“Rise” to the Challenge, FREAK!! Done and new trip report started 5/2/21

I wish I could comment more, but the weekend has gotten away from me and I'll have to suffice with some comments. I've had a stay with a ridiculously loud family too, and it does NOT make for a pleasant experience. UGH!

You two make such good use of your time when your in the parks each morning. I love how efficient you are and how much you always get done.

I did have to giggle over the chatter about the boy and your chest. Funny now, maybe a little awkward then. LOL! :laughing:

Breakfast options at DHS suck. I haven't been to Woody's yet, and I'm sure that's a step in the right direction, but geez, they REALLY need more!
 
Glad you could get a room at CSR for a night!

Ah what a bummer that RotR went down as you were getting on! But glad you could get on it fairly soon after!

Sounds like a great morning at DHS!
 
I am catching up on your TR! Love all of the pictures as usual, you and Andi take the best ride photos!

Did you know this is the first ride ever in all Disney parks that uses three different ride experiences! Yes it is! It is track less, with a motion simulator portion and a drop tower! Currently there is not any other ride that does this. There is so much to see and be a part of. The animatronics are unbelievable, very very cool! I would love to work in there!
I got to ride RotR twice on my recent trip, I remembered your advice about not using the refresh method, and it worked great! I thought the ride was very cool, definitely something worth re-riding many times because so many things are happening. I totally forgot it was trackless the first time, there was so much going on that it didn't even cross my mind! It was so immersive, the CMs in character were awesome.

I have a plan to buy my own condo in Florida as an investment. I have been saving to do this. If I wasn’t going to do that I would have bought into DVC by now! The tour was nice and we received the 4 FP’s and the $150.00 gift card at the end.
Such a great plan, and what a great perk! I know I will need to have a lot of willpower to resist their pitch if I ever do a tour!

We entered the park and walked around some and decided to eat dinner at Yak and Yeti. I showed my Landry card and we had a table upstairs within 5-10 minutes.
We got the Landry card too based on all the advice on here, and I used it for the first time at Yak & Yeti. They quoted me 15 minutes but it was maybe one minute, so worth it!

It was time for our Dinosaur FP after dinner. We headed to Dinoland and enjoyed our favorite bumpy ride!
Dinosaur is growing on me a lot, I still have to keep my eyes closed during parts though! :scared1:

I started to do my own hack for security. I use a very small backpack which is easily foldable. I put the few things I carry into my pockets and Andi’s. I carry a small pocket wallet, hand sanitizer, epi-pen, and lipgloss. This saved us so much time! Once we were through the no bag line, I would unfold my little backpack and put the few items back in. My phone is usually in my pocket.
That's really good advice, I suppose you can stuff anything in your pockets as long as it goes through the metal detector? I noticed that crowds around opening (I'm too lazy for rope drop) at MK were especially bad, it took me 20 minutes to get through security when I arrived maybe half an hour after opening. The no bag line seemed to breeze by though!

The security lines have become ridiculously long at all the parks and the bag less line is awesome! I almost called this TR, bag less is better than bra less, haha😂.
:laughing:

We decided to do WtP first. I know this ride isn’t the first one most would pick except this ride is a slow loader and gets busy fast. We like to do it first thing. We love bouncing with Tigger and visiting with Pooh and friends.
My favorite :lovestruc I read somewhere that there are so many FPs that a 30 minute wait means there are only 100 people in standby. Crazy! So riding first thing definitely saves a FP.

It was time to check in for our lunch. Andi wanted hot sauce for her grilled cheese, yes she is a hot sauce fanatic. She booked all the way to Pecos Bills to get some.
That is some major dedication! I will have to file away that piece of advice for later...:rolleyes1
 
In line, we started talking to a family. This was there first ride and the little girl was scared. I told her how much I like it and I am a true ride chicken. We told her to close her eyes if something wasn’t to her liking. Her mom was worried about motion sickness. I told her it helps to focus on one thing if she has a problem. I was going to tell her, one of my Dis friends rode it and she is a huge chicken!! Looking at you Jenny, haha 😂 We had a wonderful ride and the mom and daughter loved it! A few scenes were a little intense per mom but overall, they said it was amazing!
That's good they enjoyed it! A little girl was carried out crying after the ride during my trip, yikes! :bitelip:

l. Just when I was thinking, this Safari is not to exciting, the lions started roaring! It was so cool! They were really active and the male was really making so much noise. It was a first for us! I’m really glad we experienced this.
That is so cool! I have never done the safari in the evening, I hear the male roars only twice per day so that is so lucky!

I tried the Annapurna Zing. I was channeling @kastoney Kari! I normally do not care much for Gin but this was really good. The combination of the passion fruit purée, lime, mint, and ginger beer worked well together. I let Andi try it and she liked it as well. She may have just liked it because it had alcohol in it.
Everything sounds great to me except the ginger beer, but I might have to give that a try anyways sometime. I love that passion fruit is everywhere at Disney, it is not easy to get in MN but so tasty!

We had to get the awesome house made churros. These are amazing. Try them if you can!! So delicious with the two sauces. A vanilla cream and chili strawberry one. Yummy!
I've seen a lot of reviews on these churros, I really need to try them! Looks so delicious!

My mom is coming to stay with me on Monday for a couple weeks. I am hoping to update as much as I can but it maybe less. I would like to give a little pre trip update for our March trip. I will do that soon. I have never had a TR still going on when I left for another trip.
That is great you will get to have some family time, no worries about posting at all. :lovestruc

We had FP scheduled this am for FEA, SE, and Nemo. Frozen was our first ride and Andi refused to go on. 😟 She is a stubborn girl and got wet the last couple times and wasn’t having anything to do with it. :guilty: I went on by myself and really enjoyed it. I think it is a very cute ride and I didn’t get wet!
That is too funny! We got soaking wet on our butts the first time we rode Frozen, but have only gotten a little sprinkle since! I remember I was wearing khaki shorts and I had to tie my sweatshirt around my waist. :rotfl:

It was time for SE. I love this ride and will really miss it as it gets a huge refurbishment! I hope it will be as awesome as its former self!
So sad to see SE closed for a long time. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! Disney needs more people eater rides with short wait times like SE!

Now it was time for Andi and I to try a few snacks from FArts🤣
How do you think of all these funny names? :rotfl2:

This did not happen because a very loud family moved into the 1 bedroom next to us. Now, I don’t mind a little excitement and playing around but this was ridiculous. The kids were screaming at the top of their lungs, jumping on furniture, banging the furniture into the walls and pounding on our door, which was attached to their room. This was really bad. We went over and asked them to bring it down some and this did not work at all. We decided to just leave, we couldn’t take it and there was no way we would get a nap in today. This was really frustrating to both of us. We cherish our afternoon chill time and that was impossible now.
That really stinks how your neighbors can ruin your trip! We swore off POP because we were by such noisy people for both stays. I know it can happen anywhere but it definitely sours the experience a lot! We are light sleepers so even people just talking in the room can get to us sometimes.

We left Epcot and walked around the BC area, we ended up playing ping pong for a little while. Spoiler, we both suck at it. Haha 😂
I have always considered sports like that to be cardio, since you run after the ball so much! :hyper:

I went online and was able to book a room at CSR for tonight. The price was not bad and absolutely 100% worth it to me. We both felt so relieved 😅 and it made the early morning more enjoyable.
Thank goodness! 100% worth it, vacation should be relaxing and not torture!

We were very close to the giant “Woody” 😂believe me we heard many comments about Woody this morning from people waiting by us! We just called them freaks under our breath!
I'm too innocent, I never thought along those lines, what freaks! :rotfl:

Andi and I were the second group on the ride this morning. We do love this ride. Andi got the best in vehicle, hour, and day, she was stoked! Don’t tell her it was only 7:15, haha
I still don't know how she does it, I looked up the things to aim for this time and did worse than when I didn't know about them!

We decided to do ToT first. It was a great drop sequence. We enjoyed it!
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Front row middle, the best spot! Cute sweaters, I think I have the same one as Andi!

I noticed more things this time and we had a different seat position in the vehicle. This really allows you to have a new experience.
I was in the back left the first time and missed so much compared to when I was on the right side the second time! Front row seems the best, but I will have to wait til a future trip to see!
 


At 7:00 am Andi got us group 8 and we were so excited!
Yay!!! That's amazing!

I will say there are very few choices of breakfast items in a park that has a million people in it at dawn!
Agreed :sad2:

We decided our morning had been very productive and decided to head back to OKW to pack up and get the heck out of there!
You had a very productive morning! And I'm glad for the sake of your sanity that you were able to leave those loud people behind! I am always so hyper-considerate about being loud - maybe because I've always lived in apartment complexes where you can hear everything! - but get a clue people! I mean "freaks"! ;):rotfl: Excited to hear about your lunch!
 
You know... I don't blame you at all, but... I just had a thought. Maybe it would've been better to have a CM find you a room. I'm thinking that if you'd gone to the front desk and said "We can't stay here anymore, the family in the room beside us is so incredibly loud that we can't sleep."... Maybe you would've received an upgrade? Or some FPs?
pkondz, I really tried, I made 4 different phone calls and moving was never an option when I asked, I was told each time there weren’t any rooms available. I just gave up at that point and it was worth it for me to do my own change!
Whatever are you referring to, Caroline?
Just that there is a very large Woody! :rotfl:
After gushing about RotR (Great photos, by the way!), you say that!
😍 I love the Muppets! It is a show not a ride that is the difference. 😆
Did you bang on their door, just to make sure?
I sure was tempted!
I'm so glad you were able to switch resorts, that sounds like a nightmare.
It was a nightmare! It was by far the worst experience we have ever had!
agree, HS needs more breakfast options. The Starbucks line is completely ridiculous.
The Starbucks line was longer than a few of the rides! They should open more options!
What a great morning at HS! Glad to see you found a new resort to switch to!
We had a wonderful morning and we felt so much better with the hotel change decisio!
 
Trying to find breakfast at DHS is really difficult! I wish they had more options.
I agree, a pretzel is less than ideal!
Glad RotR worked out a second time. You two got lots of fun rides in that morning.
We did have a good morning and thank goodness for the extra FP we had!
I don't blame you one bit for switching resorts. No doubt the loud family would have continued to be disruptive and no point dealing with more of that on your vacation.
It was so bad and my anxiety level was high and I can’t enjoy myself with that happening
Excellent work!
Group 8 was pretty awesome!
Oh, heck no! I read they're opening a few more places for breakfast, so hopefully it will be sightly more reasonable.
I hope they do have more choices available
I checked my notes and we were in HS on the same day. Spoiler alert- we got boarding group 8, too!
Wow, that is cool, it wasn’t down when you went thru? Funny how we were on similar paths and missed each other!
We noticed the same thing with HS- everything had such long waits and none of the shows started early so we were struggling to find things to do for a while.
I couldn’t believe how fast the lines grew!
Wait! Were you moving soon?!?! DId you try and get credited for the night
We had one more night at OKW and it wasn’t worth it! I did call 4x and each time was told no rooms available and not much they could do, it was frustrating!
Ha! Hey I would take it!
Me to, I never get over 130,000
Yikes! I don't blame you but it really stinks that that's what it came to!
It was bad!
Oh no! But at least it was early in the day and you were able to get back on!
It was a plus because we had an extra time on some of the ride areas!
 


That's crazy that you had to do that. How did you find an open room and Disney couldn't? Did you guys rent DVC points?
We had rented points. Saturday night there weren’t any rooms when I called but Sunday some opened up, thank goodness!
Oh no!

Good thing it came back up quickly! I would say that I am so excited to ride this again in a week, but who knows if I'll even get a boarding group?!
Don’t refresh when you try for a group! It is awesome. The big elephant in the room is will WDW be open?
I do believe they've added a couple more choices recently. Allie and I had the same issue in December.
They really need more choices for breakfast, ABC commissary starts serving at 9:30am and it is all lunch items!
I can't say as I blame you
To many negatives for us at OKW this past trip!
 
I just got all caught up with everything! Sounds like a great trip so far - minus the obnoxiously loud people next door! So sorry that you had to move - hoping it all works out!!
Hello and Welcome, so nice of you to join in! The family next door was so bad, the screaming and banging just went on and on! I was happy to move and even pay for it haha 😆
 
What do you know I sit here braless and now I'm all caught up!!!

So glad you enjoyed the annapurna zing. I do love me some gin, but the flavors all go so well together I'd wanna be sneaking some if I was 20 too!

Speaking of loving things your pizza at Ale and Compass looks right up my alley. Of course I never met arugula I didn't love but it really is the perfect addition to pizza.
Bra less is the best haha 😂
The drink was very good at Nomads and I will get it again!
The pizza was so delicious and the arugula was such a wonderful addition. You are right about this!!
 
Wow, that is cool, it wasn’t down when you went thru? Funny how we were on similar paths and missed each other!

We got off Smugglers Run around 8 and we walked over and it was down. We saw on the app it was back up around 8:30 and made it through with no problems but it did take a good bit longer than normal to get through the line
 
pkondz, I really tried, I made 4 different phone calls and moving was never an option when I asked, I was told each time there weren’t any rooms available. I just gave up at that point and it was worth it for me to do my own change!
:sad2:
No rooms available... and you simply go... get a room without any trouble at all...
Just that there is a very large Woody! :rotfl:
:rolleyes1
😍 I love the Muppets! It is a show not a ride that is the difference. 😆
Ah! Okay, point taken. :)
 
All caught up...

The line for Starbucks actually had a Cm outside with a sign for the line, no way was I getting in that line.
This line is always insane these days. You'd think HS added a few new lands or something?!?! LOL!

I made a ADR for Frontera Cocina.
Yum! You know how I feel about this one. You recommended it. I tried it and liked it a lot.
 
Did you ditch your OKW room for the night? I think I would have asked to have been moved away from that family but you may have been over the whole OKW experience by that point.
We did leave with 1 night still at OKW, I asked 4 different times to be moved and it seemed to not be an option each time I asked. I was over it by that time.
Group 8!! Wow! I can't wait to experience this with Jack in July.
We were excited to get such a low number, it was our time by 7:30!
Good to know, thank you!
I wonder when they will open the TSL way into GE? It does open later in the day!
That is a delicious cookie! Bill and I really enjoyed it last summer.
It was very yummy!
SDD is just my speed too.
It’s perfect for my Rollercoaster fix!
 
I've had a stay with a ridiculously loud family too, and it does NOT make for a pleasant experience. UGH!
It was ridiculous and it jus went on and on
You two make such good use of your time when your in the parks each morning. I love how efficient you are and how much you always get done.
Thanks! You should have seen our plans a few years ago we got so much done and we were up super early everyday. That does get old fast haha 😂
I did have to giggle over the chatter about the boy and your chest. Funny now, maybe a little awkward then. LOL
He was so innocent and totally loved HM but it was a tad uncomfortable 🥵
Breakfast options at DHS suck. I haven't been to Woody's yet, and I'm sure that's a step in the right direction, but geez, they REALLY need more!
They sure could use some more options, open. Few more QS places and offer some breakfast please!
Glad you could get a room at CSR for a night!
We were so happy to move!
Ah what a bummer that RotR went down as you were getting on! But glad you could get on it fairly soon after!
It was but also a plus with some backstage viewing and getting on it pretty quickly after all
Sounds like a great morning at DHS!
It was good especially as crowded as it wa!
 
I am catching up on your TR! Love all of the pictures as usual, you and Andi take the best ride photos!
Ahh Thank you. Andi always poses, I’m happy if my eyes are open.
got to ride RotR twice on my recent trip, I remembered your advice about not using the refresh method, and it worked great! I thought the ride was very cool, definitely something worth re-riding many times because so many things are happening. I totally forgot it was trackless the first time, there was so much going on that it didn't even cross my mind! It was so immersive, the CMs in character were awesome.
I totally agree, so awesome
Such a great plan, and what a great perk! I know I will need to have a lot of willpower to resist their pitch if I ever do a tour!
It wasn’t bad much less pressure than I thought at the DVC meeting!
We got the Landry card too based on all the advice on here, and I used it for the first time at Yak & Yeti. They quoted me 15 minutes but it was maybe one minute, so worth it!
I love the Landry card, it makes it so easy to get right in
Dinosaur is growing on me a lot, I still have to keep my eyes closed during parts though!
Don’t laugh at me but I just saw the big Dinosaur at the end when he comes out as you go down the little drop a few trips back and I have been on this ride 100x. Andi couldn’t believe it she rolled her eyes! I’m so glad I saw him now, very cool
That's really good advice, I suppose you can stuff anything in your pockets as long as it goes through the metal detector?
It worked well and I had no problems going through the metal detector
My favorite :lovestruc I read somewhere that there are so many FPs that a 30 minute wait means there are only 100 people in standby. Crazy! So riding first thing definitely saves a FP.
I know some times FP line is longer!
That is some major dedication! I will have to file away that piece of advice for later..
I got get her a bottle of hot sauce to carry around. Haha 🤣
That's good they enjoyed it! A little girl was carried out crying after the ride during my trip, yikes!
I was worried she was going to freak out
That is so cool! I have never done the safari in the evening, I hear the male roars only twice per day so that is so lucky!
It really was cool. I have never heard them roar 🐯
Everything sounds great to me except the ginger beer, but I might have to give that a try anyways sometime. I love that passion fruit is everywhere at Disney, it is not easy to get in MN but so tasty!
I’m not a big fan of ginger beer but this really worked!
I've seen a lot of reviews on these churros, I really need to try them! Looks so delicious!
Get the churros!
That is great you will get to have some family time, no worries about posting at all.
We are watching Anne with an E on Netflix really good, based on the books Anne of Green Gables
That is too funny! We got soaking wet on our butts the first time we rode Frozen, but have only gotten a little sprinkle since! I remember I was wearing khaki shorts and I had to tie my sweatshirt around my waist. :rotfl:
Andi’s but got all wet and we were going to dinner after and she was so mad 😡

So sad to see SE closed for a long time. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! Disney needs more people eater rides with short wait times like SE!
I will miss it so much!
How do you think of all these funny names?
Haha my friend Jenny on these boards came up with that one
That really stinks how your neighbors can ruin your trip! We swore off POP because we were by such noisy people for both stays
I really hate loud neighbors I can’t relax and get anxious! Yuck
Thank goodness! 100% worth it, vacation should be relaxing and not torture!
it was and spoiler the rest of our trip was so quiet 🤫
what freaks!
They sure are! Crude Woody jokes all around us
still don't know how she does it, I looked up the things to aim for this time and did worse than when I didn't know about them!
She knows the tricks I never get passed 120-130,000
Front row middle, the best spot! Cute sweaters, I think I have the same one as Andi!
It was a great drop sequence!
was in the back left the first time and missed so much compared to when I was on the right side the second time! Front row seems the best, but I will have to wait til a future trip to see!
I agree, I saw so many more things each time we rode!
 
Yay!!! That's amazing!
Andi was very proud of herself with group 8!
You had a very productive morning! And I'm glad for the sake of your sanity that you were able to leave those loud people behind! I am always so hyper-considerate about being loud - maybe because I've always lived in apartment complexes where you can hear everything! - but get a clue people! I mean "freaks"! ;):rotfl: Excited to hear about your lunch!
It was so worth it to move and our new room was so quiet! The “freaks” were gone yay! :hyper:
We got off Smugglers Run around 8 and we walked over and it was down. We saw on the app it was back up around 8:30 and made it through with no problems but it did take a good bit longer than normal to get through the line
We walked all the way through each time with no wait on this day!
 
No rooms available... and you simply go... get a room without any trouble at all.
I know! So frustrating
This line is always insane these days. You'd think HS added a few new lands or something?!?! LOL!
When it is longer than some rides, it is a big No for me!
Yum! You know how I feel about this one. You recommended it. I tried it and liked it a lot
We had a great lunch, stay tuned!! Glad you had a fun trip saw some pictures on FB, how lucky to do another VIP, wow!
 
Hello Everyone
As most of you all know, unless you live under a rock, Parks in Florida will be closed until the end of March. :sad:
This means our trip has been canceled.
I had a feeling this may happen and a couple days ago I booked a trip for 4/25-5/2. I found an AP rate at POFQ.
I was able to get good FP+ for the most part. I did get MM Railway, SDD, and 7DMT. I couldn’t snag a FoP, however, I won’t give up on this!
The Villians after hours will have to be canceled for the March dates. I did find a regular MK after hours for the April trip and I think I will book this!
I am happy with the booking on the fly for the most part. I would have liked to go on our original trip but it just wasn’t meant to be.
I literally did everything on my phone during a short work break, phew 😅 glad I am WDW savvy 🤣
I will continue on with my trip report from January and hope to have it finished by the April trip.
The April trip works fine for Andi and she really won’t miss any school because her college, like many, will be doing all online classes through April.
Okay Everyone, stay safe out there and as a nurse, wash your hands often and for 20 seconds vigorously! Don’t touch your eyes, nose, or mouth especially if you haven’t washed your hands!!
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Talk to you all soon!
 

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