chunkymonkey
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SOLO: A Chunkymonkey Trip Report
June 8-11th 2018
Hi Everyone! This was formerly a Pre-Trip Report and now it's an official Trip Report!
I'm Su-Lynn aka Chunkymonkey, avid trip report writer and all around fan of everything Disney including Star Wars and Marvel!
I booked a very very last minute trip to Disney World for June 8-11, and for the first time, I went SOLO!
Epcot in May 2017, part of my BEST DAY EVER trip report.
Usually my DH, Steve, aka Chubbyhubby, travels with Disney with me but he was in California on a week-long stay to visit his family and I just did not have the time off from work. I could only manage a long weekend and California was just too far (we live in NY/NJ) so I decided on some place with a shorter travel time...Disney World!
This trip is turning out to be pretty budget one (compared to our past trips ), we purchased new Annual Passes but we haven't activated them yet, so I don't have to pay for park tickets. We also now own DVC (at the Polynesian as of December 2017!) so I checked a few days ago and there were studios available at Saratoga Springs, so my lodging was mostly taken care of. I only had to book one night for my arrival night which is very late on June 8th. I decided to just stay at a resort room I've always wanted to:Port Orleans Riverside in a Royal Room!
UPDATE: I have switched to a Preferred Pool Room at Pop Century as it was much cheaper and I'm hoping that I get a refurbished room.
I kinda have no idea what to do since I'm solo and can pretty much do what I want to, which brings me to the predicament: I don't know what I want to do!
#firstworlddisneyaddictproblems
I figure I'll take it easy and go with the flow. I'm not even making a spreadsheet - gasp !
But I don't want to have too much idle time so I need ideas. Do I spend time in Disney Springs? Steve doesn't like shopping so I probably don't get as much time there as I'd like to. Do I book a nice signature dinner for myself? Should I do a character meal? Do I just character hop? I'm torn, it all sounds so fun!
June 8-11th 2018
Hi Everyone! This was formerly a Pre-Trip Report and now it's an official Trip Report!
I'm Su-Lynn aka Chunkymonkey, avid trip report writer and all around fan of everything Disney including Star Wars and Marvel!
I booked a very very last minute trip to Disney World for June 8-11, and for the first time, I went SOLO!
Epcot in May 2017, part of my BEST DAY EVER trip report.
Usually my DH, Steve, aka Chubbyhubby, travels with Disney with me but he was in California on a week-long stay to visit his family and I just did not have the time off from work. I could only manage a long weekend and California was just too far (we live in NY/NJ) so I decided on some place with a shorter travel time...Disney World!
This trip is turning out to be pretty budget one (compared to our past trips ), we purchased new Annual Passes but we haven't activated them yet, so I don't have to pay for park tickets. We also now own DVC (at the Polynesian as of December 2017!) so I checked a few days ago and there were studios available at Saratoga Springs, so my lodging was mostly taken care of. I only had to book one night for my arrival night which is very late on June 8th. I decided to just stay at a resort room I've always wanted to:
UPDATE: I have switched to a Preferred Pool Room at Pop Century as it was much cheaper and I'm hoping that I get a refurbished room.
I kinda have no idea what to do since I'm solo and can pretty much do what I want to, which brings me to the predicament: I don't know what I want to do!
#firstworlddisneyaddictproblems
I figure I'll take it easy and go with the flow. I'm not even making a spreadsheet - gasp !
But I don't want to have too much idle time so I need ideas. Do I spend time in Disney Springs? Steve doesn't like shopping so I probably don't get as much time there as I'd like to. Do I book a nice signature dinner for myself? Should I do a character meal? Do I just character hop? I'm torn, it all sounds so fun!
Here were my pre-trip report plans. Did I stick to them? I dunno, we'll see!
June 8th: Arrival at MCO late at night, ME to Port Orleans Riverside.
June 9th: planning for a lazy morning to enjoy the room a bit more and maybe walk over to POFQ for beignets. I'll check out and have them transfer my luggage to Saratoga Springs. I booked late morning FP+ for Epcot (SE, LWTL and TT). I'll hop over to DHS as I have a late lunch ADR at Mama Melrose. It's someplace I've always wanted to try and we somehow never make it there. My evening is free but was probably going to watch Illuminations or Fantasmic, however MK is open to 11pm, and I think multiple rides on the Peoplemover is a nice way to end the day.
June 10th: Morning FP+ at DHS (VoTLM and TSM), then...maybe a trip to Disney springs? Maybe lunch somewhere in the springs and then the evening...at MK? Not really sure. I guess it would depend on what park I didn't visit the night before. Thinking of also booking a nice dinner somewhere.
June 11th: My flight doesn't leave until 9pm which leaves me a good deal of the day in a park. I have morning FP+ at MK and hoping to swing by to AK for lunch at Satuli Canteen. I'll see what I can do at AK before I have to leave that evening, assuming ME will pick me up around 6pm.
That's it! A short trip, but hopefully a sweet solo one! Can anyone give me some ideas on what they would do? I haven't done much research on what events are happening in June...any new snacks/food items I should try?
Also anyone going to be there at that time who would like to have a Dismeet?
UPDATE JUNE 14 2018: I'm back from my trip and ready to write all about it! If you want a sneak peak, you can head to my Instagram and click on the Highlights for WDW June 2018 for almost all the live recordings from the trip. I treated it a bit like a Vlog as it helped to kinda "talk" to someone while I was solo. Sorry, I sound so awkward, and I'm not used to hearing myself speak so something to work on for future vlogs, haha.
Also anyone going to be there at that time who would like to have a Dismeet?
UPDATE JUNE 14 2018: I'm back from my trip and ready to write all about it! If you want a sneak peak, you can head to my Instagram and click on the Highlights for WDW June 2018 for almost all the live recordings from the trip. I treated it a bit like a Vlog as it helped to kinda "talk" to someone while I was solo. Sorry, I sound so awkward, and I'm not used to hearing myself speak so something to work on for future vlogs, haha.
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