Spencer Wright
Constantly craving a zebra dome...
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- Jul 31, 2017
***SEE END OF POST FOR TABLE OF CONTENTS***
Hello,
My name is Spencer and this is my first trip report! I was going to do this somewhat ‘live’ but then realized how much work it is! We are headed to Walt Disney World (WDW) from August 16th-26th and could not be more excited.
If no one minds I thought I was post the couple of items pre-trip to help with an especially difficult countdown!
I live in Ridley Township, Delaware County, PA (Delco), right outside of Philadelphia, and work in the insurance industry in Center City Philadelphia. My WDW favorites are listed below:
Favorite Park: Animal Kingdom
Favorite Resort: Animal Kingdom Lodge
Favorite TS/Buffet: Ohana
Favorite ‘Land’: MK Adventure land
Some favorite attractions: FOP, Splash Mountain, Swiss Family Robinson Tree house
Favorite QS: Flame Tree BBQ
Some honorable mentions include:
Park: Epcot
Resort: Beach Club
TS/Buffet: Cape May Café
‘Land’: Epcot Future World
Attractions: Spaceship Earth, Figment, Nemo and Friends
QS: Columbia Harbor House
So on to our trip, the cast includes myself (28), my sister (24), and my mother (all of us pictured below):
We are staying at AKL, arriving on August 16th and leaving on August 26th. We are experienced WDW travelers, with this being my 9th or 10th trip! I looked at how some Trip Reports are structured, and decided I’ll talk about our likes, dislikes, and traveling style in the post where I lay out our schedule (see TABLE OF CONTENTS).
This year we are all especially ready!! My mother has been working as floor Nurse full-time while going to the University of Pennsylvania full-time. My sister has been going to Penn State and working at a daycare both full-time.
While I’ve only been working full-time and not going to school, my employer’s senior leadership has changed in the past year, with massive changes, and a lot of services being delegated to an outside vendor (also known as outsourcing). I was however able to wrangle a promotion out of the chaos! Therefore, I think the three of us are going to simply collapse upon walking into the Animal Kingdom Lodge lobby.
AKL is probably our favorite place on property and we could not be more excited to stay there.
We of course have ADR’s and FP’s booked and general plan of how we wish to go about the trip.
Something new, is that we are going to try Gatorland on the 17th and MNSSHP on the 24th. This will be our second MNSSHP!
We like to do a good bit of planning but are willing to be flexible!
We tend to have very attraction heavy trips and are absolutely Rope Drop people. This may be tempered somewhat this trip; as we want to see more of the parks at night; but are often too worn out to be out too late. Our goal is to maybe slow down somewhat, so we do enjoy a lot of details which may otherwise be overlooked.
To be clear, were not terrible with rushing around. But we might try the Pirates Adventure Game in MK or do some of the shows in order to enjoy things at a somewhat slower pace.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Planning!!
Packing and Preparations!!
Departure and Arrival!!
Room and Falling in Love with Disney Springs!!
First Day... Gatorland/Boma/Epcot!!
And Away We Go!! 1st Magic Kingdom Day/ Olivia's/ Epcot (Part 1)
And Away We Go!! 1st Magic Kingdom Day / Olivia’s/ Epcot (Part 2)
Pandora/ Grand Floridian/ and Space Mountain with the lights on!! (Part 1)
Pandora/ Grand Floridian/ and Space Mountain with the lights on!! (Part 2)
Water Park Day / Cape May Café/ Epcot!! (Part 1)
Water Park Day / Cape May Café/ Epcot!! (Part 2)
Flight of Passage/ Flame Tree BBQ / Sanaa!! (Part 1)
Flight of Passage/ Flame Tree BBQ / Sanaa!! (Part 2)
Toy Story Land/ Ohana/ Magic Kingdom/ Double Extra Magic Hour Day!! (Part 1)
Toy Story Land/ Ohana/ Magic Kingdom/ Double Extra Magic Hour Day!! (Part 2)
More Magic Kingdom / Fort Wilderness/ and a Most Disappointing Glass of Wine (Part 1)
Hello,
My name is Spencer and this is my first trip report! I was going to do this somewhat ‘live’ but then realized how much work it is! We are headed to Walt Disney World (WDW) from August 16th-26th and could not be more excited.
If no one minds I thought I was post the couple of items pre-trip to help with an especially difficult countdown!
I live in Ridley Township, Delaware County, PA (Delco), right outside of Philadelphia, and work in the insurance industry in Center City Philadelphia. My WDW favorites are listed below:
Favorite Park: Animal Kingdom
Favorite Resort: Animal Kingdom Lodge
Favorite TS/Buffet: Ohana
Favorite ‘Land’: MK Adventure land
Some favorite attractions: FOP, Splash Mountain, Swiss Family Robinson Tree house
Favorite QS: Flame Tree BBQ
Some honorable mentions include:
Park: Epcot
Resort: Beach Club
TS/Buffet: Cape May Café
‘Land’: Epcot Future World
Attractions: Spaceship Earth, Figment, Nemo and Friends
QS: Columbia Harbor House
So on to our trip, the cast includes myself (28), my sister (24), and my mother (all of us pictured below):
We are staying at AKL, arriving on August 16th and leaving on August 26th. We are experienced WDW travelers, with this being my 9th or 10th trip! I looked at how some Trip Reports are structured, and decided I’ll talk about our likes, dislikes, and traveling style in the post where I lay out our schedule (see TABLE OF CONTENTS).
This year we are all especially ready!! My mother has been working as floor Nurse full-time while going to the University of Pennsylvania full-time. My sister has been going to Penn State and working at a daycare both full-time.
While I’ve only been working full-time and not going to school, my employer’s senior leadership has changed in the past year, with massive changes, and a lot of services being delegated to an outside vendor (also known as outsourcing). I was however able to wrangle a promotion out of the chaos! Therefore, I think the three of us are going to simply collapse upon walking into the Animal Kingdom Lodge lobby.
AKL is probably our favorite place on property and we could not be more excited to stay there.
We of course have ADR’s and FP’s booked and general plan of how we wish to go about the trip.
Something new, is that we are going to try Gatorland on the 17th and MNSSHP on the 24th. This will be our second MNSSHP!
We like to do a good bit of planning but are willing to be flexible!
We tend to have very attraction heavy trips and are absolutely Rope Drop people. This may be tempered somewhat this trip; as we want to see more of the parks at night; but are often too worn out to be out too late. Our goal is to maybe slow down somewhat, so we do enjoy a lot of details which may otherwise be overlooked.
To be clear, were not terrible with rushing around. But we might try the Pirates Adventure Game in MK or do some of the shows in order to enjoy things at a somewhat slower pace.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Planning!!
Packing and Preparations!!
Departure and Arrival!!
Room and Falling in Love with Disney Springs!!
First Day... Gatorland/Boma/Epcot!!
And Away We Go!! 1st Magic Kingdom Day/ Olivia's/ Epcot (Part 1)
And Away We Go!! 1st Magic Kingdom Day / Olivia’s/ Epcot (Part 2)
Pandora/ Grand Floridian/ and Space Mountain with the lights on!! (Part 1)
Pandora/ Grand Floridian/ and Space Mountain with the lights on!! (Part 2)
Water Park Day / Cape May Café/ Epcot!! (Part 1)
Water Park Day / Cape May Café/ Epcot!! (Part 2)
Flight of Passage/ Flame Tree BBQ / Sanaa!! (Part 1)
Flight of Passage/ Flame Tree BBQ / Sanaa!! (Part 2)
Toy Story Land/ Ohana/ Magic Kingdom/ Double Extra Magic Hour Day!! (Part 1)
Toy Story Land/ Ohana/ Magic Kingdom/ Double Extra Magic Hour Day!! (Part 2)
More Magic Kingdom / Fort Wilderness/ and a Most Disappointing Glass of Wine (Part 1)
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