope you got a lot of character photos with your medal. Enjoy the FL weather.
10:25pm on 4/19/24 by
hlbyers
What a wonderful list! Enjoy every minute @hodg!
10:27pm on 4/19/24 by
trishr.
Didn't get it right this afternnon- didn't get G+ as hadn't planned too much but stupidly did try a few rides w predicted lower waits that ended up slower. Think we'll be going the G+ route a bit more.
11:25pm on 4/19/24 by
hodg
19- mama Melrose for dinner- not that I wanted a lot after Boma. Pleasant enough but def nothing special- but DH wanted to give it a try.
Ended the day in Batuu after dark, rode MF w no wait- odd without our boys tho. Sad to see starcruiser closed off.
11:29pm on 4/19/24 by
hodg
Sounds like you're having a fantastic time. Congratulations on completing your first run Disney!
3:36am on 4/20/24 by
tiggertypooh
Congrats on your first race! I was hooked on running after my first one (before that, I was like, why would anyone do this for fun?!?!).
Where are you staying to see both HEA and Luminous from your room?
7:39am on 4/20/24 by
kfkennedy1
Such a fun list!! Love following along! Congrats on your first race and kudos to you for driving alone in the USA! I would be terrified to drive in Britain! I'm impressed.
8:49am on 4/20/24 by
PoppinsYall
We're at Hyatt grand cypress- a lot of the rooms face out towards the parks. Last time we were here I cld see HS SWFW, illuminations & wishes all at the same time
10:47am on 4/20/24 by
hodg
20- have stumped 3 sets of CM at GE & photo shops as our MM won't activate. Current advice is log in as DH & try but he doesn't know his password of course
8:51pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
Not a 1st but GotG back to back VQ & iLL- got stuck in line 1st time thru so lost a bit of time.
21- new centre bit of EP whatever it's now called- sort of pretty but I miss the fountain.
8:53pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
22- moana JoW- fun. Bit crowded and would be amazing woth small kids. Smaller & less obtrusive than I expected.
Seas & imagination next as LwtL was down
23 SAI- margaritas def good, meal pretty decent
8:55pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
24 bought something from a festival menu w the orange saffron cake as recommended by @crispy- had one each, no sharing here
8:56pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
Have you tried the chat in MDE to ask about memory maker?
8:56pm on 4/20/24 by
gMagicScott
@hodg, go back to see Moana after dark, if you saw it in the daytime. It's just gorgeous!
9:09pm on 4/20/24 by
utang44
I've sent a request in to photopass chat & have an email address too. Just testing logging in as DH now
10:50pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
No joy do sent in a help email
11:08pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
Will do moana after dark when we're in for extra late hours.
11:09pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
24- luminous- got a good spot down low by water on the sticky out bit in front of France so reflections were pretty. Fireworks impressive but too much messy fountain waving in between. The When she loves me but felt like they were watering a large lawn.
11:11pm on 4/20/24 by
hodg
Bwahaha @hodg! I've never seen it but watering a lawn is a great description! It definitely paints a picture.
6:56am on 4/21/24 by
popupcamper
25- oh boy you all warned us about race day traffic. Put ttc into waze, said 15mins. Took us to back of ttc by poly entrance... oops. 40min later we parked at ttc So it'll be straight to tron. On ferry now- also wrong call as slow loading
9:00am on 4/21/24 by
hodg
26- Tron. Didn't feel as short as I expected- was fun. Not sure I'm up for paying out a lot on iLL unless that's the only way to get a dark ride tho
27- Got the Nutella waffle- no idea why we'd not got it before.
1:24pm on 4/21/24 by
hodg
Love the Nutella waffle!! Yum!
2:13pm on 4/21/24 by
kfkennedy1
28- citrus swirl - had planned to have preparade but we called ds19 while we were waiting so mobile ordered it for after- ready w quickly & large cups of ice water from STT
11:04pm on 4/21/24 by
hodg
29- Skippers- nearly forgot adr time but made it. Food decent. Server was very low key so far more "ordinary" than expected.
11:07pm on 4/21/24 by
hodg
30- driving to a park for EE. We were a few back at taps but on 2nd train for SDD.
31 DH& me piloting MF together- he does not do games. We crashed a fair bit but minimal shouting so all good
2:30pm on 4/22/24 by
hodg
32 Ronto wrap for bfast- was ok but not as good as the Nutella waffles. Nice to sit looking over Batuu tho
33 outside section of line at ST- looked crazy long but on ride in 14 minutes
2:31pm on 4/22/24 by
hodg
35- BLT. Didn't get a requested room to have a sneaky view towards MK (paid lake view) but nice room looking at toast rack/GF/pool. Much prettier resort than I expected.
Chilling poolside w a frose (that's not a 1st) now before heading to EP
2:34pm on 4/22/24 by
hodg
Great list, @hodg. And toast rack makes me laugh. I feel like I never see them here, but there was one on the table every morning during my summer at Cambridge!
3:02pm on 4/22/24 by
TumbleMonkeys
Toast rack!! hahahhahahahaha
4:12pm on 4/22/24 by
KLuck
But that's just what the contemporary is- a toast rack with a train going through it :-)
11:22pm on 4/22/24 by
hodg
36- monorail over to EP- love the view over the park
37- got anMEP for remy & couldn't use it, not as a golden ticket as all my stacked LL we're ready to use anyway, so thought I'd use it on TT as got another LL for remy- not valid.
11:25pm on 4/22/24 by
hodg
Not an issue as we did everything we wanted at EP except LwtL I forgot that wasn't open in extra hours. We've got a blank day near the end of trip so prob will go back
11:35pm on 4/22/24 by
hodg
38- full house of songs on GotG- had September & one way or another. Loved September, not a blondie fan.
11:36pm on 4/22/24 by
hodg
I'm sure there were others but RD at HS to late close at EP with 5.20am alarm & I can't think of it! A smidge below 30m steps today- that's more than the 5k run day.
12:13am on 4/23/24 by
hodg
Made it to bed just after midnight, got to busstop this morning for 6am, sign said AK bus 6.10, & we set off at precisely 6.10.
6:15am on 4/23/24 by
hodg
That's a quick turnaround @hodg- hope you have a great day!
7:53am on 4/23/24 by
JERancher
Were 2nd at security, on & off fop, navi & dinosaur. Decided to pay the price of a slightly longer wait on safari to let the animals wake up. Coffee def next
Dinosaur was so dark- presume that's bits not working right
8:41am on 4/23/24 by
hodg
39- caring for giants- fun to see backstage, got a good long view of baby Cora & the females. Pretty low key but an hour well spent.
Little girl on the bus wanted to know why the guide hadn't talked more about giraffes..
5:18pm on 4/23/24 by
hodg
40- low pressure animal focussed day at AK after that 1st hour. Did safari x2, both trails, bird show, sat & chilled quite a bit. Ended w EE single rider as it had been down a bit so SB line was long.
5:20pm on 4/23/24 by
hodg
41- Finally saw HEA live- from CG (in park tomoro). Such amazing FW
CG did not disappoint- we had a front row window table, perfect place. Waiter was superb, we had 6.45 adr, he timed it perfectly to complete the bill by 8.55, sat at table to watch.
10:54pm on 4/23/24 by
hodg
Special evening. And walking back along to BLT not having to travel even better
10:55pm on 4/23/24 by
hodg
42- 1st in app cast compliment for Walter the waiter- don't like that it doesn't really give you chance to say what they did that was so great
10:56pm on 4/23/24 by
hodg
43- morning coffee on the balcony of BLT watching the dance of monorails, boats & buses. Love the resort but it misses a nice lobby feeling.
In MK now- aiming at lining up LL for this afternoon
11:23am on 4/24/24 by
hodg
44- back at AK- a black snake moving between bushes between the tables at Y&Y QS area.
45- HEA dessert party & seeing HEA from the park- loved it
Long MK day RD to past midnight w pool break. Tron in dark was cool but the outside bit is so short.
12:47am by
hodg
It's pretty from outside tho.
Had a pretty good G+ day- got pretty much everything we wanted stacked up. Ended on 7D x2. Failed to find @youcanfly.
Nice to see water in tianas this evening & logs coming down.
12:50am by
hodg